Patch Notes – March 24th, 2025

March 24, 2025

The Rapid Hunter Rifle Pack

In case you missed it, the new DLC is releasing tomorrow with three reliable semi-automatic rifles called the Rapid Hunter Rifle Pack. But that’s not all!

Along with the rifles, you’ll also get an update with various fixes and improvements.

Highlights

A Himalayan Tahr has been spotted on Te Awaroa. This migration may impact the local Chamois population (Dev Note: Chamois population on Te Awaroa has been reset).

A number of weapons had their scope attachment points reviewed and redone. This also means that many weapons had their accuracy refined.

Bug Fixes

Achievements

  • Made it possible to get the achievement for completing the Cuatro Colinas mission if it didn’t previously unlock correctly.

Animals

  • Fixed an issue where Snow Leopards would sometimes get stuck vaulting.
  • An issue where Waterfowl would get stuck in the air on Multiplayer has been fixed.
  • Floating Rabbit Burrows on Hirschfelden should no longer float.
  • Ground birds should no longer appear to bounce up after being hit in the air.
  • Turkeys can now start flying again after being flushed.
  • Geese weren’t honking enough, now they’re having a honking good time.
  • Blood clues for waterfowl will now drop in the right locations.
  • Waterfowl will more consistently die when hit with birdshot.
  • Northern Red Muntjac antlers now generate as they were meant to.

Dogs

  • Resolved a bug which caused dogs to get stuck running in circles, trying to find a path.
  • Fixed an issue where dogs would appear to stop following you under certain conditions.
  • Trained the dogs to react properly to gunshots.
  • Fixed an issue where dogs weren’t able to focus on the task at hand once you entered or left a hunting structure.
  • Solved issues with dogs getting stuck trying to retrieve harvests.
  • Trained dogs to stop sneaking when birds are alerted.
  • Made sure dogs wouldn’t stop trying to flush a bird even if it got far away.
  • Resolved a crash that would sometimes occur when dogs would Investigate Clues.
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when opening the dog wheel while the dog hadn’t spawned yet.
  • Fixed a crash triggered by the dog pointing to an animal that had despawned.
  • When putting a dog in your Kennel, the Dog UI will no longer incorrectly appear.
  • We fixed an issue with the Pointer Dog’s tongue during interactions.
  • The Spot Point command will no longer become unavailable after rapidly selecting it multiple times.
  • When you look at someone interacting with their dog in multiplayer, their arms will now look normal and not creepy and dislocated.
  • If you have the Pointer Dog DLC, you will now be able to unlock Dog Treats properly.

Equipment

  • Deploying the Gadwall – Hen decoy will now correctly show the Hen model rather than the Drake.
  • Slightly reduced the recoil of the .243 Rifle.
  • Fixed an issue for a few weapons where the player’s hand would move unnaturally while jumping.
  • The Gopi 10G shotgun’s reload sound will now play properly.
  • If you purchased Salzwiesen you will unlock the Raccoon Caller, as originally intended.
  • The Odin scope on the Fors Elite .300 has been adjusted.
  • The Tripods will make noise when rotating.

Missions

  • Fixed an issue that caused some players to be stuck on the Emerald Coast “Report all sightings” mission.

Multiplayer

  • When joining a Multiplayer game, you should spawn at the nearest unlocked outpost, not at other players’ placed tents.
  • When the host leaves a Multiplayer game, you will no longer be waiting a lifetime on a never-ending loading screen.
  • When you change modes on the Clay Shooting range in Multiplayer, the change will update immediately.
  • Solved an issue where if you joined a game on Salzwiesen, you wouldn’t see the correct shooting range mode if it had been changed before you joined.
  • Schrödinger’s door has been fixed — doors can no longer be open on one person’s screen and closed for another in Multiplayer.
  • Fixed an issue where Apex Connect Game Invites would fail if your friend was already in a reserve.
  • You should disconnect less often in Multiplayer when your connection to the host gets interrupted.
  • Fixed an issue where players with restricted Xbox accounts were unable to join Multiplayer games even after being given access by a parent account. 

System

  • Playstation players should no longer receive an error message after purchasing a DLC from the Downloadable Content menu.
  • Fixed an issue on Xbox and Playstation where your equipped item would be removed when resuming a paused game.
  • You should experience less memory issues if you’re playing on an older console.
  • Setting Graphics options to Default should work properly now.
  • Resolved a crash that could rarely occur when transitioning between trophy lodges.
  • Switching to a different instance of the same lodge should load smoother now.

Trophies

  • Fixed an issue with trophies that were part of MultiMounts, where trophy information wasn’t showing up correctly in Investigate mode.

UI

  • Resolved an Xbox issue where the game could freeze during gameplay if you closed the game before from the EULA screen.
  • The Tutorial for the Pointer Dog should display correctly on Playstation.
  • Added audio for when you select in-game Challenges.

World

  • Resolved several issues with pathing on Silver Ridge peaks.
  • Made certain ghost rocks and logs on Salzwiesen solid.
  • Fixed a few spots on Salzwiesen near the main lodge where the background music would suddenly stop.
  • Paved over a weird line on one of the Salzwiesen bridges.
  • Repaved a road on Salzwiesen which previously led you outside of the Park Boundaries.
  • Fixed some issues with vegetation placement near the Lighthouse on Salzwiesen.
  • Removed some lights that appeared where they shouldn’t have on Salzwiesen.
  • Made the walls, stairs, and upper floor solid inside of Ramthali Outpost on Sundarpatan, so you can properly rest and access your Cache.
  • Fixed some issues with grass clipping on Salzwiesen. 
  • Properly aligned a Point of Interest for a Cache on Salzwiesen. 
  • Adjusted dog sitting positions for various locations on Salzwiesen.
  • Fixed an issue where rain would go through the roofs of certain covered bridges on Salzwiesen.

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