Uulyn Khöndii, Land of the Eternal Sky (Mongolian Reserve)

[terse loom]

Welcome to Mongolia, half this reserve is covered in steppe plains where large herds of Mongolian Gazelle graze and packs of Wolves hunt. Should one hunt along tree-lined rivers you may find species like Siberian Roe Deer, Grouse and Wild Boar while the lakes see unique Asiatic waterfowl like Bar-headed Goose and Ruddy Shelduck. The hunter who wishes to push themselves to the limits will seek the two mountains ranges where Ibex and Argali roam freely.

Returning Species

• Wild Boar
• Black Grouse
• Greylag Goose
• Snow Leopard (Rare, but not as rare as on Sundarpatan with about 20 across the map)
• Eurasian Lynx (Limited Range)
• Siberian Musk Deer (Limited Range)

New Potential Species - Class 1 & 2

• Common Shelduck
• Baikal Teal
• Ruddy Shelduck
• Bar-headed Goose
• Smew
• Swan Goose
• Daurian Partridge
• Pallas’s Sandgrouse
• Chukar
• Black-billed Capercaillie
• Great Bustard (Not hunted IRL)
• Tolai Hare
• Tarbagan/Mongolian Marmot or Altai/Grey Marmot
• Pallas Cat
• Corsac Fox - Class 2

New Potential Species - Big Game

• Siberian Roe Deer - Class 3
• Goitered Gazelle - Class 3
• Mongolian Gazelle/Dzeren - Class 3
• Mongolian Saiga - Class 3 (Limited Range and Small population)
• Gobi Ibex - Class 4
• Altai Ibex - Class 4
• Mongolian Wolf - Class 5 (as suggested by Skeletor)
• Gobi Argali - Class 6
• Altai Argali - Class 6
• Mongolian Wild Ass - Class 6 or 7 (not hunted irl but population in Mongolia has well over 80% of the population)
• Altai Wapiti - Class 8
• East Siberian Brown Bear - Class 8 (Limited Distribution)
• Feral Yak - Class 9 (Smaller then Wild Yak but with more fur variation)

Some of the outpost on this reserve could be a Mongolian Ger (also known as a Yurt hence the 4th image)

Seeing as how there is a demand for a reserve in Asia I thought I should go ahead and make my attempt at it, and you won’t find European red deer or endangered Gobi Bears on this reserve

Here are images for the smaller game: Tarbagan and Altai Marmots (remember, the Altai could serve as a substitute), Daurian Partridge, Pallas Sandgrouse, Swan Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Ruddy and Common Shelduck

The new big game species: Siberian Roe Deer, Altai Wapiti, Mongolian Gazelle/Dzeren, Gobi & Altai Ibex, Gobi Argali and Altai Argali

The reserve would have 2 separate mountain ranges, one in the west and southwest would be home to the Altai Ibex and Altai Argali while the one in the east and northeast would be home to the Gobi Argali and Gobi Ibex. The mountains would also be home to the Black Grouse, Altai Wapiti and Mongolian Wolf (to be fair the wolves are everywhere on this reserve)

[wheat gorge]

I love it, I've always thought that another map in Asia would be really cool.

[terse loom]

Asia easily has enough room for at least 6 more reserves

[wheat gorge]

Oh yeah, definitely

[rose anchor]

@small timber also made a Mongolian reserve idea but only this one is more detailed

[past pumice]

Yeah. Decently. You have Japan, Nepal, the middle east, maybe if things settle down a Kamchatka area map, Papua new guinea, and turkey.

[small timber]

I have to agree,haven’t quite had the time to do all this

Love it

[dire bridge]

Wonder if EW would consider doing Mongolian wolves as a separate species like they did with the Iberian wolves they do look distinct enough imo to warrant it

[terse loom]

I have seen pictures of some hunting in the parts of Borneo Island that are within Malaysia, animals like saltwater crocodile, water buffalo and more, I will have to do more research on that. Another Asian Reserve that could be added would be Tajikistan: It has Marco Polo Sheep, Markhor, Ibex, Urial Sheep and I have seen pictures of Feral Yak taken there too.

[terse loom]

I was considering doing Mongolian Wolves as a separate species from the Grey Wolf

[dire bridge]

I would hope they would, based on the quick searching I’ve done they have a lot more red in them

Not that it would be a deal breaker or anything just think it would be cool if they were visually distinct as I personally find the solid grey wolves to be quite bland

[terse loom]

This was one of the first images I found of the Mongolian Wolf, and I agree, the Grey Wolf we have now are kind of boring looking so I switched it out for the Mongolian Wolf, that makes 2 reserve suggestions I made with a unique wolf subspecies

[dire bridge]

Yea there’s a lot of good references that show their difference to the existing wolves. I think it would make lodges more interesting with an increasing in wolf fur types like with what the Iberian wolves have

[dire rune]

That other Mongolian reserve post someone mentioned elk and I think red deer. I guess there is a great elk population there according to my 10 seconds of googling

[terse loom]

And my list includes Altai Wapiti

[dire rune]

Awesome missed it the first time.

[terse loom]

No problem

[past pumice]

This is going to be the fifth map to get 100 thumbs up. Just 82 more.

[wheat gorge]

Just going to bump this up so more people can see it

[dire rune]

Of the suggestions I've seen this has probably my favorite species list.

[terse loom]

Well I finally decided on a pair of weapons for this reserve

• 7x64mm Bolt-action Rifle
  • Class 4-8 or 3-7 (maybe even 3-8 I am not sure)
  • It would be a good rifle for hunting ibex, wolf and wild boar on this reserve
• 243 Semi-auto Rifle
  • Based on the Valmet M88 Hunter
  • Should be useful for hunting the large herds of Dzeren or packs of Mongolian Wolves
    I also decided to include 3 more species: The Corsac Fox, the Tolai Hare and the Chukar (pictures of the new semi-auto rifle and animals included)

[azure mortar]

Thank you for this suggestion

[terse loom]

Gonna bump this up a bit

[terse loom]

Regarding the Dzeren (Mongolian Gazelle): I think they should have the massive herds that the Blue Wildebeest on Vurhonga have (or had, its been a while) as the gazelles can gather into large herds on the steppe

[wheat gorge]

I like the idea to include the Chukar, it would definitely be an interesting upland game bird

[terse loom]

I don’t believe I have multi-mounts for this reserve yet so here are some

Mountain Lords: 1 of Each Argali (Altai & Gobi) and 1 of Each Ibex (Altai & Gobi), all Male

The Khan: 1 Male Mongolian Wolf, 2 Female Mongolian Wolves

Dzeren Herd: 2 Male & 2 Female Mongolian Gazelle

Marmot Colony: 2 Male & 2 Female Marmot

Duck Hunt: 1 Corsac Fox (Male) + 2 Ruddy Shelduck Males & 2 Ruddy Shelduck Females

Goose Fight: 1 Male Swan Goose & 1 Male Bar-headed Goose

Thunderous Clash: 2 Male Altai Argali

Desert Chase: 2 Mongolian Wolves (1 Male & 1 Female) + 1 Mongolian Gazelle

Siberian Roe Huddle: 3 Male Siberian Roe Deer

King of the Valley: 1 Altai Wapiti Bull + 1 Altai Wapiti Cow

[small timber]

Bump

[terse loom]

I guess this reserve could have one more weapon to go along with the 243 semi-auto and the 7x64mm bolt-action

A single shot rifle based on the Ruger No.1 that is chambered in 6.5 (same as the 6.5 bolt-action that came with Cuatro Colinas)

The 6.5 could also be re-classed to Class 3-7 so it can be used on species such as Siberian Roe Deer, Mongolian Gazelle and species on other reserves such as the Axis Deer and European Roe Deer

[median nexus]

That’s actually a pretty cool looking rifle. I do like the semi-auto .243 though. It seems to fit the map better too I think.

I think Mongolia is my most highly anticipated map for CotW. I’d honestly rate it over another African reserve. Are goitered gazelle hunted in Mongolia? They would be another cool species to see but I see a lot of conflicting info on whether they can be legally hunted there.

[terse loom]

Your not joking about the conflicting information regarding the legality of hunting the Goitered/Black-tailed Gazelle

[terse loom]

Uulyn Khöndii, Land of the Eternal Sky (Mongolian Reserve)

I did use google translate to come up with that name
It basically “Mountain Valley”

I do also have something ready regarding a Central Asian Reserve located between this one and the https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1117315981849669662

[terse loom]

Here it is https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1119449859297132564

[cobalt cedar]

Id love to see mongolia so bump

[past pumice]

Bump

[velvet spoke]

Bump

[thorny mason]

bump, mongolia is probably my most desired reserve location

[nova notch]

I’m investing in this

[brave junco]

I'm not sure what season you was thinking for the map but I would like to have fall for the colors. I love Elk hunting in the larch trees.

[terse loom]

That could work for the mountainous areas on the reserve and the forest-steppe mosaic in the valleys

It could probably make up between 1/4 and 1/3 of the scenery on the reserve (the rest is either mountainous terrian or open steppe)

[thorny mason]

personally i'd love spring/summer, mongolia's green hills and mountains are so beautiful

[small timber]

I mean on my Mongolia idea,It slowly fades to fall the more you time travel

[brave junco]

Elk bump

[small timber]

Bump

[brave junco]

Elk bump

[terse loom]

Here is a bump with a picture of a Gobi Argali & Gobi Ibex at the museum in my hometown (sorry about the angle)

[brave junco]

Bump

[zealous river]

👍

[ornate panther]

This just looks amazing 🙄

[brave junco]

[zealous river]

^

[terse loom]

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[vestal drum]

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[terse loom]

Argali Bump

[ornate ocean]

This video is just an example of the diversity of biomes Mongolia can have, and now that EW is not that concerned about adding endangered animals, they can go really crazy with species! (Also bump)

[terse loom]

Thing is, Mongolia doesn’t require endangered species to be a fantastic reserve location, after all its best known for the Argali, followed by wapiti (elk), ibex and gazelle

[hollow gulch]

Although I wouldn’t mind seeing Mongolian Saiga on this map (after all, they’re adding Wild Yaks to a Nepal map, which are incredibly rare there).

[terse loom]

I decided to look into it, but Mongolia has a larger Snow Leopard population then Nepal as Mongolia has the second largest population of the cats after China (Plus Mongolia did allow for the hunting of snow leopard under permit as recently as the 80s)

[ornate ocean]

Agreed! I would love if the map could also stretch a bit into the Gobi region and we could hunt wild Bactrian camels

[ornate ocean]

The Gobi desert is so unique, it's a desert and has dunes but it also has snow on a portion of the year so you get sand AND snow, and there are snow leopards in the Gobi too

[terse loom]

No Camels

[wheat gorge]

bump

[cobalt cedar]

THERES SNOW LEOPARDS IN THE DESERT??

Thats actually insane to me what the hell?? Im soo gonna do more research on this

[wheat gorge]

bump for Mongolia

[ornate ocean]

Bump for Mongolia.

Sigh... Still hoping for Mongolia, or any Central Asian part, or a non North American map. I don't care for Africa 2.0 either.

[hybrid sparrow]

Does Mongolia have invasive or introduced mountain lions?

[terse loom]

No 🤨

It has the second largest population of snow leopard in the world though

For future reference Google can get you in the right direction for figuring out what species lives in a specific country

[hybrid sparrow]

Yeah ik, i just figured some people usually find good sources

[terse loom]

I figured it was time to update the species list for this reserve so here it is (I got to draw a map for this so I can sort out where species with limited distribution like musk deer, Mongolian Saiga and brown bear all live)

Returning Species

• Wild Boar
• Black Grouse
• Greylag Goose
• Snow Leopard (Rare, but not as rare as on Sundarpatan with about 20 across the map)
• Eurasian Lynx (Limited Range)
• Siberian Musk Deer (Limited Range)

New Potential Species - Class 1 & 2

• Common Shelduck
• Baikal Teal
• Ruddy Shelduck
• Bar-headed Goose
• Smew
• Swan Goose
• Daurian Partridge
• Pallas’s Sandgrouse
• Chukar
• Black-billed Capercaillie
• Great Bustard (Not hunted IRL)
• Tolai Hare
• Tarbagan/Mongolian Marmot or Altai/Grey Marmot
• Pallas Cat
• Corsac Fox - Class 2

New Potential Species - Big Game

• Siberian Roe Deer - Class 3
• Goitered Gazelle - Class 3
• Mongolian Gazelle/Dzeren - Class 3
• Mongolian Saiga - Class 3 (Limited Range and Small population)
• Gobi Ibex - Class 4
• Altai Ibex - Class 4
• Mongolian Wolf - Class 5 (as suggested by Skeletor)
• Gobi Argali - Class 6
• Altai Argali - Class 6
• Mongolian Wild Ass - Class 6 or 7 (not hunted irl but population in Mongolia has well over 80% of the population)
• Altai Wapiti - Class 8
• East Siberian Brown Bear - Class 8 (Limited Distribution)
• Feral Yak - Class 9 (Smaller then Wild Yak but with more fur variation)

pictures of some of the species added to the list: Mongolian Wild Ass, Feral Yak (Bos grunniens) and Snow Leopard

[unborn egret]

Man I had completely forgot about this post very great choices for the species

[terse loom]

While I am preparing to draw a map out for this concept I shall post some potential weapons that could either come with this reserve or as part of a related weapon pack

A 45-70 Double Barreled Rifle (With 45-70 Rework to make it more powerful) based on the Baikal MP221 (which does come in 45-70)
A Saiga 12 Shotgun chambered in 12 Gauge so we can have a 12 gauge semi-auto that sort of stands out. There are several different models but for the sake of my thread this will come with a 5 round magazine
A Single-shot Rifle chambered in 7.62x54R (The same calibre the Mosin-Nagant Rifle in the game is chambered in) that is based on the MP-18MN Rifle

Some of the terrain you will encounter

[terse loom]

Here is the map, the orange areas represent deserts and arid steppe, the light green areas represent steppe plains, the really light-green areas in the mountains represent montane grasslands and the dark green represents forested areas

The areas where Snow Leopard, Argali and Ibex all live. Each of the purple zones have 10 Snow Leopard each. The North is home to Altai Argali and Altai Ibex while the South has Gobi Argali & Gobi Ibex

This is the range map for Siberian Musk Deer, East Siberian Brown Bear and Eurasian Lynx

Mongolian Saiga Distribution. There is only one main herd consisting of about 30 animals with 2 smaller groups consisting of 10 animals each for a grand total of 50 saiga on the map

[ornate ocean]

RIP Mongolia

[terse loom]

Just in case anyone was curious about the full species list, I decided to add the Greylag Goose as a potential returning species

[pine socket]

There should be a steppe part, a mountain part, and a woodlands part