How to unlock every clan in Monster Train 2

Banished and Pyreborne are open on the first run. The other three new clans unlock from lifetime counters: Luna Coven after 40 enemies killed by spells, Underlegion after 75 consumed cards and Lazarus League after attaching equipment 100 times. The five clans returning from the first game start with Hellhorned, which needs six Pyre Hearts and a story scene; Wurmkin also arrives through story progress, and the two DLC clans are available as soon as you own them.

Unlock order and conditions

Clan	Condition	Notes
Banished	Start	Champion Fel; Talos at clan level 5
Pyreborne	Start	Champion Lord Fenix; Lady Gilda at level 5
Luna Coven	Defeat 40 enemies with spells	Achievement From the Stars
Underlegion	Consume 75 cards	Achievement Fungus Among Us; any card with Consume counts
Lazarus League	Attach equipment to units 100 times	Achievement Mad Science; each equipment card played on a unit counts
Hellhorned	Unlock 6 Pyre Hearts, then watch the story scene that follows	First of the returning clans
Awoken	After Hellhorned: heal 300 lost health
Stygian Guard	After Hellhorned: cast 5 spells in one turn
Umbra	After Hellhorned: increase Capacity 20 times
Melting Remnant	After Hellhorned: Reanimate or Reform 50 units
Wurmkin	Free update since 2 February 2026; needs story progress	Shiny Shoe: new players may need several Pyre Hearts first
Railforged	Own Destiny of the Railforged ($9.99)	Available at once
Punished	Own The Punished ($7.99)	Available at once

The counters run across all your runs, so you can work on several at once. A Luna Coven or Underlegion run is not required for its own unlock: any clan’s damage spells count toward the 40 spell kills, and any Consume card toward the 75.

Fastest route to the returning clans

Hellhorned is gated by Pyre Hearts, so the Pyre Heart counters matter more than the clan counters. These fill during ordinary runs:

• Lifemother’s Pyre: take 475 total Pyre damage. Happens on its own over a few runs.
• Fhyra’s Greed: spend 20,000 gold in total.
• Heart of the Pact: win battles with Trials enabled. Accepting a Trial also pays extra gold.
• Wyngh’s Spirit: Shift units 225 times. Banished cards move units constantly.
• Echo of the Time Father: hold Frozen cards in hand 25 times.

The full list with stats is on the Pyre Hearts page. After the sixth heart a main-story cutscene plays, and Hellhorned unlocks once you have watched it. The other four returning clans each have their own counter after that; rescuing the original clans earns the achievement The Gang’s All Here.

Clan levels and the second champion

Each clan levels from 1 to 10 with XP from finished runs: the primary clan gets 100% of the run’s score as XP, the allied clan 50%. Levels add cards and artifacts to that clan’s pool, and level 5 unlocks the clan’s second champion.

Level	XP needed from the previous level
2	7,500
3	20,000
4	25,000
5	25,000
6	27,500
7	30,000
8	32,500
9	35,000
10	35,000

That is 237,500 XP from level 1 to 10. Playing the clan you want to level as the primary clan doubles its XP compared with taking it as the ally. Reaching level 10 with every clan earns the achievement Monster Master; each clan also has its own level 10 achievement.

Each clan page lists its unlocks level by level, for example the Punished: Archus at 1, Imprison at 2, Zariel and Cloister of Chains at 5, and Drag Them Down at 10.