Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak TrophyRoadmap
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 5/10
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 250 Hours +
- Offline Trophies: 50 (4
, 6, 40) – No Platinum - Number of missable trophies:0
- Glitched trophies:0
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No difficulty settings
- Minimum Playthroughs:1 + Grind
- PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer:Yes but only from PS4 to PS5
- PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: Yes
- Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, can free roam everywhere and replay quests
- Supports Manual Saves?: No, Only 1 Autosave
- Release Date:April 28, 2023
, 40
) – No PlatinumIntroduction
Welcome to the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Trophy Guide! Sunbreak is the big expansion for Monter Huner Rise, which expands the game with new monsters, Master Rank, new weapons, armorand more. It also introduces a new type of endgame grind with afflicted monsters, which are very tanky monsters.Unlike Monster Hunter World Iceborneexpansion, Sunbreak does not provide come with a platinum. Instead, the main game itself was blessed (or cursed) with a total of 50 DLC trophies added to the game in 6 individual trophy expansions.
Good news: Most of the trophies are based on the achievements from the first release or Sunbreak, a version before new stuff was added to the game with free content updates. This means you don’t really have to do everything even though the trophies sound like you have to. The first version of Sunbreak, to make it somewhat clear, introduced 16 new monsters relevant for the gold crown trophies. Only those are needed in order to unlock the trophies – every monster added after the game’s original Nintendo Switch release through free updates is not needed. Same goes for some of the quest trophiesand for some of the miscellaneous trophies.
Bad news: In some cases though, you will have tofinish the main game Monster Hunter Rise to 100% as well. Having only the gold crowns added in Sunbreak will not unlock the Sunbreak trophies if you don’t have all the crowns in the main game as well. Same goes for dango recipes and requests. In the main game you could ignore many of the Requests from the other villagers since optional objectives (blue objectives from the handler) were a shortcut for the request trophy. For Sunbreak requests, however, you will have to finish every single request in the game, also those from the main game. So if you skipped them, you will have to go back to them. Fortunately, they aren’t particularly tedious or grindy.
Step 1: Finish the main story quests to remove the cap on your Master Rank
Your first objective should be the main story. It will introduce you to new and old monsters, this time in master rank. As usual in Monster Hunter games make sure to keep your armor somewhat leveled to make progress easier. The most important thing is talking to all the people in Elgado and Kamura. Every time you see a speech bubble above someone or three dots in the map menu, go and talk to the people since they will provide you with new quests, requests etc. Some of the requests are locked behind finishing other requests first, so you should probably keep an eye on them to not get semi-overwhelmed at the end. Also make sure to feed the little snowy cohoot at the top of the new hub after 15 quests.
Finishing main story quests will leave you with master rank 7 and will unlock the cap until level 10, then 30, then 50 etc. You can play through the whole list of main quests in co-op if you wish.
Step 2: Follower Quests and Support Surveys
Some of the followers will sometimes have a purple speech bubble above them. Those are a sign of follower quests. For the Follower Quests / Support Surveys you are not allowed to play in online co-op. Instead, you will be given AI hunting partners to provide assistance For the follower quests the partners are scripted and you will unlock follow-up quests for them after finishing their first ones as well. Finishing multiple quests for them will unlock them as a follower in support surveys.
Support surveys are basically the same as follower quests but this time around you can take up to two of the followers of your choice on a hunt. Make sure to finish all the quests first, though. Some of the quests will automatically mark some of the surveys as finished if you clear them first, so do it in that order to avoid doing the quests twice for no reason. For the followers my personal favorite setup is taking the twins Hinoa and Minato with me and giving both of them Hunting Horns as their weapon. They will provide a massive amount of buffs to you during your hunt, heal you, grant you health regeneration, etc. If you are confident in hunting solo the twins are your best choice since it will make you the main hunter and they will be there for you to keep you alive most of the time.
Step 3: Arena Quests
Do not forget to finish the six master rank arena quests as well. In arena quests you are provided weapons and armor setups by the game and have to hunt the monsters with what you have. Each quest provides you with multiple weapons to choose from but sadly not all of them. So if you are, a single weapon specialist, the arena quests might be somewhat tricky. In most cases you can choose the Bowguns and go for a run-and-gun approach if you have no idea how to play the weapons provided. Bowguns are available in 4 of the 6 arena quests, the other 2 have a bow.
Step 4: Anomaly Quests
Anomaly quests introduce Afflicted Monsters – they are tankier version of most of the monsters in the game with a twist. They are affected by the Qurio, which makes red spots appear on their body which you will have to destroy. Destroying all the spots on a monster’s body will cause an explosion and knock them out, failing to do so will cause an explosion that will damage you if you are too close. After knocking a monster out it will be like a regular monster for a while before it goes back to the red spots again. It is a cycle of destroying the red spots, knocking them out, fighting regularly, destroying the spots, etc. Destroying the red spots is crucial since doing so deals massive damage to the monsters and helps taking down their massive health pool quicker.
The game has a lot of Anomaly Quests, but you will only need to finish the Quests from 1 to 4 Star rating to unlock the corresponding trophy. Everything above can be ignored and the time is better invested in step 5.
Step 5: Anomaly Investigations (Endgame Grind)
Talking to Bahari the Researcher in the endgame will unlock Anomaly Investigations. Anomaly Investigations are quests that will always ask you to kill an afflicted monster. Sometimes the afflicted monsters plus some regular/apex monsters as well. Finishing an anomaly investigation will reward you withAnomaly Coinswhich you can spend in Bahari’s shop as well as provide experience points towards your investigation level.
During the investigation you can also pick up red-glowing items like plants, mushrooms, etc. to get some more XP towards your research level as well. Collecting this stuffand breaking monster parts will randomly award you with new investigations. Each investigation has its own level and finishing and investigation levels it up. The higher the level of an investigation, the stronger the monster and the rewards are better. The monster materials from afflicted monsters are needed for augmentation of your gear.
The higher the level and the more monsters that are in a quest, the more coins the quest will reward. A very low level quest will reward you one coin, a high level quest with 3 monsters, one of them being an Apex and the third one being an Elder Dragon might reward you with 25. The coins are required for trophy
Bahari’s Hand-Wound Birdiewhich requires spending a total of3000coins in Bahari’s Shop. This is quite a big grind.
Is there another way of earning the coins? Yes – Bahari will have requests for you which will last for 3 to 5 quests asking you to kill a specific monster with a minimum required level. Example: Hunt a Barioth of Level 51 or higher. If the request lasts for 3 quests, you can finish the request 3 times. Finishing 10 requests for Bahari will reward you with a coin bonus. The first 10 quests will reward you with 50 extra coins, after finishing the 10 requests twice it will go up to 100 coins in the third rotation. It goes up the more requests you finish and goes up to at least 200 bonus coins.
Now there is a problem, though: The monster Bahari asked for is random. There is a high possibility he will ask you to hunt monsters which you don’t have an Investigation for or your Investigation is not on the required level. What can you do then? Well once again there is a problem there, you can level up an Investigation by finishing it, but this will not provide progress to the 10 Requests needed for the bonus coins, in some cases you might run out of the 3-5 attempts for the quest before you are able to level it up to the required level. It is a painful grind at the beginning, until you accumulate a collection of different Investigations for a variety of monsters. Even then you can end up with a monster which your Investigation for is painful. Example: Hunt a Level 111 Furious Rajang – your quest for Furious Rajang might be at the required level, but it could have an Apex Rathalos and Kushala Daora (just an example) also in the quest, which would make it harder.
If you really don’t feel like going for the monster Bahari asks you to, simply jump into Arena Quest 6 and have the Furious Rajang there kill you in a few seconds. Do it until you run out of the attempts for the research and a new monster will replace it. Another option is searching for an Investigation you don’t own yourself online and joining there, but it also requires the luck of the monster being available at your level at the exact time you are searching for it. Also playing the Investigation in co-op with a friend will only make the progress longer, since Bahari’s requests are random and you and your friend will require an extraordinary (basically impossible) amount of luck to always end up with the same monster for research.
Long story short – No matter how you approach it, the grind will be a pain. Killing afflicted monsters takes a good amount of time longer than regular monsters and you will end up having to kill about 200 of them, if not more.The best method: a mix of requests for Bahari and when you end up with a monster you don’t want to fight, go for quests that you are comfortable with instead, if it rewards you with many coins. A Quest with 3 monsters that rewards you with about 25+ coins might be worth your time in between research for Bahari if the quest is not extremely long.
Also, you have to SPEND the 3000 coins in the shop, just owning them is not enough.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Trophy Guide
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC1
 | Royal Request for co-operation An official request for Kamura’s hunter. Awarded for collaboration with Elgado Outpost. |  |
| Automatic story unlock, can’t be missed. | ||
 | Long-Distance Binoculars Binoculars giving a clear view of far-off targets. Awarded to staunch investigators. | |
| Automatic story unlock, can’t be missed. | ||
 | Survey Cape Protects the wearer from the harshest environments. Awarded for hunting the Garangolm. | |
| Automatic story unlock, can’t be missed. | ||
 | Azure Feather Fountain Pen A fountain pen with a blue feather gifted by Fiorayne. Awarded for hunting the Lunagaron. | |
| Automatic story unlock, can’t be missed. | ||
 | Majestic Desk Banner A desk flag proving the owner’s distinguished service. Awarded for slaying Malzeno. | |
| Automatic story unlock, can’t be missed. | ||
 | Royal Declaration of Gratitude An official thank-you letter. For hunters who contributed greatly to the Kingdom’s peace. | |
| Automatic story unlock, can’t be missed. | ||
 | Record of Utmost Valor – Master A souvenir from the Guild for completing many Master Rank quests. | |
| You will have to finish every single Master Rank quest. Make sure to always talk to the people since they often provide you with new quests. Once you see a red checkmark in the quest counter next to the star category, you can be sure you are done with that category. The quests go from 1 to 6 stars and thereare a lot of them. Each difficulty has between 3 and 4 pages of quests. | ||
 | Snowy Cohoot Mini-Pouch Awarded for befriending a fledgling Snowy Cohoot from Elgado. Looks tiny, but has a big appetite. | |
| In Elgado you can find a small Snowy Cohoot on top of the walls of the fort there. Visit it after a hunt and feed it 15 times to unlock the trophy. You can’t just feed it 15 times after a single quest, you have to visit it after 15 different hunts. | ||
 | Record of Utmost Valor – Arena A souvenir from the Guild for completing even more Arena quests. | |
You will need to complete 6 Arena Quests on Master Rank:
You can access the arena quests by talking to Arena Master Arlow in Elgado. For Arena Quests you can only choose between weapons provided by the game for you, so pick the one that suits you the most. | ||
 | Painting – Foreign Threads Awarded for completing many Follower Quests to mark deep village-Outpost ties. | |
Follower Quests are the single-player content of the game. You can go on hunts with AI, which surprisingly does a pretty good job helping you with the hunts. Always talk to people in Elgado and Kamura who have a purple speech bubble above them to unlock new follower quests. You will have to finish all the follower quests to unlock the trophy. This means:
For the Follower Quests your AI companions are always set automatically by the game. | ||
 | Painting – Seicho’s Place Proof of having completed many Support Surveys. Soar away into a clear blue sky. | |
Support Surveys are like Follower Quests but here you can choose your companions freely. You can take up to 2 of them with you. It’s best always taking Hinoa and Minato with you and giving both of them the Hunting Horn. They will keep buffing and healing you like crazy making you a tank. To unlock the trophy you will have to finish all the Surveys in the game which means:
Some of the surveys will be marked as completed automatically by finishing the same Follower Quests before that. So make sure to go for the Follower Quests first to avoid having to do them twice. | ||
 | Cups of Friendship Awarded for deepening bonds with many Followers. Sharing this cup fosters friendship. | |
| During your journey through the Follower Quests you will be asked by all the different followers to join them on a quest twice or more. This will automatically level your friendship with them. You are guaranteed unlock the trophy while finishing all the Follower Quests and should not worry about it in the slightest. | ||
 | Painting – Crimson Nightmare A depiction of the dreadful Qurio. Awarded for completing numerous Anomaly Quests. | |
Anomaly Quests are unlocked after finishing the game. In order to unlock the trophy you will have to finish all the Anomaly Quests in the game from 1 to 4 star categories. Everything above that is NOT needed for the trophy. You will have to finish:
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Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC 2
 | Sea-Blue Amulet Awarded for completing 50 quests in the Jungle. A talisman to protect you on your travels. | |
| Self-explanatory, finish 50 quests in the new Jungle area. | ||
 | Copal Brooch Awarded for completing 50 quests in the Citadel. A charm praying for your good health. | |
| Self-explanatory, finish 50 quests in the new Citadel area. | ||
 | Beloved Bouquet Awarded for fulfilling various requests in Kamura and/or Elgado. | |
| Unlocked by finishing every single request in the game. Always talk to people in the hubs when they want to talk to you. The requests are not particularly hard but there is a lot of them for collecting stuff, taking pictures of various things, capturing or slaying particular monsters, etc. You can view your requests in the pause menu under Quests -> Side Quests -> Requests. | ||
 | Familiar Construction Kit An easy-to-deploy camping kit. Awarded for unlocking a lot of camps in the Jungle and Citadel. | |
| The Jungle and the Citadel have one sub-camp each. Find the locations and finish the short request for the shop-keeper to unlock them.
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 | Great Wirebug Medal Awarded for discovering a lot of Great Wirebug launch points in the Jungle and the Citadel. | |
| Use Jewel Lillies to create Wirebug launch points on both new maps. Below you can see all the Wirebug Locations.
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 | Immaculate Bookmark Awarded for discovering a lot of Old Messages in the Jungle and Citadel. An unspoiled antique. | |
| » Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Relics Guide | ||
 | Natural Picture Frame A smart frame awarded for photographing many creatures in the Citadel and Jungle. | |
| »Monster Hunter Rise: SunbreakEndemics Guide | ||
 | Transcender’s Red Sash Its refinement exceeds human capability. Awarded for obtaining even more Switch Skills. | |
| This trophy will unlock automatically when following the story, should you already own all the Switch Skills from the main game. | ||
 | Great Helmet A pretty great winged helmet. Awarded for forging even more valuable weapons and armor. | |
| Once unlocked simply craft 5 Armor Pieces or Weapons of rarity 10. | ||
 | Gorgeous Helm A helm with golden hollows and blue wings. Awarded for forging even more valuable layered armor. | |
| Once unlocked simply craft 5 Layered Armor Pieces of rarity 10. | ||
 | Solid Padlock Awarded for collecting even more trinkets and wall hangings. Won’t budge, no matter what. | |
Just as in the main game you will have to unlock all the room decorations for the trophy, which requires collecting all new relics, killing each required monster 10 times, buying them from the argosy and winning the final ones from the lottery. Here are all the decorations you need:
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 | Maestro’s Trusty Tools Super popular in the Tea Shop! Awarded for helping make new dango, even in far-off Elgado. | |
| Will unlock automatically while finishing all the Requests and Quests in Elgado. You will also need to unlock all the Dango Recipes from the main game as well. | ||
 | Secret Honey Jar Awarded to dango connoisseurs for using many Hopping Skewers. Add honey to sweeten things up! | |
| In the Canteen you can now press the touchpad while choosing your dango to transform it into a Hopping Skewers. They make the skill you get from the food better, while having a lower chance to activate. After eating a Hopping Skewer about 20 times the trophy will unlock. | ||
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC 3
 | Napping Felyne & Canyne Toys of a cuddling Felyne and Canyne. Awarded to avid instructors at the Buddy Dojo. | |
| Will unlock automatically while tackling all the Requests given to you from villagers. Requests for the Buddy Master are what counts for it, they aren’t any difficult. | ||
 | Sojourn Necklace A necklace that ended up with your Buddy. Awarded for trading with Letters of Introduction. | |
While dealing with the Argosy you can now press  to send the buddies out with a letter of introduction. This will make them come back with different items, which will have a red background in the argosy overview. Getting a total of 100 items like that will unlock the trophy. | ||
 | Buddy Whistle A simple flute with far-reaching tones. Awarded to those who have found a lot of Recon destinations. | |
| Buddy Recon is a new way of fast-travelling in the game. In the Buddy Dojo you can send buddies as recons to all the maps to have a new one-time use fast travel point for your hunts. Each map has 2 Buddy Recon points, some of them are unlocked automatically, while others you will have to physically find yourself to unlock. Below you can see the locations of the Buddy Recon Points. Shrine Ruins Frost Islands Sandy Plains Flooded Forest Lava Caverns Jungle Citadel | ||
 | Flaky Canyne Pie A tasty treat for hard-working Canynes. Awarded for teaching your Canyne lots of techniques. | |
| Will unlock automatically while tackling all the Requests given to you from villagers. Requests for the Buddy Master are what counts for it, they aren’t any difficult. | ||
 | Polychrome Acorn A cute and colorful painted acorn. Awarded for having lots of Buddies with outstanding Skill Memory. | |
| In order to unlock this trophy you will have to have 10 buddies with a skill memory of 8. A level 35 or higher buddy has 5 memory slots and in order to level them up to 8 you will need to give them 3 Eurekacorns each. You can do that in the Buddy Dojo where you will find the new option to increase their Skill Memory. Eurekacorns can be obtained in 3 different ways:
You will need a total of 30 Eurekacorns which you easily accumulate if you follow the 3 methods from above in between quests. | ||
 | Windbreaker Scarf Ignore wind as you whip through the world. Awarded for performing many Switch Skill Swaps. | |
You will unlock Switch Skill Swap automatically during the story. You will have to perform it 100 times with  +  +  as a melee player or  + + as a gunner/archer. | ||
 | Jewelgrass Planter Awarded to those who rode various monsters with the power of Morphed Wirebugs. | |
| You have to mount a monster once while under the influence of either Ruby Wirebug or Gold Wirebug. You can find them on every map and they provide buffs to monster riding. Even though the trophy mentions various monsters, you only have to do it once. | ||
 | Unbreakable Bag Wow! A whole bag awarded for obtaining samples of items from all over the place. | |
| In between quests talk to Pingarh the Sailor and he will sometimes have a gift for you. Receiving a gift from him about 20 times will unlock the trophy. It is not completely confirmed it is 20 items you have to receive, sometimes it will take a few more. Just keep talking to them after quests until you get enough for the trophy to unlock. | ||
 | Comfortable Sandals Sandals for exploring. Awarded for talking with lots of people in the Outpost. | |
| All the people in Elgado are easy to find but you can’t unlock this trophy before 2 people join the outpost during the story – a researcher and a doctor. Once the doctor joins the outpost you can talk to everyone at least once to unlock the trophy. Elgado is pretty small and the people are all obvious and easy to find. Sometimes Hinoa and Minato from the main game can be found near the Cook so make sure to talk to them as well once they visit. | ||
 | Hunter’s Bronze Shield Awarded for hunting 100 large master rank monsters. | |
| Self-explanatory. | ||
 | Hunter’s Silver Shield Awarded for hunting 500 large master rank monsters. | |
| Self-explanatory. | ||
 | Anomaly Hunt Silver Trophy Awarded for slaying your first afflicted monster. | |
| Afflicted monsters are unlocked in the endgame. You will hunt a lot of them for theBahari’s Hand-Wound Birdietrophy, will unlock naturally. | ||
 | Anomaly Research Report An extremely detailed report, the result of impressive hard work researching the Anomaly. | |
| Awarded for reaching Investigation Level 50 in the Anomaly Research, will unlock naturally during the endgame grind (see Roadmap Step 5). | ||
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC 4
 | Surmounter’s Slaying Shield Awarded for slaying your first Risen elder dragon. | |
| Risen Elder Dragons will unlock from Master Rank 110 Upwards, slay for first one for the trophy. | ||
 | Hunter’s Gold Shield Awarded for hunting 1000 large master rank monsters. |  |
| Self-explanatory. The biggest grind in the game, if you are done with everything else you can get it the fastest by grinding the level 1 MR monsters. | ||
 | Anomaly Hunt Gold Trophy Awarded for slaying 100 afflicted monsters. | |
| Afflicted monsters are the endgame of MH Rise Sunbreak. You will spend a lot of time hunting them because of theBahari’s Hand-Wound Birdietrophy. It will come naturally during the endgame grind (see Roadmap Step 5). | ||
 | Vermilion Amber Essence Awarded only to those who have completed tasks designated by the Research Lab to be the most difficult. | |
| Awarded for slaying your first monster of Anomaly Level of 100 or higher. Will unlock naturally during the grind forBahari’s Hand-Wound Birdie. | ||
 | Smithy’s Custom-made Gloves Awarded for Augmenting many weapons via Qurious Crafting. Specially developed to handle dangerous afflicted materials. | |
| Unlocked in the endgame. Simply use materials from afflicted monsters to unlock augmentation in thesmith’s menu. | ||
 | Smithy’s Tools of the Trade Awarded for Augmenting a lot of armor via Qurious Crafting. These tools can work even the most brittle of materials. | |
| Unlocked in the endgame. Simply use materials from afflicted monsters to unlock augmentation in thesmith’s menu. | ||
 | Shining Surmounter’s Shield Awarded for slaying 15 Risen elder dragons. | |
| Risen Elder Dragons will unlock from Master Rank 110 Upwards, slay 15 of them for the trophy. | ||
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC 5
 | Bahari’s Hand-Wound Birdie Bahari’s handmade toy that walks when wound up. Proves you frequent the Anomaly Lab. |  |
| This is unlocked by spending 3000 coins at Bahari’s shop. See Step 5 of the Roadmap for the explanation. This is the main endgame grind. Just amassing 3000 coins isn’t enough, you actually have to SPEND them. | ||
 | Miniature Crown Shield Awarded for registering almost all miniature crown-sized monsters. | |
| SeeGold Crown Shieldjust below. | ||
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC 6
 | Gold Crown Shield Awarded for registering almost all gold crown- sized monsters. | |
| While the crown trophies are usually the most notorious ones in Monster Hunter games, this time around it is not as bad as it sounds. As always crowns are unlocked by finding an especially big or small version of a monster. You do NOT need to get every single crown in the game or the trophy. The trophy is triggered by getting all the main game crowns and only the monsters, which appeared in the first release of Sunbreak. All the monsters added by Version Updates after release are NOT needed for those trophies. The crown rates in Sunbreak have been raised to 6% for a mini crown and 10% for a large crown, making them easier to obtain in general. If not mentioned below, it doesn’t matter which quests you go for as long as the monster is part of the main hunt and not just a random appearance in the quests. Next to the monsters I will mention quests, which guarantee the crowns for those monsters. Here is a list of all the new monsters you will have to get the crowns for:
For monsters without a guaranteed crown quest it is best to play quests with multiple monsters if you are hunting for a specific crown, since monsters die faster in multi-monster quests. Those monster areNOTneeded for the crown trophy:
Every monster added to the game later one will not be necessary either, so only focus on the 16 monsters in the first list. You need to, however, have unlocked all the main game crowns to unlock the Sunbreak Crowns trophy -> This has been tested and confirmed. | ||
 | Hero’s Accolade The mark of a great hero, who has acquired a large number of awards. | |
| Basically the platinum of this DLC, you will unlock it after unlocking all the other Sunbreak DLC trophies. | ||
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