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Aurora Somnacanth weaknesses, resistances, & drops – MHR Sunbreak

An icy sleep awaits.

Mark Carpenter

Published: Jul 1, 2022 01:13 am

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak is the expansion for MH Rise that brings back a lot of fan favorites and more, so you can take them all down with the new Switch Skills you can acquire. Somncacanth is a new monster, and Capcom has already upgraded it with Ice for Sunbreak to make it deadlier. So here's everything we have on Aurora Somnacanth's weaknesses, resistances, and drops in MHR Sunbreak.

All Aurora Somnacanth information and weaknesses in MHR Sunbreak

Type	Leviathan	Threat Level	6/10
Main Weakness	Fire	Minor Weakness	Thunder
Main Status Weakness	Blast	Monster Resistant to	Water/Ice Dragon/Sleep

Light illuminates the dust scattered around this subspecies, making their fantastical appearance shimmer softly. Aurora Somnacanth sprays icy blasts in place of sleeping powder, attacking all who dare enter their territory.

Aurora Somnacanth Elemental weakness in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak

Aurora Somncanth is resistant to most elemental types. Still, because it uses Ice attacks, you want to equip yourself with a Fire elemental weapon and focus on the head fin and forelegs. Thunder is Aurora's secondary weakness, however, every other type is useless to use.

Parts	Fire	Thunder
Head	15	10
Head Fin	25	15
Neck	10	5
Foreleg	20	10
Abdomen	10	0
Back	10	5
Hind Leg	10	5

Aurora Somnacanth Weapon location weakness in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak

Blunt weaponry is the best thing to use against Aurora Somnacanth, but Cutting is exceptionally close behind. For Hammers, focus purely on the head, and let Cutting and Ammo weapons concentrate on the Neck.

Parts	Cut	Blunt	Ammo
Head	55	65	45
Head Fin	45	45	45
Neck	70	70	30
Foreleg	35	30	20
Abdomen	30	30	15
Back	25	25	25
Hind Leg	25	30	15

Aurora Somnacanth Status resistances and ailments in MHR Sunbreak

Like Astalos, Aurora Somnacanth is resistant to most things, as it is entirely immune to sleep. Blast is great to use if you have it, and finding a helper to inflict Fireblight for that constant damage effect will help with the fight.

Poison	★	Exhaust	★
Stun	★	Fireblight	★★
Paralysis	★	Waterblight	★
Sleep		Thunderblight	★
Blast	★★	Iceblight	★

Aurora Somnacanth Drop Rates - Carves, capturing, breaking, & more in MHR Sunbreak

There are numerous ways to get monster parts, but it revolves heavily around a percentage system, which is RNG.

There are multiple ways to gain items:
- You can generally carve three times once the monster is dead, but this can change with skills and the type of monster
- All chopped appendages of said monster can normally be carved once
- Capturing the monster instead of killing it can alter the percentage of rewards
- Breaking monster parts, claws, and wings increases the odds of getting more parts
- From obtaining the white drops that fall from the monster
- Gaining rewards for completing your quest.

Materials	Target Rewards	Capture Rewards	Broken Part Rewards	Carves
Auroracanth Icescale	21%	17%	16% (Head Fin) 20% (Arm) 96% (Tail)	42% (Body)
Auroracanth lcecortex	33%	32%	--%	32% (Body)
Auroracanth Fin	14%	--%	80% (Head Fin)	10% (Body)
Monster Slogbone	10%	9%[x2]	--%	14% (Body)
Cryo Sac	19%	14%	--%	--%
Large Wyvern Gem	3%	4%	4% (Head Fin) 4% (Tail)	2% (Body)
Auroracanth lceclaw	--%	24%	80%[x2] (Arm)	--%

By looting white drops fallen from the monster, you can potentially acquire the following: Auroracanth Icescale 70%, Large Wyvern Gem 1%, Auroracanth Iceclaw 30%, Wyvern Tear 10%, and Large Wyvern Tear 40%.

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