Hunters,
We're happy to announce that Hunt is about to celebrate its 8 th year! As part of the celebrations, we are excited to bring back the Community Weapon Skin Contest.
Hunt has become what it is today thanks to you, the community. Over the years, we've seen some awesome Events, including the Moon Trilogy, the Tide Trilogy, and more recently, Web of the Empress and Post Malone's Murder Circus Encore. Hunt also went through a transformation with Update 2.0, bringing a new map—Mammon's Gulch—as well as an upgraded engine. The last year has been focused on updates for the health of the game, as well as bringing brand-new experiences like Bileweavers, community Events, the Flame Rifle, and more! Hunt has a bright future, and we can't wait to show you what we have in store for you in our upcoming updates. For now, let's celebrate!
If you have a keen eye for detail and an artistic flair, then this contest is for you! To participate, design a Skin for one or more of the weapon models below. We will then decide on the top designs that adhere to Hunt: Showdown 1896's visual style and put them to a public vote. The winner of the community vote will then have their Skin added to the game in a later update, as well as win the grand prize. All six Skins that get voted on will also be given a small prize too!
Contest Details
We want to see your creations for the following weapons: Download ALL the blank template(s) here for the following weapons
- Specter 1882 Bayonet
- LeMat Carbine
- Baseball Bat
- Berthier Riposte
- Springfield Marksman
- Nagant M1895 Precision
How to enter
- To enter, download the models here and post your final images on either Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram or in the official Hunt: Showdown 1896 Discord server using the channel #anniversary-contest-submissions.
- To be entered, your post must contain the contest hashtag #HuntAnniversaryContest and a tag to the official respective Hunt: Showdown 1896 page e.g (Facebook: @huntshowdown, X (Twitter): @huntshowdown, Instagram: @huntthegame).
- You can enter as many designs as you like! Each submission can use the template submission backgrounds provided and are not limited to fitting on one image.
- Deadline to enter is March 9th 2026 23:59 CET
What happens next?
- Once we have closed the entries, we will go through them with specially selected team members of the Hunt development team and decide which six Skins will go through to the final vote. Please note that designs will be chosen based on the 'Design Guideline' criteria below, which you can read in detail below in the blog.
- The final 6 Skins will be hosted on our website where you can vote for your favorite design. Details regarding the voting rules will be provided later on and that the decision is final.
- We will then reveal the winner on our social media channels on March 25 th 2026
- The design that wins the community vote will be added to the game.
Rewards
6 Skins Chosen for Vote:
- 1 x 1000 Blood Bonds each
Winner of Vote
- 8000 Blood Bonds
- 2 x Base Game Codes
- Displate redeem code - shipped by Displate
- Proposed Skin added to the game in a future update
Design Guidelines
Your design should be grounded in the game world and art direction of Hunt Showdown 1896. Focus on the gritty, dark, and unforgiving nature of the game. Stay away from ideas that would obviously break the art direction and tone of the game. Your designs must fit in the existing world of Hunt: Showdown 1896.
Your design should mainly be driven by a complete texture change, like many of our existing equipment Skins. Change materials, engravings, or colors to whatever suits your idea.
You are free to add one static (not animated and not moving) mesh attachment to your Skin to make it even more unique.
- The mesh attachment must adhere to overall weapon proportions (length)
- It must not block the ADS view
Any animating parts of the gun must be kept clear and movable, especially gun internals, bolts, levers, triggers, and so on.
All designs should consider existing Charm placements to avoid conflicts.
Mesh attachments must not be placed at hand positions of a player model, or if they are, they must adhere to the original shape of the weapon in these areas.
You may change the shape or appearance of a gun's stock/handguard as long as the overall gun proportions (length) remain the same.
You must not add blades, nails, or anything that could be interpreted as changing the gun's melee damage type (e.g., Slash, Pierce, Blunt) unless it is part of the original weapon.
If you win, we still reserve the right to change or adjust your weapon Skin to fit our game's needs, our animations, in-game performance (fps, etc.), and so on to guarantee a flawless experience for all players.
Do not use copyrighted or trademarked material in your design or use AI to design it. This includes music, logos, names, and images. Anyone using material they do not own without the owner's written consent or uses any AI support for the design will be immediately disqualified!
Do not use any imagery that is obscene; offensive; sexually explicit; derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional, or age group; promotes alcohol abuse, illegal drugs, tobacco, actual firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), or a particular political agenda; defames, misrepresents, or contains disparaging remarks about other people or companies, or communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which we wish to associate; and/or violates any law.
You shall indemnify us and undertake to defend us against and hold us from any and all claims, suits, liabilities, loss, damage, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, based upon or arising out of a breach or alleged breach of any of the rules of that contest published here or otherwise communicated, including but not limited to claims asserted that your design infringes third party rights.
Further Terms & Conditions
By submitting your design(s) you agree to the following further terms and conditions in addition to the rules of the contest described above:
You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and sub-licensable right and license to use your design(s) for the purpose to hold this contest; including but not limited to reproduce, copy and publish your design for the voting. Although we do not plan to use your design(s) for further purposes (unless you are picked as the winner) we cannot rule out that we might develop and publish a design that you might consider as looking similar to your design(s). With this regard, you understand that such similarity is most likely caused by the limited designing possibilities due to the look and feel of Hunt: Showdown 1896. In any case, you acknowledge and agree to settle any such discussions with us amicable and will not take any legal actions against us. You acknowledge and agree that in no case will you be entitled to compensation higher than the commercial value of the rewards provided to the winner in this contest for any use of your design(s) by us.
If you are picked as the winner of this contest, you grant to us the exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable right and license to use, modify and exploit in any manner and in any medium your design; including but not limited to use your design to create an item that will be used in Hunt: Showdown 1896 to use your design for promotion purposes. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, you waive any moral rights in your design, including but not limited to any right to be acknowledged as the creator. You acknowledge that the only compensation for the foregoing license are the rewards provided in this contest. If you are picked as a winner, we will ask you to sign a separate license agreement. You understand that such signing of a license agreement is mandatory and a requirement to pick you as the winner and to grant you the rewards provided for the winner.
By submitting your design, you confirm that you are over 18 years old and that you are entitled to grant us licenses as described above. You confirm that you created the design on your own or that you have all the necessary rights to grant us a license as described above. We reserve all rights to request progress work and drafts. You confirm no use of Generative AI were made for the creation of the entirety of your design(s) or parts of it. We reserve all rights to run submitted entries through an AI Detector to determine presence of AI. Any revelation of Generative AI use within your design will be considered as an attempt to cheat or fraud. Any attempts to cheat or fraud: including but not limited to usage of AI are prohibited and will lead to a full disqualification of your submissions and your exclusion from the contest. In such a case, we reserve all legal rights and actions; including but not limited to legal action for damages.
By submitting your design via Facebook, Instagram, Discord, or X(Twitter), you acknowledge that (i) this contest is not associated to/organized/supported/sponsored by Facebook, Instagram, Discord, or X(Twitter) and (ii) that you and not Facebook, Instagram, Discord, or X(Twitter) provide any material submitted by you in this contest and (iii) that you indemnify Facebook, Instagram, Discord, or X(Twitter) from any claim associated with your participation in the contest.
We expressly reserve the right to cancel this contest or to modify/amend the Further Terms and Conditions without any announcement and at our sole discretion.
This contest is governed by the laws of Germany. Any legal action is precluded.
This contest is provided by:
Crytek GmbH, An der Welle 3, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany info@crytek.com, Amtsgericht Frankfurt a.M., HRB-Number.: 77322 – Imprint: https://www.crytek.com/imprint
Privacy Notice
Any personal data which is submitted by you to us in the course of this contest is only used for holding this contest. To consider your design(s) within this contest, we will process your social media account name, which is used by you to submit your design. If you are picked as the winner, we may need additional personal data from you in order to deliver the rewards to you. You agree that your name or nickname will be publicly announced on our websites and/or our social media channels in case you become the winner of this contest.
You may withdraw your consent for data processing activities based on your consent at any time with effect to the future. Please note that such a withdrawal might lead to the impossibility to deliver the rewards to you. The legal basis for the data processing with regard to this contest is Art. 6 (1) 1 lit (b) General Data Protection Regulation and your consent according to Art. 6 (1) 1 lit (a) General Data Protection Regulation. The controller of your personal data is Crytek GmbH, An der Welle 3, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany info@crytek.com.
At any time you have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data processed by us within the scope of Art. 15 GDPR.
- Request that your data be corrected if these are incorrect in terms of Art. 16 GDPR.
- Request that your data be deleted if the legal grounds exist in terms of Art. 17 GDPR.
- Request the restriction processing of your data, if the conditions are met in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR.
- Request to port your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format within the scope of Art. 20 GDPR.
- Object to the further processing, if the processing is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.
- If the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in a member state of the European Union. The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
P.O. Box 3163
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Germany
To contact us about any of the foregoing rights, please send us an email to privacy@crytek.com.
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