donate animals to Pearson

[monicaida25]

I'm just starting the game, just the first few missions after leaving the snowy mountains and I have the option to donate animals to Pearson, but does this have any benefits? is this useful for anything? because I found some animals in perfect condition and I don't even know if the condition of the animal in donations is important, and I don't know the usefulness either

[inosk0pedjfk]

the pelts are used to craft satchels to increase carrying capacity and some carcasses can be used for camp decor. Also the food goes to the camp and is made into a stew that gives you refills and boosts every 3ish days

[monicaida25]

I mean a simple donation, for example donating a whole animal... but if it's just for food, I guess the best thing to do is to deliver the animals in poor condition and sell the animals in perfect condition, right? it is not worth giving a deer in perfect condition

[inosk0pedjfk]

Well you can only craft and decorate with perfect carcass and pelts

[monicaida25]

I understand that, I mean the simple donation of animals

[idiotdoomspiral]

If you give Pearson '3 star' animals for his pot, like maybe 3 deer or so, I never figured the right amount out, or give him meat from the butchers, he will make a stew that buffs your health for like a day. The only thing is getting him to make it means hanging around camp for ages sometimes, best to sleep til afternoon, but then you miss the daylight for whatever adventures you plan to get up to. But it's a damn good stew.

[inosk0pedjfk]

Ursprungligen skrivet av monicaida25:

I understand that, I mean the simple donation of animals

oh, yeah, sorry, if you only need the stew the poor or good animals are fine

[Man o' War]

If you want to role play your Arthur cowboy then know this.

Whilst not exactly told - know this - if you're away from the camp for more than three days another camp member will come looking for you and t will result in a loss of honour.

You have a three day window, get yourself out of camp early, like 5 AM, shoot the ♥♥♥♥ out of anything you see, don't concern yourself with one, two or three star pelts, just shoot it and deliver it, obviously a three star animal is a bonus but don't knock yourself out over it.

Same applies for chickens, rabbits etc, don't obsess over the quality of their pelts or skins, Pearson doesn't, you'll get the same honour reward exactly when it's due.

A one star animal produces exactly the same meat as a three star animal, meat quality should not be confused with pelt quality.

Now you've got three days to explore.

Enjoy.

[Nico Nico Knee]

I wouldn't sell perfect pelts I'd donate those for the satchel upgrades, or the trapper has unique clothing if thats your thing, i donate random animals occasionally to improve the stew but its literally just if i see a deer or something on my way to camp, i don't really pay attention to the quality.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ursprungligen skrivet av monicaida25:

I understand that, I mean the simple donation of animals

As long as it is a whole animal you did not skin. Since skinning also removes the meat from the animal. It goes towards "food" for the Camp. So he has proper resources available to make Soups with.

Some crafted objects might also require an entire perfect carcass as well, so be sure to check that.

You can also skin an animal (lets say a Buck) then put the Pelt on your Horse, the Meat and any other items (such as Antler) goes into your Satchel Inventory. The remaining and otherwise useless carcass can be put on your Horse and sold to a Butcher, who is the only one who can purchase carcasses that have had their Pelt/Meat removed already.

Once you get introduced to and are able to deal with Trapper and Fence. Be mindful of what they both offer and require for crafting various items you will need at some point. Some items you find in the game are very unique and can be accidentally sold, blocking your ability to then craft certain items. For example on my first play-through I killed and skinned the Legendary Bear. I accidentally sold the Claw for that. Which is required to make a certain Talisman trinket at the Fence. So once that item is gone, it's gone for good. As Legendary Animals do not spawn again in Story Mode like they do in Online (RDO)

If someone requires a Pelt, then you need to skin that particular animal to get that. If it says Carcass then you need to bring them the entire carcass, un-skinned.

[Nico Nico Knee]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Bad 💀 Motha:

Ursprungligen skrivet av monicaida25:

I understand that, I mean the simple donation of animals

As long as it is a whole animal you did not skin. Since skinning also removes the meat from the animal. It goes towards "food" for the Camp. So he has proper resources available to make Soups with.

Some crafted objects might also require an entire perfect carcass as well, so be sure to check that.

You can also skin an animal (lets say a Buck) then put the Pelt on your Horse, the Meat and any other items (such as Antler) goes into your Satchel Inventory. The remaining and otherwise useless carcass can be put on your Horse and sold to a Butcher, who is the only one who can purchase carcasses that have had their Pelt/Meat removed already.

Once you get introduced to and are able to deal with Trapper and Fence. Be mindful of what they both offer and require for crafting various items you will need at some point. Some items you find in the game are very unique and can be accidentally sold, blocking your ability to then craft certain items. For example on my first play-through I killed and skinned the Legendary Bear. I accidentally sold the Claw for that. Which is required to make a certain Talisman trinket at the Fence. So once that item is gone, it's gone for good. As Legendary Animals do not spawn again in Story Mode like they do in Online (RDO)

If someone requires a Pelt, then you need to skin that particular animal to get that. If it says Carcass then you need to bring them the entire carcass, un-skinned.

Dude you sold a regular bear claw lol the legendary stuff can't be sold to anyone but a trapper since its unique

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No, the game does allow to sell some of those items to the wrong person. I did sell it to the Trapper, which is wrong. I was supposed to sell it to the Fence. The Fence makes the Talisman from it. Now selling the Pelt to the Trapper, yes that is correct, and I did that. The Legendary Bear Claw is a separate item.

[monicaida25]

I actually found something like 4 3-star deer, but felt sorry to give it to Pearson, so I just sold the skinned animals, meat, skins, etc... I think I made something like 30 bucks

If I drag an animal with the lasso the same as in online mode, does the skin get ruined? I think I had a whitetail deer on my horse's back, but I was attacked and the deer fell off, and when I came back to see it, the deer was shoddy, so even though this was not happening in online mode, I wonder If in story mode the animals are ruined if they fall off the horse or you drag them with the lasso.

Speaking of legendary skins... what should I do? It is not clear to me, I give them to Pearson so that they are available later? Or is there somewhere I can store them?

I have seen that I can make some things with Pearson, but most seem blocked

[onanonehand8]

To upgrade to legend of the east satchel, it will take 7 (IIRC) perfect deer hides as well as many other pelts. One can complete the game without said satchel, but having the better satchel is certainly a huge benefit.

[Nico Nico Knee]

Ursprungligen skrivet av monicaida25:

I actually found something like 4 3-star deer, but felt sorry to give it to Pearson, so I just sold the skinned animals, meat, skins, etc... I think I made something like 30 bucks

If I drag an animal with the lasso the same as in online mode, does the skin get ruined? I think I had a whitetail deer on my horse's back, but I was attacked and the deer fell off, and when I came back to see it, the deer was shoddy, so even though this was not happening in online mode, I wonder If in story mode the animals are ruined if they fall off the horse or you drag them with the lasso.

Speaking of legendary skins... what should I do? It is not clear to me, I give them to Pearson so that they are available later? Or is there somewhere I can store them?

I have seen that I can make some things with Pearson, but most seem blocked

You sell the legendary stuff to the trapper also selling those deer pelts was a bad idea since alot of the satchel upgrades require a perfect deer.
The trapper turns legendary animals into clothing and you can also make trinkets at the fence which improve certain abilities.
But definitely sell legendaries to the trapper otherwise they'll just teleport to his inventory and you won't get money.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Why would you go off and sell Pelts to a Butcher unless they are 1-2 star junk.
It's not like you can't go out in a couple minutes and get a couple thousand $ easy in this game. You don't need to go selling animal related stuff to make $ that's for sure.