Lore
The lore of Hunt: Showdown 1896 — bosses and their weaknesses, monsters, factions and legendary hunters. Adapted from wiki.gg (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Bosses 4
Butcher
The Butcher is one of the two original Bounty bosses, a deformed, pig-like humanoid permanently wreathed in fl…
Spider
The Spider is one of the two original Bounty bosses, a large arachnoid figure with long legs that hunts by inj…
Assassin
The Assassin is the third Bounty boss (added in Early Access 6.0), a tall humanoid that dissolves into a swarm…
Scrapbeak
Scrapbeak is the fourth Bounty boss (introduced in the As the Crow Flies event), a large bird-like creature ca…
Wild Targets 2
Monsters 8
Grunt
Grunts are the most common enemy in the world, melee-only humanoids with malformed hearts pumping dark fluid t…
Firebreather
Firebreathers resemble Grunts but have a glowing chest and emit a distinct gasping sound. Unlike normal Grunts…
Immolator
Immolators are fiery humanoid monsters with high movement speed that chase Hunters and slash rapidly. When pie…
Hive
Hives are partly rotten creatures hanging off their own skeleton that move slowly and screech at a high pitch.…
Meathead
The Meathead is a headless, bloated humanoid behemoth with leeches for hair that is nearly blind and relies on…
Armored
The Armored is a humanoid covered in a wasp-nest-like protective shell that lurks around compounds. It stalks …
Hellhound
Hellhounds are bloodthirsty, rotten dogs believed to descend from Italian mastiffs that hunt in packs of two o…
Water Devil
The Water Devil is a swarm of small aquatic animals that appears as a round disturbance on the surface of rive…
World 9
The Hunt
The Hunt is the central premise of the game's world: bounty hunters are hired to track down and destroy Corrup…
Corruption
The Corruption is a mysterious supernatural force/plague that has overtaken a Louisiana bayou outside New Orle…
The Sculptor
The Sculptor is an ancient, godlike force worshipped by the Corruption cults, most notably the Demented Pact. …
Land of the Dead
The Land of the Dead is an otherworldly realm/afterlife tied to the Corruption, described in the lore as an un…
Inoculation
The Inoculation is a serum developed by the American Hunters Association to grant some protection against the …
Researcher's Notes
The Researcher's Notes refer to the epistolary framing device of Hunt: Showdown's lore: an unnamed researcher …
Moon Trilogy
The Moon Trilogy is the first major narrative arc of Hunt: Showdown's seasonal events, comprising Traitor's Mo…
Tide Trilogy
The Tide Trilogy is the second major narrative arc, comprising Tide of Shadows (2023), Tide of Corruption (202…
Road to Hell
Road to Hell is a later narrative arc/event (running June-September 2026) continuing the Corruption storyline …
Factions 4
American Hunters Association (AHA)
The American Hunters Association (AHA) is the secretive organization that recruits Hunters, dispatches them ag…
Philip Huff Jones
Philip Huff Jones, M.D. was Director of the American Hunters Association and Superintendent of the Louisiana S…
Mr. Orwell Chary
Mr. Orwell Chary was an Administrator of the American Hunters Association, rising to the role following Finch'…
The Pacts
The Pacts are rival cult factions formed around the Corruption, each pursuing its own agenda regarding the Scu…
Legendary Hunters 59
The Ironclad (Edward Kelly)
Edward Kelly hails from the Australian outback and went into hiding after his supposed death. Shaped into a ha…
The Beast Hunter (Theodore Tuck)
Theodore Tuck was tormented by recurring nightmares of gnashing teeth and bloodied creatures in a fog-covered …
Skull Taker
A trophy hunter driven by primal pride, the Skull Taker collected skulls from ever-rarer and more dangerous pr…
Post Malone
A real-world musician crossover, the character has three iterations within Hunt's lore. He began as the Ringma…
The Bone Doctor (Doctor John)
Born in Senegal and brought to New Orleans as a slave, Doctor John was eventually freed and rose to prominence…
The Revenant (John Robertson)
John Robertson wanted to be remarkable, to be a hero or die as one. Shot through the heart during a poker game…
The Reptilian (Keith Cowen)
Keith Cowen apprenticed under alligator hunter Frank Gravel in the Bayou, but when creatures drove the gators …
The Witch Hunter (Circe Elias)
Circe comes from a generational line of witch hunters, taught by her grandmother that witches disguise themsel…
The Sovereign (Xiao Feng)
A strategist and sniper of otherworldly skill, Xiao Feng left Fujian province with his hunting partner Chen La…
Cain
A deeply tragic figure consumed by guilt, Cain lost the man he once was long ago and wanders the bayou in prim…
Krampus
Winter is a time for reflection and reckoning: the good have nothing to worry about, but the naughty have Kram…
Zhong Kui
The man who calls himself Zhong Kui descends from an ancient line of demon quellers, historically celebrated a…
The Headsman
Shaped by violence both witnessed and committed, The Headsman has a face serrated by scars, hands calloused fr…
Llorona's Heir
Much like the legend whose name she takes, Llorona earned her fearsome reputation by drowning her victims and …
The Reverend (Ishim Gird)
Reverend Ishim Gird arrived in the bayou as a young minister intent on saving the souls of innocents. When the…
The Researcher (Harold Black)
Most of what Hunters know about their enemy comes from Harold Black's journal, a collection of anatomical sket…
The Phantom (Gus Leroux)
A former lawyer with a penchant for violence, Gus Leroux is a theatrical Hunter who hides his scarred face beh…
The Rat (Tona Ramirez / The Drowned Rat)
Tona Ramirez was a criminal from birth, inheriting both her father's nickname and his tale of lost fortune aft…
The Waldmann
A village of fifty-five set out to slay a mythical ten-foot doe with pure white antlers; all returned empty-ha…
The Kid (Turner Abaddon Jr.)
Turner Abaddon Jr. was the runt and youngest of eight in a moonshine and gambling family of pickpockets and ch…
The Reaper (Claeg Grey)
Claeg Grey's affliction began subtly: lost time, a dead horse, an inability to work the farm, and forgetting h…
The Penitent (Damien Yedaiah)
Damien Yedaiah sought salvation through pain, escalating from self-flagellation with a whip to barbed wire and…
The Ronin (Inuta Bakin)
Inuta Bakin had barely sworn his oath of allegiance when the Tokugawa shogunate was disposed. Left without a m…
The Prescient (Ira Ozols)
Never blind to life's injustices, Ira Ozols trod a dark path toward powers that would let her glimpse the futu…
The Turncoat (Wim Jansen)
Broken by war and industry in the East, Wim Jansen was sent west with his regiment to bleed the land dry, only…
The Conspirator (Francis Fawkes)
Francis Fawkes, calling himself The Conspirator, claims descent from Guy Fawkes. As a British naval officer he…
Montresor (Edward Montresor)
Abandoned and left to die by his old hunting partner Rolf, Edward Montresor embraced the spirit of the old car…
The Prodigal Daughter (Sarah Burton)
Stories of her mother's heroism as a Union spy in the Civil War were Sarah Burton's only inheritance, along wi…
The Cowl (Horatio)
Horatio was obsessed with insects and hierarchies from childhood, and his anarchist belief that leaders should…
The Archaeologist (Elise Austin)
Drifting through the desert, a dream came to The Archaeologist: two children tumbling into black water. Recogn…
Weird Sister (Cora Beukes)
Inspired by the healing powers of Voodoo King Doctor John, Cora Beukes became a Voodoo practitioner and was in…
The Concubine (Alaz)
Alaz and her sisters were transported from an unfamiliar land by a cruel merchant, and during the voyage her s…
Scaramuccia
Theater twisted this proud performer into a freak show, and after a bloody emancipation he feels at home among…
Crossroads Walker (Jeremiah Scruggs)
An orphan trained in voodoo by one of Louisiana's most powerful houngans, Jeremiah Scruggs instead pursued car…
Oliver Whitman
A new hunter who first came to the gulch chasing only money, following gunshots and looting Bounty Tokens from…
Tennessee Morgan (Samuel Morgan)
A mild-mannered bank clerk who shot a robber in a moment of fight-or-flight, awakening something insatiable in…
The Beekeeper
Third in a generational line of apiarists, but the first to develop forbidden, esoteric practices. Her devoted…
Plague Doctor
It is rumored that the Plague Doctor lost his mind fighting a resurgence of the Black Plague. Rage drove him f…
The Viper
A mysterious Persian assassin with a body count nearing the hundreds, known to Westerners only as 'Viper,' who…
The Night Mother (Esther Sinclaire)
An expert rootworker with a knack for conjuring, Esther Sinclaire sought out the inoculation in order to stand…
Scourge: Morrigan
Morrigan was one of three acolytes who discovered Scrapbeak and sought power through his worship; after the tr…
Bruja: Crone (Ygnacia Cruz Gutierrez)
An experienced healer of body and soul, Ygnacia Cruz Gutierrez tends wounded Hunters when she is not fighting …
The Hanged Man
Nine times the noose pulled tight, and nine times he survived. Each failed hanging bestowed a vision upon The …
The Strongman (Bradley the Brutal)
Bradley the Brutal cut his teeth — and many throats — in underground boxing in England. He joined Sunshine's t…
Corvid: Bile (Maxwell Creed)
To Maxwell Creed, the Corruption is an empiric's dream. Working alongside a fellow experimenter, he cuts the t…
The Empress (Emelia B. Bryant)
A love of arachnids drove Emelia B. Bryant to become a Hunter, and after she was kidnapped and ritually gutted…
The Cook (Griz Levenson)
Griz Levenson was once a cook with a sound and passionate mind, until the traumas of war and the insanity of t…
The Scarecrow (Jeremy Albano)
Caught stealing from Golden Acres, Jeremy Albano was beaten, stuffed into a scarecrow's outfit, and left bound…
The Fool (Doc Redmartin)
Snake-oil salesman Doc Redmartin sold his 'Miracle Mouth All-Cure' as a remedy for the plague, but The Spirite…
Sunshine (Evelyn Darling)
A devastating betrayal took Evelyn 'Sunshine' Darling to dark places, but true to her nickname she found light…
The Pale Judge (Moby Winneford)
Moby Winneford's judgement failed him only once: he ignored a fortune teller's warning, and the bandit he rele…
The Spirited (Eddie Davis)
Behind the saloon counter, Eddie Davis learned to read people as clearly as a bottle label. Left without patro…
Harvest
Born from the seed of autumn's taste for darkness, Harvest rises from wormy fields of rotten gourds to feast o…
Perchta
A peasant's daughter from high alpine valleys, she lost herself in bloodshed after finding her violent, drunke…
The Gunslinger (May Belle)
May Belle was a lawless gunslinger who thrived in the wild west, but as railways and towns tamed the frontier …
The Bone Mason (Béatrice Maunet)
Searching Paris desperately for her missing son Henri, Béatrice Maunet ventured into the Catacombs and found h…
The Prodigal Son (Richard 'Rick' Burton)
Rick Burton is the twin brother of Sarah Burton (The Prodigal Daughter). After enlisting, he was reported kill…
The Hyena (Harlan Grant)
Harlan Grant was a renowned big game hunter who had killed nearly every dangerous prey on earth, partnering wi…
Captain Laffite (Burman Laffite)
Born an unwanted infant tossed overboard, Burman Laffite endured a harsh life from the destitute docks of New …