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Okay
Now we wait
Yep
Because fuck that you can't just retcon shit on your whim
I mean it's established lore
I dont think they should answer you tbh, but make it correct in the lore
And then you go fucking WoW and add lore that is completely opposite of what established lore is.
I mean sure there is a way to explain it
1895 there was only 1 butcher and 1 spider
Aka the hunts we play
Are still a retelling of a story
But there have been occurances of Butchers and Spiders down the line as well
In which case it still makes it legit
But....
Blergh
I'll just focus on first getting as much of the book as possible together
No
There hasn't
Until Book of monsters
It was always
- Butcher and 1. Spider
Every hunt is retelling of the same story
The unreliable narrator
And the maps + QP is reuse of assets
But the future guy says its hard to piece together the puzzles
And since the whole game is about different takes on the story
They think there were more spiders and butchers
This day in 1895 series imo is nothing more than fluff very little useful information
And the guy says he has trouble believing the findings
But yeah on one account I'm happy that we finally got the book of monsters but the tone shift is notable and Var'uum also noticed it.
But w/e I'll work with what i've try to get some answers, we will compile them output them to community after we have merged PDF book
And fuck if i care what happens after doubt any more juicy lore will come in afterwards
hmm
Are you asking the lore guys questions?
Doesnt really fit the type of lore this game has, since you find out the lore from subjective pieces
So kinda weird in my opinion
Did you read the pinned posts?
Did you?
Did you?
We collect information. We filter out what seems to be most plausible or what is factual based on intersecting references and accounts. If 5 different unrelated people say the Car is Black it's Probably black even if one guy claims it's Dark Blue.
Makes sense?
So we derive plausible explanations for one on another element
And then we ask questions to confirm or debunk them
Which Lore writers until now were answering.
And sometimes with that we also get a bit of spoilers of unrevealed content
That we look further into
Sure
Lore is interesting, but would be more interesting if there was more inside the game and not in a Docs
But I get what you mean
i love how my name has been reduced to the sound a car makes
Rehab08/08/2018
@sinful trout Theory Hermit The Hunt story in general... No text you see is written from an objective point of view. Each piece of text is written by a certain character. Each probably from a different background, using their own terminology – for lack of a better term they use certain words. Like for example – Arab says djinn / shape / sculptor.
Furthermore, this makes some text unreliable. People can remember things wrong. While other can lie.
In fact, each session of Hunt gameplay is conceptual. There is only one spider, only one butcher. They were killed only once. But each Hunt match is somebody telling that story differently.
As to what really happened in Louisiana in 1895, that is the big puzzle.
@main quail
Ok
But the words from the future guy aren't so much against this
He had to piece the puzzle
Read Dennis' response on bomb lance's harpoon inside Hunter.
Idk if its just joke or lore.
Could be lore
Something to do with the soul 😄 thats why you cant revive more than x amount
Depending on health
could be cool
deffinatly intentianal lore
no reson to write such a specific explanation if it wasnt legit
And thats why a headshot is not permanent death.
I think it's a joke, cause hunters get incapacitated when shot, but I guess gameplay mechanic is fair here
Also, I'm tripping a bit cause one of my aunt's is named D'aunoy
(pronounced dun wah)
Or D unwah
I think its a joke @minor peak mainly because if it could reverse all these things and wasnt just gameplay elements then hayward could have revived sinan
Updated doc
@minor peak I'm 99.9% Sure it's a joke
Revival is a game-mechanic as far as we can explain it
No way
Can someone survive being blown to pieces via Dynamite
Getting their torso opened up with a huge ass burning cleaver
Being eaten alive by sea butt-worms
And getting a Nitro-Express look through hole in their chest
Or shotgun blast to the face
Tip there would be no head left
Concensus, lore hunters can revive incapcated hunters. Gameplay, all types of damage deal incapacitating damage to hunters even ones that literally fucking destroy half of a meathead
@slim hatch Not really familiar with the lore but after reading the armored #3 I'm confused, I thought the monsters were made by something you guys call the sculptor but in the text it's some random guys who have discovered a way of turning human bodies into stone...? So it's also weird experiments that are turning people into monsters?
@sinful trout So writers never appeared to answer.... Is there someone we can @ that does pay attention to this and can maybe ask them? Maybe Maquannas or a mod?
@urban burrow Answer is NO
WE had one
He is no longer among us
@tall lava Unreliable narrator and I'll be honest I haven't read most of them yet I just gather them
But var tagged two guys that were writers right? Or do you mean it changed because the writers changed?
If that's the case then could it also be possible for the sculptor to be false...? Might be dumb questions but I'm just out of the loop 😅
Highly doubt that sculptor is false
And frankly put sculptor is just one of many names it carries we just agreed to refer to it as such
@urban burrow There are different people with different level of willingness to communicate and different rank within the company.
All that
@urban burrow they're kinda a go between
Affects on how open or closed they are
i got ya
But back to my point if they are a go between is there not some way for us to ask them that question because obviously discord notifications didn't work
I think the people who care about this and have dedicated so much time to it deserve some form of answer maybe that's just me tho
#bringbackfaish
I actually have an idea. What if the American Hunters Association has agents working in various newspapers so as to cover up demonic incursions and to bury stories by witnesses?
Alternatively they could be working to locate possible demonic incursions
I think thats very valid...I think the AHA and other orgs do alot to conceal these things...like a government coverup so to speak
It’s also possible that those Doctors are unscrupulous snake oil salesmen taking credit for this young man turning into an armored.
I mean government regulation over medicine won’t be a thing for about 20 years.
Yeah very clue, and we already know that alot of info from these people is unreliable
true*
maybe there's a physical attribute to these transformations and the runoff water activated some of the effects
Regarding the number of bosses and bounties, having more bosses doesn't automatically destroy the idea of bounties being valuable
besides being hard to get, we don't know how many bosses there are, but I assume they are pretty rare
Plus with no previous bounties there wouldn't be a hunt for them and their propreties wouldn't be known
and if there were previous cases there will most likely be more in the future
Also on the #3 Armored thing, the thing that stands out to me is why there would be the middle article about the guy who burned alive
until we know more we need to go off the idea that there can't be more than one at a time
its probably something to do with how the chitin on armoreds is heavily flammable imo
@forest condor im just worried that if we continue down that road theyll tell us that no there is more than one and end up destroying our theories
Theories based on old FACTS. Fuck this new retcon
Yeah i do not mind theories being destroyed thats the nature of the beast...Though being told something is true by a writer then having it end up being not true just kinda sucks
But if its due to writer change and such cool no biggie just let us know
So there are two types of portals?
Unstable and stable ones right?
If the clues are one what is the other?
Unstable one is probably the rift between two worlds where the entities come from
Ok
The stable portal can be created by the Hunters then
Just watched some early video of devs talking about Hunt
Where they say Hunters open a portal to banish the boss
So they have more powers than just the dark sight
Or seems like it
No you can't close stable portals
Stated explicitly
Yes portal / rift is opened during banishing process by the looks of it
But it's also slammed shut right after the boss is banished
So it's an unstable one
Because stable ones can't be closed
One of many
Clue is just one of many
2 Types doesn't mean there are only 1 kind of each type
True
There are 2 Types of Animals Carnivore and Herbivore doesn't make it only cat and a cow (And yes we all know there are also Omnivores but for sake of example lets forget about them)
Wellspring is also unstable type
It's even described as volatile
Yeah
Why haven't we discussed how when we banish a boss anportal opens up and they fall through
Yes clues are unstable portals
@slim hatch where did you see it confirmed about it being an unstable portal?
- a lot
It gives us proof that hes not an aha hunter as he says "sometimes the trophy is just a bag of Bones"
It also adds some dark foresight to the "friends betray each other eventually"
Sounds like he's reminiscing
And what could a stable portal be
guys pleas correct the section of the book of mosters
In game?
In latin u can call it 'liber de mostribus' or simply the just 'de mostribus' NEVER use genitive after de only the ablative form is possible
Dude
We can't do that
We're not devs
Also Bobby Boulder showed Google's take on it
sry wrong goup
No, there's no group here that can do it unless you @ the devs
in latin is wong thust me
And even then, it's a project that's taken a very long time, they did it right
Book about monsters
not in right ancient latin man
Is it wrong in latin
grammatically wrong?
So what would the librum de mostrorum mean
like 'ibus'
in english
If it doesn't mean a book about monsters what would it mean
means the same but it's wrong in latin grammar
Ok
Wait, so it is fine
And means the same thing
But the Grammer is slightly dofferent
Its not grammatically correct but means the same thing
yes
And some historians could just use different grammer
How do you know the author knows proper latin grammar? He could have just thought it was a good name for hte book and boom there ya go
as in the author in the story not crytek writers
Dont think its intentional 
Honestly, it is the 70's iirc, the historian was probably uneducated in "proper" latin
yeah my thought
Next one is 500 Grunts and I've my doubts I'll manage to nail that one unless I do full server wipes early on
you've done a great job so far
Alright I concede these things aren't zombies.
Are you happy now Arpy you win these things aren't zombies and I won't call them zombies any more
i'm not happy because i'm right
i'm happy becasue now we can keep getting that knowledge
Given this new lore I think it's possible that I could have gotten my theory about the Gros Bon Ange and the Ti Bon Ange backwards. The previous theory was based on the Journals of Dr Reed, but with the new lore I wonder: What if it's not something supplanting the Ti Bon Ange but something supplanting the Gros Bon Ange and taking control of the body? This could potentially explain why the bodies are rotting but aren't dead. What ever has supplanted the Gros Bon Ange isn't compatible and as a side effect the body begins to decay and decompose.
possably
Frankly this reeks of ret con.
But this should be expected the game is still being developed and I would rather they change around the lore before the game is officially released than after
Yeah that's definitely a ret con. Although truth be told I actually like the change from "two hunts that are just being retold over and over again" to "multiple hunts for multiple bosses"
of course it's entirely possible it's the same butcher and he just keeps escaping from where ever he's been banished
i think there's one butcher and a new body is made each time he dies
so still one butcher
Also fun fact Dr.Winkel who is researching grunts is with Father Nico from the badge wallpaper texts
When I’m done grinding lore will update character sheets
isn't it the trading cards?
And based on last text unlocked he suffered same fate as Dr.Reed
seems to have
Trade cards / badges same thing what we do know he is being affected by sculptor’s influence just like reed
And based on cards he won’t make it either
"there's no trace"
Only his journal
What boss theory?
my theory that one of them was the boss
also that's an image from the end of the trials of DR reed
a not the boss
Yes I know
And we know reed isn’t spider either as initially assumed long ago debunked twice
Via QnA and Dennis’es slip of tongue during character stream
Wait I just had a thought. What if the sculptor is wearing down the barriers between our reality and what every reality these things come from. Or worse yet is holding the door open for them. Allowing them to more easily enter or re-enter our reality?
What if it's not these monsters he's sculpting but reality itself?
Sculptor seems to be entity one of many
Case of Poltergeist, Djinn , 1666, 1885
And obv. The sundering
My thought was more that the sculptors are the ones creating the rifts in reality... although the more I say this the more it sounds like a "no duh" theory
Yeah doubt it as well
If sculptor could create a rift and afflict bayou then earth would be done for
I'm not saying they can create stable rifts, but unstable rifts
If they could create stable rifts between our world and their world yeah we would be fucked
That I think we don’t know aka 0 basis as such that’s my answer “We don’t know the magnitude of sculptor’s power”
We don’t even know its position in terms of hierarchy among its kind
Maybe the Book of Monsters can help with that
Well we do know there are no ranks aka chaos in which case strong dominate the weak
As per law of nature
But anyway i need to sleep good night
my god @slim hatch CAN I GET A BREAK
i believe that the ti bon ange is being suppressed but not essentially overwritten. just that its supressed and they have to bear witness to what the gros bon ange is doing
doc updated
GREETINGS
I have some news
Tomorrow! 4pm CEST ! @rotund ferry and I will be stopping in here to answer some lore questions
oooooh boy , awsome
Wanted to give some advance warning so you'd know when exactly we'd be around
Mostly intended to focus on Book of Monsters questions
Hm?
oh shit sry that was an accsedent
4PM EST is 22:00 my time... At that time I'm quite high on melatonin already...
Also AMA when we haven't even had all the time to read through lore
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
I mean the grind wall is huge behind them
Well bring what questions you want
We'll answer as much as we can
Ah jesus, also @rotund ferry has just pointed out to me I typoed on the time zone
CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME, 4 pm
Sorry bout that
Time to gather questions so we avoid duplicate
is here the party?
Sorry that you haven't had a chance to read through everything yet, but we're super excited to be talking again now that Book Of Monsters is out, and saw that there were already some questions. Of course, this isn't the only AMA we'll do, and hopefully we'll be able to stop by more often
still also need to read the book of monster
too busy with new weapons and thingy
XD
I've been grinding unlocks haven't read a single page aside from some skimming
Anyway I'll prepare the doc so we can gather questions like all previous QnA's
AMA session? 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bH3GBV0VYD7dOfp_PFh2xX13ENMCyEfYesZ4Gcm-Mtk/edit?usp=sharing Here is the document lets start smashing in all questions @sacred sable Could you do us a favour and pin it in both #lore-discussion and #lore-discussion-hardcore
❤ 😗
As Always i really do suggest we discuss questions listed, their basis etc. as to gain maximum gain out of it but that's just a suggestion.
Well, looking forward to hearing them all. Do remember, we are still prohibited from answering questions that will be answered in upcoming lore releases, but we'll answer as much as we can--and with the book of monsters out there should be a lot more we will be able to discuss
Ok! 
See you'll then
We got a short deadline tho....
I guess we just smack in anything that isn't President's Daughter and we are good
@slim hatch It's CEST not EST
Yeah already informed by Haw @gusty herald That gives us 24h to prep questions
First main question is what the hell happened from 1 boss to multiple
I went into lore-discussion-hardocre for the first time.. It's way too much out there to get trugh it for this QnA. I hope we will get more compressed lore in the future.
Theres sine pinned docs @zealous shoal @nimble cairn


What's the time for the ama in freedom please
In lameo time? Idk
The eh zone is 5 hours before
So its 5:38 right now for them pm
Its 12:39 pm for me now
So it happens at 11 for me tomorrow
Time to post yer questions
Im still wondering if the Sculptor and AHA are correlated
Sure
Pushed old questions into the new doc however i doubt theyll get answered
Propably changed it since retelling the same event doesnt work with adding the Assassin and new map
It still would because we were told that many entities were at play in the louisianna event and thst this hunt was significantly differe t than all the rest
BUt I think the change is better, kinda lowering the impact of a single spider/butcher
Evil is at play here
Lets send 10 farmboys with Winnies
to kill each other and kill the big boss
Question two seems a bit to hostile. I sounds accusatory as if we're saying they lied to us. Maybe it's just me but I think we should reword it a little so it sounds less accusatory.
I say this because you catch more flies with honey than vinegar and if we want to get answers and we want to have them respond more it's best not to sound hostile or accusatory.
I've issues with Question 8
Feels as if it came from someone who hasn't read a single of the previous QnA's
@sinful trout could you add something about weather or not this is the first qp? I'm on mobile rn
@slim hatch I think it's a question from another QnA
And it could have merit, we know that the sculpter's power can manifest in physical sources, (the water that petrified the guy in the armored texts)
@slim hatch question 8 was from old qna
Valid point
Quick aside, glad we're working together again, this is really working out
@slim hatch even though its obvious its a curse we should continue to entertain thoughts that others have.
I feel like we had lore on william salters before the new monstorvum came out. Though i may just be crazy.
Anyone else feel the same?
short question: when there are multiple butchers and spiders, does it dump the theory that every match is the same story retold over and over?
DOesnt
so it could also be at the same time just different locations? (lawson delta)
sure
arrrr i HATE this part of the lore. I dont like the fact that its probably the same story told over and over again
Me neither
But dont know the full lore so cant comment
me neither. But i am digging in a bit
@forest condor is it clear that the lore was changed? Because that would give me hope that it might get changed on this point
It's clear that it is one story told over and over agin, but apparently there are more butchers
So it's either this is just one butcher/spider/assassin we're facing and there are others, there is only one of each but when banished it comes back, or there are many of each boss
It's clear that it is one story told over and over agin
They said it's the same story
And now it's not
But they should clear it up tomorrow
k thanks
another thought: Is it figured out if the portals have a time travel function? That would explain the bloodline and the XP, although it would mean that they travel to the exact same event and redo it over and over again.
@forest condor it would still be the same story, but it would include the progressing mechanics. Is this a thing? or did i miss something?
what is this beautyful creature?
the spinman
I want on the live server
Already is
looks awesome
Frankly I would prefer tif they ditched the “one hunt just being retold over and over again” lore.
i like it
I feel that if it’s possible for the bounty targets can come back from hell it makes them seem like a much bigger threat. They possibility that they could come back makes them feel like a much bigger threat than once being banished they’re gone for good never to be seen again.
it actually makes discussion on the legitamacy of each lore text feasable
instead of taking everything at face value
as well as making each boss unique and showing that they have a greater impact
If there was a large cast of Boss Monsters I could see that. But if your fighting they same two bosses over and over again they’re going to loose that feeling of uniqueness really fast
I also feel as if it robs the individual Hunts of a sense of meaning. Because if there is only one hunt for each boss than only one hunt is he actual hunt and the rest is made up stories.
But this is just my personal feelings on the matter
? you're only fighting each boss once if that
lore wise
the idea is each hunt is a story told about how your hunter went through the hunt
did he die
did he kill someone
and a historian is piecing through documents trying to figure out how it went down
Again this is just my personal opinion. And frankly I don’t think the presences of multiple hunts changes much. The only thing that’s different in my opinion is the historian is looking at multiple hunts instead of just one.
But again this is just my personal opinion and to each their own.
but how could the boss die in multiple hunts if there's only one boss
and if there's multiple bosses why fight over one of them
why not each kill their own
A) These things are being banished back to “Hell” if they got into our world once it stands to reason they could do it twice
B) Greed simple human greed. It doesn’t matter if there are multiple bounties only one team/hunter can collect the bounty. Simple human greed will facilitate the rest.
It’s why in game players will kill other players to get the other bounty. If one person gets the bounty everyone else can just extract and try to get it next round. But they don’t.
No there isn’t. If you don’t grab the bounty you can extract and try again in the next round.
oh you mean gameplay wise
yeah, again, it's a story told millions of different ways
Yes the gameplay is proof that people will needlessly fight over bounties.
yeah, but ONLY if there are multiple avaliable
But for US the players there ARE multiple hunts available. If you loose a hunt you don’t stop playing forever you start another hunt. There is no shortage of opportunities to hunt bounties but yet we still fight to the death over one bounty
We the players are proof that even when there are an infinite number of opportunities to hunt and collect a bounty people will still fight to the death over one individual bounty
Fair enough there is a reason why Crazy is in my name
About a legendary hero
Who did awesone things by himself?
That legend could have been twisted a million times by different people
First its his assistant
Next hes alon
Alone
Then he has a part of people
The they slay a dragon
Then he slays a dragon
Most of my childhood bead time stories were about Moby Dick. I was a very strange child.
Things get warped and what people take with them is what they pass on
So if the same story was told to a hundred different people
Chances are only 50% can retell the same story identically the same
So then you have not 1 story but 50
Multiply that by a few hundred years or so
You have what the hunt verse calls "the unreliable narrator"
Each hubt is a different persons story
A different fresh perspective
Thats why we love the idea so much
Becausw one story has just spider
Next has butcher
Next has both
But wait doesn’t the AHA go to extreme lengths to cover up demonic incursions and their hunts. Including having witnesses institutionalized or even assassinated?
Next has neither. Each story would be completely unique
Hunters classify as witnesses
And even hunters have children they tell stories to
Its also stated in the lore that they go tobars and boast their stories and drink expensive liquor
Everyone thinks their crazy
But man was that a goodstory
Ill tell some friends
This is why the unfeliable narrator was so good. It had depth behind it
Yeah but at most there would be only 12 stories and that’s assuming everyone on the successful hunt survived. And wouldn’t the AHA have written down these accounts?
MEAT behind it
we had to read into each document and cross reference
and actually feel like we were digging something up
@earnest jungle aha wouldve. But this isnt about the ahs telling the stories
Its about modern day retelling of the stories
So many to go around
So thats why everyone loves this theory. Because it gives hunt a whole new meaning when you see it. But now it seems to have switched directions
a less tridtional storytelling
But again the AHA seems dedicated to making sure these stories wouldn’t go around? Given they have strict rules about secrecy
Its in the lore thst hunters tell stories mate
Its nothing aha can do
Unless they start wiping towns to keep it a secret
But then you have to cover that up
Plus no one is believing these anyway
So why bother
After all
Theyre just bedtime stories
mic drop
The AHA can kill them. In fact the leader said that if he outed them he would be killed.
He did
But thats ousting
Saying "i have proof of a secret orginization"
Not "i killed a bug fucking spider with an automatic russian sniper"
Which is more likely to expose stuff
Which is believe able
Alrighty @earnest jungle i gotta go right whick for a couple hours
Any more questions feel free to ask. Id love to sit down and have a long conversation about this. Its quite enjoyable
Yeah but if a guy goes around telling stories about how he killed a giant fucking spider with an automatic rifle that’s going to draw people’s attention even if they do think it’s bullshit. And people have believed far stranger with far less proof.
I mean look at InfoWars if you want proof of how easy it can be to convince people to believe the craziest and outlandish of thing with virtually no proof! And it certainly drawn attention to Alex Jones and the ludicrous things he says.
It doesn’t matter if people doubt the stories it’s still going to draw attention to these stories. Attention I doubt the AHA would want.
It would be more trouble for them to silence these people whove heard outlandish stories. I doubt people from way back then would believe such "ghost stories"
Most people who watch info wars do it for comedy.....Well everyone i know lol its fun to watch Alex Jones go on his tirades
I do think there was covering up happening
In the huntverse
Also, wouldnt be surprised if the AHA had political power behind the scenes of many governments
Hunters tell stories...but to other hunters right? I do not think hunters were sharing this info willy nillie
Fair enough but I’m still skeptical that the AHA would be okay with hunters running their mouths about the demonic invasions given all the work they put into covering up those invasions
I think they would not be ok it either...kinda a looked down upon things...But they could dismiss stories...now hard proof? Ya they may kill someone for trying to expose it
Guys, is it just me or does it look like the Assassin is grieving when he dies. Like he's saying sorry i failed, or something
Has this been looked into
I havent noticed...but if it is its sorry for not completing his job of killing everyone haha
Well yea
But who is it grieving to
The Sculptor?
And also
His name
The Assassin
Doesnt quite match up with Spider and Butcher
An assassin is sent to kill a specific target
So, maybe the sculptor sent him to kill something
?
I think the assassin is a name we gave him...much like the others
We as in hunters
and people in the huntverse
That doesnt add up
Why not?
Maybe it’s a reluctant killer sort of thing? The Assassin just wants to be left alone but it’s a monster now and is forced to kill/the AHA is hunting it down?
We named all the other beasts...meethead, hive etc
Because in the Huntverse there arent multiple Butchers, Spiders, etc
There is one of each
Well devs just refuted that the other day
Ah ok
If you scroll up you see us asking if they can clarify on that
We never got a response
Yeah, was a mild uproar about it because at one time your right that is what we were told
We should probably ask the devs again if their old stance on “one story being retold” is still their stance or if they’ve changed that as well in the Q&A
but the book of monsters refuted that
Ya would be a good thing to add to the QnA
I wanna read em
If you look in hardcore they are all there
its the last things posted
Lore discussion hardcore that is
Anything more...particular
A hidden message
?
Or is this just the hunters learning
Im a bit confused on your question...
Should we be looking for something more than surface level on these books
OH, well its a compilation of all the information on these monsters that is known to Harold Black (I believe thats the ingame author of the book) So there is loads of lore to unpack there...But in this book. the bosses are spoken in a pleural sense. The spiders, The butchers
I actually have ran into a few things i find very odd and almost contradictory to what we have been told
The boss parts, that part you speak of....There are a few others id have to go thru to give good examples though...All in all there is so much to unpack its kinda tough....Varuun has put together a very good document breaking it all down for an easier way to read it all;
I would recommend using this instead of going thru one by one in hardcore...its alot easier to read
Thanks :D
I think thats the wrong one actually give me a second
Yea
We should all be thanking the people who put all this hard work in from Hardcore.... @sinful trout @forest condor @slim hatch And anyone else who has put in loads of time...We appreciate it
ATM it is just being used as kind of a INFO dump so the community has kinda asked people to frefrain from posting there...but for future if you want access you have to contact Maquannas
There are no hard and fast rules for hardcore, just that your respectful and know the difference between the two
People are trying pretty hard to keep it clutter free atm So as long as its not being abused i think you can have access
Yeah you can just ask Maq and as long as stuff you post there is on topic and not memes, you should be fine 🙃
^ agreed
basically it's a place for stuff to stay up without being buried
The
Assassin, so aptly named, destroyed the man I was.
Hmmm
Maybe the name has a deeper meaning after all
Guess well find out tommorow
it's supposed to instill fear in you
so i guess an assassin of your innre confidence
and self essteem
lol
It was probably named "assasin" by hunters because of its use of illusions and preference to strike from the shadows
@wispy dome but yes. Hardcore is essentially dead.
@urban burrow im not in hardcore anymore. Remember? I left
Ya Var, but you put in alot of work thought you should be included in the comment
appreciate the thought ❤
Sometimes people deserve things they do not like haha NP
speaking of not liking stuff
you should come back to hardcore now that it's opened up
using it as a place to keep reference material so it doesn't get buried seems to be a good use
and do not forget to join us in suggestions discussions where we are constantly reminding the devs to revert the Anti clue sound....
We shall have victory ARPY!
lol, back to lore
Im not goingback to hardcore. It strayed from what it was supposed to be
And its still dead
okay
It's dead because nobody serious is talking there.
Besides, it's good it exists because you find informations easier that way. ie. Book of monsters pages.
I do enjoy that its become sort of a LORE dump makes it real easy to find a link or a piece of lore you are looking for
What is lore about? Dont know this word.
It's an underlying story for a game or movie
Hunt doesnt got story mode and will most likely not have one at all but this is covered up by lore-writers who write the story for the game and its events.
Sometimes learned through gameplay and sometimes through outside books
1 hour and 20 mins, AMA right?
Kind of weird they gonna do it here instead on Reddit.
This is a really thriving lore community, and it's easy to get answers here
On reddit, if a writer answered a question, they are marked in red.
I misread
But here, you have to scroll and scroll. :c
You can search for the name
Or you can check the doc
(it's actually a bit easier here cause you can search nam s
Ah ok i understand now. No story needed at all 😄
Game does need story lol and the writers are slowly explaining as the story through various ways.
Book of monsters, etc.
And gameplay
@rotund ferryno story mode
Here is the stort
story*
All this? Its symbolism
We are playing Alex Jones. The Zomibes, hives and so on are the ennemys of Infowar
And the other players are the mainstream meida
media*
Are you guys ready? 😃
The questions are in the doc and i think there will be plenty of people asking questions so I'm not bothered.... I still need to read the new lore.
So
I guess have fun peepsies
I have 10 minuets, let's do this
Hellooo
now, what is going on? its a curse? a disease? plague?
Ahighty then we jump right in
Q:what was the event that caused Fr Nico and Dr Winkler to disappear without a trace?
@signal heart @rotund ferry

Wait wait, one at a time
Q: For how long was the Hunter Association existing before the events of the game?
I've put the channel in a slow mode so please ask your question in one go if you have one. That way they have an easier time answering 😃
So...first question first, is it a plague or what
Well I hope everyone has Fun, But im in class Learning Phonemes lol
Also please try to keep the channel for lore questions only. We get it you all want to say hi but that doesn't help them answering things 😃
Hej ho.
Yeah, whats that all about?
Was it a plague, a ritual?
It as a quasi Post or Pre Apocalyptic world?
How are the Hunting Societies organized?
Are the Hunters really living beings, or cursed themselves?
Q: Is there a lore behind hunters resilience (handling gunshots and being revived) or is it purely a gameplay element ?
Q: Will Bob Ross ever finish his painting?
What brought upon the monsters from hell?
Q1...So at the time, a lot of people are describing it as a plague. I'd say it's accurate as a metaphor, but not a literal plague
Q: Are Vitality shots made using bits of infected monsters/demons?
Q: Does whatever Dimension or Entity from which the Creatures come (guessing Hell) react to the Hunter sending them back
Q:is this before or after or maybe during the civil war and is it affecting it
Q: How do hunters end up in the quickplay mode?
Q: Any explanation why Hunters instantly die with no explanation when the contract timer expires? I understand this is gameplay-issue but any lore reason behind this?
Q: is the assassin a hive mind of bugs or is it one person
Q: Was this game made because you wanted to make something based around the Deadlands Tabletop but couldn't get your hands on the license?
Q: did the infection spread beyond Louisiana?
It did spread, we know this it's not locaized to the us
Q: Are Hunters Celibate?
Q:is it in Texas or Mexico
Q: If hunters are all part of the same association, why do they kill others among them?
@deep basaltcause they're sucky people that's actually the reason, they're bad people who are greedy for the power of the bounty
Q : Is the hunters association imply in the "plaque" ?
Q:People turned into grunts, hives ... are they aware of their state or their mind simply disappear with the infection?
Q1: A disease or a curse – characteristics of each. The late 19th century was a period of cultural revolution, where scientific replaced religious thinking. The closing of the western frontier obliterated oral folklores and mythologies, but in turn imaginative thinking emerged again in the burgeoning genre of science fiction. What’s affecting the bayou is an amalgamation of these anxieties
@deep basalt Well I guess they are Bounty Hunters right, they do it for money
Are the immolators the remains of the hunters that get burned in Quickplay?
Q2: what was the event that caused Fr Nico and Dr Winkler to disappear without a trace?
The final days of Fr Nico and Dr Winkler are detailed in the Grunt entries, I think once you read all of them you can put 2+2 together
Q: What is the point of the entities to spread the affliction? do they have a reason they came here?
Q: Who sends the hunters to the swamp]
Q:is the bosses people who had the "plaque" the longest or did they do something to make them worse like how the butcher is a meat head with a pig head on him
Q: Where did the trench-work come from? Was there some kind of containment/survival effort or were they there from before the zombies?
Q What is the water devil... I'd recommend unlocking all of the Water Devil Entries for that answer
Q: why is only lousianna "cursed"?
Where did the water from the bayou come from?
@rotund ferry it's not the only place
Maybe focus on documented questions? Because many questions asked are openly known answers already.
Q: Are you guys planning to create videos depicting the exact manner of how people transformed into grotesque monsters? A trailer depicted for 1-2 seconds the transformation of woman into hive so I wondered.
Q: where does the wellspring come from / creation
Q: Is the 'event' strictly localized to Louisiana? A specific region of Louisiana? Is it going to spread or arise in other locations? In which case, are we going to get non-Louisiana bayou maps?
Next up: Q: Is the game in the past or future? Or maybe an alternate universe?
The gameplay is set in 1895
Q4: when will we get some actual lore released instead of us guessing?
Book of Monsters!
Q5: Is the rest of the World also infected?
No - over time we're going to give more and more insights into the rest of the world, though of course our focus is on the bayou
Q6: Are Vitality shots made using bits of infected monsters/demons?
We'll definitely go into this in upcoming Book of Weapons - where we give origins of everything in the arsenal!
Q: What are the insects on the hives and the new Assassin boss?
Q: Are Hunters split in regards to the new technology like the Dolch and Mosin Avtomat replacing the much more reliable caldwells and winfields?
Q: What is the starting point of all these events?
Q: Are the bosses mutated past-humans or spawns/Demons from Hell ?
Please make sure to keep the questions lore related, and check if someone already asked a similar question 😃
Ahight, next up: Q: did the infection spread beyond Louisiana?
A: There have been incidents recorded in other parts of the world
Q: Is there any hidden secrets in game we have yet to find that would relate to hidden lore?
Q: do dead hunters eventually transform into zombies and roam de bayou?
Can mods like pin or highlight dev answers?
HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTED QUESTIONS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bH3GBV0VYD7dOfp_PFh2xX13ENMCyEfYesZ4Gcm-Mtk/edit
Q: what does the hunter organization get from the bounties, and/or what are the bounties, I'm guessing something they use bounties as a weapon?
Q: Will there be more lore to read in the future?
Q: what is holding the boss to its lair?
Q: How many hunting societies are there?
Are the hunting Duos linked to each other, maybe magically? So, if one dies his partner resurrects him with his life energy, for example?
Do they perform some kind of ritual to bond with each other?
Q: How long do the incidents last? When does the Bayou one end? The Book of Monsters seems to imply it was written long after this event concluded.
Q: Are the Hunters also Infected by the Devil?
Q: if bosses don't roam why do they leave clues?
Q: is there a name of the plague that effects lousianna?
Q: Why is the Devil so lenient in regards to bargaining with Hunters? Doesn't he realize that they're using his powers to stop his plans?
Q: How did the hunter association keep people quiet about what's happening in the bayou and stop rumors from spreading
@deep basalt Check pins scroll down there is QnA #1 , #2 and characters + Snippets of lore that we managed to unlock
Q: Who is buying bountys and what is used for ?
Q: What type of evil magic is it? Christian hell or more like Haïtien voodoo?
Q: is the magic alchemy? ^^ (also pertaining to his question)
what are the bountyes?
Q:is this before or after or maybe during the civil war and is it affecting it
A: After the civil war - 1895. But there were likely incidents during
Q: How do hunters end up in the quickplay mode?
A: Damned souls with nothing only one hope for salvation - The Wellspring
Q: What happens to the hunters when they die? Will they be "damned"? and what does "damned" in this context mean?
Q: Are the damned souls in quickplay hunters that already died then? And the Wellspring is a chance for them to resurrect?
@rotund ferry Game is set in 1895...some we are dealing with are early prototypes
Q: Can we expect more famous hunters to show up? And if yes, will they give us an insight on what its like to be a hunter?
Q: Is the bayou the afterlife and you are actually sending the monsters to earth?
Regarding were some questions yesterday about the Butcher Entries and there being multiple bosses, it's also in the question doc linked.
Previously, in a Q&A, a former colleague of ours announced that there was only 1 of each boss, and each match is just a retelling of a story. At the time, that could’ve made sense. However, when it came to putting together the Book of Monsters that part of the lore just didn’t sit right with us. It didn’t seem to match the game play, it didn’t match the player’s experience. There didn’t seem to be enough frame to support the idea that each match is someone retelling of the same story. After all, a Hunter can kill a Spider multiple times in their lifetime, and players do hundreds of times.
We’re really proud of Hunt’s photorealism, detailed environments, grotesque monsters, and realistic weapons. In being so immersive, it felt wrong to turn around and say – “hey, this visceral game you’re playing is actually a retelling of a retelling of a story.” If there were mechanics that supported this storytelling theme, or a frame in which a Hunter would speak and tell you this was there story, it might make sense.
It was a difficult decision to go back on what was said, but weighing everything up we didn’t really think that the ‘1 boss ever’ idea just didn’t have a lot backing it up, and was limiting our approach. There are multiple storytellers in Hunt, take everything you read with a pinch of salt, but throughout 1895, the Spider, Butcher and Assassin were encountered and killed at different times in different places.
Q: whats the lore behind the duck with legs and arms?
And...this is an addition tot he answer about the "one boss or multiple bosses thing"...to get into details following what Hearn just said. The first occurrence of each boss, which is what you are reading about in the Book of Monsters, involved one person being “turned,” and that original person/their soul/whatever you want to call that remains tied to that form, tormented in a kind of purgatory, doomed to respawn in the same hellish form again and again and again. Does that make it “just one” or multiples? I would argue its multiples, as its respawning, but the soul used in its creation is stuck in there each time. So there is a binding element that connects all Butchers/Spiders/Grunts etc, but technically, it’s a new creature each time. New creature same recipe.”
Q: was there any sort of kid variants? there seems to be a lot of dolls.
Q: is there only one instance of each boss at a time?(just for a yes or no clarification)
Q: Any plans for monster based weaponry. Like a bone spike we can throw.
@forest condor I think its more complicated than yes or no, see my answer just now
Q: so the hunters are doomed to kill bosses and each other again and again in multiple universes for the devils entertainment?
Q: Do you have plan for Book of guns like is Book of monster in path 6.0
Q: Any explanation why Hunters instantly die with no explanation when the contract timer expires? I understand this is gameplay-issue but any lore reason behind this?
A: Abstraction - when you're lost in the bayou, you're good as dead
Q: If hunters are all part of the same association, why do they kill others among them?
A: It's less of a strict organization, more a common interest group. when those interests get too common, it turns to conflict. Why do you kill other hunters? We want to explore this more definitely in Book of Weapons content
Ahight next up: what is voodoo's role...
Voodoo plays a peripheral role here, in the same way that Christianity and any other religions do: those who believe in x religion attempt to fit their explanation of the events into their belief system. The “infection” is not religious in origin, however.
Q: Why are so many hunters shooting each other for the bounty to begin with? It must be
an incredible source of power or make you insanely rich. It can't be that all the hunters are just psychos, right?
@fluid kernel I saw bodies of kids near a river stream in Lawson delta map. but they were part of the scenario
Q:Is the association secret or somewhat widely known? Wouldn't it be easier to deal with the incidents via mobilizing the whole U.S military instead of making mercenary groups?
Q: approximately how many of each boss was there. As in how many times approximately was each one resoawned
Q:if there's no religious connection why are voodoo practitioners contacting Huff, and why is he taking Marie Louvre seriously
what does the hunter organization do with the bounties, or are they just "tells" that the thing was killed, like part of a dead body in bounty hunting... or is there more?
Q: Has the AHA experimented with time travel?
A: No.
Q:People turned into grunts, hives ... are they aware of their state or their mind simply disappear with the infection?
A: Read the entries!
Q: What is the point of the entities to spread the affliction? do they have a reason they came here?
A: Hunger ... we'll hopefully have a chance to go more into this, but can't make any promises
Q: in quickplay are hunters bringing anything more then their renewed selves back .
@rotund ferry we already have one, in the 6.0 update
Q: How did the hunter association keep people quiet about what's happening in the bayou and stop rumors from spreading
A: Most people thought it was a plague. People who got too close to the real story were sometimes killed. Rumors could not be stopped entirely.
Q: What do you have to sacrifice to be able to use darksight? Is it a kind of a deal with the other dimension?
Q: why are some non infected corpses to be found in the world? Are they immune?
A: Some were likely immune, but many were simply killed before becoming infected
Q:is the bosses people who had the "plaque" the longest or did they do something to make them worse like how the butcher is a meat head with a pig head on him
A: Book of Monsters!
Q: Where did the trench-work come from? Was there some kind of containment/survival effort or were they there from before the zombies?
In Lawson Delta? Some backwaters never invested the manpower to immediately demolish fortifications following the Civil War. Farming was more important
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Q: can you describe the ritual around gaining darksight?
Q:What power is the dark sight exactly? Is it some kind of magic?
Q: Are the authorities aware of the outbreak in Lousiana? If so, why are they not taking any action, particularly to AHA's practices?
Are AHA's practices legal or illegal?
Q: You say some people were immune. If the plague is believed to be super atural like you said. How does that translate
Q: is hunt showdown set in an alternate timeline or is it set in the same timeline as ours?
@sinful trout Then let's put it this way, it is possible to be unaffected
Gotvha
Q: How old is the Hunter's association? Did it originate from an older society that migrated from the old world to the new world or somewhere else?
Was AHA founded specifically for the plague
Q: How does Dark Sight work
A: We'll be exploring this in upcoming lore
Q: Why does the plague cause people to eat each other, so they die instrad of turning?
Q. Is some forms of law enforcement aware of ahas existence?
@rotund ferry you mean alternative univers?
Q: Are the AHA's activities illegal?
A: Im not sure US law covers the murder of monsters
Q: Is there anything from a lore perspective keeping the infected from leaving the map and spreading the horror?
Q: do the bosses have involvement in wellsprings?
@rotund ferry its in the past 1895, represents that time, but its not real life events...
Q:why are qp hunters so underequipped, were they looted after "dying" or whatever happened to them to make them wake up
Q: in the trailer you can see some voynich letters (thanks @forest condor ) Do they have a meaning? did the ancient kings already struggle with the entities?
Q: where does the wellspring come from / creation
A: From the same place as the 'sculptor'
Q: Are Hunters split in regards to the new technology like the Dolch and Mosin Avtomat replacing the much more reliable caldwells and winfields?
A: Yes! everyone has their preferences - some are more traditional.
Q: What is the starting point of all these events?
A: Now this is a good question!
Q: Are the bosses mutated past-humans or spawns/Demons from Hell ?
A: the answers to this can be found in the Book of Monsters
Q: But if AHA activities are not illegal, isnt murdering a hunter illegal?
Q. We were told people could come back from the sculptors influence. Whst eould be the cut off point to brung someone back? Exposed organs? Fleshy bits?
Q: Is there any hidden secrets in game we have yet to find that would relate to hidden lore?
A: @signal heart Did they find everything in Lawson Delta yet?
Q: Can hunters learn different powers (if there are many) or do they get them from rituals
@rotund ferry wouldnt you like to know
Q: is the wellspring a weapon
Q: Do you have plan make lore about Gunsmith and armories and Gun manufactures like crown and king , Caldwell ,Winfield ?
Q: how do the hunters not get their brains splattered all over the wall with a mosin headshot or how do they not get absolutely decimated by Bomb Lance bolt exploding in their guts? Is it just a gameplay mechanic or is there an actual reason in the lore for it?
@stable pumice
Book of Weapons 😃
Q: what does the hunter organization do with the bounties, or are they just "tells" that the thing was killed, like part of a dead body in bounty hunting... or is there more?
hawthorne | words thanks for answer 😃
Q: Did william salters steal documents from aha's asylum? If so. Did he try to warn people of the curse?
A: Youre gonna be hearing a lot more from Salters soon
@full fog it would be a lot harder to revive...
Q: Reading the history of the compounds in the Bayou, there is evidence of isolated tragic events that had occurred at some point before the Hunt. Are these the cause or call for the demonic forces, or a side effect from when they were rising?
Q: What is the sculptor?
Q: Is there a way to communicate with the infected?
Q: how did the entities come to our world? was the portal opened somehow?
Q: do dead hunters eventually transform into zombies and roam de bayou?
A: it is possible
Q: what does the hunter organization get from the bounties, and/or what are the bounties, I'm guessing something they use bounties as a weapon?
A: Another really good question, they certainly use them for something - this story though deserves a really good telling
Q: Are the marks and rings that hunters carry upon themselves a way to amplify certain abilities? Or are they purely cosmetic.
A: Some are ritual markings, some religious, some superstitious, some cosmetic.
Q: Do you plan to add certain players actions as lore material?
Q: Will there be more lore to read in the future?
A: Book of Weapons!
Q: what is holding the boss to its lair?
A: holding - or hiding? seems pretty dangerous to be a Target with so many hunters around
have to go off topic for a moment: thank you very much for doing this. I think its not common that there is such nice bonding between community and developers
Q: Where do retired hunters go? If the whole world is overrun with evil, where do they ”retire” for a peaceful last years of their life.
Q: why don't the mosters attack eachother? 🤔
Q: Will the Book of Weapons be in PDF format?
Q: Is there more then one realm at play, besides ours and the "sculptors realm"?
Q: Are the titles of the books in a particular (maybe magic) form of latin? (I think the "de" is not necessary "monstrorum" being genitive)
Q: are hives strictly female in host body type? Or can men become hives as well.
A: So this connects to the answer about whether monsters are single occur. or multiples. As each creature originates from one particular person that is then trapped in that cycle, and the Hive was “built” from a woman, I would reckon yes, only women. We only have evidence of female Hives so far. But I can't say for sure we won't find evidence one day
Q: Would it fit the lore to have hunters collect an ear from each hunter they kill to keep as a trophy, like a necklace? ( a possible prestige bonus, collection of hunter kills and to find out the names of slain hunters.
Q: Will there be a book about hunters?
Q : Is the AHA really try to stop the 'plague' or do they just want to 'harverst' the power from the bounty ?
Q: can fully dead people be transformed by the sculpter? Or does it require a living host
Q:is there a physical manifestation of dark sight boost
Q: you can recruit and play hunters. Do you basically play a kind of business making money with the hunters missions? could explain the bloodline (crazy i know)
Q. Is picking up headshotted hunters purely gameplay mechanic?
Q: Is waking up at the beginning of QP lore related or Gampeplay?
Q: How long do the incidents last? When does the Bayou one end? The Book of Monsters seems to imply it was written long after this event concluded.
A: we're exploring the story throughout 1895 at the moment
Q: if bosses don't roam why do they leave clues?
A: When the hunters are away, the bosses come out to play
Q: Why is the Devil so lenient in regards to bargaining with Hunters? Doesn't he realize that they're using his powers to stop his plans?
A: Bargaining? Hunters generally think it's better to ask forgiveness, than permission
Q: The hive transformation seems very calm and not unpleasant. The recruit being interviewed described it like the victim she witnessed couldn't care less about being transformed. Is the conversion from human to hive mind before the hive bursts from their chests?
A: Im not sure who to ask to clarify since this one came from the community doc, but am wondering if the asker has read all Hive entries yet?...I wouldnt call that pleasant. The person being interviewed is not the person who transformed, and is being interviewed a while after the incident
And ive resd what weve uncovered but the lady just let bugs fly into her mouth like she didnt know she was transforming
Q: There has been a noticeable change in the tone of hunts lore. Why is that? Ex: before the game seemed dark and the lore had a bitter evil texture. Now its more light and fluffy.
A: Please define light and fluffy I am not familiar with these words
Light and fluffy? Have you see the Assassin?
Q: Would it fit the lore to have hunters collect an ear from each hunter they kill to keep as a trophy, like a necklace? ( a possible prestige bonus, collection of hunter kills and to find out the names of slain hunters.
@sinful trout Yeah, weird right?
Q: What happens to the hunters when they die? Will they be "damned"? and what does "damned" in this context mean?
Q: Are the damned souls in quickplay hunters that already died then? And the Wellspring is a chance for them to resurrect?
A: Yes! Hunters get a chance at salvation - but Damned is sort of evocative
Q: Can we expect more famous hunters to show up? And if yes, will they give us an insight on what its like to be a hunter?
A: Stay tuned!
Q: why boss become to "boss" why not they just a infected like hive or gront
Q: When does lore come into play? Are developers consulting you guys while making new game mechanics or are you tasked with adding lore to new game mechanics and added content?
Q: Is the bayou the afterlife and you are actually sending the monsters to earth?
A: that would be messed up
Hawthorne.agaon my bad for not beingclear. The questioneans the game felt more grim because the lore was gruesome. Now some entries seem to give "inspiration to hunters" that they can kill the boss.
Q: Would it fit the lore to have hunters collect an ear from each hunter they kill to keep as a trophy, like a necklace?
A: Im sure there's a hunter out there doing that
@sinful trout Fair enough. Ask me again after you've finished the book of monsters
Q: who are we really? , because we as players only control a hunter whom we recruit, what I mean is there a bloodline, are we a noble or are we someone behind the castratrophe?
Q: Are the monster names all set in stone, or are there plans to give them potentially more unique titles?
Q: everything is cursed and doomed, but is there any "Holy" power in the game? any power monsters fear?
Q. Will we be able to ask questions in the future? I know a lot of us are busy at this time
What is the “Power” that hunters get from the bounties? Why are they willing to risk everything to go after them?
Q: whats the lore behind the duck with legs and arms?
A: That's the key to the whole puzzle /s
Q: is there only one instance of each boss at a time?(just for a yes or no clarification)
A: One at a time
Q: Any plans for monster based weaponry. Like a bone spike we can throw.
A: Hive Bomb is a thing, but that question is more for the Weapons people - i could see it happen though!
Q: so the hunters are doomed to kill bosses and each other again and again in multiple universes for the devils entertainment?
A: You go to work every day, too
Q: Is the player some kind of entity that is possessing the hunters or are we seeing their memories with their eyes before they died?
Q: when banishing a boss do you create the portal that appears under them?
And to go back to a question that was answered a bit too definitively for my taste in a previous AMA:
Q: 1. Did Dear Dr.Reed Become the spider or not?
A: It's complicated. Book of Monsters addresses this situation
Q: Who leaves the wagons at the exits?
Q: who is the brave soul who drives the wagons?!?
Q: why was there a sudden radio silence in response from lore devs?
A: We are under NDA and cant discuss unreleased content
Q: why do the hunters hunt? Just for sport? Or is there a deeper reason?
Q: Are there multiple “groups” within the aha? Ex: like mafia families. Certain groups that operate outside of ahas parameters
A: This is addressed in future lore
Q: How dedicated are non writing staff to ensuring game mechanics fit lore?
Q: does AHA provide the extractions for the hunters via Wagons and armored boats?
Q: Why does such a small village need such a huge crematorium?!
Q: Do you have plan for Book of guns like is Book of monster in path 6.0
A: Yes! Book of Weapons
Q: Why are so many hunters shooting each other for the bounty to begin with? It must be an incredible source of power or make you insanely rich. It can't be that all the hunters are just psychos, right?
A: Sadly, people have shot each other over less.
Q: Will we be getting more lore on sinan? Or even haywards daughter?
A: It's possible
Q: why all the pigs all over the place? I get the lore standpoint and the aesthetics, but goddamn....
Q: is the bounty the extracted soul of the boss?
Q:Is the association secret or somewhat widely known? Wouldn't it be easier to deal with the incidents via mobilizing the whole U.S military instead of making mercenary groups?
A: There's a widely known hunter's association, but that's a front. Who says the powers at be want the situation resolved asap - or even believe there is a crisis? Look at the goverment response to the Bubonic Plague in San Francisco around the same time
Q: Is there only one Hunter association or is there more, and are they hostile or friendly towards each other
Q: Can you give us a brief example of the day in the life of the writers?
Q: Is the player some kind of entity that is possessing the hunters?
Q: How dedicated are non writing staff to ensuring game mechanics fit lore?
A: It's really important to us. We're all really dedicated to making the best game possible...its a give and take from all sides.
Q: is every match a planned event? because you spawn at the same time as everyone else.
(I am interested in the behind the scenes stuff sorry if that was not the intent of this QnA)
Q: Why are hunters killing each other for the bounties? Is it just for the money?
Q. is the player a researcher looking back on previous hunts trying ti piece the game together? The more money they spend per hunter being the more resources required to dig up their story?
Q: Can you give us a brief example of the day in the life of the writers?
A: Sure, but mayb you would like a blog post on this?
@urban burrow Cant type quite that fast
@signal heart A blog would be absolutely awesome about this
Lore blogs in general would be great
maybe also a blog about sound design.. ^3^ edit: thanks @elfin laurel
We had a sound design blog in the past + a developer diary, they can be found on our youtube. We might also do a stream for that in the future
As the song "Wake up dead man" have anything lore related?
Q: Why do the bosses even exist? what is their task?
@sinful trout Well sounds fun we'll see what we can do
Q: QP feels a bit off to me from a lore perspective....Where you guys involved from the outset? Or did you have to shoe horn lore into the game mechanics ?
Q: Why are hunters killing each other for the bounties? Is it just for the money?
A: Greed, glory, boredom, you name it, there is someone hunting for that reason
Q: approximately how many of each boss was there. As in how many times approximately was each one resoawned
A: not possible to count
Q:if there's no religious connection why are voodoo practitioners contacting Huff, and why is he taking Marie Louvre seriously
A: These are important figures in the community at large, their faiths give them a lens of understanding - incorrect about the details, a good sense of the bigger picture
Q: what does the hunter organization do with the bounties, or are they just "tells" that the thing was killed, like part of a dead body in bounty hunting... or is there more?
A: more
1
Why is the military not sent in?
Q: As the song "Wake up dead man" have anything lore related?
A: The songs are lore related
Q: why are there caged dogs and hellhounds? are the caged ones immune?
Q: How the hunters banish the bosses?
Hunt has absolutely perfect premise for deep lore - we want more!!! Much more, please 😃 - this is not a question, this is DEMAND! 😉
Q: Do the organizations hold political power in any way outside of these events?
Q: any chance we'll get a clean version of rise up dead man with vocals? ( For lore ofc)
Q: Will you start making black and white comics pages for lore tidbits....PLEASE and thank you
Right it's "RISE up dead man" I'm an idiot
Q: Do the organizations hold political power in any way outside of these events?
A: Some of them, in various capacities
Q: What do you have to sacrifice to be able to use darksight? Is it a kind of a deal with the other dimension?
A: Sometimes, everyone sacrifices something different
Q: can you describe the ritual around gaining darksight?
A: We will
Q: What power is the dark sight exactly? Is it some kind of magic?
A: More like .. some science, some magic
Q: why HHMMMM HMMMM HMMMM hmmmmmmm, and not hmmmm hmmm HMMMM hmmmm for rise up dead man?
A: Lyrical genius
I was referring the the qp trailer that had lyrics
whew! that was a mad hour
You did good
Q: Do the inflicted think for themselves? (Grunt to butcher) If not is it a hive mind?
@rotund ferry In the question about are songs lore?
Q: Why are there so many ravens on the maps? Are they attracted to zombies? How come zombies don't scare them off?
:+1:
Ear necklace, think about it.
NO, YOUR NOT DONE!
good job 😄
please no
Q i have no idea this was answered but is plan for Book Of hunter ?
@signal heart yeah
We can take one last question each
@forest condor Yeah was just kidding about the hmm hmm thing, the songs are all a part of lore
Q: Do the inflicted think for themselves? (Grunt to butcher) If not is it a hive mind?
Q: Who are the hunters exactly? Just volunteers that came for money and glory to kill zombies and risk their lives?
What was the hardest part of development of hunt and what was the best part so far?
Sadly there are still some questions unanswered by maybe during another AMA in the future 😉 note that all the questions + answers are pinned in this channel (top right)
@misty kelp That is ravens nature, they eat corpse, their's a lot a corpse on the map
This was super fun - we should definitely do it again soon
Huge thanks!!
thank you guys
Q: do hunters generate the portal used to banish bossez
@elfin laurel Can us americans get some love on the time next time?
Missed 90% of it
my question was still answered even though @elfin laurel deleted it ;3
Interesting and super cool how you guys actually care about the playerbase. Peace!

Q: Where do retired hunters go? If the whole world is overrun with evil, where do they ”retire” for a peaceful last years of their life.
My question was never answered
Same for some of mine, but they can't get to everything
I had 2 answered im happy with that
I had 3
They did good, that's more then enough
This has been way fun, hold on a sec, we're just figuring out last question...
everyone should thank @signal heart and @rotund ferry that they were available to answer most of our questions we've been having for a long time!
@paper sparrow I think just like IRL it depends on the hunter
Agreed, Awesome of them to do this
Thank you very much, you turned the desert into an oasis
@sacred sable hol' up, they are still working on their last answer
No because the whole world is overrun with evil @undone sky
and I don't pay until they do their job /s
thanks again! We had a lot of fun too inhaling the new infos
thanks a lot though, not very often developers do this
He's typing
Ahight we both have answers to this one: Q: What was the hardest part of development of hunt and what was the best part so far?
We get a little behind the scenes stuff!
Nice
A: Writing the lore for Hunt has been unbelievably fun. Couldnt really pick a best part, just coming in to work everyday, researching, talking things out with @rotund ferry and then turning it all into the fictions. The hardest part has been having to wait to have it release so you could get your eyes on it!
nice
a non-related curiosity question: do smn of you know a certain mr. Acker? He is my teacher at my graphic design training and he designed the endcard i think
agree with @signal heart
Hunt is old, I’ve been aware of it for five years, working on it for a few less. The hardest thing has been letting some stuff go, but it’s been rewarding as I really think it’s been for the better – I’m super proud of the state the game is in, and it’s really awesome working with a great team. The best part is just getting our stuff in and seeing it be received!
........and the old timey newspapers - check them out
Maybe hardest, but i bet you guys loved dropping those bread crumbs
I live in louisiana, there is so much folklore.
OLD TIMEY NEWSPAPERS ARE THE BEST
Sorry, for the caps, they just make me that happy
Q: Who came up first with the concept of the lore of hunt? Not the gameplay just the universe
@signal heart like this ?
Yeah, we uncovered some of the BOM just by checking out some of the clippings around towns
It was fun
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Oh that too I guess
But glad you found Bunny 😃
oh wow, I didn't even know you read actual newspapers, I thought you were talking about the ones in-game
Bunny is best name for best doggo
😃
We need love on the time of the next one for sure, though..Us americans love your lore too
also credit goes to @minor peak for the original screenshot
If you want to write a complete backstory for the adventures of bunny and (Hunter's name) we won't argue
Lol
Ok, I hate to leave, but I have to go. As a parting gift, I shall paste a sentence from the open lore document Im writing on today
Ohhhhh
o3o
@urban burrow I feel ya, I'm in class rn for this whole thing, but substitutes are awesome so here I am
Lol my phone woke me up going crazy and i saw this when i was about to go back to sleep haha
bye! hope its gonna be repeated someday!
"She was alive, but badly disfigured - bones broken or crushed, skin scalded by digestive acid - and thickly coated with mucus. "
It's been fun
See you all sooner than later next time
Cheers
ooo
digestive acid
waves
GG
Finishes ama with more questions than answers
SO CRUEL
goodbye my friends.....
bursts in tears
It's been great though, that was fun
I'm calling it now
Why do I feel an aligator?
We getting a spitter or an aligator
brutally punches the floor
We have gotten a bit but not many
I mean, she was alive
Maybe it's detailing the rescue of someone from the sculpter
If they give us a freaking aligator this game will becomes a horror one for me
Alright - I'm also dropping out for now as well - peace everyone! 🕊
I'm glad they didn't can the sculpter ordeal
