How to hunt Rdr2
Red Dead Redemption 2 Complete Guide to Hunting: Perfect Pelts,, Legendary Animals & Secret Items!
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what's up gang craze here with the yet
again another guide for Red Dead
Redemption to and today I want to cover
everything you need to know about
hunting in this game now it might not
look like a big deal at first and you
can certainly skip this mechanic
entirely but hunting provides some very
powerful benefits no matter if you're
just starting out right now
or are later into the game it gives you
meat to cook for yourself or bring at
the camp to keep it up running helps to
craft cool pieces of gear or furniture
and if you're planning to go to the next
level and do legendary animal hunting
you're also looking at some amazing
outfits but most important of all some
very powerful trinkets that will give
you some very powerful stat boosts but
let's start things off with the basics
because I feel a lot of people have
gotten this all wrong and I am seeing
way too many guides out there bringing
incomplete or downright wrong
information in terms of regular game
hunt you'll want to get the best
possible pelts after killing and
skinning an animal and that's pretty
much the gist of it there are three
levels of quality that pelts in rata
redemption to can have which is also
indicated by the number of stars they
have next to their names we have one
star for poor quality two stars for good
quality and finally three stars for
perfect quality and generally speaking
you'll want to aim for a perfect three
star quality Pelt as most high-end
craftable require these anyway the poor
quality pelts are pretty much useless
they don't get used in any of the
recipes nor do they fetch a good price
at the market and the good ones can
certainly have uses in some certain
places but for the most part you'll want
the perfect ones and this is what this
guide will be focused upon but what most
people get wrong here is the fact that
the quality of the pelt is dependent
entirely on the shot placement and that
is simply not true
this is just a small part of a bigger
picture and there are many more
variables involved that you need to look
out for in order to ensure you always
get a perfect quality pelt these are the
specimen quality weapon and ammo used
shot placement and finally if the shot
was fatal or not
I'm going to start things off with a
specimen quality and this is the first
thing you'll ever want to check before
even setting your eyes on a target just
like how pelts have a star rating each
creature out there in the wild also has
one and you can see it next to their
name assuming of course you also
inspecting them in the process in case
you didn't whenever you want to hunt a
certain animal you can check it out with
your binoculars or a rifle scope and one
of the information is being shown will
also be the star rating which will be
right next to the name of the creature
it appears on the left side of its name
and you can see the number of stars in
there and there can be anywhere between
1 or 3 stars only a 3 star animal can
yield a 3 star perfect pelt a 2 star or
a 1 star will only ever yield either a
good or a poor quality Pelt respectively
so whenever you find a herd of multiple
specimens you want to hunt always pull
out your binoculars or scoped weapons
and check the info next to its name to
see if it has 3 stars or less if it's a
3 star rating then go ahead and hunt it
down if it's lower than pretty much
disregard completely because this is not
something you'll want to do some groups
might not even have 3 star quality
specimens so you can completely skip
them but most of the time you will find
at least a couple of them in any big
group the next thing you need to be
looking at is the type of weapon that
you want to use in order to execute a
perfect kill for this make sure to open
the show info window using the
binoculars scopes or when being close
enough to the animal itself and the text
that appears on the left corner of the
screen will tell you exactly what weapon
you need to use in order to get the best
quality Pelt luckily enough you'll
generally know what creature requires
what weapon and there's even a neat
table put together that indicates what
weapon you want to use for each type of
animal and generally speaking there are
five categories of animals depending on
their size we have small ones moderate
medium large and finally massive ones
and for small category for example we
have stuff like small reptiles snakes
rodents small birds and so on and this
will require small-game arrow to get a
perfect pelt otherwise it will pretty
much get ruined for moderates
we have birds like eagles cranes hawks
we would have rabbits raccoons skunks
and so on and for these you'll want to
use a vermin trifle to get a perfect
palate because pretty much everything
else is either too big or too small to
get them so it pretty much ruins the
pelt itself for medium creatures such as
a coyote foxes pigs beavers and so on
you can either use a normal bow and
arrow or a repeater it doesn't really
matter what type of a mode the repeater
is using the old work just fine as long
as it's a critical and fatal hit which
I'll be going over in just a second
large creatures are the box deer wolves
Cougars and so on and you'll generally
see these more often all over the place
for these a normal bow and arrow are
simply not enough and you'll want to use
either a poison arrow to ensure the
animal dies quickly or a rifle with any
type of ammo you still need to have good
enough weapon to take it down in one
shot and not throwing the pellet in the
process finally we have the massive
animals such as Bisons bears elk moose
big alligators and so on and these
require either improved arrows or sniper
rifles to ensure a 100% chance that you
get a perfect skin out of them you can
think of it this way if the animal is
too big for the animal size it will ruin
the pelt completely and it's pretty much
useless if on the other side it's too
small it will not be enough to kill it
in one shot that's why you need to have
the proper weapon upon yourself if you
want to do it properly but yeah these
are of course the general rules for a
100% guaranteed chance for you to get a
perfect pelt and you don't necessarily
have to use the exact weapon that is
highlighted in red but you can use
others as well for example for massive
specimens you can also use a normal
rifle it doesn't necessarily have to be
scoped going back to the same table
we've seen you most probably realize by
now that all perfect pals result from
critical and fatal shots what this means
is simple and it works two ways first
your shot has to be aimed towards a
critical spot such as for example the
animal's brain heart or stomach and
later on into the game when you level
your data to level three at least you'll
even be able to see these
critical spots being highlighted on the
animal body itself
second of all you will want this shot to
be fatal as in it has to kill the animal
on the spot the best course of action
here is of course to aim for the head
and use the appropriate caliber weapon
you won't even need that I in this case
to see its critical spot and even if you
didn't level it up enough it's easy
enough of a concept to grasp all you
need to do is aim for that head should a
powerful enough weapon and if it's dead
in one go it's pretty much good to go
if instead you're using a lower caliber
weapon that doesn't kill the creature
immediately or if you miss a vital organ
then this can make it cost to flee in
fear and bleed out until it drops down
when this happens you can see it's
trails turning red rather than blue and
after a short distance it will pretty
much drop on the ground and still
struggle for like a few more minutes
until it completely bleeds out and of
course you can also perform a mercy
killing on it but yeah the pelt is
pretty much ruined in this condition and
you can pretty much leave it there and
these are the things you need to keep in
mind in order to ensure a 100% success
rate in skinning a perfect pals but now
that you kind of know the basics let's
move on to the process itself and how
you should approach hunting to avoid
frustration and to make it as easy and
fun as possible as you might have
realized by now
there's always something distracting
your creatures and making them flee in
fear either someone coming up the road
either you being sensed by them and
sometimes they just get scared from one
another and that is pretty harrowing as
well which is of course something that
you'll want to avoid most of the time
well to start things off what you want
to do first and foremost is to have the
appropriate weapon upon yourself so you
don't need to constantly go back to your
horse and exchange it for a better one
second of all always apply a scent
hiding cream that you can buy from the
general store so that no creature can
sense you and smell you from the
distance and if you do this you will
pretty much be able to get quite close
to them without being detected of course
as long as you don't make noise third of
all don't just jump into the middle of
the herd and expect to catch something
instead scout them from afar using your
pine
oculars or your scopes so it's pretty
useful you can also see their stats
their star rating and so on what weapons
required and of course can also like
plan out your entire hunting session if
you're a little bit far away once that
is taken care of make sure your
crouching and going as slowly as
possible to not make any noise depending
on the distance you have from your
target if you're further away you can
definitely sprint for a little bit but
if you're like a few meters away then
you should like move silently and slowly
like a cat when you're in the perfect
position to take the shot and your
weapon and press square on your
controller to attract its attention what
this does is that it will basically make
the animal raise its head leaving it
pretty much open to a perfect shot in a
vital organ especially in the head area
and you can also further combine this
with a quick Deadeye to slow down time
in case you're in your beginning stages
and you haven't yet adapted to the fast
pace of this you can also use the world
map to your advantage to see exactly
what animals spawn in what regions and
after you start discovering more of it
you'll definitely see certain areas that
are rich in certain types of creatures
for example you will see the plains
being more filled with Bisons or the
forest areas being more filled with deer
and elk now let's say you're in a more
crowded area that tends to have
creatures spoked more frequently such as
for example a small section near a road
or a town normally you'd have a very
hard time catching anything as there's
always something scaring them what we
want to do instead is to set up lures to
have the animals come to you instead of
you going up to them at every general
store or trapper you'll be able to find
lures for both predators and herbivores
and depending on what you want to hunt
you'll want to use either the one or the
other to pull this off simply set down
the bait step back like ten meters or so
Crouch so you don't stick like a sore
thumb and wait for the creatures to make
their way to the delicious treats you've
just set up from here you can align
everything perfectly and by the time the
creature even realizes what's going on
it's pretty much already skinned with
the pelt already on the back of your
horse ready to be brought in at a
trapper or a fencer and before going
over these two points by the way I first
want to go over
last piece of today's hunting lesson and
that is of course legendary animal
hunting and legendary animals are pretty
much something that you want to do at
some point because as I've said there
are very powerful benefits to it this is
a different ballgame it has its own set
of rules and there is a limited amount
of legendary specimens on the map that
you can hunt what this means is that
once you kill this specimen it will
never respond again and you won't be
able to skin it again and seeing how
these mechanics work it makes me doubt
that this will ever change so whenever
you kill a legendary animal
make sure you don't lose its Pelt or
forget to scan it because it will be
pretty much gone access to legendary
creatures will happen quite early into
the game starting with the first few
missions in chapter 2 the first
legendary creature you'll ever hunt down
is a huge bear and these creatures in
general can one-shot you at any time or
at the very least completely mess you up
if you're not careful also early on
you'll get access to a map of most
legendary creatures in the game and you
can check it out in your satchel in the
document slash map section and this will
give you a general location where you
can find legendary creatures on the map
and you can move on to the in-game map
after that to set up the markers but
yeah if you already discovered the map
itself it will already show you what
legendary creatures there are once you
move near its lair or habitat unlike
normal hunting you will need to start a
sequence of discovering certain clues if
you cannot find the clues as soon as you
reach that simply roam around for a
little bit circle the area around until
you find a question mark where the trail
begins the game will also prompt you
with a message saying that you've
entered legendary animal area on top
left corner of your screen and it will
pretty much give you all sorts of
indications from there on in case for
example it's crowded and you need to
wait out simply follow the clues which
should be no more than a handful and be
ready to put down whatever is there as
soon as possible unlike normal game
legendary creatures don't have a pal
rating they always drop legendary Pelt
quality so you won't have to care about
the short placement you won't have to
care about the weapons used about the
number of shots in fact you won't even
be able to insta kill a legendary
regardless so what you want to do is
grab a huge weapon no matter what you
get a rifle a shotgun mark it down as
much as you can with your data and try
to kill it before it jumps on you and
pretty much mangles your face but yeah
once you do that go ahead and skin it
and you will get a bunch of pals from it
also some animal parts and here is where
the fun begins because you will be able
to use these to give you powerful
trinkets and some very awesome outfits
and you do this and pretty much the
fencer and here is where you find most
of the useful stuff but you can also use
stuff like bones or teeth or heart for
example to make trinkets that give you
very powerful bonuses but again this is
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