Railforged clan

How to unlock

Own the Destiny of the Railforged DLC; available from the start. Monster Train 2 Wiki

Added

Destiny of the Railforged DLC, 2 February 2026

Clan upgrade stone

Burststone: Upgrades a unit with Burst 2.

Champions

Herzal

Default champion, base 10/10

• Blacksmith III, 50/25: Burst 5. Strike: Forge 3. Equipped: Gain Burst 2.
• Pyresmith III, 60/60: Ability: Pyrespeak III (cooldown 2). Add a 0 Ember Pyreshot to your hand with Consume. Celebrate: Your Pyre permanently gains 20 Attack and 10 Pyre Health.
• Enduring Steel III, 35/60: Forge Points on all floors instead grant +2 Attack and Armor 3 permanently.

Heph

Unlocks at clan level 5, base 10/10, starter Salvage

• Handy III, 90/40: Trample. Ability: Weaponcraft (cooldown 2). Add a +5 Attack and +5 Health Crafted Equipment to your hand. Can equip 3 additional Equipment.
• Weaponsmith III, 30/65: Ability: Weaponcraft III (cooldown 2). Add a +20 Attack and +20 Health Crafted Equipment to your hand. Artificer: Apply +30 Attack and Armor 20 to the equipped friendly unit.
• Metalworker III, 40/40: Summon: Add 3 Scrap Metal cards to your hand. End of Turn: Apply Refined 2 to Scrap Metal cards in hand. Smelt yields are doubled on this floor.

What Railforged cards use

Keywords counted across the 44 Railforged cards and champion paths. Each links to its rule.

• Armor10 cards
• Burst6 cards
• Immobile2 cards
• Steelguard2 cards
• Dazed1 cards
• Melee Weakness1 cards
• Rally1 cards
• Spell Weakness1 cards
• Suppressed1 cards
• Trample1 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.

Railforged artifacts

• Broken RailWhen you Forge a unit or equipment, grant +2 Health for each Forge Point spent.
• Carriage JackWhen you play a Room card, apply +1 Capacity on the floor.
• Ember Foundry CrucibleSmelt grants an additional +1 Ember.
• Fused PyreshardWhen your Pyre defeats an enemy, it permanently gains +5 Attack.
• Heph's BlueprintsWhen you Forge an equipment, grant +2 Attack and Armor 2 for each Forge Point spent.
• Herzal's AnvilWhen you Forge, gain +1 Forge Point.
• Molten ManifoldX Cost cards get +2 to their X value when played.
• Pressurized BoilerThe Pyre gains Burst 4.
• Pyre PipingWhile the Pyre is at full health, draw +1 each turn.
• Steel StockpileConserve up to 10 Forge Points between battles.
• Tuning GearFriendly units enter with Burst 1.

Guides for Railforged

• Best clan combos in Monster Train 2: plans that win
• 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 Railforged page and its card pages (CC BY-SA 4.0), checked against The Punished patch, 10 November 2026. Reviewed 13 November 2026.