Earning Hunt Dollars
- Rush clues: each clue pays 50 Hunt Dollars, so three clues can cover your weapons and some tools even if you die afterwards.
- Soul Survivor: hunters and equipment are free, and you still earn some Hunt Dollars when you die.
- Stealth runs: kill monsters, collect clues, check cash registers and extract without fighting.
- Sell what you don’t use: filter your weapons, tools and consumables by owned and sell the spares.
All from Crytek’s Developer Insight post of April 25, 2025.
Spending Less
- Free Hunters come with a contraband First Aid Kit and melee weapon you can reuse on other hunters.
- Dynamite over Frags: five or six Dynamite Sticks cost about the same as one Frag Bomb, though they hit less hard.
- Loot weapons: swapping a Frontier 73C for a dropped Krag saves about 409 Hunt Dollars, in Crytek’s example.
- Packmule: four starting Upgrade Points in Packmule let you carry two consumables and refill free from supply points and toolboxes.
- Throwing Axes with the Assailant trait (1 point) can replace a Heavy Knife and Throwing Knives, freeing a tool slot.
Money After Prestige
Prestiging resets you to rank 1 with $8,000. At most prestiges you can take an extra $2,000 instead of a +10% Mission XP boost; the Hunt: Showdown Wiki notes the XP boost can be worth more over time, since a rank 100 Bloodline earns $200 per 5,000 Bloodline XP.
Boosting
Hunt Dollar farms, prestige and MMR boosts are on our Hunt: Showdown 1896 page. Prefer services that play with you rather than on your account. Prestige and Bloodline ranks are covered in our leveling guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a clue worth in Hunt: Showdown 1896?
50 Hunt Dollars, per Crytek’s Developer Insight post.
Do you earn Hunt Dollars in Soul Survivor if you die?
Yes, some, and hunters and gear are free in that mode (Crytek).
Sources
Checked October 15, 2026. Game systems change with patches, so confirm numbers in game.
