Prestige and progression: what is confirmed

Checked against Patch 1.2.1 (Oct 28, 2026).

The IllFonic — Progression & Customization Overview ↗ separates overall Profile XP, Michael’s Killer progression, individual Civilian progression and weapon progression. Prestige becomes available at a category’s maximum. Perk Points fund card rolls and temporary upgrades; they are not another name for a character level.

IllFonic disabled Prestige challenges on September 9, 2026 — activating one blocked matchmaking entirely. Patch 1.0.2 (September 11, 2026) re-enabled them; the official notes list Prestige challenge tracking among the items fixed in that patch. IllFonic — Patch Notes 1.0.2 ↗

A same-night hotfix (around 17:15 PST on September 11) separately addressed blank description text on some weapon Prestige challenges. If you still see blank text on one, restart the client — that is the reported fix, not a settings change.

Patch 1.0.3 (September 22): all Passive Challenges now continue to gain progress after Prestiging. The notes call this a temporary fix while IllFonic works on the underlying issue, where Prestiging makes Passive Challenges appear locked. IllFonic — Patch Notes 1.0.3 ↗ If a Passive Challenge looks locked after Prestige, it should still be counting.

Read the confirmation screen in your current version. Record the affected category, listed reward and anything the screen says will reset. Do not use a guessed cap or another character’s level as proof that your selected track is eligible.

This is a decision checklist, not a claim about undisclosed reset mechanics. If the screen is ambiguous, keeping a screenshot before confirming is more useful than trying to reconstruct the previous state afterwards.

If Prestige challenges still will not activate after updating to 1.0.2 or later, that is now a reportable issue rather than an expected state. Capture your installed version, the selected track, level and exact error, then follow the progress-reporting checklist.

IllFonic — Patch Notes 1.1.0 ↗ lists these progression-related changes: the after-action report now shows the Perk Points you gained from the match; total Perk Points appear on the main menu; Passive Challenges no longer appear locked after Prestiging; and Perk Roll progress is now gained passively while the Spectator Minigame is toggled off, with a new option to toggle spectator minigames. Perk Cards granted by spectators now display properly in the tab menu.

IllFonic — Tower Farm Terror (Patch 1.2.0 notes) ↗ adds three new Michael Prestige tints. The notes do not name the tints or say which Prestige level unlocks each, so this page does not either. The same patch increases the XP needed for Perk Rolls, improves the Passive Challenge menus, and lowers 202 Progressive challenge targets — see the 1.2.0 challenge target changes.