Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak continues the franchise’s penchant for interesting and unique monsters.
Every game and expansion takes this impossibly deep pool of monsters and makes it a little deeper – and Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak is no exception.
While those at Barioth level will no doubt have guessed at the structure of the Sunbreak expansion, it will no doubt be a little daunting for newer players – especially when the difficulty curve starts to really ramp up.
And with the addition of two new types of quests, you might be wondering if and how they matter – that’s where it’s at. Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Walkthrough and Guide Between.
Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Walkthrough
Sunbreak follows in the footsteps of Monster Hunter World’s Iceborne expansion – something that helped simplify the franchise’s story structure, making it much easier for new players to jump in and follow.
Traversing the Sunbreak DLC is the easiest Monster Hunter questline yet. It’s all tied to “Key Quests” in your highest level of Master Rank (MR) Quests and any Urgent Quests you’re prompted to review as you progress.
Like the base game, Rise, your key quests are indicated by a red diamond to the left of the quest name when talking to the quest giver. In Sunbreak, this can either be Minoto in the Gathering Hub or the new character Chichae in Elgado.
This simple design makes blasting through MR faster and easier than ever. When trying to move up to the next rank, you can choose any key quest that still has a red diamond on the left and no check mark on the right. This means that you can either choose the easy option and fight the weakest monster, or choose the one you think will give you the loot you need to upgrade your weapons and armor. The choice is yours.
As always, it helps to know what quests and their respective monsters are coming. The further you progress, the more materials you have, and if you know your favorite monster is just one zone away, you know exactly when to take a story hour to start farming.
If you don’t prefer the format below, we also have a monster list dedicated to what’s in the expansion and when it unlocks.
Note that you must have played your way through a number of missions in the base game to start Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, which then allows you to unlock Master Rank as well as Sunbreak missions.
How to unlock MR1
To put it simply, do the first mission of the Sunbreak DLC:
- Uninvited Guest – Hunt a Hermataur Daimyo
MR1 Story Quests
From there, you will need to complete a set number of Key Quests to unlock an Urgent Quest and level up. At this stage, the simplest are:
- A Sinking Feeling – Kill a total of 15 Hermataur or Velocipray
- Need a hunter ASAP! – Hunt a Kula-Ya-Ku
However, you can also do the following if you’re feeling brave:
- You Had Me At Poofy – Hunt A Royal Ludroth
- Ruined Catnap – Hunt 2 Arzuros
Tip: do “A Sinking Feeling” and then get the Velocipray armor if you like catching big monsters. The defense buff is great and the Capture Master ability gives you a “high chance of increased capture rewards”, and we all know the chance of getting extra rare items for next to nothing is great.
You’ll also have the option to craft the super powerful Power Talon and Defense Talon items, so be sure to do that!
Do the Urgent Quest:
- Tetrandon Block – Hunt a Tetrandon
Complete two more key quests (one of the following):
- Could be worse… – Hunt an Aknosom
- The Red Rolling Terror – Hunt a Volvidon
- Barroth Gets Off to a Good Start – Hunt a Barroth
- [Redacted] – Hunt 2 Great Wroggi
- BRRRR plus ZZZzzz equals? – Hunt a Lagombi and a Great Baggi
Do another urgent quest:
- Scarlet Tengu in the Shrine Ruins / Assault of the Scarlet Tengu – Hunt a Blood Orange Bishaten
Hint: It’s like normal, but with fire-breathing, flaming pinecones instead of fruit. Fun.
Congratulations, you have just unlocked Master Rank 2! By doing so, you also unlocked follow-up quests and support surveys.
While these aren’t required to progress through the game, they’re a fun addition that really fleshes out the world of Elgado, and are recommended if you need to farm items and don’t just want to replay the same ones. old quests!
MR2 Story Quests
Complete two of the following key quests:
- The Queen’s Garden – Hunt a Rathian
- The Alabaster Devourer – Hunt a Khezu
- Somnacanth Sleep Aid – Hunt a Somnacanth
- Poison Drops in the Sand – Hunt a Pukei-Pukei
- Bird Wyvern Jamboree – Hunt an Aknosom and a Kula-Ya-Ku
Do the Urgent Quest:
- Provoking the Wrath of an Anjanath – Hunt an Anjanath
This adds Researcher Bahari to your list of known characters. He found traces of Garangolm – the first of the Three Lords.
Complete two other key quests:
- Rumble in the Jungle – Hunt a Tobi Kadachi
- Pent-up Frustrations – Hunt a Basarios
- Messed Up Situation – Hunt a Jyuratodus
- Ruined Shrine – Hunt a Great Izuchi and a Rathian
- That’s what I call awesome! – Hunt all target monsters (Great Izuchi, Great Wroggi and Great Baggi
Do the Urgent Quest:
- A Rocky Rampage / Ganagolm Gone Mad – Hunt a Garangolm
This mission unlocks the Citadel, where Lady Fiorayne joins you on the hunt.
Beating the mission unlocks MR3 and Bahari in Elgado. Congratulations!
Learn how to start Sunbreak – the first expansion – and from there how to unlock Master Rank, use Switch Skill Swap and progress with our Monster Hunter Sunbreak walkthrough. There’s also a list of monsters, as well as individual pages on beating Garangolm, Lunagaron, and Shogun Ceanataur. For the base game we have a number of Monster Hunter Rise tips and lists of ore slots, bone slots, weapon types, how to use Insect Glaives and Kinsects, details on how join friends in multiplayer, how to capture monsters, and learn about wirebugs and great wirebugs.
MR3 Story Quests
Complete three key quests:
- The Trial of the Almudron – Hunt an Almudron
- My Ceanataur Cries Softly – Hunt a Shogun Ceanataur
- White Knight on Ice – Hunt a Bartioth
- Oh my Garsh Harag – Hunt a Goss Harag
- Nocturnal Nuisances – Hunt an Anjanath and a Tobi Kadachi
Do the Urgent Quest:
- Get Busy – Hunt an Aurora Sleepwalker
Like a normal MR Somnacanth, but it’s an ice-type variant. Instead of sleep breath, he uses ice breath. When you see him preparing for an AOE attack, run as he will ignite the icy mist he gives off. Other than that, pack some Nulberries to get rid of ice burn and quickly thaw your Silkbugs!
Congratulations – you are now being asked to do a few more key quests while Bahari analyzes what is clearly a Vampire Bat. Specifically, three other key quests from the following:
- Shadow in the Jungle – Hunt a Nargacuga
- A Sand Spider’s Nest – Hunt a Rakna-Kadaki
- Purge Hate – Hunt a Magnamalo
- A Tale of Two Titans – Hunt a Garangolm and Sleepwalker
- Rock, Razor, Pincers – Hunt a Daimyo Hermataur and a Shogun Ceanataur
Do the Urgent Quest:
- Ice Wolf, Red Moon / Howling Moon – Hunt a Lunagaron
Congratulations for real this time – you just reached MR4!
MR4 Story Quests
Complete two key quests:
- Call of a Mizutsune – Hunt a Mizutsune
- Dust Devil Despot – Hunt a Diablos
- Ruined Castle King – Hunt a Rathalos
- Pincers Versus Pyro – Hunt a Shogun Ceanataur and a Rathian
Do the Urgent Quest:
- Finding the Doctor – Hunt an Astalos
This is where you meet Doctor Tadori, a medic from your base, Elgado.
It’s time for more key quests – two, in fact:
- Sacrilegious Thunder Wolf – Hunt a Zinogre
- A Thousand Scales of Dread – Hunt a Seregios
- Burning Mud in Your Eyes – Hunt a Magma Almudrun
- White Knight, Armored Warrior – Hunt a Barioth and Magnamalo
Do the Urgent Quest:
- A Sleeping Espinas Jungle – Hunt an Espinas
We are still in MR4, which means more key quests. Do two of the following actions:
- Dark Wings, Dark Work – Hunt a Gore Magala
- Absolute Power – Hunt a Tigrex
- A Mighty Need – Hunt a Pyre Rakna-Kadaki
- Spooky Citadel!? – Hunt a Garangolm and a Lunagaron
Do the urgent quest (finally):
- Witness to the Moonlight / Crimson Moonlight – Slay Malzeno
Congratulations! You’ve eliminated the big bad, Malzeno, and unlocked the MR5.
More to come soon!
