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The Hunt

Hunting season

The sixth floor's signature event, in which registered hunters are unleashed to kill crawlers and take their gear.

Story so far

The Hunt opens with a 30-hour countdown and a Grace Period during which all 360 Hunters are held in the city of Zockau. The announcement warns that registration is being kept open until the last moment because of recent events, and the showrunners expect the number of participants to double or even triple before release. Hunters traditionally start at level 30 and train up while crawlers descend the upper floors; because this season's crawlers arrived early, every hunter has been given a 20-level bump and starts at 50.

Even during the grace period the hunt is not safe: hunters' minions and traps are already scattered across the jungle, and some crawlers have already been killed by them. The hunt runs by season, and Ian says a core group of about twenty regulars returns every year, including Vrah, who killed his brother at a food stand in a previous season and faced no consequences because the guards did not see it.

Role

The floor-wide event that turns 85,223 crawlers into prey for leveled-up alien hunters.

Relationships

Hunters — The participants released to kill crawlers.
The Hunting Grounds — The floor on which it takes place.
Grace Period — The 30-hour delay before hunters are unleashed.
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Chapter 1
  • The sixth floor's signature event, in which registered hunters are unleashed to kill crawlers and take their gear.
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