30 Jan 2026Developer postOriginal post (opens in a new tab)

Complete Look at the Wurmkin Clan in Monster Train 2

Hello to all the Monster Train 2 fans out there!

Prepare for a massive update that will shake up the Banished Outpost as the fan-favorite Wurmkin clan comes to Monster Train 2 on February 2, 2026! The addition of the clan to the base game will be a free content update alongside the paid DLC, Destiny of the Railforged.

For those who mastered the first Monster Train and are familiar with the Wurmkin’s unique playstyle, we hope that you will enjoy this newly balanced clan. For those new to the series, we promise that the Wurmkin is a favorite for a reason. Set off on the Rail on February 2, 2026 and explore the strategic depth the Wurmkin offers!

In anticipation of the Wurmkin’s arrival at the Banished Outpost, we’ve balanced the cards to fit seamlessly into Monster Train 2’s playstyle. If you want to see exactly which changes were made, we’ve gathered the full list of all the card changes and updates. Scroll down now to see the full, detailed list of the balance changes and get a head start on your Monster Train 2 strategy!

Thoughts? Questions? Please leave a comment or come join the official Shiny Shoe Discord server! Want to ask the devs more about the DLC? Join Shiny Shoe game designers Albert and Colin on February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM PST for a special launch day stream here!

Now onto the Wurmkin clan!

The Wurmkin

Champion: Spine Chief

Path	Monster Train Stats	MT Attack	MT Health	Monster Train 2 Stats	MT Attack	MT Health
Decayer I	Inspire: Apply Reap 2 to enemy units.	10	45	Inspire: Apply Reap 2 to enemy units.	20	50
Decayer II	Inspire: Apply Reap 3 to enemy units.	15	90	Inspire: Apply Reap 3 to enemy units.	30	90
Decayer III	Inspire: Apply Reap 5 to enemy units.	20	140	Inspire: Apply Reap 4 to enemy units.	40	120
Corruptor I	Friendly units have +5 ATTACK per ECHO	5	30	Friendly units have +5ATTACK per ECHO	10	40
Corruptor II	Friendly units have +10 ATTACK per ECHO	5	60	Friendly units have +10ATTACK per ECHO	10	70
Corruptor III	Friendly units have +20 ATTACK per ECHO	5	100	Friendly units have +15ATTACK per ECHO	10	110
Infector I	Strike: Gain 1 ECHO.	25	40	Strike: Gain 1 ECHO.	25	45
Infector II	Multistrike 1. Strike: Gain 1 ECHO.	25	80	Multistrike 1. Strike: Gain 1 ECHO.	25	80
Infector III	Multistrike 2. Strike: Gain 1 ECHO.	25	120	Multistrike 3. Strike: Gain 1 ECHO.	25	110

Champion: Echowright

Path	Monster Train Stats	MT Attack	MT Health	Monster Train 2 Stats	MT2 Attack	MT2 Health
Shellsmith I	Etch: Apply Armor 4 to friendly units.	15	15	Etch: Apply Armor 5 to friendly units.	40	20
Shellsmith II	Etch: Apply Armor 8 to friendly units.	30	25	Etch: Apply Armor 10 to friendly units.	80	30
Shellsmith III	Etch: Apply Armor 14 to friendly units.	60	35	Etch: Apply Armor 20 to friendly units.	160	40
Marshlord I	Summon: Summon 1 Bog Chrysalis with +20HEALTH. Etch: Remove 1 Shell from Eggs.	20	10	Summon: Summon Bog Chrysalis. Etch: Remove 1 Shell from Eggs and apply +2ATTACK to friendly units.	20	15
Marshlord II	Summon: Summon 1 Kinhost Vessel with +40 HEALTH. Etch: Remove 2 Shell from Eggs.	40	20	Summon: Summon Kinhost Vessel. Etch: Remove 1 Shell from Eggs and apply +2ATTACK to friendly units.	40	25
Marshlord III	Summon: Summon 1 Bogdeep Cocoon with +60 HEALTH. Etch: Remove 3 Shell from Eggs.	80	30	Summon: Summon Bogdeep Cocoon. Etch: Remove 2 Shell from Eggs and apply +2ATTACK to friendly units.	80	40
Repeater I	Resolve: Return a random consumed spell to your hand.	25	5	Resolve: Return a random consumed spell to your hand.	30	10
Repeater II	Resolve: Return a random consumed spell to your hand.	75	15	Resolve: Return a random consumed spell to your hand. Apply -1EMBER.	80	20
Repeater III	Resolve: Return 2 random consumed spells to your hand.	100	25	Resolve: Return 2 random consumed spells to your hand. Apply -1EMBER.	120	30

Accelerated Incubation

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Ambient Charge

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Unit Type:	Spell	Unit Type:	Equipment
Stats:	Extract 3. Draw 3. Apply Consume to drawn spells.	Stats:	Ability: Echoburn. Echoburn: Cooldown 2. Extract 3. Draw 2.

Ancient Resonance

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Spell
Stats:	Deal 5 damage to enemy units per ECHO.	Stats:	Deal 8 damage to enemy units per ECHO.

Bog Chrysalis

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Shell 5. Hatch: Summon 2 Bog Fly Units.	Stats:	Shell 5. Hatch: Summon 2 Bog Fly units.
Attack:	0	Attack	0
Health:	1	Health:	10

Bog Fly

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	+5 ATTACK per ECHO	Stats:	+8 ATTACK per ECHO Ability: Echoflight. UNIT ABILITY: Extract 1. Move to a targeted location on any floor.
Attack:	0	Attack:	0
Health:	5	Health:	10

Bog Wurmling

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Trample. Etch: +10 ATTACK and +10 HEALTH.	Stats:	Trample. Etch: +15 ATTACK and +15 HEALTH.
Attack:	90	Attack:	90
Health:	60	Health	60

Bogdeep Cocoon

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unchanged
Stats:	Shell 12. Hatch: Summon Bog Wurmling	Stats:	Unchanged
Attack:	0	Attack:	Unchanged
Health:	1	Health:	30

Bounding Echoes

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Broken Memories

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Chamber of Recall (formerly Total Recall)

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Unit:	Spell	Unit:	Room
Stats:	Consume. Return 3 random spell cards from the discard pile to your hand and apply Consume.	Stats:	At the end of the turn, return a random consumed spell to your hand.

Echo Bloom

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
N/A	Type:	Room
Stats:	Gain 4 ECHO SLOT. Gain 1 ECHO. Ability: Bloomburst. Bloomburst: Cooldown 4. Gain 4 ECHO.

Echo Break

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Echo Infusion

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Unchanged.
Stats:	Extract 1. Apply +10 HEALTH.	Stats:	Extract 1. Apply +15 HEALTH.

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Unchanged.

Stats:

Extract 1. Apply +10 HEALTH.

Stats:

Extract 1.

Apply +15 HEALTH.

Echo Snare

Monster Train 1	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Unchanged
Stats:	Consume. Apply Reap 2 to enemy units.	Stats:	Consume. Apply Reap 5 to enemy units.

Monster Train 1

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Unchanged

Stats:

Consume. Apply Reap 2 to enemy units.

Stats:

Consume.

Apply Reap 5 to enemy units.

Echo Transfer

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Echoes of the Past

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Spell
Stats:	Apply +6 ATTACK per ECHO. Clear ECHO.	Stats:	Apply +8 ATTACK per ECHO. Clear Echo.

Eternal Kinstone

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

First of Kin

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Etch +5 ATTACK	Stats:	Etch +15 ATTACK
Attack:	30	Attack:	45
Health:	55	Health:	55

Forced Contamination

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Spell
Stats:	Extract 3. Apply Melee Weakness 3.	Stats:	Extract 3. Apply Melee Weakness 2.

Forgotten Trade

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Equipment
Stats:	Consume. Gain 1EMBER per ECHO.	Stats:	Emberdrain 2. Revenge: Gain 1 ECHO.

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Equipment

Stats:

Consume.

Gain 1EMBER per ECHO.

Stats:

Emberdrain 2.

Revenge: Gain 1 ECHO.

Fracture

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Glareminder

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Sweep. Etch: Aply Reap 2 to enemy units.	Stats:	End of Turn: Gain 1ECHO on all floors. Ability: The Reaping. UNIT ABILITY: Apply Reap 6 to enemy units on all floors
Attack:	5	Attack:	15
Health:	20	Health:	30

Glugsider

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Extract 4. Inspire: Restore 5 health. Revenge: Apply Reap 5 to the attacking unit.	Stats:	Inspire: Restore 10 health. Ability: Eat. UNIT ABILITY: Extract 4. Kill an enemy non-boss unit.
Attack:	0	Attack:	0
Health:	200	Health:	100

Hosting Kin

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Consume.

Deal 13 damage to a unit and move it to the back.

Stats:

Consume.

Retreat. Deal 13 damage.

Keeper of the Echoes

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Inspire: Apply +1 ATTACK and +1 HEALTH to friendly units.	Stats:	Inspire: Apply +2 ATTACK and +1 HEALTH to friendly units.
Attack:	5	Attack:	5
Health:	20	Health:	20

Kinhost Carapace

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	When played, gain +10ATTACK, +10HEALTH, and +1CAPACITY per ECHO.	Stats:	Ability: Echoed Growth. UNIT ABILITY: Gain +2 ATTACK and +2 HEALTH per ECHO permanently. Clear ECHO.
Attack:	10	Attack:	10
Health:	10	Health:	10

Kinhost Pupa

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Armor 20. Multistrike 1. Strike: Apply Reap 1 to enemy units.	Stats:	Armor 20. Multistrike 2. Strike: Apply Reap 1 to enemy units.
Attack:	30	Attack:	30
Health:	10	Health:	10

Kinhost Vessel

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Shell 8. Hatch: Summon Kinhost Pupa.	Stats:	Shell 8. Hatch: Summon Kinhost Pupa.
Attack:	0	Attack:	0
Health:	1	Health:	15

Perfect Insanity

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Power of Knowledge

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Spell	Type:	Spell
Stats:	Deal 15 damage for each consumed spell.	Stats:	Deal 20 damage for each consumed spell.

Proclamation

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Attuned. Extract 2.

Deal 50 damage to the front enemy unit.

Stats:

Attuned. Extract 2.

Deal 80 damage to the front enemy unit.

Returned Soul

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Return a spell from the discard pile to your hand. Apply Infused, -1EMBER, and Consume.

Stats:

Distinct.

Return a spell from the discard pile to your hand. Apply Infused and Consume.

Revenge of the Damned

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Extract 1.

Deal 5 damage, twice.

Slay: Gain 2 ECHO.

Stats:

Extract 1.

Deal 8 damage, twice.

Slay: Gain 2 ECHO.

Shardsoul Carver

Monster Train	Monster Train 2
Type:	Unit	Type:	Unit
Stats:	Inspire: +2 ATTACK and Armor 2.	Stats:	Inspire: +3 ATTACK and Armor 3.
Attack:	20	Attack:	20
Health:	30	Health:	30

Shelter

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Soul Cripple

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Consume.

Apply Reap 13.

Stats:

Consume.

Apply Reap 15 and Rooted 1.

Soul Cripple

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Soul Crushing Guilt

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Extract 3.

Apply Dazed 3 to a unit and move it to the back.

Stats:

Extract 3.

Retreat. Apply Dazed 2.

Symphony of the Soul

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Unearthed Remains

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Wurmkin Etchings

Unchanged between Monster Train and Monster Train 2.

Wurmkin Spike

Monster Train

Monster Train 2

Type:

Spell

Type:

Spell

Stats:

Consume.

Apply 4X Reap to enemy units.

Stats:

Consume.

Apply 6X Reap to enemy units.