40 Fun Facts About TheHunter: Call of the Wild

Which big cat can be hunted in Vurhonga Savanna, the African reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

Lion joined Vurhonga Savanna in a free update after launch, even though the reserve's own storyline says poaching left none there.

Which folklore creature do the missions of Tòrr nan Sithean send players to hunt in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

The Wild Haggis drives a whole mission thread of rumoured sightings and tracks, and the hunt for it starts with a blast on the bagpipes.

Revontuli Coast in theHunter: Call of the Wild is named for a Finnish word meaning which animal's fire?

Fox fire is the literal meaning: in folklore a firefox's tail throws the sparks that become the northern lights. The reserve itself launched with no foxes to hunt.

Which reserve gave theHunter: Call of the Wild its first huntable marsupial, the eastern gray kangaroo?

Emerald Coast is set in Australia, and its story teaches that most of its huntable species are invasive pests rather than native wildlife.

Yukon Valley in theHunter: Call of the Wild shares a name with a Canadian territory but lies in which US state?

Alaska is the setting: the reserve lies in the Yukon River Basin, where its warden frets over retreating permafrost and forests scarred by fire.

Which Vurhonga Savanna heavyweight in theHunter: Call of the Wild have African hunters dubbed the widow maker?

The Cape Buffalo sits in class 9, the game's heaviest tier, and its profile says it may cause more hunting deaths than any other animal in Africa.

Which animal in Mississippi Acres Preserve was the first huntable reptile in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

The American Alligator is so heavily armoured that a brain shot is the advised way to bring one down, and a wounded gator retreats to deep water.

Which Silver Ridge Peaks animal in theHunter: Call of the Wild is often miscalled the American antelope?

The Pronghorn can sprint at about 90 km/h, which its in-game profile ranks second only to the cheetah among land animals.

Which reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild is set in Nepal, home of the snow leopard and the wild yak?

Sundarpatan spans Nepal's high mountains, hills and tropical plains, and hunters prize it for two trophies: the blue sheep and the tahr.

Which big-game animal in theHunter: Call of the Wild roams Yukon Valley, Revontuli Coast and New England Mountains?

Moose are the largest deer in the game, a class 8 animal so tough and surprisingly nimble that shot placement is essential.

Which heavyweight predator in theHunter: Call of the Wild prowls the flowing rivers of Yukon Valley for food?

The Grizzly Bear is a class 8 predator, and its in-game profile puts the biggest at up to 680 kg thanks to rich feeding along the water.

Which big cat in theHunter: Call of the Wild was the game's first predator to actively stalk the player?

The Bengal Tiger keeps one animal to each of its home ranges, and short growls while you track one warn that it is about to attack.

Which species became the first Great One, the rarest trophy class in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

Whitetail Deer led the way in April 2020, and a Great One is rated difficulty 10 even though an ordinary whitetail is among the easiest animals.

Which bird brought theHunter: Call of the Wild its grounded penalty, a zero score for shooting it on the ground?

The Ring-Necked Pheasant has to be flushed into the air before the shot, and it later became the first bird with a Great One.

Which rodent joined theHunter: Call of the Wild with Intisuyu, its 2026 South American reserve?

The Capybara, the world's largest rodent, is one of ten species that debuted with Intisuyu, a reserve that drops from cloud forest into dense river jungle.

Which Vurhonga Savanna antelope in theHunter: Call of the Wild is named for pronking, its arched-back leap?

The Springbok can leap two metres into the air, and its scientific name, Antidorcas, flags that it is not a true gazelle.

Which apex predator hunts from the highlands to the lowlands of Parque Fernando in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

The Puma cannot roar and gives an eerie shriek instead; apart from the cinnamon teal, it is the only animal there that is native to Patagonia.

On which reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild is every huntable animal an introduced, non-native species?

Te Awaroa is set in New Zealand, where every game animal was brought in from abroad; in its story the warden reluctantly lets Hollywood film crews in.

Which reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild had already appeared in the earlier game theHunter: Classic?

Hirschfelden, whose name means deer-field in German, is one of the two reserves that come with the base game.

Which base-game reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild is set in the Pacific Northwest of North America?

Layton Lake District is a land of spruce, larch and aspen forest whose three boss animals include a coyote nicknamed Super Coyote.

Which reserve was the first paid DLC map released for theHunter: Call of the Wild?

Medved-Taiga National Park, set in Siberia, stays under snow all year, which makes its nights unusually bright and among the easiest for hunting after dark.

On which desert reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild can cacti hurt a careless player?

Rancho del Arroyo sits in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico, where the shrublands hide bobcats and collared peccaries.

Intisuyu, a reserve added to theHunter: Call of the Wild in 2026, is set in which South American country?

Peru gives Intisuyu three distinct biomes, and the game hands players a new crossbow for stealthier hunting there.

Askiy Ridge Hunting Preserve, a snowbound reserve in theHunter: Call of the Wild, is set in which Canadian province?

Alberta's preserve is only the second fully winter map in the game, and its missions put hunters on the trail of the secretive Sasquatch.

Cuatro Colinas in theHunter: Call of the Wild offers four huntable varieties of which agile mountain animal?

Ibex come in Beceite, Gredos, Ronda and Southeastern varieties, and with no callers or scents to lure them they have to be stalked.

Which canine, known in Japan as the tanuki, can be hunted on Revontuli Coast in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

The Raccoon Dog was brought to the USSR for its fur and has been spreading west across Europe as an invasive species ever since.

Which Swedish company is the parent of the studio behind theHunter: Call of the Wild?

Avalanche Studios, best known for the Just Cause series, bought the rights to theHunter in 2010 after a bruising year of lost publishing deals.

Which studio, set up in 2010 to work solely on theHunter games, developed theHunter: Call of the Wild?

Expansive Worlds also made theHunter: Primal, a 2015 spin-off that swapped deer for dinosaurs.

Which trophy rating in theHunter: Call of the Wild ranks above Gold, with only the Great One higher?

Diamond is the top regular rating, and a careless kill can cost it: fail the harvest check and a would-be Diamond is downgraded to Gold.

What is the name of difficulty level 10 in theHunter: Call of the Wild, reserved for Great One animals?

Fabled arrived together with the Great Ones, so even a species that normally tops out at very easy jumps straight to the maximum.

TruRACS, a system added to theHunter: Call of the Wild in 2019, randomly generates which feature of each animal?

Antlers and horns vary in size and shape under the system, and the developers claimed a million possible configurations for each species.

Which breed became the first hunting dog in theHunter: Call of the Wild, tracking injured prey by scent?

The Bloodhound levels up the more you hunt together, and praise and petting build the bond that helps it win back focus spent on commands.

What does theHunter: Call of the Wild call the areas where animals return each day to eat, sleep or drink?

Need zones appear on the map once you spot an animal or inspect tracks inside one, and animals abandon them under heavy hunting pressure.

Which rare fur type in theHunter: Call of the Wild gives an animal an unusually dark coat from excess pigment?

Melanistic animals carry an excess of the dark pigment melanin, the reverse of the pale albino coat that dozens of species can also spawn with.

Which item in theHunter: Call of the Wild acts as a portable outpost, giving hunters a custom spawn point?

Tents can be pitched almost anywhere and serve as fast-travel, revival and resting spots, with as many as sixteen allowed on one reserve.

In theHunter: Call of the Wild, an elk may answer a hunter's caller with which loud vocal sound?

Bugle calls from a male elk carry over very long distances, and callers only draw in animals that are not already stressed.

Which waterfowl, nicknamed the sea mouse for its squeaks, debuted in Yukon Valley in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

The Harlequin Duck takes its name from the colourful plumage of breeding males, a nod to the masked jester of Italian comedy.

Which bird, the largest of all grouse, came to theHunter: Call of the Wild with Revontuli Coast?

The Western Capercaillie is one of the few animals in the game that can turn aggressive, echoing how fiercely males fight in the mating season.

Which predator is Old Scar, the resilient boss animal of Intisuyu in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

Jaguar is the species: Old Scar is a female whom the story blames for a slaughter at a private zoo.

Which tusked pig grazes the open plains of Vurhonga Savanna in theHunter: Call of the Wild?

The Warthog's facial growths are not warts at all but pads of thick skin that cushion males when they fight over a mate.