Ranger is the same as Hunter, only with Hunter Sense completely disabled. Hunter is the same as adventurer, only with sharper animal senses and less tutorials/hud info. on Adventurer, senses are a bit sharper, blood splatters further apart, only small game like birds and hares gets highlighted.

on Explorer, animal senses are the least sharp, blood splatters are very close to each other and all dead animals are highlighted by a glow in Hunter Sense. Then figure out where that sound came from, crouch, and approach slowly, taking breaks every 25 m or so. I'd recommend walking about 50 meters, stopping for a bit, walking another 50, etc., until you hear either an animal call or a single twig snap as stuthemoose said above. The only way to decrease the meter is to stop moving and stand still for a bit. How quickly it fills depends on your type of movement (sprinting, walking, crouched etc.) When the meter reaches a certain threshold, animals become 'alerted'. It you have the time and patience it soon becomes very natural, and its far more rewarding to sneak up on stuff in this game than any other hunting game.Īs others have mentioned, you have to proceed very carefully in this game. Obviously if you cant get a visual on the animal and you're moving about while they are within spooking range they are going to spook. That is your cue to go into full stealth mode, move very slowly in a crouch stance (there really is no need to ever go prone.crouch walk and ultra slow crouch walk are all that's needed), no more than around 10m at a time, stop again, wait, look, then move a bit again. The moment you hear that STOP! wait, glass around to see if you can get a visual. if you hear that there is something around. You have to be way more patient than CoTW though.

In the early game before you have all the perks i was mostly taking 100-200m shots, but once you get some of the perks and have worked out how to move stealthily you can get really close with no problem. You do have to be more patient than any other hunting game when it comes to stalking, but when you get the technique down it's easy enough to sneak really close.

Method spookied still playing