Here are the notes for today's Patch!

New Feature: Trophy Lodge - Spring Creek Manor

Showcase your best animals in your very own Trophy Lodge. Plaques and full body mounts of different sizes allow you to present your harvests in a variety of different poses. Invite your friends to your Trophy Lodge or travel to theirs in Single and Multiplayer.
When in a reserve, open the Pause Menu, navigate to the new “Trophy Lodge” Button in the left navigation strip. Create a new Trophy Lodge from the available Lodges - Spring Creek Manor being the first available lodge. Select the newly created Trophy Lodge and “Go to Lodge” in order to travel there.
Once in your lodge, you can switch between “Edit” and “View” mode and can follow the on-screen controls.

Please note that creating a Trophy Lodge requires ownership of the Trophy Lodge DLC.
You can travel to other player’s lodges without owning the DLC.
Once a Trophy Lodge is created but the ownership is revoked, you can still travel to your created lodge but access to the Edit mode is denied until ownership is restored.


New Feature: Trophy Manager

When harvesting an animal, you are now able to taxidermize or save it for later. Taxidermy comes with a cost but you can save the animal for later taxidermy.
When in the Trophy Lodge, you can access your Trophy Manager to taxidermize saved animals, retrieve already put up animals or simply browse your collection.

Trophy Manager, Taxidermy or saving animals does not require any additional ownership and is granted with access to the base game.


List of Fixes:

• Fixed issue of Roosevelt Elk changing size when idle or walking
  
• Holding Breath no longer toggles sprinting
  
• Fixed issue of Red Deer mating call not being audible
  
• Fixed issue of European Bison not creating HUD element nor audio when calling
  
• Fixed issue of not being able to hit Blue Wildebeest’s brain
  
• Fixed issue of the wounded deer not spawning correctly during Fleischer - Returning the Favor mission
  
• Fixed issue of antlers & horns becoming offset if the animal was harvested in a multiplayer game by a non-shooter
  
• Fixed issue of Gemsbok overextending neck when reaching to the side while eating
  
• Fixed issue of Snort Wheeze caller listed as compatible for Mule Deer
  
• Fixed issue of several animals’ fur variation missing in the Harvest Screen
  
• Fixed issues with binoculars in 3rd person animations
  
• Fixed visual issue when going from stand to prone with Cacciatore 12G while aiming down sights
  
• Bolt-action rechambering animation no longer plays when firing SA shotguns with Muscle Memory 1
  
• Fixed issue of shooting Red Deer in the skull hurting its foot
  
• Reintroduced animation for changing zeroing leaf on KING 470DB
  
• Unlocking Zeroing no longer requires both Breath Control and Steady Hands but only one of them
  
• Fixed animation issue with Cacciatore 12G when chambering next shell after aiming down sights
  
• STRECKER 20GA no longer plays leaf animation when changing the zeroing
  
• Fixed issue with being able to endlessly chamber bullets on the Cacciatore 12G while aiming with Manual Chambering being switched on
  
• Fixed visual issues when using Deer Grunt Caller

Hello Hunters,

The wait is over! You can now get your hands on the beautiful ‘Spring Creek Manor’ Trophy Lodge. The team have been hard at work creating this spacious British mansion from the 1800s. With its exquisite wooden interior and an abundance of places to mount your Trophies, the Spring Creek Manor is the Lodge of your dreams!

Never has there been a better way to reminisce over your best hunting stories!

For more detailed information head to our Steam Store Page HERE, Happy Hunting!

Hello Hunters!

On tomorrow’s live stream we will showcase the upcoming Spring Creek Manor Trophy Lodge! Don’t miss out! Tune in and join us 16.00 CEST on twitch.tv/expansiveworlds or mixer.com/thehuntercallofthewild!

Hello Hunters! We have now closed our Trailblazer Beta!
Thank you so much for participating and providing valuable feedback to the team about the current state of the game and the new Trophy Lodge before release!

// your theHunter: Call of the Wild Team

Hello Hunters,

As you all know, Trophy Lodges are soon to be released into the game. Because this is such an important release, we would love to get your feedback on the feature and what better way to do it than with an Open Beta?

To continue our "Trailblazer Programme" we are offering a new Open Beta for the Trophy Lodge and encourage those of you who want to participate to share your thoughts and feedback on our latest animal addition.

Please note that the Trophy Lodge will be a paid DLC upon release and this is the first time that we are able to do an Open Beta where everybody will be able to access for free. This will change with release.

Trophy Lodge - FAQ's and Known Issues can be found here

It’s a chance for you to, during a limited period, experience changes to the game before they are technically “live”. It’s also a way for us to test updates without “committing” them to the main version of the game.

The Beta will be available from now, Friday March 29th, until Monday April 1st

Right-click theHunter: Call of the Wild in your Steam library and click “Properties.'' A window will open, then click the tab at the far right labeled “Betas”, you will then come to a window that looks like the one below:

Please enter the following code in the box (without the quotation marks): “CalloftheWild”, then CLICK “Check Code” (just hitting enter won’t work). You should now notice that your game will start an update, this will be the Open Beta build installing.

Note: The download can potentially be large, and this will need to be re-downloaded as you switch between the live/Open Beta clients, so those on metered internet connections please bear that in mind.

Nothing. When you start the Open beta client your game will be entirely “fresh”, you’ll have no save game, cash, skills etc. But don’t worry, this has NO effect on your “live” version of the game, you can switch back and forth at any time (see the next point below).

Note: We DO have a means for you to get up and running quickly in the Trailblazer Beta. Hit “Escape” and go to the Hunt Club Beta menu, there’ll be a reward there where you can claim a large sum of credits, a big XP boost and weapon score points in all categories.

Do the initial same steps as when installing the Open Beta, but when you get to the Beta tab you should not fill in a code. Instead in the drop-down box saying “Select the beta you would like to opt into:” you simply pick “None - opt out of all beta programs” and your client will run a small update. After that, you can play the normal version of the game again. You can switch back and forth between the live version and Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme at any time during the period just by using that dropdown menu.


Please use our “Beta Feedback” board on the Steam Community Hub here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/13/

Yay, you’ve made it to the best part! Please see below the changelog for the Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme, this will give you some ideas about what to look at specifically when playing on it.

Note: You WILL need ownership to the relevant content on the live version of the game in order to test it in the Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme. For example, Vurhonga Savanna-specific content would require you owning that particular DLC. That being said, you can of course join a multiplayer hosted game on that reserve should you not own it yourself.

For this Open Beta, access to the Trophy Lodge will be free. Everyone can access the Trophy Lodge and experience it. Please note that this will change with official release as the Trophy Lodge will be a paid DLC.

• Spring Creek Manor - Trophy Lodge
  
  New Feature: Trophy Lodge - Spring Creek Manor
  
  • Showcase your best animals in your very own Trophy Lodge. Plaques and full body mounts of different sizes allow you to present your harvests in a variety of different poses. Invite your friends to your Trophy Lodge or travel to theirs in Single and Multiplayer. Please note that this is a paid DLC, but you can visit your friends’ lodges without owning the DLC.
  
  
  New Feature: Trophy Manager
  
  • When harvesting an animal, you are now able to taxidermize or save it for later. Taxidermy comes with a cost but you can save the animal for later taxidermy.
    
  • When in the Trophy Lodge, you can access your Trophy Manager to taxidermize saved animals, retrieve already put up animals or simply browse your collection.
  
  Game Improvements and Bug Fixes:
  
  • Fixed issue of Roosevelt Elk changing size when idle or walking
    
  • Fixed issue of Red Deer mating call not being audible
    
  • Fixed issue of European Bison not creating HUD element nor audio when calling
    
  • Missions requiring a bow can now be completed with a crossbow as well
    
  • Holding Breath no longer toggles sprinting
    
  • Fixed issue of not being able to hit Blue Wildebeest’s brain
    
  • Bolt-action rechambering animation no longer plays when firing semi-auto shotguns
    
  • Fixed issue of Cacciatore 12G and Nordin 20SA reloading infinitely
    
  • Removed Snort Wheeze caller from recommended equipment for Mule Deer
    
  • Fixed issue of shooting Red Deer in the skull hurting its foot
    
  • Unlocking Zeroing no longer requires both Breath Control and Steady Hands but only one of them
    
  • Reintroduced animation for changing zeroing leaf on King 470DB
    
  • Strecker 20GA no longer plays leaf animation when changing the zeroing
    
  • Fixed animation issue with Cacciatore 12G when chambering next shell after aiming down sights
    
  • Fixed issues with binoculars in 3rd person animations
    
  • Fixed visual issue when going from stand to prone with Cacciatore 12G while aiming down sights
    
  • Fixed issue with being able to endlessly chamber bullets on the Cacciatore 12G while aiming with Manual Chambering being switched on
    
  • Fixed issue of Gemsbok overextending neck when reaching to the side while eating
    
  • Fixed visual issues when using Deer Grunt Caller
    
  • Doubled the zeroing ranges for shotguns equipped with slugs from 25/50/75 meters to 50/100/150 meters (except for Grelck Drilling Rifle)
  
  Again, please be sure to put any feedback or bug reports you may encounter (ONLY from this beta version of the game) on the new forum here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/13/
  
  And please see this bug reporting template that provides some guidelines of what kind of information that might be helpful to us, so we can easier read through your feedback: https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/13/1735469327937280314/
  
  Enjoy and thank you for your feedback!
  
  /theHunter: Call of the Wild team

Hello Hunters! We are raffling out some official theHunter: Call of the Wild t-shirts during 15-17th of March! All you need to do is join our Discord server https://discord.gg/GNB5uzn and check out the instructions in the cotw-raffles channel! Good Luck!

Hello Hunters,

We have addressed some issues after the Weapon Pack 2 release. We have seen more reports regarding other issues, but we wanted to get this update out as soon as possible.Today we have released an update (patch 1.32) with fixes for the following issues:

• Fixed jittering when aiming down sights
  
• Fixed issue of not being able to switch callers when prone
  
• Fixed issue of holding breath not creating audio
  
• Fixed issue with Red Raptor sights not zooming properly on shotguns
  
• Fixed issue of infinite reloading on shotguns
  
• Fixed issue of VIRANT KLASIKA looking the same as VIRANT EXPRESS
  
• Fixed issue of .270 looking the same as Huntsman
  
• Updated animal distribution on Parque Fernando

Thanks for your feedback and keeping us updated!

// Your theHunter: Call of the Wild Team

Hello Hunters!
Along with the paid Weapon Pack 2 update we also provide a list of fixes such as improved first person animations, performance improvements and various crash fixes.

Please see the full patch notes down below:


General In-Game Improvements (Free)

Gameplay

• Pumas no longer freeze when alerted
  
• Updated the texture on the Helios scope so it is less dark
  
• Fixed alpha fault on Cinnamon Teal feathers
  
• Fixed issue of losing equipment that has been placed in multiplayer when not being the host
  
• Fixed issue with downed birds despawning before being harvested
  
• Fixed issue with the camera bobbing up and down when not moving
  
• Changing reserve from the shooting range no longer grants infinite ammo
  
• Arctic Outfit no longer obscures iron sights on Caversham 12G when aiming
  
• Fixed issue with Lion making few warning and mating calls
  
• Changed the description of “Moby Deer” achievement to specify that albino deer must be harvested in Hirschfelden or Layton Lake
  
• Renamed Storage, Locker and Inventory when using the Store in order to name it consistently
  
• Gemsbok now correctly triggers its sprint audio
  
• Focused Shot perk works correctly with iron sights
  
• Edited home ranges in Parque Fernando to allow more animals to appear in the North West extremes of the reserve (Tierra Altas, Basque Muerto and Estepa Dorada).

First Person Animation Improvements

• Improved synchronization for reloading animations
  
• Added transitions from hipshot to sprint
  
• Fixed issue with antler rattler animation when prone
  
• Fixed issue of lever action rifles reloading one bullet too many
  
• Fixed “floating” arrow during reload animation when crouched with crossbow
  
• Fixed animation issue when firing handgun from hip and then going into aim
  
• Fixed issue when walking with revolver while aiming down scope
  
• Fixed issue with manual chambering animation on over-under shotguns
  
• Fixed issue of bullets being invisible when reloading lever action rifles
  
• Fixed issue of floating arm when going prone while aiming with a handgun
  
• Fixed issue of twisting arms when reloading handgun while crouched and aiming
  
• Left hand no longer clips through scope when reloading the Whitlock Model 86
  
• .22 Virant no longer shows bullets in the magazine when reloading an empty magazine
  
• Right hand no longer disappears when switching weapon while aiming with a bow
  
• Magazine of .270 now gets put into the correct place when reloading
  
• Aim toggle and autowalk on 5X30 Rangefinder no longer causes infinite animation loop
  
• Player arm no longer disappears when changing weapon during aiming while using a bow
  
• Reload animations no longer end abruptly if there is no ammunition left
  
• Compound and Recurve bow no longer shoot additional “ghost arrows”

User Interface

• New reserve selection screen in Main Menu
  
• Improved navigation of multiplayer lobbies with a gamepad
  
• Fixed issue of “All” filter not showing any multiplayer sessions
  
• Fixed issue of being able to equip ammo or sights belonging to different weapon classes than selected weapon
  
• Fixed issue of wrong items showing up when using the “compatible items” function in the store
  
• “Savanna Warden Outfit” text is no longer truncated
  
• Loading screens now correctly show the reserve you are traveling to

Missions

• Fixed issue with Puma not appearing in mission “Cornered”
  
• Fixed issue of not being able to interact with flowers in “Flowers for Vincente” side mission
  
• Fixed issue of not being able to place a puma trophy in Parque Fernando that is of dark red color variation
  
• Moved certain mission waypoints that overlapped with outposts, making it difficult to fast travel to those outposts

Miscellaneous

• Performance improvements when spawning animals
  
• Various crash fixes
  
• Fixed crash when despawning animals

/ / your theHunter: Call of the Wild Team

Hello Hunters!

Today marks the release of our new Weapon Pack 2!

A brand new weapon pack has just been delivered to our wardens, and they’re excited to present an incredible combination of new world finesse and old-school reliability with the Grelck Drilling Rifle, the Solokhin MN1890, and the Mangiafico 410 / 45 Colt Revolver.

For more details about the new Weapon Pack, have a read on Steam store page, or find the full Weapon Pack 2 content summary and the patch notes down below:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028270/theHunter_Call_of_the_Wild__Weapon_Pack_2/

New Weapon Pack (Paid DLC)

• New weapon: Grelck Drilling Rifle, a three-barreled combination gun that sports two side-by-side 16 gauge shotgun barrels atop a single rifle barrel chambered in 9.3x74R. The weapon is available in 3 color variations.
  
• New weapon: Mangiafico 410 / 45 Colt Revolver, a versatile handgun that can be loaded with .410 shotshells or .45 Long Colt. The weapon is available in 3 color variations.
  
• New weapon: Solokhin MN1890, a combat-tested rifle chambered in 7.62x54R. The weapon is available in 3 color variations.
  New scope: Falcon 3-9x44mm Scope for the Grelck Drilling rifle

Please note that these new weapons and the scope are available via the new, paid DLC “theHunter™: Call of the Wild - Weapon Pack 2”

We really hope that you'll enjoy the new Weapon Pack and we'll soon provide a post with patch notes for the additional in-game improvements!

// your theHunter: Call of the Wild Team

Hello Hunters!
We are thrilled to reveal our new upcoming content: Weapon Pack 2! The new DLC will contain the Mangiafico 410/45 Colt Revolver, Grelck Drilling Rifle and Solokhin MN1890, and will be released on all platforms February 28th! If you want to check out the guns in action, make sure to tune in during tomorrow’s stream at 16:00 CET on https://www.twitch.tv/expansiveworlds or https://www.mixer.com/thehuntercallofthewild!

More info about the upcoming content as well as its accompanying in game improvements will be out soon.

All the best!

//your theHunter: Call of the Wild team