About RailTools

What RailTools is

RailTools is an independent, fan-built reference and toolkit for Monster Train 2 — the card database, tier list, keyword glossary, unlock tables, enemy stats and deck tools, all in one place. It is built and maintained by a solo developer, and it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Shiny Shoe or Big Fan Games in any way.

Where the numbers come from

Card text, Ember costs, attack and health values, keyword tooltips, relic effects, unlock levels, boss stats and Covenant modifiers are parsed from the Monster Train 2 game data files. The current Soul dump omits or misreferences five serialized defaults; those five values are filled from the developer's official Destiny of the Railforged launch announcement. This documented exception prevents unresolved placeholders from being presented as game values. The dataset currently reflects patch 2.2.1 and covers 564 collectible cards, 220 relics, 68 status effects, 33 Souls, and 34 bosses plus 104 enemies.

The patch label identifies the recorded dataset; it is not a claim that we have verified the latest release on every platform. When the dataset is refreshed, all reference pages rebuild from the same snapshot. Editorial revision dates are separate from the game-data version. Check card effects, keyword definitions and boss forms against the matching in-game version.

The database includes collectible logbook cards and identifies champions separately. A value that cannot be resolved from the source is not guessed. Missing artwork uses a text reference; an illustration is never substituted for a different card.

What is opinion, and how it's labelled

Rankings are not extractable from game files. The tier list, artifact tier list, card draft priorities, Soul rankings and clan pairings synthesize public community discussion — Reddit polls and high-Covenant reports, Steam discussions, and published guides — and each page describes its method and source set. Artifact effects and other exact values still come from the game dataset; the recommendation around them is editorial. Opinion is always labelled as consensus or an editorial judgement, never presented as game data.

A tier is an editorial recommendation, not a measured win rate. Source coverage varies by clan, champion and mode, and unsettled champion placements are explicitly left unranked. The clan unlock and Pyre Heart unlock requirements use cited player-facing sources because their progression counters are not all present in the extracted dataset.

How the deck and run tools work

The Deck Builder is a manual card-list planner: it groups costs and mechanics, but does not simulate a battle or import a game save. Saved decks and run history live in the browser you used to create them. A shared deck link encodes the selected clans, card identifiers and quantities in its URL; anyone with that link can open that card list. See the data and sharing details before clearing browser storage.

Corrections

Spotted a number that does not match the game? Email privacy@railtools.net with the page URL, the in-game patch and platform, and the effect or value that differs. Those details help distinguish a version mismatch from a data or editorial mistake; confirmed corrections are included when the affected page or dataset is rebuilt.

Copyright

Monster Train 2, its game data and its card art are © Shiny Shoe / Big Fan Games. Art and names are used here to identify and discuss the game; RailTools makes no ownership claim to them. Google advertising is currently disabled. See the privacy & cookie policy for details.