Tips on how to exploit the Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Lucent Nargacuga weakness to gather its materials, plus all of the weapons and armor recipes

Want to know what the Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Lucent Nargacuga weakness is? The first free update to the already colossal RPG game’s expansion is now available, coming with four new monsters. Well, they’re all variants on existing foes, so “new” comes with a caveat. To unlock the Lucent Nargacuga fight, you must first beat Gaismagorm to unlock the post-game, then reach Master Rank 10. You’ll get a quest to hunt a Seething Bazelgeuse, then requests to deal with both a Gold Rathian and Silver Rathalos. Once you’ve dealt with all three of those, Lucent Nargacuga will reveal itself, a returning variant we’ve not seen since Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

Before you head into the fight, you need to equip ice weapons as they are the best for exploiting the Lucent Nargacuga weakness. We highly recommend you check out our Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak weapon tier list, as some focus more on elemental damage than others.

In general, melee weapons inflict far more damage than ranged rounds do on Lucent Nargacuga, with the one exception being the tail. The tip of its tail is a crucial target in this fight, as chopping it off will ensure it can’t fire poisonous barbs for the rest of the hunt. Doing this is easier said than done, as Lucent Nargacuga loves to phase in and out of sight, frequently getting the jump on would-be hunters. So long as you don’t get too greedy hitting the monster, you should have enough time to evade its attacks.

Ice weapons are the best for the Lucent Nargacuga fight as they do the most damage and can slow this agile beast down with Iceblight. You can also deal decent burst damage with Blast weapons, but you may struggle to inflict any other kind of blight on this stealthy creature.

It’ll likely take more than a few attempts to get enough of the Lucent Nargacuga materials you need to craft some of the best Longsword or best Dual Blades builds. Here are all of the Lucent Nargacuga materials you can scavenge from this colossal beast and the percentages for how likely each item is to drop:

Each of this armor set’s parts gives you 118 defence and improves your fire and water resistances by three points each, while also decreasing your ice and dragon resistances by five and two points respectively. Each part also gives your hunter different skills and a set of jewel slots to fill with decorations.

Here are all the materials you need to gather to craft Lucent Nargacuga armor:

All of the Lucent Nargacuga weapons are a poison-type offshoot of the regular Nargacuga tree. You need to have the Rarity 8 weapon crafted before upgrading to the new Rarity 10 weapons. Here are all of the Lucent Nargacuga weapons you can craft and the materials required for each:

That’s how you beat Lucent Nargacuga in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak. Since you’ve already reached the Anomaly quests, you can hunt for the coveted Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak afflicted materials you need to upgrade the Rarity 10 Lucent Nargacuga gear using the new Qurious Crafting mechanic. We recommend you hunt down monsters in the new Anomaly Investigations to get enough items to unlock new slots and apply buffs.

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