Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak is the expansion to 2021's Steam and PC follow-up to Monster Hunter World. The game made waves as it returned to handheld platforms – and, by many accounts, is one of the best Monster Hunter games out there.

Sunbreak, following on from the events of Rise, introduces a new hub, new maps, and new monsters, and extends the game with a whole new Master Rank to fight through. There are also upgrades to traversal, some quality of life changes, and re-considered Wyvern Riding techniques.

For veteran Monster Hunter Rise players that have reached the end game in the base version of the title, you should be able to simply walk into the new hub, Elgado, without pause. For everyone else, though, there are certain Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak starting requirements that you will need to fulfil before the expansion becomes available.

On this page, you'll find:

There is one major requirement you need to complete before you can start Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak. That is:

All progress from the base game will transfer over to the expansion when played on the same system, but if you want to play Sunbreak on PC but have a Switch game save, you'll be unable to do so.

The 7-star Hub Quest, Narwa; Serpent Goddess of Thunder, basically comes right at the end of the Hub quests in the base game – so you will need to power through the game and defeat this (often annoying) final boss to be in with a chance of victory.

After clearing all the key quests and urgent quests in Monster Hunter Rise, you'll be met with one final challenge: Narwa, the All-Mother. This is a tough fight if you go in unprepared, but a couple of hit tips will help you come out on top in this half-siege, half-hunt mission.

Read on below for some quick tips to make this fight easier:

Similarly to Kamura Village, the new hub, Elgado Outpost is a base of operations for all hunters working for the royalty of the Monster Hunter world's Kingdom city and region. This will be your home in the Sunbreak expansion.

Once you have cleared the last quest in the base game, you'll have one more task. Speak with Rondine, and she'll send you to the Shrine Ruins to fight a Daimyo Hermitaur. Once you're finished, you receive a prompt to talk to Master Utsushi in the Gathering Hub in Kamura. Simply activate the chat, talk through the converstaion, and select yes when prompted to be taken to the new location witha short introductory cutscene.

Following this cutscene, you will be placed in Elgado. Talk to all the members of the new otupost with prompts above their heads to get the ball rolling, and enjoy the new story – and new threat! – you will need to tackle in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak.

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