How to unlock secret armor sets in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

These outfits offer special skills and unique looks.

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The Sunbreak secret armour sets are some of the fanciest in the expansion, especially if you want to get into the Elgado spirit by throwing off your old Kamura outfit in favour of something more fitting. Perhaps you want to steal Rondine the Trader’s outfit? Dress up like a pirate captain? Or even wear the Handler’s outfit from Monster Hunter World?

There are also master rank variants of the secret armor sets from the original game to unlock, and while they look the same as the high rank versions, you can still upgrade to these if you liked the original. Here I’ll walk you through how to unlock the main secret armor sets in Sunbreak and the master rank versions of those that were available in Monster Hunter Rise.

As a side note,master rank layered armor unlocks after you defeat the Afflicted Arzuros at MR 10, after the main story is complete, so it takes a little while before you can style things exactly how you want.

Sunbreak armor: How to unlock the secret sets

There are three secret armor sets in Sunbreak that become craftable when you get their specific materials. Two come from the Meowcenaries, while the third is acquired through the new Backroom Deals mechanic for The Argosy. Here’s how to unlock each of the sets:

If the Jungle and the Citadel haven’t unlocked for the Meowcenaries yet, you’ll have to progress your master rank and the story further until they are.

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Using The Argosy and the Meowcenaries, you can also unlock master rank versions of the secret armor sets from the base game. These sets look the same as the high rank variants, but have some extra skills. To unlock each you’ll need a new material you can get the same way as the old one:

Here are the Meowcenaries locations, materials, and the master rank sets they correspond to:

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When setting up a trade request with The Argosy, these potential materials will be listed on the right hand side. Here’s the master rank set that each of them corresponds to:

There are also lots of armor sets you can get just by completing requests around Elgado, so it’s definitely worth looking around and grabbing what requests you can.

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