What is your most wanted new species to be added to COTW?

[faint fox]

Either as backfill or on a new map.
For me it has to be the polar bear.

Here is my top 5 must-have species in order of preference.
1. Polar Bear
2. Elephant
3. Giraffe
4. Walrus
5. Spotted or Striped Hyena
There's been so many great suggestions now I'm expanding this to my top 10.
6. Zebra
7. Ostrich
8. Saiga Antelope
9. Mute Swan
10. Honey Badger

I've actually dreamt about hunting polar bears in this game. And imagine 'brain shots' on giraffes as they pop their little heads above the trees.
😂

[elder sleet]

Saiga Antelope

Love to see them in COTW

[heavy cosmos]

Greater kudu, dall sheep, musk ox, the alpine ibex from classic (not sure If that’s what they’re actually called), and hyenas are my top 5 in no particular order

[faint fox]

Hyenas would have to be my no.6 👍

[faint fox]

Wow, they look like something out of star wars. Very cool.

I think these are my new no. 5!

[heavy cosmos]

I think they could make a different fur type reflecting all the species/subspecies of hyena

[faint fox]

Absolutely. Amazing varieties. That list is going to have be 10 top species I think

[heavy cosmos]

That allows you to have the striped and brown without actually having striped and brown

[primal socket]

These are all species you can legally hunt as well.

1. Polar Bear
2. Blue Sheep
3. Greater Kudu
4. Blesbok
5. American Wigeon

[faint fox]

I had blesbok last year. Very nice.

You can hunt all the ones on my list but some have certain restrictions. My logic is if lions are allowed in COTW then there shouldn't be a problem with elephants. Rhinos too, but rhinos may conflict with the Vurhonga storyline so tricky.

[stoic prawn]

For Me It’s Musk Ox And Walrus

[primal socket]

New South Africa map!

[faint fox]

Absolutely. And I forgot ostrich! 😃

[faint fox]

Walrus would be unique. I like it!

[young pagoda]

Wolverine !

[dim bobcat]

The problem with Elephants is EW

[faint fox]

EW?

[heavy cosmos]

Expansive worlds

Though another big issue is the lodges. Right now we don’t have a way to display an elephant

[keen tiger]

• Bangal Tiger (Low chance of happening)
• Elephants (probably endgame)
• Polar Bears
• Musk Ox
• Nile Crocodiles
• Hippopotamus
• Rhinos (Low chance of happening)
• Hyenas
• Giraffes
• Dall sheep
• Seals

[stoic prawn]

Massive Platforms. They Could Hold An Elephant

[faint fox]

Have they said that?

[faint fox]

Nice list. Tiger, no chance, sadly.

[faint fox]

Hmm. Good point.

[primal socket]

Rhinos actually have a pretty decent chance at coming to the game.

[primal socket]

Yeah,every stream it feels.

[faint fox]

Tigers and pandas seem to be completely out

[faint fox]

LOL. I must have been projecting/ wishful thinking. I thought there was a very subtle hint in the last stream but I haven't watched all of it yet.

[heavy cosmos]

Don’t think so…

Even if it does fit it’ll block everything out

[primal socket]

Not necessarily,elephant heads are usually only 5ft wide.

And that’s nothing compared to the people who think that there should be a dinosaur dlc instead of a whole new game.

[faint fox]

With some design ingenuity they could make elephants work. Would be a big project.

[young pagoda]

I'm surprised so many Dall sheep. Don't get me wrong I want it as well but the Stone Sheep gets bigger and has more fur type options.

[zealous aurora]

how has nobody thought of squirrels yet? edit: didnt know they where once a thing and removed

[primal socket]

Because they aren’t a big draw,cool I can hunt them,they’ll be scored based on the size of their fleas though…

[zealous aurora]

did i puff too hard? or is english not your first language?

[elder sleet]

That elephant nose is to filter air out of sand in sand storms I'm pretty sure

[thin bronze]

The five I want to see the most are:
Polar Bear
Dall Sheep
Leopard
Greater Kudu
Wood Duck

[young pagoda]

Can we just ask for all of these to come to the game. They all are great suggestions 😄

[primal socket]

I told you why many haven’t said squirrels,not sure why you are being a bit of a troll reindeer.

[zealous aurora]

they arnt a big draw? draw as in like winning the lottery draw?

[primal socket]

Are you under the age of 12 or Is English not your first language….

[zealous aurora]

im not trying to troll, trying to understand. dont see why you have to be a dick.

[primal socket]

Because you pulled that on me! inherent force or influence; attract: The concert drew a large audience

[zealous aurora]

it was a genuine question, lots of eu players on here. once again dont see where your intentions came from.

[primal socket]

Plenty of EU people know English,Know your dang word definitions!

[zealous aurora]

how does that make my question invalid?

[primal socket]

It’s not.

[zealous aurora]

okay, really confused by this conversation. Have a good one I guess.

[primal socket]

I gave you the definition,it’s your turn to put two and two together.

[zealous aurora]

i dont care that much, as I said have a good one lil bro.

[primal socket]

Cool bud.Then why are you continuing to reply.

[zealous aurora]

likewise homie, i said my salutations twice

[faint fox]

Agreed! 😂

[bright prairie]

Hard to pick one haha

1. Tahr
2. Persian Ibex
3. Marco Polo Sheep
4. Spotted Hyena
5. Elephants

[inner bobcat]

For me

1. Himalayan tahr
2. Dall sheep
3. Stone sheep
4. Alpine ibex
5. Muskox

[faint fox]

Musk Ox. These are awseome!

[bronze sleet]

1. Dall Sheep
2. Wood duck
3. Armadillo
4. Alpine Ibex
5. Nile Crocodile

[young pagoda]

1. Wolverine
2. Polar bear
3. Marco Polo sheep
4. Stone sheep
5. Elephant

[faint fox]

Would be great if we could do an actual poll on these.

[young pagoda]

I wish on map suggestions you had the option to put a like by the individual Species you want in game.
Maybe have a Map suggestion template that you entered each Species on a row provided that you could upvote that individual row.

[faint fox]

That would be cool.

[elder sleet]

I would love to see Sable Antelope and ReedBuck

Roan Antelope would be good too

[rocky sky]

It would be cool if there was like a live vote (kinda like Minecraft) where the player base gets a day to vote for a new species to be added to some older maps like we could vote for impala (savanna), Pete david deer (parka), wood duck or pintail (Layton or Mississippi), snow sheep (Medved), and dall sheep (Yukon)

[primal socket]

I feel like that might cause a revolution…

[terse sphinx]

I actually like this idea but like I don't see a point bc half the game will like the vote and the other won't

[rocky sky]

I mean it has in the Minecraft community rn

But I think it would be cool so EW could do more this with the community

[primal socket]

I’m so glad armadillos won.

[rocky sky]

I don’t follow Minecraft things until it already happens, but armadillo sounded the best since it’s a new animal to the savanna and it can make dog amour, however I would love to see a new animal that you could tame or an animal in the artic like reindeer which could do both, and they could make new amour for cold climates

[rocky sky]

That or adding the ability to have birds like ducks and geese would be dope and you could collect and raise their eggs like chickens

[primal socket]

Reindeer would be interesting,perhaps you could utilize the antlers to make knifes and tools to make obsidian tipped weapons which would have heavy damage?

[rocky sky]

Idk but I wish the goats could be able to be milked

[primal socket]

That would be cool!

[rocky sky]

Also let’s take this to dms so we don’t go off topic here

[terse rune]

Himalayan Tahr (Te Awaroa)
Leopard (Africa)

[mellow bluff]

Polar bear
Musk ox
Wolverine
Walrus
Hyena
Dingo
Vulture
Ostrich
Cayman
Hippopotamus

-but even jaguar, cheetah, leopard, rhino and tiger. It is only a computer game after all. There must be a way to justify it.

But not elephants, zebra or giraffe, that would give the game a bad taste on a level not yet reached.

[faint fox]

Why not zebra or giraffe? They are hunted and served up as game steaks like buck are.

[mellow bluff]

Yeah, I know, it's illogical. They're so horse-like (which I've also eaten) and the long beautiful eyelashes begging for compassion.. But I'd join in on the hunt if they appeared in the game..

But definitely elephants, I stand firm on that!

[faint fox]

It's not illogical to me but I guess it depends on where you grow up and what is normal to you. People think what people eat in France is weird but they're just feeding on their local resources as any people anywhere in the world. In South Africa, it is quite normal to eat zebra, giraffe, crocodile, ostrich, buck etc. Zebra and giraffe quite are delicious but I prefer buck like blesbok or kudu. Back in the day, we even ate elephant when it was culled and before it became politically taboo. In the small towns around the border, you can still buy lion meat but I wouldn't recommend it. It's the wrong part of the food chain, imo.

[mellow bluff]

Yes, I agree. And I would think most cultures generally have that in common, rarely scavengers or apex predators on the table. Makes more sense to eat strict vegetarians.

[primal socket]

They are so un-horse like they didn’t allow us to domesticate them,that’s like saying it’s bad to hunt goats because shooting a cute little goat is bad.

[stoic prawn]

Zebras Are Nothing But Prison Donkeys With The Attitude Of A Drunk Man

[opal stirrup]

I would like to see hyena, rhino, jackal, leopard in Vurhonga Savanna map. Also, I would like too see polar bear, arctic fox, arctic wolf, walrus, muskox, Anatolian leopard and tiger in next new reserves.

[stoic prawn]

Pretty Sure That Anatolian Leopards Aren’t Gonna Be With Musk Ox 😭

[opal stirrup]

Yes, I just say polar bear and arctic animals should be in an artic reserve. Anatolian leopard could be an exclusive animal of a reserve from Turkey and tiger might come with a reserve from India. There are no reserves from Middle East and South Asia.

[dim bobcat]

My dude there are fewer then 5 leopards in all of Turkey

Also tigers cannot be legally hunted at all

Here is a list of reserve suggestions for South and Southeast Asia that have been put forward

Pakistan
• https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1118993584599871708
• https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1096606793695756368
• https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1140153145134170132

Nepal: https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1125269206779301908

Iran: https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1162776331075997756

Malaysia (Borneo Island): https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1140246673063428096

[opal stirrup]

I meant there are animals in Turkey from other reserves, for instance red deer, eurasia brown bear. But Anatolian leopard could be exclusive animal to new reserve. Also, is not this a game? Could not developer team bring illegally hunted animals?

[dim bobcat]

The difference between African Elephants and Anatolian Leopard is that African elephants can be hunted

[primal socket]

Because EW doesn’t want to.

[bronze sleet]

The studio (from the launch of CotW to date) has certain policies when it comes to introducing new content.
-Only legal Game animals. **
-No animals tagged as -Endangered-
-Only reserves in countries where it is legal to hunt.
-Only legal hunting weapons.

**That is the reason why before proposing new animals, many users corroborate their legality on the pages of wildlife officials of the countries/regions where the reserves are based.

[faint fox]

Exactly. Which is why I didn't bother mentioning tigers and pandas, as I don't think there is anywhere that you're able to hunt them.

[patent kettle]

Obvious conflict aside. Rhino are so different with muscular operation. Such explosive speed in movement would be impressive to see when your hunting partner fails the sidestep. 🤣

Imagine a territorial pachyderm tank that charges faster than your ATV, is thirty times your weight (at average), defecates twice your carry capacity in a day, and is referred to in the plural as a “Crash.”

Now imagine a Great One.. 🫨

[primal socket]

Enter Elasmotherium.

[patent kettle]

That’s-that’s a G.D. Ground Dragon!!!.. I’m in. 👈

…. We’re going to need a bigger weapon.. 😃

[primal socket]

Give me that .416!!!

[patent kettle]

The thing is, if we did get all of that.. The first thing we’ll probably see on YouTube is a .22 pistol vs. Rhino vid. 🤣

[primal socket]

110k charge per non ethical shot😂

[faint fox]

I would love Rhinos charging you. How awesome but I can't see how they could get around the game lore. Such a shame.

[faint fox]

Ooooh. Yes! 😂

[patent kettle]

Apologies in advance. - I just can’t afford logic to this, my inner-child at the stick here. 👀

• Snow Leopard
• Siberian Tiger
• Polar Bear
• Arctic Fox
• Musk Ox
• Ostrich
• Elephant
• Striped Hyena
• African Rhinoceros
• Peacock
• Jaguar
• Harpy Eagle

[faint fox]

Haha. I want tigers too. Hell with logic! 😂

[tall jacinth]

I want rhinos tigers more ducks more african mammals woodcock ruffed grouse

[ashen smelt]

Wait isn't walrus illegal to hunt ?

[ashen smelt]

Lion are allowed for hunt in certain region of Africa while rhinos are completly illegal to hunt

[faint fox]

Not sure. I thought they were.

[ashen smelt]

Just searched for walrus it's been overhunted this past 300 years and is on brink of exctiction so they changed is status

[primal socket]

Not in Nunavut.

[stoic prawn]

In Nunavut And NWT, Canada You Can Hunt Them With Permission From The Natives. Same With Polar Bears And Other Kinda Of Seals.

[stoic prawn]

You Can Actually Hunt Rhinos In Many Parts Of Africa, But There Are Insanely Limited Tags. In Namibia And South Africa You Can Hunt Southern White Rhinos, Most Of Whom Are Considered Problem Animals Due To Them Causing Issues With Farms.

[ashen smelt]

Yeah polar Bear are allowed to bé hunted as long as it's on snow or ice ground i was asking about walrus nothing more

[ashen smelt]

Yeah just searched After i told it and found trophy hunting for white and black rhino but thé reglemantion on that is insane

[faint fox]

The last time I looked, I thought I had seen rhino on a legal hunting list. Will try to find it.

[fluid summit]

Dall sheep, eland, Marco Polo sheep, sable and bongo

[surreal cliff]

Walrus guh

[terse rune]

1 tahr 2 Musk ox 3 Sable Antelope 4 Eland 5 Greater kudu

[lament vessel]

Many squirrel species added to the woods of many maps would be amazing to have red and gray is my favorites

[thin bronze]

If they could make them work in the game, the Eastern Gray Squirrel would be a perfect addition to New England Mountains

[lament vessel]

Yes I would love to walk around in the forests and like get warning calls from squirrels and stuff and could hunt them they would add so much to just randomly walking around

[faint fox]

Two of my most wanted species are on this map. Polar bear and walrus. Canada would also be perfect for Christmas themed and winter cosmetics. I'm really hoping that the December DLC will be based on this map.
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[faint fox]

After watching Jaxy's stream yesterday, I'm convinced they've started working on elephants. 🐘 🙏

[heavy cosmos]

Why is that?

[faint fox]

He was talking about how attitudes had evolved since the beginning of the game from the developers' perspective. If you watch it you'll see what I mean.

[heavy cosmos]

They still gotta add africa 2.0 for that and unless the attitude towards it has changed that won’t be happening for awhile

[faint fox]

I didn't say they had started on Africa 2.0. I doubt maps are built completely in a vacuum. Some element/species will take longer.

[keen tiger]

What I am gonna say now is VERY close to 0%!! chance of happening in COTW
Imagine a map in South Asia with all the iconic animals such as Tigers, Asian Elephants, Rhinos and with the gorgeous nature of that place, I would not play any other map after lol

[heavy cosmos]

You’re right, that definitely won’t happen 😂

[keen tiger]

One can only dream and imagine

[cursive dagger]

Elephant would be pretty cool

[stoic prawn]

I Can Think Of Possibly Doing Cambodia With Asian Elephants, Although It Is Highly Unlikely Since It Recently Became Illegal There.

[faint fox]

It could work as a backfill for the current African map. Add a couple backstory side missions to explain culling reasons or something.

[stoic prawn]

Asian Elephants? In South Africa?

[faint fox]

I never said Asian elephant.

I'm talking about African elephants.

[stoic prawn]

Yeah, But The Comment Of Mine That You Responded To Was About Asian Elephants, Not African Elephants.

[faint fox]

Riiiiiiiiight. 🤦 Have a good evening, day, wherever you are. 😂

[outer tendon]

I want to see feral cats (EC australia), tahr, giraffes, elephants (potentially on another african map), leopards & hippos get added

[heavy cosmos]

Can’t remember if I said it here but feral chickens could be interesting

[dim bobcat]

I do remember seeing a video of people hunting feral chickens on one of the Caribbean Islands with airguns, I also recall hearing of feral chickens in Hawaii (idk if they can be hunted)

[faint fox]

I may be overly wishful but I'm still hearing between a certain bearded fella's lines that polar bears are coming... soon. LOL

[stoic prawn]

Tbh I Think Putting Fallow Deer And Himalayan Tahr On Vurhonga Wouldn’t Be A Bad Idea. They’re Both Feral Species In South Africa.

[muted sinew]

Snake

[dim bobcat]

Interesting

[dim bobcat]

Idk about adding Tahr to Vurhonga (Te Awaroa would be a better map to add them too anyways) and the only reason I vouch for Fallow Deer on Vurhonga is because it would be a more realistic inclusion then Lesser Kudu or Eurasian Wigeon

[stoic prawn]

I Think Adding Them To Both Teams And Vurhonga Would Work. The Plateau Needs Some Variation. Fallow Deer Are A Must In My Opinion.

[dim bobcat]

One could also add Klipspringer and Mountain Reedbuck to the Plateau, both are also found in the mountains of South Africa and are a fair bit more widespread then the Tahr which from a quick google search are restricted to Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape (Despite eradication efforts)

[stoic prawn]

Those Would Be Cool Too. Basically We Just Need More Species On Vurhonga. 11 Just Isn’t Enough.

[dim bobcat]

Also Greater Kudu could call the Plateau home (Something I covered in #1171201469177925653 )

[faint fox]

As much as I think fallow would be a great addition to vurhonga I'd rather see other unusual indigenous African species like giraffe or zebra, or even small game like guinea fowl.

[terse rune]

No. Asian elephants are in Asia and African elephants are in Africa.

[dire bobcat]

1 wolverine

2 pine marten
3 polar bear
4 dall sheep
5 kodiak brown bear

[junior axle]

1. All of the spiral horns
2. Mountain game, sheep/ibex
3. Leopard
4. Elephant
5. Rhino
6. Hippo
7. Nile croc
8. Roan/sable
9. Père David’s deer
10. Lechwe (preferably black lechwe)

[west spruce]

Marco Polo sheep and the Argalis and fixed up sheep models

[torpid phoenix]

Svalbard rein
Musk oxen
Common eider
King Eider
Woodcock
Snowcock
Thinhorned sheep
Some kind of dove or pigeon
Alpine ibex
Japanese serow
Copper pheasant
Green pheasant

Mostly just upland and waterfowl

[west spruce]

why you like birds

[torpid phoenix]

Birds are best

[west spruce]

ok fair

[tranquil ridge]

Would really love a backfill of squirrel species added to maps like new england, yukon and layton

[torpid phoenix]

Fox squirrels and gray squirrels but I'm in Europe so those are pretty cool exotic species.

[dire bobcat]

I’m in Europe and there is grey squirrels here although they are invasive.

[tranquil ridge]

I live in maine so im right in new england, the amount of squirrels i see in the woods here, its probably the most common animal to see so, its kinda a let down that new england map is just, missing such a vital part of new england

[torpid phoenix]

I have never seen them I live in Sweden but also have been out watching nature in the canarias, Italy, Germany, Finland and Austria and have only seen Eurasian red squirrels.

[dire bobcat]

In Ireland we have grey and red squirrels.

[faint fox]

Almost all in London are grey. I've seen red or reddish ones in Wales and further up north though. Would be great to have squirrels in the game running up and down trees. Seems like a huge mechanical ask though.

[torpid phoenix]

It's quit possible as tripods are already a thing you can just have little climbing routes on every climbable tree

[faint fox]

Everything is possible, it just depends on how long it takes to develop.

But I was more thinking of the squirrel animations. That's going to be quite a bit of work. Would be awesome though.

[dire bobcat]

In Ireland the west ( I’m from ) we have the native red squirrels in the east they are grey there is no more red squirrels in the east because the grey squirrels just dominated them.

[faint fox]

They're slightly bigger too, aren't they? I've seen very richly rustic red ones in France but they are smaller. I imagine the english reds used to look like them?

[warped portal]

I would like squirrels. Most maps could benefit from more small game. Though martens and sloth bear are some other cool options I've seen people ask for.