Want to know what the best Monster Hunter Rise Dango loadouts are? Bunny Dango replaces the huge banquet of food that you’re normally served by the canteen in Monster Hunter games. They’re essentially massive mochi balls the size of your face, decorated with different designs that give different buffs.
New flavours are found either by reaching new hunter ranks (both Village and Gathering Hub), or by completing requests or side quests given to you by the NPCs in Kamura Village. Whenever you eat a Dango, there’s a chance that the effect will trigger, giving you a handy buff for your next hunt. It will also boost your health and stamina significantly, so it’s always a good idea to eat before a hunt.
However, since you can have three Dango balls per meal, there’s definitely some combinations that are better than others. Here then is a full list of the Monster Hunter Rise Dango flavours that we’ve unlocked so far, including their percentages to trigger, as well as our recommendations for Dango combinations.
The best Dango flavour loadouts
Early on, you won’t have a lot of flavours to choose from. Medicinal is nearly always a good flavour to have, as increased health recovery from items is handy for beginners. Bestnut’s defence boost is also great, particularly against hard-hitting foes, while the Sharp flavour speeds up the sharpening time for your weapon.
Later on, when you’ve got a few more Dango varieties on the menu, you may wish to tailor your choices based on the monsters you are facing. For example, if you’re going up against a Mizutsune, the Pure Water and later Waterfall Dangos both increase your water resistance by a fair chunk.
Other Dango have their uses for some weapons, but aren’t good for others. So while Fruitflash is very good for those using ranged weapons or gunlance shells, it’s useless to other blade and blunt weapon users. If you’re using a weapon that relies on stamina management, both the Pinea-full and Invigorating Dangos can help with this significantly.
Finally, there are a few that are just good to have. Dressage makes it so that you can mount a monster for a longer period of time, while Blastslash automatically upgrades your Large Barrel Bombs to Mega Barrel Bombs, and speeds up your weapon sharpening time.
You can set a favourite list of Dango by using the ‘Order the Usual’ menu. Just choose a slot, set your three Dangos, and you’re all set. Some Dango, like the first slot of the Grandiose Flavours, will change after every hunt, so make sure you have a look to see what’s on the menu before committing. If you want to ensure the effect of the Dango you eat triggers, then use a Dango Ticket to give every one of them a 100% chance of triggering.
Monster Hunter Rise Dango flavour list
Of course, these options are not the only ones on offer, and you’re free to mix and match as you please.
Here is the full list of Dango flavours, separated by category:
Powerful Flavours
| Dango | Effect name | Description | Chance to trigger |
| Sweetheart | Dango Hurler | Increases damage dealt by kunai | 80% |
| Peach Skill | Dango Deflector | Helps your weapon retain sharpness when attacks are deflected | 90% |
| Cool-to-the-Core | Dango Bulker | Grants a temporary attack boost when you use the Show Off 2 gesture for a while | 80% |
| Mint-iature | Dango Booster | Temporarily increases attack and defence after consumption. This happens once per hunt | 70% |
| Dizzybloom | Dango Slugger | Makes it easier to stun monsters | 50% |
| Fruitflash | Dango Bombadier | Increases damage of Sticky Ammo and gunlance shells | 50% |
| Beansplosion | Dango Temper | Increases ammo damage, but also increases deviation | 50% |
| Secretheart | Dango Hurler Dango Specialist |
Increases damage dealt by kunai, and increases the potency of abnormal status attacks | 80% |
Determined Flavours
| Dango | Effect name | Description | Chance to trigger |
| Medicinal | Dango Medic (Lo) | Slightly increases health recovery items. | 85% |
| Moongazer | Dango Reviver | Restores health to allies in the area upon fainting once | 90% |
| Cacaoutstanding | Dango Immunizer | Halves the effect duration of Defence Down and speeds up blight recovery | 85% |
| Piping-hot Egg | Dango Fire Res (Lo) | Slightly increases fire resistance | 90% |
| Pure Water | Dango Water Res (Lo) | Slightly increases water resistance | 90% |
| Spicetingle | Dango Thunder Res (Lo) | Slightly increases thunder resistance | 90% |
| Too-cool | Dango Ice Res (Lo) | Slightly increases ice resistance | 90% |
| Magnaroar | Dango Moxie | Prevents fainting one time when damage taken exceeds your remaining health | 60% |
| Lava-hot Egg | Dango Fire Res (Hi) | Significantly increases fire resistance | 90% |
| Waterfall | Dango Water Res (Hi) | Significantly increases water resistance | 90% |
| Spicejolt | Dango Thunder Res (Hi) | Significantly increases thunder resistance | 90% |
| Sub-Zero | Dango Ice Res (Hi) | Significantly increases ice resistance | 90% |
| Dragonward | Dango Dragon Res (Lo) | Slightly increases dragon resistance | 80% |
| Dragonsbane | Dango Dragon Res (Hi) | Significantly increases dragon resistance | 80% |
| Analeptic | Dango Medic (Hi) | Increases health recovery from items | 85% |
Unusual Flavours
| Dango | Effect name | Description | Chance to trigger |
| Sharp | Dango Polisher | Speeds up weapon sharpening | 70% |
| Balancing | Dango Feet | Prevents you from getting knocked on your butt | 55% |
| Leg Day | Dango Wall Runner | Decreases stamina depletion while wall running | 80% |
| Pinea-full | Dango Glutton | Reduces stamina consumption for a certain period after eating | 80% |
| Dressage | Dango Rider | Extends riding time (monsters) | 80% |
| Invigorating | Dango Fighter | Reduces stamina depletion when evading, blocking, or doing certain other actions | 50% |
| Spud-Luck | Dango Weakener | Large monsters encountered on quests have an increased chance of being weaker than normal | 90% |
| Centering | Dango Feet Dango Marksman |
Prevents you from getting knocked on your butt and increases the power of shots and arrows | 55% |
| Blastslash | Dango Polisher Dango Pyro |
Speeds up weapon sharpening and upgrades Large Barrel Bombs to Mega Barrel Bombs | 70% |
Grandiose Flavours
| Dango | Effect name | Description | Chance to trigger |
| Raisin d’être | Dango Harvester | Reduces the time between gathering point respawns | 90% |
| Bee-utiful | Dango Gatherer | Increases the quantity of honey obtained when gathering | 75% |
| Chirp Chirp | Dango Bird Caller | Makes Spiribirds more likely to approach you | 80% |
| Buddy’s Treat | Dango Trainer | Speeds up Buddy Growth | 80% |
| Hap-peanut | Dango Fortune Caller | Sometimes increases the number of reward items received at the end of a quest (has a daily limit) | 90% |
| Wealthy Man | Dango Money Maker | Increases the amount of zenny you receive at the end of a quest (has a daily limit) | 90% |
| The Kamura | Dango Calculator | Increases the number of Kamura Points you receive at the end of a quest (has a daily limit) | 90% |
| Call-of-the-Wild | Dango Summoner | Makes rare Craft Creatures more likely to appear | 90% |
| Rosy | Dango Carver (Lo) | Sometimes increases the number of times you can carve | 80% |
And that’s everything you need to know about Monster Hunter Rise Dangos. Be sure to use this in combination with the best Monster Hunter Rise armor and your Monster Hunter Rise weapons and Monster Hunter Rise skills of choice. We also have a list of the best Monster Hunter Rise Dual Blades builds if you’re interested, or maybe you want a full Monster Hunter Rise monster list. Either way, get to eating your freshly prepared Dango meal, and happy hunting!