theHunter: Call of the Wild COTW Wiki Hub

Direct answer

COTW is the common player abbreviation for theHunter: Call of the Wild; this hub maps the shorthand to every full-name guide on this wiki.Independent fan reference · verified facts are dated Sep 1, 2026.

A bear crossing golden grassland beneath distant mountains — Image source: official theHunter: Call of the Wild media, localized from the Steam store or official Peru announcement.

What COTW means

COTW is the shorthand players use for theHunter: Call of the Wild, the open-world hunting game developed by Expansive Worlds and published on Steam by Avalanche Studios. The official Steam listing dates the PC release to February 16, 2017 and describes single-player hunting plus online multiplayer for up to eight people. The abbreviation points at this game only: theHunter Classic is a separate title, so a COTW guide, mod, or save file should not be mixed with Classic material.

Core hunting guides

The fastest way into this wiki is the beginner guide, which turns wind reading, careful tracking, and a simple first-hunt plan into one starting routine. The wind direction guide then explains how scent carried by wind fits into the approach, and the animals reference keeps its Peru fur-type table limited to what official material confirms today, with everything else marked pending.

Beginner guide & tipsOne starting routine: wind, tracking, and a first-hunt plan.Wind direction guideKeep scent carried by wind inside the approach plan.Animal babies & fur typesConfirmed Peru facts; rarity fields stay pending.

Weapons and equipment

Loadout questions in COTW start from the confirmed class system, not from a universal ranking. The best weapons guide explains how to read that class language and when to recheck official notes after an update, and the vehicles guide covers the confirmed ATV rules: free spawning at any outpost or tent and one active vehicle per hunter.

Best weapons guideRead the confirmed class system before comparing loadouts.Vehicles guideConfirmed ATV spawn rules and multiplayer driving notes.

DLC and reserves

Paid content is grouped by official categories — reserves, hunting equipment, weapon packs, trophy lodges, cosmetics, and hunting dogs — rather than a fixed best-DLC ranking. The DLC guide keeps the source-aware list with separate sections for the Peru Hunting Reserve, Salzwiesen Park, and the equipment packs, and it treats prices as dynamic instead of quoting fixed numbers.

DLC guide & complete listOfficial content categories; prices stay dynamic, never fixed.

Multiplayer, mods and updates

Online play is confirmed for up to eight people, with PC-platform invitations running through Apex Connect and no cross-platform save support. The multiplayer guide, the mods guide, and the patch notes index each state their own version boundaries, and the borderless mode guide holds the official Steam and Epic launch arguments for a windowed setup.

Multiplayer guideUp to eight players; Apex Connect handles PC-platform invites.Mods & tools guideCompatibility-first notes for mods, trainers, and save tools.Patch notes indexRecheck the latest verified hotfix after every update.Borderless mode guideOfficial Steam and Epic launch arguments for windowed setup.

How to use this hub

Treat this page as a doorway rather than a destination: every link above opens the full-name guide for that topic, and each of those pages states its own confirmed facts and pending fields. When a future update changes a system, the dated correction belongs on the topic page, while this hub stays a stable COTW entry point into the wiki.

Pending detailAny exact value, ranking, compatibility promise, or mechanic not stated in this page’s P0 source remains pending.