Hunt Showdown 1896 Patch Notes

Patch 2026-08-11 August 11, 2026

What inspirations did you take for the story?
What research did you do for the Event as a whole? Were there any stories from the 1800s that were recreated?
The Cargo Balloon had a lot of research done for it—can you tell us more about it and what it's based on? Are there any fun facts you can share for the history buffs among us?
Any cool characters we added that have a backstory you would like to highlight?

Availability: Permanent (No Completion Time Limit)
Rewards: 21 Total
Price: 1250 Blood Bonds
Chapters: 4
Corruption’s Estate (Legendary Skin for the Bornheim No. 3 (+All Variants))
The Stonewaller (Legendary Skin for the Frontier 73C (+All Variants))
False Inheritance (Legendary Skin for the Mako 1895 (+All Variants))
Delusions of Grandeur (Legendary Skin for the Marathon + Swift)
Four Finger Spin (Equipment Animation for the Bornheim No. 3)
Unforgotten Service (Equipment Animation for the Marathon)
Smoke Before Fire (Charm)
Glory’s Patina (Charm)
Secret Membership (Badge)
Lawmaker (Title)
A new Cargo Crate Type, the Confiscated Cargo Crate rewards players with random rewards (similar to Dark Tribute) upon extracting it.
The Confiscated Cargo Crate has a chance of spawning at the Stronghold but will have a higher chance on the weekends of Chapter 3.
Weekend #1: 8 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC - 10 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC
Weekend #2: 15 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC - 17 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC
Weekend #3: 22 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC - 24 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC
Weekend #4: 29 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC - 31 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC
Weekend #5: 5 Sept 2026, 08:00 UTC - 7 Sept 2026, 08:00 UTC
There is a guaranteed Confiscated Cargo Crate in the new Crashed Balloon POIs.
Random free Scarce Weapon
Random weapon
Hunt Dollar Purses
Confiscated Cargo Crate
Random Ammo Box for swaps

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Increased the Uppercut base damage with basic, FMJ, and Incendiary Ammo to 126
Fixed a dedicated server crash
Fixed an Xbox crash caused by gamepad disconnect and reconnect
Fixed the continued fire of the Maxim M1895 after extraction
Partially fixed the delays for traits that involve using Dark Sight, including Blast Sense.
Fixed the Uppercut Special Ammo reserve ammo count (from 9 to 12)