All New Changes in Mistfall Hunter Season 2: Fires Of The Past

Mistfall Hunter is a dark-fantasy PvPvE extraction ARPG now available on PC (Steam and Microsoft Store), PlayStation, and Xbox Game Pass. Season 2 has just released, and we have all of the details surrounding the update. From the brand new seasonal stage mode featuring the Wildfire Forbidden Zone, to the introduction of the Javelin, a second weapon school for the Blackarrow.

The Wildfire is a brand new Forbidden Zone, triggered during matches with the arrival of Season 2. Once active, players can enter the zone to collect a Sacred Branch from the Preacher of the Sun Follower. This item will allow you to travel to the Oath Altar, and challenge the Preacher Of The Sun.

Don't assume safety is free, though. While in the zone, you'll continuously accumulate Infernal Flame, an affliction that will cause you to lose health while gaining increased damage. The higher it gets, the higher your health loss and damage will get.

If you're worried about Infernal Flame, you can however drink a soothing elixir to slow down the progress of the state for the time being. Just be careful, because alongside the brand new zone comes a brand new enemy. This fiery themed foe is directly tied to the crafting of a new item: Soulcoal

If you've played Mistfall Hunter before, you'll know just how much fun it is trying out the different weapon types. The good news, is that a brand new one is now being added to the game with Season 2.

The Javelin is a brand new weapon featuring a ranged playstyle that can optionally be swapped into a close-range adaptation of the iconic weapon archetype. You can also enter Divine Infusion Mode: a mode for the javelin which gives it divine power, resulting in a self-aiming throwing attack.

A big focus of Season 2 is addressing player feedback, but first let's go over the newer gameplay additions added with this update.

• Soul Brand: an entirely new ranking system added with Season 2
• Shrine of Honor: an appearance system where you can show off your achievements
• New Valuable Loot: a set of brand new high-value items you can hunt for, and extract with
• Events: More special game modes and seasonal events
• + More community tournaments and competitions planned

In regards to balancing updates and quality of life, there's a good portion of changes to run through. Some of the more exciting ones however are the sweeping balance changes across every class in the game. In addition to this, the developers have also added a new damage falloff mechanic, claiming this will reduce the damage of certain skills when used repeatedly by characters of the same class.

Another potentially huge change is the addition of new tactical items, for the purpose of aiding slower clases in chasing down enemies.

Continuing on, the developers now changed seasons to feel less grindy overall in a multitude of ways. The main ones come in the form of making it so that the first three chapters of the main task no longer need to be completed in a single run or one life. They will also no longer require chaos or disaster mode to be active. Furthermore, task counting now distinguishes between solo and three-player modes, which the developers say will improve the solo experience.

They've also made it so that now, all item turn-in quests are side quests. This is good news, but even better is the announcement that completing the chapter 2 main tasks will now give you the S2 Pip's Rare Pouch. Completing chapter 3 and 4's main tasks will also give you a season limited reward.

The seasonal changes don't just stop there, either. A dedicated exchange store has been added for Season 2, in addition to camp upgrades. You can now find special containers that will drop non-tradable fragments of the key materials you use to upgrade your camp. These can be traded in for said materials.

Lastly, the developers have made some quality of life improvements to the game with Season 2. First, the warehouse has been overhauled to no longer make gems take up regular storage. You can now also remove all gems in your backpack with a one-click system.

And finally, starter equipment can now be destroyed directly after one-click assembly at the assembly table.

Season 2 is a pretty substantial update for Mistfall Hunter. The new weapon is certainly something, but what we're more excited for is the brand new forbidden zone. It'll be interesting to see how matches play out now with that zone, in addition to the balance changes made to all classes.

If you want to check out the trailer for the new season, you can watch it here