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Celebrate the coming of Spring and the vibrant colors it brings with limited-time, fresh fashion available in the Shop and a Scavenger Hunt event that’ll send you out into the nature of X-Isle. Join the Egg Hunt through March 31!
[h2]Shop Spotlight: Looking Eggcellent[/h2]
GE-0 has freshened up the Shop with new cosmetics that’ll put a spring in your step and your style. Available until the Shop refreshes on April 1 (really).

• Flora’s Blessing Traverser – Bring the favor of the Roman goddess of flowers and Spring to the hunt.
• Spring Basket Backpack – A soft bed of grass for your loot and a bunny to keep it company on its way to extraction.
• Springtime Locker – It peeps when you’re passing and keeps the colors of your Quarters fresh all year round.
• Eggstravaganza Weapon – Featuring not just any ordinary rabbit. It’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

To visit the Shop and check out the full collection, stop by the lower deck of the Riftwake and chat with GE-0 or access it via the navigation menu.
[h2]Egg Hunt: Community Scavenger Hunt[/h2]
GRAIL sent a photographer to take a few shots of the island, but it… didn’t quite go as planned. Fancy lending a hand, Renegades?

Take screenshots of all 7 locations and objects listed below, then post them to the Scavenger Hunt thread on the HAWKED Discord or post using the hashtag #HAWKEDScavenger on Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, or Threads to enter the Scavenger Hunt.

We’ll reward you with a Nice Egg Souvenir for your troubles, and five lucky Renegades with valid entries will also receive 5 Comic Capsules and 150 GE-0 Cash in a raffle!



Send us screenshots of all 7 locations and objects across X-Isle listed here:

• A waterfall
• A deadly trap from the temples
• A hut by the beach
• A Shroudbasker
• A Trinket in its natural environment
• A plane or a boat crashed on the island
• The inside of a Treasury (not empty, of course!)

Get shooting, Renegades. Entries are open until March 31, 23:59 CET!

The Familiars freed in the Glyphstone ritual have chosen their Champions! Continue delving into the mysteries of X-Isle in the Venture 3 update, with all new Artifacts to discover, upgrade, and wield on your way to infamy. Also, learn how to upgrade your weapons in-match and hone your Renegade craft further with Classes.

Editor’s Note: Ventures are content updates within Issues that drive the story of HAWKED forward with new Quests, loot, and more. Issues will usually consist of four Ventures.


[h2]New Quests: Issue #1 Storyline Continues[/h2]
Thanks to all your shooting and looting, the Glyphstone ritual was a success, and four Familiars emerged from within. They’ve taken a liking to a few faces aboard the Riftwake and chosen their Champions, but their release has given few answers and only posed more questions.

Good thing GRAIL’s got a group of treasure hunters on board, eh? Since you’ve got quite a bit of experience in solving mysteries… think you can crack their cryptic messages?


[h2]Loot New Artifacts[/h2]
A Renegade’s work is never done! GRAIL recently discovered three new Artifacts waiting to be extracted, upgraded, and added to your Loadout along with all-new abilities.

• Attunement Fife: The most nimble of the lost civilization served as messengers across the island. We believe these runners used this Artifact to carry their feet like the wind and hold tight to the message they carried in their minds.
  • Location: Treasury
• Chosen’s Token: The rarity of this token suggests it was only given to a select few within the lost civilization. Some believe it's the seal of a secret society that grew within the civilization. We can only speculate if such a group served to better the civilization, or bring about its end.
  • Location: Treasury
• Powerglass: This Artifact suggests the builders of the lost civilization were a cut above the rest. Carrying this time-keeper on their belt allowed them to work beyond their normal limitations and still feel refreshed the next day. This enabled them to build towering temples that stood the test of time.
  • Location: Venture 3 Questline

Happy hunting!


[h2]Tackle New Encounters[/h2]
There have been reports of two new Encounter challenges on X-Isle! Complete them to unlock Glyphs to the Treasury.

• Wilting Blossoms: A curious tree. Shoot the blue crystal, then shoot the blossoms that descend from the treetop. Act quickly – shoot the blossoms before they rot!
• Door of Order: After shooting the crystal above the door, a pattern will appear on the door itself. Simply shoot the pattern to reveal the Glyph within.

[h2]Hone Your Hunting with Weapon Upgrades[/h2]
You’ve got the perfect weapon but despite cracking crate after crate, no luck with the rarity. We have the solution: Extraction Points are now fitted with Upgrade Stations to enhance your weapons in exchange for CRED. You’ll never have to part with your favorite firearms again!
[h2]Renegade Classes[/h2]
Do you put your partners first? Dabble more on the Gear side? Or are you more of the shoot first, loot later type? 

GRAIL’s been studying the latest treasure-hunting strategies and launched a Class system to clue you up with tips and tricks based on your Loadout and how it impacts your gameplay. Whether you’re devious, ruthless, or cunning, the Class system’s here to get you on track to playing your way to infamy!

That’s just the beginning. With big news comes big updates, and we’ve got a bunch of improvements unpacked and ready to go with the new Venture. Read the full Update Notes for more!

Look alive, Renegades! The following changes are available in HAWKED as of the latest update on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Update your game to play the latest version of HAWKED for free on your platform of choice.
[h2]NEW CONTENT[/h2][h3]TACKLE NEW QUESTS AS VENTURE 3 BEGINS![/h3]
Ventures are content updates within Issues that drive the story of HAWKED forward with new Quests, loot, and more. Issues will usually consist of four Ventures.

In Venture 3, the story of Issue #1: Renegades continues. Each of the four Familiars released in the Glyphstone ritual has chosen a champion aboard the Riftwake: Cynthia, Nellie, Bjorn, and Bodhi. The champions all received cryptic messages that Renegades must help them interpret. Continue delving into the mysteries of X-Isle and help them find their destiny in a new Questline!
[h3]HONE YOUR HUNTING WITH WEAPON UPGRADES[/h3]
You’ve got the perfect weapon but despite cracking crate after crate, no luck with the rarity. We have the solution: Extraction Points are now fitted with Upgrade Stations to enhance your weapons in exchange for CRED. You’ll never have to part with your favorite firearms again!

Use an Upgrade Station at an Extraction Point to upgrade certain weapons’ rarities from Uncommon to Rare to Epic.
[h3]LOOT THREE NEW ARTIFACTS[/h3]
GRAIL has discovered three new Artifacts waiting to be extracted, upgraded, and added to your Loadout along with all-new abilities.

• [Artifact] Attunement Fife: The most nimble of the lost civilization served as messengers across the island. We believe these runners used this Artifact to carry their feet like the wind and hold tight to the message they carried in their minds.
  • Common Quality: For every second you sprint, slide, or surf, the Attunement Fife grants an Accuracy Buff. Applied after you stop sprinting, sliding, or surfing, and with a maximum Buff duration of 5/6/7/8 seconds. Accuracy Buff reduces weapon recoil.
  • Legendary Quality: TheArtifact's Buff duration is increased by 3 seconds after performing a dodge roll.
  • Location: Treasury
• [Artifact] Chosen’s Token: The rarity of this token suggests it was only given to a select few within the lost civilization. Some believe it's the seal of a secret society that grew within the civilization. We can only speculate if such a group served to better the civilization or bring about its end.
  • Common Quality: Chosen's Token converts 40/45/50/55% of damage taken by your Shield to healing.
  • Legendary Quality: Conversion percentage is increased to 75% if your Health points are lower than your Shield points.
  • Location: Treasury
• [Artifact] Powerglass: This Artifact suggests the builders of the lost civilization were a cut above the rest. Carrying this timekeeper on their belt allowed them to work beyond their normal limitations and still feel refreshed the next day. This enabled them to build towering temples that stood the test of time.
  • Common Quality: If both your Exo Gear and Ward Gear are on cooldown or recharge, Powerglass reduces their cooldown/recharge time by 40/45/50/55%.
  • Legendary Quality: One Gear may be active (while the other Gear is in cooldown or recharge) to activate this Artifact's ability.
  • Location: Venture 3 Questline

[h3]BRAVE NEW ENCOUNTERS[/h3]
Keep an eye out for more tricky Encounters as you’re hunting for Glyphs!

• Wilting Blossoms: A new variation of the Encounter Secret Blossoms.
• Interwinted Door: A new variation of the Encounter Pattern Door.
• Disciple Camp: A new difficulty level for this Encounter.
• Pressure Platform: A new difficulty level for this Encounter.

[h3]RENEGADE CLASSES[/h3]
GRAIL’s been studying the latest treasure-hunting strategies and launched a Class system to clue you up with tips and tricks based on your Loadout and how it impacts your gameplay. Whether you’re devious, ruthless, or cunning, the Class system’s here to get you on track to playing your way to infamy!

You can access Class tips via the Loadout interface. You can also see the Classes of your squadmates on the loading screen to give you a better idea of your squad’s strengths.
[h3]NEW ENEMY: SPY DRONE[/h3]
Tinker, tailor, soldier… fly! Spy Drones have been intercepted in X-Isle’s airspace. What does this airborne menace want? Better shoot first and worry about them later.
[h3]Prestige Returns![/h3]
Rise up further in the Renegade ranks beyond your maximum Player Levels with the newly revamped Prestige System. Renegades who have reached level 100 will now have access to Prestige, earning unique banners as they continue to support GRAIL
[h2]BALANCE IMPROVEMENTS & ADJUSTMENTS[/h2][h3]ARTIFACT BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]

• [Artifact] Soul Siphon
  • Healing power decreased from 21/24/27/30% to 16/19/22/25%.
  • Fixed an issue where you could gain an additional healing or boost effect by eliminating a target you knocked down.
• [Artifact] Ambusher
  • Added different types of bush models (even in water) to make the disguise less conspicuous.
• [Artifact] Death Grip
  • This Artifact can now be looted from Caravans.
• [Artifact] Sacred Beat
  • This Artifact can now be looted from Caravans.

[h3]BOOSTER BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]

• [Booster] Taking Cover
  • Damage reduction decreased from 30% to 25%.
• [Booster] Gunslinger
  • Hip firing accuracy bonus decreased from 25% to 20%.

[h3]GEAR BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]

• [Exo Gear] Recon Raptor
  • Flight speed increased by 50%.

[h3]GENERAL BALANCE CHANGES[/h3]

• Reworked aim assist while using a gamepad, reducing its intensity.
• Contract Quest conditions related to looting the Treasury have been adjusted.
• Decreased difficulty of Disciple Encounters in Treasure Hunt (Squads) and Lone Hunter (Solo).
• Rebalanced Encounter difficulties:
  • Water Wells: Changed the opening and closing timings on higher difficulties.
  • Pattern Door: Increased the number of crystals on higher difficulties.
• Invisibility no longer hides Hoverboards.

[h3]GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Added a red notification about existing friend invites to the top menu of the Friends interface.
• When playing in a Squad, a prompt about using voice chat has been added if an enemy is nearby.
• You can now reassign shortcuts for Quests, Friends, and Loadout tabs.
• Added a sound that plays when a Quest is completed, accompanying the notification.
• You can now view different Traverser forms when viewing an item in the Shop.
• Added additional visualization when a Renegade is burning for a better perception of the danger at hand.
• Added marker heights on the minimap.
• Improved visuals for Nellie's cutscenes relating to Contracts.
• Revival Shrines now change color when challenged.
• Client performance optimizations.

[h3]INTERFACE (UI) IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Added a setting to enable black frames on wide screens.
• Added an option to disable pathfinding to Encounters in the Game -> User Interface settings.
• The color of the Revival Shrine marker now changes if you have a defeated squadmate.
• Improved the weapon customization interface by adding exclamation marks to indicate new Weapon Patterns and Skins.
• It is now possible to move the crosshair position to the center of the screen (to change it, go to Settings -> Game -> Crosshair Position).

[h3]WEAPON BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]

• All Weapons
  • Increased bullet spread while jumping.
• All Shotguns
  • Slightly reduced accuracy.
• All Pistols
  • Increased movement speed in ADS (aim down sights).
• [Assault Rifle] Zed 92
  • Increased force of recoil.
• [LMG] Goodfella
  • Slightly reduced rate of fire and fire acceleration.
  • Increased force of recoil.
• [Shotgun] Muldoon
  • Slightly reduced rate of fire.
• [Shotgun] Hasta Luego
  • Slightly reduced rate of fire.
• [SMG] GARR 21
  • Reduced damage for certain rarities. 
  • Before: Rare dealt 8 units of damage, and Epic dealt 9 units of damage.
  • After: Rare deals 7 units of damage, and Epic deals 8 units of damage.
• [Sniper Rifle] Quasar
  • Increased bullet density.
• [Armament] Hotstopper
  • You can no longer attach a mine to an ally.

[h2]BUGFIXES[/h2][h3]CHARACTERS & CUTSCENES[/h3]

• Nellie will no longer constantly repeat the voice line about finding her stash.
• Characters' animations prior to dialogues are now reverted to a neutral, idle state.
• Fixed the “Do not touch" cutscene related to the Glyphstone.
• Fixed voiceover and lipsync for Bodhi dialogue.
• Changed the color of Familiars in Ritual cutscenes.
• Fixed a bug that caused Cynthia's head to fly away from her body during dialogue. Also fixed an issue that caused her to twitch in cutscenes. Sleep easy tonight without that image in your mind!
• Fixed Nellie's facial expressions in certain cutscenes.
• Fixed issues with the camera and animations when starting a dialogue with characters.
• Fixed a frightful issue that caused characters’ body parts to tear off in certain cutscenes.

[h3]DISCIPLES[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where negative effects applied to Disciples incorrectly changed their behavior and blocked Renegades’ ability to deal damage to them.
• Fixed a bug that caused venom to deal damage with a delay.
• Ripclaws on Caravans can no longer spawn below ground level.
• Caravans will no longer run in place after one of their chests has been knocked down.
• Caravans will no longer hang in place after dropping their harness.
• Caravans will no longer stop abruptly while walking.
• Caravans now rotate their heads correctly while spitting.
• Fanatics no longer die without animation.
• Fanatics no longer shake while walking slowly.
• Fanatics and Shroudbaskers can no longer be invisible permanently.
• Fixed issues that caused Disciples to sometimes become invulnerable.
• Fixed visual effects that occurred when a Knucklehead rushes through places where enemies have been defeated previously.
• Knuckleheads no longer ignore a Shroudbasker shooting at them.
• Shroudbaskers no longer get stuck in motion.
• Fixed crashes that could occur when taking damage from Ripclaws.
• Disciples will descend elevated surfaces and steps more gracefully (or as graceful as a Disciple can be). 
• Disciples burned while in a peaceful state will no longer walk slowly after the burning effect has finished.
• Crowdbashers no longer retain collision after defeat.
• Crowdbashers no longer lose invisibility after respawning.
• Disciple bodies can no longer block the camera.

[h3]GEAR & WEAPONS[/h3]

• [Armament] Ultra Hammer
  • Fixed the burning visual effects while the weapon is charged.
  • Fixed issues with the display of certain cosmetics on vertical surfaces.
• [Armament] Islander Staff
  • Fixed a bug that, while blocking, caused Renegades to cling to a ledge without the proper animation.
• [Armament] Hotstopper
  • Fixed a bug that caused the bulb to detach and hang in the air.
• [Ward Gear] Snap-Track 
  • Fixed a bug where the anchor left behind would not disappear after completing the skill.
• [Exo Gear] Huntclaw 
  • Fixed a bug that caused the pull or push to not work if the Renegade was simultaneously performing a melee attack.
• Fixed a problem with aiming at allies. You can now you can hit them correctly (with certain items such as the Get-up Gun).
• Fixed a stuck hovering animation while using the Recon Raptor Exo Gear.
• Fixed a problem that caused weapons and Traversers to display incorrectly while using Gear in aiming mode.
• Fixed a problem that caused character model meshes to be visible while exiting a sniper scope.
• Fixed a problem with the incorrect speed of rechambering on the Shooting Range.
• Fixed an incorrect description for the Trident Max (Uncommon rarity).

[h3]GENERAL[/h3]

• Crashes caused by interacting with the Glyphstone aboard the Riftwake have been resolved.
• Fixed the Achievements/Trophies ‘Muscle Memory’ and ‘Set Em Up, Knock ‘Em Down’ by removing bugs that blocked their progress.
• Resolve an issue where the counters for the "Cosmic Connections" and "No Stone Unturned" Quests would not change if the two Glyphs required for different parts of "Cosmic Connections" had already been collected.
• Fixed an issue where it was impossible to authorize without restarting the client after prolonged minimization of the game client window.

[h3]INTERFACE[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that caused the Artifact indicator to display incorrectly after revival.
• Fixed the wrong item icons appearing in the GRAIL Store.
• Fixed an issue that would not allow players using a gamepad to use sliders for certain modifications to their Renegade.
• Fixed the Outfit/Avatar icon being missing in Quest rewards.
• Fixed a problem with resetting to a default Weapon Pattern/Skin.
• Fixed the Region Selector in Settings on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
• Fixed a bug that caused Settings to display the current region rather than a newly selected region when updating it.
• Fixed a bug when reopening the GRAIL Loyalty interface.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Quest completion failure.
• Fixed display of the Settings menu after changing screen resolution.
• Fixed display of Tutorial Quest stages. The display now corresponds to the current active Quest.
• Fixed overlapping of reward icons for the Renegade Pass post-match.
• After making a purchase in the Shop, the list no longer resets to the first item in the category.
• Completed Quests are now displayed even if the player has not completed any Quests yet.

[h3]ITEMS[/h3]

• Fixed the physics of the Rain Poncho’s cape.
• Fixed visual bugs related to Artifacts kept in the Backpack.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an Artifact to be removed if selling a duplicate.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to start reloading when using Consumables without interrupting consumption, causing the reload to be faster and character and weapon animations to be out of sync.

[h3]RENEGADES[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that caused the stun effect to not always interrupt a Renegade’s actions as intended.
• Fixed a bug that caused hovering if a Renegade died while their squadmate was not yet logged in.
• Fixed jerking motions when rotating the camera while rappelling down a zipline with an Armament in hand.
• Fixed a bug that caused a Renegade to tremble while continuously trying to move into an obstacle.
• Fixed an issue that caused Renegades to get stuck on a zipline during instances of high latency.
• Fixed a bug where a Renegade performing a melee attack would not turn and face Disciples in armor.
• Fixed a bug that caused Renegades to become invisible while reviving an ally without invisibility.

[h3]WORLD[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that caused ziplines to become inactive.
• Fixed a bug that generated two identical symbols in the Water Wells Memo Encounter.
• Fixed a bug that caused a double flower drop on the Secret Blossoms encounter.
• Fixed a bug that caused Renegades to be able to get inside the altar of a Familiar.
• Treasure and stashes are now always inside the visual search area of the minimap.
• Improved broken floor collision to prevent Renegades from getting stuck.
• Improved the visuals and collisions of environmental objects.
• Fixed collision issues with the walls at River Village.

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Stay frosty, Renegades. The HAWKED servers will soon be undergoing scheduled maintenance. The game will not be playable during this time.

• Maintenance Start: 19/03/2024: 09:00 CET / 19/03/2024: 01:00 PDT
• Expected Downtime: 2 hours

Find out what’s new by checking out the latest patch notes while you wait.

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