We're revamping mo.co!

Hey, everyone! So… things have been calm (too calm?), so I guess it’s time to shake things up! Is this our most important announcement since launch? Definitely! Expect big news, big changes, a setback (unavoidable, unfortunately), but most importantly, we want to hear from you. We’re building this game with your thoughts in mind, showing things as they truly are: no bs, no sugarcoating. Just raw facts fueled by lots of mo.co love and passion for monster hunting.

Before diving into the big news, let’s start with a very quick historical context - especially for our newer hunters. After years of development (including a short public beta in 2023), we finally launched mo.co globally on March 18th, 2025 - with invite-only access. While it wasn’t perfect, reception was amazing. “Great game, engaging, atmospheric, chef’s kiss sound track, can’t stop playing”. The list goes on.

But then we noticed something: those who fell in love at first were either dropping after a few weeks or burning through all content quite fast, struggling to find reasons to keep playing. 

On June 16th we dropped Chapter 2 - including a bunch of new maps, monsters, gear, a few not-so-well-received changes, and adjustments to Chapter 1’s progression. We were eager to see how that would land, especially with new players, and while it improved in some areas, it didn’t quite hit the mark. Or at least, not our very ambitious mark: building a game that is played for many years and remembered forever. Until we get there, here’s a quick refresher on how we’re operating:

❌Promote the game as aggressively as we can just to bring as many players as possible 🤑

✔️Prioritize continuous development, guided by your experiences and feedback 👨‍💻

And that brings us to today.

Over the past few months, we’ve been gathering feedback from lots of sources: our daily reddit dives, scrolling through Discord’s #moco-feedback-forum, social media comments, creator feedback, surveys, playtests, chats with current players, old players, Supercell colleagues from other games, friends, family, our kids, our kids’ friends, from as many types of players as possible. It’s impossible to reply or thank each one of you individually, but we will never get tired of appreciating your love and thoughtful feedback. Really… THANK YOU <3  And while feedback comes in many forms, a few big issues stood out and got stuck in our developer brains more than others:

• Gameplay feels repetitive

• Progress doesn’t feel meaningful

• Losing progress at season end sucks

• The game isn’t social enough

• Poor matchmaking (+ too many bots)

• Lack of updates / lack of content

There are definitely other areas that need love as well, but it seems like these are the big ones, affecting the most players. Therefore, they will be our top priorities for the next few months.

Let’s face it - our current system isn’t quite working. Launching Chapter 3 would add more content (always exciting!), but it wouldn’t address our core issues. Social features could definitely improve your shared gameplay experience, to an extent. Matchmaking could improve with a massive marketing rampage™ (which we’re avoiding for now), but only up to a point. In fact, the more Chapters we add, the more players get spread out across maps, ergo poorer matchmaking.

So, yes, there are definitely improvements to be made, but the question remains:

Is the Chapter + Elite Hunter Season combo the way to go? Or do we need to make bigger, more meaningful changes?

I know you want the juicy stuff! We don’t have the whole juice yet (still blending it into that perfect, vitamin-packed consistency 🍹), but we do have a fruity direction we’re trying out. So, here is the plan for now:

a) Bye Chapters. Hello Seasons

We’re moving from chapter-based to season-based. In short:

• Replacing permanent content with rotating events and frequent refresh (daily, weekly, or bi-weekly)

Here’s a very early alpha UI sneak peek of what a season could look like:

How would seasons help solve our main issues?

• Feedback: Gameplay is repetitive. Answer: Our goal is to refresh content (and quests) daily and weekly, all supported by a narrative that leads to an epic season ending! Seasons would probably last 1–2 months, while events could run anywhere from 24 hours to a couple of weeks. By adding more content (and more varied content), we are looking to make the gameplay more dynamic and engaging.

• F: Loss of progress at season end sucks: A: We’re looking to remove most, if not all, progress reset. Your level will be permanent, tied to a Mastery Track and… something else (but more on that later!)

• F: Game isn’t social enough/poor matchmaking: A: With rotating content, players naturally focus on what’s new and fresh, which means matchmaking is funneled into fewer events rather than spread across tons of maps. That should also improve the social side of the game, since everyone is playing the same events!

• F: Lack of updates / Lack of content: A:  Expect fresh content every week! By running seasonal events, we can deliver more maps and more variety - instead of being limited to the fixed Chapter structure. Depending on new monsters and worlds to launch a full Chapter has slowed our update pace more than we’d like. We’ll of course bring you new monsters and worlds as often as possible, but with this approach we can use our content with new twists, keeping the experience fresh and adapting to your feedback.

b) Bye Gear Kits. Hello Classes

We’re moving from separate gear (weapons/gadgets/passives/rings) to classes. How would it work?

• Each class would be a complete, predefined build. 

• Expect different and distinguishable features and unique gameplay mechanics (for example, an “Electrician” build that plays heavily with electricity against monsters ⚡)

• Some are easier to use, others a bit harder but also more versatile and with a higher skill ceiling.

• Each weapon, gadget & passive is unique to its class - forming a complete set! This means we can be more creative with them and make them more synergic! This will allow you for more varied gameplay, with bigger skill expression. (eg: conjure an electric chain and then use your electrified monster slugger to unleash a wave of chain damage!)

• Each class would have its own permanent progress with cosmetic rewards, badges and more!

• Collect classes as you play. more classes = more gameplay dynamics.

Here's an early version of what a Class reward track could look like! Note: Electrician is a codename, not final:

Oh, and some early alpha footage of how classes would look like:

What issues does this address?

• F: Gameplay is repetitive. A: While classes may reduce build personalization, we’d counter that with lots of different classes, each with its own very unique playstyle. Classes will also create better team synergies and dynamics (think DPS/tank/healer but deeper). This should also improve both your social experience by combining the best classes with team mates.

• F: Progress feels meaningless: A: This is still a work in progress, and we’ll have much more to share about it in the future, so bear with us! For now, the biggest shift is moving from mostly temporary to fully permanent. Collecting classes will be just your first step, as each one will have its own progress track. Complete them for cool cosmetic rewards and, of course, to satisfy that completionist itch. On top of that, all class progress will also contribute to your main progress: your permanent player level and its own progression track.

Classes will help make the game easier to get into, meaning no need to stress about “the best build.” Instead, strategy would shift toward questions like: What’s the best Class for this Rift? Which Classes work well together? How can I make the best use of my Class weapon and gadget synergies to optimize my gameplay? 

We know it’s a big change, and it may not be everyone’s cup of tea - but we’re excited to hear your thoughts on this one!

c) Bye Power Progression.

To keep it short and simple: we will remove power progression. Why?

• F: Game is not social enough. A: Removing power progression means everyone can play together, regardless of level. This removes a huge blocker for social play.

• F: Gameplay is repetitive. A: Without power progression, you’re free to explore classes and maps/dojos/rifts without worrying about being underpowered. 

• F: Lack of content. A: All content available at all times! No need to reach a higher level to try that new Rift.

• Only skill matters: which opens the door to more meaningful leaderboards 👀

⚠️ IMPORTANT: All of this - classes, seasons, no power progression - is still very early and subject to change. We’re sharing these thoughts with you as we’re super happy to hear your feedback. It will be vital in shaping what’s to come! ⚠️

Nope. 100% Cosmetic-only monetization. We’re super bullish on this  🚀🚀🚀 

So yeah, we’ve talked about changes, now let’s talk about the setback. 

As you probably guessed, adios Chapter 3 😿 RIP 🪦 

As we mentioned earlier, releasing Chapter 3 without meaningful changes wouldn’t really improve your experience beyond more content and smaller improvements. This also means: big changes = longer time to develop. So for the harsher news: no big updates for the next few months (not likely in 2025).

What? WHAT? WHATTTT!???

Yeah, sorry about that 💔

This would be ideal, but also a two-edged sword. The more resources (aka people) we allocate to releasing chapters, the more time it will take to revamp the game. Our priority is to release a better and more engaging version of the game as soon as possible: one that actually solves the big problems the community has been pointing out over the last few months. It wasn’t an easy decision, as it means keeping the game quite stale for a few months. 

To ensure a fresh start with the new progress system, everyone will begin at the same level after the revamp.
We are, of course, very mindful of the time you’ve invested in the game. Your current progress will be taken into account, though not necessarily in a straight one-to-one way. We’re already preparing a transition plan, based on your previous progress in both Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.

This compensation pack will be entirely cosmetic-driven (mo.gold or cosmetics), ensuring an even start for everyone once the new meta arrives. We will let you know the details as soon as it’s ready!

All your cosmetics will carry over (both free and paid) so you can keep hunting monsters with style after the revamp 😎 Same with collector level.

Lack of game updates doesn’t mean we’re going away. You can still expect to hear from us frequently (perhaps showcasing new classes here and there 😎). We’ll try our best to reach out to you at least once a month - even if it’s a one-liner saying “we’re still going strong” (as we will be 💪). Oh, and a small update is coming in October with a few fixes and a bunch of balance changes (mostly buffs!).

If you’ve got questions for us (no matter how uncomfortable), drop them in the comments below. As long as they’re relevant to mo.co, not provocative or insulting, we’re happy to answer the most upvoted ones! I’ll gather a couple of team members and sit them down for a sort of videocast (that’s what’s cool in 2025, right?). This podcast will be shot next week to be posted on our Youtube Channel by early October. We will answer:

• The 10 most upvoted questions under the Reddit announcement.

• The 10 most liked questions under the X/Twitter announcement.

• The 10 most upvoted questions on our official Discord server - under #moco-ama.

Since most of our team will be focusing on the revamp, weekly events may scale down (likely repeating some past events). That said… it looks like I (Joao) will be learning how to design them soon, so maybe we can do something special together? Let’s see! This will be my “hold my Energy Drink, I’ll design an event” kind of moment, so keep expectations nice and low 😅.

We’ll also be scaling down premium cosmetics, mostly featuring color variations in the shop or Shard Hunts. Weekly events won’t have a premium pass during the revamp period.

We know the wait is going to suck, but we’ll do everything we can to make sure it’s worth it. Thank you for sticking with us (or taking a break and coming back later!). We’ll talk soon 💜

hugs and ladybugs, mo.co team <3