Jagd: Showdown – Light the Shadow Event Guide

A preview of what you can expect from the new event.

Choose Your Path

At the start of the event, you will be able to choose one of two reward paths to start. After the first one, you chose is completed, you can move onto the second reward path. Each path has its own unique set of themed skins and rewards.

Weg 1 – Pierce the Shadow

Unlocks the Hunting Bow

• Grants two 25 Proof Vapours. Similar to the last event, it boost event points by 25% for a game. Also grants a 10% Dark Sight range boost to highlight event objects. Can be stacked with teammates.
• Grants access to the hunting bow after 100 event points.
• Grants access to custom arrows for the bow. These include poison arrows (150 event points), concertina arrows (300 event points), and frag arrows (800 event points).
• Grants access to the new trait Dewclaw after 200 event points. The trait enhances the melee attack of the bow. Uses the arrow as a melee tool when performing a heavy melee attack. Note that you can only do this with the normal and poison arrow.
• Grants access to the new trait Hundred Hands after 600 event points. The trait gives a 25% damage boost to the bow when fully drawn. Also reduces weapon sway at full draw.
• Reward track includes blood bonds and hunt dollars.
• Legendary skins:

Faultless – 250 Event Points

Wayfinder – 400 Event Points

The Exile – 1000 Event Points

Weg 2 – Cleave the Shadow

Unlocks the Throwing Axe

• Grants two 25 Proof Vapours. Similar to the last event, it boosts event points by 25% for a game. Also grants a 10% Dark Sight range boost to highlight event objects. Can be stacked with teammates.
• Grants access to the throwing axe tool after 100 event points.
• Grants access to the new trait Assailant after 600 event points. The trait increases the melee damage of throwing axes and throwing knives.
• Reward track includes blood bonds and hunt dollars.
• Legendary skins:

Bayou Phoenix – 250 Event Points

Tomahawk – 400 Event Points

The Third Son – 1000 Event Points

How to Earn Event Points

Events points can be earned by exploring the map to find event objects, playing the objective, and participating in PVP. Event points are shared in a pool with your teammates throughout a hunt. Mach dir keine Sorge, Auch wenn du stirbst, you will still gain event points. A new mechanic allows event objects to be highlighted in Dark Sight up to 10 meters with the default range. This can be boosted up to 70 meters with the new vapours.

Methods to obtain event points

• Destroying/interacting with event objects.
• Killing a hive with a hunting bow grants 2 event points.
• Killing an armored with a throwing axe grants 2 event points.
• Killing a boss grants 4 event points.
• Looting a dead hunter grants 5 event points.

Vapours

Multiple of these can be stacked with teammates for a combined boost towards event points and Dark Sight range.

Limited Time Event Store

For this event, you can purchase two exclusive legendary skins using blood bonds. There is also a bundle that includes both skins with a 10% discount applied for a price of 990 blood bonds.

The Waxwing – 300 Blood Bonds

The Wayfarer – 800 Blood Bonds

New Time of Day – Sundown

This is time is an interpretation of Dusk which is the darkest part of twilight. Twilight is basically when the sun starts setting till night. This time will be available on all 3 maps and will stay permanently after the event is over.