Topic: Monster Hunter Rise

@CJD87
I can't remember which monsters I have yet to fight and unlock in MR. I know for sure I haven't gotten to Furious Rajang and Scorned Magnamalo yet. I have fought all 7 title update monsters, but I'm not sure if I fought MH Valstrax yet. I wanna say yes? Unless there's a high MR to unlock or something.

@JaxonH maybe I'm not remembering the requirements correctly but how have you done all title update monsters - including Risen Chameleos, I assume - but Scorned Magnamalo? I was sure you unlocked him through MR and Chammy was added as later unlock iirc

@Dom_31
Right. I don't really understand the question.

I'm only MR32 or something, Scorned is MR100, so I haven't unlocked him. Ergo, I haven't fought him.

But I have fought Risen Chameleos, which was added in Title Update 2, along with every other Title Update monster. Gold Rathian, Silver Rathalos, Seething Bazelgeuse, Lucent Nargacuga, Violet Mizutsune, Risen Chameleos and Flaming Espinas.

Is it just me, or is Risen Teostra's supernova charge up time noticeably shorter?

@JaxonH From memory I think the MR Valstrax is unlocked at MR rank ~70-ish... and continues to be (IMO) one of the trickiest monsters to handle.

Admittedly Furious George has given me plenty of trouble at times also, but he becomes a lot easier when you mix up the playstyle and accept you need to be as mobile as possible (tricky for a GS-main ). Landing a decent TCS on FR is near impossible unless he's on the ground... but I find Surge Slash can work really well.

I assume you'll get back into it when TU3 drops? I'm really impressed with the love that Capcom is showing this game, and think its quite admirable how many TU drops we are seeing - the intervals seem 'just right' as well, and I'm invested to have a couple of hunts every few days

@JaxonH oh, I thought Chameleos had a master rank requirement because the other two are getting one. I am around 150 or so myself tho, so I might've just assumed I would be past that.

That rank of yours is testament to how much good stuff released lately tho, I assume. Lol

@Dom_31
Lower rank or it could be because I was hunting with Ralizah and he had access to the quest. Not really sure.

It's crazy though. I'm not even MR40 yet and we're gonna have unlocks all the way to MR200 (presumably, if Risen Kush and Teo are 120 and 140, then Shagaru and Valstrax will be 160 and 180, with Amatsu at 200 for the final unlock).

Rise + Sunbreak has around the same number of monsters (or will have once its finished) as World + Iceborn, but the Rise + Sunbreak roster just feels so much more impressive overall. Monsters like Violet Mizu that are legit one of the best hunts I've ever experienced. Monsters like Lucent Nargacuga, even the metal raths are so much better than they've ever been. Monsters like Valstrax... Getting not just Gore, not just Shagaru, but also Chaotic, and a Risen Shagaru on the way? The roster is so good!

@CJD87
Ok that makes sense. Explains why I don't remember fighting him. I really like how they pace the endgame monsters with steady unlock ranks. Constantly gives you something to look forward to. I wanna do every quest in the game, like I usually do. But I've got sooooo many MR Quests yet uncompleted. So many Follower Quests and Survey Quests, Afflicted Quests that aren't Investigations, not to mention Event Quests and just the normal Quests. And then, after all that, ranking the investigations up. This game will last a lifetime.

I might still be playing it when the next MH comes to Switch 2.

After finishing Bayonetta 3 yesterday, I fired up Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak again.

Did a Follower Quest as I want to knock put the rest of them and all Survey Quests asap, then all normal Quests and event quests before moving on to Afflicted.

Saw I'm actually MR44 which is higher than I thought. So that's cool.

TITLE UPDATE 3

Main Additions / Changes

• New Story Elements
• A new monster has been added and will appear in Gathering Hub quests.
• New afflicted monsters and new Risen elder dragons have been added to the game.
• New quests have been added.
• The cap for Anomaly Research Level has been raised.
• The level cap for Anomaly Investigations has been raised.
• A level adjustment feature has been added for Anomaly Investigations.
• A wider variety of monsters now appear on Anomaly Investigations.
• New weapons, armor, layered equipment, and skills have been added.
• The level cap for armor upgrades has been raised.
• Qurious Weapon Crafting now includes an option for upgrading gunlance shelling levels.
• New skills have been added to the pool of potential skills available during Qurious Armor Crafting.
• Two armor augment types have been added to Qurious Armor Crafting.
• A new melding type has been added to Melding Pot: Melding—Aurora.
• New prizes have been added to the Market’s lottery.
• New trinkets and hanging scrolls have been added.
• Followers can now accompany you on more types of quests.
• New options have been added for Followers that allow you to customize their Wyvern Riding and item use behavior. These can be accessed under Options → Game Settings.
• New Guild Card titles have been added.
• A new Badge of Heroes has been added.
• Great Sword: Fixed an issue where using a True Charged Slash (chained from a Strongarm Stance successfully) to explode a Large Barrel Bomb would result in more explosion damage than intended.
• Sword & Shield: Applying Destroyer Oil now also restores some sharpness (in addition to its current effect).
• Sword & Shield: Fixed an issue with the timing of chaining a Rising Slash into a Roundslash, where using the button assigned for a Roundslash would mistakenly chain into a Lateral Slash or Shield Attack instead.
• Dual Blades — Spiral Slash: Attack power slightly increased; elemental scaling slightly increased.
• Dual Blades: Fixed an issue where the hellfire from Hellfireblight would stay on the player instead of transferring to the ground after using Spiral Slash too close to the targeted monster.
• Dual Blades: Fixed an issue where the correct voice lines would not play when using Spiral Slash.
• Dual Blades, Hammer: Fixed an issue where the skill Intrepid Heart would not properly activate if you were hit right after the Dual Blades’ Shrouded Vault move animation finishes, or if you were hit right as the Hammer’s Water Strike animation begins.
• Hammer — Dash Breaker: Attack power has been slightly increased. Also, performing a charge right before Dash Breaker ends will start you at max charge instead of continuing from your previous charge level.
• Hammer — Silkbind Spinning Bludgeon: Attack power increased; elemental scaling slightly increased.
• Hunting Horn: The Sharpness Extension melody effect now also restores some sharpness upon activation.
• Gunlance — Ground Splitter: Effect duration increased; Wirebug Gauge recovery speed increased.
• Gunlance — Hail Cutter: Wirebug Gauge cost changed to 1; Wirebug Gauge recovery speed changed to Medium.
• Gunlance — Ground Splitter: Fixed an inconsistency between the player animation and the duration of the blowback negation and damage reduction effects that would occur after successfully hitting a monster with Ground Splitter.
• Gunlance: Fixed an issue where the forward movement of Bullet Barrage would cause Large Barrel Bombs and Mega Barrel Bombs to explode at unintended times.
• Gunlance: Fixed an issue with the timing of chaining a Lunging Upthrust into a Quick Reload and finally an Overhead Smash, where using the button assigned for an Overhead Smash would mistakenly chain into a Shelling instead.
• Insect Glaive — Awakened Kinsect Attack: Adjusted the attack power values for each number of extract colors consumed, as below:
  One Extract Color: Attack power slightly increased
  Two Extract Colors: Attack power slightly increased
  Three Extract Colors: Attack power increased
• Heavy Bowgun — Crouching Shot: Adjusted as follows:
  The recovery speed of the overheat gauge has been increased.
  Overheat duration has been decreased.
  Normal Ammo 1–3, Pierce Ammo 1–3, Flaming Ammo, Water Ammo, Freeze Ammo, Thunder Ammo: The interval between rapidfire shots has been decreased, and the total number of shots has been increased.
  Dragon Ammo, Piercing Dragon Ammo, All Status-Effect Ammo Types 1–3: The interval between rapidfire shots has been decreased.
• Heavy Bowgun: Fixed an issue where the skill Intrepid Heart would unintentionally activate after a counter is successfully triggered when taking a hit during the crouching portions of Counter Charger or Counter Shot.
• Reduced some of the issues involving certain weapon sound effects not playing correctly when too many other sound effects play at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where the skill Redirection would prompt a chat log message even if the skill effect has not been triggered, which could happen when hitting a Lampsquid or other endemic creature while performing a Switch Skill Swap.
• Fixed an issue where the effect durations for Gourmet Fish and Immunizer could be unintentionally overwritten by shorter effect durations (like from the skill Wide Range).
• Fixed an issue where receiving a blowback hit when you are afflicted with Hellfireblight and have a blowback negation effect active would cause all subsequent Hellfireblights to explode even when receiving hits that wouldn’t cause blowback (the intended behavior is that only blowback hits would cause the Hellfireblight explosion).
• Fixed an issue introduced in Version 12.0.1 where the icon for Defense Down would sometimes display at incorrect times.
• The color flashing effects of different parts of the health bar have been made easier to tell apart when the Bleeding status is active.
• Fixed an issue where curing the Frenzy status activated by the skill Bloodlust with an Antidobra would ignore the size of your red health gauge and restore more health than intended.
• Some Palamute Gear have had their values adjusted. The cooldown time for each tool has also been slightly increased.
• Dual-Bladed Chain: Elemental scaling increased; Attack power increased
  Guarding Parasol: Stun value slightly increased; Exhaust value slightly increased
  Steel Fang, Stoutcore Fang: Attack power increased
• Large Shuriken: Elemental scaling slightly increased; Status effect scaling slightly decreased
• Palamute Silkbinder: Elemental scaling increased; Attack power slightly increased; Status effect scaling slightly decreased
• Fixed an issue where, after you enter combat with a monster under certain conditions, Palamutes would sometimes stay put in a different area and not follow the player.
• Fixed an issue where Palamutes may somtimes repeat a starting and stopping movement when the player moves around in an unsheathed state during combat.
• Fixed an issue where some items that should be able to be gathered would display an X icon and could not be gathered to the Palamute Pouch.
• Fixed an issue where successfully hitting Apex Rathian with the Kittenator could flinch the monster, but would not topple it.
• Alleviated an issue where Palamutes would sometimes go after a monster in a neighboring area if there is no targetable monster within the same area as the Palamute.
• Fixed an issue where the Palamute fur pattern option “06” would display different areas in the color change preview than those that are actually changed via the options.
• Followers’ attack power with the following weapon types has been increased: Great Sword; Long Sword; Sword & Shield; Dual Blades; Lance; Gunlance; Switch Axe; Charge Blade; Insect Glaive; Light Bowgun; Heavy Bowgun; Bow.
• Fixed an issue where the item effects from some items that Followers could use were not being applied correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the Follower gestures Acrobat 1 and Acrobat 2 would not work properly at times.
• Fixed an issue where, if your first Follower has fallen in battle, your second Follower would not initiate Wyvern Riding on a monster that is in a mountable state.
• Fixed an issue where Utsushi would repeatedly perform a Switch Skill Swap when using dual blades.
• Fixed an issue where Utsushi would sometimes fail to execute a Swap Evade after performing a Switch Skill Swap when using a heavy bowgun.
• Fixed an issue where Galleus would fail to perform Strongarm Stance combos when using the great sword.
• Fixed an issue where Fugen would use Spirit Helm Breaker when his Spirit Gauge is too low (when using a long sword).
• Fixed an issue where the hit effects for the long sword move Silkbind Sakura Slash could be affected by the player’s options when used by Fiorayne, Rondine, or Utsushi.
• Fixed an issue where certain bow combos performed by Luchika, Hinoa, and Utsushi would be canceled partway through.
• Fixed an issue where Arlow, Fugen, and Utsushi would stop moving depending on their distance to a monster when using a hammer.
• Fixed an issue where checking the Follower selection screen right after checking Follower Info would cause the exclamation point (!) not to display for newly added Followers.
• Fixed an issue where situational voice lines would not play correctly after an exhausted monster has used a big attack.
• Fixed an issue where Astalos’s left wingtalon sweep attack would unintentionally cause multiple hits.
• Fixed an issue where the location of Shock Traps would appear differently in game to the quest host than to the quest guests, and a monster might trigger the trap in a location that appears incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where the remaining burn effects after a Rathian (including Apex and Gold Rathian) or Rathalos’s (including Apex and Silver Rathalos) breath attack would not display properly on slopes.
• Fixed an occasional issue where Espinas or Flaming Espinas would immediately attack right after waking up.
• Fixed an issue where an Espinas or Flaming Espinas’s prey would keep moving even when the game is paused.
• Fixed an issue where Flaming Espinas would not appear on Anomaly Investigations.
• Fixed an occasional issue where a visual effect would remain on the arms of Rajang when the player destroys its tail just as it goes into rage mode.
• Fixed an issue preventing heavy bowgun users from deflecting Teostra’s pounce attack with a Counter Shot.
• Fixed an occasional issue where Teostra’s “Nova” attack would activate in an incorrect position.
• Fixed an occasional issue where Scorned Magnamalo would not instigate turf wars, but would just keep using regular attacks.
• Fixed an issue where Lucent Nargacuga’s poison spike rain would become stronger after its tail was severed.
• Fixed an occasional issue where Violet Mizutsune’s bubbles would remain on screen without disappearing.
• The brightness has been reduced for the hit effects when Violet Mizutsune is enveloped in flame.
• Fixed an issue where some of Violet Mizutsune’s bubbles had different attack settings than intended.
• Fixed an occasional issue where Risen Chameleos would not leave its invisible state.
• Fixed an issue preventing the turf war animation between Lunagaron and Garangolm from playing correctly when it occurs in certain parts of the Citadel locale.
• Fixed an issue where the player would be sent back to the base camp after a fadeout when trying to move to the combat area in the Yawning Abyss or the Forlorn Arena.
• Fixed an issue where other players would be forcibly kicked from a session when harvesting afflicted materials at the small isolated island in the Jungle.
• New augmentations have been added to the Smithy, so the specs for randomization have been adjusted accordingly (including for existing augmentations).
• Added a feature when augmenting armor at the Smithy to convert surplus points into items.
• When performing multiple Melding—Rebirths or Melding—Reincarnations in succession at the Market’s melding pot, the cursor position will now default to the next Talisman after the one you last selected.
• Fixed an issue where the Toadversary at the Training Area would have different stats depending on which quest the player has currently accepted.
• Fixed an issue where it would take a long time for anything to be displayed when using the equipment box if you have a large number of Talismans.
• Fixed an issue where the sort order would be incorrect when opening the equipment box via “Set Decorations” and searching for equipment that only has a Rampage Decoration slot.
• Fixed an issue where a Kinsect saved to a loadout would be displayed in a preview when selecting “Layered Equipment Loadouts” from your Equipment Sets and moving to the list of loadouts.
• Fixed an issue where different messages would be displayed depending on which screen the player is on when trying to select a layered equipment loadout containing a different weapon type.
• When searching for Anomaly Investigations to join on the Quest Board, you can now choose whether to save the search criteria or not.
• When searching for Anomaly Investigations to join on the Quest Board, the minimum level will now no longer be reset with specific timing.
• Fixed an issue where some categories would not be reset when searching for Anomaly Investigations with specific criteria on the Quest Board and then returning to the “Responding to Join Requests” screen without saving.
• Added Fire Herbs, Flowferns, Thunderbugs, Snow Herbs, and Dragonfell Berries to the lineup of Trade Goods at the Argosy.
• Increased the number of Fire Herbs, Flowferns, Thunderbugs, Snow Herbs, and Dragonfell Berries that your Buddies will bring back when using “Order Items” at the Argosy.
• Added more types of rare materials, armor spheres, jewels, and melding solutions that can be exchanged at the Anomaly Research Lab.
• Adjusted some of the unlock conditions for items that can be exchanged at the Anomaly Research Lab.
• Fixed the design of the lamps at the canteen to match those of Kamura Village.
• Increased the number of Research Points you can earn for A2★ – A6★ monsters.
• Fixed an issue where Anomaly Quests would not yield Anomaly Research points.
• Your quest level will now increase faster when completing an Anomaly Investigation.
• Increased the number of Anomaly Research points you can earn for Anomaly Quests and Anomaly Investigations from level 1 – 120.
• Fixed an issue where locked Anomaly Investigations would have their lock removed if you complete them after accepting an Anomaly Investigation in a Lobby and then moving between bases.
• Fixed an issue where Anomaly Investigations with an Apex Arzuros or Apex Rathian would yield unintended awards.
• When joining an Anomaly Investigation via a Join Request, you will now be able to see the current number of faints.
• Fixed an issue where the Unstable Environments icon wouldn’t show up for Anomaly Investigations where Furious Rajang or Seething Bazelgeuse would show up as invaders.
• Fixed an issue where the Mutual Likes points would change color when scrolling up and down on the Anomaly Investigations results screen while there is a negative adjustment among the results.
• Afflicted Cortexes can now be carved from Jyuratodus during Anomaly Investigations of a specific quest level.
• Fixed an issue where the player would be able to use the fence during the Roar of the Black Eclipse Event Quest even though there is only one target monster.
• Fixed an issue where layered weapons were missing from the Anjanath Tree for the hunting horn.
• Fixed an issue where Shagaru Magala Tree lances would look shorter than other lances while sheathed.
• Changed the name of the Silver Rathalos light bowgun from Silver Spartacus to Silver Rathling Phoenix and adjusted the explanation as well.
• Fixed an issue where the chain mail would clip into the hunter’s mouth when using the Weapon Pose while wearing the Rathian Helm X or the Golden Lunehelm.
• Fixed an issue where the player character model would stick through any capes that are part of their equipment when using the Unique Pose Set.
• The Lien Headgear layered armor will now reflect the hair color the player picked for their character.
• Fixed an issue where part of the hair of a Type 1 player character would not show up properly when wearing the Clockwork Helm.
• Mitigated an issue where the “Braided” hairstyle would not display properly with certain types of headgear.
• Fixed an issue causing the Canyne equipment C Snowshear Mail to appear stretched when using the “Pumped Up!” gesture.
• Fixed an issue where the luminescent parts of the following Canyne equipment would not light up: Canyne Mosgharl, Canyne Somna, Canyne Ibushi, Canyne Sinister.
• Fixed the preview screen display for the sword & shield’s Felyne Tree and Shell-Studded Tree.
• When setting a shoutout or a sticker to the Action Bar or a shortcut, the text will now be displayed at the top of the screen.
• Fixed an occasional issue preventing active skills from being displayed when opening the Status screen while you have augmented armor equipped.
• Fixed an issue preventing the cursor from being moved on the second page when selecting the item pouch via an item shortcut on the Radial Menu.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the Great Wirebug Medal award to be obtained even when the conditions have not been met.
• Fixed an occasional issue where Jae would speak Japanese when the language settings are set to “Monster Hunter Language.”
• Fixed an issue where the Stamina Gauge wouldn’t blink if you drink a Dash Juice or get hit with Waterblight while having the Health & Stamina Gauge display settings set to “Dynamic.”
• Fixed an issue where the Progress Guide would not show up at MR 999.
• Fixed an issue where the shadows of some Buddy equipment would not display properly on the save data select screen.
• Fixed an issue where the blade and sheath of Megrez’s Asterism would not line up properly while at camp or on the save data select screen.
• Reduced stutter on the loading screen.
• Fixed a very rare issue where the appearance of the hunter would change after returning to base when joining a quest via Join Request just before the quest is completed.
• Fixed an issue where the chat log would not display the correct information if the player is carrying the maximum number of transport items.
• Fixed an issue where gyro functionality wouldn’t work properly when multiple Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers were connected.
• Other miscellaneous bug fixes have been made.

New Content/Features

• Chaotic Gore Magala
• Risen Teostra
• Risen Kushala Daora
• Anomaly Research Quests
• A7★ quests are now available!
• Anomaly Investigations now go up to Lv. 200!
• New features for Qurious Crafting!
• Adds ability to boost the Shelling Level for Shelling Lv 6 or Lv 7 Gunlances in Qurious Crafting (the maximum is Lv 8)
• You can now take Followers with you on almost all Master Rank quests, including Anomaly Quests and Anomaly Investigations.
• Adds ability to adjust various settings for your Followers, such as whether or not they perform Wyvern Riding when in the same or other areas as you, whether they set traps, and more
• Adds a feature that will give you upgrade materials back in exchange for leftover upgrade points you have after upgrading your armor through Qurious Crafting in the Smithy

Title Update 3 for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will be available from November 24 and comes in at 0.7 GB

@JaxonH @Dom_31 Does the update drop in a few hours or is it tomorrow in all regions a.k.a. a staggered release?

@TowaHerschel7
I think it's tomorrow, but who knows. Japan is way ahead of us so, if it drops at 6pm their time tomorrow we may get it early morning. I was hoping it would drop tonight but even if it did, it would probably be too late to bother.

@JaxonH That seems strange though, since the techs for the eShop in the US will probably be off for Thanksgiving. I can't recall a single game or patch ever releasing in the states on Thanksgiving. 🤔

I remember the last update happened before midnight for me, so...

@Joeynator3000 Yeah, plus the fact that there likely won't be anyone at the US branch of Nintendo to add the patch tomorrow as I already mentioned in my previous post.

@Joeynator3000 @JaxonH The update just went live!

@TowaHerschel7 Yeah just saw the tweet. lol

@TowaHerschel7
Just saw! I was playing the game, randomly checked for an update and it started downloading.

Here. We. GO!!!

...I'll probably fight Risen Teo and Kushala by myself later, just wanted to use followers for those quests just to speed things up for my videos. xD

I did fight Chaotic by myself, though.

I'm up to MR52, and on a serious roll.

Last hunt was Tigrex. Got not one, but two mantles. One reward, the other pilfered. Quest before was Lunagaron. You guessed it- mantle. Quest before that was Furious Rajang. Got his sparkly rare drop, whatever it was. Quest before that, Chaotic Gore. Got his sparkly plate drop needed for the Redirection +2 gem.

Hunts before that included regular Gore Magala (mantle), Espinas (mantle), Astalos (mantle), Seregios (nothing special), Magnamalo (MR Orb) and Mizutsune (mantle). In addition to at least 4 Large Wyvern gems from various hunts.

There's probably even more I'm forgetting. Ever since I started playing again yesterday they've been rolling in non stop. I couldn't even believe my luck. Getting one here and there happens. But this? This is something else entirely. It's like the game said, "you've been away for a while, here, let me coax you until staying" and just made it rain.

Anyways, this update is fantastic. Can't fight the Risens yet cause I'm nowhere near the MR I need, but Chaotic Gore was excellent, as expected, and unlocking Furious Rajang right after was... wow. Super glad I upgraded my armor beforehand, cause my goodness.

Been hitting the Follower Quests since yesterday knocking them all out to unlock everyone. It's SO. GOOD. that we can take Followers on any hunts now. Chaotic and that Furious Urgent were so much more fun with them around. I love the banter too. "You wanna take a picture of me?" and "oh, I see you're a hunter and a photographer" or "my back's killing me... just kidding. I'm not that old". It's all good stuff.

On my final 3 star Follower Quest. After that it's on to 4 and 5 star, then the Support Surveys 1-6 star, then aaaall the normal and Event quests I haven't played (and there's a ton), and then, finally, the Anomoly Quests A1-A5, followed by the Investigations, which will need to rank aaaall the way up to 200 (and eventually 300 since we know it's coming).

No biggie. That's only like, what, another 2,000 hours playtime? Ya, I totally got this.

...Alright followers, let's see how much you help during an afflicted quest that also includes an Apex monster and an Elder Dragon. >.>

Also...why didn't they bring back the other Apex monsters here? Why stop at Arzuros and Rathian? >.<

EDIT: Yeah this is MUCH better...doing multi-monster anomaly hunts was stressful since I always ended up finishing 50 minute quests with just a minute or two left. Especially when it's a high level...just tried an level 85-ish (I can't remember, lol) Afflicted Espinas quest that had Apex Rathian and Valstrax and finished it in about 30 minutes.