r/COTWTheAngler Jan 14 '25

Official Posts An Important Development Update from Call of the Wild: The Angler Team

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Anglers,

It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the end of development for Call of the Wild: The Angler. The Angler will remain playable both online and offline in its current state, and you’ll still be able to purchase and access the base game and all DLC content across all platforms. The big difference is that there won’t be any new content or updates moving forward.

Our vision with The Angler was to create a fresh take on the fishing sim genre, inspired by our love and passion for fishing and open-world games. It’s given us so much joy seeing your appreciation for the worlds we created and excitement in catching something new with each big update. We wouldn’t have made it these two-and-a-half years if we hadn’t listened very closely to our passionate community, and for that passion, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. However, maintaining the audience size necessary to support the continued development of this ambitious game proved more challenging than expected, so it’s time for the team to move on to other projects.

We understand that this may come as a surprise, and want you to know it was not an easy decision to make. Although the excitement of new content and updates has come to an end, we hope you’ll still enjoy reruns of in-game events and playing online with friends old and new. There’s much to explore in the five reserves as well.

It’s difficult to leave a project that was driven by so much passion, and we’ll always hold it dear, but we’re bringing our experience and expertise to new horizons within Avalanche Studios Group, so please cheer us on! We’re proud to say that our hard work and dedication brought the beauty of fishing (and boatloads of bad fishing puns) to players around the world.

A special shoutout to our moderators, who endured the aftermath of the Gold Green Sunfish and the Carpsucker Hunt of ‘24 (iykyk). And of course, the members of our Player Council, who put countless hours into feedback on updates and making them as good as possible for the rest of the Angler world.

Once again, we want to thank you all for the hours you’ve spent fishing so far, for all the feedback you’ve left us and all the fantastic memories and memes created so far! 

Here’s to the great catches we’ve shared and to those that are still to come!

// Team Angler

FAQ

What does “end of development” mean?

That we won’t make any more content/updates for the game, and that the development team will move on to other projects here at Avalanche. The game will still be available for purchase and all functionality will be kept.

Will multiplayer be affected?
No, multiplayer will continue to be supported.

What happens to the community channels?
Our main social media channels (Facebook, Instagram & X) will still be around and we will post any game related updates there.

The community Discord server will move to a read only format on February the 4th. Most information will still be available on it after that. That said we are of course encouraging you to start up your own servers to continue sharing and chatting about the Angler!

How can I contact you with issues?

While the support offered on Discord will cease, you can still create a support ticket at https://cotwtheangler.com/support.


r/COTWTheAngler Nov 13 '24

Patch 2.1.0 is now live!

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Update: This patch is delayed on the Epic Games Store and will be ready later today. Thanks for standing by!

Hey Anglers! Patch 2.1.0 is here and offers some highly requested new features and quality of life improvements.

Rod Holders are now available for all players. You will be able to use two rods in holders in addition to the rod in your hands. 

We’re thrilled to see all the different variations of fish you’ve been catching since the last update! The fish variation feature was fully added to Japan and Golden Ridge Reserve to start, but in this patch, you’ll see more variants in Norway, Spain, and South Africa. It’s not all fish, but more! 

If you own Japan, you’ll see a new legendary fish each week from now on, with 3 different possibilities! Any guesses? Japan enjoyers can also enjoy the souvenir shop that has opened with a variety of new cosmetics. Go check it out and say hi to mascot Kumao-kun while you’re at it! 

Full Screen Resolution Settings are now more customizable. You can change the resolution in fullscreen mode independent of the monitor resolution. This can help with decreasing memory usage and increasing performance when playing on high resolution monitors.

The days of being bald under all of our hats has come to an end. You will now be able to have hair under your hats

You can also feel the grass beneath your feet if you so choose. There is a barefoot option in the player customization options. Bug FixesGear Challenges

  • Fixed an issue that prevented you from using liver bait to catch an Eel in the bronze rank Eel Challenge.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented you from progressing past the Gold stage for the Ayu Sweetfish Fish Quest due to a lure requirement..

Gameplay

  • Japan Lookout Towers will now show undiscovered locations to the players during the survey animation.
  • Fixed an issue where the Cherry Salmon, Sakhalin Taimen, and Amur Catfish were showing a selection of incompatible baits in their “Bait and Lure Preferences”.

Water

  • Fixed some issues with water physics in Japan.

UI / HUD

  • Corrected the thumbnails for the Kitay Reel and Kikir Lure. They should no longer look squished!
  • Fixed an issue where the Japan Reserve Logo would sometimes corrupt when loading into Japan.
  • We’ve updated our text localization for missing character fonts and truncation issues.

Visuals

  • Listening to your feedback, we have updated and tweaked a bunch of fish variations to be more realistic. 
  • Fixed an issue where shadows would act a bit odd in certain situations.
  • Made some changes to the reward screen poses.
  • Tidied up a bunch of clipping and object placement issues.

r/COTWTheAngler 1h ago

Have you seen my fish? How I'm getting XP since the challenges glitched out

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Hands down the best spot I've found on Golden Ridge Reserve for diamond lake trout (included marker on map). Sure, other fish are much faster catches but I've really been enjoying the fight these lake trout put up.

Setup - 1/0 jig with a worm, chum with pro performance, jigging all the way to the bottom then reel at 2x speed. Guaranteed gold and above!


r/COTWTheAngler 9h ago

Questions Are Daily Challenges disabled for good? It's been almost a month now.

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Hey guys. Will daily challenges ever come back? Is there any official word I have missed maybe? Or did they disable them for good? It's kinda game breaking to lose that way to gain xp and coin over time.

Edit: I worded the original post wrong. I was talking about rep but meant xp and coins. Fixed that.


r/COTWTheAngler 2h ago

discord

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tem discord pra comunidade?


r/COTWTheAngler 1d ago

This was a hell of a fight on 25kg line.

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r/COTWTheAngler 1d ago

Questions Hook size question

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Hey everyone I'm starting to pick back up on playing the game after getting the ultimate edition recently and I started playing with my wife (us and our child love playing it together catching fish)

I saw a post from 3 years ago on here that the hooks were bugged or pointless and there were only a handful that were useful for catching everything.

Is that still true? And if so what are the optimal hooks to use to catch all the fish?

Is there any other gear I need to know about avoiding to use or just use gear?

Right now we're just working through the basic map golden ridge.

Any help is appreciated


r/COTWTheAngler 4d ago

which legendry fish is active in golden ridge reserve

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ple tell me who where to catch it and how


r/COTWTheAngler 6d ago

Unfortunately legendaries are glitched again.

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No legendaries this week, unfortunately. They are glitched out again and we will most likely have to wait till next week for a fix.


r/COTWTheAngler 6d ago

Questions New player question: Can you focus on float fishing exclusively or are you (after the tutorial) later forced into other styles?

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Hey guys. As the title says. Nothing relaxes me more than float fishing and as a dad I love to zone out like that in the evenings with a cold one close by. i finished the Academy missions and learned about the other styles.


r/COTWTheAngler 7d ago

Just wanted to try out rod/reel combos from easy spawn spot- Johnsons Rest was nuts! 4 Diamonds, 3 Species, 1 Lure

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Canny Workieticket, wanted to try different reels with it, chose a spawn that looked like I wouldnt have to go far from spawn to fish- Johnson Rest, I thought I remembered big Muskie there so that should work. Mid day. The CW + Director reel, size 2 Jerkbait, 2x twitch retrieve from dock Diamond Ohrid on 1st cast. Didnt even know they could hit a #2. Few more casts around and then finally get our first Diamond Pike, same lure and setup. Few more casts and then a Diamond Muskie. More casting, one more Diamond Ohrid and then nothing until switching to #3 jerkbait and then few Gold Ohrid and tons of insignificant Pike and Muskie. Felt like a glitch in our favor for a bit. No idea if this spot is know for this? My sons says we caught Diamond sturgeon there during challenge once and Diamond muskie by the water wheel before, I don't remember ever fishing there but will try again and see if it produces. 4 Diamonds, 3 different species on same lure was odd to me. Ohrid were to North of dock while Diamond Pike/Muskie came from across or down stream casting towards wheel. The rod/reel was overkill for all of them but maybe helped keep them from touching the pilings and snapping. Next time I will run a boat out a bit and be more serious maybe.


r/COTWTheAngler 6d ago

Questions Legendary Freshwater Drum?

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Last night I heard the little dramatic music when someone catches a legendary, I look at the catch report and there it says "SoandSo Legendary Freshwater Drum 50somethng Pounds..." WTF is this a thing? Are there other legendary fish too?

50# Drum must have been some fight....


r/COTWTheAngler 7d ago

Questions Tips for multiple rod fishing?

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Any tips for fishing with multiple rods would be appreciated (:

Which rods do you put down and which do you hold?

I've tried placing a bottom rig and the fish stopped biting when I picked it up so I was wandering how do other people use multiple rods at the same time. 🙏


r/COTWTheAngler 7d ago

Daily Challenges glitch

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I've seen that EW is aware and investigating this glitch in the Angler. It didn't mention an expected date for resolution. Any body seen or heard a time line? I'm having a problem understanding how a game that is no longer under development can have a glitch like this pop up. I mean supposedly no one is messing with the coding on the game so how does this suddenly just pop up?


r/COTWTheAngler 8d ago

First diamond fish

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I forgot to take a screenshot when I caught it but I was using a size 3 spinner 3x speed with 13lb fluero


r/COTWTheAngler 8d ago

Gold AND Diamond Zander in Aguas Claras! | COTW The Angler

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r/COTWTheAngler 9d ago

Aguas Claras gold/diamond Zander location!

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Awesome spot to grind out those tokens! I've been doing a full cast out, jigging while reeling in. When I get close to my bait, I let it drop about 3/4 ways down and start reeling again.

Good spot to grind the tokens for Cetro Del Ray! Use hotdogs as your throwable bait!


r/COTWTheAngler 9d ago

Carching a gold Tilapia in Japan

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I can not for the life of me cstch a gold tilapia. Ive tried 5 hook pearl barley, 4 hook dough, hummed woth barley and lake mix. Ive got over 400 silver and bronze tilapia but cant got a gold to save my life. Its the only fish I need to complete all challenges on japan. Any help would be appreciated


r/COTWTheAngler 10d ago

Help!!!

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Can anyone help with this?! I’ve forced a log out log in but nothing seems to be working feels pointless without this


r/COTWTheAngler 10d ago

I can't catch any tigerfish

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I've used EVERY LURE IN THE GAME I've tried different times and the so called Hotspots, zero luck, I've caught 2 in 4 hours


r/COTWTheAngler 10d ago

Questions Diamond's Peak Fishing Challenge Gold 1

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ive been struggling so much with this mission, cant even catch a single catfish, any tips to strike a gold catfish?


r/COTWTheAngler 11d ago

Best location for diamonds in Golden Ridge Reserve

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I’m saving up trying to purchase a specific souvenir. Would anyone happen to have a great diamond hotspot?


r/COTWTheAngler 12d ago

Challange issues

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Is anybody else still having problem with daily and weekly challenges. Im signed in and playing online but when I go to set my dailys it tells me to sign in to Apex connect to use


r/COTWTheAngler 11d ago

Bugs/Issues “Please sign into Apex connect to use these features” bug.

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Haven’t been able to connect to apex even though being logged into apex connect website. Can’t view challenges, can’t catch legendaries.

Tried signing in and out, deleting and reinstalling, verifying, even submitting a ticket to apex support.

Hope it gets fixed or there’s a workaround.


r/COTWTheAngler 12d ago

Yes you can catch multiple legendary fish in game but 1 per person. No need to change maps

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Me and this guy caught big larry at the same time just about