Mistfall Hunter Creatures and Woodlings

Q: Can you extract without killing a Woodling?

Yes, two ways. Smuggler Woodlings appear on a timer and let you leave by interacting, no kill required. A rare bell can also be found on the ground for an instant extract from anywhere, and Brandrgarde spawns Soul Trees directly, so an extraction point can exist with no Woodling involved.

Q: What is the Soulgnawer?

A new elite that spawns against an active Soul Harvest ritual, described in DevNote #7 as having a slender build, a serpentine lower body and human-like facial features. She disrupts the ritual and it does not complete until she is dead. No attack of hers has ever been published — the publisher described a silhouette and released a concept sheet, and nobody has filmed the fight in a form that names a move.

Q: Why does this page cover seven creatures when other sites list forty?

Because seven is how many anyone has published something checkable about. The larger bestiaries are datamined dumps, and one of the sites carrying a harpy page files it under a folder named “unconfirmed”. Every row here names its source and states what is still missing, which is a more useful thing to hand a player than a number nobody can verify.

Three different Woodlings run extraction and most guides merge them into one. Which is on which map, what each wants from you, and what nobody has published yet.

Applies to 7 August 2026 updateUpdated August 2026

By Mistfall Hunter Guide Editorial Team

Image: Official Mistfall Hunter Steam store

The correction

One Woodling is not three, and the map decides which one you can possibly be looking at.

Returner Woodlings appear on Brandrgarde only — 791 datamined spawn points, none of them on Hallowgrove. On Hallowgrove the Returning Chime summons a Hallowgrove Woodling, a sibling creature. Smuggler Woodlings turn up on a timer on either map and let you leave without a kill. Guides that send you hunting a Returner on Hallowgrove are describing the other map.

Which Woodling is that?

Three different creatures run extraction and most guides treat them as one. Say where you are and what you can see; this names the one in front of you and what it wants from you.

Which map are you on?

What can you see?

Returner Woodling

The pulsing blue aura visible through terrain is the Returner. Its datamined profile is 327–407 HP with a guaranteed Soul of Return in every mode, so the creature is not the problem.

Do thisKill it and take the bell — it can drop more than one. Once a bell is in its slot you can leave whenever you want. The fight is trivial; the contest is the squads who heard it too.

Identified — act on it
Nothing spotted yet
This cannot happen here

Built from the in-game codex text as transcribed in MistfallDB's Returner Woodling profile, plus the launch-week extraction guides. The map split is codex text, not our inference: the Returner's 791 datamined spawn points are all on Brandrgarde. Nothing here claims a moveset, because none of the three has one published.

The ledger

Every creature with a published source — all 7

Ordered by how much is actually known. Each row carries what is established and what is missing, and “missing” is the bar a future source has to clear rather than a general disclaimer.

Returner Woodling

BrandrgardePublished mechanics — enough to act on mid-run

Carries the extraction bell. On Brandrgarde it is the only reliable way off the map.

Map: Brandrgarde only — 791 spawn points, none on Hallowgrove
Health: 327–407, datamined
Guaranteed drop: Soul of Return, in every mode
Moveset: None published

EstablishedPer the in-game codex it appears only on Brandrgarde, "randomly in areas without Gyldenmist" — 791 datamined spawn points, not one of them on Hallowgrove. Its datamined profile is 327–407 HP with a guaranteed Soul of Return drop in every mode, so the fight is trivial by design. Killing one guarantees a bell and can drop more than one. Once a bell is in its dedicated slot you can leave whenever you want.

MissingAny named attack. The datamined records that carry its health and drops carry no moveset, and no guide describes a telegraph — which is consistent with a creature built as an objective rather than a fight. A published attack list, or a creator video that treats it as a fight, is what a moveset section would need.

Hallowgrove Woodling

HallowgrovePublished mechanics — enough to act on mid-run

The Hallowgrove half of the extraction chain — a different creature from the Returner, on a different map.

Map: Hallowgrove
Summoned by: The Returning Chime, after a delay
Health: Not published separately from the Returner
Tell for other squads: Your completed channel rings audibly

EstablishedOn Hallowgrove the Returning Chime activates after a period and summons a Hallowgrove Woodling. The chime is already standing when you land, so an exit exists from the first minute: interacting with one sends a burst of butterflies to a nearby location and starts a short timer, the Woodling spawns there and attacks, and you kill it, interact with the corpse and channel the return spell. The completed channel rings a bell every nearby player can hear.

MissingIts own health and drop table. Every datamined figure circulating for "the Woodling" belongs to the Returner profile, and nothing published separates the two numerically — only the codex separates them by name and map.

Smuggler Woodling

Both mapsDescribed by a source, but nothing actionable

An exit that does not require a kill.

Kill required: No — interact to leave
Appears: On a timer; the interval is not published

EstablishedSmuggler Woodlings appear on a timer and let you leave by interacting — no kill required. That is the whole of what the codex separates them by, and it is the reason a run that "could not find a Woodling" sometimes had an exit standing in front of it.

MissingThe timer. Nothing published says how long after the drop they appear, whether the interval differs by map or mode, or whether more than one can be up at once.

Merchant Woodling

Both mapsDescribed by a source, but nothing actionable

Extracts specific items for Gyldenblod, without extracting you.

Takes: Gyldenblod
Extracts: Specific items — the list is not published
Named trader: Richie, around Abandoned Market and Refugee Camp

EstablishedMerchant Woodlings on the map will extract specific items in exchange for Gyldenblod — a way to bank one thing worth keeping without ending the run. The Woodling trader Richie spawns around the Abandoned Market and Refugee Camp on the five-stop farming route.

MissingWhich items qualify, and what they cost. No published source lists either, and the trader’s inventory is the part a player actually needs before deciding to walk there.

Soulgnawer

Ritual matchesDescribed by a source, but nothing actionable

The elite that spawns against an active Soul Harvest ritual, and has to die for it to complete.

Appears in: Matches with an active Soul Harvest ritual
Must be killed: Yes — the ritual will not complete otherwise
Moveset: None published — described in silhouette only
Spelling: Soulgnawer is official; Soulnau, Soul Nar and Soul Nhar circulate

EstablishedDevNote #7 describes a brand-new elite that spawns against an active ritual: slender build, serpentine lower body, human-like facial features. She actively disrupts the ritual, and the ritual does not complete until she is dead — a forced, stationary, loud fight in the middle of a PvPvE map. The same note tells players to watch for rival Gyldhunters and third-party ambushes while the ritual runs. Official concept art exists; four spellings circulate, of which Soulgnawer is Bellring’s.

MissingEvery attack. The publisher described a silhouette and published a concept sheet, and nobody has filmed the fight in a form that names a single move. A creator video or a datamined moveset is what a tells section would need.

Golden Woodling

UnreleasedOne sentence exists anywhere

Announced for Season 1 Phase III. Not in the live build.

Status: Announced for Phase III, undated
Published record: One sentence on one image

EstablishedOne sentence, from the Season 1 roadmap graphic: “A rare Woodling disguised as precious treasure; its golden radiance is as mysterious as it is deadly.” A Golden Woodling head also exists as a Gylden Rush cosmetic, which is a different thing from the creature.

MissingEverything a page is made of — health, spawn rule, loot, and a release date. Phase III is announced and undated.

Fern the Woodling

UnreleasedOne sentence exists anywhere

Announced as the payer for the Phase II Underlord challenge.

Status: Announced for Phase II
Published record: One line on one image, nowhere else

EstablishedOne line, from the Phase II panel of the same roadmap image: “Swiftly slay the Underlords to earn bonus rewards from Fern the Woodling.” Searched across Bellring’s full announcement history on 7 August, the strings “Underlord” and “Fern” appear in no Steam announcement body, no DevNote and no dev update.

MissingWhether Fern is a creature you fight, an NPC you hand something to, or a name on a reward screen. The one published line does not say, and guessing would be inventing.

Evidence

Where each class of claim comes from

The health numbers on this page are datamined and are labelled as such everywhere they appear. Nothing here is a measurement of ours.

OfficialThe Soulgnawer spawns against an active Soul Harvest ritual and the ritual does not complete until she is dead.
Bellring Games, DevNote #7 (24 July 2026), which also published her concept sheet. The description is of a silhouette; no attack is named.
OfficialThe Golden Woodling and Fern the Woodling exist, and one sentence each is the whole record.
The Season 1 roadmap graphic, Wave 3 (5 August 2026). Searched across Bellring’s full announcement history on 7 August: neither name appears in any announcement body, DevNote or dev update.
CorroboratedThe codex separates Returner, Hallowgrove and Smuggler Woodlings, and the Returner is Brandrgarde-only.
In-game codex text as transcribed in MistfallDB’s Returner Woodling profile, and consistent with the launch-week extraction guides describing chimes on one map and random spawns on the other.
Unverified327–407 HP, a guaranteed Soul of Return, and 791 Brandrgarde spawn points.
MistfallDB, datamined. Nobody has confirmed these against the live build, including us — they are quoted because the source is specific about where they came from, not because they have been checked.
InferredThe Returner Woodling is built as an objective rather than a fight.
Ours: a creature with a three-figure health pool, a guaranteed drop and no published attack, whose kill announces itself to the map, is shaped like a timer rather than an encounter. No source says this.

Creature FAQ

Does the Returner Woodling spawn on Hallowgrove?

No. Per the in-game codex it appears only on Brandrgarde, in areas without Gyldenmist, and its datamined profile lists 791 spawn points with none on Hallowgrove. On Hallowgrove the Returning Chime summons a Hallowgrove Woodling — a distinct sibling creature. Guides conflating the two are checkably wrong against the game’s own text.

How much health does a Returner Woodling have?

Can you extract without killing a Woodling?

What is the Soulgnawer?

Why does this page cover seven creatures when other sites list forty?

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Sources for this page

MistfallDB — Returner Woodling profile and in-game codex — Community, datamined. The 791 Brandrgarde-only spawn points, the 327–407 HP range, the guaranteed Soul of Return, and the codex text distinguishing the three Woodlings. Quoted as datamined throughout — none of it is confirmed against the live build by us.
Power Up Gaming — How to Successfully Extract Every Time — Press, Serhii Patskan, 31 July 2026. The chime-to-butterfly-trail extraction loop and its interruption rules.
DevNote #7 — 24 July 2026 — Official — the Soul Harvest ritual and the Soulgnawer, described in silhouette and published with a concept sheet.
Roadmap and Launch Rewards: Wave 3 — 5 August 2026 — Official — the Season 1 roadmap graphic. The Golden Woodling and Fern the Woodling exist in one sentence each on that image and nowhere else in Bellring’s announcement history.

Deduplicated across every creature above. The datamined profile is community work and is labelled unverified wherever its numbers are used.

Where these creatures decide a run

Maps and extraction — the chain each Woodling sits inside Bosses and Mist Lords — the creatures that do have movesets Gold farming — the route that walks past the Merchant Woodling Soul Harvest — the ritual the Soulgnawer interrupts Roadmap — when the Golden Woodling and Fern are due Death and recovery — what a failed extraction actually costs

2 of 7 carry enough published mechanics to act on · Researched by Mistfall Hunter Guide Editorial Team