Hunt: Showdown's Garden of the Witch Event Brings New Legendary Hunters, Weapon Variants, and More

The next major event for Crytek’s intense extraction shooter, Hunt: Showdown, is Garden of the Witch, running from March 26 to May 5, 2025. This limited-time event introduces new Legendary Hunters, weapon variants, exclusive traits, weapon animations, and skins, all unlockable through the game’s battle pass system.

Garden of the Witch Battle Pass Breakdown

The event features a battle pass with free and premium rewards, earned by accumulating Event Points through in-match activities such as looting dead Hunters and banishing targets.

There are 38 unlockable rewards plus a bonus weapon charm at the end. Below is a breakdown of the Garden of the Witch Battle Pass. Items marked with (*) are exclusive to battle pass owners.

Tier Rewards

• Tier 0: Legendary Hunter - Welder: Flame*

• Tier 1: Weapon Skin - Mosin Obrez Iron Fury*

• Tier 2: New Weapon Variant - Mosin Obrez Match

• Tier 3: Weapon Skin - 1865 Carbine Spirit Caller*

• Tier 4: Weapon Animation - Death Spiral for Mosin Obrez*

• Tier 5: Weapon Charm - No Man’s Sting

• Tier 6: Equipment Skin - Flare Pistol Flame Spitter*

• Tier 7: 100 Blood Bonds*

• Tier 8: Weapon Skin - Mosin Obrez Match Iron Fury: Match

• Tier 9: Weapon Skin - Uppercut Night Tyrant*

• Tier 10: Weapon Skin - 1865 Carbine Spirit Caller: Aperture*

• Tier 11: 100 Blood Bonds*

• Tier 12: New Weapon Variant - 1865 Carbine Silencer

• Tier 13: Weapon Skin - Mosin Obrez Iron Fury: Extended*

• Tier 14: Weapon Charm - Widower’s Luck*

• Tier 15: Weapon Animation - Bewitchment for 1865 Carbine

• Tier 16: 100 Blood Bonds*

• Tier 17: Equipment Skin - Evil Eye Dark Dynamite Satchel*

• Tier 18: Weapon Skin - Romero 77 Lockjaw

• Tier 19: Legendary Hunter - Bruja: Maiden*

• Tier 20: Weapon Charm - Shadow Rosary*

• Tier 21: Weapon Skin - Mosin Obrez Iron Fury: Mace*

• Tier 22: New Weapon Variant - Mosin Obrez Sharpeye

• Tier 23: Equipment Skin - Vault Nectar Recovery Shot*

• Tier 24: Weapon Animation - Shot Caller for Romero 77*

• Tier 25: Weapon Ammo Unlock - Subsonic Ammo for 1865 Carbine

• Tier 26: Weapon Skin - Romero 77 Lockjaw: Alamo*

• Tier 27: 100 Blood Bonds*

• Tier 28: Weapon Skin - Uppercut Deadeye Night Tyrant

• Tier 29: Legendary Hunter - Welder: Torch*

• Tier 30: Weapon Charm - Cottonmouth’s Gaze*

• Tier 31: Weapon Skin - Romero 77 Lockjaw: Talon*

• Tier 32: 100 Blood Bonds*

• Tier 33: Weapon Skin - Mosin Obrez Iron Fury: Sharpeye*

• Tier 34: Weapon Animation - Bullet Blessing for Uppercut*

• Tier 35: Weapon Skin - 1865 Carbine Spirit Caller: Silencer

• Tier 36: Weapon Skin - Uppercut Night Tyrant: Precision*

• Tier 37: 100 Blood Bonds*

• Tier 38: Legendary Hunter - Bruja: Crone*

• Bonus Reward: Weapon Charm - Sickle of Sacrifice

Unique Traits Returning for the Event

Three event-exclusive traits are returning in Garden of the Witch, each slightly adjusted for better gameplay balance:

• Blademancer – Using Dark Sight, retrieve ammo within a 100m radius.

• Corpse Seer – Gain a Dark Sight Boost when looting downed Hunters.

• Gunrunner – Equip a second Large Slot or Medium Slot weapon on your Hunter.

Unlike previous events, this event does not feature the Pact System, meaning players can freely acquire these traits without being locked from using specific traits because of pledging to one pact.

These exclusive event traits can be found randomly in the map but is guaranteed to be in the Rare Supply Point. You can pick up these traits by spending your Hunter’s Pledge Marks.

How to Earn Pledge Marks in Garden of the Witch

Pledge Marks are earned by accumulating Event Points during a match, with 50 Event Points equaling one Pledge Mark. These marks are used to claim event-exclusive traits and obtain special bonuses at the Rare Supply Point.

Ways to Earn Event Points:

• Special Creatures (Dogs, Armored, Hive, Immolator): 2 Event Points

• Killing a Meathead: 5 Event Points

• Interacting with Event Clues: 8 Event Points

• Killing a Boss: 20 Event Points

• Banishing your first boss: 1 Pledge Mark

• First Hunter kill in a match: 1 Pledge Mark

• Soul Survivor (last player standing): 1 Pledge Mark

Additionally, players can loot Pledge Marks from downed Hunters, similar to the Post Malone Murder Circus event.

What’s in the Rare Supply Point?

One Rare Supply Point will appear in every match, providing valuable resources to give players an edge in battle. These supply points will contain:

• Sealed Hoard (loot cache)

• Sealed Token (mystery reward)

• Master Clue (instantly reveals a boss’s location)

• Full Restoration Kit (full health and stamina recovery)

• Event-Exclusive Trait

• Dark Sight Boon (temporary boost)

Update 2.3 coming - Major Gameplay Updates Arriving with Garden of the Witch

The Garden of the Witch event launches alongside Update 2.3, bringing significant gameplay changes, including, Syringe reworks, Trap system adjustments, Weapon balancing updates to refine gunplay, various quality-of-life fixes and optimizations, and more.

Full patch notes will be revealed sometime in March 26.

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