Way of the Hunter 2 Guides
Find the guide for the hunt, mission or equipment problem in front of you.
Getting started
Way of the Hunter 2 Beginner’s Guide: Your First Hunt
Complete the Training Grounds, prepare compatible ammunition, track a wounded animal and choose what to do with your first harvest.
How to Start Fresh in Way of the Hunter 2 on Steam
Restart your Windows Steam progress with a reversible SaveGames backup, while keeping configuration files and Steam Cloud conflicts separate.
Way of the Hunter 2 Max Level and Skill Points
The level cap is 35. Learn how the every-three-levels skill-point rule differs from your total available points and equipment unlocks.
Making Money in Way of the Hunter 2: Missions and Hippo Hunts
Choose a money route that fits your progress: use existing gear for missions, or hunt hippos when you already have the reserve, ammunition and travel setup.
Hunting & herds
How to Mark Animals in Way of the Hunter 2 on PC
Use the firing input through binoculars to tag an animal, check that the marker follows it, and distinguish tracking tags from fixed map waypoints.
Way of the Hunter 2 Animal Fitness and Herd Management
Read individual Fitness separately from habitat Fitness Potential, choose animals to cull or retain, and improve the zone without clearing a whole herd.
Way of the Hunter 2 Non-Typical Mule Deer: Identification and Search
Non-typical mule deer arrived in update 1.3. Learn what to look for, where to start searching and why Fitness is not a reliable filter.
Animals
Way of the Hunter 2 Animal List by Reserve
Browse the 28 base-game species: 15 in New Laurentia and 13 in Kilimaya Reserve, plus the animals specifically identified as capable of charging.
Way of the Hunter 2 Animal Locations and Need Zones
Find animals using species filters and need-zone times, with a New Laurentia mule deer starting point and a Popobawa Vlei hippo route.
Multiplayer
Way of the Hunter 2 Multiplayer: Players, Progress and Limits
Understand two-player free hunting, separate animal populations, session progress and the preparation and known issues that matter before joining a friend.
Does Way of the Hunter 2 Support Crossplay?
PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S do not have official crossplay in version 1.3. Development interest is separate from a confirmed launch date.
Equipment
How to Change Ammo in Way of the Hunter 2
Buy an alternative ammunition type, carry it in Storage and equip it to a compatible weapon. Includes backpack capacity and the red/green compatibility check.
How to Restock Ammo in Way of the Hunter 2
Refill free default ammo or buy paid alternatives, use the truck’s tailgate Storage in the field, and check compatibility when the HUD still reads 0/0.
Way of the Hunter 2 Vehicles: Summoning, Storage and Travel
Locate parking points, summon a truck, open its tailgate Storage and understand the known vehicle interaction and damage problems.
Way of the Hunter 2 Heirloom Pack: Contents and Ownership
Identify the Heirloom weapons, scope and Headquarters statue, check free eligibility, and inspect Steam DLC ownership before buying the pack twice.
Maps
Missions
Way of the Hunter 2 Erynnis Lucilius: Sick Moose Mission
Track Regina Harper’s highlighted area, harvest three sick moose and identify the mission-complete signal. Includes the 1.2 fix for animals leaving the area.
Way of the Hunter 2 Pieris Marginalis Mission Guide
Complete Regina Harper’s two-stage task: remove four invasive-plant patches, then create four butterfly-garden patches and check the mission reward.
Technical
Way of the Hunter 2 Mods: Compatibility, More Slots and Removal
Check the exact game and UE4SS versions before using More Slots, follow the author’s installation layout, and remove the mod without deleting unrelated files.
Way of the Hunter 2 Low FPS: Known Issues and PC Checks
Diagnose low frame rates by hardware and symptom, retry FSR through TSR when switching fails, and separate sunset slowdowns from crashes or multiplayer lag.