Sunbreak Garangolm: Weakness and Drops | Monster Hunter Rise

This is a hunting guide for Garangolm, a Large Monster in Monster Hunter Rise (MH Rise) and the Sunbreak DLC. Read on to learn Garangolm's weaknesses, forgeable weapons, forgeable armor, drops, and attack patterns for Master Rank!

Garangolm Guide
Garangolm Weapons	Garangolm Armor

Garangolm Weaknesses and Hunter Notes

Garangolm ガランゴルム
Type		Fanged Beast
Threat Level	6/10	Rampage Type	ー
Major Weakness	Thunder	Other Weakness	Ice Fire
Blight / Elemental Damage	Water Blast	Abnormal Status	ー
Characteristics
A monster characterized by its massive and rigid body. Garangolm are generally placid, living in regions with fertile soil. Thier sap-like fluids can promote plant growth, forging a symbiotic relationshipo with flora that grows on their bodies. They can also use that sap to harden plants or the surrounding soil, outfitting their bodies and enhancing their attacks.

How to Unlock Garangolm

Clear 2 M★2 Key Quests After Provoking an Anjanath's Wrath

Quest Name	Monster/Unlock
A Rocky Rampage	Garangolm
	Unlock Conditions: Complete two M★2 Key Quests after finishing the Quest "Provoking an Anjanath's Wrath"

Garangolm is the target of the Urgent Quest that unlocks MR 3. You can get the quest by finishing two M★2 Key Quests after completing Provoking an Anjanath's Wrath.

MR Grinding Guide:
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Garangolm Weakness and Resistance

Garangolm Weapon Damage Breakdown

Part
Head	50	45	35
Torso	35	35	15
Left Arm	45	50	45
Right Arm	45	50	45
Hind Leg	25	25	20
Tail	40	40	30
Overall	40	41	32

Garangolm Elemental Weakness Breakdown

Part
Head	8	0	10	5	0
Torso	8	0	10	5	0
Left Arm	8	0	10	5	0
Right Arm	8	0	10	5	0
Hind Leg	8	0	10	5	0
Tail	8	0	10	5	0
Overall	8	0	10	5	0

Higher numbers indicate higher potential damage to the monster.

Garangolm Hunting Tips

Garangolm will reinforce their arms by covering them in elements. When their arms are in this state, continuously attacking the elemental covering will eventually break it off, toppling the beast. Focus your assault on their arms as soon as they're covered!

Status Effect Vulnerabilities

If an ailment has more stars it means that it has better effectiveness.

Item Vulnerabilities

◯ = Vulnerable; ✕ = Fully Resistant; ▲ = Situational

Kinsect Extracts

Monster Part	Extract
Head
Torso
Left Arm
Right Arm
Hind Leg
Tail
Overall	—

Red = Attack Increase, White = Movement Boost, Orange = Anti-knockback When Attacking

Kinsect Extract Guide

Garangolm Locations and Quests

Garangolm Habitat

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Area
Flooded Forest	9 / 11 / 13	1 / 6 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13	13
Citadel	2 / 11 / 13	1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 10 / 11 / 13	11

Garangolm Quest Appearances

How to Beat Garangolm

Stay Near Garangolm

Aim for The Arms When It Has Elemental Rocks!

Breaking Body Parts Gives It Access to Death Combos

Bring Nulberries

Stay Near Garangolm

Garangolm has a plethora of ranged attacks that can easily reach far away Hunters. We suggest keeping near Garangolm to avoid those moves. Gotta be careful though cause Garangolm is so huge, it sometimes block the camera!

Aim for The Arms When It Has Elemental Rocks!

As the battle rages on and Garangolm enrages, it will punch the ground with extreme force to cover its fist with rocks. These rocks give Garangolm blast attacks and water attacks - one for each fist.

During this time, try attacking the fist until it breaks down - like how we do it for Goss Harag's blades. This will topple down Garangolm and gives you a big attack window.

Breaking Body Parts Gives It Access to Death Combos

Garangolm is probably one of the unique monster that gets stronger as you wear them down. At the later stages of the battle, when you have most likely broken Garangolm's head or arms, it will not only imbue rocks on its fists but on its head as well.

This gives Garangolm access to death combos that can easily cart any unsuspecting Hunter. Always keep a wirebug ready so you can Wirefall out of these combos when necessary.

Bring Nulberries

Garangolm mostly deal Blast and Waterblight, both can be mitigated quite easily. Just roll thrice to get rid of Blast and eat a Nulberry to cure Waterblight.

Nulberry Location: How to Get and Effects

Garangolm Attacks and Moves

Brute Swing

Brute Swing Attack Information
Brute Swing: Garangolm swings its hands, attempting to smash any hunter in its way. This move is very quick but does not deal much damage. Just try to avoid this one at all cost by rolling backwards.

Tail Sweep

Tail Sweep Attack Information
Tail Sweep: Garangolm will quickly spin around and use its mighty tail to sweep away Hunters staying behind it. Try staying in front of Garangolm to avoid this move. Besides, Garangolm's weak spots are mostly around its arms and head so it's counterproductive to stay on its behind.

Body Slam

Body Slam Attack Information
Body Slam: Garangolm leaps and slams its massive weight onto the ground. This move usually happens when you've overstayed your welcome near Garangolm's underbelly. It does not deal damage during the initial jump, only when it lands so either counterattack or roll away.

Triple Rock Hurl

Triple Rock Hurl Attack Information
Triple Rock Throws: Garangolm digs up three huge rocks with its arms and hurls all of them towards the Hunter. The rocks travel in a fan, similar to Tigrex's rock throws. It is extremely hard to avoid this move because the rocks' hitboxes are pretty huge. You can either counterattack or use emergency evade to avoid the rocks.

Boulder Toss

Boulder Toss Attack Information
Boulder Toss: Garangolm lifts a massive boulder from the ground and throws it at its foe. The boulder targets your last position as Garangolm was about to throw the boulder. Simple wiredash away or towards Garangolm for free hits.

Gorilla Chin Charge

Gorilla Chin Charge Attack Information
Gorilla Chin Charge: Garangolm plants its chin on the ground and charges forward, shoving away anyone in its path. Pretty easy to avoid as this move travels at a straight line. Just roll sideways!

Elemental Slam

Elemental Slam Attack Information
Elemental Slam: When enraged, Garangolm can use both of its magma and moss-infused hands to slam at the ground and deal elemental damage. Only happens when both of its arms are infused so you know what to expect it. Evade to the side if you're able as usually Garangolm moves forward to land another slam.

Rocket Jump

Rocket Jump Attack Information
Rocket Jump: Garangolm uses its magma-infused hand to propel itself in the air. It is then followed up by a quick arm slam from wither its magma or moss-filled hands. This is a really quick maneuver that only happens when you're far away from Garangolm. Try to be wary of this to not get surprised.

Rocky Head Death Combos

Garangolm will gain access to death combos as soon as it has the ability to cover its broken head with rocks. Be careful to not get hit of them as they can send you back to camp!

Rocky Head Death Combos
Rocky Head Slam: Garangolm will go near the Hunter then slam its head with full force. The first slam will incapacitate the Hunter, with the second one instantly carting them. The first hit will not cart the Hunter if they have enough defense so try wirefalling away afterwards. Failing to do so will cart you immediately.
Gorilla Clap: Garangolm will use its head to throw the Hunter upwards. As the Hunter is falling down, Garangolm will time a mighty clap to finish off the Hunter. Avoid this attack at all costs but if you're caught by the initial throw attack, wirefall away to save you from the final clap attack.

Tacky Photo Request

Take Picture of Garangolm's Elemental Arms

A request to take a picture of Garangolm's elemental arms will be given to the Hunter by Fran the Stalwart. The request is called Tacky Photo.

To finish the request, you have to take a picture of the arms right after it has been imbued by lava or moss rocks. If Garangolm is in the strong arm state for a while, the request would not finish.

Garangolm Materials and Drops

Master Rank Garangolm Materials

Garangolm Dropped Materials

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