Hey hunters,

Welcome to our weekly status update.

We start by looking back to the latest highlight, Whiterime Ridge.
The addition of the latest hunting reserve has been a success and well received by players, especially those who were waiting to hunt Bison and the like in cold and solitary lands.
In numbers, there have been more than 175.000 hunts in Whiterime Ridge since its release.
This translates to over 200.000 harvested Bison, 89.000 Sitka Deer, 37.000 Snowshoe Hare and 19.000 Arctic Fox.
That is some pretty good hunting, keep it up!

Although the new reserve has been loved and well received since its release, the game has been plagued with subsequent issues, leaving some of you unable to play theHunter at all.
This is unacceptable and it’s all hands on deck to fix bugs/issues. Some are more complicated than others so bear with us as we sort it out. Full steam ahead.

Our producer Hannes wants to address this situation as well:

“Everybody who is affected by these issues will be compensated. Before we can roll out the compensations, we have to fix the issues, get the final picture of the severity as well as the details of the ones affected. We are on it.”

Today we have released a second patch with fixes and added tools to collect data on complex issues.

Completed fixes:

• The Sitka deer now calls audible and correctly
• Ground haze effect disabled while looking in binoculars and weapon scopes to improve performance
• Issues related to bait *see below
• Leaderboards no longer disappear randomly, clicking scores and player names to get to the correct pages
• Fixed player cold faint sync between clients when ragdoll
• Lightning issues: lowered specular intensity on models and terrain

In progress:

• Improve patch download speed
• Multiplayer connectivity issues
• Major server stability improvements
• Added additional logging information to pinpoint complex issues with game server communication

Bear barrels and hog feeders:

The issue causing bear barrels and hog feeders to show an incorrect number in the launcher and in the web has finally been fixed. There was no bait lost as a result of this bug, however, it had a negative impact on gameplay for many bear and pig hunters, so here is the compensation we are offering. Everyone who will visit www.thehunter.com and log in to the game starting from this Friday, October 23th until November 5th, will receive 1000 units of bear bait and 1000 units of hog bait for free.

New object: The Happy Camper Heated Tent

For the ones who want to stick to their beloved outfit in the cold of Whiterime Ridge and sometimes take it too far (or the ones who go for a too refreshing swim), there is something new:

The Happy Camper Heated Tent!

It will allow you to fast travel to tents after succumbing to hypothermia while providing a fresh look as well. Just be sure to do some push ups before carrying it around for long distances.
You can find it discounted in the store from today.

Finally, we are thankful and really appreciate the communication with you, theHunter community. You remind us what is important, by praising as well as criticizing alike.

All the best,

your theHunter team

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