Hunt: Showdown Beginner Guide – Essential Tips to Survive & Succeed

What up, Gamers, It’s Librarian Husky! Welcome to today’s guide, the ultimate new player guide in Hunt Showdown, the ultimate top 10 tips for new players in Hunt Showdown, as well as some bonus tips.

Introduction to New Player Guide in Hunt Showdown

This is all stuff that you either get on your very first time starting the game or that you can unlock within your first hour or so of playing the game. So we’re going to walk through the loadout a little bit here, then we’re going to get right into our game.

So what we’re going to be using today, again, you can unlock all this stuff within your first very short amount of time playing the game. So we have an officer pistol as well as a frontier 73c rifle. This is a very cheap loadout that you can use. The officer is a nice fast-firing pistol, the frontier 73c extremely cheap but very effective rifle, absolute head clicker. I’m going to throw some highlights up on the screen now while we talk through the loadout so you can see some of that, see how these weapons are used.

Also, we need to bring in our tools and consumables. So with that in mind, we’re going to be bringing in dusters. And the reason for this is that they can take care of pretty much all the AI in the game very effectively, especially some of the more pesky ones like dogs and emulators, which can be very difficult for new players to take care of. So in my opinion, the dusters are kind of the best thing to start out with as a new player.

You also need to make sure you’re bringing in a first aid kit for heals. I like to bring in fuses ’cause these light Hunters up. They take care of, again, larger, more pesky AI like armors, spiky armors. These are all things you’re going to see in the game if you’re brand new. I like to bring in fuses ’cause you can light Hunters up, really puts pressure on the enemy team. That’s one of the things you can do in this game. And then the counter to that is something like a Choke bomb. If you’re playing as a team, you can bring in a choke bomb.

And if your teammate goes down, the enemy team lights them up with a fussy or a fire of some sort, you can throw a choke bomb and put them out to kind of preserve their life a bit longer in the game. Choke bombs are also good for blocking off paths. You can cough somebody out to kind of figure out where they are, not allow them to go anywhere. So they’re just kind of a great overall tool as a brand new player.

Now, as far as our consumables, we’re going to be bringing in a vit shot, which heals you for 75 Health very quickly.

Loadout Strategy

So if you’re in a pinch, you can just pop that sucker, and very quickly you’re right back in the fight. We’re going to bring in a sticky bomb to take care of bosses and super large AI enemies, especially bosses though. They’re really good at taking those down. You’re going to see that we’re going to highlight it in the guide. We’re bringing in a Stam shot because you do have a stamina meter in this game.

So this is something you can just throw on at the beginning of the match, and you really don’t have to worry about that at all. And our last consumable is a regeneration shot, which is another way to heal. This restores your health over time after you pop it, so it just kind of gives you continuous healing, pretty slowly, but just another option to always have heals and always be able to stay in the fight.

So that is the things we’re bringing in. Again, this is going to be very geared to brand new players to the game. However, if you are a veteran, there is some stuff that I think you can learn in this one. And if nothing else, at least get a nice refresher. So again, guys, that’s our loadout walkthrough.

Alright, y’all, jumping into our game here. We got single Bounty spider on Mammon’s GCH, and the first tip I want to talk about here is to make sure you are limiting the noise you make early on in the game. A lot of times, I will hear other players shooting their guns, setting off sound traps, making all kinds of noise early on, and that puts you at a real disadvantage. So instead, what you’re going to see me do here is just casually walk by these chickens.

There’s going to be some birds up on my left, going to avoid those by just walking, avoid the emulator, avoid anything that’s going to give other teams information, not only about where I spawned but where I’m going next. And that’s going to lead nicely into our next tip, which is to move smart and know where to go. So here you’re going to notice me pick up two clues at Miner’s Folly. That’s one thing to take note of, which compounds will give you double clues. That will just allow you to get more information quickly and get out in front of your opponents. Now, I’m going to check the map here, and you can see the dark gray area that’s the compounds that it’s cutting out where the boss is not going to be. So based on what it’s cutting out, it’s going to the right, it’s going down, it’s going east and south.

So based on where I’m at, I can kind of assume it’s probably going to be around Machine Gorge, and I’m going to start heading that way to try and get to the boss lair first. And speaking of getting there first, the next tip I want to highlight is to move fast and stay ahead of your enemy. It’s not just about getting to the boss lair first, it could also be about getting to a cover position first, getting to a location first to set up an ambush. Anytime you can be ahead of your opponent, you’re going to be at an advantage in this game. And also, let’s say that you did make some sound on spawn, as long as you get out of there quickly and move fast out of that position, you’re going to be okay.

Now, this is one of the reasons that I will bring in a stamina shot almost every game, which leads into our next tip, get the most out of your loadout. I’ve just taken my stamina shot because I found this frag grenade. Normally, I would wait till I run out of stamina or I find a toolbox or a beetle, something along those lines before I take a stamina shot or antidote to really maximize how much you’re getting out of those consumables.

Game Strategy and Boss Lair Control

Now, the reason I paused it here is because you just saw me Moving my items around. I moved my frag grenade into my four hotkey slot, and this is something I go over in my ultimate Hunt Showdown guide. If you haven’t seen that, you’re definitely going to want to go check it out after this one. We get into loadouts, hot keys, movement. It’s a real deep dive into this game, and it will further explain what I was doing there. So definitely go check that one out after you finish this article.

Moving on here, you’re going to see me come up on a couple of grunts in a second here, and the next tip I want to highlight is that you don’t need to kill everything. A lot of times, the AI will leave you alone as long as you don’t aggro them, as long as you leave them alone. And they’re really just there to slow you down, get in your way, and cause noise. So as much as you can leave them alone like I do here, the better ’cause nobody’s going to know where you are, you’re not going to get slowed down, and you’re not going to make any noise from killing them.

And speaking of AI, right here, you’re going to see and hear that meat head loading in. He’s spawning his leeches, and that’s how you know the coast is clear. You’re safe to move up. If you see or hear a sound trap or an AI load-in in front of you, that’s the first time they’ve loaded in on the map, which means no other player has been where you are, you’re the first one there. And speaking of that, we’re the first to arrive at Spider, and this is how you can kill it really quickly with the sticky bomb.

When you first arrive at Spider, it’s going to come find you just like it did here, it’s going to shriek, and when it shrieks, it stands still for a second or two, and that’s your window of opportunity to get a sticky bomb on it like we do right here. Now we just get out of the way, wait a few seconds, and let the sticky bomb do its thing. Now we’re coming back in here, we’re going to finish the spider off, and one thing you always want to make sure you do before you vanish is check if the boss icon is blinking white in the top left corner there just one last time so you know if anyone’s around you before you actually vanish.

The next thing I want to talk about here as you see me place this trap is to be prepared and plan ahead. Now that you have control of the boss lair, this is your opportunity to place traps, think about where your opponents are going to enter the boss lair and enter the compound, and think about where you’re going to peak them and do all this before you banish, because once you banish, all the other teams on the map are going to know where you are, and they’re going to start heading your way, which is exactly what happens here. I’m waiting for the banish to finish, and I hear a fight start outside.

So I decide to push up, maybe get a peak on somebody, maybe get an angle that they’re not expecting. And that’s what you want to do when you have boss lair. You don’t just want to hole up inside, be scared, never peak any windows or angles. You want to be the aggressor. You’ve got the advantage here, you have high ground, you have traps, and you have the element of surprise. So you want to use that to your advantage and not let people actually get inside. Even if you miss a shot, as long as you’re getting the drop on somebody, forcing them to heal or rotate off the position they were trying to take, that’s going to be an advantage for you.

You don’t want to let them actually get inside, you want to keep them from ever entering the boss lair if you can. The boss is almost done banishing now, so we’re going to go get our bounty and see how many people are around us so we can kind of figure out how we’re going to approach this fight. If there’s a lot of people, maybe we’ll let it play out. If there’s only a couple people, maybe we’ll push them. We really want to get our information before we actually push out and decide what we’re going to do.

Now that we’ve scanned and seen how many teams there are, this leads right into our next tip, which is to not always engage and pick the right fight.

Strategic Gameplay Tips in an Intense Fight

It’s possible that we could third party here and Maybe catch somebody off guard, but it’s probably not our best bet. Instead, we’re going to keep our advantageous position and let them come to us and kind of see how things play out. So here you’re going to see me start to engage with the team that’s pushed up a little bit, and I’m going to point out a couple of things that I do that you can take note of in your own fights.

The first thing you’re going to take note of is how quickly I move off this position. You really don’t want to sit There and just keep re-peaking the same angle and hunt unless you have an advantage like we do here. We’re able to get the first one down using that advantage, and then fortunately, we hit a nice headshot to wipe this first team.

Now it’s time to take stock of who else is around and decide what to do next. We take a second to try and spot these guys, making ourselves a hard target. But ultimately, we decide to move out ’cause we used all of our sight, and we need to get some back by looting the hunters we just killed. We’re going to move up here, but we’re not going to move too fast. We’re going to walk, we’re going to crouch, we’re just going to take our time. We don’t want to expose where we are until we actually know where this other team is before we push up too hard. We want to get some information, so we’re going to scan here and see that they are within 75 meters on our dark site range.

So we’re going to try and spot them before we push up and loot this hunter. We do miss the follow-up, but we get a nice initial tag, so we’re going to try and move up for the loot and hope that we can get it while they’re healing behind this rock. We do hear a shot, but it sounds like it’s a little ways away. Maybe they’re taking care of some AI. So with that in mind, we decide to get a burn on this hunter just in case he’s a part of this team, even though we’re pretty certain they were a duo. We missed our headshot here, and like we talked about earlier, we don’t want to stay in the same spot for too long. So we’re going to rotate off this position and see if we can kind of change up this fight a little bit, get them to push me a bit more, maybe I can draw them into boss lair, use some of my traps, or at least use an advantageous position that they’re not ready for.

Now that we’ve taken an all-new position, we’re going to start to scan, see if we can spot these guys. We also take out this AI, going to make quite a bit of noise, but it doesn’t really matter at this point. We’re actually in the fight now, so once you’re already engaged in a fight, you don’t need to worry too much about making noise. But now we do hear them start to push up a bit, so we decide it’s time to get back into boss lair where we have high ground, we have traps set up, we know all of our angles and peaks ’cause we set that up before, like we talked about earlier.

So now we can get into this power position and wait for them, which leads into our next tip, know where to place your crosshair. You want to be aiming at the head just like we are here so you can get easy headshots when someone peaks around a corner or comes rushing out like this guy did. Now that we’ve gotten the teammate down, we’re down to a one-on-one situation.

So we’re just going to stay calm, we’re going to take it easy, stay relaxed, which is what our next tip is all about, and that is to play at your pace and dictate the fight. There is no reason to panic in these situations, no reason to get sped up. Just take a breath, take a moment, and do what you do best. Here I’m going to pull out a frag grenade, it’s one of my favorite tools or rather consumables in the game. We’re just going to toss it up there, get a tag on this one, and let the frag do its work.

Staying Composed in the Heat of Battle

We just stayed calm, we knew exactly what to do, no big deal, didn’t panic, and we get the W.

Now we can go around, get our loots, take our victory lap, enjoy our win before we head out with our Bounty, which is exactly what our last tip is all about, don’t run until it’s done. Now of course there are situations when it’s okay to run from a fight, maybe you’re out of healing, maybe you have a Stam shot going, you know you can outrun them, maybe the other team’s just being too passive. Of course there are scenarios, but generally speaking, the best way to get better at this game is to stay in these fights.

And if you’re a newer player, I would highly encourage you to not run with the bounty ’cause you’re never going to get better, and that’s really not the point of the game. Bounty doesn’t give you that much money, and really money is not the point of the game. The point of the game is the gunfights, it’s the Western showdowns, it’s that whole feel, it’s getting in there, it’s the adrenaline going, that’s what this game is all about. It’s an amazing fun game. If you’re brand new here, welcome, such a sick game, and it’s all about the gunfight. So I highly encourage you to stick in it and get better.

And again, how are you going to get better if you just don’t do something? If you’re always just running across the map, never fighting anybody, never engaging in these kinds of compound fights, and just staying in till everybody’s dead. I could have run in this game easily, I could have grabbed the bounty and just took off, especially if you have a stamina shot or Magpie as a solo, which gives you a stamina boon after you pick up the bounty. Of course, you can just run, head out, get a free bounty, good for you.

But again, that’s really not the point of the game. It’s so fun, such a unique shooter, and that’s what we’re all here for. If we weren’t here for the PVP, we’d be playing Left for Dead, man. So again, I highly encourage you to stick in the fight, don’t run until it’s done. And speaking of being done, that is going to be it for this one, guys. I hope you enjoyed it. I know I had a blast putting it together.

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