Hey all hunters,

Another week has passed and here’s what we’ve been working on. The upcoming reserve is occupying most minds and PCs here in the office, as it has been the case for the last months. Whiterime Ridge is slowly getting its mesmerizing look and feel while getting rid of bugs, and there are already four new beautiful animals running, thumping and jumping in it. Today we are presenting you the reserve emblem – it’s snowy peaks and the mighty bison, surprise, surprise Hope you like it!

I am getting a lot of questions about the release date on social media and forum, so let me address it here – it’s getting closer, but we can’t tell you when it’ll happen just yet. For one, we don’t want to make any promises before we are absolutely sure that we can deliver on them, plus, you know us – we like making surprises 😉 Here is a little something that might savour your waiting a bit – the Whiterime Ridge desktop background (click to open in full resolution).

Cold or very cold?

You probably have wondered what the deal was with forgotten Hannes’s gloves he mentioned in the status update last time – well, the thing is Whiterime Ridge is cold. Very cold. It is so cold in fact that you will quickly consider abandoning your favourite jeans and t-shirt look for spiffing new super warm arctic clothing!

But what happens if you waltz out into the sub zero wilderness wearing nothing but a Happy Camper tee, ye olde basic pants and that fresh looking Football Jamboree cap you bought? Well, after a while you’ll start to notice your breathing becoming strained and it will be difficult to keep your weapon still when aiming. Perhaps you’ll find that your trigger finger does not completely obey your will. After a while you will succumb to the cold and collapse into a sad little frozen pile. No worries though: The EHR Rescue Helicopters will quickly find you and take you to a lodge where hot cocoa and blankets will have you back out there in no time! Now, if you have not learnt your lesson by then, the whole process will repeat itself. It may be a great way to score some free hot cocoa but it is a poor way to hunt.

To cut to the chase, you’ll have to bring your arctic clothes when hunting or the hunt will be quite short. And, naturally, we will provide you with a free set of arctic clothes at the launch of the reserve. This is not purely out of the kindness of our hearts but more a way to cut down on the cost of hot cocoa 😉

Level up for the cold

To get your blood pumping and let you hone your hunting skills for Whiterime Ridge, we are throwing a double XP fest this weekend – from now until Monday morning CEST all the skill experience points you earn when hunting will be doubled. Don’t miss it, this is a rare opportunity!

And a cherry on top – if you increase ANY of your skill (be it tracking, spotting or weapon) by 5 levels from September 18th, noon CEST, until September 24th, noon CEST, you will get automatically enrolled into a little raffle – we will randomly pick one person who will get the .45 -70 Lever Action Rifle , excellent for the Bison and other mighty beasts of EHR, at the release of Whiterime Ridge (this rifle will appear in the store in the future). The winner of the raffle will be announced in the next status update.

That’s it for today.

Happy levelling and hunting!

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