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Twitch Drops are here and so are your Americas CMs!

Hang out with Ari, Gustavo, and Violet while getting your Drops for the day.

As usual, there will also be giveaways!

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Earn Event Points for Tide of Shadows, Weapon Charms, and two types of Supply Crates (standard and Night of the Hunter) by participating in our latest Twitch Drops Campaign. All you need to do is watch Hunt: Showdown streams from July 27th through August 3rd to earn a range of in-game rewards and Event Points.



[h2]Twitch Drops & Twitch Drops FAQ[/h2]
Twitch Drops are in-game rewards that you can earn simply by watching streamers playing Hunt. To collect Drops, connect your Twitch account to your game account and watch your favorite Hunt: Showdown streamers. Drops rewards will be available to all Twitch streamers, just enable drops in your channel, connect your account via the creator dashboard, and make sure you're streaming in the Hunt: Showdown category.

To find out how to connect your accounts as a viewer or streamer, and for all the in-depth detail you need about this Drops event, check out our FAQ.



[h2]Twitch Drops Rewards[/h2]
Different rewards are available on different days, with a minimum watch time on Hunt: Showdown Drops-enabled streams needed for each reward.

For the first time, we are introducing special “Night of the Hunter Partner Supply Crates" which will include an instance of a Legendary Hunter. Check out what's on offer, and when to tune in to grab these rewards below:



[h3]Event Points[/h3]

• July 27th – August 3rd - Watch any participating Hunt: Showdown streamer for 1 hour (60 minutes) to earn 750 Event Points.
  
• You can earn a maximum of 750 points per day during all days of the Campaign, so watching every day will earn you a total of 5,250 Event Points!
  

[h3]Weapon Charms[/h3]

• July 27th – August 3rd – Watch any “Night of the Hunter" Partner streamer for 180 minutes to unlock the “Moondial" Weapon Charm.
  
• August 1st – August 3rd – Watch any participating Hunt: Showdown streamer for 180 minutes to unlock the “Carnassial Wills" Weapon Charm.
  

[h3]Supply Crates[/h3]
Supply Crates are back, but this time we have a new variant for you too. First, we will have the standard Supply Crates which can be earned by watching any participating Hunt: Showdown streamer on selected days. Each will grant you several non-Legendary in-game item instances, such as weapons, consumables, and a random amount of Hunt Dollars.


Supply Crates will be available on the following days:

• July 27th – available for 24 hours
  
• July 29th – available for 24 hours
  
• July 31st – available for 24 hours
  
• August 2nd – available for 24 hours
  

There will be a total of 4 Supply Crates available per day on the days listed above during the Twitch Drops Campaign. Each Supply Crate is available to claim after 2 hours (120 minutes) of watch time and will contain 8 non-Legendary item instances:

• 1 random Rifle
  
• 1 random Pistol
  
• 1 random Shotgun
  
• 1 random Special Weapon
  
• 3 random Tools and/or Consumables
  
• 1 random amount of Hunt Dollars
  

[h3]Night of the Hunter Partner Supply Crates[/h3]
Get your hands on our new Night of The Hunter Partner Supply Crates, special rewards that can be earned only while watching participating Night of the Hunter streamers. These Supply Crates will grant you one instance of a Legendary Hunter taken from the roster of Bloodbond Hunters*, plus non-Legendary in-game item instances such as weapons, tools, and a random amount of Hunt Dollars.

There will be a total of 4 Night of the Hunter Partner Supply Crates available on selected days during the campaign (outlined below) and you will need 2 hours (120 minutes) of watch time to claim them.


*Please note that this will not permanently unlock any of the Bloodbond Hunters for you, but will grant a single instance of a Hunter, whether you own the Hunter or not.


Night of the Hunter Supply Crates will be available on the following days:

• July 28th – available for 24 hours
  
• July 30th – available for 24 hours
  
• August 1st – available for 24 hours
  

Night of the Hunter Partner Supply Crates include:

• 1 Legendary Hunter Instance
  
• 1 random Rifle
  
• 1 random Pistol
  
• 1 random Shotgun
  
• 1 random Special Weapon
  
• 3 random Tools and/or Consumables
  
• 1 random amount of Hunt Dollars
  

Don't miss out on this chance to watch some great streamers and earn yourself a boost as you play through Tide of Shadows with our latest Twitch Drops Campaign. We'll leave you with a reminder to check out our Night of the Hunter Partner list, and you can get all the information about how to connect your accounts as a watcher or a streamer with our FAQ.

Happy watching, and happy hunting!

See you in the Bayou,

~ The Hunt Team

[h2]The Myth of the Moors DLC - Out Now![/h2]

It includes -
🐶The Moorhound - Legendary Hunter
🌑Maw of Darkness - Romero 77
🔫Hell’s Dewclaw - Caldwell Pax
🎆Snarling Dawn - Flare Pistol

Bring death and earn extra event points during Tide Of Shadows as The Moorhound.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2407940/Hunt_Showdown__Myth_of_the_Moors/

[h3]Watch the Myth of the Moors Trailer now on Youtube![/h3]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Hunters,

We wanted to provide an update regarding the Wildcard Contract.
As of the 1.13 Hotfix Update earlier today, the Wildcard contract has been removed. Rotjaw and the Thundershower Wildcard Condition have been added to the regular rotation of the Standard Contract.
Please note, the "Night" Time of Day has been removed from the current rotation for the remainder of the Tide of Shadows event.


[h3]Standard Contract Rotation:[/h3]
The following Times of Day/Conditions will be available in the Standard Contract rotation:

• Neutral.
  
• Fog.
  
• Gold.
  
• Sunset.
  
• Sundown.
  
• Serpent Moon Night.
  
• Thundershower (increased chance to encounter this Condition).
  

[h3]Rotjaw:[/h3]
Rotjaw will now have a chance to spawn in the following Times of Day/Conditions:

• Serpent Moon Night.
  
• Fog.
  
• Sundown.
  
• Thundershower.
  

Thank you all.

~The Hunt team.

Hunters,

Below are the notes for Hotfix #1 for Update 1.13

• Fixed an issue that caused the rain effect to often disappear on AMD GPU machines completely, after round start.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the rain fall effect to be darker with post-processing effects off.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented rain from rendering at random positions on all maps.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for the rare issue that caused Players to spawn away from their teammates or with enemy Hunters.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Instinct to react to already extracted Hunters.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused all Burn Traits to be restored after use in a mission upon a successful extract.
  
• Fixed an issue that did not properly remove Burn Traits used in a mission.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Incendiary Ammo to deal less damage than intended during heavy rain.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Drilling base and Flechette shotgun spread to be incorrect.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Drilling to not count towards challenges that require the use of rifles.
  
• Fixed an issue that played the rain audio while not in a rain mission.
  
• Fixed an issue that incorrectly showed the Questlines as active for some Players.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Combat Log to show instead of hide Player Names by default.
  
• Fixed an issue with Bomb Lance Dragon Breath ammo not progressing the Challenge of killing an Armored, Hive, or Hellhound with fire.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed rain to be audible in the basement of Blanchett Graves.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed used Traces to be interactable after a reconnect.
  
• Fixed a localization issue with the Death Cheat description not mentioning that Pledge Marks are lost upon trait triggering.
  
• Fixed a localization issue with "Ewes Horn" charm name not being translated in Portuguese.
  

~ The Hunt Team