What changed in theHunter: Call of the Wild™ in 2021

Made fur quality (shader) improvements for all animals.

Did a visual overhaul for some of the input icons and buttons.

Retouched visuals for water in lakes & rivers.

Made FPS improvements to boost performance.

Fixed the issue where Turkey callers were not included in Rancho Del Arroyo reserve.

Mission items can now be inspected and are stored in the Mission Item Codex.

Standardized fur rarity tier weighting for all species.

Dog collision with player’s character is fixed.

Animals will not become un-harvestable if there are too many corpses unclaimed.

Did a naming pass on all fur variations, all should have string names now (not ‘common’).

Sounds will not persist anymore after walking through bushes.

Improvements to population distribution on reserves (WIP).

Fixed the broken Fast travel issues across a number of reserves.

Fixed the issue of various Weapon Packs and Parque Fernando DLC missing from Xbox players’ libraries.

Radio towers across various reserves no longer defy gravity.

Fixed an issue where discovering a new need zone caused the previously discovered need zone to disappear on Map UI.

Updated feeding clue meshes for predators (no more blood splatters).

Fixed a crash which could occur when showing waypoints to another player.

Massive overhauls to animal update threading.

Fixed the issue of not being able to input certain symbols and special characters into the Password field when creating an Avalanche Apex Connect™ account within game.

Increase LOD granularity across species needing LOD improvements.

Fixed the problem of EU rabbits not fleeing into their burrows as they should in Hirschfelden reserve.

Keybinds now indicate when a long press is needed with the hunting dog.

Players can customize the Spotting Outline Color for animals spotted by other users in multiplayer.

Resolved the issue of being unable to shoot in aim mode after firing another gun.

Your dog will not continue to growl when near a freshly shot animal.

Ammunition now shows up in your inventory quick access menu as designed after running out and purchasing more.

Fixes for creating and joining multiplayer Trophy Lodges.

Various crash fixes in Multiplayer.

The Scent Eliminator and First Aid Kit now show their correct icons in the player HUD when equipped.

Fire particle effects and animal track particle effects should now appear and play properly.

This update will reset some animal populations including Collared Peccary, Rio Grande Turkey, and Ring-necked Pheasant.

Players could continue to fire even after running out of ammo for certain weapons.

The Collared Peccary Codex entry now displays the correct recommended ammo type.

Fixed the bug where only character’s hands appeared during a death animation while riding an ATV.

Mexican Bobcats no longer become stuck in an animation loop at drinking zones.

A new Great One is roaming certain Reserves.

The amount of shotgun score required to purchase 12 GA Birdshot ammo has been reduced.

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Turkeys and Pheasants will not land on/below water when flying across lakes.

Crash & stability issues occurring when a player loads into a reserve have been fixed.

Rares for whitetail deer and coyotes showing up as commons. This fix will be retroactive.

Unexpectedly high spawning rate for Whitetail Deer Great Ones has been addressed.

Design-related bug concerning fur issues for Whitetail Deer and Coyote in Trophy Lodge.

Fast travel not working for Casa del los Gil outpost in Rancho Del Arroyo and other reserves including Yukon Valley, Silver Ridge Peaks, Vurhonga Savannah, Te Awaroa.

Audio/Performance (FPS) related issues where sounds stop playing and game begins to lag have been addressed.

Players getting stuck under Hunting structures when trying to exit them in Silver Ridge Peaks, Layton Lake, Yukon Valley, Cuatro Colinas, and Medved Taiga.

Fixed the issue of user’s character sliding/drifting during gameplay when controller is reconnected after being disconnected.

Fixed the issue of ATV lights turning on/off at night time when 3rd person camera is toggled.

Dog will no more be slow in notifying user of a harvested animal.

Fixed the issue of user not being able to fast scroll through EULA popup using a controller.

Updated color and fur textures for existing animals like Whitetail Deer, Mule Deer, Coyote, Bighorn Sheep & Merriam Turkey.

Backpacks will not be visible in first person camera.

The maximum tracker level that Dog can achieve is 15 which is now indicated in Tracker Level icon on Dog screen.

Huntermate screen will not go invisible after switching reserves now.

Animal corpses will no longer be invisible after walking outside of render range and back.

Made some Audio engine performance improvements.

Diamond Whitetail Deer will no longer weigh more than 100kg.

Fixed the issue with Rangefinder bow sight not displaying range or aim dots.

Fixed the issue when player could not jump or go prone after changing reserve while in a treestand.

Removed the black circle which appeared around waypoint marker.

User’s character will get hurt by the cacti if they collide with them.

It will be easier now to complete the mission ‘The Perfect Liebre’ in Cuatro Colinas reserve.

The effective range stats for rifle ammo will no longer display low values in store and inventory.

Added a checkmark to indicate which Dog is active in Kennel screen (if user has more than 1 dog).

Removed & updated the placeholder text in My Dogs tab when user does not own any dog.

Fixed the dog status icon while tracking live prey.

Reworked the spawning rates for Geese.

Fixed the slow motion bug for Dog at tracker level 1 and 16.

Fixed the issue of sight disappearing on bows after switching to a different arrow type.

Now users can auto-run using a controller: Double click of L3 when standing still = Auto-walk, Double click of L3 when walking or running = Auto-run, One click of L3 = Toggle between auto-run and auto-walk.

Fixed the disappearing of Great One Whitetails that previously existed in the reserve's animal population after restarting the game.

Introduced a new reserve inspired by the Sonoran desert with five unique animal species and new weaponry.

Buffalos near lookout tower will no longer cause damage to the user on 1st floor.

User can now see other users’ waypoints in map during multiplayer session.

Fixed the crash when user orders the dog to track within 50m of a rabbit corpse.

Added a new (Carcass found) icon to notify user when dog is done with its harvest search.

Dog will now sniff each blood spot more evidently while tracking blood clues.

Dog will now gain a portion of total XP when starting to track a harvest and the rest of XP will be added when harvest is found.

Refactored and standardized pricing for Multi Trophy Mounts.

Enabled footprints for dog in snow.

Fixed the issue of tents disappearing with an active dog nearby when user resumes gameplay after quitting to main menu.

Fixed the issue where Female Dog showed up even when user purchased Male Dog.

Fixed the issue where scope became invisible for a weapon while switching ammo types.

User will be able to pet their dog in the Trophy Lodge.

Fixed the issue where incorrect values were displayed for individual Reserve and Global Play stats in Codex menu.

Fixed the issue of missing antlers on the trophies in the Trophy Lodge (this fix is not retroactive).

Fixed a crash that occurred when ordering a dog to track within 50m of a duck or goose corpse.

Fixed a rare crash that occurred on startup for PC users.

Fixed incorrect ranking of trophies displayed in Hunter Profile menu for new harvests; not retroactive.

Resolved issue causing the dog to enter an unusable slow motion state at level 15 of the tracker trait.

Fixed a rare crash that occurred when joining a multiplayer session.

Bloodhound's level 15 animations may decline into a slow motion state, making it unusable.

A server-side change has been pushed to prevent the Bloodhound issue for players yet to encounter it.

Silver-scoring animals recorded as Gold, Gold as Diamond, and Diamond as Great Ones.

Fixed certain cases where the game would shut down due to becoming disconnected from Steam server.

Fixed Turkeys so that they properly flee when spooked.

Fixed Rangefinder Bow Sight so that it shows distance to target in yards when using imperial unit system.

Fixed issue with ATV prompt showing for all players in a multiplayer game.

Fixed an invisible horn of a Bighorn Sheep on a very low-scoring set of horns.

Fixed an issue where human tracks would show a random animal icon in the Tracking HUD.

Red Fox feeding need zones no longer show up right next to European Rabbit burrows.

There is now a warning if you bind the same key/button to multiple actions.

Fixed issue where confirmation prompt would remain on screen after closing Store, and could result in buying wrong item.

Walking through shallow water won’t be too loud anymore.

Revised the number of coyotes in Cheelah Lake to complete a mission.

Huntermate will not show black screen now when user fast travels between outposts in Te Awaroa reserve.

On PC, the animal ranking leaderboards will not be empty anymore.

Fixed issue that made it impossible to jump or go prone after fast travelling from a treestand.

Various crash fixes.

New left and right stick deadzone settings in System > Gamepad menu.

Added support for new paid DLC: Bloodhound.

Fixed issue where mounting weapons on gun racks during multiplayer session would prevent player from entering their trophy lodge again.

Fixed issue with Trophy Lodge multiplayer where a guest would spawn in an empty lot.

New mouse smoothing option in System > Keyboard / Mouse menu.

Text chat in multiplayer is now supported for Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese on PC.

Alexander Traditional Longbow can now be used to complete several bow hunting missions in Layton Lake and Hirschfelden.

Tweaked several side missions from Vualez Arc so that they’re no longer so extremely hard to complete.

Added a limit of maximum 5 Trophy Lodges of each type to solve certain save issues.

Fixed several issues resulting in animals falling out of sync between players in multiplayer game.

Fixed an exploit that allowed to harvest the same animal multiple times under severe network lag.

Fixed issues with animals not showing on time at need zones and not dropping clues while also improving performance.