Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is promising to be one of the best Monster Hunter expansions to emerge in quite a long time. Boasting all manner of new monsters, new locations, new weapons and much more, there is a lot to wrap your head around to say the least. Because we’re in the business of trying to make your life easier, our handy Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak guide will give you confirmed details on the release date, all the new monsters, the system requirements for the PC version and everything else you need to know about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.
The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak release date is confirmed to be June 30, 2022. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will be released for Nintendo Switch and PC, with the latter being available via Steam. Because Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is an expansion, you’ll either need to own the base Monster Hunter Rise game or a bundle containing both to get stuck in.
One of the biggest and most compelling features about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is the new monsters that it brings to the fore. Encompassing a mixture of grotesques from previous Monster Hunter titles in addition to entirely all-new beasties, these are all of the new Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak monsters that you’ll be tangling with.
Returning to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak after its fearsome debut in Monster Hunter Generations, Astalos is a terrifying wyvern that can tear up even the most prepared group of hunters with its deadly claws, spiked tail and horrific lightning attacks.
A variant of the Somnacanth Leviathan, Aurora Somnacanth ensures that anybody not adequately prepared to tackle it will have a very, very bad time indeed. Even though Aurora Somnacanth boasts massive health reserves, it does differ from its Somnacanth brethren in other ways. Primarily, this Aurora variant substitutes its traditional sleep mist ability for devastating elemental ice magic which allows this swooping titan to conjure damaging ice beams and frost explosions. Lovely.
Making its debut in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Blood Orange Bishaten is very, very different from other Bishaten. Not only does this chimeric beast love some scorching elemental fire attacks, but it also throws exploding pine cones that kick out huge amounts of area of effect damage too. Fantastic. Just what we all wanted.
Previously on something of a lengthy hiatus after being introduced in Monster Hunter Frontiers, Espinas is a thorny wyvern that makes its grand return in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Between its poisonous horned head, destructive melee attacks and venomous fireballs (because clearly just having regular fireballs is so 2017), beating Espinas will be a tall task for any monster hunting party.
Another first-timer making its debut in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the towering Garangolm is a terrifyingly effective melee focused monster thanks to its extremely high health, impossibly robust armour and Fireblight and Waterblight elemental attacks.
One of the marquee monsters of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Gore Magala gets in on the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak party because you can never have enough thunderously powerful six-limbed wyverns. Though this Elder Dragon strikes relentlessly with hugely damaging elemental earth attacks, its best trick is something called the ‘Frenzy Virus’ which when triggered exponentially increases Gore Magala’s attack speed and damage.
Originally introduced in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Lucent Nargacuga is a fiendish opponent to say the least. Thanks to its penchant for dishing out huge amounts of damage with a double tail slam, firing venomous spikes at its foes and even turning invisible, Lucent Nargacuga is a tricky enemy that can be easily and perilously underestimated.
A petrifying cross between an ice wolf and wyvern, Lunagaron easily stands shoulder to shoulder with the other Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak new beasties. Not only is Lunagaron supremely agile, but it can also create a thick layer of ice armour on itself while simultaneously harassing enemies at range with its deadly frost breath.
On the opposite end of the temperature scale we have Magma Almudron, a hellishly hot take on the regular Almuldron monster. Switching out mud for fire, the Magma Almudron can devastate foes at range with massive balls of flaming hot magma and probably still isn’t much fun at parties.
Another Elder Dragon, Malzeno is one of the new monsters that you’ll get to spend a lot of quality time with in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Almost excessively powerful, Malzeno not only possesses debilitating physical attacks but also a range of Bloodblight, Dragonblight and area of effect attacks too. Simply put, Malzeno may very well be the strongest of all of the new monsters introduced in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.
A massive spider that not only immobilises hunters but can cause devastating explosions with her new fuse webs, Pyre Rakna-Kadaki is a brand new variant of the Rakna Kadaki that is exclusive to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. If that wasn’t enough, Pyre Rakna-Kadaki also unleashes great numbers of her skittering brood on the opposition and can also inflict Blastblight to boot. Absolute nightmare fuel.
Another of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate’s marquee beasts, Seregios looks set to introduce a whole new generation of players to its nightmarish attacks in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Boasting thick armour and an even more robust amount of health, Seregios is a long and punishing encounter made all the more treacherous thanks to its ranged quill attacks and flesh rending physical strikes.
The resident old-timer of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak monster roster, Shogun Ceanataur can still easily hang with its more fresh-faced, younger counterparts. A gigantic and very angry looking crab, Shogun Ceanataur presents a fight quite unlike any other. Not only can this killer crab shoot a damaging stream of pressurised water at enemies, but it can also climb on just about any surface and use its own urine to defend itself. How nice.
When it comes to the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak pre-order bonuses, there are a couple of fancy incentives that you can claim as soon as you plonk down some coins to pre-order the game. The first of these is the “Loyal Dog Costume” which is essentially a special armour set for your Canyne companion. Somewhat predictably, the second pre-order bonus is the “Striped Cat Costume” which provides your Felyne best buddy with an all new set of fancy threads.
Both of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak pre-order bonuses are defined as ‘layered armour’, meaning that they act as a cosmetic skin, rather than affecting any stats or otherwise creating a measurable effect on whoever wears them.
Much like the base game with its attractive, anime-styled visuals, smoothly animated titans and vast open spaces, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is certainly rather easy on the eyes. Happily, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak also boasts the exact same (and rather modest) minimum and recommended PC system requirements as the base game and you can catch them both below.
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