theHunter: Call of the Wild™ News

We are pleased to announce that our 6th reserve 'Yukon Valley' is now live!

For purchase information and more details about Yukon Valley, including the animals you will find. Head to the Steam store page!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1093700/theHunter_Call_of_the_Wild__Yukon_Valley

As well as Yukon Valley, there have been a good amount of Bug Fixes & Game Improvements, more below!

• New Reserve - Yukon Valley
  Referred to by some as “The Last Frontier” and “The Land of the Midnight Sun”, it’s hard to deny that Alaska is a place of untamed natural beauty. Under the watchful gaze and devoted care of warden Jim Murray, Yukon Valley has become a haven for knowledgeable hunters and ecologists, looking to maintain the delicate balance of the ecosystem. With its breathtaking environments that stretch from the rolling hills of blood-coloured moss, to the snow-covered mountains framing the reserve; Yukon Valley is spectacular to behold.
  
• Species: Caribou, Grizzly Bear, Moose, Red Fox, Harlequin Duck, Plains Bison, Gray Wolf
  
• New behaviour: Wolves will travel in packs, howl and confront hunters
  
• New confrontation behaviours: Face off packs of wolves and fend for survival
  
• New missions: 10 main missions & 42 side missions
  
• New reserve warden: Jim Murray
  
• New weapon: .300 CANNING MAGNUM
  
• New ammunition: .300 Magnum Soft Point & .300 Magnum Polymer-Tip
  
• New lures: Harlequin Duck decoys
  
• 10 new achievements
• New loading screens
• Updated reserve selection screen
• TruRACS: Introduced to Caribou and Reindeer
  

• New Save System
  
• Japanese localization now available
  
• Added a button to delete a trophy lodge
  
• Player is no longer pushed by vegetation on any reserve
  
• Deleting Hunt Club user no longer crashes the game
  
• Fixed an issue where invisible items would take up space in the backpack (for example after DLC is removed)
  
• Fixed an issue in Parque Fernando that blocked players from progressing when shooting the box on the parachute
  
• Fixed aggressive behaviour of all bears
  
• Audio is now more consistent when navigating equipment cache
  
• Focus will remain on the 'Saved Harvest' screen after taxidermizing a saved harvest, instead of moving to the 'Trophies' screen
  
• Fixed an issue that would over-encumber the player when using a gamepad
  
• Fixed an issue that made it impossible to click “Apply” in display settings
  
• Fixed an issue that made it impossible to go to trophy lodge #5 and above when using a controller
  
• Fixed an issue where track/clue color settings were not saved for Parque Fernando
  
• A number of animation and visual improvements on Lion, Siberian Musk Deer, Bison and Moose
  
• Various crash fixes
  
• Headers in the Trophy Manager list are now correctly localized
  

Hello Hunters,

We are pleased to announce that the Treestand and Tripod Equipment Pack is now live!

The Treestand and Tripod Pack is an optional paid DLC ($3.99/€3.99 or local equivalent) that allows you to take on an entirely new perspective on hunting from the raised position of dedicated stands.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076850/theHunter_Call_of_the_Wild_Treestand_&_Tripod_Pack/

For full details please read our patch notes below:



New Equipment: Treestand
The staple of a patient hunter, the Deployable Treestand allows you to bide your time until the perfect opportunity to catch the animal unaware. Check your environment for a fitting tree for your ambush, place your stand at an appropriate height and climb up to your new perch. You can also easily adjust and replace it if you are unhappy with your initial placement. Once you’re ready, sit back, relax and watch as you await the opportunity to take that perfect shot. Additionally, it reduces your impact on your surroundings, reducing hunting pressure significantly. There are three different variations available, upon purchase of the “Treestand & Tripod Pack” DLC you will find one of each in your-in-game storage.
Additional stands can be purchased with in-game currency up to a total of 32 Treestands per reserve.

New Equipment: Tripod Stand
With a 360° rotation capability, the deployable Tripod Stand allows you a better vantage point even when there are no trees around. The Tripod Stand is an excellent way to gain an overview of your surroundings and allows you to spot animals from a much greater distance. On top of that, they will keep you concealed, are lightweight and easy to deploy and lowers your hunting pressure on your environment. As with Treestands there are three different variations available, one each of which you will find in your in-game storage after purchasing the DLC, likewise you may have up to 32 total Tripod Stands per reserve.

When owning the DLC, visit the closest storage where you can find one Treestand and one Tripod Stand of each variation. Drag them into your backpack and equip them in your inventory. Just like with previous deployables, equip the Treestand or Tripod and you will see a “ghost” model in white if your placement is valid or in red if not. For Treestands, having it equipped will highlight valid trees in your vicinity, aim at a highlighted tree for higher or lower placement and walk around the tree to change the direction it faces.

New Feature: Reduced Hunting Pressure When in Hunting Structures
All hunting structures now create drastically less hunting pressure to better support stationary hunting.


New Feature: TruRACS
Introduced to Roosevelt Elk

• Fixed issue where pre-TruRACS Whitetail and Blacktail racks were no longer visible in trophy lodges
  
• Changed Fleischer #10 mission so that it no longer requires to harvest specifically a red deer
  
• Fixed issue with King of Rifles side mission where the mission could not be completed by downing a lion or a gemsbok and corrected the objective
  
• Fixed issue with multiplayer challenges not updating correctly when they are finished
  
• Added confirmation dialogue when overwriting a saved harvest in the Trophy Manager
  
• Fixed issue with 45/410 iron sight that made it hard to see between the rear sights
  
• Fixed issue with missing water in Parque Fernando
  
• Fellow multiplayer hunters no longer hold their Huntermates sideways
  
• Added Codex pages for tents and ground blinds
  
• Fixed issue where switching reserve or exiting and re-entering reserve from a hunting structure granted visibility and noise bonuses
  
• Fixed issue where the cylinder on the revolvers would not rotate correctly
  
• Fixed issue where ATV icon was missing in server list if vehicles were allowed on PS4
  
• Stability fixes to Layton Lake District
  

Get ready to go at 16:00 CEST sharp tomorrow and you can be in with a chance to join TreeKiwi in our open multiplayer game live on stream! Tune in 16:00 CEST, May 28th at twitch.tv/expansiveworlds

Hi all, and thank you for taking part in the Trailblazer Beta over this past weekend! We've received some great feedback and can't wait to get the final released version out to you all.

The Trailblazer Beta is now over, but we'll surely be back with more test periods for future releases. We look forward to seeing you all again then!

//theHunter: Call of the Wild Team

Hello Hunters,

As you all know, Treestands and Tripodstands are soon to be released into the game. We’d love to get your feedback on these new items, 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 Treestand and Tripod Pack and encourage those of you who want to participate to share your thoughts and feedback on this long-requested addition to the game.

Please note that the Treestand and Tripod Pack will be a paid DLC upon release (but of course as with our other paid DLCs it will be available to play on multiplayer should your host own the content and has deployed stands to their map)

• Both stand types offer visibility and scent reduction
  
• Up to 32 of each stand type can be deployed per map
  
• Hunting pressure accrues at a rate of 25% of normal
  
• Treestands require the correct tree type to deploy. As you’d expect a tree with excessive brush, or too small a trunk can’t support the use of a treestand.
  
• Both stands will spook game in a certain radius when deployed for the first time, you should setup and plan your spots ahead of your planned hunt. You will not however spook game by entering/exiting.
  
• In the final "live" version of the DLC a limited number of stands will be found in your storage already when you enter the game for the first time, additional stands can be purchased from the in-game store.
  

A great way to use your stands is to set up near previously located need zones, ideally with a tent nearby to allow convenient fast-travel. You can then cycle through your favourite hunting spots at will.


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 May 24th, until Monday May 27th.


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/


No specifics this time around. Just get out there, enjoy the stands, and let us know any feedback you might have to share after playing the beta.