Monster Hunter Rise is the latest entry in Capcom’s long-running action-RPG series that has been around since the original PlayStation days. Whether hunters are brand new to the franchise or veterans seeking advice, this complete guide will go over everything that players will need to know to succeed in Monster Hunter Rise (and its Sunbreak expansion).

  • Crafting Materials and How to Get Them Sunbreak MaterialsBase Game Materials

  • Weapons and Builds How to Use ThemWeapons for BeginnersWeapon Builds

  • Large Monsters and How to Beat Them Sunbreak Base Game

  • Relic Records, Side Quests, Sub-Camps, and More Relic Record LocationsSub-CampsSide Quests

Down below, players will find information on where to find certain materials, movesets for the game’s array of weapons, and many more general tips and tricks.

Crafting Materials and How to Get Them

The most searched queries for Monster Hunter Rise players involve how to go about finding the crafting materials. Sometimes the game doesn’t do the best job showing players how to do things, so this section will cover all of the latest materials to come with the Sunbreak expansion. The section underneath the Sunbreak one will have the most sought-after materials found in the base game of Rise for those that have yet to start the expansion.

 

Sunbreak Materials

  • How To Get The Flaming Espinas Mantle

  • How To Get Large Elder Dragon Gem

  • How To Get The Violet Mizu Mantle

  • How to Get Afflicted Blood

  • How to Get Wind Serpent Orb

  • How to Get Purple Magna Orb

  • How to Get Glorious Crest

  • Where To Find Ultimas Crystal

  • How To Get Dense Block of Ice

  • How To Get Nargacuga Mantle

  • How To Get Crushing Fang

  • How to Get Anjanath Mantle

  • How to Get Aeonian Coal

  • Exquisite Sprout Location

  • Where to Find Twisted Stiffbone

  • How to Get Rachnoid Mesmersilk

  • How to Get Afflicted Bone and Afflicted Monster Bone

  • Where to Find Purecrystal

  • How to Get Barroth Crown

  • Where to Find Centuria Ore

  • How to Get Afflicted Pelt

  • How to Get Afflicted Shell

  • How to Get Large Wyvern Gem

  • Large Armored Bream Location

  • How to Get Sapphiron Ore

  • How to get Large Herbivore Bone

  • How To Get Goldlite Ore

  • How To Get Dragonbone Artifact

  • How To Get Meldspar Ore

  • Where to Find Sinister Gloomcloth

  • How To Get Frocium

  • How To Get Blackened Stiffbone

  • How To Get Awegite

  • How To Get Overgrown Stiffbone

  • How To Get Torpor Sac

  • How to Get Prized Pelt

  • How to Get Timeworn Crimson Horn

  • How to Get Eltalite Ore

  • How To Get The Torrent Sac

  • How To Get The Cryo Sac

  • How To Get Cloudy Moonshard

  • How To Get Lightning Sac

Base Game Materials

  • Where to Find Icium Material

  • How to Get Armor Spheres

  • Where to Get Iron Ore

  • Where to Find Dragonite Ore

  • Where to Find Lightcrystal

  • Where to Find Machalite Ore

  • How to Get Lazurite Jewel

  • How to Get Fulgurbug

  • How to Get Apex Venom Spike

  • How to Get Quality Fin

  • How to Get King’s Beak

  • How to Get Thunder Sac

  • Where to Find Meaty Hide

  • How to Get Stoutbone and Great Stoutbone

  • Where to Get Big Fin

  • How to Get Warm Pelts

  • How to Get Magna Ghostprisms

  • How to Get Electro Sac

  • How to Get Almudron Plates

  • Butterfly Beetle Location

  • How To Get The Eroded Husk

  • Where to Get Eroded Skeleton

  • Where To Find Rhenoplos Egg

  • How to Find (& Farm) Bloodrun Jewels

  • Rock Lizard Location

  • How To Get Quality Wyvern Egg

  • Gargwa Egg Location

  • How to Find Sturdy Bones

  • Where to Find Dreamshell

  • How to Get Firecell Stone

  • How to Get Izuchi Tail

  • How to Get Rath Marrow

  • Blossom Cricket Location

  • Where to Get Fur Scraps

  • How to Get Goss Harag Bile

  • How to Get Anjanath Plate

  • How to Get Nargacuga Marrow

  • How to Get Colossal Bone

  • How to Get Freezer Sac

  • How to Get Beast Gems

  • How To Get Narga Medulla

  • How to Get Quality Stomach

  • Nargacuga Cutwing Location

  • How To Farm Toxic Kumori

  • How to Get Magnamalo Scute

  • Where to Get Sharp Claws

  • How to Get Neopteron

  • Where to Get Firestone

  • Dragonhusk Shard Location

  • Where to Get Striped Hide

  • Where to Find Boatshells

  • Where to Find Bubblefoam

  • Where to Get Felyne Fur Ruby

  • How to Get Barroth Scalp

  • Where to Find Pricey Shoots

  • How to Get Sharp Fang

  • How to Get Acute Fang

  • How To Get Flame Sac

Weapons and Builds

There are over a dozen different weapon types to choose from in Monster Hunter Rise. For newbies, finding out which weapon works best is ideal for overcoming some early challenges. This section of our Monster Hunter Rise guide will cover all weapon types, how to use them, and how to unlock the best ones.

How to Use Them

  • Complete Hunting Horn Guide

  • Complete Sword And Shield Guide

  • Complete Hammer Guide

  • Complete Dual Blades Guide

  • Complete Great Sword Guide

  • Complete Insect Glaive Guide

  • Complete Gunlance Guide

  • Complete Charge Blade Guide

  • Complete Heavy Bowgun Guide

  • Complete Light Bowgun Guide

  • Complete Switch Axe Guide

Weapons for Beginners

  • Easiest Weapons For Newcomers to Use

Weapon Builds

  • Great Sword Build

  • Insect Glaive Build

  • Dual Blades Build

  • Lance Build

  • Hunting Horn Build

  • Long Sword Build

  • Light Bowgun Build

  • Charge Blade Build

  • Sword and Shield Build

  • Hammer Build

Large Monsters and How to Beat Them

The monsters are not easy to take down in the Sunbreak expansion for Monster Hunter Rise, so this section will have some of the hardest monsters in the game and how to beat them. We will also include monsters from the base game.

Sunbreak

  • How to Beat Risen Teostra

  • How to Beat Risen Kushala Daora

  • How to Beat Gore Magala

  • How to Beat Seething Bazelgeuse

  • How to Beat Shagaru Magala

  • How to Beat Chaotic Gore Magala

  • How to Beat Silver Rathalos

  • How to Beat Scorned Magnamalo

  • How to Beat Gold Rathian

  • How to Beat Furious Rajang

  • How to Beat Crimson Glow Valstrax

  • How to Beat Risen Chameleos

Base Game

  • How to Beat Chameleos

  • How to Beat Almudron

  • How to Beat Anjanath

  • How to Beat Somnacanth

  • How to Beat Rathian

  • How to Beat Jyuratodus

  • How to Beat Rakna-Kadaki

  • How to Beat Barioth

  • How to Beat Diablos

  • How to Beat Rajang

  • How to Beat Mizutsune

  • How to Beat Nargacuga

  • How to Beat Tobi-Kadachi

  • How to Beat Bishaten

  • How to Beat Goss Harag

  • How to Beat Zinogre

  • How to Beat Thunder Serpent Narwa

  • How to Beat Ibushi

Relic Records, Side Quests, Sub-Camps, and More

From unlocking new base camps on the map to completing side quests given by the NPCs, there’s a lot for Monster Hunter Rise players to sink their teeth into if they want to add dozens upon dozens of playtime hours.

Relic Record Locations

  • All Jungle Relic Record Message Locations

  • All Citadel Relic Record Message Locations

  • All Shrine Ruins Relic Record Message Locations

  • All Flooded Forest Relic Records Locations

Sub-Camps

  • Sub-Camp Locations And How To Unlock Them All

Side Quests

  • How to Get Well-Done Steak for Elder Fugen

  • Where to Get Wisplanterns and Boatshells for Cultural Exchange

  • Where to Find King Rhino, Rock Roses, and Bismuth Prisms for Economic Stimulation

  • Cutesy Crab Pose Request Guide

  • Boom-Boom, Bombadgy Request Guide

Not sure how to capture a monster? Wondering how to change equipment and get different layered armor? Need some help with some of the unexplained mechanics? This section of our Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak guide will go over the tips and tricks new players will need to succeed on any hunt.

Basic Monster Hunter Knowledge

  • How to Start the Sunbreak Expansion and Go to Elgado

  • How to Lock On to Monsters

  • How to Capture Monsters

  • How to Get Outfit Vouchers

  • How to Heal

  • How to Pause the Game

  • How to Save Game

  • How to Increase Hunter Rank

  • How to Use Photo Mode

  • How Long the Story Takes to Beat

  • How to Use Amiibo

  • Can You Change Difficulty?