Hunt: Showdown 1896 Hotfix 2.9.0.1 Released as Update 1.000.050
Crytek has recently released the major 2.9 update for Hunt: Showdown 1896 this week, but the studio has today pushed out a new game update to resolve some key issues.
Console gamers will see patch 2.9.0.1 as Hunt: Showdown 1896 update 1.000.050 and this is a small download that implements a hotfix.
For the details on this, read on.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 Hotfix on September 10 Re-enables Legendary Hex Breaker
This hotfix includes:
– Fixes for several game crashes
– Re-enabling the Legendary Hunters Hex Breaker, Corvid: Bile, and Corvid: Brood
– Unlocking LeMat High Velocity Ammo by default
In case you haven’t logged in this week, the big 2.9 patch added the following:
New Stuff
- Blood Moon: New dynamic nighttime phases that affect visibility and monster behavior.
- Burgess Shotgun: New 6-round long-barrel shotgun with Bayonet and Trauma variants.
- LeMat High Velocity: New custom ammo type.
- Siphon Trait: Steal a Scarce Trait from a dead Hunter.
- Chupacabra Trait: Restore 1 Health Chunk by interacting with certain animals.
- Traits in Custom Loadouts: Loadouts can now include up to 15 Traits.
- Hunter Slots: Increased from 75 → 100.
Gameplay & Balance
- Hunting Bow: Reduced one-hit range and quick-shot damage.
- LeMat & Officer: Reduced reserve ammunition.
- Terminus: Damage increased 186 → 207, spread reduced 40 → 30.
- Slugs: Price reduced 65 → 40 Hunt Dollars.
- Tool/Consumable prices: Several costs adjusted.
- Hidden Locations: Supply Points, Scout Towers and Extraction Points are hidden by default; discovery radius increased to 75m.
- Monster Changes: Blood Moon makes most monsters faster and more aggressive.
- MMR: New returning-player and new-player difficulty modifiers smooth out matchmaking.
Other
- Numerous bug fixes, exploit fixes, stability improvements, UI fixes and monster fixes.
Hopefully, gamers won’t neeed to wait as long for another major update.
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