🦡︴cotw-scotland

[muted lion]

Meg said at the end of the stream most people have guessed it and everyone was saying either Africa or Mexico so it’s most likely one of those

[supple ledge]

Lot of Asia fans too

[muted lion]

We also tied the clue to the Nile river which connects to lake victoria which is in between Kenya and Tanzania

[supple ledge]

A map on the Nile would be great

[glacial flame]

But the picture isn’t a clue

Tk has apparently said there was no new clue today

[fringe oasis]

Will be awesome, but I don't think is gonna be Kenya. Hunting there is prohibited, and this game pay too much attention to real life rules

[glacial flame]

Plus everything I’m seeing points to Parque

[muted lion]

It’s not but the original clue and Meg saying what a gourd and Layton have in common

[lime socket]

Sad thing is we don't know that it is going to be a map for certain.....do we?

[fringe oasis]

Maybe Uganda o Tanzania

[muted lion]

Tanzania most likely

If it’s Africa

[glacial flame]

Oh yes that is Brock

[glacial flame]

We pretty much do. We get a new map normally every 6 months

[fringe oasis]

The main issue with Tanzania is the picture. Dosn't looks like Tanzania. I been there many many times

[ripe bluff]

The soil on the Parque pic is completely different from the EW twitter pic.

[glacial flame]

It might not be but it’s very likely

[lime socket]

Ah ok, I hope it is!

[muted lion]

The devs said a lot of people and guessed it and people are only guessing maps so

[glacial flame]

From Parque

[ripe bluff]

Ground textures are way off

[glacial flame]

Not at all really

[ripe bluff]

Parque is much more sandy

[muted lion]

Me connecting it to the Nile has nothing to do with the picture other then the river in the background i know the picture isn’t the new map

[supple ledge]

Could be on Atlas Moutains in Africa?

That’d be cool

[muted lion]

Prob because it’s a different time of day but it all looks the same

[fringe oasis]

Could be the Rift Valley or even de Zambeze basin. From the moutains of southern Zambia, the views are very similar to that picture

[lime socket]

Ooh hadn't thought of that...would be different I guess?

[nocturne moon]

Lmao watching the stream rn

[glacial flame]

It’s definitely Parque I can say that for sure

In the pic from earlier

[vapid garden]

100%

[glacial flame]

It lines up perfectly like

[nocturne moon]

Dang

So

[glacial flame]

Trust me I didn’t want it to be lol

[nocturne moon]

We got bamboozled

[glacial flame]

I made a video talking about it being a clue so just had to make one to correct it lmao

[glacial summit]

where do you get a shot like that with the river though?

[nocturne moon]

Yeah

[glacial summit]

on parque that is

[nocturne moon]

There are no rivers in parque right

[glacial summit]

1

on the east side

[nocturne moon]

Ok

[open crag]

If it’s going to be Africa I’m really hoping for an Ethiopian highlands map. Loads of diverse species and beautiful environments.

[glacial summit]

but its not the terrain in the picture

[muted lion]

The picture is also taken on a mountain so maybe a connection to Mount Kilimanjaro just like the Layton lakes media clue with a mountain in the background

[glacial summit]

its more trees and grass

[open crag]

Could look kinda similar to Parque maybe, I think.

[vapid garden]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/818877458140627044/846811854507343952/image0.jpg you can literally see the "river" on the left side in this pic. It's 100% from parque

[glacial summit]

ok thanks

oh dang your right

they are adding alpacas to parque and calling it a day

[nocturne moon]

Bruh

[glacial summit]

im calling it

[midnight moon]

Imma just sleep until friday lol

[nocturne moon]

Lol

[fringe oasis]

Yes, I just compare both pictures and is Parque Fernando 100% sure

[vapid garden]

ye sadly

[grand cipher]

Okay

Opinion what if it’s a new animal coming to parque

[fringe oasis]

Maybe the picture is not trying to show us the landscape. Maybe is the sunset. A typical African view "African Sunset"

[glacial summit]

it might be boats/rafts of some sort

[fringe oasis]

Nothing more to add for an Argentinian map. Just Wildboard and Fallow Deer.

[glacial summit]

there has been alot focused on water

boats seems like a viable option

if it is the we have overhyped this so badly

i honestly dont care if its a small dlc if it some with a huge bug fix update aswell

[fringe oasis]

A Okavango Delta could be fantastic. A mix of forest, swamps and open grasslands with hippos, leopard, crocs , waterbuck, sable, elephants, buffalos, lions, great kudus (Are al common in the area)

[glacial summit]

i totally agree

thats exactly what i want

but the clues dont quite add up for africa at the moment

[fringe oasis]

Me too. Last year I sent a message to the developers with the idea of okavango. A wild area plenty of water channels, reed beds, mopani forest and savannah. I think a map like this will be very different to other ones with new species.

[grand cipher]

Bruh just gotten taken hostage by 3 water Buffalo but um boats would be good for ducks and drink times

I would say like a canoe or kayak would be better than a boat

[fringe oasis]

Well, gourds are very very common in Africa. The Bushmans and other tribes use it to storage water, seeds and mopani caterpillars

[fringe oasis]

Just imagine paddling in that channels, with hippos and crocs around. Could be fantastic

[grand cipher]

Get yeeted

🤣🤣😭

[fringe oasis]

Could be a complete new hunting experience. fresh air for the game.

[glacial flame]

I’m gone ten minutes and chat already gone by lol

[split charm]

So there is no new map coming

?

[ancient sorrel]

Ye lol, been away an hour, and...

[grand cipher]

I think the biggest impact a canoe would have on any map would be Yukon

[glacial flame]

There probably is- bc we know we get one roughly every six months

[glacial flame]

So much chat lol

[grand cipher]

And no just talking about ideas and what clues could be

[ancient sorrel]

I wished for a kayak back when I grinded grizzlies

[midnight moon]

But what about those trees ?

Trees, rocks, plants

[grand cipher]

That’s what I’m saying

[ancient sorrel]

I think that’s an existing map, but the point is that it’s still a clue

[grand cipher]

I said addition to parque

[split charm]

Yep

[midnight moon]

I don’t think that pic matches with Parque

[grand cipher]

But what animal in argentina has something to do with water

[midnight moon]

Water buffalo

[ancient sorrel]

Looks like Te Awaroa or Vurhonga

[midnight moon]

waterbuffalo=austrlia

australia

[ancient sorrel]

Oh anything but Australia

[midnight moon]

Hahahaha

[keen warren]

The pic isnt a clue

[muted lion]

They said no clue was released today in the stream

[grand cipher]

We have water Buffalo what could be new tho

[ancient sorrel]

It definitely is

[keen warren]

They said it wasnt

[ancient sorrel]

👀

[keen warren]

I swear they could say that they liked the letter b and you all would think it's a clue

[muted lion]

It’s clearly the same location in both pictures I don’t get why that’s so confusing

[primal birch]

are we allowed to post our theories here? I am thinking Australia and have my theory

[muted lion]

Yes but I think we can safely say it’s Africa or Mexico but go ahead

[primal birch]

I am thinking it is Australia. The gourd is a Calabash gourd which can also go by the name Tasmania Bean. The other day, we were told that Layton was the clue. Some research turned up an Anthropologist named Robert Hugh LAYTON. "While studying Australian rock art Robert Layton helped prepare a number of Aboriginal Land Claims, of which the first was the claim to the Uluru National Park. This research has been published in his books Uluru: An Aboriginal history of Ayers Rock"(Wikipedia). If we were going to get an Australia map, one would assume we would see the famed Ayres rock. The dive deeper could also be a nod to "Down Under".

I have also been checking around the cliffs for rock painting in Layton, but haven't found anything yet 😦

[keen warren]

I mean kinda makes sense but they dont put specific real places in the game

[muted lion]

Good research, but I don’t think the clue would be this deep

[mild aurora]

This is at the summit of Mt Leviathan right now. Is this new? I’ve never climbed to the top until today and this is just sitting there.

[split charm]

This is very old

[muted lion]

That’s old

That’s the vurhonga clue from like 2 years ago

[split charm]

Nah

[vivid cosmos]

Yeah

Oh no

[split charm]

Its for the lodge

[mild aurora]

Lol damn that is old. I got bored and started climbing just because I hadn’t climbed Leviathan ever.

[vivid cosmos]

Yes I was going to correct myself

[primal birch]

The dive deeper thing had me wondering if there wasn't some cliff diving area in layton, with a clue, but I have looked all over. Most all posters on the bulletin boards are unreadable, but the stay away from cliff edge, and no cliff diving you are able to read

[muted lion]

In the stream they said most people already guessed it and everyone has been saying either Africa or Mexico so it’s most likely one of those

[split charm]

I think is africa

[primal birch]

fair enough. I am just going where my evidence points.

I haven't found any "layton" evidence for mexico

[graceful saffron]

More of us had guessed mexico sooooo

[vivid cosmos]

They did?

[muted lion]

I’m pretty sure the word Layton isn’t a clue because meg asked what the gourd and Layton have in common which assumably is water

[eager raptor]

Lake District is also a place in England

[primal birch]

how does the tea clue/cuppa fit into mexico and texas though? that is clearly an english expression, or an old colony in my eyes.

[muted lion]

The tea thing wasn’t a clue

[primal birch]

oh lol

red herring!

[grand cipher]

The gourd makes sense for Mexico in ways

If you look at it as clay pottery

Instead of gourd

[primal birch]

are the sprite cans beside it a clue? any sprite bottling plants in mexico? 😛

[split charm]

Lol

https://images.app.goo.gl/Sh6hi8UswjGJtTus6

Doesnt look like the one in the game

[midnight moon]

II think i figured the map out. The Gourd and Layton lakes have water in common. Water relates to Water buffalo and water buffalo relates to Australia ! Meggles said we have to think out of the box..

Also today’s post was from parque fernando which also relates to water buffalo

[split charm]

Big brain time

[midnight moon]

And meggles confirmed it as a clue

[midnight moon]

actual Big brain time

[split charm]

Your ia is 999999

IQ*

[primal birch]

see my australia theory above! I think its definitely Australia

lol

the wait is the worst

[midnight moon]

@split charm I just said my idea. what do you want now ?

[split charm]

Nothing

[midnight moon]

Than type nothing

[potent hull]

Why would they do Australia when they just did New Zealand? It makes no sense.

[split charm]

I just said you are smart

[vivid cosmos]

Yes but no lol

[midnight moon]

I am not brain afk i know what is ironic and what not but however

[wind ridge]

My conclusion:
Gourd it's a two-way clue, is a Pilgrim Gourd and Water Bottle
In South Layton we can see a lot of history about the pilgrims/settlers,
the Layton train tracks are related to the settlers, the CODEX say it starts at Layton Lows and goes east, we can see that the train track goes south...
Sonora Desert is towards the south of EEUU..
Water bottle = Desert

(Arizona or Sonora Mexico)

[muted lion]

If it’s Mexico the music better be amazing

[midnight moon]

This bedroll always been in the outpost on Layton?

[wind ridge]

duck pack clue

[midnight moon]

Weird, never noticed it before lol

[keen warren]

Literally any desert in the US or Mexico is south of layton

[wind ridge]

there are no more physical clues on the map

[glossy turret]

Guys it’s literally Wyoming 100% meg goes even liked my tweet about it.

[wind ridge]

only Pilgrim gourd

[wind ridge]

so... a person call Layton Gourd create a public Prezi whit 1 image and this is a answer?

[keen warren]

Meg could have liked it because it coincided well

I dont think she would like the correct answer and give it away like that

And there isnt space on the reserve map to put another one in that area

[primal birch]

All clues point to Australia imo. Sure you can make a clue fit here or there with Mexico etc, but I have yet to hear a theory that ties them all together like the Aus one.

[wind ridge]

https://www.google.com/search?q=pilgrim+gourd&rlz=1C1UUXU_esAR942AR942&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6wODRyuXwAhVYHbkGHU3PDp8Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=625

[primal birch]

also, I am obviously bias towards my own theory lol

[wind ridge]

good appreciation jajaja

[maiden schooner]

does not really exist in reallife

[spiral dawn]

pretty sure that map is fanmade

its not official

[wind ridge]

game map xD

[spiral dawn]

yeah that one is different than the one above

[midnight moon]

the maps aren’t always what people think first. It is like the boxing gloves clue, everyone thought it was Australia but when u think out of the box it was Rocky mountains. And here is the same case. Everybody thinks Africa mexico or Asia but when u think out of the box you get water=water buffalos= Australia.

that’s still my opinion

And it’s very good

[uneven bloom]

I stg there better not be water buffalo on that map then

I hate having to be paranoid in Parque

[midnight moon]

haha

[uneven bloom]

and I know I'm gonna hate the cape buffalo when I finally work up the nerve to try Vurhonga

probably the lions too tbh

[midnight moon]

New JaxyBeard video is out about the clue

Some how ended up with Paraguay and Uruguay as possible locations and that he’ll explain his full reasoning and everything with evidence on stream today

[keen warren]

But it wasnt a clue

[uneven bloom]

ooh they'd have to shuffle the map a bit if that's the case

I mean, Parque's icon is in the wrong spot to begin with

[midnight moon]

It is gonna be Australia believe me guys.

[inland isle]

shooting penguin with a .470 confirmed

[vivid cosmos]

Baby penguins confirmed

[pure lantern]

new weapon...club

[muted lion]

Pretty sure there are water buffalos in Africa too

[pure lantern]

there are

[midnight moon]

Hahaha ok

haha

There is cape buffalo not water buffalo hahahahahahahhahahahahahavavavavav

[glacial summit]

its gonna be boats and a duck hunting rework

[midnight moon]

Hahhaha ok

[pure lantern]

I hope Yucatan Peninsula or AZ/NM/Mexico

[midnight moon]

It will be Australia. I will screenshot this message and the day it’s confirmed i will send it to you 😂 I’m 100% sure

[glacial summit]

if its duck hunting rework im goona cry yet laugh hysterically at the same time

they are tryna bamboozle us

[vivid cosmos]

In yucatan most hunting isn't allowed

[muted lion]

🦓or🦌or🦘?

[pure lantern]

🦘

[midnight moon]

Ah fuck no

[pure lantern]

lol

[midnight moon]

Nothing personal

I just hate Aus lmao

[pure lantern]

I still think AZ/NM/Mexico or Africa unfortunately

[jade thicket]

🦫

[midnight moon]

Which one is unfortunate

All of them?

[pure lantern]

africa

[midnight moon]

Jeez what did Canada ever do to you?

[jade thicket]

eh

[midnight moon]

Touche

[pure lantern]

we have one already. I want something totally new 🙂

[midnight moon]

Like?

Cause I don’t see how an escaped petting zoo could be fun to hunt

[pure lantern]

SE Asia or Australia or Sonora desert

I will play whatever they sell me, but I just have my opinions

[muted lion]

A new Africa map would be new they would be able to add a lot more exotic animals

[full crystal]

This game needs a survival mode where you just try to keep your lodge from being overrun by beavers

[pure lantern]

Why not add the animals to the existing africa map?

[midnight moon]

Nothing new in the sonora lmao so that’s not your reason. Again not to be rude, there’s just nothing original there that isn’t a re skin

Too small

Unpractical

[lusty orbit]

I see that we all unanimously agree that the next map is Africa

[midnight moon]

Different regions

[muted lion]

Because that’s to many species in one reserve they already added lions

[keen belfry]

I’d like to see how they’d handle a Cameroon inspired reserve

[silver fog]

More species on Vurhonga would likely make it feel too crowded tbh

[primal birch]

Australia is vastly different than anything else, and all the clues fit. It's Aus

[midnight moon]

Terribly and it will burn to the ground

[pure lantern]

Well it looks like you will get africa anyway, but I still would like a new destination first before africa

[midnight moon]

Aus, more like ass

[full arch]

Got em

[midnight moon]

Lmao

Is the Kiwi here ?

The 10 year old roast

Lurking 👀

[silver fog]

As long as its not Mexico Im happy

[primal birch]

maybe if its australia we can hunt escaped convicts. Man: The ultimate game.

[muted lion]

They just added New Zealand which is basically like Australia’s little cousin

[primal birch]

lol they are so different

[midnight moon]

Biggest diff ever between em

[silver fog]

I mean... environmentally, depends

[midnight moon]

Terrain and animals

[keen warren]

Literal millions of years of evolution apart

[midnight moon]

animals maybe not but terrain kicks hard

[pure lantern]

?

[midnight moon]

It’s ironic cause back for the srp clue I said “the next 2 maps are gonna be Australia and NZ and I gonna suck” and I might end up being kinda right

[silver fog]

As for huntable game, NZ's got most things Australia could offer

[midnight moon]

Australia had feral goats and donkeys and NOTHING interesting to hunt I can’t comprehend you wanna shoot up a petting zoo

[silver fog]

Exceptions being camels, water buffalo and banteng

[muted lion]

That’s not interesting

[midnight moon]

Oh yeah who doesn’t wanna shoot a camel

[silver fog]

Kangaroo maybe

[full arch]

I wanna snipe a camel

[midnight moon]

Ducking camels

[silver fog]

I'd like to

[midnight moon]

Lmao

[pure lantern]

Feral cats is what I'd love to hunt actually....something they would never add lol

[silver fog]

Would be unique lol

[midnight moon]

What the fuck

[silver fog]

But yeah, just saying

[pure lantern]

Feral cats is a huge pest in Australia

[full crystal]

I would love to hunt camels

And kangas

[midnight moon]

I know you guys have your own opinions, but my god they suck in my own opinion

[full crystal]

And dingo

[midnight moon]

Camels, Kangaroos, dingos, Goats pigs (boring but still fun), waher buffalos(maybe) Tons of new deer species, banteng, new geese species

[primal birch]

I will shoot any animal they put in game, I don't care

[pure lantern]

Killing lots of native birds and such

[full arch]

Lmao imagine putting a stuffed feral cat in the lodge

[pure lantern]

lol

[full crystal]

Feral cat and cane toads FTW

[midnight moon]

Dude thought camel and put it down as a legit argument

[muted lion]

Plus earlier during the stream they said most people had guessed it already and everyone was guessing between Mexico and Africa no one really said Australia

[midnight moon]

And 3 animals already in the game

[uneven bloom]

What about on other platforms?

like FB and such

[keen warren]

Wait do camels even live in aus

[frosty beacon]

Idk, I think it'll be something like Namibia

[silver fog]

Honestly at this point as good as all maps are going to have reused animals so thats hardly an arguement

[uneven bloom]

TBH.

[frosty beacon]

Mexico would be disappointing...

[midnight moon]

No when the clue first came out most people said Mexico/desert, Africa has slowly gained majority over time

[uneven bloom]

almost every new animal is going to be using an existing model from here on out, I think.

[silver fog]

As long as it isnt MOSTLY reused animals Im fine

[pure lantern]

Yes the guesses are Mexico and Africa. An opinion of what we would like...Australia came up.

[floral umbra]

Second biggest population in the world

[muted lion]

During the stream she said she was looking at the clue chat discord

[full crystal]

some got loose and started making baby camels from waht i hear

[frosty beacon]

Bruh

[midnight moon]

Yes about a million imported camels

[muted lion]

But that was still before the stream

[pure lantern]

We have a strong feeling what we will get is either Africa or Mexico

[silver fog]

Again, Mexico would be sad

[midnight moon]

Besides Africa BECAUSE it is enough popular big game animals to not even warrant reused animals- but they will reuse animals- which I don’t blame them for

[silver fog]

Maybe one or two actual new animals, tops

[midnight moon]

Yeah I agree on this

But in the end a quality Mexico map is better then a rushed Africa map, and vice versa

[silver fog]

They will reuse some more likely because said animals would belong on said map tbh

[keen belfry]

I am fine with any map, in the end of things

[full crystal]

Weird how hyped Australia's deadly animals supposedly are, but they're completely overrun with nonnative species. The crocs and tiger snakes are losing to camels and house cats?

[pure lantern]

I just want to play another map. Give me Africa, Mexico, Asia, or Australia...I don't care 🙂

[silver fog]

Deadly to us vs deadly towards other mammals

[uneven bloom]

ngl, big reason I don't want another Africa map this soon? It will get things rushed in by manchildren, as per the lion.

[silver fog]

Yeeeeeeep, thats my worry

People are going to cry for elephants, rhinos and giraffes

[uneven bloom]

ngl that's the only way I see elephants happening

[midnight moon]

It’s the same case as with the boxing gloves nobody thinks out of the box but i do and no body likes my idea... It is going to be Australia. There is so many things i could say rn but everybody would disagree with me so i just let it but believe me it’s gonna be 🐊🦘

[midnight moon]

I know they fit, but Africa is one of the only places where people will recognize all of the new animals and enjoy hunting them, if they do all new, that can’t happen anywhere else in the world

[uneven bloom]

can only hope the devs put their metaphorical foot down on "controversial" animals

[silver fog]

Or crocodiles and hippos for that matter

[pure lantern]

I hear ya

[muted lion]

Bro wdym the boxing gloves was probably the most obvious clue of all

[spiral dawn]

Why would they rush it if they simply designed the map with elephants in mind

[midnight moon]

There’s my opinion (which hates Aus to the core) and fact, which is where there’s a legit chance the map will be Aus

[silver fog]

I just want them to avoid animals that would be either controversial or too hard to implement properly

[midnight moon]

There NOT adding elephants or anything like that. Why? They’re pussies, it’s a game, but in the end they’re not gonna add them

[midnight moon]

every body thought it was australia but it ended up with rocky mountains. Exactley the same like this clue it will end up something completely diff then we all think

That’s what meggles said to think out of the box

[uneven bloom]

if they wanted to do animals larger than class-9's, we would've seen bigger plaques in the lodges.

[midnight moon]

Imo it’s not controversial at all, it’s a game, but they still won’t do it, it’s there game, and I don’t. really mind

[muted lion]

After flinters video when everyone realized it was the same brand rocky used it was really obvious

[silver fog]

And they are trying to bring some positive attention to hunting as a whole rather than going "fuck yea, helicopters and assault rifles"

[feral ferry]

I mean they added lions

[uneven bloom]

Because Vurhonga got review-bombed.

[spiral dawn]

There’s room for them to change the current safari lodge plagues or just make a new lodge

[feral ferry]

Ah true

[pure lantern]

If they added bigger animals, they would have to put out a brand new lodge

[silver fog]

Yeah

[midnight moon]

Thisthisthis over ANYTHING

[spiral dawn]

With that logic we wouldve seen bigger plagues to begin with the first lodge released

[silver fog]

People were whining and leaving poor, as well as outright lying, reviews

[uneven bloom]

^^^^

[midnight moon]

Does ANYONE not want a cabin themed lodge, anyone at all???

[uneven bloom]

Steam's since added anti-bombing measures, since that in itself was becoming an epidemic a while ago

[silver fog]

Like when people say none of the big 5 animals are on Vurhonga Im not sure wether to cry or slap somebody

[midnight moon]

Okay so other Question when we put Layton and the Gourd together what do we get ? Right we get water. So what can water mean ? Right water buffalo. So what can Water buffalo mean ? right, Australia

[uneven bloom]

I'd be down for a cabin-themed lodge

[feral ferry]

Yep, I love mine I have in classic

[midnight moon]

I mean bigger and better then that rustic pos

Jk I like the lodge in classic

[pure lantern]

PLS NO MORE BUFFALO SPECIES

[uneven bloom]

...cape buffalo? Do people not actually know what those animals are?

[silver fog]

They dont

[uneven bloom]

🙄

I'd be down for leopards ngl

[spiral dawn]

literally when has anyone said that

[muted lion]

That’s what I said like people are just triple guessing themselves at this point

[silver fog]

They think "Big 5" means lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes and hippos lol

[midnight moon]

Lots of the cotw community... lacks a functioning front cortex

......

[silver fog]

Not even kidding

[spiral dawn]

Making up fake situations lol

[uneven bloom]

There's a small, small chance we might get the southern white rhino, since that one's near-threatened

[spiral dawn]

No one has said that

[midnight moon]

Nope

Notta

[silver fog]

Multiple people have said that

They might be idiots, but still people

[midnight moon]

What did multiple people say ?

[silver fog]

This

[midnight moon]

Hahaha

[pure lantern]

Big 5 is a local sporting goods store here 🙂

[midnight moon]

If I could anything done in cotw, it would be a Yukon overhaul. Number 2 would be trophy lodge overhaul. Number 3 QOL and fix all the racks, everything. Number 4 new map

But that won’t happen

Because money

[uneven bloom]

and tbh, a big point against elephants/giraffes? They'd be laughably easy to snipe from afar. Well out of danger-from-aggro range.

it'd be just another grind.

[midnight moon]

Also only 1 gun in the game can kill them

[spiral dawn]

Like people dont already snipe animals out of range

[midnight moon]

At a very close range

[silver fog]

Elephants would be a pain in the ass to hunt

Easy, but would take too long

[midnight moon]

Have you watched an irl hunting video, they just walk up and bang

[frosty beacon]

That's the problem with CotW, few animals get respect due to how the game works

[silver fog]

Yeah and headshots ruin trophies in this game

[uncut adder]

I don't think they'll add elephants. They're being poached a lot.

[pure lantern]

Need a gnarly caliber to take elephants, right?

[tidal trout]

Yea there’s really nothing special about elephant hunting

[midnight moon]

This this this, sums everything wrong with the game up PERFECTLY

[midnight moon]

470 works

Only one though

700 is great for em

[silver fog]

470 barely works for buffalo ingame because of the bow bias

[spiral dawn]

When can I get a 700

[frosty beacon]

I think white rhinos would be cool if they were really rare, didn't use need zones and you had to pay license to hunt them

[pure lantern]

What caliber is the "elephant gun"?

[midnight moon]

470 nitro

[pure lantern]

oh 🙂

[midnight moon]

Anything above 375 HE? I believe in irl

[silver fog]

Rifles across the board needs a penetration buff

[midnight moon]

Called something like that irl

[midnight moon]

Nice idea. I’d pay 50k to have 1 elephant or Rhino on my map

[spiral dawn]

Yes 375 HH and above

[uneven bloom]

just use the muzzleloader

[pure lantern]

lol

[spiral dawn]

375 H&H is the minimum legal caliber

[midnight moon]

It’s because it is illegal to hunt elephants anywhere in the world with smaller then that

[pure lantern]

I bet that OP gun would take an ele

[frosty beacon]

Another idea for the rhinos would be to remove medals for them

So you eliminate the diamond craze about them

[pure lantern]

Make them extremely rare and elusive and make them all diamonds lol

[frosty beacon]

Yeah that works too

But yeah they obviously should be rare

I really wish the game respected animals more in its mechanics

[pure lantern]

Like you MIGHT see one every 100 game days...

[midnight moon]

What’s the point in even making them?

[frosty beacon]

I think there should be a couple on the map but you'd have to pay to kill them

[midnight moon]

That defeats the purpose of the game

[tidal trout]

Yea it goes against every mechanic of how the game works

[pure lantern]

Make them GO rare

[spiral dawn]

COTW is not irl hunting simulator

[midnight moon]

POLL: A for AFRICA and M for MEXICO

[frosty beacon]

@spiral dawn that's the problem

[restive sky]

or asia mongoloia india nepal maybe

[frosty beacon]

Animals get no respect in this game

[spiral dawn]

hunter classic is for you then

[uneven bloom]

if you want IRL hunting simulator, go play Classic.

[frosty beacon]

Even if they are just pixels

[rose oar]

Is the poll what we want or what we think its gonna be? Lol

[midnight moon]

Want

[viral pagoda]

A texas map or an africa pt 2 would be epic

[frosty beacon]

Yeah I do play Classic a lot 😛

[pure lantern]

Southern TX/Mexico would be awesome

[midnight moon]

Did you say Texas?

[frosty beacon]

But CotW has nicer graphics and interesting story lol

[viral pagoda]

y e s

[midnight moon]

POLL: Australia or Mexico ?

[midnight moon]

I respect your opinion and will say nothing else.

[viral pagoda]

k

[restive sky]

asia map maybe

[uneven bloom]

how about you not spam that question?

[keen belfry]

A texas map with nilgai would be a nice addition

[midnight moon]

@uneven bloom I made 2 diff polls

Africa and mexico and australia and mexico

[midnight moon]

Why not hunt them in ASIA???

[full arch]

They aren’t legal to hunt there I’m pretty sure

[frosty beacon]

The only way a Texas map could be interesting would be if they had a bunch of non-native animals there

[restive sky]

blackbuck tigers crocks axixs deer batengan hyena leopards cheats lions yaks

[pure lantern]

I would love a second option for a WT map

[midnight moon]

POLL: Whitetail or Hippo ?

[restive sky]

hippo

[midnight moon]

Also I get the whole “cotw isn’t a hunting simulator” but also what’s wrong with realism? Why is it sooo bad to brand cotw as a realistic hunting game? Like having adjusted populations, natural environments, ect.

[frosty beacon]

@midnight moon it will get bombarded with negative reviews like classic from children who want CoD with deer

[restive sky]

i think they should add all animals who are they arfraid peta

[full crystal]

Too much realism ruins games in a hurry. They're supposed to be fun. I love the realistic environment, but prefer the game to be at least a little game-y

[lime socket]

TK said during today's live stream that India would most likely never be done as a COTW map as hunting is illegal there and it would be disrespectful to Indias Government and reflect badly on EW. I don't know if Nepal also has similar hunting laws. It's safe to assume if hunting is banned or heavily restricted in a country it wont be made into a COTW map

[midnight moon]

They’d be able to secure a better player base of people that can pay money if it’s realistic

[frosty beacon]

CotW has far better reviews than Classic so I doubt that

[midnight moon]

This is an opinion, wether realism is fun or not

[restive sky]

well takling abaout crushing dreams but we need more red deer map crap

[full arch]

I think realism is good to an extent. It should be a challenge but shouldn’t be so hard that I might as well just actually go hunt

[uneven bloom]

yeah too much realism isn't fun.

[midnight moon]

Most of classics bad reviews are when you had to pay to hunt animals and such- all do which is gone

TK or Meggles lurking ?

[full crystal]

Considering how much more popular COTW is than more 'realistic' hunting games, I think you might be a little off base

[midnight moon]

Like what is more realistic?

[pure lantern]

The only species with GO and only one map for them? We need another WT map not red deer

[frosty beacon]

@midnight moon nah you still get from children who run around the map thinking the deer will not spook lol

[midnight moon]

Classic, only available on PC, and drives away 12 year olds with bad graphics

Cotw be like: 1 WT map, 4 red deer maps. I think we need a 5th red deer map !!!!!

[pure lantern]

lol

[frosty beacon]

Classic is more fun than CotW because it makes you work for stuff. I hate the faux progression in CotW, it's all over the place

[floral umbra]

Australia has Whitetail Deer. Just saying

[restive sky]

wee need map with no deers and with a lot of pertators

and zebras

[midnight moon]

But when you say realism is bad in a hunting game, it’s your opinion, and so is mine that it’s good, but it’s not for you to decide if cotw should be realistic, nor is mine

[vivid cosmos]

True that I cant get enough of one of the most ridiculous truracs of the game

[pure lantern]

I am open to another Africa map, but we need another WT map first 🙂

[frosty beacon]

CotW truracks are so bad

The mule deer especially imo

[midnight moon]

they better add WT to Te awaroa or and to SRP

[vivid cosmos]

Cotw is all work and no play and in classic you can be lucky

[frosty beacon]

Red Deer are fine imo, giant red deer antlers are ridiculous irl so they showed it perfectly in this game

[midnight moon]

But not an extra map for em

[uneven bloom]

I mean

deer antlers can get pretty weird irl

[pure lantern]

I would be on board for that

[midnight moon]

They can’t do it well, people want another wt map but it won’t be done well, because antelope on srp were not done well and the whole map suffered

[vivid cosmos]

They should have added the tahr

[midnight moon]

They should

Tbh SRP and Te Awaroa both map suck cuz no WT

And make them not drink at lakes

[midnight moon]

Neither of those map should have wt

[frosty beacon]

@midnight moon wait what's wrong with the pronghorn? I didn't really hunt them yet, only stuff like turkeys, muleys and elk

[midnight moon]

They should have WT

[full arch]

If it’s Mexico I’d imagine they’d put coues whitetails

[pure lantern]

They copy a lot of animals to multiple maps. The WT need some of that love lol

[midnight moon]

I agree with ya on NZ not having WT. Srp the WT l8ve hand in hand with mulies tho. Wouldve been neat to see.

[spiral dawn]

There’s barely any WT in New zealand

why would they add that

[inland isle]

but there is WT

[pure lantern]

NZ no, but SRP should have had them

[spiral dawn]

on a small island

[midnight moon]

Srp suffered as a whole, I get the realism sucks thing, but when you have antelope drinking next to bighorn that live at the same lake it’s obvious they only did it because people cried for antelope, which threw off the whole maps vibe and region. I’m extra critical because this is where I live

Which made them add bison as well

[pure lantern]

god i hate bison

[frosty beacon]

Yeah I mean, pronghorn don't really live in areas like that

[pure lantern]

so overused

[midnight moon]

AOTA here to fact check me

[pure lantern]

well buffalo in general

[ivory tiger]

There is only 1 lake that has both those species drinking from them blue

[midnight moon]

The last good release was Yukon tbh 😂😅

[pure lantern]

omg and i LOVE the music score for Yukon

[full arch]

On console I’ve never seen pronghorn and bighorns together

[midnight moon]

Get me a photo of them drinking side by side, then Ill be fine with it

what the fuck happened

Me

[pure lantern]

lol

[ivory tiger]

What?

[midnight moon]

WTF WHERE DO U LIVE

[midnight moon]

oh shit

Australia?

[midnight moon]

what

[midnight moon]

1 lake is 1 too many

[ember wing]

When you say antelope what do you mean?

[midnight moon]

Do u live in Australia ?

Time diff is real

[midnight moon]

Pronghorn they are antelope

[ivory tiger]

You don't get out much do you

[midnight moon]

Lol

[pure lantern]

I think he means pronghorn

[midnight moon]

no i live in a shithole american state the worst state in the US

California ?

[midnight moon]

yeah

worse even LA

[ivory tiger]

Antelope (pronghorn) and bighorn 100% share the same areas irl

[frosty beacon]

😂

[midnight moon]

No they don’t

[ivory tiger]

Yes. They do.

[ember wing]

Ah okay, was going to say there are no antelope on SRP but yes

[grand cipher]

Don’t tell smol he’s wrong

[midnight moon]

No. They don’t.

[grand cipher]

Smol is right

[midnight moon]

Cap

Bighorn don’t live in the plains, antelope don’t live in the mountains

[grand cipher]

Cap and gown you dippin right

[midnight moon]

I am not a fan of Hunting in the Usa but imagine a Texas map with Longhorn bulls

[inland isle]

technically, both proghorn and the bighorn live in nature, so yes, they do live together

[ivory tiger]

I'm not even going to bother with your ignorance today @midnight moon

[full crystal]

@ivory tiger pronghorn and bison don't live in the SRP kind of biome at all IRL. they're plains animals. they live in the flats.
@midnight moon there are plenty of bighorns in pronghorn country. biggest herd of bighorns i've ever seen IRL was in Scottsbluff, NE. the weird part is seeing pronghorns and bison up on the side of mountains. they don't do that IRL

[grand cipher]

Bruh

[midnight moon]

Bruh

[midnight moon]

Bison do and can live in mountains

[fringe bison]

bruv

[grand cipher]

They have a season in Colorado wym

[ivory tiger]

I've seen pronghorn as high as 10k feet in elevation up in the alpine so that is also untrue

The "plains" of srp is too treed I agree tho

[midnight moon]

Not the time

[full crystal]

@ivory tiger I've seen them up high as well, but 99.9% of the time it's in a big park basin or huge flat valley

[midnight moon]

🦓🦌

[golden edge]

Why the hell does it matter its a game

[midnight moon]

If they stuck with a more classic tgt vibe, where the bighorn and goats lived up high, which could flow into a plains biome, yeah okay

[ivory tiger]

As long as it's open enough country both live there

[golden edge]

It's a game no game is 100% realistic

[uneven bloom]

^^^

and games that are too realistic tend to end up flopping because they're too hard/punishing for casual players

[full crystal]

exactly. you never see them on forested hillsides way up high in the rockies

[inland isle]

imagine trying to get a non-hunter into a 100% realistic hunting sim. Sitting in a deerstand for 5 hours and seeing nothing

[midnight moon]

🦌

[full crystal]

exactly. that would suck. i also don't want to have to buy a 'license' every time i go out the door, or have to quarter out an animal and pack it back out. i want FUN

[frosty beacon]

The problem is that you would just sit in front of your pc for 5 hours

[golden edge]

#🦌︴general

[pure lantern]

who wants to sit in a game for 5 hours? If I want to sit in a deerstand for 5 hours and see nothing...I would go hunt...

🙂

[uneven bloom]

Not even waiting for geese takes that long rn

[pure lantern]

They will hopefully fix in the next patch 🙂

[wicked fjord]

Reply with a smiley face if u want a Texas map

[pure lantern]

😦

lol 🙂

I would be fine with it

[lime gorge]

I’d love a Texas map, just not more than a lot of others

[pure lantern]

Southwest TX and northern Mexico

[wicked fjord]

I just want more whitetail cause I suck with whitetail on Layton

[pure lantern]

This ^^

[pale rampart]

Get some Coues white tail in Sonora.

[pure lantern]

I can do wt on Layton, but I would love a choice of scenery

[lime gorge]

Have you tried mule on on the South America map, I love bow hunting them and they make killer trophies in the lodge

[dark lance]

In parque

[pure lantern]

ugh

[midnight moon]

Poll: Africa Mexico or Australia ?

[pale rampart]

Mexico.

[midnight moon]

nice

i can’t use a

because it’s used

nice

[pure lantern]

Australia>Mexico>Africa

[pale rampart]

Agreed.

[lime gorge]

That’s some good detective work @dark lance pretty close looking

[pale rampart]

What could be hunted in Aus?

[full arch]

Camels

[lime gorge]

Africa>Australia>Mexico

[pure lantern]

Camel, feral cat, red kanga

[midnight moon]

Banteng

Sambar deer

Dingo

[pure lantern]

yep

[stuck crown]

Donkeys are also hunted in Australia.

[midnight moon]

emu

[regal fable]

Sup everyone

[spiral dawn]

Why are none of you talking about his discovery

[midnight moon]

and feral goats and pigs would be re used

[dark lance]

It's not mine

[uneven bloom]

cats would be very very iffy because irl pets

[lime gorge]

Still you posted it at least

[midnight moon]

because we already know it

It’s old

hours ago

[lime gorge]

Oh new news to us our bad lmao

[regal fable]

Just like buschrangers run in classic Australia would be boring

[spiral dawn]

Didnt see I guess

[wicked fjord]

Y would we need another Africa map ok tho

[pure lantern]

Yeah ik. They would never put them in and I would be fine with it either way

[wicked fjord]

I just want whitetail😩

[pale rampart]

If it’s Mexico there’s a chance of it.

[uneven bloom]

I do not like Layton very much

[regal fable]

Because we do lol they haven't even touched half of the animals to hunt in Africa

[pale rampart]

Mule and white-tail on the same map.

[pure lantern]

whitetail>everything else rn. They NEED a second map before we get another map

[uneven bloom]

there's maybe. Two or three spots I like to use on it. And that's it.

[wicked fjord]

Same I would be very disappointed for Africa 2.0

[regal fable]

But at least ultimate hunting is going to add animals cotw wont elephants giraffes hippos and rhinos

[pale rampart]

GiB mOaR aFriCa

[pure lantern]

I think they will release either Mexico or Africa this time anyway

[wicked fjord]

If we got map with whitetail I would completely transfer my whitetail set up to the new map and abandoned Layton

[pale rampart]

Why are people talking about UH like it’s going to be good?

[stuck crown]

@wicked fjord you would really be disappointed in more hoofed mammals, small game, birds,and dangerous game, that’s pretty much every game species in Africa.

In a nutshell.

[midnight moon]

A: New Whitetail map with a lot of game breaking bugs B: We will never get a new Whitetail map and the coming map is Africa

[regal fable]

Really hoping so

[pure lantern]

We pretty much know the new map is going to be Africa anyway so it doesn't matter about wt anyway 🙂

[wicked fjord]

Wouldn’t Africa do the same thing for Africa animals

[midnight moon]

ehm noo

[pure lantern]

I just want more options. The new Africa map will come with bugs too 🙂

[pale rampart]

Based on the conversation we still don’t know shit.

[regal fable]

Not at all lol they could literally do completely new animals

[wicked fjord]

I doubt it

[pale rampart]

They could, but will they?

[stuck crown]

@wicked fjord Africa’s terrain isn’t just savanna, the continent also has wetlands, desert, mountains and tropical rainforest.

[pure lantern]

You guys act like you do

[midnight moon]

A: Whitetail Map B: New Hunting game

[inland isle]

inb4 africa2.0 with feral goat, turkey, and red deer

[unreal briar]

Ive yet to see a good answer to the hints

[pure lantern]

neither

[pale rampart]

Tbh the hints are kind of bunk.

[inland isle]

I have no clue anymore with the hints aside from desert

im just riding the news as it comes at this point

[uneven bloom]

yeah the hints are still too vague

[stuck crown]

It’s probably a map with lots of water or very little water.

[spiral dawn]

Ive yet to see a good hint besides the gourd

[uneven bloom]

it just keeps going around in circles

[pale rampart]

We’ve had three “hints” and so far we’ve narrowed down our conversation to half the world’s continents.

[pure lantern]

I think bassed on the hints that the new DLC (if a map) will be either Mexico, Africa, Asia, or Australia

[inland isle]

i mean, they're good clues because they're generating discussion that we can't answer. would kinda suck if the first clue instantly let us know where the map was

[midnight moon]

I mean i have a good idea with Australia but no one takes it seriously because everyone is so deep in Africa or Mexico

🙂

[spiral dawn]

Australia is likely off the table cause they just did Oceania

[regal fable]

Because Australia would literally be like buschrangers run in classic boring

[pale rampart]

I’d love an Aus map. I’d love an Asia or Mexico map. I think Africa is overrated.

[pure lantern]

Yeah everyone wants stupid africa AGAIN

I will buy it even if it is africa though lol

[midnight moon]

wouldn’t be bad but Aus is diff kind of nice

[inland isle]

I've already put money on steam to fomo buy it the day it releases

[granite pulsar]

what's stupid about africa?

[spiral dawn]

the endless possibilities of unique animals unlike copy and pasted deer

[pure lantern]

In this sense and for the guesses we got rn, you are right 🙂

[regal fable]

Facts

[granite pulsar]

LOL

[pale rampart]

Oh no! Deer in a hunting game!

[grand plaza]

I would rather have more deer tbh

[spiral dawn]

oh no! thousands of deer already on the current maps lets add more rather than unique species

[wicked fjord]

Yes scarecrow

[regal fable]

Just like when new Zealand released them posting introducing red deer when literally they were on 3 different maps😂

[pale rampart]

“Thousands”

[granite pulsar]

we need another red deer map obviously

[inland isle]

pls no

[spiral dawn]

more pls

[inland isle]

not red deer

[unreal briar]

Sambar / Rusa deer > Any animal of the big 5

[midnight moon]

wE wAnT mExiCo bEcAuSe tHErE iS 10 Copy and pasted animals. better add WT to SRP

[pale rampart]

Need more variety of deer.

[wicked fjord]

We already have 3 red deer maps

[grand plaza]

Yes!

[pure lantern]

The only thing this clue thing has accomplished is that the whole community is at eachother's throats lol AMAZING 🙂

[grand plaza]

LOL

[granite pulsar]

4*

[midnight moon]

5th SOON 🤡

🤡

[granite pulsar]

5 isn't enough man

[regal fable]

This is just the facts whenever they release a new map we get maybe 4 new animals everything else copy and paste because the devs are lazy🤷‍♂️

[uneven bloom]

I don't mind red deer too much since they give decent cash but 5 would be a bit much

[pale rampart]

Sambar, Rusa, muntjac, more caribou, more axis deer, more variety of mule, wt fand bt.

[wicked fjord]

Hater

[midnight moon]

R E D D E E R. 7 letters 7 Maps

[unreal briar]

yes.

[pale rampart]

s u b s p e c i e s is the name of the Game.

[granite pulsar]

dive deeper

[pure lantern]

All i ever wanted was a second choice of scenery to hunt wt lol.

[midnight moon]

aight

[unreal briar]

lets tone down the shitposting a bit :p

[midnight moon]

[granite pulsar]

ugh fine 🙄

[midnight moon]

Puppy or Goose ?

[granite pulsar]

goose

[pale rampart]

More deer, more birds before another Africa.

[unreal briar]

Deer species arethe best.

[midnight moon]

I hope your trolling

[muted lion]

Pterodactyl confirmed

[pale rampart]

Go ahead and laugh.

Of course I’m not trolling. I’d rather have more deer and birds in a hunting game than simp for another Africa map. The laughers and haters are the worst of them, too. Getting all bent out of shape because the original Africa doesn’t have enough variety.

Go on EBay, buy a PS2 and some Cabela’s games, and have a time.

[unreal briar]

There are 2 groups of people, those who want to keep the game a trophy hunter and add more stuff like deer etc. and those who want the arcade hunter with more predators & big game. I guess the devs have to balance that

[spiral dawn]

It’s already an arcade hunter

[pale rampart]

It isn’t though.

It’s still not gone that far.

[unreal briar]

Its more arcadey than Classic for sure but it still tries to be a bit realistic.

[spiral dawn]

What makes Africa maps not a trophy hunter game

[urban root]

especially if y'all would just try to hunt on the dense Hirschenfelden. every other map feel overpopulated compared to it.

[uneven bloom]

not to mention the bugs that they have to fix all the while. I respect them a lot for not shelving all the bugs in favor of constant new content.

[spiral dawn]

Africa is like the epitome of trophy hunting

[midnight mist]

basically

[uneven bloom]

Africa is also home to multiple animals that are being poached out of existence.

[supple ledge]

Wish more maps were like that

Ngl

[midnight mist]

Big Game Hunter VS Dangerous Hunts

[spiral dawn]

And? this is a video game

[uneven bloom]

That's where the controversy factor comes in

[pale rampart]

Again. Stepping into the ethical uncanny valley that I talked about when people were suggesting elephants.

[unreal briar]

Its not everyone's cup of tea.

[uneven bloom]

especially since it's specifically the animals Africa is known for that are primarily in danger. Such as elephants.

[spiral dawn]

If you’re against it then don’t hunt them when it comes out

Simple

[urban root]

THERE WAS A TEA DAY POST., THIS IS A CLUE

[spiral dawn]

You control your mouse to shoot

[unreal briar]

perhaps.

[muted lion]

Bruh

[supple ledge]

stop

[unreal briar]

[pale rampart]

get out

[urban root]

🤣

[supple ledge]

[regal fable]

That's what I'm saying people are completely ok with people blowing up people with rpgs God forbid you put a fucking elephant or rhino in a hunting game

[urban root]

the salt was worth.

[spiral dawn]

You can already drive hunt with ATVS on cotw and shoot a whole herd in one go

[urban root]

so ... australia. right?

[supple ledge]

plz no

[ancient sorrel]

Wow, this chat goes soooooooo fast

[midnight moon]

TK where are you when we need you ?

[warm basin]

What I miss

[midnight mist]

honestly, this chat be like: There's trees on layton, could this mean something?!

[uneven bloom]

Just the server going full circle in conversation topic again

[golden edge]

Stop posting the same photo

[supple ledge]

Facts lol

[pure lantern]

stop posting that pic...

[warm basin]

So the stream was useless

[ancient sorrel]

Yup, pretty much

[midnight moon]

sorry boss

[uneven bloom]

From what I've heard, yes

[pure lantern]

yea

[midnight mist]

from a clue standpoint yes

[pale rampart]

Did they even address the discord convo?

[pure lantern]

they were enjoying teasing us 🙂

[ember wing]

Depends what they wanted 😂😅

[urban root]

didn't they specifically say that it was 100% india? 😏

[muted lion]

Partially yes

[supple ledge]

They said a lot of people guessed it

[pale rampart]

Lame.

[supple ledge]

I think

[pure lantern]

They said it would be disrespectful to their culture

[pale rampart]

Okay, that narrows it down to four whole continents.

[uneven bloom]

They said a lot of people guessed correctly. Which brings us absolutely nowhere, except to everyone insisting that they're right.

which...is also going nowhere, now that I think about it

[urban root]

1/4 to 1/3 of people . so not a LOT

[pure lantern]

I am right...

lol

[muted lion]

They said most people guessed it right and at the time everyone was guessing Africa and Mexico

[supple ledge]

10 bucks I guessed it

[midnight mist]

all this means is we can stop guessing

[pale rampart]

Sadists.

I’m done here. Much to the relief of some, likely.

[supple ledge]

This chat is one big circle

[regal fable]

Or stop guessing until they actually reveal it and give more information

[unreal briar]

Keep it friendly please.

[warm basin]

The only time we get anywhere is when all the 12s are asleep

[supple ledge]

insert flinters servers 12 emoji here

[urban root]

it'd be kinda funny if the gourd clue just meant they were adding desert themed clothing and a thirst/hunger feature

[nocturne moon]

That would suck

[unreal briar]

yep

[urban root]

that plus tons of bug fixes? I'm in

[oblique tiger]

Outside the box
1- box is square

• square has 4 corners

1a. ) — southwest United state’s Utah New Mexico Arizona & Colorado meet.

1b. ) there is a Layton city in Utah

FYI— Outside the Square— is an Australian way to say outside the box — coulda been a play on words.

[pure lantern]

If they add survival mechanics...it BETTER be optional...

[uneven bloom]

^^^

my memory is like a piece of Swiss cheese on a good day

[pure lantern]

lol

[spiral dawn]

Open country is coming out, a survival hunting game

Looks neat

[warm basin]

Is this vurhunga?

[oblique tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/neat-thats-pretty-neat-smile-gif-14911905

[vivid cosmos]

Cotw has to much technology to be made survival

[pure lantern]

parque i think

[spiral dawn]

its parque

[warm basin]

Oh ok

[pearl hatch]

Yea we debunked it earlier

[vivid cosmos]

I mean i can fast travel to the lodge and buy water and food?

[pure lantern]

We did learn from the stream...TK is shaving his beard...

[spiral dawn]

Tk slipped and said this new map wouldnt have sheep

so theres that

[muted lion]

Does that apply to bighorn?

[spiral dawn]

Yea

[muted lion]

So it’s prob not Mexico then based off that but it’s not official

[spiral dawn]

Sheep/ Rams he said have been done too much on the recent maps

[warm basin]

Let's go

[midnight moon]

How about this??
Layton lakes gourd
Llano
Great kudos

[warm basin]

Africa has no sheep

[uneven bloom]

Mexico doesn't have to have bighorn

[midnight moon]

Llano TX

[warm basin]

They dont have enough orginal species to not include bighorn

[pure lantern]

I agree with TK though

[muted lion]

I wouldn’t like Mexico without bighorn

[midnight moon]

Llano Texas
Bighorn sheep, whitetail black bucks

[nocturne moon]

Africa

Mama mama bia ey ey

[pure lantern]

Hopefully we can hunt mambas...lol

no snakes though ik

[wicked fjord]

TEXAS, TEXAS , TEXAS

[pearl hatch]

Lol everyone in there videos today used the same picture I messed up cropping out

[pure lantern]

Everything is bigger in Texas....even the wt...lol

[warm basin]

Oh course they did they all clickbait to stay relevant

[pure lantern]

^^^

[restive sky]

hope we get jaguars in texasa mexican map

[pearl hatch]

Yea but they didn’t bother fixing my messed up crop

[fringe oasis]

I think I got it.
Gourd : Aztecs
Layton : America
Fernando : Spanish

Mexico

[pearl hatch]

There’s just a white line at the bottom still lol

[pure lantern]

So Yucatan Peninsula maybe?

[wicked fjord]

Idk but I just want whitetail

[pure lantern]

same

[urban root]

i think I've killed 3 whitetails in owning this game 4 years

[warm basin]

U want a cookie

[oblique tiger]

Why you struggle?

[pure lantern]

kill more 🙂

[urban root]

I just don't get the hype?
I've hit them with my car IRL.
but like.. RED DEER. beautiful

fallow deer ? A+

[pure lantern]

I wand hand grenade fishing added lmao

[fringe oasis]

Yes, they have, called Carnero Cimarron

[oblique tiger]

Talk a walk down the river systems in Layton start about 8am

[warm basin]

Well we hunt them for the great one

[oblique tiger]

Really find them around 1500 too

[urban root]

red deer/fallow great ones plz.

[pure lantern]

We need more GO species that's for sure

Elk would be awesome

[oblique tiger]

What if it was just Layton 2.0– redone adding things like turkeys— changing color palette etc?

[pure lantern]

winter Layton ftw

[warm basin]

That wouldn't explain the gaurd tho

[oblique tiger]

True i suppose

[pearl hatch]

I suggested to tk a expanded Layton with a few more species and bigger map he seemed to agree and like that idea

[uneven bloom]

ngl overhauls of the base maps would be neat

[pure lantern]

Gourds were also used as musical instruments. I hope the next map has an awesome gourd score

[uneven bloom]

giving them the updated door animations the newer maps have would be nice too

[urban root]

that theory holds water :3

[pure lantern]

hahaha i see what you did there

Does anyone know if the Aztecs used gourds as musical instruments specifically as well as storage?

[pearl hatch]

Yea updated maps could also include another story mission set which includes new animals

[pure lantern]

same map...all new animals too

maybe

[uneven bloom]

mmh it'd def still have the "exclusives"

[pearl hatch]

I’d just say a few more animals Mabye one for each class possibly or a few more ducks for Layton and bobcats 🤷‍♂️

[uneven bloom]

I'd like bobcats tbh

[urban root]

diamond raccoons and beavers plz.

[pure lantern]

A small game reserve wtih a new Class 1/2 rifle/airgun

we need a few mor options for class 1/2

[warm basin]

That's never gonna happen they never have more than 2 small game on a map

[urban root]

they use to only have 1

[pearl hatch]

Well if they expand they could have 3-4 class 1 and Mabye 2-3 class 2 and so on

[pure lantern]

ik it won't

[silver robin]

I think it is Africa, more specifically Tanzania or Uganda.

1. Gourds are originally from Africa, European traders and explorers found them and brought them to the rest of the world.
2. The happy tea day post on the social media pages. https://www.facebook.com/thehuntercotw/photos/a.1824905437748040/2923073804597859/?type=3&theater They did not do this last year and so it is likely a clue. Tea and the British slang “cuppa” limits the reserve to an area with British influence see map. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#/media/File:The_British_Empire.png TK said they will likely never do an Indian reserve because it would be offensive to the Indian culture, so Africa, North America, or some pare of Asia that is not Russia or India. More importantly it rules out Mexico because it was founded by the Spanish and Tea, according to Wiki, is not very popular in Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_tea_culture

3. The clue by Meggles says “you'll need to dive a little deeper...” Dr. David Livingston wrote a book about Africa intitled Deep in the Heart of Africa and he explored Tanzania and Uganda. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/348416.David_Livingstone
   Both of these countries border Lake Victoria whick is the largest lake in Africa. Uganda also has scores of lakes. This seems promising seeing how Meggles later posted a meme saying what if Layton Lakes was the clue. The Gourd was found in the “Lake district” so even if the Livingston angle is false it could still likely be Uganda. Another thing Uganda has going for it is it’s Elephant population which has recovered form less than 600 to over 5000. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150622-uganda-poaching-wildlife-crime-elephants-ambassador-wonekha While hunting Elephants is still illegal for the most part in Uganda, with Ultimate Hunting boasting Elephants being in the game Expansive Worlds finally has some worthy competition and may finally give us the Big Five. And to paraphrase ZaggiDK you shouldn’t say anything about killing “endangered” or “cute” animals when you are mascaraing half of Los Angeles in GTA.

4. The Parque Fernando Pic
   The Fernando picture of the mountains points East/Northeast This would draw a line straight to east Africa, India(which is out), and Southeast Asia.

[pure lantern]

The focus of a hunting game is to hunt the stereotypical large game

[nocturne moon]

Makes sense

[pearl hatch]

I just heard that none of the guesses so far have been close

Most likely not Africa or Mexico but who knows

[nocturne moon]

Cant be Wyoming

Cause just a copy and paste of Srp but with whitetail

[uneven bloom]

also too close to SRP to begin with

[nocturne moon]

Yep

[rustic pumice]

I read your messages since yesterday 5 p.m. 😂

[nocturne moon]

Really lol

[rustic pumice]

Yes xD

[manic solstice]

Half the community would lose their minds if we got another North American reverve

[nocturne moon]

I wouldn’t mind a Texas but I want and need African

[atomic portal]

TheHunter: call of U.S.A.!

[uneven bloom]

I wouldn't mind it tbh

[lime gorge]

From who?

[pearl hatch]

Was watching scarecrows stream he said a mod said none of them were close but Mabye that was to throw people off

[manic solstice]

I think Texas could indeed make a good map, but it seems like an Australian reserve or a second African map should come first

[manic solstice]

Could well be

[nocturne moon]

My thoughts exactly

[lime gorge]

Didn’t the mods the other day say they weren’t allowed to know either?

[pearl hatch]

I doubt the mods even know tbh lol they have been very good at keeping this one close

[lime gorge]

Yeah lol, thanks for the info though, every bit is good to think about

[nocturne moon]

My grandpa asked me today about the game and I said about the hints

He said it’s definitely not Wyoming cause it’s stupid

[manic solstice]

Smart man

[nocturne moon]

Wise

[manic solstice]

I want a desert map like that so bad. I’m burned out on dense vegetation from the awaroa

[nocturne moon]

Like Sonora Mexico almost

Or south to

Tx*

[manic solstice]

Exactly

[urban root]

how are people wanting wide open maps, but not worried about render range?

[full crystal]

exactly. vurhonga's bad enough

[manic solstice]

That is a concern of mine

[muted lion]

Meg said in the live stream that most people have guessed right

[urban root]

every map but hirsch and medved are bad. (about animals walking out of render range while I'm aiming)

[full crystal]

i'm not saying it's Africa
but it's Africa

[manic solstice]

Aren’t most people guessing Africa 2?

[warm basin]

Yes

[pearl hatch]

So I’m guessing it was to throw us off

[uneven bloom]

I thought it was more like 1/3 of people guessed right?

[pearl hatch]

Not the most people

The mod thing

[uneven bloom]

ngl. At this point I'm expecting an out-of-nowhere map.

[manic solstice]

God I hope it’s Africa

[nocturne moon]

It 1/3 African 1/3 Asia 1/3 Mexican

[manic solstice]

Antarctica

[warm basin]

It's more 1/2 Africa and 1/4th Mexico and asia

[nocturne moon]

Yeah

[uneven bloom]

So, we're still nowhere near guessing correctly.

[granite pulsar]

it's actually going to be a prehistoric map

[nocturne moon]

That would be dope

[muted lion]

No because everyone has a different opinion but one of them is correct

[nocturne moon]

Yep

[granite pulsar]

exactly, the prehistoric map

[muted lion]

Obviously

[manic solstice]

Checkmate devs

[nocturne moon]

Earlier they were watching us earlier lol

[granite pulsar]

they want to see us in pain

[muted lion]

They prob watching right now

Laughing

[granite pulsar]

hi drive

devs

hi devs

[potent hull]

Yeah at this point we’re probably going to be hunting aliens on Mars.

[granite pulsar]

i heard it was jupiter but whatever you say 🤷‍♂️

[muted lion]

I heard we storming the pentagon

[potent hull]

Or maybe Area 51

[muted lion]

Fishing in the Bermuda Triangle

[full crystal]

just begging for a 'uranus' comeback here, but i'm going to let it pass and be a better me today

[muted lion]

Uranus

[midnight moon]

Elon musk map

great one teslas

and the weapon will be mars

.

[visual gyro]

Wrong Franchise. That's DOOM

[jade thicket]

i know a person whos married to the doom creator fam 😁

[nocturne moon]

Pog

[spiral dawn]

Tried to join a vurhonga multiplayer map and it put me on layton

Is this a clue

[granite pulsar]

yes