The Hunter (COTW) Call Of The Wild Update 1.68 Patch Notes

• Dolby Atmos support for PC players
• Completely reworked waterfowl system
• New Item Wheel for quickly swapping between weapons, ammo, and sights
• Redesigned reflex sight
• New ammunition type (.22 Conehead)

FREE

New Feature: Item Wheel

Thanks to a radial menu, you’ll be able to switch weapons, ammo, and sights quicker than before. Check out this Dev Diary to learn more.

New Ammunition: .22 Conehead Ammo

Available for any player who owns Weapon Pack 1, Weapon Pack 3, or the Modern Rifle Pack.

GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

PERFORMANCE

• The highly requested Waterfowl rework is here.
• There’s been a full rework of the animal home ranges, populations, and schedules for specific reserves (Layton Lake, Medved, Te Awaroa, Yukon, Rancho del Arroyo, Cuatro Colinas, Parque Fernando).

UI/UX

• A long-standing community request: the Marksman and Red Raptor Reflex Sights have had an efficiency overhaul.
• The dog command wheel has been updated;
• We’ve implemented boat icon(s) to clarify which boats are accessible by players and which are not;
• There is now a new option that allows players to disable POI icons on the map and HUD separately;
• Borderless full-screen mode is now supported;
• Callouts are now clickable;
• There is now an indication to let the user know if a reserve is playable or not in the “New Game” screen.

GRAPHICS & VFX

• We’ve given the death camera movement & character respawning an overhaul.

ACCESSIBILITY

• The new item wheel has been added! See “Free Content” near the top of the release notes;
• The dog command wheel has been updated; see “UX/UI” two sections above.

APEX CONNECT

• We’ve made sure a “Sign In” option is also present within the new user “Sign Up” journey and prompts.

MISCELLANEOUS

• We’ve fixed a large chunk of issues with flying or misplaced roads;
• We’ve added the ability to rename your canine companions!
• It will now be easier to tell whether you’ve failed or passed a harvest check;
• We’ve removed the alligator’s sound hint which was added to Silver Ridge Peaks before the Mississippi Acres Preserve release.

CONSIDERATIONS

• Population resets, zone, and schedule changes will occur across all reserves, except Silver Ridge Peaks, as a result of the reworks mentioned above under “Performance”.

BUG FIXES

ACCESSIBILITY

• We’ve addressed the problem of key bind descriptions not being displayed in the “Settings” menu.

ANIMALS & ENVIRONMENT

• There are no more excessive poop trails for Eastern Cottontail Rabbits!
• Animals will no longer appear static while drinking near shores;
• The issue where a player could not interact with mostly small clues unless they looked DIRECTLY down on them has been fixed.

CRASHES & MISCELLANEOUS

• Sorry, not sorry: we’ve fixed the Cash / XP / Weapon score exploit;
• ‘Ranger skill’ now works with traditional bows.

LOCALIZATION

• We’ve fixed the issue of the “Accept”/”Decline” button(s) appearing in Polish, even when the game is launched in English.

MULTIPLAYER

• Xbox leaderboards are now functional!

SKILLS & PERKS

• “Reset Skills” and “Reset Perks” button(s) will now remove the effects of skills/perks in the current game session.

USER INTERFACE

• The 3D UI icons twitch have been fixed;
• POI icons not appearing on the map for some hunting structures after being bought/built have been fixed;
• The undiscovered location icon now disappears as it should after approaching your first outpost in a new game.