A new year brings a new Hunt: Showdown experience! 2025 kicks off with the “Garden of the Witch” event and the extensive Update 2.3, introducing numerous changes and improvements. Here’s a comprehensive overview to help hunters navigate the Bayou.
Garden of the Witch: Cursed Nature Meets Corrupted Metal
The first event of 2025 pits the forces of cursed nature against corrupted metal. At the center are the Bruja sisters and the Welders, two factions dealing with the dark powers of the Bayou in different ways.
Event Mechanics: No Pact Restrictions, Full Freedom!
Unlike previous events, “Garden of the Witch” does away with pacts or factions. Instead, hunters collect event points and pledge marks that can be spent on exclusive rewards.
Event Points and Pledge Marks
While there are no pacts, the basic principle of collecting event points and pledge marks remains:
Event Points: Earned by completing event challenges, defeating bosses, and interacting with event objects in the game world.
Pledge Marks: Obtained by completing games and looting dead hunters. Up to six pledge marks can be earned per game.
Returning Event-exclusive Traits
Three popular traits return for the duration of the event:
- Blademancer: Allows retrieval of shot arrows and bolts from a distance via Dark Sight, but no longer deals damage when pulling them out.
- Corpse Seer: Grants Dark Sight seconds when looting a dead player.
- Gunrunner: Allows carrying two large weapons simultaneously.
These traits can be acquired at rare supply points marked on the map with unique icons.
Rare Supply Points
In addition to normal supply points, there are rare variants during the event. These are marked on the map and contain:
- A sealed bounty token
- A master clue
- A complete health kit
- One of the three event-exclusive Sealed Traits
- A sealed cash register
- Sealed envelopes that can be paid for with pledge marks
Rewards: New Hunters, Weapons & Skins
The “Garden of the Witch” event offers a wealth of unlockable rewards:
- New Bruja and Welder hunters (two variants each)
- Three new weapon variants (see below!)
- Numerous cosmetic skins for existing and new weapons
- Unique inspection animations and charms
- Blood Bonds
Weekly Challenges Adjustment: More Variety for All!
To prevent certain weapons from dominating the game for entire weeks, weekly challenges have been adjusted. Each player receives the same challenges but in a different order.
Garden of the Witch – Event-Trailer
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Update 2.3: Quality over Quantity
Update 2.3 focuses on quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and gameplay adjustments.
New Weapon Variants
- 1865 Carbine Silencer: A quiet variant of the 1865 Carbine with subsonic ammunition.
- Mosin Obrez Match: A Mosin Obrez with a stock that requires a large slot.
- Mosin Obrez Sharpeye: The second long weapon with a Deadeye scope.
Gameplay Changes: Farewell to the Revive Bolt and More!
Removal of the Revive Bolt: The controversial Revive Bolt has been completely removed from the game.
Silencer Nerf: All silenced weapons suffer a 10% damage loss.
Hunter Recruitment: New hunters now come with 10 upgrade points instead of random traits.
Weapon Balance
- Shotbolt: Reduced pellet spread when penetrating surfaces.
- Nagant Officer Carbine Deadeye: Reduced recoil.
- New Army and Scottfield Pistols: Adjusted switch speed.
- Lebel, Martini-Henry, and Sparks: Reduced hip-fire spread.
- Berthier: Slight damage increase (130 to 133) and reduced recoil.
- Regular Mosin: Damage reduction (133 to 126) and reduced muzzle velocity.
- Centennial: Slightly slower ADS fire rate.
- Vetterli: Slightly faster ADS fire rate.
- Cyclone: Increased recoil and increased muzzle velocity.
Trait Changes
Lightfoot: No longer makes crouching silent for solo players.
Gator Legs: No longer increases crouching speed.
Fast Fingers: Now works with Maynard variants and Martini-Henry variants.
Bolt Thrower: Now works with Bomb Lance and Bomb Launcher.
Conduit: Double effects for solo players.
Tool and Consumable Changes
- Reworked throwable melee tools (knives nerfed, axes and spears buffed).
- Reduced duration of large stamina and regeneration shots (10 to 7 minutes).
- Explosives now detonate on contact with burning hunters and monsters.
Other Gameplay Adjustments
- Reduced systemic delay for shot and damage messages.
- Adjusted interaction speeds for various Dark Sight abilities.
- Concertina + poison trap mines now consistently lethal.
- Bear traps damage reduced.
Bounty Hunt Changes: New Compounds and Fewer Teams
- Two new compounds added: Arden Parish and Darrow Livestock.
- Nighttime removed from Bounty Hunt.
- Maximum teams reduced from 5 to 4.
Hunt: Showdown’s Start in 2025
The “Garden of the Witch” event and Update 2.3 bring fresh air to Hunt: Showdown. With new content, balance adjustments, and gameplay improvements, there’s something for every hunter. So grab your gear and dive into the Bayou!
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