update · December 12, 2025

Hunt: Showdown 1896 Update 2.6 Deploys Twitch Drops and Support-a-Streamer Rewards

Hunt: Showdown 1896 introduces Update 2.6 alongside a Twitch Drops campaign running through December 24, 2025. Players can earn watch-time rewards, supply crates, and new Support-a-Streamer bonuses.

Update 2.6 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 brings a Twitch Drops campaign alongside the Murder Circus Encore event. Running until December 24, 2025, the promotion rewards viewers with random equipment, hunters, and charms based on cumulative watch time, plus special chat badges and Legendary Hunters for supporting streamers.

Watch-Time Rewards and Supply Crates

Viewers can earn up to nine supply crates alongside tiered watch-time drops by tuning into participating streams. Milestones range from random charms at one hour up to a random Krag variant skin ("Death's Caroler") at nine hours. Other milestones grant random avatars, equipment skins, Sleigh Ride Ranger 73 variants, and legendary hunters.

Support-a-Streamer Bonuses

Subscribing or gifting a single subscription to a live channel unlocks a Hunt-themed Twitch Chat Badge. Gifting or purchasing a cumulative two subscriptions unlocks the Legendary Hunter "Head Taker". Contributions can be split across multiple channels or applied to a single creator over multiple months.

Duplicate Protection and Payouts

Random drops prioritize items the player does not currently own from designated reward pools. If a player owns all items in a specific category, alternative rewards apply. For example, owning all previous Twitch Drops and Blood Bond hunters awards 10,000 Hunt Dollars, while completing equipment or charm pools grants 5,000 Hunt Dollars.

Why this patch matters

The Update 2.6 Twitch Drops campaign offers straightforward cosmetic and currency rewards for active viewers, with duplicate protection ensuring veteran players still walk away with Hunt Dollars.