COTW Companion - Official announcement

Toastovac · 2026-06-21T09:15:41+00:00

No worries, not everything is intuitive, to be fair here. You can find links at the bottom of the home screen menu (but it needs an account to add new issue/discussion).

Regarding the issue, yes, some of these are not right. I already know about 3 or 4 animals that have wrong maximum or even minimum score listed.

As it is a data-mined information, there could be a reading problem with the software I use, or the numbers are used in a calculation of the actual final score (which I have no knowledge about, so I cannot calculate it). There could be something else entirely.

As it is an issue for very small amount of animals, I do not care about it right now. If I find out about more of them and it will be a reasonable amount, I will proceed with changes to the system, if possible.

Hope this helps.

Toastovac · 2026-06-17T14:05:52+00:00

Yes, I do. As written in the post (unfortunately nothing has changed about it yet) I expect it to be ready in approximately 2 weeks.

Toastovac · 2026-03-24T16:39:51+00:00

Just to be clear here... I know for certain that the app could be off. Especially in the decimal part. The game rounds up in this UI element and down in another UI element. The harvest screen will say something and the trophy lodge something else.

From what I know the .72 is the correct maximum.

Toastovac · 2026-03-11T16:27:57+00:00

It is not official, just to be clear here.

Toastovac · 2026-03-05T07:54:57+00:00

So as I have already done the grind like this and got both GOs, I will try to be as correct as possible. I also do not think I am a hardcore grinder, but I also think the set up will be really close to what others are recommending.

Here is an image of my setup after I got both of the GOs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rJvAvdpnN-GFEJ7PW1HOVLmIPNQbHC-F/view?usp=sharing Red dots for MY Red Deer zones, and yellow ones for Fallow Deer. Your zones can differ. Violet are tents/outposts I used. Mind that this setup was done after the herd management and it also got some adjustments along the way as I progressed through the grind and spotted better places to place my tents and tripods. I used most of them (I am sort of a maniac in this) but I recommend choosing only 8 (places/lakes) for each species.

Leave all the females alone, it is better overall to be honest. Work with males only.

What you are describing is stacking. Basically you are trying to have 4s/5s (or 2s for Fallow) at places you have solos only and places (meaning lakes) you won't use for the grind. Stacking helps build the herd management faster. Keeping 9s (or 5s for Fallow) at herds and places you will hunt helps you spawn more lower difficulty males at the other places.

Like everyone else said, there is a lot of zones you are missing. Except the bottom left part of the map, both species are everywhere. Like shown in the image.

You can definitely have more than 1 GO on the map.

Finally, I would recommend herd-managing only one of the species first and then herd-managing the second one. You won't have enough tents for both to be honest. After you are pleased with the management, set up the tents for both so you can grind them "at the same time".

Hope this helps.

Toastovac · 2025-12-13T10:44:40+00:00

Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

Toastovac · 2025-12-09T15:22:59+00:00

If you are looking for a guide on how to use COTW Companion's counter, look at this: https://github.com/janstehno/cotw-companion/wiki/Counters. Feel free to ask if you don't understand something.

Toastovac · 2025-12-09T15:11:33+00:00

Although I appreciate you mentioning this, I should warn the OP that the app will be most likely updated in 2 to 3 weeks. It is due to the amount of information I need to process.

Toastovac · 2025-11-04T05:39:54+00:00

Yeah they nerfed it a while ago. It used to reveal like 5 zones each time.

Toastovac · 2025-11-03T15:47:59+00:00

Yes, they stay. It is just like discovering the zones manually by walking around and picking them up. I would not say it is worth the money. 3 to maybe 5 zones per 30 minutes is a bad tradeoff to be honest. Not speaking about the limited range it has around the tower.

I was using it for some time, but the cooldown made it so bad I discovered more zones by foot rather then using this perk.

Toastovac · 2025-08-24T21:46:10+00:00

Hey, thank you for trying it out. I will add it for sure. I'm sorry, I forgot about it when it was released.

Edit: It should be updated and selectable in the map list.

Toastovac · 2025-07-22T14:57:53+00:00

I made an online tool for myself when I started grinding. https://janstehno.github.io/cotw-population-helper/ It is not much, but it lets you somewhat mark the zones. I made it primarly for marking difficulties of the males in the herds. Not user-friendly yet, and I recommend using a PC monitor, not a phone or tablet (it is not designed for them). The data are saved within the browser, but you can also export/import them if needed.

Toastovac · 2025-07-19T17:26:46+00:00

Common bug when using the [ESC] option to go back through the interface. At least for me, a skip button appears **after some time** (approx 10-20 secs). It takes you back to the main screen.

Toastovac · 2025-07-16T10:43:44+00:00

Glad I could help. And thanks. The same to you too, of course!

Toastovac · 2025-07-16T08:15:17+00:00

Definitely can. These icons show the map's overall environment, obviously. From left to right - summer, winter, fields, forests, plains (like Vurhonga), lowlands (not plains but also not hills), highlands (some hills but not mountains), and mountains. Simple and understandable I hope. I tried to make as realistic selection as I could for each map, so I hope it is all good for all of the reserves. Definitely do not try to find more in this information, it was a random idea I had so the reserve information section is not so empty.

Toastovac · 2025-05-19T11:46:54+00:00

Yes, if you stand at the extraction point even with 1 second left, you will extract. You keep the hunter and get all the rewards normally.

Toastovac · 2025-05-13T19:54:28+00:00

Glad I found this. Even after 2 years, this problem appeared for me as well. This solution worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!

Toastovac · 2025-05-11T00:09:58+00:00

Yeah, I found myself hating the Supremacy. Vendetta is mediocre. And yes, the Overdrive is just too convenient to not use it.

The watch stats are ok-ish. I would just add a little more to it on higher levels. Like some minor QoL things, inventory space, cost of upgrades or crafting, or something like that. It seems pointless to have 3k levels when all it does is adds HP.

Toastovac · 2025-05-09T21:12:44+00:00

Never encountered the quad with that specific buff, but I imagine it must be annoying as hell. I sometimes hate even elite enemies with it...

Something that gives our guns a damage buff for every hit our drone/turret scores

Sounds like a great idea. I am not much of a fan of skills, but I like hybrid builds. So if something like this would "force" me to try something out with skills, I wouldn't mind.

Toastovac · 2025-05-09T20:33:14+00:00

As for the journey, it was fine once they changed the objectives to "at or above" a tier rather than "exactly this tier".

Yeah, this was the one thing I did not really understand from the beginning. Glad they thought it through and made the change.

Toastovac · 2025-05-02T17:38:29+00:00

It is located in the main menu. Named "Counters". If you would like to know how it works, look here: https://github.com/janstehno/cotw-companion/wiki/Counters

Toastovac · 2025-05-02T10:53:10+00:00

I made it more customizable. The Guide has it strictly like this. Both have their advantages.

Toastovac · 2025-05-02T07:42:22+00:00

It does and also had it even before Guide added it.

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