All information about the event: Post Malone's Murder Circus

Update 2.2 also sees the launch of the latest event in Hunt: Showdown 1896, this time entitled Post Malone's Murder Circus.

Start, end and running time of Post Malone's Murder Circus

• Start: Thursday, 12.12.2024
  
• End: Monday, 10.02.2025
  
• Duration: 63 days

Circus area

For the duration of the event, all maps - Stillwater Bayou, Lawson Delta and Mammon's Gulch - will have a circus area in each round.

This area will not only serve as a stage for brand new features, but also as a hub for all content previously found in the Sealed Cache.

On the circus grounds, you will find various tents and stalls where you can exchange your Pact Tokens for weapons, healing effects and consumables. You will also encounter the new fortune-telling machine and the terrifying monster Ursa Mortis.

The circus is also the place to find the new weapon “Shredder”.

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Fortune telling machine

The fortune-telling machine is a brand new feature that brings a breath of fresh air to the game with Post Malone's Murder Circus.

This machine allows you to use your Pact Tokens to randomly receive valuable rewards that give you advantages in the game.

The rewards known so far include random abilities, effects from the sealed stash and various weapons.

You can find the fortune teller machine both on the circus grounds and occasionally at supply points on the map.

New monster: Ursa Mortis

The latest monster in the Hunt Showdown compendium is “Ursa Mortis” - a huge, two-headed bear. This fearsome creature patrols the circus grounds and defends them resolutely against intruders.

Ursa Mortis is particularly attentive to bleeding hunters, which it prefers to target - similar to the meat head, which concentrates on poisoned targets.

Like the Fleshhead, Ursa Mortis can also leave behind an ability when defeated, which you can use to your advantage.

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New monster variant: circus grunts

In keeping with the circus atmosphere of Post Malone's Murder Circus, special grunts in clown costumes appear during the event.

In contrast to the other circus features, these creepily disguised enemies are not only to be found on the circus grounds, but appear all over the map.

The grunts wear creepy and beautiful costumes and offer you an additional incentive: defeating them earns you extra event points.

Factions in Post Malone's Murder Circus

There are three new factions in the latest event, this time known as “Troupes”.

Players can join one of these factions at supply points or directly on the circus grounds. When you join, you automatically receive the first ability of the respective faction.

If you decide to donate Pact Tokens to the faction again, you can also unlock the second ability.

Faction abilities in Post Malone's Murder Circus

Abilities of the “Trickshooter”

• Blademancer:Missed projectiles can be retrieved with shadow vision. The target suffers additional damage when pulled out.
  Cost: Free of charge
  
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• Crack Shot:Reduces dispersion when shooting from the hip and reduces weapon sway when aiming with certain weapons.
  Cost:3 Pact tokens
  
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Abilities of the “Ringmaster”

• Shadow Crush:Players can interact with and damage AI opponents in shadow vision.
  Cost:Free of charge
  
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• Corpse Seer:After looting a hunter (even without a bounty), players receive a one-second shadow vision boost. However, the position where the boost was activated is marked on the map.
  Cost:2 pact tokens
  
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Abilities of the “Mystic”

• Poltergeist:Players can move doors, elevators and windows in Shadow Vision - even in Beetle Vision.
  Cost:Free of charge
  
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• Blast Sense:Shots and explosions are made visible in the shadow view.
  Cost:1 pact token
  
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Pact tokens and event points in Post Malone's Murder Circus

Two currencies are available to you during the event: Pact Tokens and Event Points.

Pact tokens are used directly in the game, for example to join a faction, trigger restoration effects or use the fortune teller machine.

Event points, on the other hand, advance your event progress. They help you to level up in the Battle Pass and receive additional rewards. You will also receive additional Pact Tokens at certain threshold values.

How to earn pact tokens

A new feature of the Pact Tokens is that you can now carry up to 9 Pact Tokens at the same time.

You can earn Pact Tokens through the following actions:

• Every 25 Event Points earned → 1 Covenant Token
  
• Banish a target in Bounty Clash mode → 2 Covenant Tokens
  
• Become a Soul Survivor → 3 Pact tokens

Additionally, you can steal an enemy Hunter's Pact Tokens when looting them. These tokens are then lost to the original owner, even if they are revived.

How to earn event points

Event points can be collected through a variety of actions:

• Extract → 30 event points with a bounty
  
• Become a Soul Survivor → 30 event points
  
• Defeat Ursa Mortis → 15 event points
  
• Become a Wellspring → 15 event points
  
• Loot a hunter for the first time → 8 event points
  
• Interact with cracks / clues → 6 event points
  
• Defeat Fleshhead → 5 event points
  
• Kill circus grunts → 3 event points
  
• Destroy balloons → 3 event points
  
• Defeat swarm mothers or hellhounds → 1 event point
  
• Defeat armored or immolators → 1 event point

Changes to the shadow view

Previously, it was not possible for bounty bearers to activate shadow vision without using up the valuable seconds of the boost.

Update 2.2 changes this: From now on, you can activate the boost by pressing an additional button (default: right-click / mouse button 2).

For players who want to continue using the shadow view as usual without separating it from the boost function, a legacy option is available in the settings.

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New weapons & weapon variants in Post Malone's Murder Circus

NewExclusive new weapon: Shredder

The “Shredder” is a unique saw blade launcher that can also fire explosive ammunition. This special weapon is only available once per round in the game and must be unlocked with pact tokens in the circus tent.

The saw blades of the Shredder have the ability to bounce off hard surfaces, making it possible to shoot skillfully around corners or across floors.

Unlike other event weapons, the Shredder will only be available for the duration of Post Malone's Murder Circus and will disappear after the event ends.

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New weapon: Cho Ko Nu

The Cho Ko Nu is a repeating crossbow designed for rapid fire at medium range. However, its bolt magazine restricts both its visibility and effective range.

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New weapon variants, ammunition & equipment

As part of Post Malone's Murder Circus, the following weapon variants, ammunition types and equipment will also be unlockable:

• Krag Silencer
  
• Sparks Pistol Silencer
  
• 1865 Carbine Aperture
  
• Maynard Sniper Silencer
  
• Recovery Shot: Restores a lost life bar.
  
• Subsonic ammunition: Smaller, weight-optimized bullets that fly more slowly but are significantly quieter.

New ability: Fast Fingers

The new “Fast Fingers” ability makes it possible to fire single-shot weapons much faster. Your character cleverly stows the ammunition between their fingers, making it ready to hand more quickly when reloading.

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New hunter skins

Over the course of Post Malone's Murder Circus, you have the opportunity to unlock a variety of new hunter skins.

Post Malone, the Ringmaster
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Chum, the Scar Clown
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Winky, the psycho clown
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