Grand Theft Auto V
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Cryptozoologist
You unlocked all animals for use in Director Mode... or did you? Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Cryptozoologist achievement in Grand Theft Auto V - Definitive Guide
To find the locations of said plants, I recommend the following video from GTA Series Videos:
The whole processes can take anything between one and three hours.
Note: if a plant is missing, dying once should resolve the problem, but don't explode any dinghys near the locations, they will keep the area loaded and consequently the plant will not reappear. (this, which I believe is a glitch, happened to me three times in the X/S version).
Credits: MC Mokkasyn's comment.
Edit: It unlock after going into director mode and then picked one of the animals to walk around. So Wild Animal is not needed, even it can be used in Director Mode.
You can easily find the plants on http://gta-5-map.com/ (select the peyote plant icon on top - light blue with a circle on it). Look at the screenshot to see if a plant is on land or underwater.
After this you need to play as one of these animals in Director Mode.
- Cat
- Chickenhawk
- Cormorant
- Crow
- Hen
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Seagull
- Boar
- Cow
- Coyote
- Deer
- Husky
- Mountain Lion
- Pig
- Poodle
- Pug
- Retriever
- Rottweiler
- Shepherd
- Westy
Here is a video guide for all 27 Peyotes (credit to GTA Series Videos):
In order to unlock all the animal characters, you must collect 21 of the 27 available Peyote Plant collectables located around Los Santos. The remaining 6 "Sea" located plants are not required for this achievement. Once you collect a plant, you will experience a brief moment as different animals. You can either play these experiences out (often last 10-15 seconds) or hold right on the to immediately end the experience. Below is a video showing the location and full experience of all 27 plants. You do not have to collect plants #1, #5, #14, #19, #23 & #26 from the video as they're located underwater as mentioned.
Video credits: GTA Series Videos
Video - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ua40xeNOs
There is no need to collect underwater plants, only land ones (that is, in total you need to collect 21/27 plants).
For the trophy to drop, you need to go into director mode and select any animal from the list.
PS. Don't be alarmed that there will be 21/22 animals on the list. That's how it should be (reference to trophy description)