Our Red Dead Redemption 2 Legendary Animal Locations guides features a full list of all the rarest animals in the game. If you are looking to get some powerful trinkets and talismans, then hunting down these notorious beasts will unlock them for you.
One of my favorite parts of Red Dead Redemption is the hunting. There’s something kind of peaceful about it, just heading off into the wilds to track down some game. You can do this with the animals that just roam around, but you can also challenge yourself a bit further to take down the legendary beasts.
Now, this is a fun challenge and will take a fair amount of time, but there’s a practical use for it as well. You’ll need to kill the legendary animals to get trinkets and talismans, which give you permanent buffs for your cores and can impact other parts of the game. Some of the trinkets will slow weapon degradation, help you receive higher-quality parts when skinning, and stop animals stored on your horse from spoiling. Not only that, but there are some that increase your stamina, dead eye, and even the money obtained by looting. That’s just the trinkets, the talisman are even more powerful. They will decrease the speed at which your dead eye, health, and stamina cores will drain!
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Trapper Locations
When you land one of those legendary animals, you’ll want to take the pelt to the nearest trapper so it doesn’t decay. Here’s a list of the locations:
RDR 2 Legendary Animals Locations
Grizzly Bear
The Legendary Grizzly Bear is the first introduction to these beasts. Hosea will start with you on this quest and show you the ropes on how to track them down. You’ll see a question mark on your map, if you head to that area and use your Dead Eye on it, you will see a yellow pillar of scent. you’re able to then track that and follow the trail to the next clue. Follow that clue, and you’ll find the Grizzly Bear. ensure to start your dead eye off from a distance so you can land enough shots on the bear before it can get to you. This beast does a ton of damage, and if it gets too close, you might be doomed!
You’ll find the Grizzly Bear north of O’Creagh’s Run in the Grizzlies East.
Beaver
The Legendary Beaver is located to the west of the Van Horn Trading Post. Thankfully, you won’t have to worry about getting mauled during this hunt. After you’ve found the second clue, make sure not to just sprint towards the location. You don’t want the beaver to run away from you!
Ram
To the west of Valentine near the Cattail Pond that is south of Grizzlies West, you will find the Legendary Ram!
Boar
you may find the Legendary Boar north of the Lagras swamp, in the Bluewater Marsh area near the Kamassa River.
Buck
The Legendary Buck can be found in Big Valley, this is on the west side of the map and is north west of Strawberry and Owanjila lake.
Bullgator
The Bullgator can be found south of Lagras in the swamps. You’ll want to be sure to keep him at range, because he’s a big guy that will chomp you up real quick.
Cougar
To hunt down the Legendary Cougar, you are going to need to have finished up the main story. You’ll find him wandering to the west of Tumbleweed in the Gaptooth Ridge. The cougar is another fearsome foe that is incredibly fast, so be sure to sneak up on it and take it down quickly or you’ll get sliced up. This might be the most dangerous one, because it gets a hint of you pretty quickly and will attack instantly.
Coyote
you may find the Legendary Coyote in Lemoyne to the north of Rhodes in Scarlett Meadows.
Elk
To the east of Bacchus Station you can find the Legendary Elk. This is near Donner Falls in the Cumberland Forest area.
Fox
The Legendary Fox can be found north of Rhodes and to the south of Mattock Pond in Scarlett Meadows.
Moose
If you’re looking for the Legendary Moose, it can be found at the way north east portion of the map that is north of Brandywine Drop in Roanoke Ridge.
Pronghorn
This is another one you’ll need to have completed the story to locate. The Legendary Pronghorn can be found near the Rio Del Lobo Rock and to the south west of Lake Don Julio in the Rio Bravo.
Tatanka Bison
Another of the animals that require you to be done with the story. You’ll find the Tatanka Bison to the south east of Macfarlane’s Ranch and to the north west of Manteca Falls in Hennigan’s Stead.
White Bison
You read that correctly, there are two bisons! The Legendary White Bison can be found near Lake Isabella which is in Grizzlies West in Ambarino.
Wolf
The Legendary Wolf is near Cotorra Springs that is north west of Bacchus Station near the Wapiti Indian Reservation.
Bonus Legendary Animal
Now that’s it for the standard Legendary animals you’ll want to hunt down, but if you want to actually complete them all then there’s a final challenge you will need to undertake. This will take quite a bit of time, because you’ll have to complete the Master Hunter Challenges to get it to spawn.
Master Hunter Challenges
Once you’ve done all of these, you will unlock the final Legendary animal the Panther “Giaguaro.”
Panther “Giaguaro”
If you’ve finished all those challenges, you’re able to then attempt to take down the Legendary Panther. You will find it to the east of Braithwaite Manor and south of Rhodes in Scarlett Meadows! This is similar to your fight against the Cougar, so be careful because it will attack you very quickly and aggressively.
