When hopping into Monster Hunter Wilds’ multiplayer, you’ll be delighted to learn you can play across systems, with one person on PC and another on the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series. What a time to be alive!

There is one sure way to make sure you play Monster Hunter Wilds offline: Disconnect your console or PC from the internet. If you’re using a PC, you can either unplug your ethernet cable or turn Wi-Fi off under “Network & Internet” in the system settings. But here’s how to do so on consoles.

How to add friends in Monster Hunter Wilds is an involved process that's not intuitive in the least. It's even easy to miss your friend requests and leave them languishing without response. The pain is just a one-time thing, though. Once you get your friends' info together and add them in the game, they stay there for good.