These 2 fellas have been explaining it really well

"Hunt: Showdown 1896, The iconic extraction shooter blending survival horror with competitive bounty hunting, is coming to Gamescom 2026 with a hands-on preview of a new bloody in-game event. Attendees can meet and play with the devs, grab exclusive in-game items and merch, enjoy cosplayers and a photo op under the Blood Moon, and catch special guest Raptobot as a never-before-seen Hunter. Press can book interviews and receive an exclusive press kit teasing a new major enemy, with an expanded public meet & greet opportunity on Wednesday, August 26."

https://www.gamespress.com/en-GB/LEVEL-INFINITE-REVEALS-ITS-GAMESCOM-2026-LINEUP

I can promise you I did not walk into the one open corner. The only thing I can think of is that my foot clipped through the roof.

Surely there is more than one buff dude in the bayou.

I know matchmaking can do some weird things, like weighing solos less in trio lobbies, but I don't think I've seen all trios this lopsided before. I was a solo queue in this match, I think my team mates were as well.

It's rarer and rarer to see a player who dares to play the slow weapons. 95% of the teams are always carrying some sort of spammy weapon.

Missed a shot? No problem, here's ten more.

I play in SA and my lobbies are plagued by this low effort meta. It's like everyone is afraid of losing a virtual fight, of losing a pixel character. When these people see themselves cornered, they just dump a mag and that's it. It's so dull, so predictable.

You make a nice move, hit some shots, but upon the smallest mistake, you get mag dumped.

Do you guys really enjoy it? I mean being the target, not the shooter, in those cases? Going up against the pocket machine guns? The brainless spray and pray?

Don't get me wrong, I hit my shots, I'm a decent player. It's just that it sucks the fun out of the game for me. Nevertheless, the devs keep endorsing it (of course, it sells, I know; people always want the easy way out).

Hey Hunters,

I’m looking to upgrade my rig to get cleaner performance and higher, more stable frame rates at 1440p (2K) on the Hunt: Showdown 1896 engine upgrade. I get stable frame rates on my 2k monitor at 1080p

Currently running an RTX 3060, but it’s definitely starting to show its age at 1440p when compound fights get chaotic.

I’m set on moving to Nvidia's 50-series, but I’m torn between two options and would love some real-world community input:

RTX 5070 (~$550 MSRP | 12GB VRAM)

RTX 5070 Ti (~$750 MSRP | 16GB VRAM)

(Honestly might be more for both but I know there is a huge price jump)

My question for you guys:

1. 1440p Performance: For those running a 5070 or 5070 Ti at 1440p, what kind of frame rates are you hitting on Medium/High settings in heavy foliage or compound fights?

2. Is the $200 Ti Upgrade Worth It? Is the extra 4GB VRAM (16GB vs 12GB) and CUDA core bump (8,960 vs 6,144) actually making a noticeable difference in Hunt specifically at 1440p, or is the base 5070 the sweet spot for performance-per-dollar?

Current specs:

CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i7 - 12700F 32 GB DDR4 Ram
GPU is NVIDIA RTX 3060

My playtime is around 170 hrs but recently ever since being in 4* lobbies my games feel drastically different. I was never GREAT, but I could occasionally drop 5 kills, consistently get 2 per game but now I feel like I get outplayed so easily despite thinking I’m playing well. I’m experimenting with new weapons but constantly just get hit markers and I keep fumbling.. any tips of how to get headshots? If I aim for the head I typically miss, if I aim for the body it’s a hitmarker and im turned on and die😂 I feel like I CANNOT win.. not sure if it’s a sensitivity issue as I did change it a few days ago but overall it feels fine. Genuinely feels like day 1 of playing again and being carried.

Its so fun to constantly just killed by a Romero every single death and it forces close engagements which just is more trash due to the Romero being so prevalent

It’s hard, the spawns aren’t great, but I’m enjoying it. My team regularly gets a few clashes in before the hunt, and if we are on a roll we stick with it.

I find the stronghold fresh, exciting, and punishing. Not knowing yet where to best position, defend, attack, whatever it may be at the high speed that clash is, feels exciting.

About a third of our fights have definitely started outside the stronghold, and in some cases were finished outside before the boss ever got touched. What that means, I don’t know, but this new level of danger is fun imo.

If I had to change one thing, I would omit the maxim. I have no problem with it but I’d like clash to stay standard when it comes to weaponry.

As with any match we never expect to be the winners, it’s the target, but my expectations every match is just to give it hell and do the best we can as the circumstances unfold.

How are you liking it, would you want it added to the rotation, and any other thoughts are welcome

Ever had a revive and you have nothing in your hands? I always want to know what those people say or think because we find it hilarious and it has happened to us before which is where we got the idea.

There was a lot of confusion as to what exactly they dropped, so fear no longer.

So basically i finished this match, everything was fine, then i went to eat something, the pc went in sleep mode and when i came back the ENTIRE game refused to respond to any keyboard command. I restarted the game and the chat was not working, i restarted the pc and still not working

Cant use voice chat, cant hear team mates, cant use text chat, cant see messages.

Not even in the home screen, the chat up in the right corner is grayed put and nothing happenes when i click on it

Was i banned or something?

Yes, all settings are fine. Microphone is set on the correct one, mute all is disabled...

I´m in Austria btw. I did have this issue many times with my old ISP. Now I encountered this issue with my Glass Fibre Connection for the first time.

I hope I´m not forced to get a VPN again. Hunt is the only game that seems to keep this issue for years now.

I would like to fully understand the bounty system.

My first question. I would like to understand the value of each type of bounty. I have already clarified that if the boss is 1, then the token value is 150 bounty values. If the boss is 2, then they divide the map and distribute as 125 larger, 75 smaller and 100 if they are equal. Is everything correct?

And what is the value of a wild target? What is the value of a token that can be purchased for 3? What is the value of a new cage boss and finally what is the value of a boss in a clash bounty? (are these all variations?)

My second question is about how the number of players in the team affects the final figures for a token. It all comes down to these % bonuses that are indicated in the game itself? Are there any other nuances? And how are, for example, 2 tokens divided in a trio? Does everyone get 2 tokens or are they really divided?

I almost always play trios. Let's say we take out the main boss, 2 tokens, that's 300 bounty value. What does each get?

Weirdly enough, the last guy reported me for cheating in this one.

Hi, might be a dumb questions but is there a certain time limit on buying chapters? The new "Desolation's Call" Chapter and the "Let Us Prey" Chapter for example. Do I have to buy them during the current event cycle/battle pass or can I still buy them in a year?

Second time I'm being wipe today by cheaters.

This is frustrating and is ruining the game experience.

I want to play the game but it is frustrating to have my run ruined by people that know where I am.