Discover New Hunts, Torments, and Rewards in Prey Season 2
Alongside the many updates coming in Patch 12.1 is Prey Season 2, sending players on new hunts, in exchange for fresh prizes and a taste of corrosive power!
Season 2 brings about new Affixes, new targets, and some new hunts on the Coiled Isle in Prey.
Astalor also has a few new voice lines to deliver to you and new Arcantina Quests are ahead.
More Nightmare Targets - Serpentine Monstrosities
Based on limited testing, Normal and Hard continue to be made up of Season 1 hunts, while four new targets have been added to the Nightmare difficulty pool in Season 2. These serpentine servants of Ula'tek come with their own set of achievements, busts, and effigies, though are otherwise similar to existing hunts.
The weekly hunt limit has also been increased to fifteen, to account for the new Coiled Isle world zone, and although there is no new difficulty, the world itself grows stronger with each season, so players can expect a commensurate amount of challenge to warrant the new rewards.
Torment Refresh - No More Commands
Multitasking players will be pleased to learn that they will no longer be randomly directed to defeat an enemy or kite/stun a randomly spawning mob. There aren't anymore "tasks" that will prevent you from going afk (so long as there are not any recently deceased enemies nearby), though the Torment debuff will continue to stack up 100% increased damage taken over time.
Instead, these new torments increase combat difficulty, by way of an extra ambush, more enemies, and nets that can really ruin your day. Overall, these feel more dangerous, at least in start-of-season item levels, though simultaneously more forgiving, since players can tab out or walk away from the computer without fear of a surprise command. The Toxic Snare is probably the biggest hinderance, being quite hard to see on the ground, making them quite invasive for classes that can't break roots.
These effects really like to overlap, so you may find yourself rooted in overlapping pools of poison while being attacked from range by serpentine ambushers!
New Rewards - Corrosive Power
In addition to the cache, crests, and rep awarded previously, successful Prey Hunts now also award Corrosive Souls! This new consumable adds special combat effects to bracers and belts, marking them with the Corrosive tag, and giving players a little bit more power. They are explicitly not active inside dungeons or raids, serving instead to help players overcome the corrupted dangers of the Coiled Isle, as well as Delves, Ritual Sites, and other "world" content.
There are a lot of these powers, and some even have synergies with one another, which we'll be covering in more detail in a future article.
Nightmare Hunts also award a Spark of Tides directly, though it is unclear if this is a regular reward or just making the regular seasonal catch up mechanic more apparent.
Ral'kala, Terror of the Isle
This new power may come in handy, as while there are no new difficulties, there is a new challenge. Ral'kala is an additional boss encounter, which is only available during Nightmare Prey Hunts. Already the subject of several rewards and achievements, the boss will also award Corrosive Souls and Corrosive Coins.
Ral'kala has not yet been tested, though we do know that he drops both the Pale Hexscale and Hexflame Reaver.
Updated Renown Track
As expected, there's also a whole new renown track full of rewards, unlocked by completing the seasonal introductory quest. Prey: A Slithering Threat requires completing three Prey world quests, which may already be available even without a hunt active. This makes them very easy to go finish quickly, but be warned that revealing a hunt target location will disable those quests, preventing completion and credit until acquiring a new hunt target.
Although it says locked, rank 1 bonuses are enabled and players will continue to accrue renown.
While most of the rewards are cosmetic, several increase the rate at which players accumulate additional Anguish, grant benefits toward summoning Ral'kala, or allow access to Afflicted Soul to earn more Champion and Hero-track gear each week!
Prey: Season 2
| Level | Name | Description | Note | Reward | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW | 1 | Put a Lid on it | You may purchase Sturdy Silvermoon Crate Lid from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 1 | Whispers from De Other Side | Spending Ossified Relics to help summon Ral'kala, Terror of the Isle will increase your drop chances and repeatable currencies earned from defeating Ral'kala by 50%. Ral'kala can be summoned by burning Ossified Relics at Haunted Braziers on the Coiled Isle while in Nightmare mode. | Increased Ral'kala Drops from Contribution Unlocked | (Empty) |
| NEW | 1 | I Summon Thee | Astalor Bloodsworn now creates a portal for you to return to his Sanctum after defeating your Prey target. | Return Portal Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 2 | Astalor Be Nimble, Astalor Be Quick | You may purchase Mysterious Sin'dorei Candlestick from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 2 | Crafting an Advantage | You may purchase Formula: Furious Tiki Mask, Plans: Hunter's Ritual Stone and Recipe: Concocted Poisonous Residue from Construct V'anore at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Professions Recipes Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 2 | Prey: Random Hunts | You may accept randomly selected Hunts from Astalor Bloodsworn at his Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Random Hunts Unlocked | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 3 | Mapping the Coordinates | You may purchase Gilded Silvermoon Compass from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 3 | Should We Be Worried About All These Bones? | Completing World Quests on the Coiled Isle while running a Nightmare mode hunt or while "Curse of the Isle" is active now drops bonus Ossified Relics. Defeating creatures while running a Nightmare mode hunt or while "Curse of the Isle" is active has a small chance to drop Ossified Relics. | Bonus Ossified Relics Sources Unlocked | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 3 | Corrupting the Soul | Defeating Ral'kala, Terror of the Isle will give an extra 2 Corrosive Souls once per day, per character, and has a chance to give an additional Corrosive Soul with every kill. These do not benefit from Whispers from De Other Side. | Ral'kala Drops Bonus Corrosive Souls | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 4 | Break Time! | You may purchase Companion Command Crystal and Preyhunter's Trophy Stand from Construct V'anore at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Toys Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 4 | What's in the Box? | You may purchase Sturdy Silvermoon Crate from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 4 | Poor, Unfortunate Souls I | Afflicted Souls can now drop from Heavy Trunks in Tier 6+ Bountiful Delves. Afflicted Souls can be used while on a Nightmare mode Hunt to accelerate your hunt progress and give bonus Champion-track equipment. Bonus equipment is available once per week, per character. | Afflicted Souls Drop from Bountiful Delves | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 5 | Crystals and Drapes | You may purchase Crimson Crystal Fragment and Bound Silvermoon Drapes from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 6 | Care to Barter? | Defeating Ral'kala, Terror of the Isle will give an extra 500 Corrosive Coin once per day, per character. These do not benefit from Whispers from De Other Side. | Ral'kala Drops Bonus Corrosive Coin | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 6 | Stonecarved Storage | You may purchase Stonecarved Sin'dorei Jar from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 6 | Right in White | You may purchase Vaunted Preyhunter's cosmetic armor from Construct V'anore at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Cosmetic Armor Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 7 | A Letter Carrier's Best Friend | You may purchase Adorned Sin'dorei Satchel from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 7 | Look Sharp! | You may purchase the Preyhunter's Polished Armor, Preyhunter's Rugged Armor, Preyhunter's Sleek Armor, Preyhunter's Refined Armor Ensembles and Preyhunter's Lost Armaments Arsenal from Construct V'anore at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon City. | Cosmetic Ensembles Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 7 | Pain and Suffering | Increase the amount of anguish found from all sources by 20%. | Increased Anguish Drops | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 8 | Cute AND Deadly! | You may purchase Preyhunter's Ritbreaker and Preyhunter's Prismguard from Construct V'anore at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon City. | Battle Pet Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 9 | Shielding the Unfortunate | You may purchase Hanging Blood Knights Shield from Construct Ali'a at Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Decor Available | (Empty) |
| NEW | 9 | Poor, Unfortunate Souls II | Tormented Souls can now drop from Heavy Trunks in Tier 6+ Bountiful Delves. Tormented Souls can be used while on a Nightmare mode Hunt to accelerate your hunt progress and give bonus Hero-track equipment. Bonus equipment is available once per week, per character. | Tormented Souls Drop from Bountiful Delves | (Empty) |
| NEW | 9 | An Equitable Exchange | You may purchase Anguish-Touched Pouch from Construct V'anore in Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon City. | Exchange Anguish into Marl Available | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
| NEW | 10 | Pick Your Poison | You may accept the Preferential Killing quest to create custom Hunts from Astalor Bloodsworn at his Sanctum in Silvermoon. | Custom Hunts Unlocked | Airship: Wings 05 - Lantern Wing |
