{"id":2891,"date":"2022-06-29T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/29\/how-to-start-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:23:06","slug":"how-to-start-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/29\/how-to-start-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not totally clear how to start Sunbreak, and with a game like Monster Hunter Rise, that requires hours and hours of hunts in order to progress, it makes sense you&#8217;d want to know what you have to do in advance. No one wants to buy an expansion to a game and then find that they can&#8217;t actually play it on release.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it&#8217;s time-consuming, the way you actually unlock the expansion is relatively straightforward. If you&#8217;re planning on playing it straight away, you might also want to know the exact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak-release-time\/\">Sunbreak release time<\/a>. That said, here&#8217;s how to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.<\/p>\n<h2>How to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Since Sunbreak unlocks Master Rank, which is above the regular Hunter Rank in terms of difficulty, you&#8217;ll actually have to complete most of Monster Hunter Rise in order to unlock the expansion. <strong>The specific quest you&#8217;ll have to finish is &#8220;Serpent Goddess of Thunder&#8221;<\/strong> a 7-star hub quest where you fight the Thunder Serpent Narwa elder dragon for the first time. This isn&#8217;t actually the final Rise quest in terms of story, but it&#8217;s pretty close to it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery  inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 2<\/span>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Capcom)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 2<\/span>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Capcom)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve completed the quest, head to the gates of Kamura to find Rondine the Trader. She&#8217;ll explain how unusual monsters are invading the region, and will send you off to hunt the Daimyo Hermitaur in the Shrine Ruins. Defeat it, and afterwards you&#8217;ll finally be able to head to Elgado Outpost for the first time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]How to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not totally clear how to start Sunbreak, and with a game like Monster Hunter Rise, that requires hours and hours of hunts in order to progress, it makes sense you&#8217;d want to know what you have to do in advance. No one wants to buy an expansion to a game and then find that they can&#8217;t actually play it on release.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it&#8217;s time-consuming, the way you actually unlock the expansion is relatively straightforward. If you&#8217;re planning on playing it straight away, you might also want to know the exact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak-release-time\/\">Sunbreak release time<\/a>. That said, here&#8217;s how to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.<\/p>\n<h2>How to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Since Sunbreak unlocks Master Rank, which is above the regular Hunter Rank in terms of difficulty, you&#8217;ll actually have to complete most of Monster Hunter Rise in order to unlock the expansion. <strong>The specific quest you&#8217;ll have to finish is &#8220;Serpent Goddess of Thunder&#8221;<\/strong> a 7-star hub quest where you fight the Thunder Serpent Narwa elder dragon for the first time. This isn&#8217;t actually the final Rise quest in terms of story, but it&#8217;s pretty close to it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery  inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 2<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Capcom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 2<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Capcom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve completed the quest, head to the gates of Kamura to find Rondine the Trader. She&#8217;ll explain how unusual monsters are invading the region, and will send you off to hunt the Daimyo Hermitaur in the Shrine Ruins. 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