They have been watching you, Hunters. They've seen every victory and defeat at the hands of the bayou. Heard of every monster you have had to face; human or otherwise. While they admit they're impressed by the work you've done these past few years, they're finally ready to show you what they can do.
Native American Hunters are
entering the Bayou and with them the Light the Shadows Event! To celebrate
their arrival, Hunters will get to travel two paths to earn Legendary weapons,
Blood Bonds, Hunt Dollars, and the chance for two Legendary Native American
Hunters to join your ranks. Which route will you take first: The Path of the
Hunting Bow or the Path of the Throwing Axe? The choice is yours and the
rewards are bountiful. If you manage to finish the first path you choose, you
can return and travel the second.
As for how the rest of the
event works, keep reading:
Path One: Pierce the Shadow
Many say the Hunting Bow is
as old as humanity. Lovingly crafted by deft hands trained by generations, the
bow will rarely fail you in a fight, and its arrows might even find their way
back to you.
By choosing the Path of the
Hunting Bow first, and destroying your targets with this old faithful weapon,
you'll earn special ammo like the Concertina Arrows, traits like Hundred Hands,
and recruit Legendary Hunter “The Exile." See a full list of rewards below:
·
Two 25-Proof
Vapours
·
Hunting Bow
·
Hunting Bow Ammo:
Poison Arrows
·
Hunting Bow
Trait: Dewclaw
·
Legendary Conversion
Pistol “Faultless"
·
Hunting Bow Ammo:
Concertina Arrows
·
Legendary Hunting
Bow “The Wayfinder"
·
Hunting Bow
Trait: Hundred Hands
·
Hunting Bow Ammo:
Frag Arrows
·
Legendary Hunter
“The Exile"
Complete this path before the
end of the event and you'll have the opportunity to take the Path of the
Throwing Axe. But be warned: Your Event Points don't carry over and you'll be
starting again from 0.
Path Two: Cleave the Shadow
What better marriage of metal
and wood than an axe? Take aim, take a breath, and throw so you can watch it
spin through the air and bite into its target. Throwing axes are sold in pairs,
so the discerning Hunter can send a barrage death towards their enemies.
By choosing the Path of the
Throwing Axe first, and destroying targets with its gleaming blade, you'll earn
Hunt Dollars, traits like Assailant, and recruit Legendary Hunter “The Third
Son." See a full list of rewards below:
·
Two 25-Proof
Vapours
·
Throwing Axe
·
500 Hunt Dollars
·
50 Blood Bonds
·
Legendary
Winfield Marksman “Bayou Phoenix"
·
1000 Hunt Dollars
·
Legendary
Throwing Axe “Tomahawk"
·
Throwing Axe
Trait: Assailant
·
150 Blood Bonds
·
Legendary Hunter
“The Third Son"
Complete this path before the
end of the event and you'll have the opportunity to take the path of the
Hunting Bow. But be warned: Your Event Points don't carry over and you'll be
starting again from 0.
How to Earn Event Points
Event Points speed up your progression
and speeding up your progression will get you event-gear faster. After you've
completed one path, you may start on the other to gain even more rewards.
You can earn Event Points by:
·
Extinguishing
Pyres (2 Event Points)
·
Killing a Hive with
a Hunting Bow (2 Event Points)
·
Killing an
Armored with a Throwing Axe (2 Event Points)
·
Activating Event
Wards (4 Event Points)
·
Killing a boss (4
Event Points)
·
Looting Hunter
Corpses (5 Event Points)
After the event is over, any Event
Points you have leftover (up to 10,000) will be converted automatically to Hunt
Dollars.
When progressing through your
first path, there will be daily caps on the amount of Event Points that can be
earned, and you will receive Hunter XP instead once the cap is reached.
How Vapours Work
Any Hunter worth their salt
knows that health is of the utmost importance to keep up the fight. Why not
trust the best physician in Louisiana and try The Doctor's Vapours? It'll help
you gain more Event Points and taking it with your team will ensure the effects
multiply and make you all masters of the bayou. This all-natural formula is
made from local ingredients that not only ensure quality - but make those
special event items visible in Dark Sight. So why not give The Doctor's Vapours
a try?
To put it simply: Vapours
will boost Event Points for you and your entire team during the match when used
if you haven't reached the daily cap. At the same time, Vapours allow you to
see event items like Pyres and Wards highlighted at greater distances in Dark
Sight up to 70 meters away. Vapours will only be available during the event.
Check it out:
·
15-Proof Vapours
– 15% Event Point boost for the match, see event items 5 meters further to a
maximum of 70 meters in Dark Sight, price: 40 Blood Bonds
·
25-Proof Vapours
– 25% Event Point boost for the match, see event items 10 meters further to a
maximum of 70 meters in Dark Sight: 80 Blood Bonds
·
50-Proof Vapours
– 50% Event Point boost for the match, see event items 15 meters further to a
maximum of 70 meters in Dark Sight, price: 130 Blood Bonds
Get Vapours in the roster or
in the event store, and use them during a match, like you would any other
consumable. Have everyone on your team use them, or use multiple yourself, to
stack the Event Point boost and range.
Dark Sight will be capped at
70 meters with the Vapours and they do not boost Hunter XP once the daily cap
is reached. However, keep using them to help your teammates who haven't reached
their daily cap. Any Vapours left after the event is over will be refunded for
their Blood Bond value.
After the Event
If you were able to get a
hold of the Hunting Bow and/or the Throwing Axe during the event then they're
yours, Hunter. There is only the matter of when you get to use them: During the
event, once you get the Hunting Bow or Throwing Axe, they are available for the
events duration and will stay with the player regardless of rank even after the
event. If you prestige during the event the weapons, traits, and specialty ammo
will stay unlocked and usable. If you prestige after the event, the Hunting Bow
and Throwing Axe will go away, and you'll have to wait until you reach the
necessary rank to use them once more in the Hunt. The Hunting Bow is unlocked
at Rank 54 while the Throwing Axe is a variant of the Combat Axe available at
Rank 1. Hunting Bow Ammo can be unlocked by killing mobs, bosses, and other
Hunters with the Hunting Bow.
Event Hunter and Gear
The Exile
An artist with leather, bone,
and shell, Delphine returned to her ancestral home to find work, instead
finding a corruption against which she vowed to fight with axe, blade, and bow.
The Third Son
The third son of a third son
of a third son, Nahotabi was endowed with notable strength, a brazen manner,
and preternatural skill in hand-to-hand combat. By day, a dedicated, curious,
and quiet librarian; by night, a silent and deadly terror with pistol or blade.
Faultless
Once an heirloom of the Akune
family, this Caldwell Conversion Pistol has taken its share of knocks. On her
return, The Exile sought it out, finding it the perfect tool to right wrongs.
The Wayfinder
Quiet as a chill gust of wind
heralding a hurricane, the snap of this bow's string ushers in the inescapable
destruction of The Exile, finding her way home.
Bayou Phoenix
Ornamented with every shade
found within the heart of a blazing fire, this Winfield M1873C Marksman is said
to always find its way back into the bayou, ready to rise to any occasion.
Tomahawk
The Tomahawk takes its name
from the Algonquian word for cutting tool. In the bayou, this throwing axe
continues the fight for life.
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