PANTHER NOT SPAWNING

[edzone]

OKAY, so I have tried everything. Walking around for 15 minutes and waiting for panther to spawn, put out bait, tried at day night noon evening etc, but nothing????

How will this animal spawn so I can get legend of the west satchel anyone knows???????????

[Rich Mahogany]

it only spawns in the forests just to the east of catfish jackson's place (south of rhodes). there's also another small spawn area west of st. denis but don't bother.

time of day doesnt really matter but night is more likely. go there, make a save game, drop down some predator bait (predator worked better than potent predator for some reason), run maybe 20 feet away, crouch and wait for the red dot to appear. using cover scent lotion helped me get more spawns too. usually you'll get an auto-save prompt right before it's about to appear. as soon as you see that red dot go into dead eye and plant an express rifle round between its eyes.

[edzone]

Originally posted by Rich Mahogany:

it only spawns in the forests just to the east of catfish jackson's place (south of rhodes). there's also another small spawn area west of st. denis but don't bother.

time of day doesnt really matter but night is more likely. go there, make a save game, drop down some predator bait (predator worked better than potent predator for some reason), run maybe 20 feet away, crouch and wait for the red dot to appear. using cover scent lotion helped me get more spawns too. usually you'll get an auto-save prompt right before it's about to appear. as soon as you see that red dot go into dead eye and plant an express rifle round between its eyes.

I have tried that, but I get Wild Boars instead :((( It's so frustrating because i have been spending tooooooo much time

[Rich Mahogany]

Originally posted by edzone:

Originally posted by Rich Mahogany:

it only spawns in the forests just to the east of catfish jackson's place (south of rhodes). there's also another small spawn area west of st. denis but don't bother.

time of day doesnt really matter but night is more likely. go there, make a save game, drop down some predator bait (predator worked better than potent predator for some reason), run maybe 20 feet away, crouch and wait for the red dot to appear. using cover scent lotion helped me get more spawns too. usually you'll get an auto-save prompt right before it's about to appear. as soon as you see that red dot go into dead eye and plant an express rifle round between its eyes.

I have tried that, but I get Wild Boars instead :((( It's so frustrating because i have been spending tooooooo much time

Are you positive you're in the right area? Try reloading if the wrong animal comes, don't kill it.

[edzone]

Originally posted by Rich Mahogany:

Originally posted by edzone:

I have tried that, but I get Wild Boars instead :((( It's so frustrating because i have been spending tooooooo much time

Are you positive you're in the right area? Try reloading if the wrong animal comes, don't kill it.

Yeah im positive

[Zirael]

nothing wrong with the spawn, went all the way from the camp to the south spawn and found him

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1992469984

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1992466468

save and load at this crossroad, normaly you will already hear a roar

[edzone]

Solved. Found the Panther close to Lagras. It spawned right away compared to the "reliable" spot, so now I have the satchel. IF PPL STILL CARE

[Harag]

Originally posted by edzone:

Solved. Found the Panther close to Lagras. It spawned right away compared to the "reliable" spot, so now I have the satchel. IF PPL STILL CARE

Excellent glad to hear it. I was going to go looking for it today so this will help. thanks.

Q) Using the bait, does it always spawn a 3* ? I've not used any bait yet.

[edzone]

Originally posted by Harag:

Originally posted by edzone:

Solved. Found the Panther close to Lagras. It spawned right away compared to the "reliable" spot, so now I have the satchel. IF PPL STILL CARE

Excellent glad to hear it. I was going to go looking for it today so this will help. thanks.

Q) Using the bait, does it always spawn a 3* ? I've not used any bait yet.

Well I just rode around the location and it just spawned and attacked me. I was on my horse luckily, so it didn't kill me. But first I killed it with a rifle and it was 1 star, then I reloaded my save and used a poison bow instead (aimed for the head with dead eye) and boom, 3 star panther. No bait used. Go by evening/night. Hope it works.

https://rankedboost.com/red-dead-redemption-2/panther/

This shows the other location by Lagras or this guy I found on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrMIO3bO0fo

[Ebina]

You can't find Panther or Cougar, they will find you.
Just roaming around its place and they will attack you.

[edzone]

Originally posted by Ebina:

You can't find Panther or Cougar, they will find you.
Just roaming around its place and they will attack you.

I know, couagar is easy tbh, but panther is a pain in the ass

[J.Nosida]

122 hours into the game and I've never encountered a panther before. Yes I want to make a satchel out of it. I tried roaming around the designated area and putting in some predator bait (this is like the 20th time now and it is getting annoying), but all I got are boars, coyotes, and foxes. what are the odds of Panthers spawning tbh?

[n0mad23]

I just got done with this a couple days ago - took about 5 times coming back to that intersection by the waterfront before it finally spawned.

I seem to remember from a previous play-through the same frustration happening, and that once it did spawn, it spawns frequently thereafter.

When I rode back through there last night, sure enough one came after me. I was prepared with Springfield in hand, so it had no chance.

[J.Nosida]

Originally posted by n0mad23:

I just got done with this a couple days ago - took about 5 times coming back to that intersection by the waterfront before it finally spawned.

I seem to remember from a previous play-through the same frustration happening, and that once it did spawn, it spawns frequently thereafter.

When I rode back through there last night, sure enough one came after me. I was prepared with Springfield in hand, so it had no chance.

how far is "coming back to that intersection"

[n0mad23]

Rode to the battlegrounds and back again. That far.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

In Story Mode, no Bait works on Legendary animals. If they do not spawn, you need to move well away from that spawn area and try coming back to the area again and see.

It needs to be between approx 10pm - 4am
You may encounter Cougar during the day-time hours, but very rare if ever will encounter any Panther during day-time.

Save your game manually while just outside the general spawn area, so that if 4-5am comes and passes and you have no luck, you can reload your saved game and try again. Sometimes what also can help if they do not spawn is press ESC > Story > Exit. This take you to Main Menu system and closes out the game world cache. Then click Story to reload your most recent saved game, which then it has to reload the game world all over again. Which could increase chances of such spawns.

If you have these kinds of spawn issues in RDO, use the method regarding the STARTUP.META file so you can make private session. Then you will have very high chances to have those more rare animals like Cougar, Panther, Grizzly spawning in. Along with the random enemy events that occur.