New Features
- [p]New Great One: The Wild Boar Great One comes with 9 fur variations and many variations of tusks, built with our TruRACs system.[/p][/*]
- [p]New Multimounts: Buck and Brock, Claw and Order, Mischief Syndicate, and Boar Boys.[/p][/*]
- [p]Trophy Customization: Plaques and stands can now be customized. We’ve added 16 new plaques and 40 new stands for everyone. You can also now also change the appearance of them with sprays. We've also added 2 new Wall Plaques for the Layton Lake Trophy Cabin.[/p][/*]
Improvements and Adjustments
- [p]Trophy Lodge UI Overhaul: To make sorting and placing your trophies easier, we've added filters for finding trophies, additional information in the Selection UI, and a preview in the UI when placing a trophy.[/p][/*]
- [p]Remasters: The Red Deer, Wild Boar, and Roe Deer are all getting remastered. We've also added fur variations (3 for Red, 2 for Boar, and 2 for Roe) and adjusted the likelihood of the furs appearing.[/p][/*]
- [p]12GA Adjustments: 12GA Birdshot and 12GA Slugs no longer require the Shotgun skill to use, which should make bird hunting more accessible for all players in the early game.[/p][/*]
Bug Fixes
Animals
- [p]Fixed an issue where waterfowl would spawn too close to ground in Multiplayer.[/p][/*]
- [p]An issue where waterfowl on Alberta could get stuck circling and never land has been resolved.[/p][/*]
- [p]Snow Geese and Wild Boars should no longer switch their Mating calls with their Warning calls.[/p][/*]
- [p]On lower graphics settings, Red Foxes and Male Western Capercaillies should no longer turn invisible at longer ranges.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue with initial Need Zone selection for Lions, Gemsbok, and Bengal Tigers.[/p][/*]
- [p]Some issues with a number of species where the blood marker for a vital hit wasn’t showing correctly have been fixed.[/p][/*]
- [p]Scores for Stubble Quail and Snow Geese have been adjusted to more accurately reflect their weight ranges.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue with the Northern Pintail, Wood Duck, and Snow Goose that would cause them to flee longer than intended.[/p][/*]
- [p]Clipping issues on some of the Pheasant’s trophy poses have been fixed.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed some issues with Vertebrae on Blacktail Deer.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue with the female Sika Deer’s eyes.[/p][/*]
- [p]Red Deer and Bison trophies can now be placed on smaller trophy platforms.[/p][/*]
- [p]Renamed the Willow Ptarmigan “Red” plumage to “Erythristic”.[/p][/*]
Dog
- [p]Fixed an issue where a dog tracking blood could occasionally get stuck and stop following the track.[/p][/*]
Equipment
- [p]Decoy tooltips for new birds on Alberta will no longer display as “Mallard” decoys.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where Northern Pintail and Snow Goose decoys would make a water splash effect when deployed on land.[/p][/*]
- [p]Only the host will be able to manage their own Game Feeder in Multiplayer.[/p][/*]
- [p]The warning icon on Game Feeder should now display correctly after they are remotely refilled.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where animals attracted to an inaccessible Game Feeder could behave inappropriately.[/p][/*]
- [p]Beavers will no longer instantly destroy tents placed in a particular spot on Yukon.[/p][/*]
- [p]We made it more difficult to accidentally dismantle the Bait Barrel.[/p][/*]
Gameplay
- [p]Fixed a specific location on Alberta where Beavers could get stuck[/p][/*]
- [p]An issue where clues would occasionally spawn above the ground at a weird angle has been fixed.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fast-traveling in multiplayer should now spook animals as intended.[/p][/*]
Missions
- [p]The “Second Home” Mission on New England Mountains will now progress properly even if you died during the bear encounter. [/p][/*]
- [p]The “Beaver Fever” Mission on Alberta can no longer be completed by repeatedly picking up the same beaver wire over and over. [/p][/*]
- [p]If you arrived at the “Snow Day” Mission from Alberta shortly after launch and got stuck, you will now be able to progress.[/p][/*]
- [p]If you quit immediately after triggering a particular dialogue on the “Last Minute Efforts” Mission on Alberta and got stuck, you can now progress.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue with the “Whodunnit?” Mission on Silver Ridge Peaks where a blood stain was floating in the air.[/p][/*]
- [p]The objective for the “Unwelcome Guests” Mission on Mississippi Acres can now be completed by harvesting the Raccoon.[/p][/*]
- [p]An issue where “A Rare Sight” Mission on Yukon Valley couldn’t be completed has been resolved.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where the “Bears for Grankin #1” mission on Medved-Taiga could not be completed.[/p][/*]
- [p]Derocked the broken ATV in the “No Such Thing” Mission on Medved Taiga (it was stuck in a rock).[/p][/*]
- [p]Derocked one of the sheds on Layton Lake (it was also stuck in a rock).[/p][/*]
System
- [p]A crash that could happen rarely when players fired their weapons has been fixed.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue which may have led to crashes, particularly on Playstation, during fast travel and/or when returning to the main menu.[/p][/*]
- [p]Optimized the Road Texture management to reduce memory usage on all reserves.[/p][/*]
- [p]Dying outside of a Reserve’s boundaries should no longer get you stuck on a blank screen.[/p][/*]
UI
- [p]The “Missing Item” UI should now reflect the actual price of the shown item if you have the Haggle skill.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where the UI would take slightly longer to render in Multiplayer.[/p][/*]
- [p]Various issues with the Weapon Customization screen have been fixed to better optimize the experience.[/p][/*]
World
- [p]The cars in the Emerald Coast Reserve should have street legal driving positions for Australia now.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where one of the caches was misplaced on Salzwiesen.[/p][/*]
- [p]An issue that prevented you from being able to fast travel to the Forgotten Pond Cabin Outpost on New England Mountains has been fixed.[/p][/*]
New DLC
Scotland Hunting Reserve
[p]With Patch 8.4 comes the new Scotland Hunting Reserve DLC, a new reserve set in Scotland. It comes with 19 new missions and features 17 species to hunt, with 5 brand new:[/p]- [p](new!) American Mink[/p][/*]
- [p](new!) Eurasian Pine Marten[/p][/*]
- [p](new!) European Badger[/p][/*]
- [p](new!) Eurasian Woodcock[/p][/*]
- [p](new!) Red Grouse[/p][/*]
- [p]Wild Boar[/p][/*]
- [p]Roe Deer[/p][/*]
- [p]Red Deer[/p][/*]
- [p]Sika Deer[/p][/*]
- [p]Fallow Deer[/p][/*]
- [p]Feral Goat[/p][/*]
- [p]Western Capercaillie[/p][/*]
- [p]Black Grouse[/p][/*]
- [p]Pheasant[/p][/*]
- [p]Eurasian Wigeon[/p][/*]
- [p]Mountain Hare[/p][/*]
- [p]Red Fox[/p][/*]
Premium Trophy Mount Pack
[p]Want even more trophy customization than Patch 8.4 has to offer? Get extra trophy plaques, platforms, and special mounts through the new Premium Trophy Mount Pack DLC.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube="zrM9lstKGmU;full"][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p][dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4089880/theHunter_Call_of_the_Wild__Premium_Trophy_Mount_Pack/"][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Having issues? Reach out to our Support Team. The Known Issues for Patch 8.4 will be available on launch tomorrow.[/p]
