How to set one-hit-kill traps in Hunt: Showdown

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The quintessential new player experience in Hunt: Showdown includes dying and now knowing why. The game’s mechanics and sandbox are complex and interconnected and they allow for a variety of ways to kill other Hunters — or your own if you are not being careful. One of the most rewarding things you can learn to do in Hunt: Showdown is set combo traps that can instantly kill other players. By combining different Trip Mines and environmental objects into perfect little recipes of death, you can send players to the home screen in an instant, sometimes without ever crossing paths with them. In this guide, we will give you the essential tips and tricks to set one-hit-kill traps in Hunt: Showdown, as well as some less lethal but equally aggravating combos.

The red barrel trap is a Hunt: Showdown classic. Since Alert Trip Mines trigger explosive barrels when set off, walking into such a combo trap is a death sentence, even with the Bulwark trait equipped. If you really want to create an explosive trap and there are no red barrels in sight, you can DIY it by throwing a Dynamite Stick (or Bundle) through a Choke Bomb cloud to extinguish its wick, then setting the Alert Trip Mine next to it. This is a serious expenditure of resources, but it can be hilariously effective in the right circumstances.

The Concertina bear trap combo isn’t as flashy, but it’s certainly effective. This Hunt: Showdown trap works by placing a Concertina Trip Mine on top of two bear traps, or two Concertina Trip Mines on top of a single bear trap; both combos will