Red Dead Redemption 2

51 Achievements

Skin Deep

You skinned every species of animal in Story Mode.

How to unlock the Skin Deep achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 - Definitive Guide

crewdy#4923

TrueAchievements

20 Nov 2018 13:12

Welcome one and all to Skin Deep. I'll get right to the point - if you're here for a straight-up video guide for where to find animals, I suggest using the video linked below, else, continue reading for a full list and tips.

The Video

This video is an invaluable asset when going for this and the Zoologist achievement - the video guide has locations for every animal in the game. In nearly all cases you will find the animal in the exact same place as the video, or if not, in the general vicinity. You can also perform the reload trick to respawn all the wildlife in the area (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload).

How to Skin

To skin an animal you will need to kill it, and then walk up to it and hold

. This will activate the particularly gruesome cutscene and you will be given a pelt. You can then choose keep or discard the pelt - but it is not needed for completion of this achievement.

NOTE: A number of animals are not needed as they can not be skinned. This is the reason for there being missing numbers in the list.

I would suggest combining this achievement with the following as they go hand in hand:

The Zoologist achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 worth 161 pointsStudy every animal across all states in Story Mode.

The Animals

A list of animals that are needed for this achievement (including their number in the compendium):

001. American Alligator
002. American Alligator (small)
003. Nine-Banded Armadillo
004. American Badger
006. American Black Bear
007. Grizzly Bear
008. North American Beaver
010. Wild Boar
011. Whitetail Buck
012. Whitetail Deer
013. American Bison
027. Greater Prairie Chicken
030. Cougar
034. California Valley Coyote
053. Mallard Duck
054. Pekin Duck
057. Reddish Egret
058. Little Egret
059. Snowy Egret
060. Rocky Mountain Bull Elk
061. Rocky Mountain Cow Elk
062. American Red Fox
063. American Gray Fox
064. Silver Fox
065. Banded Gila Monster
067. Canada Goose
071. Great Blue Heron
072. Tricolored Heron
073. Desert Iguana
074. Green Iguana
075. Collared Peccary
076. Common Loon
077. Pacific Loon
078. Yellow-billed Loon
079. Western Bull Moose
080. Western Moose
082. American Muskrat
090. Panther
091. Florida Panther
098. Ring-necked Pheasant
099. Chinese ring-necked Pheasant
105. Virginia Possum
106. American Pronghorn Buck
107. American Pronghorn Doe
108. Sonoran Pronghorn Buck
109. Sonoran Pronghorn Doe
110. Baja California Pronghorn Buck
111. Baja California Pronghorn Doe
113. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Ram
114. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
115. Desert Bighorn Ram
116. Desert Bighorn Sheep
117. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram
118. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
119. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
120. North American Raccoon
126. Roseate Spoonbill
131. Striped Skunk
135. Diamondback Rattlesnake
137. Black-tailed Rattlesnake
138. Timber Rattlesnake
139. Northern Copperhead Snake
140. Southern Copperhead Snake
141. Midland Water Snake
142. Cottonmouth Snake
143. Northern Water Snake
154. Eastern Wild Turkey
155. Rio Grande Wild Turkey
156. Alligator Snapping Turtle
159. Gray Wolf
160. Timber Wolf

Hints & Tips

AUTO AIM
First things first, head in to your settings and set auto-aim to wide and auto aim lock-on to max. This will mean that in some cases even if you can't see the animal, you may be able to lock on to it anyway. In all cases, make sure you turn on dead-eye and mark the animal before shooting.

EAGLE EYE
Click

and

together to activate Eagle Eye, allowing you to see animals and their tracks. You are taught how to use this as part of one the first missions in the game and you will need it. A lot.

COVER YOUR STINK
When hunting, ALWAYS use Cover Scent Lotion - it will allow you get closer to animals without them running away. Your character gets very stinky very quickly, so unless you fancy taking a bath every 10-15 minutes this is your best option.

PREDATORS
Panthers, Cougars and Wolves will attack on site, so be prepared. When in an area with these predators, keep one eye on the minimap at all times. As soon as you see a red dot, mash the

button which will cause the animal to be batted away, giving you more time to kill it.

You can try to use Cover Scent Lotion and Predator Bait (for Panthers you need Potent Predator Bait) to lure them to a specific spot, however this only works sporadically in my experience, and on most occasions they will still attack you, ignoring the bait.

SNAKES!
The easiest method of finding a snake is to ride around the area on your horse until a red dot appears on the map - this means that a snake has tried to attack you. Loop back quickly and you should be able to find it in the area where the dot appeared.

IF AT FIRST...
For everything on this list, you can use the 'reload' trick (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload), this will respawn all the wildlife in the area. This is also how you can get 3-star pelts easier, as you can reload the same animal until it is a 3-star.

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If you think anything needs adding, please let me know in the comments - and if you're having trouble getting a specific animal, please post in the comments and myself and others can try to point you in the right direction :)

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20 Nov 2018 13:12

52 Comments

Great, thanks!

By VfV Savior on 09 Jun 2020 15:36

Im having alot of trouble finding the western moose.

By Slenderman92#258 on 03 Dec 2018 02:05

Try up in the very North East of the map. There is a little shack called Willard's Rest. To the west of this is a river and waterfall. I found a few up there during the day using the reload trick.

By crewdy#4923 on 03 Dec 2018 11:11

So I have checked all the animals off this list but do not have the achievement. Any ideas?

By HumptyHumpter on 03 Dec 2018 17:14

I just got it. I was missing Roseate Spoonbill.

By HumptyHumpter on 03 Dec 2018 18:17

Guys, I found that there is 1 animal missing in this post
It is number 27. Greater Prairie Chicken
It can also be skinned

By RISEN UA on 03 Dec 2018 23:10

Thanks for the heads up, not sure how that got missed! I’ll add it to the list!

By crewdy#4923 on 03 Dec 2018 23:23

Well done HumptyHumpter. I got it about the same time you did, finally. Still waiting for an owl for the Zooligist.

Moose can be found at Cairn Lake, near Willards rest and I have seen one in Owijinala Dam.

By andyfishman on 04 Dec 2018 09:35

Does this have to be completed during the actual story? Or can to be done once all the missions are completed

By stylecounciller on 16 Dec 2018 11:20

It can be done after the epilogue! None of the animals are missable and some can only be found in New Austin which isn’t available during the story 🙂

By crewdy#4923 on 16 Dec 2018 12:11

Have you compared the list with your in-game compendium? Maybe one you skinned and then reloaded or it didn't track for some reason? If they are all marked as skinned then I don't know I'm afraid - I've not seen any reports of it not tracking properly.

By crewdy#4923 on 18 Dec 2018 13:10

does the animal have to be 3 stars to count towards the skin deep achievement?

By HolyDiver on 18 Dec 2018 16:57

Nope, a pelt of any quality will count 🙂

By crewdy#4923 on 18 Dec 2018 17:48

I was having a hard time finding a few I'd already studied. I saw it mentioned on reddit that if you start a replay of a story mission and die and choose not to try again it might help with spawning. I've no reason as to why that would work but in my case it helped with 4 animals show up either straight away where they are shown in the video or at most 1 or 2 reloads.

By Calex dEUS on 20 Dec 2018 17:27

So you don't actually need birds for this? I just unlocked it after skinning my last animal (Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep) but I still have 8 birds left to go...

By t0xz on 15 Jan 2019 19:35

This is complete bullshit, all i'm missing is the chinese ring neck pheasant. Well it must be in fucking Asia somewhere because it most certainly isn't in my game. That's what sucks about random spawns. Their random and some games like mine they will never spawn, not to mention by the time you spot it with binoculars because with gunsight they need to be within 20 feet of you, it disappears before gun can be pulled out

By on 15 Feb 2019 06:15

From the beginning, study, kill and skin any animal that cross your way. A hard time consuming achievement.

By netstryker on 18 Mar 2019 01:07

Anyone have anyone else have issues finding the Panther? I used the area the video guide recommends but I keep getting the Florida Panther instead. Any tips/suggestions?

By ConfideValkyrie on 01 May 2019 16:34

Yes ConfideValkyrie, for me was very hard find before chapter 5 if I remember well. Was esier after I hunt the legendary panther. Remember that there is two panthers species.

By netstryker on 01 May 2019 18:37

Florida panther spawns on south of Rhodes, I know you have this one. The other panther spawns on north of Saint Denis. In my playthrough, I found the regular panther first, on the exact area marked in red on this map. https://cdn3.gamepur.com/images/red_dead_redemption_2/p....jpg

By netstryker on 02 May 2019 00:27

I really hope that it help you. Good luck!

By netstryker on 02 May 2019 00:28

Yup. I need the 2nd one so I know there is the Florida Panther and Panther, 2 different types I only have the Florida Panther that keeps showing up. I'm in the Epilogue part 2 (after Chapter 6) and I'm trying to find the Panther. Where did you find one at? Was it South of Saint Denin? Where your supposed to find the 2 different types of Panthers shown in the video @netstryker?

By ConfideValkyrie on 02 May 2019 04:01

I answered above, yes. I found the regular panther on north of Saint Denis. Check the link for image that shows the exact area.

By netstryker on 02 May 2019 05:02

Both Panthers can definitely be found in the same place (South of Rhodes as in the video), but the regular Panther is a -lot- rarer than the Florida. It took me a lot of using the reload trick to get it to spawn, as well as Potent Predator bait - just keep at it and it'll spawn eventually :)

By crewdy#4923 on 02 May 2019 07:27

Yes, crewdy4923 is right. In my specific case, I think I had luck. Many regular panthers has spawned on north of Saint Denis in my playthorugh, but unfortunately none florida panther. In south of Rhodes I found both species, but less florida panthers then regular panthers. In proportion 10% florida and 90% regular.

By netstryker on 02 May 2019 23:16

This helped me out with panther spawns, got both relatively quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfg0ggm2_Kg

By Seitzz on 10 May 2019 21:00

Also rio grande turkey was the death of me. It took a couple hours to find. Ended up loading a save just north of rio del lobo and doing that for an hour or so before finding it. That one was a massive pain.

By Seitzz on 10 May 2019 23:49

Can you find all the animals after completing the game or do you have to pick them up as you play because I've just brought the game and don't want to miss out on this achievement

By True Reclaim on 21 Dec 2019 20:30

Thank you I'll just wait till the end of the game

By True Reclaim on 21 Dec 2019 22:05

You're welcome. Just enjoy your playthrough relaxed.

By netstryker on 21 Dec 2019 22:55

Carolina parakeet is not needed. I couldn't find one so I skipped it to come back later. Achievement popped on the Rio Grande Wild Turkey

By oxBURN3Rxo on 01 Jan 2020 20:06

I have skinned every animal on this list and no achievement.

Edit: My xbox tracker progressed 1% after picking up a Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I then noticed Western Moose had not updated in the compendium, even though i had hunted two, so i hunted another and it popped.

By One Reality x on 18 Mar 2020 15:46

WHere is #5?

By Kanchanaburi on 07 Apr 2020 05:09

005. Little Brown Bat is not needed as it can't be skinned. Only the numbers listed in the guide are needed :)

By crewdy#4923 on 07 Apr 2020 07:53

Thank you, i just realized that and came back to delete my comment, but you had already answered it kindly, so i will leave it up.

By Kanchanaburi on 07 Apr 2020 16:28

Anyone get a Panther to spawn after completing the game Epilogue 2? I have tried sleeping 72hrs, going south of roads area at night, tried potent predator bait etc. I have yet to even see one Panther and have spent hours doing this.

By OldSchoolBlood on 19 May 2020 19:37

I know this achievement is listed as unmissable, but not sure that is accurate. I think the Panther spawns change after you finish the campaign. I have spent hours trying everything with no success to ever find one. Loaded up a save before the final mission and found both in the swamp area.

By OldSchoolBlood on 20 May 2020 17:13

@OldSchoolBlood I finished this up after the main campaign, including a lot of the harder to find spawns. The only place I could get it to spawn was south of Rhodes in the forest using the reload trick. It always spawned for me, specifically, here: https://pasteboard.co/J9mOI4F.jpg

I would save > exit > reload, walk back to that part of the forest and one of the Panthers would spawn nearly every time. The regular Black Panther is far rarer than the Florida one though so you will see that less.

Edit: a few comments above say it might be more common after hunting the legendary panther as well. I'd already done that by this point though so can't confirm.

By crewdy#4923 on 21 May 2020 07:57

We had to study them all, why do we have to skin them? I guess someone spent a lot of time on that aspect amd demanded it all be seen

By Sneaky G Wizard on 27 May 2020 05:27

i really dont wanna do this

By MrKoolxDood on 05 Jun 2020 22:38

Is this doable post-story? Some ppl are saying there are missable animals on Guarma.

By VfV Savior on 09 Jun 2020 15:07

@VfV Savior Absolutely - there are no missable animals in the list. The ones in Guarma are not needed.

By crewdy#4923 on 09 Jun 2020 15:16

To those who check the list underneath the YT-video:
Carolina Parakeet is not part of the achievments requirements.

By eV Deadline on 03 Aug 2022 15:14

The fact you numbered EVERY animal with the compendium number is INVALUABLE! Thank you!!!

By FireBallZ24 on 24 Oct 2022 04:52

This list is missing the alpine goat, which i know for a fact you can skin because you need the goat pelts for the trapper, is it just not needed for the achievement?

By RSBennett on 08 Aug 2023 19:01

The guide has 5 years under its belt, with not a single comment of missing animals from the list. I'd confidently say, follow the guide and you'll be okay like the rest of us

By Sneaky G Wizard on 08 Aug 2023 19:47

I didn't see that, but it was edited in so my point is still valid

By Sneaky G Wizard on 23 Jan 2024 17:21

By Calex dEUS on 20 Dec 2018 17:26

Yup. I need the 2nd one so I know there is the Florida Panther and Panther, 2 different types I only have the Florida Panther that keeps showing up. I'm in the Epilogue part 2 (after Chapter 6) and I'm trying to find the Panther. Where did you find one at? Was it South of Saint Denin? Where did you find the 2 different types of Panthers shown in the video @netstryker?

By ConfideValkyrie on 01 May 2019 22:28

This cheevo is not missable. The animals from

doesn't count for this cheevo. Hunt, skin and study just if you plan complete 100% of in game animals catalog, but there is no cheevo related to this. I made 100% just because I wanted to. You can work on this cheevo in your post-game.

By netstryker on 21 Dec 2019 21:18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwy0hIhftLc

USE THIS FOR WESTERN MOOSE, WORKED IN ONE TRY

By Baby Sheamus on 14 Jun 2022 00:17

This list is missing the alpine goat, which i know for a fact you can skin because you need the goat pelts for the trapper, is it just not needed for the achievement?

The alpine goat is only needed for the Zoologist achi. It's a domesticated farm animal, like the cows, pigs, and sheep - you're not meant to be skinning those you psychopath! I'm even going to reload after killing the cute black bear! LOL.

The guide has 5 years under its belt, with not a single comment of missing animals from the list. I'd confidently say, follow the guide and you'll be okay like the rest of us

Actually, someone commented that '027. Greater Prairie Chicken' was missing, and it was edited in.

By Goatlips on 23 Jan 2024 15:49

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Delta748

TrueAchievements

09 Feb 2019 15:46

I've made a simple Excel spreadsheet using crewdy4923's confirmed list of animals that are required. Hopefully this can help you guys keep track of the animals easier, rather than going into the compendium every time.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VgG8fRRESEdAylPjWR8H-trhhsz...

Download the file off Google Drive, and make changes as you go along. Simply change the "N" to a "Y" once you've skinned/studied the animal. Some animals (mainly birds) only need to be studied, and this is indicated by a "-" in the "Skinned" column.

The % completion at the bottom should correspond with the achievement tracker, save for a few rounding errors, so you'll know you're on the right track.

This will also help with:

The Zoologist achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 worth 161 pointsStudy every animal across all states in Story Mode.

EDIT: Fellas, download the file and access it using your own native spreadsheet app on your computer (or reupload to your own Google Drive if you don't have one and use it from there). I will not respond to any requests to share access to the file because I don't want to risk it getting messed up for everyone else.

09 Feb 2019 15:46

10 Comments

Nice. Thanks!

By ThunderPeel2001 on 10 Feb 2019 22:50

Love it! Thanks so much!!!

By Thay SA 23 on 05 Aug 2019 15:53

Can you do this after finished story ?

By MarkusW86 on 29 Nov 2019 11:54

Yup, won't be an issue.

By Delta748 on 29 Nov 2019 11:59

thankyou so much :D

By SaP RaZzor on 02 Jul 2020 20:54

Chiming in after many years to say this spreadsheet is still really helpful 😅

By scpgt on 02 Jan 2023 09:10

Always glad to hear this is still helping people!

By Delta748 on 03 Jan 2023 15:00

Thanks man, it’s the spreadsheet that makes this guide really useful, because using it I discovered that the animal I was missing was the Sonoran Toad

By Needy Game on 01 Jan 2024 17:44

Thanks man, it’s the spreadsheet that makes this guide really useful, because using it I discovered that the animal I was missing was the Sonoran Toad for the Zoologist Achievement

By Needy Game on 01 Jan 2024 17:45

I very much appreciate this, thank U heaps.

By WonkyPear72 on 07 Mar 2024 12:39

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STOUTASSASSIN67

TrueAchievements

30 Oct 2018 16:21

EDIT: It has been confirmed that these animals do not count towards the achievement
this is a confirmed full list of the animals in Guarma
Parrots:
1. Blue & Yellow Macaw
2. Scarlet Macaw
3. Great Green Macaw

Snakes
1. Sunglow Boa
2. Rainbow Boa
3. Red-tailed Boa
4. Fer-De-Lance Snake
(All the snakes are found just North-West of the camp in a small clearing)

Booby
1. Red Footed Booby.

Credit for this list goes to EphemeralEcho from psnprofiles.com

EDIT: The CAROLINA PARAKEET DOES NOT COUNT TWORDS ACHIEVEMENT ETHER

Legendary animals also do not count.

King fiShiZ and others from the community have put together a list of the animals we know so far and some of their locations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pH3jc_CagGZwxpHrZDAl...

30 Oct 2018 16:21

Dxz

TrueAchievements

11 Jan 2019 20:22

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Zoologist & Skin Deep Achievement Guide / All Animal Locations Guide

(0:10) - AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
(0:55) - AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (SMALL)
(1:36) - NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO
(2:12) - AMERICAN BADGER
(2:49) - LITTLE BROWN BAT
(3:23) - AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
(4:07) - GRIZZLY BEAR
(4:54) - NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER
(5:38) - BLUE JAY
(6:12) - WILD BOAR
(6:48) - WHITETAIL BUCK
(7:31) - WHITETAIL DEER
(8:15) - AMERICAN BISON
(9:06) - ANGUS BULL
(9:25) - DEVON BULL
(9:45) - HEREFORD BULL
(10:05) - AMERICAN BULLFROG
(10:35) - NORTHERN CARDINAL
(11:03) - AMERICAN DOMESTIC CAT
(11:25) - CEDAR WAXWING
(11:52) - DOMINIQUE CHICKEN
(12:14) - DOMINIQUE ROOSTER
(12:33) - JAVA CHICKEN
(12:55) - JAVA ROOSTER
(13:17) - LEGHORN CHICKEN
(13:42) - LEGHORN ROOSTER
(14:05) - GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN
(14:43) - WESTERN CHIPMUNK
(15:14) - CALIFORNIAN CONDOR
(15:50) - COUGAR
(16:37) - DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT
(17:11) - NEOTROPIC CORMORANT
(17:48) - FLORIDA CRACKER COW
(18:10) - CALIFORNIA VALLEY COYOTE
(18:54) - CUBAN LAND CRAB
(19:26) - RED SWAMP CRAYFISH
(19:45) - WHOOPING CRANE
(20:23) - SANDHILL CRANE
(21:02) - AMERICAN CROW
(21:32) - AMERICAN FOXHOUND
(21:49) - AUSTRALIAN SHEPHARD
(22:12) - BLOODHOUND
(22:35) - BLUETICK COONHOUND
(22:57) - BORDER COLLIE
(23:17) - CATAHOULA CUR
(23:37) - CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER
(23:57) - SIBERIAN HUSKY
(24:17) - LABRADOR RETRIEVER
(24:37) - POODLE
(24:57) - MUTT
(25:17) - RUFUS
(25:37) - STANDARD DONKEY
(25:58) - MALLARD DUCK
(26:35) - PEKIN DUCK
(27:15) - BALD EAGLE
(27:47) - GOLDEN EAGLE
(28:27) - REDDISH EGRET
(29:02) - LITTLE EGRET
(29:43) - SNOWY EGRET
(30:18) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BULL ELK
(31:11) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW ELK
(31:57) - AMERICAN RED FOX
(32:41) - AMERICAN GRAY FOX
(33:21) - SILVER FOX
(34:01) - BANDED GILA MONSTER
(34:40) - ALPINE GOAT
(35:03) - CANADA GOOSE
(35:39) - FERRUGINOUS HAWK
(36:15) - RED-TAILED HAWK
(36:55) - ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
(37:34) - GREAT BLUE HERON
(38:20) - TRICOLORED HERON
(38:57) - DESERT IGUANA
(39:38) - GREEN IGUANA
(40:23) - COLLARED PECCARY
(41:02) - COMMON LOON
(41:34) - PACIFIC LOON
(42:08) - YELLOW-BILLED LOON
(42:43) - WESTERN BULL MOOSE
(43:34) - WESTERN MOOSE
(44:17) - MULE
(44:40) - AMERICAN MUSKRAT
(45:16) - BALTIMORE ORIOLE
(45:48) - HOODED ORIOLE
(46:14) - CALIFORNIAN HORNED OWL
(46:46) - COASTAL HORNED OWL
(47:19) - GREAT HORNED OWL
(47:50) - ANGUS OX
(48:13) - DEVON OX
(48:30) - PANTHER
(49:08) - FLORIDA PANTHER
(49:48) - CAROLINA PARAKEET
(50:17) - AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
(50:51) - BROWN PELICAN
(51:22) - RING-NECKED PHEASANT
(51:56) - CHINESE RING-NECKED PHEASANT
(52:31) - BERKSHIRE PIG
(52:54) - BIG CHINA PIG
(53:18) - OLD SPOT PIG
(53:33) - BAND-TAILED PIGEON
(54:03) - ROCK PIGEON
(54:28) - VIRGINIA OPPOSUM
(55:00) - AMERICAN PRONGHORN BUCK
(55:38) - AMERICAN PRONGHORN DOE
(56:18) - SONORAN PRONGHORN BUCK
(57:02) - SONORAN PRONGHORN DOE
(57:41) - BAJA CALIFORNIA PRONGHORN BUCK
(58:18) - BAJA CALIFORNIA PRONGHORN DOE
(58:58) - CALIFORNIA QUAIL
(59:23) - SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN RAM
(59:55) - SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP
(01:00:30) - DESERT BIGHORN RAM
(01:01:07) - DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP
(01:01:46) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN RAM
(01:02:24) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP
(01:03:03) - BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT
(01:03:36) - NORTH AMERICAN RACCOON
(01:04:13) - BLACK RAT
(01:04:44) - BROWN RAT
(01:05:08) - WESTERN RAVEN
(01:05:39) - AMERICAN ROBIN
(01:06:04) - ROSEATE SPOONBILL
(01:06:44) - HERRING GULL
(01:07:15) - LAUGHING GULL
(01:07:46) - RING-BILLED GULL
(01:08:18) - MERINO SHEEP
(01:08:41) - STRIPED SKUNK
(01:09:12) - DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE
(01:09:44) - BLACK-TAILED RATTLESNAKE
(01:10:15) - TIMBER RATTLESNAKE
(01:10:46) - NORTHERN COPPERHEAD SNAKE
(01:11:20) - SOUTHERN COPPERHEAD SNAKE
(01:11:58) - MIDLAND WATER SNAKE
(01:12:35) - COTTONMOUTH SNAKE
(01:13:08) - NORTHERN WATER SNAKE
(01:13:40) - SCARLET TANAGER SONGBIRD
(01:14:12) - WESTERN TANAGER SONGBIRD
(01:14:35) - EURASIAN TREE SPARROW
(01:15:00) - AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
(01:15:26) - GOLDEN CROWNED SPARROW
(01:15:52) - AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
(01:16:23) - WESTERN GRAY SQUIRREL
(01:16:47) - BLACK SQUIRREL
(01:17:18) - WESTERN TOAD
(01:17:45) - SONORAN DESERT TOAD
(01:18:11) - EASTERN WILD TURKEY
(01:18:51) - RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY
(01:19:28) - ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
(01:20:06) - EASTERN TURKEY VULTURE
(01:20:43) - WESTERN TURKEY VULTURE
(01:21:20) - GRAY WOLF
(01:21:59) - TIMBER WOLF
(01:22:31) - RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
(01:22:54) - PILEATED WOODPECKER
(01:23:17) - COMPENDIUM

11 Jan 2019 20:22

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@crewdy4923 Thought this may help anyone starting out or trying to wrap up their completion for Gold Rush, Lending A Hand & Skin Deep

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z57gvlKvP_vafs8avKfs...

I just pulled the info together in one sheet. Credit goes to all that generated it as noted in sheet.

By spades59 on 04 Jun 2020 23:24

My god this was a pita, next: 70 gold medals 🙈
Thx 4 the guide, helped a lot! Left a like 👍🏻

By ProjectOasis on 20 Jul 2020 08:41

SonOfaGodKilla

TrueTrophies

17 Jan 2019 18:24

The Animals

A list of animals that are needed for this trophy (including their number in the compendium):

001. American Alligator
002. American Alligator (small)
003. Nine-Banded Armadillo
004. American Badger
006. American Black Bear
007. Grizzly Bear
008. North American Beaver
010. Wild Boar
011. Whitetail Buck
012. Whitetail Deer
013. American Bison
027. Greater Prairie Chicken
030. Cougar
034. California Valley Coyote
053. Mallard Duck
054. Pekin Duck
057. Reddish Egret
058. Little Egret
059. Snowy Egret
060. Rocky Mountain Bull Elk
061. Rocky Mountain Cow Elk
062. American Red Fox
063. American Gray Fox
064. Silver Fox
065. Banded Gila Monster
067. Canada Goose
071. Great Blue Heron
072. Tricolored Heron
073. Desert Iguana
074. Green Iguana
075. Collared Peccary
076. Common Loon
077. Pacific Loon
078. Yellow-billed Loon
079. Western Bull Moose
080. Western Moose
082. American Muskrat
090. Panther
091. Florida Panther
098. Ring-necked Pheasant
099. Chinese ring-necked Pheasant
105. Virginia Possum
106. American Pronghorn Buck
107. American Pronghorn Doe
108. Sonoran Pronghorn Buck
109. Sonoran Pronghorn Doe
110. Baja California Pronghorn Buck
111. Baja California Pronghorn Doe
113. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Ram
114. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
115. Desert Bighorn Ram
116. Desert Bighorn Sheep
117. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram
118. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
119. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
120. North American Raccoon
126. Roseate Spoonbill
131. Striped Skunk
135. Diamondback Rattlesnake
137. Black-tailed Rattlesnake
138. Timber Rattlesnake
139. Northern Copperhead Snake
140. Southern Copperhead Snake
141. Midland Water Snake
142. Cottonmouth Snake
143. Northern Water Snake
154. Eastern Wild Turkey
155. Rio Grande Wild Turkey
156. Alligator Snapping Turtle
159. Gray Wolf
160. Timber Wolf

Hints & Tips

AUTO AIM
First things first, head in to your settings and set auto-aim to wide and auto aim lock-on to max. This will mean that in some cases even if you can't see the animal, you may be able to lock on to it anyway. In all cases, make sure you turn on dead-eye and mark the animal before shooting.

EAGLE VISION
Click L3 and R3 together to activate Eagle Vision, allowing you to see animals and their tracks. You are taught how to use this as part of one the first missions in the game and you will need it. A lot.

COVER YOUR STINK
When hunting, ALWAYS use Cover Scent Lotion - it will allow you get closer to animals without them running away. Your character gets very stinky very quickly, so unless you fancy taking a bath every 10-15 minutes this is your best option.

PREDATORS
Panthers, Cougars and Wolves will attack on site, so be prepared. When in an area with these predators, keep one eye on the minimap at all times. As soon as you see a red dot, mash the O button which will cause the animal to be batted away, giving you more time to kill it.

You can try to use Cover Scent Lotion and Predator Bait (for Panthers you need Potent Predator Bait) to lure them to a specific spot, however this only works sporadically in my experience, and on most occasions they will still attack you, ignoring the bait.

SNAKES!
The easiest method of finding a snake is to ride around the are on your horse until a red dot appears on the map - this means that a snake has tried to attack you. Loop back quickly and you should be able to find it in the area where the dot appeared.

IF AT FIRST...
For everything on this list, you can use the 'reload' trick (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload), this will respawn all the wildlife in the area. This is also how you can get 3-star pelts easier, as you can reload the same animal until it is a 3-star.

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If you think anything needs adding, please let me know in the comments - and if you're having trouble getting a specific animal, please post in the comments and myself and others can try to point you in the right direction :)

17 Jan 2019 18:24

1 Comment

For the big cat at braithwaite manor I found that predator bait works very good. There is a rock near the road there, you put the bait at the sage plants between the trees and you can wait at the top of the rocks. From there you can easily and safely study, track and shoot the animal, it can not touch you on the top of the rock. I used this place for Master Hunter challange too where you had to bait two animals at once.

By Yzahkin on 18 Dec 2023 08:50

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Kurobe

stratege.ru

31 Oct 2018 04:33

This guide was translated automatically.

There are 178 animals in the game. Of these, 154 can be studied, 71 can be skinned (button

).

You can track them in the menu pause-progress-reference-animals.

The trophy does not require legendary animals, nor animals from the island in Chapter 5.

31 Oct 2018 04:33

8 Comments

Video guide to finding western moose.
I searched for him for 5 days until I came across this video. Basically, you just spawn it yourself.

By Tait_Grim on 22 Nov 2018 22:59

Playlist with all the animals, where and how to find them.

By I-Van on 15 Nov 2018 03:02

Video guide to finding western moose.

By PsihotropSIC on 22 Apr 2019 16:28

Video guide to finding a panther.

By andrey_honor on 18 Dec 2018 22:50

Habitats of all types of animals in the game.

By cyrax on 31 Oct 2018 17:25

Animals from Chapter 5 (Island) are not needed for the trophy.
Only those animals that have the item “Skinned” in the directory are counted. For example, almost all birds are not needed for a trophy.

By cyrax on 06 Nov 2018 19:51

Video guide to all animals with timeline.

By _KLoD_ on 19 Nov 2018 15:58

When I sat down to knock out these trophies, flipping through the tab of animals and writing down all the necessary ones on a piece of paper, I began to look for them and was very surprised when the achievement fell to me before I finished the list of animals that I compiled based on those already skinned and studied... well, from this I I can conclude that achievements are tied to a certain number of animals, the list of which does not include legendary ones. Well, what is the actual advice, if anyone is reading this before getting to the chapter with the island, I advise you to study the local fauna and when it’s the turn of these two achievements.. you will have to worry less about looking for the missing animal! Another thing I would like to say is, don’t bother with birds like Coastal Owls or something like that, you came to the point, stood there all night, didn’t see it... go after another bird or another animal, along the way you’ll meet the one you’ve been looking for for so long and You won’t waste time, because in the video that was posted above, the habitats shown are not the only ones where this or that animal is found.

By Mikhail_Smile on 12 Aug 2019 13:43

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Vander_vl

stratege.ru

17 May 2020 04:05

This guide was translated automatically.

I received the achievement and want to share a couple of tips on the problems that I encountered.
There were 3 types of animals that I had trouble finding.
Common pheasant
On foreign forums they wrote that they appear from 8 to 9 am. I don’t know how true this is, but they appeared for me during this period. (I met him a couple more times during this period of time). It may be a coincidence, or it may not.
I ran this route:

I did this: I slept in Bitcher Hope until the morning and began to wind in circles, as in the picture they eventually appeared in the forest (circled). The Chinese were also on the same route, but a little lower to the road. You need to move slowly, I rode the horse at a normal pace.
Riogrande wild turkey
Video guide . They have a timing when they appear. I met them earlier at a railway crossing because I was attacked by a puma on the way.
Plains Wolf
Video guide .
But don’t focus on one point, but take the entire road and surrounding area.

I have circled the main places, but practice shows that they can appear throughout the entire area.

17 May 2020 04:05

NCSFan001

PSNProfiles

22 May 2021 00:00

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