Red Dead Redemption
51 Achievements
Manifest Destiny
Kill the last buffalo in the Great Plains. Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Manifest Destiny achievement in Red Dead Redemption - Definitive Guide
"Manifest Destiny"
Kill the last buffalo on the great plains in single player
Yes pretty sad achievement, but on to info.
Number of Buffalo = 20
Location Great plains, if you hit the farm or tree lines you have gone too far.
They seem to appear in the middle of 4 different areas if you are looking for them;
The lower case h in beecher;
around r in great plain;
the middle buffalo on the map (close to blackwater);
close to wreck of serendipty (where coyote or fox pic is on the map - southern part.)
(if anyone finds any other locations i will update and give credit)
ADDED -
Jonnyb0b stated that he has
"I've seen buffalo northwest of Blackwater in the little corner the river makes with the open water a couple of times, don't know if that is enough to qualify it for the list."
You only need to kill them you dont need to skin.
Range with a sniper is best as you can get the furthest ones away and then the closest ones. If any of them get out of your line of site you are going to go hunt for them.
I also suggest if you loss site of them use your campfire to savegame, nothing worse than being pounced.
You could also save once in a while, while searching for them, once you find them if you miss some, you could reload and try again, or just go searching.
Rastabikerman - This player has mentioned that he got this achievement by killing someone's buffalo mount from within multiplayer. This is the first time i had heard of this happening so if someone could confirm that would be awesome
(Even though this says single player it seems quite a few people are unlocking it in MP)
Leon Kowalski - This player said the following and 2 others have confirmed it worked for them.
"For Purely Scientific Purposes" mission mentioned above. I rode all the way out with Nastas and the Professor to Bear Claw Camp, and never saw any buffalo nor did anyone comment on any, as may have occurred for Fire Hawk D. The only encounter was the scripted one with the bear. So once I got to the camp, I just kept riding, and once I got too far from Nastas, I "failed" the mission, and cancelled out. Then once I was back as Jack, I rode to the big buffalo drawing on the map and there was a herd of at least ten buffalo there; certainly more than the five that should only have been left. Maybe by (partially) replaying an old mission it respawned the herd. I did not try to reproduce this after burning so much time riding around Great Plains and encountering a ridiculous number of people and very few buffalo, but maybe it will help the next person.
"Manifest Destiny"
Kill the last buffalo on the great plains in single player
Yes pretty sad achievement, but on to info.
Number of Buffalo = 20
Location Great plains, if you hit the farm or tree lines you have gone too far.
They seem to appear in the middle of 4 different areas if you are looking for them;
The lower case h in beecher;
around r in great plain;
the middle buffalo on the map (close to blackwater);
close to wreck of serendipty (where coyote or fox pic is on the map - southern part.)
(if anyone finds any other locations i will update and give credit)
ADDED -
Jonnyb0b stated that he has
"I've seen buffalo northwest of Blackwater in the little corner the river makes with the open water a couple of times, don't know if that is enough to qualify it for the list."
You only need to kill them you dont need to skin.
Range with a sniper is best as you can get the furthest ones away and then the closest ones. If any of them get out of your line of site you are going to go hunt for them.
I also suggest if you loss site of them use your campfire to savegame, nothing worse than being pounced.
You could also save once in a while, while searching for them, once you find them if you miss some, you could reload and try again, or just go searching.
Rastabikerman - This player has mentioned that he got this achievement by killing someone's buffalo mount from within multiplayer. This is the first time i had heard of this happening so if someone could confirm that would be awesome
(Even though this says single player it seems quite a few people are unlocking it in MP)
Leon Kowalski - This player said the following and 2 others have confirmed it worked for them.
"For Purely Scientific Purposes" mission mentioned above. I rode all the way out with Nastas and the Professor to Bear Claw Camp, and never saw any buffalo nor did anyone comment on any, as may have occurred for Fire Hawk D. The only encounter was the scripted one with the bear. So once I got to the camp, I just kept riding, and once I got too far from Nastas, I "failed" the mission, and cancelled out. Then once I was back as Jack, I rode to the big buffalo drawing on the map and there was a herd of at least ten buffalo there; certainly more than the five that should only have been left. Maybe by (partially) replaying an old mission it respawned the herd. I did not try to reproduce this after burning so much time riding around Great Plains and encountering a ridiculous number of people and very few buffalo, but maybe it will help the next person.
Hope this helps. in short you need to complete that mission before you have access to all the buffalo
Steps to Manifest Destiny Achievement
-Get access to the northern part of your map known as the "Great Plains." You will eventually gain access to that region by playing the game!
-Go to the buffalo picture on the map at around 1 am. A huge herd of buffalo should be peacefully grazing there.
-Sneak up quietly and try to take out as many as you can before you spook the herd and they start to stampede.
-Kill as many as you can, you can still come back afterward if you don't get them all and repeat the process.
-Once you've killed all the buffalo, you'll get the achievement.
You might want to come back a few times because it is hard to get them all at once.
The Buffalo's won't respawn.
Since the buffalo run when attacked or if the player approaches too closely, attempt to kill them from a distance, using head shots from a sniper rifle. Done right, few of the buffalo, if any, will run. If they do run, do NOT chase them. Simply leave and return at a later time (1-2 days in game) and repeat the process until all of them are dead. Giving chase could force one or more of them off of a cliff, or into the water, or even onto the train tracks in front of a train. If this happens, the dead buffalo will not re-spawn, and the player will not be able to kill it, making the achievement impossible to unlock in single player until a new game is started.
In this unfortunate situation, there is a way to get the achievement in multiplayer. If you can find someone who has reached Legendary Rank 3, Level 35 in multiplayer (no mean feat, since getting each Legendary Rank requires a player to reset at Level 50 and level up all over again), they will have unlocked the buffalo mount. If this person can meet you in game, they can call for the mount and you can kill it. Do this 20 times and the achievement is yours. The whole process should take no more than about 15 minutes. As far as I know, there are no buffalo otherwise available in multiplayer.
It made it pretty simple and I managed to take out the last 15 I needed at the same time.
This can only be completed in the Great Plains. You will first need to finish Act 2 to gain access to this area. Make your way to the Great Plains and ride around until you find the Buffalo. They are normally roaming around in the open. To unlock the achievement you need to kill all 20 of the herd. Make sure that you pick off the buffalo from a distance, if they run off don't chase them. Save often and come back to this area every once in a while to kill the odd buffalo you see. Once you kill the last buffalo the achievement will unlock.
Attempting this early on with a less powerful gun can take a while. If you have a sniper rifle use that instead it's a one shot kill on any buffalo.
Note: If the buffalo run into the river and kill themselves they sometimes don't re-spawn. If this happens there is no way for you to earn the achievement. Make sure you don't chase them.
The best place I've always seen buffalo is South East of Blackwater. They always travel in a group and it's almost impossible to kill every buffalo without any of them fleeing in one go. Whenever you kill a buffalo every other buffalo will flee from you. Don't sweat it though because once you have killed a buffalo they never respawn as there only are 20 in the whole game. Once you've killed the last buffalo the trophy will unlock. Try not to have a few buffalo left to kill as it is easier to spot a larger group. Should the stray buffalo run in all directions and escape, leave the area to have them respawn in the general vicinity of where you last found them.
It happens that bison disappear and cannot be found on the Great Plains; for example, we move to Escalera and back with the help of a camp and the missing number of bison will graze again.