Trophy-Lodge Features and Functionality

[halcyon lynx]

I believe that there are numerous changes and tweaks that would make Trophies and Lodges more enjoyable and immersive in Call of the Wild. This thread aims to bring all the features together that can make the Lodges in Call of the Wild truly great!

Functionality
Organization - If there were a better organization system for trophies it would be greatly appreciated. Stuff like being able to filter in the trophy manager and codex by species, or being able to swap plaques for different size ones.
Information - This has been said before but I will reiterate - we need more information on the investigate mode of the Lodges. There are some wonderful prototypes of what it would look like to add weight, trophy level, and map to this mode.

New Trophy Types
Currently we have shoulder mounts and full body mounts, these two new types of taxidermy would look great and it would be super versatile to showcase different types of trophies.
Cape Trophies and Pelts - It would be amazing if we got a cape trophy variant that could display rugs and tapestries of felled animals such as Bears, Wolves, Racoons, and more. If we got Africa 2.0 this would work perfectly with Giraffe, Zebra and Leopard pelts.
European Mounts - We’ve received a peak of what this would look like in the Layton Trophy Cabin. Basically only skulls and horns or antlers would be visible. It would be great if we could have this additional display variant.

New Lodges
Love what Expansive Worlds did with the Layton Lakes Trophy Cabin, this should come with every DLC automatically, a new Lodge to show off the species in the newest DLC
This could come in a variety of styles, first would be a brand new Lodge type DLC that is released in tandem to the main DLC. Second is if a new Lodge could be implemented on the game map, in which case it would be cool if there were multiple Lodges to show off tons of trophies. Last is if a new DLC similar to Spring Creek Manor or Saseka Safari came out to increase our Lodge space.

[warped depot]

I want the change that Flinter mentioned in his 2024 cotw wishlist where you can choose what size plaque you want in each spot

[halcyon lynx]

Yep I loved that idea myself

[warped depot]

its just so much better in terms of customizability

[mighty seal]

Yeah love that also it would be cool if there was customizable multimounts like for example Revontuli Coast is THE duck map I think a multimount with every single Duck Species rare or diamond can be put into one multimount

[buoyant lion]

I made this post https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1207112135919013959 but yeah, more lodge stuff

[halcyon lynx]

Made this thread to kinda reiterate some ideas I’ve seen around the community and combine them into a Lodge functionality type post so a good number of the things mentioned are indeed borrowed or paraphrased.

[buoyant lion]

Yeah it's fine, there are just some psots with more likes

[halcyon lynx]

Some more Lodge pics

[scenic terrace]

+1 for new lodges! Personally I love the lodge system and would kill for both new styles for lodges themselves, aswell as more variation for mounts.

[warped depot]

A lodge like this would be pretty darn cool!

[halcyon lynx]

I agree!

[halcyon lynx]

100%

[potent cradle]

I want shoulder pedestal mounts

[buoyant lion]

animal artistry is so inconsistent

[scenic terrace]

Yeah I've seen, but would be nice for more variety even if it is some more basic ones

[buoyant lion]

yes i really want more taxidermy/lodge stuff. but animal artistry just sucks

[digital stag]

Really disappointed that things to do with trophy lodges won’t come for atleast more than a year

[halcyon lynx]

was this a clip from the stream?

[digital stag]

Yeah

[halcyon lynx]

rip

[wise merlin]

I wish harvest screens with all the information about a trophy were attached to the trophy and viewable in the lodge.

[median barn]

I agree with this. I think it would help immensely with individual customization. But if the devs don't end up going this route, one thing I think needs to be addressed in a potential future lodge is to not have any small plaques high up on the walls. Take the room off to the left when you first enter Saseka Safari from inside it looking back to the pool table. At the top above the door there are those small plaque mounts that are hard to see without zooming in. Then place a stubble quail or a muntjac on one of these and they are impossible to see. Sure, I understand not placing them there in the first place, but honestly, just not having those small mounts so high up would be better. Save that space for the larger animals.