How Big Does Each Animal Get In Thehunter Call Of The Whild

Introduction

Since the early on days of theHunter at that place has been an of import part missing in the hunting experience: Dogs. It has been brought up every bit a possible feature for the game countless times but circumstances where never quite right.

With calculation dogs to theHunter there are two different roles for them to fulfill. First, perhaps the most of import one, is to add together to the immersion of the game. Having a domestic dog with you lot who reacts to the surroundings and to yourself is something that intensifies the hunting feel. What we desire to give you is the experience of the hunter and the dog – a companionship going back in time to every bit long equally some ten thousand years or more. If we could even slightly tap into that ancient human-canine bond the hunting immersion would increment significantly. This is what EW accept tried to reach. And then not everything about the dog has to practice about gameplay: It is more an enhancement of the hunting feel.

The 2nd function the dog plays is obviously an help to the hunter in the game. In real life it is an arduous task to go fetch a downed ducks through waist deep water, or to runway wounded animals down. The task may not exist equally tough in theHunter simply the dog will at least permit yous focus on the more than important things.

Affect of the dog on the game

Dogs are more than of an experience and a convenience, as opposed to a game-irresolute addition to theHunter. The dog has no real impact on missions or competitions either since the stalking and shooting is however washed past the thespian.

Species

EW says why specific rather than generic dog types were chosen.
"When nosotros were looking effectually in the different dog threads over the forums and asked our trusted hunting experts, the get-go dog blazon that would come up upwardly in almost all cases was a bird retrieving dog. Our determination to make one was solely based on this. Many has too suggested a more 'multitalented' dog that could, for example, track as well as retrieve. Although we considered making dogs that could do multiple tasks, it rapidly became obvious that information technology developing an like shooting fish in a barrel-to-use interaction (GUI) system for a canis familiaris that could flush, retrieve, track and partake in driven hunts would be impossible. Information technology was also difficult to find a suitable breed to base such a multitalented dog on. So, we decided to focus on specialized dogs instead."

These dog species are available in the game.

Labrador Retriever

Bluetick Coonhound

German Pointer

Experience

Labrador Retriever

Bluetick Coonhound

German Pointer

When you first purchase a dog, it is inexperienced and a bit rowdy, the aforementioned as in existent life. Information technology may accept some issues obeying and following commands, but the more than time information technology spends out hunting with you lot, the better it gets at understanding what yous want it to practice.

If the dog does not empathise or chooses to ignore a command, a small icon with a question marker in the bottom left corner is shown.
If the dog understands the control then an icon with an exclamation marker will be shown.

Meliorate experience will also make your dog calmer and more focused – it will make less noise, ignore other dogs more hands and be less decumbent to bark at animals close by. Your canis familiaris volition spook other animals only who wants to see a dog walking through a group of Whitetails who leisurely proceed with their grazing?

Your dog has 50 levels and each new level comes with a skill increase, a ribbon or gm$. Leveling up is fairly quick in the offset but will slowly become tougher and tougher. You can come across your dog's feel and level, too as its stamina state, in the correct corner of the screen when y'all bring up the commands menu.

Once your dog reaches level 50 it volition be the perfect hunting companion: Placidity, focused and efficient.

Important: The dog'south level in itself does not change any of the dog'south likelihood of succeeding or how well it performs, information technology is but the skills themselves that improves the dog. Good stamina improves the rate of which the dog receives experience, not how well it performs or how probable information technology is to obey. But if the dogs stamina reaches 0 volition the dog stop obeying commands.

Stamina

The dogs have an endurance level. This determines how well they respond to commands. The more tired they are, the less responsive they are, and the slower they learn. The endurance level regenerates over time every bit they residual.

Stamina stages:

Refreshed: 200%
Rested: 175%
OK: 150%
Tired: 125%
Winded: 100%
Exhausted: 90%
Tuckered: 0%

Experience Ribbons

These ribbons are shown for each of your dogs equally experience milestones. You get a ribbon for experience level 1, and so a new one for every five levels.

Experience Awards

A dog's experience level starts at 0 and tin go upwardly to a maximum of 50. When ever the dog reaches a new level, awards are made in the form of either of these:

Ribbon
Skill level increase - both generic skills as well as dog specific skills
gm$.

The only exception is level l, where both a ribbon and a skill level increase occurs.

If the dog'due south stamina is at 100%, the post-obit experience points (XP) are gained:

understand command to fetch a bird: 20 points
neglect to empathize to fetch a bird: 2 points
understand other command: 2 points
fail to understand other command: 0.2 points
receive treat: xxx% of the successful command the dog was treated for (due east.yard. 6 points after fetching bird)

If a domestic dog's stamina is higher, e.g. at 200%, and then the double corporeality of XP are gained. If the stamina is lower, then less points are gained appropriately.

Dog Skills per Level

The table below shows what you gain for each new level. Golden fields signify what changes for each level. It will be a ribbon, a level gain or a monetary gift in Gm$.

Level	Stamina	Follow	Loyalty	Stance	Focus	Stoicism	Species Skill 1	Species Skill ii	Species Skill three	Species Skill iv	Species Skill 5	Species Skill half-dozen	gm$
0	1	1	1	i	1	1	one	1	1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	one	1	1	1	ane	1
2	2	1	1	1	ane	1	i	ane	1	i	one	ane
iii	2	ii	1	1	1	1	1	i	1	1	1	1
iv	2	2	1	ane	ane	1	ii	1	1	1	i	one
five	2	2	one	i	one	1	2	1	ane	1	1	1
6	2	2	ane	i	1	1	2	1	ane	1	1	one	100
7	2	2	ii	1	1	one	2	1	ane	1	1	1
8	2	two	2	i	2	one	ii	i	1	one	1	1
9	two	2	two	one	2	1	2	ane	1	1	1	one	300
10	2	2	2	i	2	i	ii	1	i	1	i	i
11	2	2	2	2	2	ane	2	i	1	one	ane	1
12	2	2	ii	two	ii	1	2	two	i	1	1	1
13	ii	2	two	2	2	2	ii	ii	1	i	1	one
14	2	2	2	ii	2	two	2	two	1	2	i	1
xv	2	2	two	two	2	two	two	2	one	2	one	1
sixteen	2	2	3	2	two	2	2	ii	ane	2	i	one
17	2	3	3	2	2	ii	2	2	1	two	1	ane
18	2	3	3	2	2	ii	two	2	i	2	1	1	500
19	2	three	iii	2	two	2	2	2	2	2	one	1
20	ii	three	3	2	2	2	two	2	two	2	ane	1
21	3	3	3	2	two	2	2	ii	2	2	1	1
22	iii	iii	iii	3	2	2	2	two	2	2	one	1
23	3	3	3	3	two	two	two	2	two	2	1	1	700
24	three	3	3	three	2	2	two	2	2	2	2	one
25	three	3	3	3	two	2	two	ii	two	2	2	1
26	3	3	4	3	two	2	two	2	2	ii	two	1
27	4	3	iv	three	2	ii	2	2	ii	2	2	ane
28	4	iii	4	3	2	ii	2	3	2	ii	2	1
29	four	three	4	iii	2	ii	2	3	2	2	ii	one	one thousand
xxx	four	iii	4	three	2	2	two	3	2	2	ii	1
31	iv	3	iv	4	two	ii	two	iii	2	2	2	ane
32	4	3	iv	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	1
33	4	3	4	iv	3	iii	two	3	2	ii	2	1
34	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	one
35	four	3	4	4	three	3	3	3	ii	2	2	1
36	4	iii	4	4	3	iii	three	three	2	2	two	2
37	5	iii	4	4	3	three	three	iii	2	2	two	ii
38	5	3	4	4	three	3	3	3	ii	two	2	2	2000
39	5	3	4	5	3	iii	3	3	2	ii	ii	2
forty	v	3	four	5	iii	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
41	5	three	4	five	iii	three	3	3	2	2	3	2
42	v	3	4	5	3	3	iii	iii	2	3	3	two
43	v	3	5	5	iii	iii	iii	three	2	three	iii	2
44	v	3	v	5	iii	3	three	3	3	three	iii	ii
45	v	iii	5	5	3	three	3	iii	iii	3	3	ii
46	5	3	5	6	3	3	3	iii	3	iii	three	ii
47	5	iii	v	half-dozen	three	3	3	3	3	3	iii	two	4000
48	five	iii	6	6	3	three	3	3	three	3	three	2
49	5	three	half-dozen	6	3	3	iii	3	3	3	three	three
l	six	three	6	6	iii	iii	iii	3	3	three	3	three

Skill Organisation

A new dog will acquit like a young dog. Wild, inattentive and playful. Information technology takes time to train a canis familiaris and make him follow the hunter'south commands ameliorate. This is washed past increasing each of the dog's skills. Each skill has a certain maximum it tin can accomplish. Leveling up is not done past training specific abilities though. For example, making the dog run around a lot will not increase the Stamina skill. The skills are increased past reaching sure Experience levels, see the Experience Awards table above.

There are generic skills that build up equally for every dog species, and at that place are dog specific skills.

Loyalty Skills

These skills are characteristic for all dogs, contained of their species.

Loyalty Skill	Max Level	Explanation
Stamina	6	Determines how long a domestic dog can piece of work without becoming tired and having to rest.
Follow Possessor	3	Governs how well a dog can stay close to its owner.
Loyalty	6	Governs how well a dog follows a command. It affects all other commands in the game.
Follow Stance	half dozen	Governs how well a dog can follow its possessor'southward stance.
Focus	3	High level in focus prevents a dog from chasing after animals that it might sense nearby.
Stoicism	3	Governs how well a dog tin ignore other dogs in a hunting situation.

Find dog specific skills described under each dog species.

Giving Commands

To bring a canis familiaris to your chase, drag information technology out from the lodge or tent inventory and place into the domestic dog slot in your own inventory. It volition spawn next to you once you close the inventory screen.
If this is the first time you bring your dog with you, you will be prompted to give it a name. It is not possible to rename a dog.
Once y'all leave the lodge or tent area you won't be able to unequip the dog.
You can admission a set of dog commands past pressing the according primal. The default key is "5".
While belongings this cardinal, select the command you lot want to give your dog with the mouse, so press the left mouse button.

Dog Commands

These keys issue commands immediately without having to go via the dog bill of fare. Theses are the default settings that tin can be changed in the game'southward Options menu.

Action	Key
Dog Menu	V
Sit down	F4
Go to player	F5
Lay down	F6
Blind	F8
Stay	F7
Use	U
Track Small Game	F9
Rail Medium Game	F10
Track Big Game	F11

Dog Response Icons

After giving command, you tin can come across the post-obit icons on the screen.

Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever is the showtime dog in the game. The retriever is much more than of an experience and a convenience add-on rather than a game changer. You won't accept to zip around fetching a whole bunch of birds; you tin can let your canis familiaris do the work while you go along an eye on the skies.

Variations

Retrieving Abilities

The Labrador Retriever tin can fetch the post-obit species later they have been shot:

Retriever Skills

These skills are Labrador specific.

Skill	Max Level	Caption
Rabbit Retrieving	3	Governs how well a dog sympathize fetching Rabbits.
Bird Retrieving	3	Governs how well a dog understand fetching Birds.
Blind Retrieving	3	Governs search speed of a dog that fetches from out of a bullheaded.
Soft Mouth	iii	Governs if a canis familiaris damages a fetched bird or non.
Mark Bird	3	Governs search speed of a dog that fetches from exterior of a blind.
Honoring	3	Governs how skilful the dog is at outset fetching a birds that its owner shot.

Labrador Controls

Labrador Retriever Tutorial Video

Bluetick Coonhound

This scent hound will assistance y'all to rails downward wounded animals that run off afterward an unfortunate wounding shot. The Hound'due south extraordinary sense of aroma can detect even the faintest blood track over long distances. This young domestic dog has received advanced grooming and is prepare for the hunt. And with more hunting experience it will abound to become a loyal and invaluable hunting companion.

Variations

How to track

To rails a wounded creature walk up to a claret rails, ID it (left-click on the track) and and then hold "5" and select "Track". The Olfactory property Hound will move to the selected track to become its olfactory property and then it will kickoff tracking. Information technology tin can rail blood tracks and fleeing tracks of an brute, just non water tracks. When the dog has found the dead animal it volition stay by it, baying and barking and then you tin can hands pinpoint the location.

There are two scenarios when tracking can neglect. The get-go is that the dog simply got distracted during tracking. It may have caught the smell of another animal or the distance between two clues was besides far. The second scenario is that the tracked animal just got brushed by a projectile, bled for a few minutes then the bleeding stopped. In this example the dog cannot keep the tracking.

Bluetick Coonhound Skills

These skills are Coonhound specific.

Skill	Max Level	Explanation
Blood Tracking	3	Governs how well a dog can find blood tracks.
Heel	three	Governs how well a dog can stay in the Heel position while its owner is moving.
Footprint Tracking	3	Governs how well a dog can find footprints of wounded animals.
Tracking Focus	3	Governs how well a canis familiaris avoid being distracted by tracks from other animals than the tracked one.
Tracking Speed	three	Governs how fast a dog can find the adjacent rail while tracking.
Tracking Distance	iii	Governs how far away a domestic dog tin detect a rail of an brute.

Coonhound Controls

Coonhound Tutorial Video

German Pointer

The German Pointer is your personal guide when it comes to finding ptarmigans, rabbits, canines, felines and somewhen fifty-fifty deer. When using the Pointer'due south special ability from the "V" command menu he/she will strike out and browse the surface area for traces of your prey. When i is found it volition assume the "point" position with neck extended and paws raised to direct you to the animal in question. If there are no prey animals initially in the expanse your dog will roam until a trail is picked upward.

Variations

Dark-brown

Dark Chocolate-brown

Chocolate Milk

High german Pointer Skills

These skills are German Arrow specific.

Icon	Skill	Explanation
	Detection	Governs how well a dog can detect different species of animals. The Pointer will always detect the closest creature of the type yous commanded it to find. Level ane: Pheasant, Ptarmigan, Duck, Turkey and Rabbit of all types. Level two: Play tricks, Goose, and Coyote Level 3: Felines and Deer (except Moose and Elk)
	Awareness	Governs how successful is at detecting animals in the vicinity every x seconds of having Detection agile. Level i: twoscore% success rate check every 10 seconds Level two: 70% success rate cheque every 10 seconds Level 3: 100% success rate check every ten seconds
	Detection Range	Governs how far a domestic dog can notice animals. Level 1: 120m from the thespian Level ii: 160m from the player Level 3: 200m from the player
	Detection Recovery	Governs how long you lot need to await before the dog can find another brute. Level 1: 5 infinitesimal interval until next usage of Detection Skill Level 2: two minute interval until next usage of Detection Skill Level three: 30 seconds interval until side by side usage of Detection Skill
	Critical Position	Governs how well a dog can proactively tell that an animal is nearly to spook (transition from calm to alarm/attentive land) depending on how close the possessor is from the casualty. This skill is a passive skill and is a manner for your dog to say "Shhhh!". An assertion betoken volition bear witness up in the corner for v seconds together with the domestic dog whimpering. This only applies to animals y'all are tracking/moving towards. Level 1: 30% success rate upon closest animal entering alert state Level ii: threescore% success rate upon closest creature inbound warning state Level iii: xc% success rate upon closest animal entering alarm state
	Detection Accurateness	Governs the rubber distance away from the tracked animal. The closer the domestic dog gets the higher possibility of spooking the animal. Level 1: 20 meters away from fauna before pointing. Level ii: xxx meters abroad from animate being before pointing. Level 3: 40 meters away from animal earlier pointing.

German Pointer Tutorial Video

Other Dog Facts

There is no functional deviation between male and female person dogs.
Dogs cannot be injured or killed.
Dogs do non need to exist fed.
Dogs can swim.
Each thespian can but take out one dog at a fourth dimension, although you lot can own more than ane.
Neither a dog nor any of the accessories accept up backpack space.
The max distance at which the canis familiaris wants to return to the player subsequently been given a "stay here!" control is 75m.
If "stay!" command is given, the domestic dog will stay even so until the player walks exterior the maximum stay distance or gives another command.
Abort going towards the thespian if nosotros tell a Retriever to stay, except when the dog is returning with an animal.
Retrievers can fetch birds in deep water.
If a Retriever somehow fails to retrieve an beast, this animate being is removed as a target for fetching.

Equipment

Collars

Collars are just for cosmetics. They practice not give camouflage (even if they have camo look!) or any other rewards. Visit the Collars in the store.

Labrador Founder Collar
Exclusive Leather

Coonhound Founder Neckband
Exclusive Leather

Pointer Founder Collar
Exclusive Leather

Synthetic Collar
Blue

Synthetic Neckband
Dark-green

Synthetic Neckband
Pink

Constructed Collar
Majestic

Synthetic Collar
Red

Synthetic Collar
Yellowish

Constructed Collar
Blazing Orange

Synthetic Collar
Fall Field Camo

Synthetic Collar
Summer Field Camo

Synthetic Collar
Swamp Camo

Leather Collar
Dark-brown

Leather Neckband
Black

Dog GPS

This device will let you to see where your domestic dog is using your HunterMate. The GPS is added to your HunterMate as shortly as yous buy it. Subsequently the purchase the HunterMate will testify your domestic dog'southward position whenever y'all cull to bring a dog with you.

Dog Vests

Fall Field Camo

Fall Forest Camo

Summer Field Camo

Summer Swamp Camo

Arid Camo

Arctic Winter Camo

Alpine Camo

Blazing Orangish

Winter Vest Green

Winter Vest Bluish

Winter Vest Red

Winter Vest Beige

Domestic dog Scarves

Blue Scarf

Greenish Scarf

Red Scarf

Blackness Scarf

Sumer Scarf

Using Dog Equipment

First choose the "Equipment" tab and add a dog to the slot "Pets". In one case a dog has been added, a new option "Dog" appears. Use the Dog panel to equip domestic dog accessories.

Dogs or their equipment do not use any of your inventory chapters.

Canis familiaris Treats

Dog Treats are a means to advantage your dog after performing a command successfully. Equip them by placing in your backpack (non in an equipment slot). After your dog performs a command successfully, you can requite them a treat by using the centre option in the domestic dog command bill of fare. The dog volition swallow the treat and get an XP bonus of 30% based of the XP awarded for the successful command performed.

The "Requite treat" option is only available:

When you are close to your dog
When yous have treats in your inventory
After a successful control has been performed by the dog (but not likewise long after)

Domestic dog Care for
Extra Big

Dog Treat
Large

Dog Treat
Medium

Dog Treat
Small

Dog Backpacks

Haversack Versions

Blazing Orange

Chill Winter Camo

Summer Camo

Wintertime Camo

Happy Camper

Summer Swamp Camo

Fall Wood Camo

Heartful (2017 Valentine'south
special event particular)

Tropical Woods Camo

Usage of Canis familiaris Backpacks

i.+ 2. Add your dog in the Equipment department.
iii.+ 4. Add a backpack in the Canis familiaris section.
5.+ 6. An actress slot volition announced in the inventory giving yous an extra chapters of five.