Mistfall Hunter Glossary
Mistfall Hunter invents a lot of vocabulary, and the patch notes assume you already know it. This is every term the developers have used in public, grouped by what kind of thing it is, with a note on where each one comes from. Nothing here is guessed at from context.
World and story
Weavereach — the mist-shrouded continent the game takes place on.
Windrest — the location the developers repeatedly describe players as stepping into and reuniting in. Used as the point of arrival for the game world.
Gyldenmist — the mist consuming the world. The condition the setting is built around.
Gyldenblood — what Gyldhunters go into the mist to harvest. The developers used the variant spelling Gyldenblod once, in the sign-off of the Official Launch Announcement.
Gyldhunter — you. The developers address players by this name in every announcement; the community AMA used Gyldenhunters for the same thing.
Dew — the girl who revives your character, and who calls on Gyldhunters to track down wandering exiled souls during Season 1.
Web of Fate — the structure your character is sent to mend. Season 1’s antagonists are trying to tear it apart.
Valgr — the faction that restarted the forbidden soul experiments driving the Season 1 storyline.
Cocoon Puppets — creatures transformed by those experiments in the attempt to wield soul power and create a False God.
Gaenaria — the southern kingdom the Withered Knight was exiled from. Its religious symbol is the Holy Sigil, a vertical line piercing a circle, representing Saeria Sith, the incarnation of the Supreme Deity who in legend embraced the sun for seven days and sacrificed himself to save the world.
The extraction loop
Soul Tree — where you summon an extraction point. See how extraction works.
Soul of Return — the consumable spent to summon an extraction point at a Soul Tree.
Returner Woodling — the extraction point described on the Steam store listing. You have to reach one and leave successfully to keep what you looted.
Breakaway — the only way to cancel a stagger. The developers stated this when explaining that initiating an attack means accepting its recovery frames, by design.
Places
Brandrgarde — the map named as having a Cataclysm difficulty, described by the developers as a prime farming spot where top-tier rare loot drops throughout. Solo access to it may open for a limited time during the season.
Hallowgrove — a map with notably open terrain, which the developers cited when explaining why the Seer’s Mace escape needed toning down. It is also where the Cursed Moonwane’s failed summoning experiment took place, and where the mid-season Ancestor Tree feature will be exclusive to.
Cataclysm — the difficulty tier where Mist Lords drop top-tier gear.
Enemies
Mist Lords — the bosses that most commonly drop top-tier gear, on Cataclysm difficulty. See gear.
Soulgnawer — the elite monster that disrupts the Soul Harvest ritual, with a slender build, serpentine lower body and human-like facial features. See Season 1.
Cursed Moonwane — a two-phase boss added for the Steam Next Fest playtest, originating from a failed forbidden experiment to summon a deity in Hallowgrove.
General Harald, the Fallen General — a named challenge encounter, documented in the launch-day Known Issues notice.
Progression and seasons
Path of Glory — the ranked ladder, with seven tiers from Duskborn to Zenith. See the ranks in order.
Fate Chart — Season 1’s core narrative concept, and the first tab of the in-game Season screen.
Soul Hunt — the name of Season 1. The in-game Season screen renders it as “Soul Hunting”.
Soul Harvest — the Season 1 seasonal gameplay feature, rolled out after launch rather than with it.
Slumbering Contract — the Season 1 Battle Pass, free after seven days of cumulative logins. The Slumbering Servant outfit is among its rewards.
Collection Pedestal — a camp feature for displaying loot you have earned.
Scavenger Squad — a camp feature for acquiring resources without combat, by deploying a squad to explore wilderness regions on a timer.
Gear and economy
Holy weapons — a weapon tier with exclusive gameplay affixes, dropping from map bosses, each boss offering its own unique one.
Fate Coins — currency used strictly for purchasing in-game cosmetics. Included in bulk with the Deluxe Edition.
Soul Coins — the currency granted as a launch gratitude reward, 500 of them, claimable via in-game mail.
Loadout System — the station for assembling and saving full equipment and gem configurations, including Share Codes that let another player import an entire build in one click.
Class mechanics
Wither and Execute — the Withered Knight’s shared systems, retained across both of its weapons.
Crimson Blade — the Mercenary Sword build’s damage-boosting state.
Zeal — the resource behind the Seer’s Mace builds.
Psionic Energy — the Seer’s Catalyst resource, spent to charge enhanced orbs. The Mace Speed Boost build replenishes it while in Zeal.
Reverent Seer / Blasphemer Seer — the developers’ names for the Seer’s Catalyst and Mace stances respectively.
Stardust Arcana — the Sorcerer mechanic that bypasses the chanting phase to release a spell instantly.
Super Armor — interruption resistance. It appears as a Seer Mace build path, and several Withered Knight Polearm & Shield skills carry block protection the developers describe as behaving like it.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Gyldhunter in Mistfall Hunter?
The player character. You are revived by a girl named Dew and sent out to harvest Gyldenblood and mend the Web of Fate. The developers address players as Gyldhunters in every announcement, and also use the spelling Gyldenhunters.
What is Gyldenblood?
The substance Gyldhunters go into the mist to harvest. The Steam store description uses Gyldenblood; the developers used the spelling Gyldenblod once, in the closing line of the Official Launch Announcement.
What is the Web of Fate in Mistfall Hunter?
The structure your character is sent to mend. Season 1's storyline concerns the Valgr trying to tear it apart, and the Fate Chart is described as the seasonal representation of its state.
What is a Mist Lord?
The bosses that most commonly drop top-tier gear. The developers said defeating Mist Lords on Cataclysm difficulty is the most common route to the best equipment, which inherently requires strong PvE capability.
What is Breakaway in Mistfall Hunter?
The only way to cancel a stagger. The developers stated this directly when explaining why staggers cannot be cancelled at will — initiating an attack means accepting its recovery frames.