Season 2

Fresh leaderboards, 2x game speed, twice as long runs, skins, pets and more to be announced — starts Sun September 13, 2026

1. Overview
2. Timeline
3. Temporal Realm — Fresh Start
4. Season 2 Modifiers
5. Leaderboards
6. Rewards
7. Season End — Merge to Eternal

1. Overview

Season 2 is the second competitive season of Epic Idle Quest 2. Like Season 1, it runs on a separate Temporal realm — a fresh, time-limited world where every character starts from scratch. No legacy gear, no head starts.

What is different this time: Season 1's headline modifier was double XP. Season 2 drops the XP bonus and gives you raw speed instead — fights resolve twice as fast, and runs hold twice as many fights.

When the season ends, Temporal characters merge into the permanent Eternal realm. Nothing is lost — items, gold, dust, skills, and unlocked skins all transfer. Final leaderboard ranks earn account-wide rewards that unlock on every character you ever play, on both realms.

More to come. Additional Season 2 features and the full reward list will be announced before launch. This page is updated as they land.

2. Timeline

Event	Date & Time
Season starts	Sun September 13, 2026 — 20:00 CEST (Berlin) = 18:00 UTC / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT
Season ends	Fri November 13, 2026 — 20:00 CET (Berlin) = 19:00 UTC / 14:00 EST / 11:00 PST
Duration	~8.7 weeks (61 days)
Merge to Eternal	Within a few days of the season end
Rewards granted	Shortly after the merge into Eternal completes

3. Temporal Realm — Fresh Start

Select Temporal on the character creation screen to make a season character
Temporal characters are completely separate from your Eternal characters — they don't share items, gold, or skills
Existing Eternal characters are not affected by Season 2 — they keep their gear, run at normal speed, and continue as normal
Eternal players can also create a Temporal character to compete — the rewards are account-wide, so they're worth it even if Eternal is your main
You can play hardcore on Temporal too — toggle Hardcore at character creation (see Hardcore Mode)

4. Season 2 Modifiers

Both modifiers apply to the Temporal realm only. The Eternal realm is untouched.

Modifier	Eternal	Temporal (Season 2)
Game speed	1x	2x
Fights per run	500	1000
XP bonus	—	—

2x Game Speed

Fight rounds tick every 1 second instead of 2, and the pause between fights is halved as well. This applies to normal runs and to Nightmare fights. Combat itself is unchanged — the same rolls, the same damage, the same round cap. Only the clock moves faster.

1000 Fights Per Run

A run ends automatically once it hits the fight cap (loot kept, treated as a retreat). On Eternal that cap is 500 fights, which is roughly 3 hours. On Temporal it is 1000 — so at 2x speed a full run still takes about 3 hours, but it packs twice as many fights, and therefore roughly twice the loot, XP and gold.

Catch-up math: Season 1 doubled XP only. Season 2 doubles your whole throughput — XP, loot, gold and dust all come in about twice as fast per real hour. If anything, this is the stronger catch-up mechanic of the two.

No XP bonus

Unlike Season 1, there is no +100% XP modifier in Season 2. The XP you see per kill is the standard rate. You still level roughly twice as fast in wall-clock terms, because you fight twice as often.

The Boost ad bonus (+10% XP) works as usual and stacks on top.

5. Leaderboards

Season 2 has four independent leaderboards. Each is snapshotted at season end and persists permanently in the Hall of Fame.

Board	Ranks by	Who's eligible
PvE	Player level	Non-hardcore Temporal characters
PvP	ELO rating	Non-hardcore Temporal characters
Hardcore PvE	Player level	Hardcore Temporal characters (living + fallen)
Hardcore PvP	ELO rating	Hardcore Temporal characters (living + fallen)

View all four during the season via Hall of Fame → Temporal tab
Fallen hardcore characters stay on the leaderboard as monuments — see Hardcore Mode
You can hold the top rank on multiple boards simultaneously (e.g. a hardcore character can lead both HC PvE and HC PvP)
The frozen Season 1 boards stay viewable in the Hall of Fame alongside them

6. Rewards

As in Season 1, Season 2 rewards are account-wide — once unlocked, they're available to every character on your account, present and future, on both realms. Your best rank across all four boards decides what you get.

To be announced. The exact Season 2 reward set — Champion and Participant skins and the season reward pet — is still being finalised and will be published here before the season starts. What is already confirmed: every player who creates a Temporal character and plays earns a participation reward, exactly as in Season 1.

For reference, the Season 1 reward set is documented on the Season 1 page, and season reward pets in general on the Pets page.

7. Season End — Merge to Eternal

At 20:00 CET on Fri November 13, 2026, Season 2 ends. Leaderboards freeze, reward eligibility is locked, and Temporal characters merge into the Eternal realm.

What transfers

The character itself — level, XP, skills, achievements
All items: equipped, in backpack, in stash
Gold and dust
Boss skins this character captured — they stay with the character as it moves to Eternal

What changes

Name collision: if your Temporal name is already taken on Eternal, you'll be prompted to rename on next login
PvP rating resets to 1000 — clean slate in Eternal ranked play
2x speed and the 1000-fight cap end — back to standard Eternal pacing
The character becomes a new, separate character on your account — it doesn't merge into an existing Eternal character

What stays public

The frozen Season 2 leaderboards remain visible in the Hall of Fame forever — with names, ranks, equipment snapshots, and skills
Your final Season 2 rank is shown in your character's lifetime stats

Strategy: Push hard for the top of any board you have a shot at — the entire final leaderboard is frozen and kept on the Hall of Fame permanently, so your placement is recorded for good no matter where you finish. And the participation reward only requires that you played — create a Temporal character on day one and you're guaranteed something.

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