[en] New neutron-rich nuclide ¹⁸⁵Hf has been identified for the first time. The ¹⁸⁵Hf was produced via the ¹⁸⁶W (n, 2p) ¹⁸⁵Hf reaction by 14 MeV neutron irradiation of natural metallic tungsten powder and separated by radiochemical methods. The identification of ¹⁸⁵Hf was based on the observation of decay γ-ray of its daughter ¹⁸⁵Ta. A half-life of 3.5 ± 0.6 min was determined for ¹⁸⁵Hf by fitting the measured growth and decay curve of the 177.59 keV γ-ray which is the strongest decay γ-ray of ¹⁸⁵Ta. In addition, a new γ-ray of 164.5 ± 0.5 keV was found and assigned to ¹⁸⁵Hf