Devil's Trail Live Event

Gather your courage, Hunters. It’s time to brave Devil’s Trail.

Experience the bayou and gulch in a whole new way as you're left to track your enemies and scout out points of interest on the map. Keep an eye out for sure signs of enemy Hunters: used bandages, broken barrels, open doors, and more. Use caution as you approach the Scout Towers that will reveal hidden information on your map. Follow the dark plumes of smoke in the sky to find secret rewards. But beware—there's a new monster out to melt the flesh from your bones with its brutal fiery attacks. Think you can handle the heat?

New monster: Firebreather

A new fire-breathing monster makes its way to the bayou and gulch. Found amongst groups of Grunts, the Firebreather spews fire from a distance and will require care to dispatch.

The Firebreather has a long-range fire breath, but will stand still before attacking.
Not quite a Grunt, and not quite an Immolator, but shares attributes from both [list]
Small bursts of fire erupt from the body when you pierce its skin with bullets and blades, but it does not fully burst into flames
On death, the Firebreather may let out a final blaze of fire with his last breath, depending on where it got hit.
To bring it down, keep your distance and use ranged weapons, or if you are daring, strike it with a blunt weapon at the right moment and back away.
Temporarily loses its fire breathing attack when exposed to water and hitting it directly with a Water Bottle or Choke cloud will kill it instantly.

[*] Watch out, Firebreathers and explosives don’t mix well.
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Hidden information

Dev note: With the Devil’s Trail event, we are aiming to bring a new gameplay dynamic to Bounty Hunt by limiting gameplay information. This is intended to encourage objective play and exploration, giving the advantage to players who engage with boss targets or take the time to locate points of interest before a fight. We’ll closely monitor the community’s feedback on these new event mechanics.

During Devil’s Trail, Supply Points and Extraction Points are hidden from the map.
To reveal the locations of Supply Points and Extraction Points, players can: [list]
Find and interact with a Scouting Map in-game
Discover the locations themselves by walking up to them, pinging them from a distance, or locating them with the Spyglass

[*] Extraction Point locations can additionally be revealed by:

Picking up a Bounty Token
Banishing a Boss Target
Using “The Chariot” Tarot Card.

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Scout Towers

New tower archetype, which contains special loot and new interactions.
Two Scout Towers appear in every Mission, they will be the only points marked on the map at the start of a match. Players should go there to reveal more of the map.
Scout Towers contain: [list]
A new interactive Scouting Map, which reveals all hidden Supply Points, Extraction Points, Wild Targets and Sealed Bounty Tokens present.
New Tarot Cards to help you track other Hunters
Custom Ammo, Traits, and weapons

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New Tarot Cards

The High Priestess

When used, the Tarot Card shows the direction to the closest enemy Hunter.
The direction is given via a particle effect in the world and a temporary compass marker. The effect will disappear again after a few seconds.
If no Hunter is present, the Tarot Card will dissipate without spawning an effect.
The Tarot Card can be used at any point in the Mission to either find enemy teams or reveal whether other teams are present at all.

Dev Note: While having some overlap with “The Hanged Man” Tarot Card, “The High Priestess” is more inclined to help track down the closest enemy hunter more easily, while “The Hanged Man” provides more info about the hunter being tracked. “The High Priestess” being a passive ability also leans itself towards being used in combat as it doesn’t take the player out of the fight.

The Pathfinder

The Tarot Card reveals all used Clues on the map at the time of the card’s usage, with: [list]
Used Clues in red

[*] Highlighting will disappear after some time.
[*] Using the Tarot Card while having another The Pathfinder active updates the map and resets the timer
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Dev Note: Timing is key with the “The Pathfinder” and waiting for the right moment will give players the most value out of the card.

Burned Convoys

World location serving as a new point of interest on the map with unique loot
Players can always find the Catalyst Trait, “The Empress” and “The Chariot” Tarot Cards, A Full Health Restoration Kit and more at the Burned Convoys
Not visible on the map by default—must be located via map interaction or in person
Burned Convoys emit large plumes of smoke, allowing them to be located from a distance

New Trait: All Ears

When having the Trait equipped, a player's Dark Sight audio changes drastically [list]
The usual noise accompanying Dark Sight gets toned down, making all audio easier to distinguish while using it
Hunter audio coming from the player’s view direction becomes louder and more pronounced

[*] The Trait can be found at the Scout Towers and Burned Convoys and acquired for 2 Pledge Marks
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Gunplay

Increased the damage multiplier for basic Compact Ammo (all non-FMJ) from 0.7 to 0.75 after penetrating 1 layer, and from 0.4 to 0.5 after the second layer. Dev note: This change effectively should result in compact ammo being able to more reliably penetrate thin surfaces such as fences and wooden planks, especially over distance. With this change, we are aiming to reduce instances of frustrating or confusion instances of no penetration with compact ammo, making it feel more reliable and consistent.
Slightly increased the maximum material thickness all non-FMJ Compact Ammo can penetrate.
Vetterli 71 Cyclone [list]
Decreased damage from 124 to 120
Increased vertical recoil from 6 to 7
Reduced reserve ammo from default 20 to 16

Dev note: With our changes to body damage multipliers in Update 2.4, the Vetterli Cyclone was able to rapidly and consistently kill players with 2 shots anywhere within its effective range. At 120 damage, the Cyclone’s 2-tap potential is still present, but requires upper body hits to get consistently.
[*] Mako 1895

Reduced cycle time from 1.6 to 1.35
Reduced Iron Eye cycle time from 1.5 to 1.3
Reduced reload speed from 13 to 11 seconds

[*] Berthier 1892

Reduced cycle time from 2.1 seconds to 1.7 seconds (cycle time was previously incorrectly displayed as 1.7s in the weapon’s stats)

[*] Romero 77 Alamo

Reduced reload time from 18.2 seconds to 14 seconds

[*] Haymaker

Reduce reload time from 21.8 seconds to 18.2 seconds

Dev note: This update, we’ve been looking at making some less frequently used weapons feel smoother and more enjoyable to use by tweaking some of their slowest animations.
[*] Flame Rifle

Increased time of a single barrage from around 1.5s to around 2s.
Slightly increased max Oil Ammo to allow for longer barrage
Slightly decreased damage against Targets and Brutes
Fixed an issue that stopped the pumping animation from being interrupted

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Dev note: Overall, the Flame Rifle feels like it’s in a good spot—however, with these tweaks, it gets a boost in usability. In practice, the changes to target damage are small, mainly to offset the longer barrage time.

Gameplay

Trait Spurs

Rebalance of Traits found in the world [list]
Meatheads, Brutes, and Ursa Mortis are now guaranteed to drop Trait Spurs on death.
All non-sealed Trait Spurs found in-world now start fading after first use.
After interacting with a Trait, a 90 second countdown begins, after which the Trait will fade into dust, leaving a scorchmark and bone dust in its place.
Sealed Trait Spurs (those that cost Pledge Marks) will not fade after first use and can be interacted with for the full duration of the mission
Trait Spurs now spawn at a slightly decreased rate in the world randomly (at towers, in compounds, etc.)
The pool of possible Trait Spurs dropped by Meatheads has been expanded, reducing the average Upgrade Point value from dropped Trait Spurs.
Trait Spurs that do spawn in the world are of a higher quality than previously, making finding them more worthwhile

[*] Trait Spurs are now visible and audible in Dark Sight within a short radius.
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Dev note: These changes should make Trait Spurs found in the world feel more special to find, while rewarding players that actively Hunt for them with consistent ways to get Traits from large monsters. This change also has an effect on the value of seeking out Wild Targets, giving those who fight them more exclusive rewards compared to those just passing by on their way to the exit at a later point to grab their free Death Cheat.

Tarot Cards:

Increased duration of “The Sun” Tarot Card’s effect to 90 sec from 60 sec.
Dark Sight Decoy dropped from “The Magician” Tarot Card now also triggers the Red Clue effect and Boss Target whispers for enemy teams.
“The World” now rewards 1 Clue reward (Event Points, the Conduit Trait buffs, etc.) per Boss Target discovered with it.
“The Tower” Tarot Card now does additional damage against Boss Targets and kills Wild Targets
Players can now always find Tarot Cards in the world at certain points of interest: [list]
“The Garden and “The Fool” at the Postal Supply
“The Magician” and “The Hanged Man” at the Clockmaker's Supply
“The Moon” and “The Judgement” at the Sealed Hoard
“The Empress” and “The Chariot” at the Burned Convoys
“The Pathfinder” and “The High Priestess” at the Scout Towers.

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Passive Tracking

We’ve expanded the number of entities in-game which change states visibly after being used by players. Enemy teams can use this information to retrace the steps of other Hunters.

The following objects now leave visible traces or remain after player interaction, making it easier to retrace enemy steps and plan ambushes:

Envelopes: Now are more obviously torn open and remain open after interaction.
Explosive/ Oil/ Poison Barrels: Leave broken remains after exploding.
Dogs and Chickens: Their corpses remain in their cages after being killed.
Birds/Ducks: Leave feathers on takeoff and death. Bird and duck corpses also remain when killed.
Traits: Now leave scorch marks on the ground after use, providing a persistent visual indicator.
Doors: Doors are fully closed by default. Once opened, doors never return to their fully closed state, making it easier to track player movement through buildings.
Ammo Packs: Now open and remain open after use.
Breakable Fences: Vaulting over some wooden fences will cause them to crack, leaving visible evidence of traversal.
First Aid Kits & Medical Packs: Using them leaves behind bloody rags on the ground.
Animal Cage Lanterns: Animal cage lanterns now leave broken remains when destroyed by players.
Hunt Dollar and Blood Bond Purses: Interacting with these purses now visually opens them.

AI

Brutes and Ursa Mortis are weaker to Poison Damage.
Meatheads, Immolators, Hellhounds, and Water Devils are slightly weaker to Poison Damage.
Immolators retain their invulnerability to poison clouds.
Immolators now cause little charcoaling damage with their attacks, if not soaked.
Brutes, Ursa Mortis, and Meatheads are slightly more resistant to Arrows and Bolts.
Alive and burning AIs can burn players by contact now. Burning corpses don’t.
The Butcher now reignites the hook fire if extinguished when he frenzies.
Grunts, Armoreds, Meatheads, Brutes, Ursa Mortis, and Bileweavers deal Fire Damage while they die with the fire death animation (not when rag-dolling).
New ambient idle break animations have been added to the monster cast to make them feel more alive.
Hellborn is now more resistant to explosives and weaker to Water Bottles.
Hellborn is now guaranteed to drop either Death Cheat, Relentless, Rampage, or Remedy when killed.

Audio

Reworked footstep sounds on coal to be more readable and realistic by including coal specific “clink” sounds
Added specific sounds for Spider pounce attacks
Slightly increased volume and frequency of suspicious Crow vocalizations
Slightly increased volume of footstep layers that play when a Hunter is above or below you in a building
Slightly decreased the volume of equipping and unequipping of the Dark Dynamite Satchel
Slightly decreased the volume of some exterior echoes that can be heard when enclosed by rocks or brick walls
Improved fade out of the menu music when loading into a Mission
Added a fade out of all in-game sounds after extracting

World

Implemented a 250m minimum radius between normal Supply Points to prevent them from spawning in close proximity. Themed Supply Points and standard Supply Points can still spawn closer to one another.
The Oro Gordo Mine entrance has undergone some changes
Removed one silo to open up the second floor of Oro Gordo Mine’s Boss Target lair and minimize unnecessary cornering.

UI

Gear Skin Pagination

You can now equip Skins for your equipment directly from the Loadout Screen, without needing to go into a deeper menu.
PC players can use the arrow controls, while console players can use the bumper buttons, to navigate between available Skins for an equipment item.
If you do not own any Skins for an item, the Skin pagination controls will not be shown.
If the item is already equipped, any Skin change will apply immediately.
Your Skin selections will be saved until you change them again.

Lobby Invite Codes

Players can generate, show, hide, and enter lobby invite codes from the lobby side panel.
PlayStation and Xbox players can group together, and Steam and Windows players can group together.
Groups formed using invite codes will not disband after Missions.
Players can send multiple invitations via invite code at the same time with Lobby slots filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Hunter Roster Screen Redesign

The Hunter Details screen has been removed.
The roster grid is now aligned to the left side of the screen.
Empty slots are now clearly visible, so you no longer need to rely on the counter.
There are recruitment buttons in the grid at the top: All Hunters and Free Hunters.
All Hunters includes Legendary Hunters and Hunters acquired through Bloodline, Prestige, Story Challenges, and other sources.
You can now navigate between All Hunters and Free Hunters via tabs on the top navigation bar.
You can now purchase Blood Bond Hunters directly from this screen, without being redirected to the store.

Fixed Issues From Previous Updates

Fixed one of the top live crashes on PS5 Pro
Fixed an issue where suspending the game as the expiration timer runs out could cause it to freeze
Fixed several locations where the player could become permanently stuck in trees
Fixed an issue where “The Tower” Tarot Card did not work against Bileweaver Eggs
Fixed an issue where using more than one Recovery Shot at the same time could cause the player to lose HP or a Health Chunk
Fixed an issue where a poison cloud could still deal damage after reviving inside it with an active antidote
Fixed several issues where Hunters could clip through objects or environments
Fixed an issue where players were unable to add Traits to newly recruited Hunters, with the “confirm” button appearing greyed out - Dev note: This occurred after purchasing an additional Hunter slot and recruiting a new Hunter
Fixed an exploit that allowed players to instantly fire the Springfield when using the Fast Fingers Trait
Fixed an issue where modifying a Health Chunk in the Respec Health window and closing it immediately afterward could prevent further Health Chunk changes for any Hunter - Dev note: The issue persisted until the game was restarted
Fixed an issue where striking a scarce weapon in the weapon crate could make it un-lootable
Fixed an issue where canceling team search just before a match was found could place you in a team that you were unable to leave - Dev note: The game would behave as if you were not in a team while still displaying teammates. Other players could see you and ready up, but you were only able to search for teammates and could not leave the team
Improved an issue where players couldn’t see the shadow of their selected Hunter when setting the “Shadow Quality” setting to ultra. Note that changing the setting to Ultra during a Mission will reintroduce the issue.
Fixed an issue where throwing an axe at the Hellhound’s armored neck would still kill the Hellhound.
Fixed an issue where Water Devils could spawn in Rotjaw’s area.
Fixed an issue where Scrapbeak would stop moving if players stood in a specific door in Heritage Pork.
Fixed an issue where Assassin could get stuck in a corner while in swarm mode.
Fixed an issue where breaking glass could not trigger NPCs.
Player Profile Customization: [list]
Fixed Traps counting towards the “Furthest Kill Distance” Stat Tracker
Fixed Derringer Badge not counting Derringer Pennyshot XP earned while Skins were equipped
Fixed Trap, Explosive, Fire, Poison, and Beetle Badge damage tracking consistency

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Fixed Issues Reported by the Community

Fixed game mode reverting to Bounty Hunt after returning from a Bounty Clash Mission
Fixed the cursor being able to escape game window
Fixed the Scarce Weapon becoming un-lootable if it was hit while in the Scarce Weapon box
Fixed the loose pieces of "The Penitent" Hunter’s skirt popping into view when jumping
Fixed parts of Lebel Marksman "Once Bitten" Skin having missing textures
Fixed Hunter arms being stretched and deformed in first person view when using the Equipment Animation “Desperado’s Dance” with dual Scottfield Spitfires
Fixed cancelling the team search to break the team status
Fixed Tennessee Morgan's cards in Hunter Tier Progression having unneeded text
Fixed Recovery and Regeneration Shot names being the same in French
Fixed using the "M" shortcut for muting the voice chat creating an invisible chat message
Fixed a missing part of the left arm of "Dame of the Dead" Hunter
Fixed Specter 1882 parts moving incorrectly when reloading
Fixed the "Gonggi Grenade" Equipment Animation for the Frag Grenade clipping into hand when running
Fixed Hellborn being stuck standing instead of playing the death animation
Fixed issues where Hellborn could move in unintended manners: potentially kiting players when going into melee, or rapidly moving, sliding without animation.
Fixed the first challenge in the list being misaligned when entering the Lobby Screen
Fixed the muddy state of "The Gallus Arm" Lebel 1886 Skin having missing textures
Fixed the "Trailblazer" Nitro Express Skin having a visual glitch in the middle of the scope
Fixed “Blessed Fang” Weak Vitality Shot icon
Fixed an exploit enabling player to get more than 150 HP
Fixed spectating being continued after death when using “The Hanged Man” Tarot Card
Fixed players being able to access the rafters in Reynard Mill & Lumber

Fixed UI Issues

Fixed an issue where selected UI elements were not highlighted when using a controller.
Fixed an issue where opening the map while spectating a teammate caused their Traits to appear on the player’s map UI after being revived.
Fixed an issue where Scarce Weapons incorrectly displayed a price tag when equipped or unequipped in the Loadout Screen.
Fixed an issue where discarding Contraband after selecting Special Ammo removed the Special Ammo from the loadout.
Fixed an issue where Traits could not be added to newly recruited Hunters after purchasing an additional Hunter slot.
Fixed an issue where themed Supply Points were missing from the map legend.
Fixed an issue where Hunter equipment appeared in the Progression Screens for Weapons, Tools, and Consumables.
Fixed an issue on Xbox where Progression Screens behaved incorrectly when no Hunter was recruited.
Fixed an issue where the “Buy Battle Pass” and “Buy Battle Pass Bundle” buttons required a double-click to activate.
Fixed an issue on Xbox where the confirm button for equipping a loadout was greyed out.
Fixed an issue where Supply Points were visible at the start of a Soul Survivor Mission.
Fixed an issue where Pledge Mark counters were visible during Soul Survivor Missions.
Fixed an issue where the Trait details tooltip appeared in the center of the Hunter Details screen.
Fixed formatting issues in the Story Challenges purchase confirmation pop-up.
Fixed an issue where incorrect button text appeared in the Badges screen of the Player Profile.
Fixed an issue where the “Save and Close” button did not work when renaming a loadout using the cursor.
Fixed an issue where undefined text appeared in the Player Profile side panel when opened with filters active.
Fixed text issues affecting some Tiered Hunters in the Hunter Progression Screen.
Fixed an issue where the “Favorite” toggle did not work correctly for Hunter Traits.
Fixed an issue where a Challenge Card displayed the wrong enemy type.
Fixed an issue where DLC action menu and filter shortcuts opened incorrect side panels.
Fixed an issue where Contraband items appeared in Progression Screens.
Fixed an issue where Profile Badge names were not fully visible after purchasing the Battle Pass Bundle.
Fixed an issue where Weekly Challenges were sorted incorrectly in the map screen.
Fixed an issue where incorrect text appeared while viewing bundle item details.
Fixed an issue where the Equipment Animation “Not This Time” for the Conversion could briefly glitch.
Fixed an issue where muted teammates still displayed a voice indicator when using All Chat.
Fixed an issue where Trait name, image, and description were missing.
Fixed an issue where Event Accolades were missing the Event icon in the Summary Screen.
Fixed an issue where item prices were not shown when the “Buy” button was greyed out due to inventory limits.
Fixed an issue where the Weapon Progression Screen changed based on the currently equipped Hunter weapon.
Fixed an issue where the first Trait could not be selected when navigating upwards.
Fixed an issue where Prestige-unlocked Hunters could not be favorited.
Fixed an issue where Damage History displayed weapon damage instead of Powder Keg explosion damage.
Fixed an issue where the Death Screen showed the wrong cause of death for Powder Keg explosions.
Fixed an issue where the first loadout slot could not be selected.
Fixed a rare issue where Weekly Challenges appeared empty after completing all available weeks.
Fixed an issue where the EULA scrollbar behaved incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where the FMJ ammunition description contained incorrect terminology.
Fixed an issue in the tutorial where Damage History could be accessed unintentionally.
Fixed an issue where the sorting tooltip disappeared after interacting with Loadout or View Details.
Fixed an issue where incorrect comparison icons appeared in the Loadout Screen.
Fixed an issue where the “Fire Fight” DLC tile displayed incorrect artwork.
Fixed an issue where matchmaking audio continued playing incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where incorrect weapons briefly appeared when equipping equipment.
Fixed an issue where the voice indicator was missing on the Death Screen.
Fixed an issue where Accolades flickered when switching between them.
Fixed inconsistencies with controller selection behavior.
Fixed incorrect shortcut text in the Graphics Card Information option.
Fixed an issue where map location names displayed with visual artefacts.
Fixed an issue where applying settings hid entire sections of the Options Menu.
Fixed an issue where completed Challenge checkmarks were cut off.
Fixed an issue where the Bomb Lance could not be fired in the 3D Viewer.
Fixed an issue where Sparks kill statistics were sorted incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where “Apply Trait” appeared available when it should not be.
Fixed an issue where Burn and Scarce Trait descriptions could not be opened.
Fixed overlapping localization text in Spanish.
Fixed a missing background in the pause menu communication sub-menu.
Fixed an issue where the Loadout side panel appeared empty.
Fixed an issue where the Actions Menu for Custom Ammo showed incorrect options.
Fixed an issue where Loadout selection shifted unexpectedly after switching tabs.
Fixed an issue where “Random” remained selected incorrectly in Soul Survivor.
Fixed spacing issues with bundle pagination dots.
Fixed an issue where exiting Weapon Details returned to the wrong screen.
Fixed missing Equip Item text in comparison view.
Fixed an issue where the Mission timer briefly displayed incorrect values after reconnecting.
Fixed an issue where the “Exit Game” prompt appeared incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where tutorial UI elements overlapped.
Fixed overlapping arrows in Damage History.
Fixed an issue where numpad Enter could not send chat messages.
Fixed an issue where the “Buy” button did not grey out correctly.
Fixed an issue where the “Skip” button remained visible after cut scenes.
Fixed an issue where selection disappeared in the Gamma Screen.
Fixed an issue where Prestige text appeared incorrectly in progression screens.
Fixed missing fire mode key information in loading screens.
Fixed an issue where the “Buy” button tooltip appeared when unavailable.
Fixed an issue where the “Default” button remained active when no changes were made.

Mud footstep sounds are missing when walking on the pile of mud and branches in the Iron Works compound (a fix is planned for the next major update)
In rare cases, you may notice screen flickering during level loading
There are a few locations where a player can become permanently stuck. Please report any such spots if you encounter them
Rare crashes and freezes occur during gameplay and/or while loading into or out of a Mission
Hunter bot can be missing head or part of the body
End-of-round burning animations do not trigger in Soul Survivor
There might be times when players don’t hear enemies in Proximity Voice chat
When Meathead is killed with fire, its corpse deals damage on contact to players.
In some rare cases, platform invites and Lobby codes may not work for some groups. In such cases a client restart will fix the issue.

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Hidden information

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