Hunt: Showdown 1896 servers down for update 2.02 that brings missing hunters back to the game

After the damp squib of an update last week that had players frustrated over the lack of the developer's communication, Crytek is handling things differently for this week's update.

servers are down for update 2.02 today which should see a bunch of hunter and item skins return to the game. Following which saw Stillwater Bayou make its comeback after getting a glow up, some hunters and skins became partially invisible for players on and |S. Crytek at the start of October for another update, with players assuming this patch would fix these issues – it didn't.

Instead, the patch served as a backend release to fix an exploit that allowed players to equip all Scarce and Pact traits simultaneously. Crytek apologised for the confusion in a , admitting that "referring to it as an 'update'... might have inadvertently raised expectations, which has caused some frustration in the community." 240 accounts had already used the exploit by the time the update went live, so speed was of the essence.

The post goes some way to laying out the contents of October's updates, with the developer sharing early patch notes for what we can expect when Hunt: Showdown 1896 servers are back online after update 2.02 today, and teasing a UI update that the community has been clamouring for that will land "later in October."

Today's update will also add Scorched Earth items to regular progression, and a new set of weekly challenges alongside the bug fixes.

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Hunt: Showdown 1896 server downtime schedule

Hunt: Showdown 1896 servers went down at 8am BST / 3am EDT / 12am PDT today, Monday, October 7. The

Hunters,

Servers will be down from 09:00 CEST on Monday the 7th of October while we deploy Update 2.0.2.

This update will include adding Scorched Earth items to regular progression, add a new set of weekly challenges and include an assortment of bug fixes. We'll have the full…

— Hunt: Showdown (@HuntShowdown) October 5, 2024

shared when downtime would begin, but didn't pinpoint an end time. The account usually lets players know how long maintenance or downtime will last but hasn't in this instance, so it could be that it's going to be either shorter or longer than the usual 90 minutes, or that whoever tweeted simply forgot to add that detail.

If we assume it's an hour and a half as it usually is, then Hunt: Showdown 1896 servers will be back around 9.30am BST / 4.30am EDT / 1.30am PDT. But we'll update you as soon as the game is back online.

Hunt Showdown: 1896 early patch notes

The Hunt Showdown: 1896 early patch notes were shared in the reddit post linked above:

• Resolved missing shaders that required us to disable certain hunter and item skins temporarily.

• Addressed several bugs with a very low reproduction rate that occasionally caused crashes.

• Fixed a bug where changing the region wouldn’t take effect until restarting the client.

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from completing the tutorial due to an inability to catch fire on .

• Corrected a collision issue that blocked shots in O'Donovan Stone.

• Fixed a bug where attempting to purchase a new Hunter slot would return players to the lobby without the new slot.

• Resolved an issue where shadows would occasionally fail to appear.

• Fixed a bug where audio was missing on poison barrels before they exploded.

So there are lots of bug fixes to come, but we'll share the full patch notes ones they're live later today.