Bloodskin
Bloodskin is the newest Boss Target: A bloodthirsty being whose protective shell hides the horror that lurks deep within. Those who seek it should beware. The fight begins against a slow, hard-hitting, heavily-armored beast. But once you remove its armor and lower its health, it shifts into a distinct second phase—as an agile abomination with new and bloody abilities. If you defeat Bloodskin, it drops the “Siphon” Trait. When Bloodskin’s banish begins, nearby monsters become more aggressive, like when they are affected by the Blood Moon.
Blood Moon Time of Day
A new and dynamic Time of Day—or rather, time of night—rises over the Incursion areas and shifts between two phases throughout your Mission. During the Intense Blood Moon phase, a storm grows and the moon breaks through the clouds. Monsters become more aggressive and attack faster. During the Dark Blood Moon phase, clouds cover the moon, reducing visibility and returning monster behavior to normal. Both phases bathe the map in a red glow, with the effect becoming stronger and brighter when the Blood Moon leaves its cloud cover.
New weapon: Burgess
New weapon: Burgess
The Burgess is a foldable, slide-action, long barrel shotgun with a Weapon Capacity of Size 3 at the cost of a long equip and unequip animation. It features a 6-round magazine. It can be equipped with the “Bulletgrubber” Trait to recover ejected live shells.
Basic - 6+1/6
Dragon Breath - 6+1/6
Flechette - 6+1/6
Penny Shot - 6+1/9
Slugs - 6+1/4
New variant: Burgess Bayonet
A variant of the Burgess that has a bayonet added to it, which comes at the cost of an even longer equip and unequip animation, as it takes more time to deploy and stow away.
Basic - 6+1/6
Dragon Breath - 6+1/6
Flechette - 6+1/6
Penny Shot - 6+1/9
Slugs - 6+1/4
New variant: Burgess Trauma
A variant of the Burgess with a reinforced stock that changes the heavy melee attack into a hammer strike.
Basic - 6+1/6
Dragon Breath - 6+1/6
Flechette - 6+1/6
Penny Shot - 6+1/9
Slugs - 6+1/4
Dev note:
During Blood Testament, all Burgess variants are unlocked via the Battle Pass and will stay unlocked over Prestige. Once Blood Testament ends, they will be added to normal weapon progression.
Gunplay
New Custom Ammo: LeMat High Velocity
Balance Changes:
Hunting Bow
One-hit kill range to the upper body while at full draw has been reduced:
The damage curve for draw percentage has also been adjusted to reduce damage:
Reduced Reserve Ammunition
Basic - from 1/8+8 to 1/6+6
Poison- from 1/5+5 to 1/4+4
Frag- from 1/5+5 to 1/4+4
Concertina- from 1/5+5 to 1/4+4
LeMat
Reduced LeMat reserve ammunition
Compact from 9/18 to 9/12
Incendiary from 9/18 to 9/12
FMJ from 9/18 to 9/12
Shotgun Shells from 1/3 to 1/2
Dragon Breath from 1/3 to 1/2
Starshell from 1/3 to 1/2
Slugs from 1/2 to 1/1
Officer
Reduced Officer and Officer Brawler ammunition:
Compact from 7/14 to 7/10
Poison from 7/14 to 7/10
Dumdum from 7/14 to 7/10
High Velocity from 7/9 to 7/7
Subsonic from 7/16 to 7/12
Terminus
Slugs
Reduced pricing from 65 to 40 Hunt Dollars for:
Romero 77, Romero 77 Shorty, and Romero 77 Hatchet
Drilling and Drilling Variants
LeMat and LeMat Variants
Haymaker
Tools and Consumables
Adjusted Hunt Dollar prices
Tool Box decreased from 70 -> 25
Medical Pack decreased from 35 -> 15
Throwing Spear increased from 80 -> 145
Throwing Axes increased from 50 -> 80
Derringer Pennyshot increased from 63 -> 100
Decoy Fuses decreased from 30 -> 15
Bear Traps decreased from 70 to -> 35
Heavy Knife
Adjusted the swing melee to increase hit chance:
Gameplay
Hidden Information Changes
All Supply Points, Scout Towers, and Extraction Points are hidden by default.
Investigating a Clue will now reveal 2 Extraction Points.
The Scouting Maps that reveal hidden info can now appear at all Supply Points.
Scout Towers still have a guaranteed Scouting Map inside.
The Spyglass still reveals hidden location icons on the compass.
The radius to discover hidden locations has been increased to 75m.
Dev Note: We’ve taken note of community feedback and hope this alleviates some of the pain points of the previous iterations of the hidden info mechanic. We hope this adds focus to the core game loop, while adding the element off discovery by keeping a lot of information hidden.
Trait Changes
New Burn Trait: Siphon - Allows you to loot a Scarce Trait off an enemy Hunter’s body, leaving Siphon in its place. Siphon can be acquired by interacting with Blood Wells or found in-world like other Scarce Traits. Siphon will also be dropped by Bloodskin.
Dev Note: Siphon will prioritize Death Cheat whenever possible, and if not, it will steal a random Scarce Trait if the looted Hunter had one. For solos, if not Death Cheat, it will then prioritize Necromancer, but you will not be able to steal Necromancer from another solo player, only from someone in a team. When Death Cheat is stolen, it will still be active for the player that lost it for the rest of the round.
New Burn Trait: Chupacabra - Interact with a live horse, cow, or animal cage to restore 1 Health Chunk.
Dev Note: Once unlocked, Chupacabra will be buyable from the Trait menu for 2 Upgrade Points. When interacting with dog cages, all 3 dogs can be interacted with separately, while for chickens the entire cage can be interacted with once. The chosen animal is triggered during the interaction and killed upon completion.
Catalyst Updates:
Vulture: Now gets a Catalyst Conditional which allows players to loot some ammo from downed Hunters.
Lightfoot: Now gets the Catalyst Conditional to never break branches. This effect was previously part of the Catalyst Conditionals for Beastface, but has now been moved to Lightfoot.
Trait Spawn Changes:
Misc. Gameplay Changes
Sealed Reward Spawn Changes:
Postal Supply now only contains the Experience Boon, with the other Boons moving to more thematically appropriate Supply Points.
Clockmaker’s Supply now contains a Dark Sight Boon.
Reduced the chance of Sealed Boons to spawn in Scout Towers and Supply Points.
AUDIO
Added a short variation of the Rise Up Dead Man “Humming Theme” to play after a successful extraction.
Fixed an issue with certain Equipment Animation sounds in first person to be heard after canceling the inspect.
Monsters
· The Intense Blood Moon phase from the “Blood Moon” Time of Day affects monsters except for Water Devils.
o Triggered by the Blood Moon (general effect in all maps), when players banish Bloodskin, or when players interact with Blood Wells for the Community Event (both in a radius for a short time).
o Agitated monsters have the following Traits:
§ A dark, smoky aura.
§ They sound more aggressive.
§ They have slightly sharper senses while roaming.
§ They move faster. Armoreds and Leeches are most affected by the change, while Hellhounds and Immolators retain their original movement speed.
§ Grunts, Armoreds, and Firebreathers (when wet) attacks occur at shorter intervals, so they deal more damage over time.
§ Attack animations for Grunts, Armoreds, Firebreathers (when wet), Brutes, Ursa Mortises, and Meatheads are faster.
· Immolator navigation has been nerfed, no longer allowing the monster to figure out long, complex paths to players. Detection distances remain the same, preserving the experience in open fields where the Immolator has a straight path to its target.
· Hellhounds are now slower when they are in water or have a mutilated leg.
New Boss Target: Bloodskin
2 Stages: Bloodskin transforms mid-encounter, changing the dynamics of the fight. It never returns to Stage 1 after transforming.
Stage 1: Slow, armored creature. Dangerous in close-quarter combat, he hits hard.
Stage 2: Fleshy, agile being who teleports around to ambush the player.
Drops the “Siphon” Trait when he dies.
When banish begins, nearby monsters become more aggressive, like when they are affected by the Intense Blood Moon phase of the “Blood Moon” Time of Day. Effects last for the duration of the banish.
New Player Onboarding
Low visibility Time of Day rates have been reduced for new players to ease their first steps in the game.
Bloodskin (new Boss Target) is excluded from new-players-only Missions (all players below Bloodline Rank 11).
UI
Traits in Loadouts
Matchmaking
MMR Decay
Returning players will now receive a temporary MMR modifier that slightly reduces difficulty of Missions after a longer break from the game.
This modifier gradually decreases the more you play, perfect for when you are feeling rusty and need a few games to get back on track.
New Player Modifier
Before, this was a flat-value MMR reduction that was turned off at specific Bloodline Rank, resulting in a spike of difficulty for new players.
Now it uses similar logic to MMR Decay—a modifier that smoothly increases difficulty and gives newcomers a fair fighting chance against more experienced (but similarly skilled MMR-wise) players.
[Bug Fixes]
Fixed rare issues that could affect both client and server stability
Fixed an issue where fuse audio for cooking Tools and Consumables was missing. Audio would only play after the item was thrown, while explosion audio functioned as expected
Fixed an exploit where players could Prestige after readying up, causing them to load into a Mission with an empty Hunter
Fixed an issue where equipping a Loadout while viewing a Hunter other than the selected Hunter would apply the Loadout to the wrong Hunter
Fixed an issue where the “Frontiersman” Trait could disappear after being picked up twice
Fixed an issue where the iron sights on some weapons were slightly misaligned
Fixed an issue where, after losing connection while loading into a Mission and then reconnecting, teammate and monster footsteps would play from the player's original spawn location instead of their actual positions
Fixed several locations where players could become partially or fully stuck
Fixed an exploit where players could instantly self-revive by opening Death Screen sub-menus before the Death Screen had fully appeared, bypassing the intended revive timer
Fixed an issue where the third Clue, when located inside the Boss Target compound, could fail to register as collected, preventing the map from shrinking as intended
Fixed an issue where the Shooting Range could incorrectly display a Bounty Hunt or Bounty Clash contract after returning from the Loadout Screen
Fixed an issue with incorrect sign placement and orientation on the signpost south of La Plata Mine, including upside-down signs and an incorrect direction sign pointing to Pelican Island Prison
Fixed an issue where Hellhounds could sometimes spin around
Fixed an issue where the light in a Hellhound's eyes didn’t turn off when it died
Fixed an issue where the Bileweaver could stop moving and become unresponsive
Fixed an issue where the player receives increased damage from Firebreather while standing in the water
Fixed an issue where Armoreds could get stuck attacking after breaking an obstacle
Fixed an issue where Bileweavers could start walking in the air
Fixed an issue where the VFX for moving in water was placed too high for the Firebreather and Immolator
Fixed an issue where Hellhounds could spawn even if user was below the required Bloodline Rank
Fixed an issue where multiple Hellhounds in the same spot could visibly clip into each other
Fixed an issue where the Immolator could move without proper alignment towards a closed door
Fixed an issue where some monsters were unaffected by fire volumes when in deep water
Fixed an issue where the Firebreather didn't have body destruction enabled during the “Wet” Status Effect.
Fixed an issue where the Firebreather’s weakness to poison didn't apply with certain applications
Fixed an issue where Grunts could be moved after the attack animation
Fixed an issue where the Bileweaver ragdoll may glitch and fly away
Fixed an issue where Bats would always start to burn, even if they were not killed by fire
Fixed an issue where a Liquid Fire Bomb would not damage Rotjaw
Fixed an issue where audio would crackle and produce audible clicks and pops when downed or affected by the ear-ringing effect
Fixed an exploit where players could interact with the top of a ladder from below, allowing them to bypass climbing and save time and button presses
Fixed an issue where removing the “Quartermaster” Trait while a Quartermaster-enabled Loadout was equipped always unequipped the weapon in the first slot instead of the second slot
Fixed an issue where FPS dropped significantly when standing beneath the waterfall near Split River Mill
Fixed an issue where, after killing a player with a Vetterli 71, all subsequent kills in the same Mission were incorrectly counted as Vetterli 71 kills
Fixed an issue where the side tray and navigation were bound to the same button in the Bloodline Progression and Prestige screens
Fixed an issue where players were unable to reload their weapon while using VIVOX voice chat
Fixed an issue where the Hunter Screen paperdoll incorrectly shared saved shortcuts across all Hunters
Fixed an issue where the “Shadow Leap” Trait could be used on Bileweavers
Fixed an issue where Boss Target kills did not contribute to the "Monsters Killed" statistic in Bounty Hunt, despite the stat description stating that it includes all monsters, including Boss Targets
Fixed an issue where holding the Interact button while a paperdoll slot was selected in the Gear Screen did not open the Party Tab
Fixed an issue where the Inspect button was missing from the “All Hunters” Recruit Screen
Fixed an issue where the third-person weapon swap animation played incorrectly while aiming down sights if the player had any combination of Dolch 96, Dolch 96 Bullseye, or Dolch 96 Claw equipped in both Weapon Slots
Fixed an issue where “Favorite” stars in the Story Challenges tab did not display correctly when they were selected from right to left after already being favorited
Fixed an issue where burning Hunters wouldn’t damage caged chickens and caged dogs on contact
[Unresolved major issues of update]
Rare crashes and freezes occur during gameplay and/or while loading into or out of a Mission
When the player holds the shortcut used to assign a Quick Slot to the currently held equipment item, the shortcut cannot be assigned to the highlighted slot
The Lobby may become broken if one of the Players in an invited team disconnects during extraction
When a player recruits a new Hunter, enters a Mission, and acquires Traits, then purchases additional Traits for the same Hunter from the Loadout Screen, selling a Trait may result in two Traits being sold instead of one
Healing a teammate with a Vitality Shot or First Aid Kit does not grant them shared progress for the “Restore Health for yourself or your teammates” Challenge. Progress is only granted to the player using the item.
