Prepare
Review what you plan to carry and leave items you do not want to risk in the Warehouse.
New Player Guide
Mistfall Hunter Beginner Guide
Mistfall Hunter is a third-person dark-fantasy PvPvE extraction ARPG. Enter an exploration alone or in a squad of up to three, fight and collect loot, then extract successfully so your spoils return to camp instead of remaining at risk.
The Core Loop
How a Mistfall Hunter Match Works
The exact tutorial flow can vary, but this seven-step loop is a simple way to understand what you will be doing in your early runs.
Enter
Begin an exploration alone or with a squad, depending on how you want to play.
Explore & Loot
Move through the area, face PvE threats, and decide which spoils are worth carrying.
Fight or Avoid Risk
Other hunters can add PvP danger, so every encounter changes the risk around your loot.
Extract
Reach the extraction stage and return successfully before treating carried loot as secured.
Return to Camp
Bring extracted spoils back to camp, then review storage and your next loadout.
Prepare Again
Reorganize what you carry and repeat the loop with a new goal for the next exploration.
Protect the Run
Loot, Death and Extraction
Extraction is the dividing line between carrying valuable spoils through danger and bringing them safely back to camp.
Before Extraction
Your Loot Is at Risk
Official material makes the central risk clear: death can cost a hunter the spoils carried during an exploration.
After Extraction
Your Spoils Return to Camp
A successful extraction returns you and the spoils you secured to camp, where you can prepare for another run.
Carried items and protected storage
Current in-game guide text indicates that Inventory items and Equipment can drop on death. It identifies Pip's Pouch and the Keychain as protected exceptions, so check where an item is stored instead of assuming everything you carry has the same risk.
Returner Woodling and Soul of Return
In Brandrgarde, current game text describes defeating a Returner Woodling, obtaining and consuming its Soul of Return, then summoning and interacting with an Extraction Point. Hallowgrove uses a different Chime and Soul Tree route, covered in the dedicated extraction guide.
Practical Preparation
Your First Raid: A Safe Starting Checklist
These are cautious editorial recommendations drawn from the confirmed extraction, inventory, and storage rules—not an official mandatory tutorial.
Learn the basic controls
Get comfortable with movement, combat, interaction, and inventory actions before taking on extra risk.
Understand the current map's extraction setup
Know what the extraction stage asks of you before your carried loot becomes valuable enough to protect.
Check what you are carrying
Inventory and equipped items can be exposed to loss, so enter with a deliberate loadout.
Use the Warehouse before you leave
Store gear you do not want to risk; Warehouse items are not automatically carried into the next exploration.
Choose a clear extraction goal
Decide what would make the run worth ending instead of treating every exploration as an unlimited search for more loot.
Reassess risk as your loot improves
The more you want to keep what you are carrying, the more important a successful return becomes.
Reorganize at camp
After extraction, review your spoils, storage, and next loadout before entering again.
Choose a Foundation
Classes, Weapons and Builds
Mistfall Hunter currently has six classes. Your class starts the decision, while weapons or playstyles, active skills, talents, equipment, and gem affixes shape the build you take into combat.
This beginner guide does not assign a universal best class or repeat the full class comparison. Start with the documented combat style that appeals to you, then use the dedicated class hub for the confirmed weapon structure.
Mistfall Hunter Classes GuideBUILDClass · Skills · Talents · Gear
Choose Your Party
Solo, Squads and PvPvE
Mistfall Hunter combines environmental enemies and player encounters in the same PvPvE experience.
Party Size
Solo or Up to Three
You can play Solo or form a squad of up to three players.
Matchmaking
Cross-Platform Support
Current first-party information confirms cross-platform matchmaking. This guide does not infer undocumented queue or map-specific rules.
Between Explorations
Camp, Warehouse and Combat Bags
Understanding what stays in storage and what enters the next run is part of managing extraction risk.
Camp Storage
Warehouse
The Warehouse holds stored items at camp. Those items are not automatically carried into your next exploration, so it separates storage from the gear you choose to risk.
Preset Raid Loadout
Combat Bag
A Combat Bag is described as a preset Raid Loadout. That description is useful for preparation, but it does not by itself establish every failure-settlement or item-loss rule.
Continue Learning
What Beginners Should Learn Next
Use these focused routes to move beyond the first-match overview without turning this page into the entire wiki.
Next Step
Classes
Compare the six classes by their documented weapons and playstyles.
Explore Classes Next StepWarehouse
Continue to the storage-focused guide section.
Warehouse Guide Next StepBuilds
Explore the build hub for future class, skill, talent, and gear coverage.
Explore Builds Next StepMap
Open the map section for navigation-focused coverage.
View Map Next StepExtraction
View the dedicated extraction section.
Open Section Next StepCharacter Creation
Open the prepared section for character-creation coverage.
Character CreationQuick Answers
Mistfall Hunter Beginner FAQ
Short answers to the core questions players ask before their first explorations.
What is Mistfall Hunter?
Mistfall Hunter is a third-person dark-fantasy PvPvE extraction ARPG. Players explore, fight, collect loot, and try to extract so their spoils return to camp.
Can you play Mistfall Hunter solo?
Yes. Mistfall Hunter supports Solo play as well as squad play.
How many players can be in a Mistfall Hunter squad?
A squad can include up to three players.
What happens when you die in Mistfall Hunter?
Death puts the spoils you are carrying at risk. Current in-game guide text indicates that carried Inventory items and Equipment can drop, while some protected storage has separate handling.
Do you lose your loot when you die?
Loot that has not been extracted is at risk. Current in-game guide text identifies Pip's Pouch and the Keychain as protected exceptions to the normal carried-item risk.
How do you extract in Mistfall Hunter?
Extraction is the step that brings you and your spoils back to camp. In Brandrgarde, current game text describes defeating a Returner Woodling, obtaining and consuming its Soul of Return, summoning an Extraction Point, and interacting with the point to escape. Other maps can use different routes.
What is a Returner Woodling?
A Returner Woodling is tied to leaving an exploration and returning to camp. Current in-game guide text places it in the extraction process.
What is a Soul of Return?
A Soul of Return is consumed to summon an Extraction Point. In Brandrgarde, it is obtained from a defeated Returner Woodling; Hallowgrove's documented route handles Souls through a Soul Tree.
What is the Warehouse used for?
The Warehouse stores items at camp. Items left there are not automatically carried into your next exploration, which lets you separate stored gear from the loadout you risk.
What is a Combat Bag?
Current in-game guide text describes a Combat Bag as a preset Raid Loadout. This page does not extend that description into a universal rule for every death or settlement outcome.
Does Mistfall Hunter support cross-platform matchmaking?
Yes. Current first-party information confirms cross-platform matchmaking.
Can you change class in Mistfall Hunter?
Yes. A Change Class feature exists. Creating another character and changing class are separate operations; this guide does not assume costs or progression rules that current first-party public information has not fully documented.