Lastly, the player can expand their maximum health, stamina, defense, and attack by finding Spiribirds throughout the area in addition to food and armor abilities. This is especially helpful for doing lots of damage relatively quickly.
Mounting monsters now allows the player to puppeteer them rather than just getting a few easy hits in, and is less focused on aerial attacks. Gathering materials is even faster than before, as anything besides carving from downed monsters will award everything at once instead of having to continue to harvest until the gathering point is exhausted.
Once the player has caught a monster's attention for the first time, their listing in the manual is unlocked. The player also no longer needs to track down markings to research monsters.
On September 23rd, 2021, the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion update was announced, featuring a new, more Western setting, and a new flagship known as Malzeno, a vampire-like Elder Dragon. The second content patch, updating the game to Version 3.0, added Crimson Glow Valstrax, Apex Zinogre, the Infernal Springs area, standard quests for Apex Diablos and Rathalos, and a new ending to the story. The first content patch, updating the game to Version 2.0, added the Elder Dragon trio of Chameleos, Kushala Daora, and Teostra as well as Bazelgeuse, Apex Rathalos and Diablos, standard quests for Apex Arzuros, Mizutsune and Rathian, outside of Rampage quests, and Layered Armor crafting. A second demo was made available from March 11, 2021, until the game's launch, adding a hunt against Magnamalo. It features compatibility with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.Ī playable demo of the game was available from January 7 through February 1, 2021, featuring hunts against Great Izuchi and Mizutsune. The player also gets new companions with the addition of the Palamutes, large canines who focus on attacking alongside the hunter. The "Rise" in the title refers to emphasis on verticality with the new Wirebug tool and expanded climbing abilities. With the last Rampage nearly destroying Kamura fifty years ago, Hunters are tasked with investigating the cause behind this disaster, trying to prevent it from happening again, and should the need arise, fighting in the village's defense. Players assume the role of a Hunter from Kamura Village, a Far Eastern settlement that has been struggling to deal with the "Rampage", a sudden onslaught from large groups of monsters that occurs with frightening regularity.
It was released worldwide on Maon the Nintendo Switch, with a PC port via Steam dropping on January 12, 2022. Monster Hunter: Rise is the second base entry in fifth generation of the Monster Hunter series.