YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND

DEEPEN BONDS & AND INCREASE PROWESS

The Companion Update

NEW FEATURES

• Not sure if you’ve invested in the right skills for your companion? Players can now use in-game currency to reset and reassign their dog’s unlocked Traits. As it turns out, this old dog can learn new tricks after all.
• If a dog’s name suddenly lost its charm, players are now able to rename their hunting companion.
Developer’s Note: Changing the name will cost 1000 in-game cash.
• We’ve added an option to retire a dog from the kennel. All good dogs deserve good rest.
Developer’s Note: Keep in mind that you’re not going to get back money spent on the retired dog!

ADJUSTMENTS & IMPROVEMENTS

• We’ve updated the Kennel screen with an improved look and feel.
• A new dog commands section has been added to the key bindings menu.
Developer’s Note: Players can now map dog commands to keyboard and controller buttons easily.
• Players are now able to reset a single keybind instead of switching all keybinds to the default ones.
• The Codex now includes more information about fleeing noises.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• Leaving the tripod by fast traveling will no longer make the exit button stay on the screen.
• The Collared Peccary now shows the correct fur variation in Trophy Lodges.
• We’ve addressed an issue with ‘Respawning’ messages staying on the screen in certain situations.
• We’ve fixed multiple issues within the Harvest Screen where bones of the Red Fox, Red Deer, Magpie Goose, and Feral Pig were not shown correctly.
• Players will no longer get stuck on a black screen between cut-scene and gameplay transitions on Yukon Valley.
• We’ve addressed a bug where the crosshair was placed too high while using binoculars.
Developer’s Note: Players should now be able to spot animals without any distractions
• The Pumping Iron perk for bows is enabled again and should be working as initially intended.
• The Grelck Drilling Rifle will no longer be missing from the player's hand if they have only unlocked the first level of the Muscle Memory Perk.
• The Iron Sight on the M1 Iwaniec should now be aligned properly in the ring.
• Switching to another Trophy Lodge while already being present in one will no longer get players stuck in the floor.
• We’ve addressed an issue where the game was crashing on the original PlayStation 4 under specific circumstances on Rancho del Arroyo.
• The Grelck Drilling Rifle should now play its reload animation correctly if the player has only 1 point in the Muscle Memory Perk.
• Switching to lures while manual chambering is on will no longer jam a gun.

MULTIPLAYER

• We’ve addressed an issue causing search status to keep infinitely loading in the Multiplayer menu if the game was launched without an internet connection.
• We’ve fixed an issue where if two or more players shoot the same Crocodile, the listed body parts were different from their respective X-ray images on the Harvest Screen.
• Clicking on someone's name in the Multiplayer screen and then clicking somewhere else will now close the dropdown menu.
• Dogs should now correctly spawn for players in a Multiplayer session.
• Players with the Windows Store version of the game should no longer experience issues when receiving game invites from their APEX Connect friends.

MISSIONS

• We’ve fixed an issue with a mission in Emerald Coast where the image of a practice target was not visible in the low graphics settings.
• We’ve grounded the traps in Te Awaroa so they no longer float in the air after being set up by a player.

UI

• Using a controller to collapse sections in the storage menu will no longer make the storage items disappear.
• Reload speed time for Colt .45 guns should now show accurate numbers.
• Changing the position of the Grelck Drilling Rifle in the weapon wheel in inventory should not detach the bullets or sights from it anymore.
• We’ve addressed an issue that was causing the color names for certain animals in the multi-trophy creator display to be cut off in French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Japanese, and Czech languages.
• The loadout menu should now display text in the correct language after changing the game’s language.
• Items will no longer get stuck to the mouse if they are dragged too fast in the Cache menu.
• Pressing the Back button on the keyboard will now correctly close the Pause menu.

GRAPHICS

• We’ve fixed a minor graphical bug related to the Mississippi logo on the World Map screen.
• The eyes of the Sika Deer will no longer look black under certain lighting conditions in Trophy Lodges.
• We’ve smoothed out the look of Mallard models in the Harvest Screen.
• The Tiki torch flames on Emerald Coast are now under control and will no longer flicker too much from the wind.
• A hunting structure on Emerald Coast will no longer clip through the ground.
• A bridge on Emerald Coast got properly attached to the ground and it will not hover.
• We’ve addressed a minor graphical issue caused by petting a Dog in Trophy Lodges.
• Small backpacks will no longer have a pointy texture sticking out of them.
• We’ve updated the image of a bullet for the .243 R. Cuomo to properly show a rifle bullet instead of a pistol bullet.

ART

• We’ve fixed an issue with an icon of a hunting structure on Emerald Coast being placed a few meters away from its actual location.
• We’ve addressed a few bugs with missing collisions for household items like washing machines, dryers, and toilets.

ANIMATION

• We’ve fixed some third-person animation issues with the Zagan Varminter .22-250 rifle.
• The reload animation for the Nordin 20SA will no longer play when the gun is fully loaded.
• We’ve improved the third-person animations for the Rangemaster 338, 7mm Empress Magnum, and 7mm Regent Magnum weapons.

JOIN THE COMMUNITY FUN

SPILLING THE BEANS ON THE HUNTING LODGE

THE COMPANION GIVEAWAY COMES TO AN END

CREATOR EARLY ACCESS

DARE DROP EVENT