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key: mechanic/shooting-projectiles--t027
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id: shooting-projectiles--t027
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title: Extraction shooters
summary: >-
  A sortie ends only upon extraction; acquired loot raises both the value of
  leaving and the risk of continuing.
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  - id: source-e5f0e3004142ba56
    title: 'Hunt: Showdown 1896'
    url: 'https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Extraction shooters
    description: >-
      A sortie ends only upon extraction; acquired loot raises both the value of
      leaving and the risk of continuing.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/hunt-extraction-guide.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      crop:
        x: 240
        'y': 0
        width: 960
        height: 600
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      originalUrl: >-
        https://www.huntshowdown.com/files/playerguide/landing/Phase2_Step6_poster2448.jpg
      credit: Crytek; extraction screenshot from official player guide
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Screenshot supplied in the
        official guide; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: A boat and extraction countdown in Hunt
      alt: A boat and extraction countdown in Hunt
      markers:
        - x: 50
          'y': 36
          label: Extraction countdown shows 30 seconds
        - x: 50
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          label: The boat marks the extraction location
    tips:
      - >-
        Distinguish acquiring loot from securing it through a successful
        extraction.
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      - title: 'Hunt: Showdown 1896'
        url: 'https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US'
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  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
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---
# Extraction shooters

id: shooting-projectiles--t027
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/shooting-projectiles--t027
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/shooting-projectiles--t027/

A sortie ends only upon extraction; acquired loot raises both the value of leaving and the risk of continuing.

## At a glance

![A boat and extraction countdown in Hunt](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/hunt-extraction-guide.webp)

[Hunt: Showdown 1896](https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Screenshot supplied in the official guide; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Extraction countdown shows 30 seconds
2. The boat marks the extraction location

- Distinguish acquiring loot from securing it through a successful extraction.

- [Hunt: Showdown 1896](https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US)

## How it works

A sortie ends only upon extraction; acquired loot raises both the value of leaving and the risk of continuing.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t027-variants"></a>

- Exits: different extraction points impose different conditions. <a id="t027-v1"></a>
- Noise: combat reveals position to other participants. <a id="t027-v2"></a>
- Insurance: a stated rule recovers part of a loss. <a id="t027-v3"></a>
- Cargo: valuable loads hinder speed and stealth. <a id="t027-v4"></a>

## Design example

A recovered engine slows movement, and the nearest exit requires waiting for a noisy lift.

Prototype check: Test extracting early with modest loot: it should be a meaningful strategy rather than a disguised failure.

## Context and limits

Shooting connects position selection to the moment of firing. Distinguish view direction, weapon direction and the actual hit query: the camera may see a target while a wall blocks the muzzle. Traveling projectiles need readable trajectories and flight time; immediate hits need clear feedback and a consistent reticle. These overviews propose original rules and hypothetical scenarios. Godot's documentation explains ray intersection queries, not network lag compensation or a universal weapon model.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Godot: Ray-casting](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/physics/ray-casting.html) (id: source-8a492c292e237e0e)
- [Hunt: Showdown 1896](https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US) (id: source-e5f0e3004142ba56)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors