Hunt: Showdown 1896 is bringing Twitch Drops back from 26 October to 9 November. Crytek announced the dates on 20 October and didn't list any rewards. The full schedule turned up today on the player-run wiki: 15 Supply Crates, five main rewards that change every few days, and the legendary hunter Head Taker for anyone who subscribes to a Hunt streamer twice. To collect everything you'll need about 20 hours of watching spread across two weeks, so it pays to know which days matter.
Week 1: two skins and six crates
The campaign is split into reward windows of two to four days. Each window has its own watch time track: Supply Crates for the first hours and a main reward at the 240 minute mark. In the July campaign progress was tied to the active window, and nothing suggests that has changed: four hours on 27 October won't count toward the window that opens on 30 October.
| Dates | Supply Crates | Main reward |
|---|---|---|
| 26 to 30 October | at 60, 120, 180 min | random legendary skin from an earlier campaign, 240 min |
| 30 October to 2 November | at 60, 120, 180 min | Leap of Faith Stamina Shot skin, 240 min |
| 2 to 4 November | at 60, 120, 180 min | random weapon charm, 240 min |
| 4 to 6 November | at 60, 120, 180 min | Hide and Seek Choke Bombs skin, 240 min |
| 6 to 9 November | at 30, 60, 180 min | random avatar at 120 min, random hunter at 240 min |
The random skin comes from a pool of 18 older Twitch Drops items, including Solzer's Silver for the Bornheim No. 3 Extended, Bloodshot for the Hand Crossbow and two knife skins. If you already own all of them, you get a random Blood Bond skin of the same category, and if you own those too, 5,000 Hunt Dollars.
Week 2: a hunter at the very end
The best free reward sits in the last window, 6 to 9 November: a random hunter from earlier campaigns, one of Umpire's Bane, The Infected, Steel Eyed, Billy Story, Kill Buyer and Lulu. Owners of all six get a random Blood Bond hunter, with a small chance of a Dark Tribute one, and collectors with everything get 10,000 Hunt Dollars. That window is also the cheapest for crates, which drop at 30 and 60 minutes.
Head Taker for two subscriptions
- One subscription of any tier, direct or gifted, to a channel streaming Hunt: the Head Turner profile title and a Hunt chat badge on Twitch.
- Two subscriptions in total: the legendary hunter Head Taker. He was first given out the same way in December 2025, so players who already have him get a random hunter instead, according to the wiki.
Twitch also lists Hunt among its Stream-o-Ween categories with a community event called "Hunt Giveth": 128 rewards unlocked together through new subscriptions and watch time, plus "new gameplay additions". Neither Twitch nor Crytek has said what those additions are yet. We'll update this page once Crytek posts its own list.
How to make sure the drops arrive
- Link your Twitch account to your Crytek account on the official Twitch Drops page before 26 October, so the first hours aren't wasted.
- Watch channels that have Drops enabled in the Hunt: Showdown 1896 category, and check the progress bar in your Twitch inventory after the first half hour.
- Claim each reward in your Twitch inventory. Crytek delivers rewards on its side, and that can take a while.
The drops arrive in the middle of All Hallows' Cleave, which runs until about 2 November. If you're still saving for the Burgess, our guide explains how to unlock it for free with event points.
Sources
Hunt: Showdown 1896 news on Steam: "Twitch Drops Dates | Blood Testament" (20.10.2026). Hunt: Showdown 1896 wiki, Twitch Drops Fall 2026 (player data, page created 22.10.2026): schedule, reward pools, Support-a-Streamer. Twitch blog, Stream-o-Ween (01.10.2026): "Hunt Giveth" community event. huntshowdown.com/twitchdrops: account linking and the rules of the July campaign. Screenshots from the game's Steam page.
