Hunt: Showdown 1896 News

Hunters,

With the completion of Act I of the “As The Crow Flies” event, a new threat emerges from the darkness...Scrapbeak is here! This update brings with it the 4th boss target in our lineup, which extends the existing cast and brings new challenges to the Bayou.




[h2]Hoarding [/h2]

• The area around Scrapbeak’s lair is deprived of all supplies.
  
• Players should come prepared by bringing equipment or resupplying in other areas before engaging Scrapbeak.
  

[h2]Shedding [/h2]

• When going into frenzy, Scrapbeak will shed and drop the tool he is currently carrying and up to three items. Scrapbeak will equip a new random tool after this action.
  
• Tools include:
  
  
  • Axes
    
  • Hammers
    
  • Shovels
    
  • Pitchforks
    
  
  
  
• Items include:
  
  
  • Bear Traps
    
  • Lanterns
    
  • Ammo Crates (Including Special Ammunition)
    
  • Item Boxes
    
  • Health Stations (Similar to Doctor Grunts)
    
  • Trait Charms (Rare)
    
  
  
  
• If the frenzy is caused by an explosion, dropped items will be damaged and unusable. (For example, by Sticky Bomb)
  
• Dropped items will be damaged and unusable if Scrapbeak is burning as the items are dropped.

[h2]Backpack [/h2]

• Reduces the damage of most directed attacks such as gunshots by 50%
  
• Piercing attacks are not affected by this damage reduction. (for example, Pitchforks or Bayonets).
  

[h2]Attacks [/h2]

• Scrapbeak will wield one tool at a time from the list mentioned above.
  
• When wielding an axe, the attacks will systemically apply the bleeding effect to players.
  
• Scrapbeak can throw special concertina bombs at players or spots where players might enter or leave the lair.
  
• Wires work in a similar fashion to all other concertina items.
  
• Wires have a distinct look making it easy for players to distuingish between standard concertina wire and Scrapbeak concertina wire.
  
• Effect size is between that of concertina mines and standard concertina bomb (sits somewhere in the middle size wise)
  

[h2]Frenzy [/h2]

• Frenzy starts with the shedding and dropping of items.
  
• All damage is reduced by 50% for the duration of the frenzy.
  
• Frenzy famage reduction stacks with backpack damage reduction.
  
• Directed attacks like gunshots will cause a primed concertina bomb to drop.
  
• Fire, poison or similar damage will not cause the above effect.
  
• Movement speed will slightly increase after each frenzy (this is a stacking effect).
  
• Scrapbeak’s scream will apply the “ear-ringing” effect to all players in proximity to the boss/lair.
  

Developer Note:

Boss targets are an integral part of Hunt and something players encounter repeatedly in the Core Loop. Scrapbeak’s features are designed to add more depth to each encounter, making it the most varied boss experience so far. We want players to have more chances for making good or bad calls, form new strategies and be forced into more situations where they must improvise.

We are very happy that you finally have the chance to get your hands on Scrapbeak and we really look forward to hearing your feedback! Please tell us what you liked and disliked so we can improve our AI cast even further!

Good luck and happy Scrapbeak hunting!

~The Hunt team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3B4qZZnzr8

Hunters,

[h3]Scrapbeak is here![/h3]

You have fought together and finally the time has come. A new threat emerges from the darkness… go get him!


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Scrapbeak is prepared for Hunters to make a wrong move. The veteran soldier turned abomination is aware of what man is capable of & does everything to uneven the odds in their favor, tempting their victims to strategize early or never again.

We are halfway there, Hunters!

Keep it up!

~The Hunt team

Hunters

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Hunters,

We have heard you! After going through the feedback from the first 24 hours of the event, we have decided to review and adjust the total number of points required to complete Act I of the event. Initially we had intended that it should take a maximum of 5 days to unlock the boss. However, with the help of your feedback, we can see that the amount set was a miscalculation on our part and not achievable in that time frame. So with this in mind, we are reducing the total to 35 million points to ensure that the boss is unlocked much sooner and to give you all more time to complete Act II.

We also have some other changes; to effectively manage the server capacity, we will be reducing the match time to 45 mins for Bounty Hunt missions. This time change will only be for the duration of the event and will return to 60 mins once the event is complete. Quickplay will still be temporarily disabled and we will have more details on its return very soon. We are also in the process of adding additional servers to ensure as many of you as possible have the chance to play during the event.

Finally, we also want to announce that we will be extending the event until the 19th April so that you have more time in the Bayou to unlock as many of the event rewards as possible. We'd like to thank you all for your feedback and support during this event, and we are very glad that the community came together to reach a brand-new active player peak in the last 24hrs!

~The Hunt team