Path to the Werecoyote

This is a simple guide with locations for spotting and harvesting coyotes for the Vualez missions in-game.
I enjoy the missions because they provide a bit of challenge.

If you have anything to add, leave a comment.

*Update: The final Vualez Werecoyote mission has been added. Consider this guide to be riddled with spoilers.

The 'Coyote Hunter' is not you.

First things first.

You are not the Coyote Hunter.
He is.

These little creatures love to hide in the rocks. Maybe they are looking for animals stuck here. Whatever the reason, it's easy to hear their little feet tripping over the rocks. But, more importantly, he is well aware of you long before you are of him. And, he is hunting you. He follows hunters around... perhaps because he's interested in the kill you may leave behind. This makes him an easy target, if you just let him find you.

Coyote Spotting in Leviathan - Vualez #1

This little lake off of Balmont Lake feeds the only good source of coyotes into Leviathan area.
1. Start at the Outpost to the NE.
2. Approach the rocky bank (B) headed towards the little lake You'll hear the coyote in the rocky area.
3. Stand in the open grassy area between patches of trees (green triangle trees)
4. Don't worry about the coyotes hearing you. They hunt you.
5. Squat & wait while using the distressed rabbit caller now & then

After a brief wait you'll hear one. Just keep waiting and he'll walk out to you and you can id him for the early Vaulez mission.
Then you can shoot him for the good payout.
This can be repeated if failure by fast traveling back to the outpost and returning.
Best time of day is 5am.

The Big Coyote Tour

The Big Tour requires you to harvest a coyote in each of the five districts. This is really rather easy, and you will probably have to kill 2-3 coyotes before you can drag yourself away from these very nice hunting spots. But, the mission completion is very lucrative.

These are the 5 locations I used:
1. Willipeg Cave back entrance- Highton Peaks (2 screenshots below)
2. Deer Stand just south of the Layton Canyon Outpost in Nordon - Northern Ridge
3. Upper Cheelah Outpost & Lake - Southern Ridge
4. SE corner of Highlake @ hunting stand near point of interest - Lake District
(West of the NE Outpost in Roonachee along the bend in the Oregon Trail POI)
5. South of the Outpost below Roonichee Lake, just before the track near hunting stand

The back entrance to the WIllipeg cave can be reached directly from the outpost. It is marked with the waypoint below. It can also be accessed directly by diving into the front of the cave on your ATV & driving out (after picking up the secret artifact.)



As pictured here, you can lie down on a big rock & call for the coyotes to come to you. But, below the mouth here, behind you is a rocky face where coyotes & rabbits abound.

Late Night With the Dogs-Vualez Main Mission

Revealing "The Moonlight Coyote Field" in Leviathan -

This mission opened up a new location for coyotes for me. Though I'd explored both entire maps, and climbed over the Leviathan Volcano I'd not been in this particular secluded field.

When I found it canvassing the lake for this mission, the narrator had opened with this line about "the full moon doing strange things to animals."

When I walked into the clearing in the full moonlight at midnight, I was surrounded by multiple species of animals, along with a marching coyote band.

Idk if this was triggered by having the mission active or not. I had a friend test the clearing at midnight, thanks #SimplyMemes. He uses a different playstyle than me. He has spent a great deal of time at hotspots mass shooting to hard level & has been playing about 6 months longer than me. I enjoy the exploration more than anything else. Though I kill about 25 animals daily, I explore & complete missions in equal measures in the month I've played the game. I have leveled pretty fast, on level 29 atm. But, he's several levels higher.

So, Memes did not have the Late Night With the Dogs mission available or active when he did the experiment. Though he encountered a massive herd of species, and slaughtered them all judiciously as I watched livestream, there were no coyotes in the field. Barks could be heard in the area.

It is my theory that certain missions trigger various spawns. I may be wrong in that. I will leave that right here. A photo of the "Moonlight Coyote Field" location follows circled in red.

As you can see, my tent in the 2nd pic faces the cave on the opposite bank. There is a line of trees behind me as I'm taking the photo, & the clearing is behind the treeline. Do with it as you see fit. I'm not judging.

The Moonlight Coyote Field Location & my tent setup for sleeping til midnight

The Werecoyote - Big Finale!

The Werecoyote mission is the finale mission for Vualez and for the Pacific Northwest. It definitely is a climatic mission, if a little unnerving and irritating.



Werecoyote legends are as common as Werewolf legends. Werecoyotes are a big part of Native American legend and folklore, since coyotes are only in North America, in areas where not many wolves exist.

The Werecoyote, an ugly coyote:


Not the Werecoyote, not ugly enough:


This mission is deliniated to a very small area of Cheelah, between the mountain and a small lake with the Hiking Village starting in the South end of the mission box. I often place a tent just behind the stand ladders for returning.


A hunting stand sits just outside the north end of the mission area. In my experience, it does no good to sit there and call. The coyote will bark a couple times, but not come forward unless you work your way closer. But, the stand is certainly a good place to start with a couple calls just to get the lay of the land and locate the werecoyote.



He is a bit sharper and more wary than other coyotes. Other animals spawn in this clearing in front of the stand, including for me a couple of albino moose. Most animals are moose with a few deer. And, there are other coyotes that you may encounter and kill because they often intersect the Werecoyote's trail. You will know it is actually the Werecoyote when you sight him in the binos and the ranger id's him as the Werecoyote. Ignore his suggestions to stay back. You are just fine, trust me.

My suggestion is that you avoid killing as much as possible in the misison area befroe taking the Werecoyote. I killed the first albino moose out of excitement. After trying multiple attempts to reload the game to get a coyote spawn, I decided to remove the hunting pressure in the mission box by hunting 11 other animals in random places around the map. Once I did that, the Werecoyote returned. But, I think other people may have a different experience. It seems like a lot of rng.

The voice overs of the ranger telling you where a hunting opportunity is can be irritating when he sends you to spot a deer. So, you can't rely on him. Try to spot the tracks visually with the binos before rushing the clearing, and remember the best method for calling is a few calls, then extended bits of silence. Make him wonder where you went. Goodluck with the final mission and I've included here my random experiences in hopes this will answer your questions while you wait this out.

Conclusion

Leave comments if you have input. I'll take all info into consideration.
I hope this collection helps in some way with The Hunter: Call of the Wild.

[AfterCrow]

I believe the developers have increased the coyote spawns in the Vualez #1 mission area, after popular demand.

[DYEUZ]

Thx for sharing . I will try it out shortly .

[The Unwoken]

So bogus.

[RedBeard&Co]

HUGE UPDATE FOR THE WERECOYOTE YOU MUST INCLUDE ASAP!!! You do not need to be within that area to harvest the Werecoyote to acheive completion of the quest. The point of the area is to give you a vicinity in which to start tracking the Werecoyote. From my experience It was the only tracks that were around that were well above average weight numbers. I took some tracking since they were few and far apart at times but finally when I scoped with the binos, the Gamewarden then clarified it was indeed the Werecoyote. I then shot and harvested and completed the questline. This will be a huge time saver to most of those staying in the surrounding area on the map. You are basically just finding him when he's cycling back to the start area. The reason I was able to come to this conclusion was there was an actual starting spawn in which you could tell from the path of tracks that was where he had originally spawned from. Hopes this helps to all future hunters!!

[EdenStarGazer]

Yeah it's kinda one of those moments.

[=VTW= Gaylene]

Thanks for update , naver hunted there just got eye strain lol, looky looky

[EdenStarGazer]

我见过一些，但不是鹿。
I've seen a few, but not a deer.

[Luffy-D-Monkey]

我还从来没见过白化动物

[EdenStarGazer]

Glad it helped.

[Nite69]

thanks for the warecoyote tips I was stuck on that one, I kept trying to get to it from the outpost on the east side but it looks like acocrding to your map image its better to approach it from the west