Players of Dauntless should be intimately familiar with the hunt pass feature of the game, which works like any other battle pass you’ve seen in other free-to-play multiplayer titles, but the Return to Light update that launched today is making a bevy of changes that Slayers will want to take note of.
In a state of the game dev blog, Phoenix Labs outlined two new types of hunt passes that will arrive with today’s update: a cosmetic hunt pass, which is similar to hunt passes that players are used to except they’ll be condensed to 30 levels and are owned by players forever when they’re purchased (including previously purchased passes); and a Slayer’s Commission hunt pass, which will have 100 levels’ worth of goodies, sport a free track as well as a paid track, and will expire at the end of each season.
⚔️ Slayers, we've taken down the Voidrunner Hunt Pass due to a visual bug. This pass will be made available in 1.10.1.
Weekly story quests are currently missing and we're working on a fix, so stay tuned! ⚔️— Dauntless (@PlayDauntless) April 14, 2022
On top of the two new passes, the devs will be steering focus away from adding cosmetics and direct their attention to new monsters and game modes, which means that April’s and May’s hunt pass and reward cache goodies will be the last new cosmetics to the game. Classic rewards will be making a comeback to both reward sections, and the Vault will be removed on July 7th.
As for the rest of the Return to Light update, there are two new weapon rumors for players to chase when hunting Sporestruck versions of the Embermane and Charrogg, a new season full of challenges and story quests to take on, and a few bug fixes and behemoth adjustments, all of which are detailed in the patch notes.
// Patch 1.10.0 //
1.10.0 launches on Apr 14 at 10 a.m. PT. Expect roughly 90 minutes of downtime.
Patch notes: https://t.co/3DLuN5n0K8
🌟 New Season: Return to Light
🎟️ New Hunt Passes
☣️ New Rumours
🐞 Bug Fixes
✨ And more— Dauntless (@PlayDauntless) April 13, 2022
