Hunt: Showdown overhauls damage systems and adds new toys in its 1.4 update

Creepy battle royale Hunt: Showdown's latest update has completely revamped the game's damage over time systems, while also adding new toys to take on the horrific monsters of the Bayou with.

Most of the 1.4 update focuses on adjusting how the various sources of lingering damage work. Burns and bleeds both have three different stages now, with each dealing more damage and taking longer to heal than the last. Weaker enemies will now deal less of this sort of damage than before, but stronger enemies and repeated attacks will do up to 50% more instead.

Poison, on the other hand, has been balanced differently. Poison can now last for up to 20 seconds, rather than the fixed duration it had previously. How long poison affects a player depends on factors such as how long they were exposed to it, and the potency of the source. According to Crytek, the reason behind this change is to allow for more creativity in how players approach poison: sometimes it may be worth just sitting and taking less intense poison damage, as opposed to immediately rushing out and using any antidotes available.