One compound. One Bounty Token. Plenty of bullets.

Bounty Clash, a brand-new way to play Hunt: Showdown 1896, is coming. Jump straight into the deadly action as you fight over a single, ready-to-banish Bounty Token to see which team will claim it as their own and make it out alive.

Watch the trailer:


Find out more information below:


Bounty Clash is a new experimental and time- limited game mode. Players will spawn in a random compound with a dead boss target awaiting banishment. You need to fight off other teams, pick up the bounty token and extract with it. Matches take place in a compound from either Stillwater Bayou or Mammon's Gulch. It's a quick match format (15 minutes), so you'll need to be quick and keep your wits about you.

Bounty Clash starts alongside our new event 'Harvest of Ghosts' on the 16th October. You will be able to find it by swapping contracts in the Bounty Hunt lobby – remember it only runs at certain times (more details below).

You can queue as solo, in duo or trio teams, and queue against teams of up to three players. You'll need to take in hunters you've recruited and equipped, just like in Bounty Hunt. Matchmaking will be based on your Bounty Hunt MMR, however as this is an experimental game mode your MMR won't be affected by any Bounty Clash match outcome.

The game mode runs on the following dates: 

• 16th – 20th October  
  
• 25th – 27th October  
  
• 1st – 3rd November 
  
• 8th – 10th November 
  
• 15th – 17th November 
  
• 22nd – 24th November  

Everything your team needs to know before joining Bounty Clash

• The boss target in Bounty Clash is already dead, waiting to be banished. You will need to strategize around this - will you rush into the boss lair and banish early, or hold off on banishing until your team needs the restoration? It's all up to you and your team.
  
• To quickly find the boss and extraction locations you can use the HUD indicators, displayed in the compass at the top of your screen.
  
• Banishment time is faster in Bounty Clash, bear it in mind when considering your plan.
  
• The boss target only drops a single Bounty Token in Bounty Clash - make sure the right person picks it up as they'll be the only one with Dark Sight boost.
  
• If you have any event traits on your Hunters from Harvest of Ghosts then this can be a great way to get an advantage, you'll want to choose your loadout and Hunters wisely as Bounty Clash is a high-risk game mode.
  
• During the upcoming Harvest of Ghosts event, a restoration kit and four shot boon envelopes are available in all compounds. Both cost one pledge mark and can be game-changers. Their location remains the same every game, so contesting them can be an objective in itself.

The Harvest of Ghosts draws near.

Take a look for yourself at what's in store for Hunt: Showdown 1896 this All Hallows' Eve.

🎃 Cosplay Contest! 🎃

Cosplay has always been a cornerstone of our community outside of the game, and we figured what better way to celebrate spooky season with a costume contest?

To enter:

• Show us your best Hunt: Showdown cosplay
  
• Publish your work on social media using hashtag #DressedToDie
  
• Send us the link and the originals to submissions@crytek.com by 1 Nov 2024
  
• Get ready for the Harvest of Ghosts event!

Prizes:

• 1st Place - Hunt merch*, Hunt Displate, 5 DLCs, Hunt game key, and 2000 Blood Bonds
  
• 2nd Place - Hunt Displate, 2 DLCs, Hunt game key, and 2000 Blood Bonds
  
• 3rd to 5th Place - 2 DLCs and a Hunt game key, and 500 Blood Bonds.
  
• *Availability may vary by region

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Image courtesy of the amazing team:

- Photo by Christian_freitag_
- Hail Mary – raptobot
- Redshirt – snowwolf_creations
- The Reaper – katastrophenmechaniker

Good luck!

Scorched Earth has come to an end!

With it comes another feedback survey. This is your chance to let us know your thoughts on the event including what you liked and, didn't like.

So click the following link and let us know:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QX8QG38

Hunters,

Update 2.0.2 is now live! You will find the description of the update below:


The new Weapons, their variants, and their Custom Ammo have been added to the regular progression.

• Rifles:
  
  • 1865 Carbine – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • 1865 Carbine Full Metal Jacket Ammo – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Crossbow Deadeye – 2nd unlock in the Crossbow Family
    
  • Crossbow Steel Bolts – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Drilling High Velocity – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Infantry 73L – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Infantry 73L Sniper – 3rd unlock in the Infantry 73L Weapon Family
    
  • Marathon High Velocity Ammo – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Marathon Incendiary Ammo – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Martini-Henry High Velocity – Bloodline Rank 1
• Shotguns:
  
  • Rival 78 Trauma – 3rd unlock in the Rival 78 Family
• Tools:
  
  • Bear Traps – Bloodline Rank 35

Weekly challenge sets have been updated. Make sure to check them out in game!

• Resolved missing shaders that required us to disable certain hunter and item skins temporarily.
  
• Addressed several bugs with a very low reproduction rate that occasionally caused crashes.
  
• Fixed a bug where changing the region wouldn’t take effect until restarting the client.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from completing the tutorial due to an inability to catch fire on Xbox.
  
• Corrected a collision issue that blocked shots in O'Donovan Stone.
  
• Fixed a bug where attempting to purchase a new Hunter slot would return players to the lobby without the new slot.
  
• Resolved an issue where shadows would occasionally fail to appear.
  
• Fixed a bug where audio was missing on poison barrels before they exploded.

Hunters,

Servers will be down from 09:00 CEST on Monday the 7th of October while we deploy Update 2.0.2.

Estimated downtime ~3 hours.

This update will include adding Scorched Earth items to regular progression, add a new set of weekly challenges and include an assortment of bug fixes. We'll have the full release notes shortly.

Thanks.

All Hallows' Eve draws near, and with it our Harvest of Ghosts Event.

Get ready for new Pact Traits, equipment, and beyond for you to get your grisly claws on and use in wicked ways, starting on October 16th.

Hunters,

The update is now live! Below you will find the list of all changes that came with it:

• Fixed an exploit which allowed Hunters to equip Burn, Scarce, and Pact Traits in the menu.
  
• Fixed some connectivity issues for users who have not logged in to the game for a while.
  
• Fixed an issue where news updates could lead to temporary connection issues for players.

Hunters,

The servers will be going down at 09:00 CEST for 90 minutes as we roll out a new update. We'll have some fresh patch notes ready for you once its complete. Thanks for your patience.

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