Hunt: Showdown 1896 News

More than six months after it was announced, Crytek revealed today that Hunt: Showdown's move to the current version of CryEngine will happen on August 15. The big update will also bring with it a new map and biome, performance improvements, a new UI design, and—in less good news—the official end of support on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles...
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[h2]CRYENGINE 5.11 launches on August 15th![/h2]

Today, we kick off a new weekly video series featuring key dates and hot topics leading up to the long-awaited update.

Check out our first video to stay informed on what's coming!

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We know it's been a long wait—now, the countdown begins.

Tune in early next week for the first in a series of short videos revealing key dates and hot topics that we'll be addressing in the lead up to CRYENGINE 5.11.

See you there, Hunters.

Now that our latest Event has come to a close, it's time to collect your feedback.

As always, your thoughts mean a lot to us. If you played Desolation's Wake, we'd love to hear how you felt about it via this survey!

Click here to find out more - SURVEY

Hunters,

Thank you for joining us in Desolation's Wake! What a wonderful epilogue to our Tides trilogy. More information on what's next is coming soon.

~ The Hunt Team



[h2]Meta [/h2]
The new Weapons, their variants, and their Custom Ammo have been added to the regular progression and the Book of Weapons.

[h3]Rifles [/h3]

• Caldwell Marathon—Bloodline Rank 1
  
• Caldwell Marathon Poison Ammo—2nd unlock in the Caldwell Marathon Weapon Family
  
• Caldwell Marathon Full Metal Jacket Ammo—3rd unlock in the Caldwell Marathon Weapon Family
  
• Caldwell Marathon Swift—4th unlock in the Caldwell Marathon Weapon Family
  
• Mako 1895 Carbine—Bloodline Rank 1
  
• Mako 1895 Carbine Claw—2nd unlock in the Mako 1895 Carbine Weapon Family
  
• Mako 1895 Carbine Explosive Ammo—3rd unlock in the Mako 1895 Carbine Weapon Family
  
• Mako 1895 Carbine Aperture—4th unlock in the Mako 1895 Carbine Weapon Family
  
• Mako 1895 Carbine Full Metal Jacket Ammo—5th unlock in the Mako 1895 Carbine Weapon Family
  

[h3]Shotguns[/h3]

• Caldwell Rival 78 Dragon Breath—3rd unlock in the Caldwell Rival 78 Weapon Family
  
• Crown & King Auto-5 Flechette—4th unlock in the Crown & King Auto-5 Weapon Family
  

[h3]Retirement [/h3]

• Retiring Hunters now grants 10,000 Bloodline XP
  

Developer’s note: In Update 1.16, we reduced the Bloodline XP rewards for Hunter retirement significantly—we acknowledge your frustrations with this change. With more available data and a better understanding of the implications to the Live Environment, we’ve decided to increase the XP reward to be more in line with the updated threshold for retirement. Retiring Hunters is still more difficult, but should be worthwhile pursuing again.


[h2]Other[/h2]

• Disabled certain parameters that unfairly allowed increased visibility.
  

• Fixed an issue that caused a bullet to be floating in the air next to the Mako 1895 Carbine and its variants.
  
• Fixed the timing on the Thundershower phases to be in line with the intended changes of Update 1.16.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Dolch 96 Deadeye to be missing a blur mask when aiming in ADS.
  
• Fixed an issue with the shot audio and muzzle flash for the Springfield Krag and its variants while using Full Metal Jacket Ammo.