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Hunters,
Patch #2 for 1.2 is now live. Below are the update notes:
AI Butcher:
- Decreased the butchers resistance to explosive damage. It can now be killed with a single BIg dynamite bundle as before.
Gunplay
- Knuckle Knife:
- Increased the damage of the Knuckle Knife's normal attack from 31 to 45.
- Slighty increased the stamina consumption of the Knuckle Knife for normal attack.
- Slightly increased the damage of the Knuckle Knife heavy attack against the hive to allow 1 hit kills when striking the head.
- Increased the damage of the Knuckle Knife's normal attack from 31 to 45.
- Machete:
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