Along with a June release date, Capcom revealed brand new locations and monsters coming to Monster Hunter Rise with the upcoming Sunbreak expansion. You can watch the entire digital event and read about the exciting new monsters, characters, and locals below.
The new trailer, which you can watch above, shows off a new open area to explore and hunt called The Citadel. Featuring crumbling gothic structures, the climate in The Citadel varies wildly. One part of the map will be heavily forested, while another is covered in icy mountains. Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto said there will be «never-before-seen» endemic life such as the marionette spider and morphed wirebug, both of which are variations of helpful creatures found in the base content in Rise.
Hunters will travel find their new base of operations in the Elgado Outpost, an encampment built on the shore of a vast ocean. Resembling more of a medieval fort rather than Kimura Village's decidedly Japanese aesthetic, Elgado and its residents have a deeper western influence. There you'll find important new characters like the Royal Knight Fiorayne, who brings you to this far-off land, and her leader General Galleus. Elgado is also home to new quest-giver Chichae, and all of the blacksmiths and merchants a hunter needs to gear up properly for missions.
Out in the field, hunters will come across all kinds of threatening monsters, including a trio known as The Three Lords. Garangolm is the first we met today. It's a huge fanged beast that looks like an armored gorilla. While it may be docile at first, Garangolm can wreck hunters easily with its mastery of both water and fire. When it enrages, its left arm is covered in moss, while the right is enveloped in magma,
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