Punished clan

How to unlock

Own The Punished DLC; available from the start. Monster Train 2 Wiki

Added

The Punished DLC, 10 November 2026

Clan upgrade stone

Darkstone: Upgrade a unit with Punish: Gain +8 Attack.

Champions

Archus

Default champion, base 10/10, starter Cruel Lesson

• Zealous III, 50/60: Lifesteal 4 Ability: Flight (cooldown 2). Move to a targeted location on any floor. Punish: Gain Zeal 20.
• Dark Worshipper III, 100/40: Ability: Grim Flight (cooldown 2). Move to a targeted location on any floor. Choose a Darkshard to summon. Only one Darkshard can be summoned per floor.
• Inquisitor III, 40/90: Ability: Flight (cooldown 2). Move to a targeted location on any floor. Friendly units gain +3 Attack for each missing Health.

Zariel

Unlocks at clan level 5, base 0/30, starter Shared Sentence

• Matriarch of Chains III, 0/130: Turn Start: Apply Chained 3 to enemy units.
• Pain Maiden III, 0/80: Pain 10. Ability: Paintouch III (cooldown 1). Deal 3 damage per stack of Pain to an enemy unit. Bloodshed: Gain Pain 1 for each point of damage taken by friendly units.
• Devout III, 0/90: Siphon: Gain 1 Devotion. Incant: Deal 10 damage to the front enemy unit, increased by 10 per Monolith level.

What Punished cards use

Keywords counted across the 45 Punished cards and champion paths. Each links to its rule.

• Zeal9 cards
• Chained6 cards
• Lifesteal3 cards
• Immobile2 cards
• Pain2 cards
• Tenacious2 cards
• Armor1 cards
• chained1 cards
• Enchant1 cards
• Heartless1 cards

Clan level unlocks

Clan XP comes from runs: the primary clan earns the run's full score and the allied clan half. Level 2 needs 7,500 XP; levels 9 and 10 need 35,000 each.

Punished artifacts

• Arena ArmamentsFriendly units have +15 Attack at half Health or below.
• Ceremonial FloggerWhen you deal damage to a friendly unit, deal 5 damage to the front enemy unit.
• Darkened PlumeZeal adds an additional +1 Attack per stack.
• Darkshard SplinterAt the end of battle, damaged friendly units permanently gain +6 Health.
• Dungeon MooringEnemy units enter with Chained 1.
• GloomstoneFriendly units enter with Tenacious.
• Litany of the PunishedThe first time each turn you deal 10 or more damage to friendly units, draw 1 card.
• Potent ChaliceFriendly units enter with an additional Zeal +1 per Monolith Level.
• Tattered VestmentsRevenge triggers an additional time.
• Triptych FragmentAt start of turn, if you have a damaged friendly unit on each floor, gain +1Ember.
• Unheard ConfessionWhen you deal 10 damage to friendly units, gain 1 Devotion.

Guides for Punished

• Best clan combos in Monster Train 2: plans that win
• Covenant ranks 1–10 and how to beat Covenant 10
• The Punished patch (10 November 2026): every balance change
• The Punished DLC: Monolith, Archus and Zariel paths
• How to unlock every clan in Monster Train 2

Clan, card and artifact data adapted from the Monster Train 2 Wiki Punished page and its card pages (CC BY-SA 4.0), checked against The Punished patch, 10 November 2026. Reviewed 13 November 2026.