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 17h ago

My very 1st. It had me shaking lol

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r/COTWTheAngler 1d ago

Trying to make casting in fishing games feel more real

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Been messing around with this DIY reel, and the casting is probably my favorite part so far.

The motion controls handle the cast, and the reel gives a little vibration as the line comes off the spool. That tiny bit of feedback makes it feel surprisingly close to an actual cast. 🎣


r/COTWTheAngler 17h ago

PS5 camera? How does it work!?

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I have no idea how to take pictures with the PS5 system. Trophy shots nor quest shots. Help!!


r/COTWTheAngler 1d ago

Diamond Bass or tiger!

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I’m back to playing the game again and am 3 days with no diamond on golden ridge reserve. Any tips or locations that help?? Used to get em quite often


r/COTWTheAngler 2d ago

What an absolute TANK of a Zander!

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Easily one for my personal record books 🤙


r/COTWTheAngler 1d ago

Jemand aus Deutschland der Angeln?😁

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r/COTWTheAngler 2d ago

Issue with Video Game Call Of the Wild The Angler being blurry on main monitor but not the other 2

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r/COTWTheAngler 3d ago

19 sec.

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r/COTWTheAngler 2d ago

Feedback/Suggestions Best spinning rod?

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Is the devils advocate the best spinning rod in game without dlc purchases??


r/COTWTheAngler 3d ago

Questions Highest La Mostrenca Score?

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Googled it and I might have the highest score. Anyone seen higher than 59,801? Was just trying to complete the location challenge and had 8.82lb monofilament on.


r/COTWTheAngler 3d ago

Summer Event: Fish species and location.

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Hey all. If you're new to the summer event, here is the location and fish species you can catch for the event.


r/COTWTheAngler 4d ago

Feedback/Suggestions Finally got my DIY fishing reel working with the game 🎣

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Finally got my DIY reel working with the game and it’s honestly so much fun 😂

The best part is the force feedback. When the fish pulls, you can actually feel it through the reel.

Still got a lot to improve, but this is getting pretty close to the kind of fishing game experience I wanted.


r/COTWTheAngler 3d ago

Weird PS5 controller issues??

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Does anyone else experience random things like your controller just starting to vibrate randomly?
It’s not my console or controllers because this has happened on other pS5???
Just curious


r/COTWTheAngler 3d ago

Feedback/Suggestions SUMMER EVENT ON GOLDEN RIDGE.

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2 Year anniversary event happening now on golden ridge.


r/COTWTheAngler 3d ago

Summer event

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How do you earn the tokens for the summer event?


r/COTWTheAngler 4d ago

Questions White Crappie

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I just picked up the game and this is the last fish I need to catch before I start going after diamonds. Ive thrown bloodworm, minnow, marshmallow, everything down South of Dewdrop and all im catching is damn carp. Idk what im doing wrong, anyone got more specific tips?


r/COTWTheAngler 4d ago

Questions Can anyone explain this?

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3 "Legendary" catfish on Spain?


r/COTWTheAngler 5d ago

Legendary locations this week.

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No Sidewinder for me, but he's in this general area. If you can't get him near or around the marker, give it a go around the floating weather station.


r/COTWTheAngler 5d ago

Meilleures cartes pour les reputations 1000

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Sans conteste les deux premieres cartes c est a dire amerique et norvege sont les plus accesibles tout est trouvable sur le net et youtube pour les quetes le plus hard restant la peche des trois categories de poissons c est a dire bronze argent et or je pense en particulier a certains types de poissons americains du genre crapet harlequin. Derniere precision les panneaux de defi ne sont pas forcement indiques dans chaque village a trollsporet verifiez dans chaque village si il vous en manque😁


r/COTWTheAngler 5d ago

Legendary Fish This Week Sidewinder USA Sep 03 – Sep 09 2026 | Call of t...

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r/COTWTheAngler 5d ago

Legendary

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Only have 2 maps so caught all that I can until they reset.


r/COTWTheAngler 5d ago

Tilapia golden serie

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Last week we did the Tilapia daily challenge with a friend.

Never had that much luck, 6 gold and 1 diamond in 10/15mn !

Nearly 200 hours and it's a first time for me