Online: Legendary Shadow Buck pelt lost to Fast Travel

[Tesityr]

Just a warning from a Super-Noob here, you lose any pelts and whatever, when you Fast Travel... lol I didn't know that

Scenario:
I ran by what I thought was a Player slowly riding his horse down a road, but he had no name above his head... this mysterious person in a fur suit and bucket mask stopped and pointed at me, then gave me this black elk he had on his horse. I looked it up and apparently it's a new Shadow Buck animal - but I got all excited and Fast Traveled back to my Camp at a nearby post I saw - and I lost it plus the skins I had haha

That's one way to learn a lesson anyway; you can't Fast Travel with stowed skins/pelts/carcasses/etc - just a quick FYI/PSA for anyone else that might now know lol

Thank you btw, to whomever that mysterious stranger/player was ((how did he not show his name above his head?)), I'm sorry that I lost the treasure you gave me so kindly...

[Rambit]

online only? i dont have that issue in single player

[Dr. Peeper]

If holding the item, yes, it's lost. If on your horse it should be fine unless you swap sessions. Something else happened here if it was actually stowed.

[Tesityr]

Originally posted by ZER0_K%:

hmm. with all due respect OP. I fast travel and never losing pelts. Unless I disconnect. So really it is either a bug or you just did not pay enough attention.

Thank you but:
""Be Warned:

If your horse is carrying any pelts or carcasses, they will disappear if you fast travel. ""
from:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/red-dead-redemption-2/How_to_Fast_Travel_in_Red_Dead_Online

Which is why I wanted to write this lol - I didn't know and looked it up just now and found that and a few other places saying pelts can be lost.
Do you mean the Stagecoaches? I think the Fast Travel posts are more like 'teleporting', or perhaps it speeds you to where you want to go, and if your speed travel 'hits' anything or estimates you get attacked by animals, you'd lose the pelt.
That actually makes sense (the 'fast speed travel calcuation' version), to why you are not seeing your pelts lost, perhaps sometimes you do but didn't notice or perhaps until now you've never had a travel calculation include being attacked/hitting something...

I actually thought I Fast Travelled in the past, online, and didn't lose my pelts/carcasses so I didn't think anything of it. But then lost that black shadow elk thing just now... Maybe it's only Legendary stuff? (No idea here, just shooting out ideas)

Originally posted by Evarett Ramheart:

online only? i dont have that issue in single player

I don't have that issue in Single Player either - partly why I didn't think anything of it, till that nice Shadow thing was gone from my horse lol

[HavokLurch]

Must be a different reason (bug, lobby switch, hacker stealing pelts, etc.) because I fast travel with carcasses/pelts all the time and I don't lose them. Keep in mind that IGN article came out in 2018 during the online beta, so it may not be relevant anymore.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Honestly bud, unless you have trading you didn't miss out on much. All the legendary animal clothing is laughably some of the worst clothing I've ever seen in a video game and Gus might buy a legendary animal for like $20 if you're lucky. Best thing you can do with any legendary animal in free roam is sample it then give it to Cripps and make like 4-6 times more money than selling to Gus but this requires 2 roles that you may or may not have.

Also if you have naturalist and really really want that clothing you can just do a poacher mission from Harriet but it will obviously piss her off next time you see her.

[Tesityr]

If I may Reply to my own Posting, I did a couple of tests (with Pelts, Carcass, etc) - and I was able to Fast Travel (signpost) to my Camp and I still had the items. I also tested with both (Pelts as well as 3 Carcasses) - and I arrived at Camp via the Signpost with all of it (about 11 Pelts to sell and 3 Carcasses (all stowed on horse)).

It may be only Legendary Items cannot be safely Fast-Travelled with [that's just a guess]... HTH some anyway

[Dr. Peeper]

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

Honestly bud, unless you have trading you didn't miss out on much. All the legendary animal clothing is laughably some of the worst clothing I've ever seen in a video game and Gus might buy a legendary animal for like $20 if you're lucky. Best thing you can do with any legendary animal in free roam is sample it then give it to Cripps and make like 4-6 times more money than selling to Gus but this requires 2 roles that you may or may not have.

Also if you have naturalist and really really want that clothing you can just do a poacher mission from Harriet but it will obviously piss her off next time you see her.

Confused on how poacher mission gives you a legendary pelt. All poacher missions I have ever done are ALL normal animals. Not a single legendary. But I may be missing something here, would not be a first. lol.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Probably shouldn't have said poacher missions. Just do one of Harriet's missions, the shadow buck is available atm, and just kill it instead of taking a sample.

[Schnitzelbacke]

For safe fast travel with large pelts or carcasses:

Flee horse before going up to the travel post. The pelt/carcass will seemingly vanish immediately while your horse is running away (don't panic).
Fast travel (to camp) and call horse. It will come back with all the animals it had before fleeing.

This method works for me every time - of course it won't save animals when quitting/changing sessions.
The absolute guaranteed safest way still is storing stuff in the hunting wagon.

[Dr. Peeper]

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

Probably shouldn't have said poacher missions. Just do one of Harriet's missions, the shadow buck is available atm, and just kill it instead of taking a sample.

Got ya. Yea, we did that last night for a buddy and I did it today for me.

[GMoneyInUrHoney]

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

Probably shouldn't have said poacher missions. Just do one of Harriet's missions, the shadow buck is available atm, and just kill it instead of taking a sample.

This post made me think that since you were gifted a Shadow Buck which is a Mission only animal it may have been "tied" to the original skinner who had launched the mission. For that reason, maybe, is why the pelt disappeared.

[Tesityr]

Originally posted by Noname:

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

Probably shouldn't have said poacher missions. Just do one of Harriet's missions, the shadow buck is available atm, and just kill it instead of taking a sample.

This post made me think that since you were gifted a Shadow Buck which is a Mission only animal it may have been "tied" to the original skinner who had launched the mission. For that reason, maybe, is why the pelt disappeared.

Interesting! It would make sense since I don't even have the Bars to unlock that "DLC" yet... Thanks for adding that

[Tesityr]

Adding something I came across:

I wonder how much this has to do with anything; some people are saying that carcasses/pelts can disappear randomly. hmph
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1174180/discussions/0/2941369009268061106/?tscn=1599649693#c2941369644784445394

Originally posted by rdrunner82:

Originally posted by "The Poor ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of Asia":

I've also noticed that pelts no longer disappear like they did before. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PvP connection was doing that I think.

When they went to the constant server merging pelts would disappear after a merge and any gold cores or rings you or your horse had would disappear. Once I was in 3 different lobbies in a 7 minute period.

[Jackal]

yeah it says that like in loading tool tips and is a basic mechanic, to prevent you just fast traveling after getting a bunch of skins and selling it instantly

[RainmakerLTU]

For the sake of keeping pelt in online, I call for hunting wagon and put it there. In single, lost perfect panther pelt two times bcos of fast travel. Bloody panther pelt took 4 hours to get that time.