Ahead of the release date of Capcom’sMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the development team has been sharing important information about what the community should expect from the upcoming expansion. Most of the recent updates involve the newMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreakfeatures, key areas, character lineup, and monster roster. However, Capcom has just revealed the prerequisites for hunters to accessSunbreak, as well as the download size of the title update on the game’s launch day.Most of the community is likely anticipating theupcomingMonster Hunter Rise:Sunbreakdigital eventthat is happening on May 10. The developers only provided small hints about the topics to be covered during the livestream. This includes new gameplay info and monsters. With only this to ride on, most members of theMonster Huntercommunity have been sharing speculations that a new playable demo will be announced, and discussing their returning monster predictions with fellow fans.RELATED:Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Previews Expansion’s New AreaThough the development team is very tight-lipped about monster rosters and intricate gameplay details, the officialMonster HunterJapanese Twitter account shared news aboutSunbreak’s expansion requirements and launch day title update download size. One of the prerequisites for hunters to access the expansion includes completing themain story ofMonster Hunter Rise.Another requirement is that players have to complete the High-Rank 7-Star hub quest “Serpent Goddess of Thunder.” Hunters will likely recall this as the quest where they have to take down the elder dragon Thunder Serpent Narwa.
In a separate post on the same Japanese account, Capcom also shares that on the release date of the expansion, there will be a same-day title update. The update will need around 13GB of free space, and hunters have to update their games in order to access all of theMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreaknew monstersand gameplay features. This title update is also a requirement for players who want to connect and play online. However, for hunters who have yet to purchase the expansion, they will still gain some access to features like item packs and new elements such as weapon balance adjustments.
With theMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreakdigital event only days away, it is not likely that the team will be making any big announcements on social media before the event. Capcom is probably saving all important updates for the upcoming livestream. Fans will have to tune into the digital event for official information, and can only hope that their returning monster predictions will come true.
Monster Hunter Riseis available now for PC and Switch, andSunbreakwill release on June 30.
