Seasons are a competitive environment for hackers around the world to compete to be atop the scoreboard. At the same time, newer players will have a chance to compete against themselves by claiming flags and climbing the tiers.

For the most part, no changes. The most recent 20 releases will still be active Machines, contributing points towards the old Hall of Fame and Hacker ranking. Solving a Machine during its “Season Week” will give points for both the Season and in the old Hall of Fame. Once a Machine finishes its “Season Week” in the Season, it will go to the active Machines tab on Hack The Box. As usual, there will be 20 active Machines (the one active for the season plus 19 more), with one retiring each week.

HTB Seasons are available to all users, hence you will just need to login to your HTB account and check out the Season section at the left of your dashboard. Spawn your Machine and you successfully entered the Season!

You’ll be able to play the Machine as an active Machine, but to get points for the Season, you’ll have to submit the flag via the HTB Season section.

A VIP subscription is not required. Release Arena provides players with their own instances of Machines on Saturday through Wednesday after release. This will now be available to all players (even free accounts) through the HTB Seasons interface. Seasonal Machines will still be available in free and VIP shared labs, and via VIP+ individual instances as well.