# Hunt: Showdown 1896 Update 2.8 - Road to Hell Starts Now - Product: Hunt: Showdown 1896 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hunt-showdown-1896) - Vendor: Crytek - Date: 2026-06-09 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/594650/view/710025644106318936 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hunt-showdown-1896/releases/2026-06-09-update-2.8-road-to-hell-starts-now What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Add new event compound Stronghold with three main areas including trenches, camp, and fortified building - **added** — Add Caged Boss Target that spawns banish-ready at Stronghold and drops 1 Bounty Token upon banish - **added** — Add Medical Supply point with Full Health Restoration Kit, Scouting Map, Four Shot Boon, and other loot - **added** — Add Military Supply point with Sealed Scarce Weapon Box, Scouting Map, and guaranteed un-sealed Catalyst Trait Spur - **added** — Add Maxim M1895 in-world weapon found only at Stronghold that fires incendiary rounds and can overheat - **added** — Add additional trenches and smaller checkpoints across maps placed by the military - **changed** — Change inventory system to assign weapons a Size from 1 to 5 instead of small, medium, and large categories - **changed** — Change default weapon capacity to 5, extendable to 6 with Quartermaster Trait - **changed** — Change Tools and Consumables to be no longer restricted by type and freely equippable to any slot in any combination - **changed** — Change scouting mechanics so Stronghold, Medical Supply, and Military Supply are visible at Mission start instead of Scout Towers - **changed** — Change Scouting Map to no longer reveal location of Wild Targets - **removed** — Remove Scout Towers for Update 2.8 Update 2.8 - The Road to Hell Starts Now ##### Road to Hell _When two military scouts go missing while investigating the Corruption in Louisiana and Colorado, their concerned Commander decides to go after them. But his request for an official mission is declined, and instead he goes rogue and forms The 26th Regiment. With the financial backing of Desolation’s Delegate, the 26th are indignant at the lack of official support, but certain they can find their comrades and clean up the alleged Corruption themselves. They are professionals: well-trained and well-armed. Their first mistake is their arrogance. Their second is their optimism. The Corruption is like nothing they have encountered before. Beset by monsters on one side and enemy Hunters who don’t want outside involvement on the other, their arrogance is transformed into doubt and then twisted into madness as they all lose themselves to the Hunt._ ##### New Event Compound: Stronghold The Stronghold is where The 26th Regiment had their last stand. Few survived the experience, and many who didn’t now wander the area, Corrupted and transformed into mindless Grunts. Here you won’t just find Destiny's Dial, Sealed Rewards, and Tarot Cards—but some new and interesting secrets… The Strongholds are large and have 3 main areas to them: the trenches, the camp, and the fortified building. The camp area has a big mess tent where you will find: - Scouting Map - Various Sealed Boons - Tarot Cards and more... In the fortified building of the Stronghold, you will find: - The Caged Boss Target - The Maxim M1895 - The Sealed Explosives Box - Many ways to restock your ammo. In addition, the military has dug in all across the maps with additional trenches and smaller checkpoints and campsites that can be discovered. ##### Caged Boss Target The 26th Regiment tried to know their enemy. Originally, they captured this Boss Target with the intent of sawing it to size and sending it out for future study. But during the siege, the soldiers grew hungry, and Sgt. Riggins had a different idea. These are banish-ready Boss Targets that can be found at the Stronghold. Upon banish, they drop 1 Bounty Token. Before banishing this Boss Target, Whisper will be active, allowing you to detect nearby players. For the duration of Road to Hell, a Caged Boss Target will be guaranteed in every Mission, so there will be only 1 normal Boss Target in these Missions, with a chance of a Wild Target to be active as well. This means there can now be a maximum of 3 Bounty Token sources in a Mission. ##### New Supply Point: Medical Supply - New themed Supply Point on the map with unique loot - Players can find the following at the Medical Supply: - Full Health Restoration Kit - Scouting Map - Four Shot Boon - Random assortment of Shots - Chance of a Tarot Card - Medical Packs and more - The Medical Supply will be visible on the map by default ##### New Supply Point: Military Supply Teased in the final weeks of Update 2.7, we have the Military Supply that returns in Update 2.8. - Players can find the following at the Military Supply: - A Sealed Scarce Weapon Box - Scouting Map - Sealed Full Ammo and Tools Restock Box - Guaranteed un-sealed “Catalyst” Trait Spur - An assortment of Ammo Crates and Tool Boxes - The Military Supply will be visible on the map by default ##### Hidden Information Changes With Update 2.8, we want to bring back the scouting mechanics we introduced in 2.7, but with some changes to address the community's feedback. - Scout Towers have been removed for Update 2.8. Instead, at the start of the Mission, the Stronghold, Medical Supply, and Military Supply will all be visible at the start of the Mission. Other Supply Points and Extraction Points will be hidden. - These 3 locations all have Scouting Maps. Interacting with Scouting Maps reveals all the hidden locations. - The Scouting Map no longer reveals the location of Wild Targets. - Bani _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/594650/view/710025644106318936]_