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Red Dead Redemption 2 guide to Legendary Animals

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How to find all 16 Legendary Animals and what you lot can make from their pelts and parts

By Updated Nov twenty, 2018, 7:09pm EST

There are 16 Legendary Animals scattered across the world in Red Dead Redemption ii. Tracking, hunting and skinning them is about more than just proving your hunting prowess, though. You'll go some fancy new duds and some valuable Trinkets once y'all take their remains to the Trapper and a Argue.

This guide volition requite you some tips on hunting the 16 Legendary Animals, testify y'all their locations (or tell you which mission leads you to them), so talk nigh what you can brand from their parts.

Legendary Animal hunting tips

How to hunt Legendary Animals

Legendary Brute locations

Of the 16 Legendary Animals, you'll be able to hands get to 11 of them early in the game. Iii more are in a hidden area of the map, another is tied to a story mission in Affiliate iv, and the final one requires you to reach the ninth rank of the Master Hunter challenge.

We'll break them downwards past state — roughly the order in which you'll meet them — beneath.

New Hanover Legendary Animals

Legendary Beaver
Legendary Moose

Ambarino Legendary Animals

Legendary Bharati Grizzly Bear
Legendary White Bison
Legendary Bighorn Ram
Legendary Wolf
Legendary Elk

West Elizabeth Legendary Animals

Legendary Buck

Lemoyne Legendary Animals

Legendary Coyote
Legendary Trick
Legendary Boar
Legendary Bullgator
Legendary Giaguaro Panther

The final 3 Legendary Animals (late-game spoiler warning)

Legendary Tatanka Bison
Legendary Pronghorn
Legendary Cougar

Legendary Animal Garments Sets

The Bear Hunter — Legendary Deport
The Bays Buck — Legendary Buck and Legendary Fox
The Ghost Bison — Legendary White Bison and Legendary Elk
The Dreamcatcher — Legendary Beaver, Legendary Boar, and Legendary Tatanka Bison
The Beast of Prey — Legendary Cougar Pelt and Legendary Wolf Pelt
The Huntsman — Legendary Coyote and Legendary Pronghorn
The Death Roll — Legendary Bullgator and Legendary Panther
The Stalker — Legendary Ram and Legendary Moose

Legendary Animal Trinkets and Talismans

The Buck Antler Trinket
New Austin Legendary Animals

Legendary Animal hunting tips

These sixteen Legendary Animals are more often than not bigger and tougher than not-Legendary animals, so a little preparation will help. It'due south of import to note, though, that both impale quality and the weapon y'all utilise do not affair for Legendary Animals. This means that you can use something overpowered with a good scope (and range) for everything.

There are a few other things you can practise to make certain your hunt is successful:

Load up on Dead Eye tonics. Once you reach Dead Eye level four, Expressionless Center will highlight weak points — more often than not the caput, centre and lungs — on animals, making information technology easier to take them down with fewer shots. We like Chewing Tobacco because you'll loot it constantly.
Proceed track of the Trapper. A few of the Legendary Animals are in the massive size category, significant their pelt takes upwardly the unabridged trunk slot on your horse. That means yous'll take to run to the Trapper to drop them off earlier you reach the adjacent i. He'south got his permanent stall in Saint Denis, but in that location are a few other spots he'll popular up around the countryside. (Expect for the icon with a hand to notice him.) Continue track of where he is so you don't cease upwardly wasting a lot of time riding in an unnecessary direction.
Lost parts automatically become to the Trapper. Any role of a Legendary Animal you can't pick upward due to space limitations (get upgrade your satchels while you're out hunting) or lose volition get sent to the Trapper automatically. We didn't test the limits of this, so nosotros can't recommend you rely on it, but it's a overnice safety cyberspace.
Use the Rolling Cake Rifle. If yous've completed the "Pouring Forth Oil" missions in Chapter 2, pick up the Rolling Block Rifle from a Gunsmith. It's a sniper burglarize with enough of oomph behind it, and then it will take out the majority of the Legendary Animals with ane shot.
Use special ammo. Since pelt quality doesn't matter, it makes sense to use whatever ammo packs the about punch. We like the Limited Ammo.

How to chase Legendary Animals

When you arrive in a Legendary Brute's location, y'all'll become an alarm in the top left corner of your screen. From at that place, the process is like to hunting annihilation else — and it might exist a piffling easier, in fact.

The kickoff step is simply finding them. You'll get a roadside-diner-placemat-map from Hosea when y'all consummate "Get out Pursued by a Bruised Ego" during Chapter two, but it's far from detailed. Information technology's enough to get you shut, but you lot'll have a lot more than luck if yous utilise our maps beneath. Hosea'south map is in your Satchel under the Documents tab, then await for Maps and choose the Legendary Animal Map.

Legendary Animal clues will be marked with a yellow cloud you can see in Hawkeye Eye and a question mark icon on your radar.

One time you're in the right surface area, you'll go that warning on your HUD that reads:

You accept entered Legendary Beast Territory. Chase this Legendary Fauna by finding and inspecting clues.

Trigger your Eagle Heart, and you'll hopefully see a yellow particle deject highlighting a clue. You might as well see a small-scale white question mark on your radar and map. Audit that clue, and you'll become a highlighted path to a second and then a third. After the third, the path will pb you direct to the Legendary Fauna.

Mostly, when you lot become the warning on your HUD, you lot'll be right over the spot where Arthur draws the creature on his map — but not always. If you think you're in the right place, only you can't encounter the clue, wander a little. The icons Arthur draws aren't ever precisely placed, so you tin can't rely solely on that. Make some sweeping loops around the icon and keep an centre out for that question mark icon on your radar (and utilise our maps beneath).

Legendary Animal locations

Of the sixteen Legendary Animals, yous'll be able to easily get to 11 of them early on in the game. Three more are in a subconscious area of the map, another is tied to a story mission in Chapter iv, and the final one requires you to achieve the ninth rank of the Main Hunter challenge.

Nosotros'll break them down by land — roughly the lodge in which you'll meet them — below.

New Hanover Legendary Animals

There are two Legendary Animals in New Hanover. We'll include ii maps below — ane zoomed out and one zoomed in — for each to help yous find them.

Legendary Beaver

Y'all'll detect the Legendary Beaver at a large beaver dam and order on the river just west of the Van Horn Trading Post and a lilliputian south of the Elysian Pool. (This is a great spot to hunt for beaver in general.)

Legendary Moose

The Legendary Moose is in the far northeast corner of the map on the western shore of Roanoke Valley (and merely east of the Doverhill Nikolai Tesla Easter egg).

Ambarino Legendary Animals

There are 5 Legendary Animals in Ambarino. We'll include two maps beneath — one zoomed out and one zoomed in — for each to help you find them.

Legendary Bharati Grizzly Deport

This is the bear that you lot hunt with Hosea during "Exit Pursued past a Bruised Ego" in Chapter two. You don't take to kill information technology immediately after that mission and can render to this chase subsequently.

Y'all'll find the Legendary Bharati Grizzly Conduct to the northwest of O'Creagh's Run — it'southward a piddling southwest from the O in Ambarino on your map.

Legendary White Bison

The Legendary White Bison is forth the northern shore of Lake Isabella in the far west of Ambarino a trivial westward of the A on your map.

Legendary Bighorn Ram

The Legendary Bighorn Ram is beyond the Dakota River to the west of Valentine.

Legendary Wolf

The Legendary Wolf hangs out effectually the geyser near Cotorra Springs. You lot'll find information technology a little southwest of the Wapiti Indian Reservation (or the R in Ambarino on your map), a footling west of Bacchus Station, and a lilliputian northwest of Fort Wallace.

Legendary Elk

The Legendary Elk is pretty shut to the Legendary Wolf. You'll find it to the eastward of Fort Wallace and south of Bacchus Station.

Westward Elizabeth Legendary Animals

There is merely one Legendary Animal in West Elizabeth. Nosotros'll include 2 maps below — ane zoomed out and one zoomed in — to assistance you find it.

Legendary Buck

The Legendary Buck is in the far western border of West Elizabeth, northwest of Strawberry an well-nigh halfway betwixt Owanjila lake and the W in Westward Elizabeth.

Lemoyne Legendary Animals

At that place are five Legendary Animals in Lemoyne. We'll include 2 maps below — one zoomed out and 1 zoomed in — for each to help you observe them. 2 of them are gated, though, so we'll include those details in their sections.

Legendary Coyote

The Legendary Coyote is at the northern cease of the Scarlett Meadows expanse of Lemoyne. Information technology hangs out to the north-northeast of the 2nd camp location and a picayune due south of the L in Lemoyne on your map.

Legendary Fox

The Legendary Play tricks is in a small swampy area chosen Mattock Swimming simply north of Rhodes.

Legendary Boar

The Legendary Boar is on the northern edge of Bluewater Marsh near halfway betwixt Saint Denis and the Van Horn Trading Post.

Legendary Bullgator

You won't be able to hunt the Legendary Bullgator until the "Country Pursuits" mission during Chapter 4. You'll notice it northwest of Saint Denis in the swamps south of Lagras.

Legendary Giaguaro Panther

This panther won't announced until y'all have achieved the ninth rank of the Primary Hunter Challenge, and information technology'due south hands the most difficult hunt on the list.

It's located southeast of Rhodes, direct eastward of Braithwaite Manor and south of Bolger Bract.

The maps higher up will testify you where to become. When you lot get at that place, merely before you lot start looking for clues, nosotros strongly suggest making a manual save. The Legendary Giaguaro Panther will sneak up on you and probable kill you. When y'all return, you'll receive a message that says:

You have entered Legendary Animate being Territory, but it will be some time before the fauna returns to the area.

Y'all can either wait information technology out in-game (and information technology could take days), or you can brand a camp, slumber as long as yous can, relieve manually, leave Red Dead Redemption 2 and reload. That worked for u.s.a..

Nosotros withal had to chase the Legendary Giaguaro Panther half a dozen times before we killed it. Here's how you can do it without making our mistakes:

Follow the clues. Unlike the other Legendary Animals, the 3rd and final clue won't point yous directly at the Legendary Giaguaro Panther. Instead, you'll need to follow a path toward a tree.
Have a Dead Eye stimulant, like chewing tobacco.
Follow the path leading away from the third inkling, holding your gun up with L2/LT. (We used a shotgun, which killed it with two trigger pulls.)
Every bit shortly as you lot hear the panther (y'all'll near certainly hear information technology before you see it), hit Square/X and printing left or right on the left analog stick. This makes yous dive. This allows yous to avoid its pounce.
Click the analog stick to invoke Dead Heart.
While you're in Dead Eye, expect for a small red circle radar on your radar. That's the panther.
Plow toward the small red dot.
Shoot the panther as it runs away. (Don't worry about locking on. But shoot information technology.)

And here's what that looks like:

Legendary Fauna Garments Sets

Once you accept hunted some Legendary Animals and turned in their pelts to the Trapper, yous'll be able to make yourself eight fancy new outfits. These aren't the only outfits that the Trapper tin can make you lot, only nosotros're going to focus on the ones that require Legendary Animate being pelts.

Each of these garments sets require at least one of the Legendary Animals and a few other perfect pelts. Since there's no grocery list mechanic in the game, nosotros'll include the items that you need below.

The Bear Hunter — Legendary Deport

Yous'll demand the Legendary Bear Pelt, one Perfect Bison Pelt, ane Perfect Balderdash Hibernate, one Perfect Boar Pelt, and 2 Perfect Rabbit Pelts to complete this fix.

The Trophy Buck — Legendary Cadet and Legendary Fox

Y'all'll need ane perfect raccoon pelt, ane perfect beaver pelt, ii hawk feathers, the Legendary Cadet Pelt, 1 Perfect Ram Hibernate, ane Perfect Elk Pelt, and the Legendary Fox Pelt to consummate this set.

The Ghost Bison — Legendary White Bison and Legendary Elk

You'll need the Legendary White Bison Pelt, the Legendary Elk Pelt, i perfect sheep hide, and one perfect goat hide to complete this set.

The Dreamcatcher — Legendary Beaver, Legendary Boar, and Legendary Tatanka Bison

You'll need the Legendary Beaver Pelt, the Legendary Boar Pelt, 1 Cardinal Feather, and the Legendary Tatanka Bison Pelt to complete this set.

The Creature of Prey — Legendary Cougar Pelt and Legendary Wolf Pelt

You'll need the Legendary Cougar Pelt, two Turkey Feathers, the Legendary Wolf Pelt, one Perfect Goat Hibernate, ii Perfect Boar Pelts, and i Perfect Balderdash Hide to complete this set.

The Huntsman — Legendary Coyote and Legendary Pronghorn

You'll need the Legendary Coyote Pelt, two Eagle Feathers, the Legendary Pronghorn Hibernate, 1 Perfect Moose Pelt, two Perfect Fox Pelts, one Perfect Cow Hide, 1 Perfect Goat Hide, and one Perfect Muskrat Pelt to complete this gear up.

The Death Roll — Legendary Bullgator and Legendary Panther

Yous'll need the Legendary Alligator Skin, two Perfect Snake Skins, the Legendary Panther Pelt, and one Perfect Gila Monster Pare to complete this set.

The Stalker — Legendary Ram and Legendary Moose

Y'all'll need the Legendary Ram Hide, the Legendary Moose Pelt, one Perfect Wolf Pelt, 1 Perfect Cow Hide, and one Perfect Boar Pelt to complete this ready.

Legendary Fauna Trinkets and Talismans

Other than pelts, yous'll selection upward other $.25 and pieces from the Legendary Animals you hunt and impale. These tin can be turned into valuable Trinkets and Talismans at a Fence.

The Trinkets can be crafted with just the Legendary Animal parts:

Beaver Tooth Trinket — Legendary Beaver Tooth. Slows weapon degradation by 10 per centum.
Buck Antler Trinket — Legendary Buck Antler. Receive higher quality skinned fauna parts (more than on this one beneath).
Moose Antler Trinket — Legendary Moose Antler. Increases health XP gained by x percent.
Cougar Fang Trinket — Legendary Cougar Fang. Increases stamina XP gained by 10 percent.
Coyote Fang Trinket — Legendary Coyote Fang. Increases Dead Middle XP gained by 10 percent.
Elk Antler Trinket — Legendary Elk Antler. Increases coin looted by 10 per centum.
Play tricks Claw Trinket — Legendary Trick Claw. Adds v seconds to Dead Eye.
Panther's Eye Trinket — Legendary Panther Heart. Decrease Expressionless Eye drain past 10 pct for the beginning three seconds.
Pronghorn Horn Trinket — Legendary Pronghorn Horn. Stops animals on horse from spoiling.
Ram Horn Trinket — Legendary Ram Horn. Doubles the corporeality of thyme, oregano and mint you collect.
Wolf Heart Trinket — Legendary Wold Heart. Doubles the corporeality of alcohol you lot can potable earlier you feel the effects.
Tatanka Bison Horn Trinket — Legendary Tatanka Bison Horn. Decrease all melee damage received past 10 per centum.

The Talismans will need a few extra pieces to craft:

Alligator Tooth Talisman — Legendary Alligator Tooth. Subtract Dead Eye core drain charge per unit past 10 percent. (Yous'll also need the Vintage Civil War Handcuffs that you become for sending in your first Cigarette Bill of fare set and a Gold Jointed Bracelet.)
Conduct Hook Talisman — Legendary Deport Hook. Decrease health cadre drain rate by ten pct. (You'll also need the Quartz Clamper you get when you send in your first Dinosaur Bone coordinates and a Silver Chain Bracelet.)
Bison Horn Talisman — Legendary Bison Horn. Decreases stamina core bleed rate by x per centum. (You'll also need the Abalone Beat Fragment you tin can find in a breast in Rhodes and a Silver Earring.
Boar Tusk Talisman — Legendary Boar Tusk. Decrease horse health and stamina core drain rates past ten percent. (You'll also need the Cobalt Petrified Woods that you can find in a hidden chest near Lake Isabella and a Gold Earring.)

The Cadet Antler Trinket

The description of the Buck Antler Trinket just says that the "player receives college quality skinned creature parts." While that'southward heady when you're looking for Perfect Pelts, it's also really vague.

The Buck Antler Trinket isn't magic. Yous'll however never get a Perfect quality pelt from a ii-star brute and yous won't get a perfect pelt from a squirrel you kill with dynamite. You still accept to go through a lot of the aforementioned steps you ordinarily do when seeking Perfect Pelts.

What the Buck Antler Trinket does is gives yous a niggling leeway when you impale a iii-star animal. For example, if yous kill a iii-star deer with a less-than-perfect hit — say through the tum instead of the head — it'd normally consequence in a Skilful (two-star) Pelt. The Buck Antler Trinket means that y'all'll still pull a Perfect Pelt off of that deer.

New Austin Legendary Animals

In that location are iii Legendary Animals in Ambarino. We'll include two maps below — i zoomed out and one zoomed in — for each to help y'all find them.

Legendary Tatanka Bison

The Legendary Tatanka Bison is located southwest of Blackwater. Head in that management for Thieves Landing. Head w from there to Stillwater Creek. Caput south from in that location to find your prey.

Legendary Pronghorn

The Legendary Pronghorn is located southwest of Blackwater. Look for an surface area marked every bit Rio Del Lobo Rock on your map. Your prey is to the w of that, betted it and Fort Mercer.

Legendary Cougar

The Legendary Cougar is located at the far western border of the map. Head w by southwest from Blackwater, really until y'all can't go any further. When you discover the city of Tumbleweed, head directly west from there to discover your prey.