Mistfall Hunter is on fire, literally. Skystone Games and developer Bellring Games launched Season 2 of the dark-fantasy extraction action RPG today, November 11, 2026, and the new season, titled Fires of the Past, sets the Hallowgrove map ablaze while fixing many of the problems players raised during Season 1. There is a new seasonal stage mode, a new boss, a second weapon school, a new progression system, and a long list of improvements shaped directly by community feedback. If you played Season 1 and bounced off, or if you have been waiting for the right moment to jump in, Season 2 is the moment the developers have been building toward.
Mistfall Hunter is a PvPvE extraction ARPG set in a world where the gods are dead and a creeping mist called the Gyldenmist is devouring everything. Players take on the role of Gyldhunters, revived by a mysterious girl named Dew, who venture into dangerous maps, fight monsters and rival hunters, grab the best loot they can carry, and try to extract alive. It is a tense, high-stakes loop: the better the loot, the more you stand to lose if you do not make it out. Season 2 keeps that loop intact and builds a whole new season of content around it.
The Hallowgrove Burns: Ordeal of Flames
The headline addition is Ordeal of Flames, a seasonal stage mode that changes how every match plays. Each match, flames engulf a random part of the map, creating the Wildfire Forbidden Zone, a new hazard that changes how Gyldhunters move, fight and loot. Time spent in the burning terrain steadily builds up Infernal Flame, a state that costs health while boosting damage. Let it fill completely and your hunter enters the Burning state, losing health steadily while dealing increased damage, which turns the zone into a high-risk, high-reward gamble: stay in the fire and hit harder, or pull back and play it safe.
Players can manage the burn by drinking a soothing elixir, which keeps the Burning state under control, and a new fire-aligned monster has joined the hunt, tied to the production of a new crafted item, Soulcoal. The zone also hides the Oath Tomb, where players can defeat the Preacher of the Sun Follower to collect the Sacred Branch. That is the key to the season’s biggest fight.
Face the Preacher of the Sun
Collect the Sacred Branch and travel to the Oath Altar, and you can challenge the Preacher of the Sun, the new boss at the heart of Season 2. The fight is tied to a new main questline: by completing the season missions, Gyldhunters explore the past of the Preacher of the Sun, Lars, and uncover the truth behind the disaster that shaped the world. It is a boss fight with a story behind it, and it gives the season a clear goal beyond simply grabbing better loot.
As game director Haoliang Zhang put it, “Season 2 is about turning the world against our Gyldhunters in new ways, and giving them more reason to dive back in.” That is a fair summary of what the season is trying to do: make the world itself more dangerous, and give players more reasons to keep coming back into it.
Blackarrow’s Second School: The Javelin
Season 2 also adds a second weapon school for the Blackarrow: the Javelin. It is a flexible weapon built around switching between close-range and long-range attacks to suit the moment, and its Divine Infusion mode lets you infuse the javelin with divine power for a self-aiming throw. For players who have spent Season 1 mastering the first Blackarrow school, the Javelin is a genuinely new way to play, and for new players it is another reason to try the class.
Soul Brand, the Shrine of Honor and New Loot
Season 2 also adds Soul Brand, a brand-new progression system. By hunting down new enemies, Gyldhunters collect a new currency, Soulbrand, and can use it to unlock various skills and character enhancements. It is a separate progression track from the season’s battle pass and weekly missions, and it gives dedicated players something to work toward across the whole season.
There is also a new reward track in the form of the Shrine of Honor, where players can offer new season items to earn exclusive rewards, including a new weapon skin. And for loot hunters, the season adds new treasure items and valuables, including Golden Branch Cores and a new seasonal item, the Golden Fiery Branch, which is a reward for helping the Hallowgrove burn. In a game built around what you carry out, new loot is never just decoration, and Season 2 gives players plenty of reasons to risk the fire for it.
Season 1’s Fixes Come to Season 2
What makes Season 2 especially welcome is how directly it responds to Season 1. Bellring Games says the team has been working since launch to fix the problems players raised, and the Season 2 update brings many of those improvements with it. New servers in Hong Kong and on the US West Coast, plus network acceleration, should make connections more stable, and a new US West server node means North American players get a smoother experience. The developers also removed regional matching restrictions, so friends can play together regardless of region, as long as they are on the same platform.
Combat has been rebalanced as well. Weapon damage falloff has been adjusted, tactical items and weapons have been updated, and loot has been improved so that it drops more frequently and is worth more when you extract it. In the lobby, the biggest pain points have been addressed too: forging fees have been cancelled, so improving your gear no longer costs you just for trying, and the tasks for Season 2 are lighter and more rewarding than they were in Season 1, so progressing through the season feels less like a grind.
There are quality-of-life improvements throughout, including a new gem warehouse for organizing your gems, and the developers say player feedback will continue to shape the game through the season. That is exactly the kind of post-launch support that keeps an extraction game alive, and it is good to see it arriving with the new season rather than months later.
20% Off From Tomorrow, and Where to Play
If you have been waiting for a reason to try Mistfall Hunter, the next few days are a good time. Starting November 12, the game goes on sale at 20% off, its lowest price yet, and the sale runs until November 19. It is a clear invitation to new players, and it lands at the exact moment the game is at its best.
Mistfall Hunter is available now on PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, and on PlayStation and Xbox, where it launched as a day-one title on Xbox Game Pass. Season 2 is live today, November 11, 2026, across all platforms. The Hallowgrove is burning, the Preacher of the Sun is waiting, and your next extraction is the most dangerous one yet.
Source: Skystone Games / Bellring Games via Games Press
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