HAWKED News

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

• Maintenance Start: 28/12/2023: 09:00 CET / 00:00 PST
  
• Expected Downtime: 2 hours
  

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

Follow HAWKED on Discord and via social channels for up-to-date information. See you back on X-Isle soon!

Look alive, Renegades! The following changes are available in HAWKED on Windows PC as of the latest update on Thursday, December 28, 2023. Update your game to the latest version on MY.GAMES Launcher or Steam to play HAWKED for free in Early Access.
[h2]IMPROVEMENTS & ADJUSTMENTS[/h2][h3]GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Smoothed out the character movement animation when characters step up/over small objects.
• Improved collision of environment objects.
• Improved the behavior of the camera when switching to and from aiming-down-sights (ADS).
• Improved the behavior of bots.
• Added a sound queue when a quest completion notification appears. The sound only appears for the player who completed the quest.

[h3]GEAR BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]
[Ward Gear] Shocker Rocker

• Max lightning damage reduced from 20 to 18.
• Added a movement speed reduction while playing the guitar (reverted adjustment from Version 1.2.2).

[Ward Gear] Boombox

• Base Mechanics:
  • Duration reduced from 8/9.5/11 to 7/8/9 seconds. 

• Rare Upgrade:
  • Duration bonus increased from 4 to 5 seconds.

[Ward Gear] Echo-Pulser

• Cooldown decreased from 30 to 25 seconds.

[Exo Gear] Infernal Lantern

• Cooldown decreased from 25 to 20 seconds.

[Exo Gear] Cohort’s Kite

• Cooldown of the Healing Effect when taking damage is decreased from 3 to 2 seconds. Link radius increased from 12/15.6 m to 20/26 m.

[Artifact] Purewater

• Cooldown of Healing Effect from [Purewater] after taking damage decreased from 3 to 2 seconds.

[Artifact] Collector Coil

• Shield bonus per charge reduced from 9/11/13/15 to 7/8/9/10 points.

[h3]BOOSTER BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]
[Hunt] Gunslinger

• Hip fire accuracy bonus reduced from 30% to 25%.

[Hunt] Nimble Trigger

• No longer reduces time for chambering bolt/pump-action weapons.

[h3]GLYPH BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]
[Glyph] Potion

• Cooldown of Healing Effect after taking damage decreased from 3 to 2 sec.

[h3]BUFF BALANCING & CHANGES[/h3]
[Buff] Accuracy

• No longer reduces hipfire spread. Recoil reduction (both hipfire and aiming-down-sights/ADS) reduced from 30% to 25%.

[Buff] Handling

• Reload/cooling/switch weapons/aim-down-sight time reduction decreased from 30% to 25%. No longer reduces the time for chambering bolt/pump-action weapons.

[h2]BUGFIXES[/h2][h3]RIFTWAKE[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where duplicated notifications would appear when joining a squad.
• Fixed a bug where Nellie’s knife would freeze after ending a dialog with her.
• Fixed a bug where the tutorial Quest to play a match would not complete at the end of a match.
• Fixed the quest trigger for the Quest “Investigate the Contracts Board,” ensuring it is only counted when the Contracts Rating is active. Nellie’s dialogue for Contract onboarding occurs only during the “Investigate the Contracts Board” quest stage.

[h3]X-ISLE[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where a Caravan’s Ripclaws would spawn without portals.
• Fixed a bug where Caravans would stop celebrating the festivities by no longer wearing their Holiday attire.
• Fixed a bug where an extra player would appear on the screen when traveling to X-Isle in solo mode.

[h3]SETTINGS[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where Aim Assist would move the aim to the side when you switched to aim-down-sight when you were already aiming at the enemy.

HAWKED is now available in Early Access. That means that development is ongoing and relies on your feedback to help improve and polish the overall game experience before the full launch in 2024. As such, you may encounter gameplay and technical issues while playing. 

We are closely monitoring gameplay sessions and your feedback, and HAWKED will undergo regular maintenance to deploy patches and hotfixes to resolve any issues. Please keep an eye on Discord and future patch notes for more updates. 

If you need troubleshooting for common technical problems or account-related queries, or if you can’t find a solution to your issue, please visit our Support page.

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Skill and wit are all treasure hunters need to succeed, but sometimes you need a little oomph to help make a name for yourself. GRAIL’s tools and arsenal are fully available to all Renegades, but there are a bunch of benefits the organization can provide to those eager to more quickly uncover X-Isle’s mysteries.

By subscribing to GRAIL+, Renegades can obtain a distinguished status within the operation, insider intel on prime Quest targets on X-Isle, extra knowledge to expand their Experience, and more!
[h2]BENEFITS OF GRAIL+[/h2]

• Colorful Name: Not just an average Renegade. Your name becomes orange with a lovely sheen.
• Daily Boosters: Get a randomized Booster every day and read up on comic tales of renowned GRAIL Renegades, giving you a passive boost to your skills. A maximum of five boosters can be equipped at a time (you can also buy Boosters with Hawks from GE-0).
• Lockbox Slot: Extra space allowing you to carry one extra Trinket, which you can save between matches even if you don’t make it to extraction.
• Extra Quests: Get extra intel on prime targets. Unlock one additional Weekly Quest and two additional Daily Quests.
• 20% Experience: A little boost to your Loyalty Level, improving your standing in GRAIL”s operations and allowing you access to more Gears, Boosters, and Cosmetics for purchase with Hawks from GE-0.
• Three Emotes: Let your fellow Renegades know exactly what you think. Access additional Emotes in your Loadout, including Finger Shooting, Frustration, and Satisfaction.

[h2]WHERE TO BUY GRAIL+[/h2]
Renegades can purchase a month of GRAIL+ for GE-0 Cash from the Shop on the lower deck. You’ll also receive a 3-day GRAIL+ as a reward from Cynthia after completing the onboarding quests to try it out!

It’s still a free-for-all on X-Isle when it comes to loot and fame. GRAIL+ doesn’t provide any unfair competitive advantage to a Renegade's abilities, just a helping hand in building your legend.

When the chips are down, it’s every Renegade for themselves out in the lawless wilds of X-Isle. Treasure hunters like to tell themselves that teamwork makes the dream work… but GRAIL’s top brass knows better. Bitter rivalries and a supersized dose of competitive play are also potent enough agents to keep the treasure and trinkets a-flowin’.

Ready your Traverser for a brand-new challenge: Contracts. Coupled with a new ranked leaderboard system called the League, this feature introduces fiercer competition, more gameplay objectives, and bigger rewards. Buckle up, Renegades!
[h2]CONTRACTS[/h2]
Contracts are a special type of Quest issued by Nellie on the Riftwake. Available in 3-day and 7-day varieties, accepting them adds extra goals to Renegades’ matches on X-Isle, including gameplay challenges, specific requests, and criteria to fulfill.

Contracts feature several Tasks to tackle, with dynamic sets of requirements and rewards available at random. Depending on how your chips fall, you might get an easier run or face more adversity. You’ll receive rewards for every Task completed. 


Here’s an example of a PvP-focused Contract with a list of possible Tasks and rewards (in-game Contracts, Tasks, and rewards may differ):

Example Contract

• Bodhi's Way: Eliminate 30 Renegades (Rewards: 400 Hawks, 300 Loyalty, 10 League Points)
• Hop N' Drop: Eliminate 6 Renegades without being eliminated (Rewards: 900 Hawks, 500 Loyalty, 20 League Points)
• On the Fly: Eliminate 5 Renegades while in the air (Rewards: 1,300 Hawks, 800 Loyalty, 30 League Points)
• No Escape: Eliminate 7 Renegades while they're hoverboarding (Rewards: 1,800 Hawks, 1,000 Loyalty, 40 League Points)
• Rival Wrecker: Eliminate 4 Renegades in a single match (Rewards: 2,200 Hawks, 1,300 Loyalty, 50 League Points)

Contracts might feature Tasks focused on extracting Artifacts or Trinkets, looting the Treasury, Chests, or Caravans, dealing damage with specific weapons, battling Disciples, and lots more. Check in with Nellie often to find out what the latest Contracts are!

[h2]SHOWDOWNS[/h2]
Contracts are available during Showdown periods. Showdowns occur several times per Issue and last for two weeks (with a one-week break between them). 

Throughout a Showdown, Renegades will have access to a variety of different Contracts—they’re regularly refreshed, so keep a weather eye out for more challenges!

GRAIL Tip: Completed all Contracts? Unlikely! The final Contract is repeatable, so keep at it until the Showdown ends.
[h2]CONQUER THE LEAGUE[/h2]
Wanna see your name in lights? In addition to regular rewards, completed Contracts also yield League Points. Accumulate League Points to rank up and progress ever higher in the League, a ranked leaderboard system for Renegades.

League Rewards are issued at the end of each Showdown, depending on your League placement. Remember, every Showdown is a race to the top—so don't let yourself be overtaken! To keep things fair and competitive, League Points will be reset at the start of each Showdown.

If you didn't manage to nab that League Reward reward you had your eye on, you’ll have another shot in the next Showdown (League Rewards are the same for all Showdowns within a single Issue). Keep pushing every Showdown for bigger and better League placements!

[h2]LEAGUE RANKINGS & REWARDS[/h2]
Renegades can qualify in one of five Leagues depending on how many League Points they earn in a Showdown. Smash your way into the big Leagues by beating other Renegades to earn League Rewards at the end of each Showdown!

*League Entry Score depends on how many Renegades are in that League and how many League Points they have accumulated.

Contracts are now available in HAWKED. Update your game to the latest version on MY.GAMES Launcher or Steam to start climbing the League!

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

• Maintenance Start: 21/12/2023: 09:00 CET / 21/12/2023: 00:00 PST
  
• Expected Downtime: 2 hours
  

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

Follow HAWKED on Discord and via social channels for up-to-date information. See you back on X-Isle soon!