There are fresh tracks in the dirt. Update 0.3.0 for Way of the Hunter 2 has arrived, and it brings new additions to the game. Three new species roam the reserves, new missions to chase them through, and a wave of improvements built directly on your feedback.
Watch the trailer here:
This update expands the wildlife roster with three new species:
Rocky Mountain Pronghorn in New Laurentia
Central European Wild Boar in New Laurentia
Southern Common Warthog in the Kilimaya Reserve
Throughout Early Access, your feedback has helped us shape and refine the hunting experience. Update #3 introduces a number of highly requested improvements, including a reworked Taxidermy screen, new Hunting Map filters to keep your information organised, a more realistic damage system so high-calibre shots that land outside the vitals now deal proper damage, new optics and callers, plus continued stability work, performance optimisations, and a long list of bug fixes - please check the patch notes below for the details.
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We've also shared a new roadmap outlining where Way of the Hunter 2 is heading further. We'll keep releasing patches and updates that expand the game further over the coming weeks. There's a lot still to come.
And one more thing, multiplayer testing recently went live on the Experimental Branch, and we pushed a further update to it just a couple of days ago. If you'd like to try the first version of two-player co-op and help us shape it, you can opt in on Steam. Full details are in our dedicated multiplayer post.
(Way of the Hunter 2) Update 0.3.0 (Version: 199567) - patch notes:
@everyone
Update #03 for Way of the Hunter 2 is here, along with new animals to track and a bunch of improvements inspired by the community. You can now hunt three new species across the reserves:
š¦ Rocky Mountain Pronghorn in New Laurentia
š Central European Wild Boar in New Laurentia
š Southern Common Warthog in the Kilimaya Reserve
New missions tied to these animals have been added too, expanding your hunting adventures even further.
This update brings community-requested improvements gathered throughout Early Access, including a reworked Taxidermy screen, Hunting Map filters, a more realistic damage system for high-calibre shots, new optics and callers, plus continued stability improvements, bug fixes, and performance optimisations. For details, please check the ā #patch-notes.
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbyuK5i7KY
If you encounter any issues, please report them via THQN Redmine - details on how to report a bug and attach your saved files can be found here: https://discord.com/channels/961392142482292817/1475520063237918863.
Thank you, and happy hunting!
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**(Way of the Hunter 2) Update 0.3.0 (Version: 199567) - patch notes:**
Animals:
Added: Rocky Mountain Pronghorn (New Laurentia)
Added: Central European Wild Boar (New Laurentia)
Added: Southern Common Warthog (Kilimaya Reserve)
Tweaked: The Primos Big Bucks Rattling Bag now also calls Pronghorn
Tweaked: Improved the damage system so high-calibre hits outside the vital organs now deal more realistic damage, addressing cases where animals could survive shots that should have been lethal
Tweaked: Updated bird spawn data in Kilimaya Reserve
Fixed: Animals continue fleeing toward the world border and stay stuck in a running animation in Kilimaya Reserve
Fixed: Nile crocodile's spine doesn't register damage as a separate organ, registering it as bone instead
Fixed: Cape honey badger has a broken ragdoll
Fixed: Animals have broken ragdolls at higher levels of detail
Fixed: Female Spotted hyenas are displayed as males on the Claim screen
Fixed: Animals can get stuck in a rocky area in New Laurentia
Fixed: Birds keep flying toward the map edge while trying to reach their need zone
Mallard hunting refinements:
Fixed: Mallard territories now spawn at higher density with living zones closer together, for more intense calling and decoying
Tweaked: Improved calling and decoying behaviour for the Mallard
Tweaked: Senses tuned to support calling and blind usage
Known Issue: Kill damage from shot is a work in progress
New Missions:
Added: Two new campsite missions in Kilimaya Reserve
Added: Two new campsite missions in New Laurentia
Performance & Stability:
Fixed: The game could randomly crash after 2-3 hours of play (GPU-related crashes in various locations)
Fixed: The game could crash when walking further away from the lodge
Fixed: Significant FPS drops near the water at Popobawa Vlei in Kilimaya Reserve
Fixed: Low FPS in the main lodge in Kilimaya Reserve
Fixed: An error message could appear repeatedly after starting the game
Tweaked: Hunting history now loads in pages, so it opens much faster for players with a large number of kills
Gear:
Added: Primos Mountain Quail caller
Added: Primos Hog Squealer caller
Added: Zeiss DTC 3/25 thermal clip-on
Added: Zeiss DTC 3/38 thermal clip-on
Added: Zeiss V8 1.8-14x50 scope
Added: Zeiss V8 2.8-20x56 scope
Added: Zeiss Conquest HDX 15x56 binocular
Tweaked: Placing placeable gear now generates noise that animals will react to
Fixed: The peep sight on the Terra Fractal TR bow doesn't align with the ZOOMXD Triumph sight
Fixed: The Mallard decoy can't be placed on some water surfaces
Fixed: Certain placeables can be placed below the surface of the water
Fixed: Players are sometimes unable to pack up their own blind
Environment:
Fixed: Trees have very obvious and unappealing level-of-detail transitions
Fixed: Bear taxidermies placed in the large head stand float in front of the stand
Fixed: Elk and bear taxidermies placed in the medium wall stand float in front of the stand
Fixed: Elk taxidermies placed in the small wall stand float in front of the stand
Hunting Map & UI:
Added: Filters to the Hunting Map
Improved: Reworked the Taxidermy screen for a smoother experience
Fixed: Subtitles are missing in the tutorial for dialogue spoken while in the harvest screen
Gameplay:
Added: New music for Damian to dance to
Fixed: The "Get rid of water pollution in Lake Sasquatch" challenge doesn't complete correctly
If you run into bugs, please report them via THQN Redmine - ideally with your saved files attached - details on how to report a bug and attach your saved files can be found HERE.
Thank you for your continued support, and happy hunting!
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