Way of the Hunter: How to Follow Blood Trails Guide

The game Way of the Hunter shows you a more realistic way of hunting animals. It features real life mechanics of ballistics, bullet physics, and animal behavior. You can find a lot of animals to hunt in the game.

And just like how hunters track down an animal’s trail, you can find a similar feature in the game. This guide will show you how to follow blood trails produced by animals you failed to kill in one shot.

How to Follow Blood Trails in Way of the Hunter

When you hit an animal in Way of the Hunter, there are 5 animations that can occur after the hit.

1. The animal drops on the spot immediately after a hit. This means you hit the animal’s vital organs. This also happens when you shoot it in the skull – a clean head shot.

• The animal sprints rapidly, but will gradually slow and drop down while sprinting. You’ve managed to land a good shot, but it takes more time for the animal to die.

• The animal sprints and slows down steadily, until it lies down and dies. This implies either a strong gut shot or a graze on the vitals. Be careful when approaching an animal that is shot this way because it can run away as you get closer.

• The animal sprints and will slow down until it can lie down to recover. The shot you made just hurt it lightly, and it needs to lie down to recover. Be careful in following this animal as it can run away upon sensing you approaching.

• The animal sprints away, meaning, your shot isn’t critical; it only landed a scratch on the target.

There are two methods in following a blood trail.

Blood Trails Guide

In Way of the Hunter, the color of the blood in a trail can tell which organs have been hit.

The Brain and Spine have a red color and the animal will die on the spot.

The Heart, Lungs, and Artery possess a pink color with bubbles and large amounts of blood.

Stomach and Intestines are red with a mixture of green.

Bone and Flesh have a red color and a small amount of blood.

You can also interact with the blood splatter to examine it.

The first method is the regular way of examining the trail. Always put a marker on the place where you shot the animal and the blood spatters you find.

Locate the second blood splatter by using the hunter sense. Follow the trail until you find the animal. If you are lost, just go back to the last marker you placed.

The second method uses the Photo Mode, which gives you a bird’s eye view on the area. It is more like cheating, but it’s easier to track down animals.