Anyone find any Ptarmigans yet?

[UTC-10]

On 6/23/2023 at 2:49 AM, hozz1235 said:

Like you said, if you use stones, you only get one out of the flock.  I was hoping they would fly a short distance and then land, but they fly away and despawn.  I'm wondering if a stealth, fire-hardened arrow approach would let you get more than one (like we can do with deer).

Yes it can.  I killed six ptarmigans with 7 FHA (1 missed) and wiped out the flock.  Problem with a stone is it only stuns a ptarmigan so one has to break stealth to get to it in time.  

[Sherri]

Found a bunch right outside the camp office. A pleasant surprise.

[UTC-10]

The ptarmigan flock finally returned to the slope below the electric utility pole on the hill to the right of the approach road to Blackrock Prison.  FHA (and level 5 archery) seems to be the way to go if one wants to get more than one (by using stones).  I had level 5 archery before the update so really don't know how easy or hard it would be if I couldn't crouch to shoot.  Now Geltaz could probably nail the entire flock from the road but I would never be that good. 

If one looks carefully the presence of the flock can be seen from the road.  

[Admin]

As a reminder for those unaware, we are currently working toward a fix for the following issue: Ptarmigans will not spawn when playing in Custom Survival

For more information, please visit: https://hinterlandgames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/13754630088852-PC 

[UTC-10]

At a guess I would have said that the ptarmigans near Blackrock Prison spawned again about 14 days after I wiped out the flock.  Then I happen to be passing by, 4 days later, when a timberwolf had killed a ptarmigan at that location.  So I have no real idea of how often the ptarmigans spawn.  😅 

[Ahatch]

Seeing them fairly often as I was running all over Great Bear with my charcoal. Marsh Ridge on Forlorn Muskeg I killed 4 of them and made myself a batch of broth. Then I seen them at the Camp Office and the Overlook cave on Mystery Lake. Hushed River they were by the Peak Cave. Mountain Town I seen them near the transition cave going to Hushed River. Also seen them by the Broken Railroad transition from Forlorn up on the hill. 

[Stephen1892]

On 7/4/2023 at 9:29 PM, Admin said:

As a reminder for those unaware, we are currently working toward a fix for the following issue: Ptarmigans will not spawn when playing in Custom Survival

For more information, please visit: https://hinterlandgames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/13754630088852-PC 

When can we expect a new patch? Does the fix require to start a  new custom game or will existing saves work ? Just I'm wanting to start a new custom run and don't know if I should hold off until the new patch. Thanks 

[Ahatch]

On 7/5/2023 at 1:55 AM, James Hickok said:

Yesterday i took a trip from Coastal highway where i was fishing and piling up lantern oil to Blackrock via PV,TWM,AC. I have seen or heard the birds in every region so my conclusion is that they are plenty. I have more than enough feathers of them since you dont need much and started to ignore them when i past them. I havent seen any burdock plant yet. Maybe ill find some in Blackrock when i will reloot it today. 

I've been seeing burdock plant in my travels in all regions so far 

[Cattleman]

On 6/23/2023 at 6:49 AM, hozz1235 said:

Like you said, if you use stones, you only get one out of the flock.  I was hoping they would fly a short distance and then land, but they fly away and despawn.  I'm wondering if a stealth, fire-hardened arrow approach would let you get more than one (like we can do with deer).

I have been using FHA with survival bow and basic (level 1) archery skill and have been able to pick off the entire flock one at a time if I'm careful not to get too close.

[Cattleman]

On 6/26/2023 at 2:19 AM, James Hickok said:

Dont you think that skinning them takes too much time - i mean over 2 hours by hand for a single one. I think it way too long. Took me more than 8 hours to skin 4 of them. 

I was thinking that the time needed to pluck all the down should be about 1 hour by hand and double that with a knife. Cause really thats what you are doing is plucking the down... Not peeling the whole skin.

[TwoFatCatz]

@Stephen1892 @Admin I’m expecting they will fix it.

‘however I am not holding my breath. I do not want to start again.

so I hope they fix it.

[Cattleman]

HRV is chocked full of them little birds!!!

[UTC-10]

Found another ptarmigan nesting site in Blackrock.  It is located 'north' from the Bricklayer's Retreat on a small hill roughly about as far from the Retreat as the birch sapling that I always find near there and west of the sapling.  This nesting site can be mapped.

I also came across one or more ptarmigans on the snow on the path to the Whistling Perch (hunter's blind).  No nest, no flock, just one or two birds.  Kind of surprised to see them.  

[Kain]

We're still waiting on a patch to fix this right?

On 7/4/2023 at 2:29 PM, Admin said:

As a reminder for those unaware, we are currently working toward a fix for the following issue: Ptarmigans will not spawn when playing in Custom Survival

For more information, please visit: https://hinterlandgames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/13754630088852-PC 

 

[hozz1235]

14 hours ago, Kain said:

We're still waiting on a patch to fix this right?

 

Haven't seen any game updates or news, so I would assume so.

[Leeanda]

Weird but I've starting hearing them...stil no actual birds though...  

One of my usual weird things again or anyone else?

[hozz1235]

1 hour ago, Leeanda said:

Weird but I've starting hearing them...stil no actual birds though...  

One of my usual weird things again or anyone else?

Yeah, I've heard them all along - little stinkers are just teasing me!

[Leeanda]

4 minutes ago, hozz1235 said:

Yeah, I've heard them all along - little stinkers are just teasing me!

Well I'm just glad I'm not completely nuts.        I don't really spend much time on higher ground so I presume that's why I'm hearing them now..

Let's hope there's a fix soon.     My ingredients aren't looking very good.

[LunarLime]

Well, some good news! New hotfix makes it so the little birdies spawn in custom mode!

[Leeanda]

14 minutes ago, LunarLime said:

Well, some good news! New hotfix makes it so the little birdies spawn in custom mode!

For pc yes....   🙂 

Hopefully consoles aren't far behind.

[Cattleman]

1 hour ago, Leeanda said:

For pc yes....   🙂 

Hopefully consoles aren't far behind.

What console you play on? I and my mother-in-law both play on Xbox Series X and my wife plays on Xbox Series S.

Edited July 13, 2023 by Cattleman

[Leeanda]

Just now, Cattleman said:

What console you play on? I'm and my mother-in-law both play on Xbox Series X and my wife plays on Xbox Series S.

I use Xbox one s...  Pretty old these days 🙂

[Cattleman]

Just now, Leeanda said:

I use Xbox one s...  Pretty old these days 🙂

Thats what I started on when TLD first came out to Xbox... Gave it to our daughter when we upgraded to the Series X... Then my mother-in-law bought us a Series S so we could all play minecraft together online.

[Leeanda]

2 minutes ago, Cattleman said:

Thats what I started on when TLD first came out to Xbox... Gave it to our daughter when we upgraded to the Series X... Then my mother-in-law bought us a Series S so we could all play minecraft together online.

I would've upgraded but I'm not a fan of digital..   I prefer the antiquated discs🙂. 

I do have a pc but I can't play it on there at the moment..  I do prefer Xbox though despite Microsoft ... 

Which do you prefer?

[Cattleman]

Just now, Leeanda said:

I would've upgraded but I'm not a fan of digital..   I prefer the antiquated discs🙂. 

I do have a pc but I can't play it on there at the moment..  I do prefer Xbox though despite Microsoft ... 

Which do you prefer?

I used to game on PC MANY years ago... But anymore I prefer to game on console. Definetally prefer Xbox over any of its competitors. I get the preference of discs... But aftet we started having children I very rapidly converted to digital. Only took 2 or 3 of my favorite game discs getting destroyed. Plus I like the easy of being able to move from one console to another and still be able to play MY game without having to carry the disc along. Alot of the games we have are owned by one person but 2 of us play simulatiously... So digital makes sense, at least on Xbox.