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The first free title update for Monster Hunter Rise adds a monstrous amount of new content for players to dive into and explore, with two elder dragons, Teostra and Kushala Daora, coming along for the ride. The free title update has been confirmed to go far on April 28.

The update as well unlocks the Hunter Rank cap, allowing players to acquire Hunter Rank points every fourth dimension they defeat a monster. When you earn enough points, y'all'll gain a new rank and unlock more creatures to hunt in expeditions, along with more rampages, arena quests, and singleplayer challenges to exam your mettle against multiple monsters. Chameleos is set to exist one of the first monsters for players to chase at the college ranks and elderberry dragons Teostra and Kushala Daora.

Noon versions of Diablos and Rathalos will too exist introduced. The apex versions of these monsters are set to exist fifty-fifty stronger than the standard ones. Players volition also have the opportunity to chase apex monsters outside of rampage quests.

Another big add-on coming to version 2.0 in Monster Hunter Rise is players being able to craft layered armor for anything you can build at the forge. The layered armor is the appearance armor you lot wearable over your actual armor, giving players the freedom to take any armored look they want, with the armor with their actual stats being underneath it.

All of this becomes available on April 28, post-obit a quick update to your Monster Hunter Rise version on your Switch. The adjacent update, version iii.0, will be coming at the cease of May, adding a new chapter post-obit the end of the story, along with even more monsters gear up to congregate the surface area around Kamura Village. This update is expected to be gratuitous.