Mistfall Hunter Updates
This page tracks the official Mistfall Hunter update timeline: developer updates, beta phases, launch announcements, and patches that have shipped since release. It is compiled from the official Steam news hub (app 3282300), the Skystone Games / Bellring Games launch press release, and developer posts.
The game launched globally on July 30, 2026 (01:00 UTC; July 29, 6 PM PT in North America) on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox, with Day One availability on Xbox Game Pass.
Last updated: August 12, 2026 — added the August 3 Fair Play penalty announcement and the August 7 server-side online update (Polearm & Shield charge fix, lag investigation update, Block feature preview), and refreshed the launch-discount and Wave 3 login deadlines.
Before LaunchPermalink to this section
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025 | BETA 3 announced at the Gamescom Xbox broadcast via the “Back Into the Gyldenmist” press release — a September 2025 Steam test introducing the camp, new NPCs and quests, the General Harald boss, the Blasphemer Seer path, and female character variants. |
| Feb 2026 | Developer Update #4 — the release schedule was postponed so the team could finish a full combat overhaul (moving from the energy-based system toward a more fluid, stamina-based one); BETA 4 was moved to the Steam Next Fest window and the global launch to July. A PS5 version was officially announced, alongside a small invitation-only test in April 2026. |
| Jun 15–22, 2026 | Open Beta (BETA 4) during Steam Next Fest — ran June 15 (01:00 UTC) through June 22 (10:00 UTC); the game drew roughly 430,000 players and charted on Steam’s Top Demos and Top Trending Upcoming lists. |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Community AMA — the first Q&A round (referred to in coverage as the Gyldhunters’ Council AMA) answered roughly 30 questions covering Duo matchmaking, regional pricing, anti-cheat, crowd-control tuning, loot, and the long-term roadmap. |
| Mid-July 2026 | Season 1 content preview on Steam — confirmed the free Slumbering Contract battle pass unlocks after 7 days of cumulative logins, previewed the Withered Knight’s Polearm & Shield, and promised full class-balance details in Developer Update #7. |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Official Launch Announcement — pricing (Standard $24.99 / Deluxe $39.99), a 14-day 10% launch discount, and the launch content list: Season 1 “Soul Hunt”, Polearm & Shield, Holy Weapons, Brandrgarde Cataclysm, Soul Harvest, the Collection Pedestal, Ladder & Tier rewards, cosmetics, and a free Season 1 battle pass. Also detailed performance work and a long bug-fix list. |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Official Launch FAQ — launch time, editions and upgrade pricing, crossplay support, controller support, server regions (China, US, Germany, Singapore, Brazil), minimum and recommended PC requirements, and supported languages. |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Developer Update #7 — final pre-launch notes: performance optimization results, the Polearm & Shield weapon with its two talent styles, the new Path of Glory ranked system (seven tiers, from Duskborn to Zenith, replacing the beta leaderboards), Season 1 named Soul Hunt, the Soul Harvest ritual with the Soulgnawer elite, the free Slumbering Contract battle pass, and class-balance adjustments across all six classes. |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Dev Hangout livestream (09:00 UTC) — hosted by Game Director HAO and streamer LichKArthus, showcasing the Withered Knight’s Polearm & Shield playstyle on the eve of launch. |
Launch Day and AfterPermalink to this section
- August 7, 2026 — Server-side online update. Bellring rolled out a server-side online update (official Steam news ) with no client download required. It fixed an issue where canceling a Polearm & Shield charge would abnormally trigger the Focused affix’s movement speed bonus (see the Withered Knight guide). The same post delivered a progress update on reported issues: the server-lag investigation is ongoing and handled case by case — the studio warned “a one-shot fix for every lag issue may not be possible”; chat moderation has banned nearly 30 ad accounts, with a Block feature arriving in next week’s update; and the team continues to address cheating and Illegal Teaming, with report-feedback emails rolling out soon. It also confirmed the next client update will officially launch Soul Harvest and open up Season Tasks (see Soul Harvest and the roadmap).
- August 6, 2026 — Client update: Dried Flower Knot & Einherjar Mist Lord. Bellring Games deployed a client update (official Steam news ) that increased Dried Flower Knot drops and opened up challenges for the Einherjar Mist Lord, whose defeat carries a higher chance of dropping Holy Weapons or Holy Forging Materials. The same build took on recent community feedback to improve overall stability, and the team said it was still actively investigating the reported stuttering and latency issues. The detailed patch notes were subsequently published, covering class balance (Blackarrow, Withered Knight, Mercenary, Sorcerer) and a large bug-fix batch — see the Patch Notes guide for the full list.
- August 3, 2026 — Fair Play Penalty announcement. Bellring published a Fair Play Penalty Announcement on the Steam news hub, committing to strict action against behavior that undermines fair play: confirmed cheaters receive a permanent ban, and Illegal Teaming — multiple players deliberately entering the same match to work together against other players — faces penalties. The post also corrected a mistranslation of the Illegal Teaming rule in some language versions (which had been wrongly rendered as “cooperate with others”), clarifying that normal squad play is unaffected. See the Patch Notes for the full breakdown.
- July 30, 2026 — Global launch. Mistfall Hunter went live at 01:00 UTC across PC (Steam and Microsoft Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox, with Day One Xbox Game Pass availability. The official press release confirmed the 10% launch discount running from July 30 (01:00 UTC) to August 12, 2026 (17:00 UTC).
- July 30, 2026 — Launch rewards. In an official post, the developers reported that more than 100,000 players had joined within eight hours of launch. As thanks, they distributed a Thumbs Up gesture and 500 Soul Coins via in-game mail to players who logged in before September 1, 2026 (00:00 UTC). The same post announced a client update at July 30, 16:00 UTC (July 31, 00:00 Beijing time) after storefront review approval, which included a fix for an occasional PS5 deck-screen display anomaly. Steam news also promised mail rewards (a Bell of Return frame, a Finger Heart pose, and a “No it’s a bug” emote) for playtest participants.
- Launch-week reception. As of August 6, 2026, Steam user reviews sit at “Mixed” (roughly 68% positive across about 3,650 reviews at the time of writing, up from ~1,780 on July 31). Common complaints in Steam reviews focused on solo-queue map access, performance stutter, and microtransaction reliance, while many reviewers praised the PvP combat. The game topped the Steam Weekly Top Sellers chart (paid games) for Week 32 (July 28 – August 4, 2026) per VGChartz , with a weekly peak of roughly 44,000 concurrent players, and sat 3rd in the overall chart once free-to-play titles (Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2) were included — up from an early 3rd-place Steam sales debut with ~19,000 concurrent a few hours after launch per press tracking (Steam-only figures that exclude Xbox and Game Pass players).
- August 5, 2026 — One-million milestone & Wave 3 rewards. Bellring Games confirmed that more than 1,000,000 Gyldhunters had joined Mistfall Hunter across all platforms (see player count). To celebrate, the studio distributed the third wave of launch rewards to players who logged in before August 12, 2026 (12:00 UTC), as confirmed in the official announcement : the Standing Pose: Spellcasting, Moonlight Nectar ×5, Pro Combat Bag ×1, and Advanced Combat Bag ×1 (combat bags). The same announcement bundled a fresh roadmap laying out the rest of Phase I of Season 1 — Season Tasks, the Soul Harvest exchange shop, the Blackarrow Javelin weapon, the Golden Woodling monster, a Brandrgarde Solo Mode, an Underlord Speed Challenge, the Ancestor Tree event, and a Season 2 teaser (see the roadmap).
Season 1 CadencePermalink to this section
Season 1 Soul Hunt shipped with the launch. Its themed mode, Soul Harvest, is scheduled to go live on August 14, 2026 across every map and difficulty tier, and an Ancestor Tree event on Hallowgrove is planned for mid-season.
The press release describes Mistfall Hunter as a live-service title that will grow with new seasons roughly every three months, and the developers have confirmed ongoing performance and matchmaking work alongside each update.
Where to Track UpdatesPermalink to this section
Official channels for future patches and announcements:
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- Patch Notes — every shipped update and hotfix collected with sources.
- Steam news hub for Mistfall Hunter (app 3282300)
- The official Mistfall Hunter X account (@MistfallHunter) and Discord
- The official site at mistfallhunter.com
Related PagesPermalink to this section
- Season 1 Soul Hunt — the content of the first season.
- Mistfall Hunter Patch Notes — every shipped update and hotfix with sources.
- Mistfall Hunter Roadmap — the forward-looking content plan.
- Mistfall Hunter Characters — the six classes at launch.
- The Gyldenmist — the world the updates take place in.
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