Way of the Hunter News

Update 1.21 is now live on Development branch on Steam, bringing rare fur variations, vehicle radio, new tasks, improvements and fixes, and more to Way of the Hunter.

[h3](Development branch, Steam) Version 1.21 patch notes:[/h3]

• Added: Vehicle radio
  
• Added: Animals rare variations - melanistic mule deer, melanistic roe deer, albino white-tailed deer, albino red deer
  
• (MP) Added: Host’s taxidermies appear in their multiplayer session
  
• Added: Loading screen tips
  
• Added: Additional objectives - 6 new tasks for Nez Perce Valley, 5 new tasks for Transylvania
  
• Tweaked: Improved Main menu UI
  
• Difficulty selection before starting new game
  
• Difficulty selection in main menu
  
• Tweaked: Improved character animations
  
• Fixed: Greylag goose and Ross’s goose sometimes T-posing in killcam
  
• Fixed: Missing teeth of animals in inspect
  
• Fixed: Vehicle physics - Players able to flip car or throw it in the air with character
  
• Fixed: Environmental issues - tree placed inside a rock, misplaced water texture
  
• Fixed: Large animals sometimes didn’t fit in hunting overview
  
• Fixed: Waterfowl getting stuck in loop flying between two near need zones
  
• (MP) Partially fixed: Opening claim screen triggers respawn of dead animal bodies
  
• (MP) Fixed: Players not seeing gamer tags in hunting map
  
• (MP) Fixed: Clients not able to hear some animal cues (squeaking)
  
• (MP) Fixed: Private areas behaving different for client and host
  
• (MP) Fixed: Taxidermized animal from MP was not available in SP
  

[h3]Known issues:[/h3]

• A large number of active tracking markers may cause FPS drops
  

Before you opt into the development branch, please make sure that you back up your save file, as progress you make on the development branch WILL NOT CARRY OVER to the stable version if you later choose to switch back. The patch will be pushed to the stable version and other platforms as soon as we have confirmed that it is indeed stable.

Please refer to this Steam Forums thread to learn how to opt in to the Development branch.

We will be grateful for any and all feedback and bug reports either in the discussion section of this post or via the THQ Nordic Redmine (when creating a ticket, please make sure that you enter the correct version).

Good hunting!

Build no. 88370 of version 1.20 is now live for all players addressing the issue with missing taxidermies in the Transylvania lodge. You should see some of your missing taxidermies return, while those that do not return can be mounted again. All players receive a reimbursement for mounting costs of 4000 in-game currency.

[h3](PC) Version 1.20 (Build: 88370) patch notes:[/h3]

• Missing taxidermies reappear
  
• Those that do not reappear can be mounted again
  
• All players receive a reimbursement for mounting costs of 4000 in-game currency
  

We will be grateful for any and all feedback and bug reports either in the discussion section of this post or via the THQ Nordic Redmine (when creating a ticket, please make sure that you enter the correct version).

Good hunting!

Thank you for your patience and good hunting!

Build no. 88370 of version 1.20 is now live on the Development branch addressing the issue with missing taxidermies in the Transylvania lodge. You should see some of your missing taxidermies return, while those that do not return can be mounted again. All players receive a reimbursement for mounting costs of 4000 in-game currency.

[h3](PC) Version 1.20 (Build: 88370) patch notes:[/h3]

• Missing taxidermies reappear
  
• Those that do not reappear can be mounted again
  
• All players receive a reimbursement for mounting costs of 4000 in-game currency
  

Please refer to this Steam Forums thread to learn how to opt in to the Development branch.

We will be grateful for any and all feedback and bug reports either in the discussion section of this post or via the THQ Nordic Redmine (when creating a ticket, please make sure that you enter the correct version).

Good hunting!

Thank you for your patience and good hunting!

Update 1.20 is now live on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, bringing colorblind options, two new animals, new tasks, new multiplayer features, improvements and fixes, and more to Way of the Hunter.

[h3]Version 1.20 patch notes:[/h3]

• Added: Colorblind options
  
• Added: New animals - Golden jackal (Transylvania) and Snowshoe hare (Nez Perce Valley)
  
• Added: 5 New tasks in campsites (2 for Brown bear, 3 for Golden jackal and Snowshoe hare)
  
• (MP) Added: Character selection screen
  
• (MP) Added: Sleeping - server can now change time
  
• Added: Roaming lone deer in both maps
  
• Added: Save corruption dialog on PC and backup save corruption fix
  
• Tweaked: Ambient sounds mix
  
• Tweaked: Firearm sway in hunting stand reduced. Standing with the perk is now equal to crouching with the perk
  
• Tweaked: Storage UI
  
• Tweaked: Improved waterfowl lifecycle
  
• Tweaked: Vehicle screen is closed after selecting a vehicle
  
• Tweaked: Wind affecting shotgun pellets
  
• Tweaked: Reduced the effect of maximum hunting pressure
  
• Balanced: Taste the world mission requirements changed from 4 star+ badger, to 3 star+ badger. Required meat amount increased to 20kg.
  
• Fixed: Animals dying in T-pose
  
• Fixed: Localization issues (Misspelling in mission descriptions (Czech and Slovak language), misspelling in dialog window for Polish language, variables displayed in Encyclopedia for Czech, Japanese and Chinese languages)
  
• Fixed: Swapped Red Deer caller calls
  
• Fixed: Eurasian badger and Roe deer missing from the filter section in Hunting map
  
• Fixed: Player’s falling under the terrain near Yi’s cabin
  
• Fixed: Animals shot down in water while running kept splashing the water
  
• Fixed: Rounding up imperial unit format when zeroing firearms
  
• Fixed: Visual environmental issues
  
• Fixed: Dust particles in high altitude
  
• Fixed: Body in prone position in Photo mode
  
• Fixed: Animation transitions when changing stances
  
• Fixed: Sibyl Eyes perk description
  
• (MP) Fixed: Animal animation desync
  
• (MP) Fixed: Animals constantly looking at Client while running away
  
• (MP) Fixed: Gamer tag sometimes not displayed in hunting map
  
• (MP) Fixed: Player start location in Transylvania (Characters should no longer spawn in each other in Transylvania)
  
• (MP) Fixed: Infinite jumping loop
  

We will be grateful for any and all feedback and bug reports either in the discussion section of this post or via the THQ Nordic Redmine (when creating a ticket, please make sure that you enter the correct game version).

Good hunting!

Build no. 87129 of version 1.20 is now live on the Development branch.

[h3](Development branch, Steam) Version 1.20 (Build: 87430) patch notes:[/h3]

• (MP) Fixed: Grandpa's jacket (player was unable to use firearm in crouch and prone position)
  
• (MP) Fixed: Hold breath sound for female character
  
• Fixed: Accessibility setting - Selected animal icon
  
• Fixed: Binoculars rangefinder showing incorrect distance
  
• Fixed: Ambient sound suppressed in cinematics
  
• Fixed: Birds having red blood instead of pink
  
• Fixed: DLSS applying a dark screen effect
  
• Fixed: Crash on load
  
• Fixed: Localization issues with new tasks
  
• Tweaked: Requirement in task Don't look up baculum changed from 5* to 4* Brown bear
  
• Tweaked: Reduced the sound volume of rivers in a distance
  

Before you opt into the development branch, please make sure that you back up your save file, as progress you make on the development branch WILL NOT CARRY OVER to the stable version if you later choose to switch back. The patch will be pushed to the stable version and other platforms as soon as we have confirmed that it is indeed stable.

Please refer to this Steam Forums thread to learn how to opt in to the Development branch.

We will be grateful for any and all feedback and bug reports either in the discussion section of this post or via the THQ Nordic Redmine (when creating a ticket, please make sure that you enter the correct version).

Good hunting!