Somnacanth - Monster Hunter Rise (Materials, Weaknesses and Strategies)
The Somnacanth don't cry to the crows in Monster Hunter Rise. This long sea serpent is a master of sedatives and sleeping gases. In this guide, you will be introduced to its attacks and weaknesses, as well as the novice and expert materials it can bring back to forge weapons and armour.
Somnacanth
Species : Leviathan
Element : None
Threat: 5 stars
The weaknesses of the Somnacanth
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| Head | 65 | 55 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Head fin | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Neck | 70 | 70 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Front leg | 45 | 45 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdomen | 30 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Back | 25 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Rear leg | 25 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
How to beat the Somnacanth
To come
The materials of the Somnacanth
By fighting a monster, you can get different items and materials for making armour or weapons which we have listed in the following table. This is how the table works:
- Target - Represents your chance to get this material by completing a quest that involves this monster.
- Capture - Your chance to get this material at the end of the quest by capturing this monster, even if it was not the target of the quest.
- Damage - Your chance to get this extra material by completing a quest that involves this monster, if you damage it in a specific place.
- Skinning - Your chances of obtaining this material by skinning the carcass or broken/severed element of the target.
- Recovered - Your chance to make this material fall to the ground by injuring the monster, throwing it against a wall, or making it fight another monster.
Novice Rank
| Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
| Somnacanth Scale | 21% | 17% | 100% | 43% | 50% | |
| Somnacanth shell | 34% | -- | -- | 33% | -- | |
| Somnacanth fin | 14% | -- | 80% | 10% | -- | |
| Somnacanth dust | 23% | 30% | 20% | 14% | 40% | |
| Bone watch (G) | 8% | 14% | -- | -- | -- | |
| Somnacanth greenhouse | -- | 27% | 80% | -- | 15% | |
| Tear of wyvern | -- | -- | 7% | -- | 50% |
Expert Rank
| Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
| Somnacanth Scale + | 21% | 16% | 97% | 43% | 50% | |
| Crapace Somnacanth + | 33% | 29% | -- | 32% | -- | |
| Somnacanth + fin | 14% | -- | 80% | 10% | -- | |
| Somnacanth sedative | 23% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 39% | |
| Os duros | 7% | 14% | -- | -- | --% | |
| Wyvern Gem | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | |
| Somnacanth + claw | -- | 26% | 80% | -- | 15% | |
| Tear of wyvern | -- | -- | 5% | -- | 20% | |
| Large wyvern tear | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30% |
Master Rank
| Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
| Somnacanth Radiance | 21% | 16% | 97% | 43% | 50% | |
| Somnacanth Cortex | 33% | 29% | - | 32% | - | |
| Wild Nageaoire Somnacanth | 14% | - | 80% | 10% | - | |
| Somnacanth Dream Powder | 23% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 39% | |
| Os rigidos | 7% | 14% | - | - | - | |
| Large wyvern gem | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | |
| Somnacanth greenhouse | - | 26% | 80% | - | 15% | |
| Tear wyvern | - | - | - | - | 15% | |
| Large wyvern tear | - | - | - | - | 35% | |
| Afflicted shell | - | - | 20% | 20% | - |
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