What changed in Hunt: Showdown 1896 in 2019

Added 2 new Legendary Hunters: The Researcher and The Rat.

Rewards extra bounty for every minute left on the mission timer upon extraction.

Legendary Dolch 96 Precision.

Includes Marksman, Compact, Compact Striker, and Compact Deadeye variants.

Changes aimed at encouraging players to be more active and resolve stalemates.

1000 Blood Bonds and 5000 Hunt Dollars granted to players since 1.0 launch.

Normal melee attack damage increased from 52 to 82.

HUD flashes target status when entering whisper radius.

Optimizations made to reduce load when players disconnect/extract.

Normal melee attack damage increased from 60 to 90; Heavy melee attack damage from 120 to 135.

Now releases fewer wire pieces; initial damage upon triggering increased.

Looting Item boxes grants a random offensive consumable or resupplies a tool charge.

New early game single-shot rifle that uses Long ammo.

Includes Deadeye and Riposte variants.

Legendary Lebel 1886 Marksman.

New early game, single-shot rifle that uses Medium Ammo.

100 Blood Bonds added to every Hunter who participated in the Test server.

The Butcher has taken on a Halloween-themed appearance.

In rare cases clients might experience render issues when other players extract from the map.

In rare cases weapons can get stuck in a reload loop for a few seconds.

Fixed a bug where windows during Foggy time of day missions were too black and rendered at long distances.

Teams of three opt in can sometimes be changed in random teams - this should not be possible.

Sometimes tools or consumables can float in the world.

It may happen that the underdog bonus is falsely displayed when in a trio.

For the improbable case when a player gets killed by the choke bomb’s damage, the death screen doesn't show the correct source.

Fixed a bug where the Choke bomb box was part of the poison category in roster screen.

Optimized network bandwidth between game server and game client.

Fixed a bug that prevented players from being able to switch to the last living partner when spectating a dead one.

Last Partner is not displayed in Last Match Screen.

In rare cases players might encounter objects with wrong/purple shading.

Cleaning contraband items can lead to sorting issues in the Equipment screen.

Fixed a bug which allowed the Choke Bomb to destroy concertina wire.

Moving close to windows while being on fire causes the window to break.

Sometimes weapons can drop on top of each other making it hard to loot the correct one.

Fixed an issue where forming a group via persistent group feature would result in a 'player left the group' message on starting a session.

Players sometimes experience desyncs / rubberbanding issues during gameplay.

Implemented a different pipeline to deliver the mission rewards in order to make them more reliable when returning to the menu after a game.

Fixed an issue where Inviter could get stuck on 'Transmitting selected mission' screen during the invitation process.

Fixed a bug where Concertina trip wires destroyed themselves once activated.

Fixed a number of Client crashes during Gameplay, in the Menus and on Quit.

Dollar rewards for challenges are displaying wrong values in challenges tab - players receive the correct amount upon claiming.

'Last Partner' is not getting displayed in the last match screen.

Fixed an issue where players which already unlocked Bornheim No.3 Extended couldn't unlock the Bornheim Nr. 3 Match.

Sometimes tools or consumables can float in the world.

Servers taken down to deploy a hotfix addressing the 0x30005 error experienced by users.

Fixed an issue where players that did not opt-in to be matched against Teams of 3 could end up in a game with Teams of 3.

In rare cases players might encounter objects with wrong/purple shading.

Dollar rewards for challenges are displaying wrong values challenges tab - players receive the correct amount (double) though upon claiming.

Teams of three opt in can sometimes be changed in random teams - this should not be possible.

Sometimes weapons can drop on top of each other making it hard to loot the correct one.

Ongoing investigation into the mission reward issue; hotfix may address it but certainty is not guaranteed.

For the improbable case when a player gets killed by the choke bomb’s damage, the death screen doesn't show the correct source just yet.

Fixed an issue where the standing static lanterns would not cause any fire damage.

In some cases players will receive only partial or no rewards at all after finishing a mission. We have a tentative fix in this patch and have made some configuration changes so we monitor the issue further.

Fixed the effective range of the Hive Bomb which was showing a smaller value than it should be.

Client might crash when quitting the game.

In rare cases clients might experience render issues when other players extract from the map.

Fixed an issue where prices for some weapons increased during update 1.1.

In rare cases weapons can get stuck in a reload loop for a few seconds.

In some occurrence Steam inviter can be stuck in a 'Transmitting selected mission'. The client will need to be restarted and invite may not work until we resolve this situation.

It may happen that the underdog bonus is falsely displayed when in a trio.

Fixed an issue where knife thrown could cause the controller to force feedback (rumble).

Menu remembers active filters and adds new options for equipment display.

Fixed a bug where reloading the Bornheim with one bullet left did not save it.

Improved list format for displaying equipment for easier management.

Improved quality for Polish and Turkish language support.

New throwable consumable item that produces a choking gas cloud, extinguishing fire and affecting enemies.

Persistent party option to remain grouped with friends after missions.

Optimized AI costs on the server for better performance.

Resolved various animation issues affecting gameplay.

Fixed multiple client crashes occurring during gameplay.

Various improvements to navigation and clipping issues in Stillwater Bayou and Lawson Delta.

New variant of the Bornheim No.3 pistol, designed for better accuracy and handling.

Water Devil XP restored from 2 to 20 XP after respawn exploit fix.

3 new Legendary weapons and 2 Legendary Hunters added to the game.

New optional feature for controller users to keep moving forward with double-tap sprint.

Significant price reductions for consumables to help players manage their finances.

Enhancements made to localization in multiple languages, including typo corrections.

Added logging to assist with server performance issues.

Multiple weapons have had their prices reduced to improve player accessibility.

Prices for tools have been reduced to ease player costs.

New servers will be monitored during the night to assess improvements in connectivity.

Servers may go down for maintenance if new servers do not improve the situation.

Addressing rubber banding, disconnects, and increased ping reported by players.

Re-introduced a stronger modifier for weapon sway while moving and aiming down sight

Players with the Vulture trait could loot burning players

Vitality Shot now requires 10 uses; Stamina Shot requires 15 uses

AI do not react correctly to audio cues and other gameplay-related issues were addressed

Burning damage taken while downed is now halved

Various issues with trait selection and mastery display were fixed

Markers placed on water surfaces were not showing up

Incorrect animation played when interrupting reloads

Further improvements made to localization in all available languages

Charging melee attacks after switching from tools and consumables had issues

Added in the settings menu

Dead Hunters on fire sometimes produced burning audio

Aim helper for the Flash Bomb suggested an inaccurate ballistic curve

Players must have been active in the last 30 days and have 50 hours of playtime to be displayed

Kill count reduced from 100 to 50 for challenges #4 and #5

Waxed Dynamite and Sticky Bomb now require 250XP; Frag Bomb requires 500XP

Added confirmation pop up message when using the 'Clean' weapon functionality for Blood Bonds.

Fixed the displayed cost of the 'Clean' functionality for stacked weapons to show the correct Blood Bonds cost.

In some rare cases, Grunt bodies might not render correctly and only their heads will be visible.

Fixed a bug that caused your position in the leaderboards to be incorrectly calculated when selecting the 'friends only' filter.

Fixed a bug that caused the 'show book entry' for an unlocked item in the store to not display the selected weapon.

Consumables for the tutorial Hunters are not displayed correctly on the selection screen but the Hunters will have items during the mission.

Fixed a bug that resulted in the incorrect names being displayed for certain team members in a trio.

Alt tabbing may cause the mouse cursor to be visible while in a mission.

Fixed a bug that resulted in 2 Pass Lightning and 2 Pass scene Rendering advanced graphic options enabling themselves when the game is restarted even if they were previously disabled.

Fixed a bug that caused the 'Welcome to Tier 3' achievement not to complete/unlock.

Tutorial has been streamlined and now offers 2 Hunters to select (1 male and 1 female Hunter).

Fixed a bug that caused the flickering outline for boss health to not indicate when damage was being done.

When poisoned, the map can be slightly visible on screen (shimmer effect).

The Butcher and The Spider may become stuck during their respective frenzy modes.

Flash and concertina trip mine currently do not count towards the challenge progress for the Concertina Bomb in the 'Book of Weapons'.

The Spider can on occasion clip through the walls when performing an attack.

In some cases, players may experience rubberbanding/desyncs. We are actively investigating the cause of these issues.

Rift counter only displays 3 closed rifts for a WellSpring target.

Tutorial Hunter equipment has been optimized for a better onboarding process.

Incorrect player name may be displayed when highlighted in the leaderboard.

Leaderboard entries may look squashed, squeezed together.

Players may hear a permanent fuse sound after use.

The icon when speaking through in-game voice will not appear in some rare cases but the voip will function correctly.

Fixed a bug that allowed players to run while in hip fire or ADS.

Fixed a bug that resulted in the auto slot selection for tools and consumables to not jump to the next free slot.

Green window shutters cannot be destroyed.

Fixed a bug that caused the 'distance to partner' to show an incorrect value for a split second when leaving spectator mode.

Changing the resolution may cause the cursor to become stuck within its previous dimensions.

In some rare cases, some missions will begin before all players have loaded which may result in the death of your hunter.

Switching between weapons may cause some minor animation issues to occur.

Fixed a bug that resulted in the 5th purchasable Hunter slot to show as costing 150 Blood Bonds instead of 100.

Fixed a bug where double clicking on a legendary weapon unlocked it without a confirmation prompt.

Turkish localization has been added and can be selected through game properties via Steam.

Damage history shows tick for Hive damage and Fire damage.

Banishment counter in the tutorial will show as 100% immediately even though banishing takes 10 seconds.

Italian, German, Simplified Chinese & Russian localization have been updated.

In some instances, a crash can occur when leaving missions.

AI do not react correctly to the audio of hanging chains.

In some cases you may experience crashes during Gameplay. Please be sure to report any instances that you encounter.

In some rare cases, after playing for extended periods of time, the client might crash. Resolution will change and game will be set to fullscreen.

Some melee attacks may be duplicated (audio will play twice instead of once).

Fixed a number of overlapping text/buttons.

Some audio traps may attract AI from a wider radius than intended.

Looting a small weapon while mid swap of the current equipped weapons will result in swapping the wrong weapon.

While in a group, if one of the party members leaves, the other members will be put in a ready state.

Fixed a bug where double clicking the 'free reshuffle' in the Hunter recruit screen would also perform a paid reshuffle without a confirmation prompt.

Window glass shader impacts performance significantly when 2 pass rendering options are disabled in the menu.

Hunters will be displayed in the background if a steam invite is accepted while on the Last match or challenge screens.

After prestiging, the mastery progress in some cases may have some display issues. Progress is tracked as normal.

Death screen details may be incorrect in instances of death by barbed wire placed in the level.

At rank 100, retiring a Hunter will not show the XP progress in the upper left progress bar.

Fixed a bug that caused enemy players to not be highlighted correctly in certain instances (in darksight).

Increased the number of ammunition boxes that spawn during the Tutorial.

Fixed a bug that caused the remove trait button not to function if attempting to remove a trait immediately after purchase.

Fixed a bug that allowed players to duplicate lanterns by shooting them in mid air.

Tactical ping marker placed on water will disappear when aiming at it, or moving closer towards it.

Massive improvements to the UI and menu screens for better usability.

A solo-player-only version where players compete for the Wellspring's energy.

Includes two unique legendary Hunter Skins and two legendary weapon skins.

Set in the bayous of Louisiana with 16 unique locations and various environmental features.

Players can choose between several different mission types updated daily, including solo and duo missions.

Players can level up their Bloodline for unlocking gear and traits.

Players must extract from the map using stage coaches and steam boats, triggering audio cues.

Unlocks unique character and weapon skins for customization.

Includes the Book of Monsters and Book of Weapons for unlocking lore and equipment.

XP granted for killing enemy Hunters has been increased.

Switching between weapons may cause some minor animation issues to occur.

Fixed a bug that caused the currency for purchasing Blood bonds to be displayed incorrectly.

Matchmaking banner disabled to allow players to navigate the menu while matchmaking.

Enemy players may not be consistently highlighted for players and spectators.

XP granted for killing the Waterdevil has been decreased.

Moved the 'default' sensitivity for Gunslinger to the 'shoulder sensitivity' slider.

Player can become stuck in Hip fire when holding shift while reloading.

Some melee attacks may be duplicated (audio will play twice instead of once).

Incorrect player name may be displayed when highlighted in the leaderboard.

Players may hear a permanent fuse sound after use.

German, French, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian & Portuguese have been added back to the game.

Hunters will be displayed in the background if a steam invite is accepted while on the Last match or challenge screens.

In some cases, the auto slot selection for tools and consumables will not add to the next free slot.

Progression based achievements are not currently working.

Leaderboard entries may look squashed or squeezed together.

VSYNC is disabled by default in the graphic settings to improve framerate stability.

Correct preview picture is now present for the Winfield Augusta.

Flash and concertina trip mine currently do not count towards the challenge progress for the Concertina Bomb.

Added a confirmation prompt for all Blood Bond related transactions.

Fixed a bug that incorrectly listed 'The Benefactor' as DLC in the store.

In some cases, the client may crash when other players extract from missions.

We'll keep monitoring the occurrence of the issue.

Previously failed Blood Bonds purchased will get their statuses re-checked upon player log in.

Apology for the removal of localization in the recent update; commitment to restore languages before August 27th.

Second attempt to re-process Blood Bonds orders that were incomplete. Players are advised to log in now.

Tentatively fixed an issue where wrong or incomplete mission summary was received, which led to inaccurate Bloodline progression in some cases.

Tweaks made to mitigate the issue causing incomplete or missing mission summaries.

Fixed an issue that caused a visible 'grain filter' during Night time of day and when using dark sight.

Clicking on a Blood Bond pack now locks the UI while the transaction is in progress to prevent multiple purchase requests.

Addressed a number of reported crashes to improve game stability.

Added overhead markers to highlight your partner in the world.

Increased the duration of the Poison Bomb cloud to 5 mins.

Introduced 7 unique legendary character skins and 33 legendary weapons.

The XP reward for Hunter kills has now be halved to ensure balanced XP earnings.

Lebel 1886 Talon, Lebel 1886 Marksman, Bornheim No.3 Extended, and more.

Increased the damage of the frag bomb to make it more reliable against AI (150 up to 200).

Players can choose a predefined tutorial Hunter and play an offline tutorial mission.

Weapons of burned players can no longer be looted.

The death screen will now show relative skill level instead of rank and prestige.

Various changes to spawn points, AI distribution, and environmental interactions.

Moved from Rank 2 to 3.

Weak vitality shot health increased to 75 (previously 50).

Added Caldwell Conversion Chain Pistol 'The Benefactor' for Early Access purchasers.

Introducing the ping marker system that allows you to temporarily mark locations, objects or enemies for your team.

Dark Sight Boost duration reduced from 10 to 5 seconds when carrying bounty tokens.

Moved from Rank 51 to 4.

Increased the damage radius of the Poison Bomb to 2.4 meters (previously 2m).

Increased the ammo count of the Alert trip mines to 4 (previously 3).

New traits include Poacher, Dauntless, Vigilant, Silent Killer, and Lightfoot.

Enhanced lobby and roster screens for better team visibility and management.

Improvements made to controller support and camera control adjustment.

Solo and duo players receive increased bounty token values when competing against larger teams.

Bounty Hunt now features an increase of 10 to 12 players max per match.

Complete rework of the UI for improved usability on PC and console.

Added female grunt variations and thematic grunt variations.

AI navigation markup on both maps has been polished to prevent them from becoming stuck.

Improvements made to avoid issues with certain compounds not loading correctly.

Rebalanced Waterdevil to be easier to kill and adjusted its perception range.

Increased the ammo count of the Concertina trip mines to 2 (previously 1).

Players can now join with up to two friends in teams of three for Bounty Hunt.

Flash bombs full stun effect has been reduced to 5 seconds (previously 8 seconds).

Moved from Rank 4 to 1.

Blood Bonds are a new premium currency that can be earned or bought in-game.

Added badass female Hunters to the game.

New system to unlock lore and replace part of the previous unlock system.

Moved from Rank 1 to 22.

Increased maximum players per match from 10 to 12.

Reworked grunt behavior to attack players in unreachable positions and improved navigation.

All current stats on the Live servers will be wiped, except prestige ranks.

Live servers will be taken offline to deploy the 1.0 release candidate.

Hunt for PC and Xbox will launch on August 27th, 2019, with a PlayStation release in Fall 2019.

Koch Media will handle the physical distribution of Hunt: Showdown for PC, Xbox, and PS4.

Players who purchased Hunt during Early Access will receive an exclusive Legendary Weapon skin as a thank you.

A slew of performance tweaks were introduced in Update 6.0.

Over a dozen new weapons and additional challenges have been introduced.

The game has received a new map and two new times of day since its Early Access release.

Update 6.0 added a new boss, new lore book, new weapons, and new traits.

A Quick Play mode has been added to the game.

Join us for a free weekend of Hunt: Showdown from June 13th to June 17th.

Update 6.1 introduces the FOV slider, a highly requested feature by the community.

Fixed a bug that reset the banishment timer for players who start spectating their partner.

Fixed a bug that caused the death position of the Immolator to be different on the server and client, resulting in 'invisible fire patches'.

Fixed a bug that re-triggered the last mission banner for players that just started spectating.

Flash Bomb price increased to $47 and flash time reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.

Tentatively fixed an issue where picked up weapons continuously fired shots if the previous weapon owner died while using fanning.

Further improvements to Hunter outline during night time.

Concertina Bomb no longer triggers hit markers every time a player or AI moves into the wire.

Death screen now displays the player's name, level, and tier of the hunter instead of bloodline and prestige rank.

Fixed a bug that reset the banishment timer for players who just got revived.

Fixed a bug where the assassin could get stuck and/or die on the ceiling.

Steam friend invites for Random partners work properly again.

Updated filter curves to improve binaural spatialization regarding azimuth and elevation for better sound source localization.

Tentative fix for NVIDIA Highlights.

Assassin no longer gets stuck on walls when killed.

There are still some cases where AI does not navigate correctly.

Fixed a bug where players were still able to shoot while performing hold interactions (reviving, looting, etc.).

There is a slight delay when using decoys, fusees and throwing knives.

Fixed an issue where the white interaction highlight outline was not marking certain interactive objects.

Bomb lance projectile now correctly destroys when fired into water.

Duck death audio now has the correct fall-off distance.

Player might start empty handed into a Quickplay match.

Invalidated health damage from melee hits can still cause body destruction on AI.

Hand Crossbow / Hand Crossbow Poison showed additional/duplicated ammo counter in the HUD.

Butcher banishment might not be possible to trigger if the boss corpse ends up inside of an ammo box.

'Send Friend Request' only opens the Steam overlay instead of actually sending a friend request.

Fixed issue where picking up world items while bleeding or burning might be interrupted by the bandaging action.

Tentative fix for camera sometimes feeling delayed.

There is a rare chance that Quickplay crates show up in Bounty Hunt missions (Without lootable items).

Chat formatting can sometimes break for random groups.

Reduced the total time necessary to pick up lanterns, hammers, axes and bear traps from 0.7-0.8 seconds to 0.45 seconds.

There was a missing ammo image when looting back a bolt for the crossbow shot bolt.

Assassin now takes more fire damage as intended.

Fixed a bug that would still trigger dismemberment effects on AI, even if the damage was invalidated by the server.

Fixed issue where using a health station did not pause bleeding damage.

Fixed a bug that allowed players to shoot too fast after quickly triggering the stop bleeding/burning action.

Fixed a bug that blocked the banishing if the boss dies on top of an ammo box.

Fixed issue where a Hunter with Doctor trait could still heal themselves and get healed even while poisoned.

NVIDIA Highlights are activated again, but we have noticed that for specific computers the highlights may not be recorded.

Fixed an edge case where bullet penetration wasn't handled properly.

Fixed issue where geometry would not render at medium to long distance.

Fixed some minor animation issues.

LeMat Mark II shots sometimes don't get registered and shotgun shell can't be reloaded.

Last partner is currently not displayed in the 'Last Match' section.

Fixed issue where using the First Aid Kit would not pause bleeding damage after dying and reviving once.

World item hammer/axe sometimes falls through the floor when dropped.

Players might perceive hit feedback (sound/stagger/death) to be delayed.

Improved the outline of your team-mate to be more visible across different times of day.

Revive interaction will now pause burning damage and completely remove the burning status if the player is not lying in a fire zone anymore.

Sometimes corrugated metal sheets did not render correctly.

Fixed issue where Hunter recruits would no longer come with special weapon traits like Fanning, Steady Hand, Bolt Thrower, etc.

Spectated player's name, rank and prestige will be displayed in the lower right of your screen.

Empty ammo pool for the shotgun of the LeMat Mark II didn't get displayed in the equipment bar.

Book of Monsters UI is now properly locked during matchmaking to avoid problems with claiming/unlocking pages.

There was a door in Alice Farm that could cause players to get stuck.

There was a chance the Assassin could die on the ceiling.

World item hammer/axe can sometimes not be picked up anymore after being thrown with the Tomahawk trait because they end up in unreachable spots.

Hay bale proxies are too big, blocking some interactions (e.g. item pickup) near them.

Tentative fix for horses sometimes not receiving damage correctly.

Players might encounter an infinite loading screen when loading missions.

In rare occasions the client will crash without a crash reporter getting triggered.

Sometimes Throwing knives did not work and disappeared when hitting AI or players over large distances.

Added possibility to set a different horizontal field of view from 85° (default) to 110° in the Game Options tab.

Vulture trait did not provide replenishment in some cases.

Fixed duplicate Audio Triggers on thrown fusees.

Waterdevil reacts to bullets again shot into water.

Fixed a bug that caused the Assassin to die in unintended poses.

Higher latency or bad network connections can lead to ammo issues.

Fixed issue with world item pickups (Lantern, Axe, Hammer, Beartrap) that would often fail when the Hunter was bleeding/burning.

Hotfix deployed to resolve an issue that prevented some players from connecting to the servers.

The Assassin will now be part of the random contract rotation.

A melee weapon that fires explosive harpoons, effective against tough enemies.

Reworked Butcher's behavior, including a new Frenzy Mode and damage adjustments.

French bolt-action rifle with high ammunition capacity but slower operation.

Adjusted interaction times for looting and using health stations.

Added sound when near a red clue/rift to detect nearby players.

Reworked poison mechanics, including duration and healing restrictions.

Added new boss target: The Assassin with unique agile attacks and cloning abilities.

General AI navigation improvements to prevent getting stuck and enhance movement.

Players can loot dead Hunters even if already looted by others.

Added button to toggle fire modes on specific equipment.

A modernized revolver with a shotgun barrel, combining mid-range handgun and shotgun firepower.

Players heal 50 hitpoints when looting a dead Hunter.

Portable box for resupplying ammunition for Hunters.

Portable trip mine that warns of intruders with noise and light.

Trip mine that creates a razor-wire mesh to block paths and cause damage.

Adjusted damage and distance mechanics for shotguns.

Updated fuse audio for better readability in combat situations.

Players recharge stamina instantly when health is critically low.

First in a series of books revealing more about Hunt's universe with a unique unlock system.

Resolved the issue where players would get stuck in the UI after a match and were forced to restart.

Tentative fix for random disconnect issues occurring during gameplay.

New Miami servers will be added to enhance the gaming experience in the South American region.

A fix will be deployed to address ongoing disconnect problems.

New Miami servers have been added to the South American region, with ongoing performance monitoring.

All players have been reimbursed $3000 as compensation for recent disconnect issues.

The button to link your account is now available in the options for players who did not receive the sign up bonus rewards.

Introducing a status page system to communicate about downtime and system outages to players.

Investigating the use of server providers in Stockholm to address ping issues for Russian servers.

Adding servers in Miami to improve high-ping issues for South American players.

A new semi-automatic pistol that fires compact ammunition with a high rate of fire.

Adjusted the unlock ranks for various traits to allow earlier access.

First pass on AI navigation improvements to prevent them from getting stuck and/or not attacking.

Overall reduction of shotgun spread and adjustments to individual shotgun performance.

Players will only be offered one Tier 3 Hunter recruit at a time now, with adjusted base costs and traits.

Free Hunters earned in Quick Play will now use the earned XP to level up.

Changed occlusion in underground areas to muffle sound instead of fully muting it.

Players will now spawn randomly on either Lawson Delta or Stillwater Bayou during Quick Play.

Added anti-camping mechanics for Rifts and Clues that glow red when enemies are nearby.

Using First Aid Kit now pauses bleeding damage while in progress.

The Immolator has been added as a new special AI that explodes upon taking piercing damage, igniting everything around it.

Update 4.2 focused exclusively on performance improvements.

New traits and equipment were added throughout the year, including the Beastface and Tomahawk traits.

Five new scoped weapons and two tactical bombs were added.

Looting and corpse looting mechanics were added to the game.

Mission accolades were added to enhance player experience.

Night-time lighting effects were added to the Lawson Delta map.

Anti-teaming mechanisms were implemented to prevent players from teaming up.

Daily and weekly challenges were introduced to enhance gameplay.

A new special AI character, the Immolator, has been added to the game.

The second map, Lawson Delta, was added in Update 3.0.

A new game mode called Quick Play was added for solo players or shorter match times.

Update 2.5 included weapon-balancing changes.

Fall damage mechanics were introduced to the game.

A skill-based matchmaking system was introduced in Update 3.0.

A new AI character called the Immolator will be introduced in Update 5.0.

Reduced CPU waiting time for render thread, freeing resources.

Slightly reduced recoil for the basic Caldwell Conversion and increased for Uppercut.

More reliable interruption and reduced recoil during fanning.

Resolved issues with crows and other audio cues.

Resolved bug that threw players back to the main menu.

Changes made to matchmaking groups to speed up game times.

Resolved multiple issues affecting gameplay and UI elements.

Adjusted thread jobs and cleaned up client-side entity updates.

Resolved issues that caused players to be thrown back to lobby or unable to start matches.

Disabled processes that hogged thread time and caused performance issues.

Resolved issues with AI navigation and environmental interactions.

Focus on reducing stutters, frame drops, and memory consumption.

Easier to hear other sounds in the world.

Issues causing frame drops or stalls, particularly when players are moving around or approaching compounds, have been identified.

The first patch will restore performance levels to pre-4.0, with further optimizations planned in a larger update.

Changes to the Roadmap will affect how often new content and patches are deployed, focusing entirely on performance for now.

The team is prioritizing performance improvements over new content to ensure a smoother experience for players.

Closing doors right next to AI can cause them to get stuck.

Inviting a partner while they are in a game, queuing for matchmaking or on the contract screen will result in a 0x107d2 error message.

Hunter's coat sometimes clips through Hunter's front after revival.

Players might start empty handed in Quickplay, pressing 1 or 2 on the keyboard resolves the issue.

The values shown on the leaderboard and drained counter are sometimes not in sync.

Some assets might appear as low resolution / low poly, even on high settings.

Mouse cursor may become invisible when using Alt-Tab while loading into the game.

A hunter that was not killed by another player will still draw bounty from the Wellspring until the bounty has been manually picked up by another player.

Memory consumption may increase after each mission played.

Removed the brightness and contrast sliders that were added by mistake and were not functional yet.

With high latency, players have to press F longer than the progress circle indicates for a complete pick up animation to play.

Some text is without localization for other languages than English.

Sometimes using your medkit or vitality shot doesn't actually heal you even though the animation plays.

We added some matchmaking-specific logs to our back end to investigate matchmaking issues we cannot reproduce internally.

Users may get stuck on the 'match found' screen, this error should trigger a matchmaking failure message after 1 minute.

Users playing on the South American server region may receive an error message with the following text: 'The connection to the game server failed. Error Code 0x20005'. We are currently investigating this issue.

Kills on grunts, armoreds and hives achieved through indirect damage do not count towards challenge progress.

Ammo counter sometimes shows 0 despite having full ammo after picking up a weapon or switching between weapons with different ammo types. Switching between items or reloading the weapon resolves the visual problem.

The cursor may get stuck in previous client window dimensions after changing the resolution.

Lawson Delta missions will remain available as separate contracts in all regions during the investigation.

Random contract rotation now only includes Stillwater Bayou missions to investigate issues with Lawson Delta missions.

Lawson Delta missions have returned to the random contract rotation with a tentative fix.

Closing doors right next to AI can cause them to get stuck.

Tentatively fixed the audio crackling that occurred during normal gameplay for some users.

Kills on grunts, armoreds and hives achieved through indirect damage do not count towards challenge progress.

Tweaks have been made to the audio effects for when you lose a quickplay match

Fixed an issue that caused the Key Binding of Weapons and Consumables to not show the updated values in the weapon selection bar if changed.

Players might start empty handed in Quickplay, pressing 1 or 2 on the keyboard resolves the issue.

Investigating error message 'The connection to the game server failed. Error Code 0x20005' for South American server region.

Some assets might appear as low resolution / low poly, even on high settings.

Memory consumption may increase after each mission played.

Minor localization fixes applied.

Fixed a bug that caused the challenge progress bar to not completely fill up when the challenge is completed.

Hunter's coat sometimes clips through Hunter's front after revival.

Inviting a partner while they are in a game, queuing for matchmaking or on the contract screen will result in a 0x107d2 error message.

Fixed a bug where completed challenges did not appear as completed on the map screen.

Holiday content including themed music, character variations, and level decorations has been removed.

Fixed an issue where Butcher footsteps were missing audio when walking on flesh.

Some text is without localization for languages other than English.

Ammo counter sometimes shows 0 despite having full ammo after picking up a weapon or switching between weapons with different ammo types.

The values shown on the leaderboard and drained counter are sometimes not in sync.

A hunter that was not killed by another player will still draw bounty from the Wellspring until manually picked up by another player.

New animations have been added for using Vitality shot, First aid kit, Stamina shot, and Antidote shot on partners.

The cursor may get stuck in previous client window dimensions after changing the resolution.

Fixed a bug where the progress for Tier 2 hellhound headshot challenge was not tracked.

Mouse cursor may become invisible when using Alt-Tab while loading into the game.

With high latency, players have to press F longer than the progress circle indicates for a complete pick up animation to play.

Tentative fix for a rare server crash.

Users may get stuck on the 'match found' screen, triggering a matchmaking failure message after 1 minute.

Random contract rotation now only includes Stillwater Bayou missions.

Lawson Delta contracts caused matchmaking issues, sending players back to the main menu.

Lawson Delta missions will remain available as separate contracts in all regions.