Crips and Trading

[angelsdavid1989]

Is anyone going down, or have gone down Crips' trading role? I bought the table, but Crips doesn't give me specific hunting missions. He says we need supplies, i.e., needs me to go out hunting, but, I have a harrrrrd time finding good game. I did manage to get a 3 start Elk this morning but the dang thing couldn't be transported back to camp via horse. So I guess my question is, what must I do to have better success in the trader role?

[jdlikins]

Trading is good now. You just have to get used to the process. You get materials, carcasses and pelts, feathers, horns, teeth for him as well as go on supply missions where you bring back a bag of supplies or drive back a wagon full of supplies. Check out some videos on youtube about how to do the role. Good luck. Oh. Elk and other bigger animals you have to skin. Deer and antlelopes etc you can put on your horse.

[angelsdavid1989]

Originally posted by jdlikins:

Trading is good now. You just have to get used to the process. You get materials, carcasses and pelts, feathers, horns, teeth for him as well as go on supply missions where you bring back a bag of supplies or drive back a wagon full of supplies. Check out some videos on youtube about how to do the role. Good luck. Oh. Elk and other bigger animals you have to skin. Deer and antlelopes etc you can put on your horse.

Yes, I can see this is going to be a lonnnng process. You gotta get rank 10 in that to get the wagon, and leaving it up to me to find the best game, ha... well, that don't seem the best bet. I wonder if it would be worth it to join the Naturalist role. I know that sends you to where the good game is and the legendary animals, I suppose I could follow that role and just take some of that stuff back to Cripps...

[in]

Trading gets a lot easier when you get naturalist role and unlock legendary animal missions. Tbh I did not even bother with hunting until that point.

But you could park your camp in some animal filled spot and just kill anything you find for now. Put one animal on a horse, can stow couple smaller ones on sides. Drag one with lasso. Hunting wagon is good stuff too later on.

[Faux Shizzle]

I am about at the same point you are. I agree, hit a wide open location for your camp, like Great Plains or Little Creek River. I have been trying out taming a wild horse for a spare inventory slot, but I'm not sure if that's very time efficient. The lasso trick is a great idea. Try for deer, and try to hit a second deer every time. All of this stuff feels kind of like squeezing a stone though, I could see this being a task that's much more efficient with a posse member or two.

[Lt. William L. Calley]

deer. thats all you should be hunting is deer they give the most "points" to the traders materials and are also easy to find.

[globefish23]

Originally posted by angelsdavid1989:

3 start Elk this morning but the dang thing couldn't be transported

You can only carry the pelt of huge animals like elk, moose and grizzly bears.

For a successful hunting run I suggest shooting 2 medium animals to store on the side of the saddle, 1 big animal on the back and dragging 1 big animal with your lasso.

To get 3-star carcasses, use the appropriate weapon, e.g. rifles for big and huge animals, repeaters for medium animals and varmint rifle for small animals.
Also, shoot the head or another of the special areas (visible in red in Eagle Eye).

Note:
There are 2 types of medium sized animals.
Bigger ones likes coyotes or foxes (stored on the back), and smaller ones like rabbits, turkeys or raccoons (stored on the side).

One of the trader role upgrades gives an extra bonus for 3-star carcasses, at which point you can easily fill the materials bar with 4 or 5 deer or pronghorns.
Another unlock is the hunting wagon which can hold 5 big carcasses, so that's a no brainer for hunting then.
The hunting wagon also permanently stores everything you put in until you sell it, even if it gets destroyed or you dismiss it.

[totallyironic]

So one of the things I would suggest is going up to Van Horn or to areas of the map that are not frequented by people gives you time to yourself without worrying about people taking you out and you are able to focus on the game. I use either a Rolling Block with a scope or a Double Barrel or a bow for a cleaner kill. Keep up the grind. I don't care what anyone says about this game I love it.

[Dr. Peeper]

Don't forget, you can drag another carcass behind you while on horseback with your lasso back to Cripps. Not sure if anyone mentioned that yet.

[Senyin]

Originally posted by angelsdavid1989:

Originally posted by jdlikins:

Trading is good now. You just have to get used to the process. You get materials, carcasses and pelts, feathers, horns, teeth for him as well as go on supply missions where you bring back a bag of supplies or drive back a wagon full of supplies. Check out some videos on youtube about how to do the role. Good luck. Oh. Elk and other bigger animals you have to skin. Deer and antlelopes etc you can put on your horse.

Yes, I can see this is going to be a lonnnng process. You gotta get rank 10 in that to get the wagon, and leaving it up to me to find the best game, ha... well, that don't seem the best bet. I wonder if it would be worth it to join the Naturalist role. I know that sends you to where the good game is and the legendary animals, I suppose I could follow that role and just take some of that stuff back to Cripps...

Drop your camp in The Great Plains and be constantly surrounded by good game. They are always spawning. You can place one dead deer on your horse + 2 small things (rabbit/turkey/etc) and drag a 2nd dead deer behind you with a lasso. If you have friends they can also turn in stuff for you.
Me and 2 friends can fill up from nothing to full in about five minutes doing this.
Then when it's full go do other stuff.
Bounty hunts, moonshine, naturalist, etc until Crips needs a resupply.
Pick up pelts while doing other missions and store them on your horse to turn in as well to make it faster. You can even store a couple rabbits/turkeys/etc on the sides.

Once you get better in the role you can make around $600+ per delivery of goods. It's the best role in the game for making money.

I can not recommend naturalist though. If you kill any animals Harriet will hate you and refuse to talk to you for an hour. It's impossible to do trader and naturalist at the same time because of this. The money is also very bad. $30 per mission if you are lucky and if you want to make a coat out of the legendary pelts you are looking at spending $500-$1000.
You are better picking up bounty hunting for money + gold.

I hope this helps.

[in]

Originally posted by Senyin:

I can not recommend naturalist though. If you kill any animals Harriet will hate you and refuse to talk to you for an hour.

No. When she gets angry she sprays you and then it takes like 5minutes for her to chill out. Packing your hunting wagon with legendary pelts is actually easiest and least tedious way to profit from trader. You can run few harriet missions whenever you are not bored and then you can forget about hunting for quite some time.

[NefariousPBO]

hunt, turn in hunted animals, wait 15 minutes or so based on animal quality, deliver goods, repeat. i basically only do traider route because it has the highest payout (cash you get no gold from it) and is great if you dont want to be always working and grinding. i get $700 every 15-20 minutes from doing the traider route and most of it requires me to do absolutely nothing

[Dr. Peeper]

Originally posted by NefariousPBO:

hunt, turn in hunted animals, wait 15 minutes or so based on animal quality, deliver goods, repeat. i basically only do traider route because it has the highest payout (cash you get no gold from it) and is great if you dont want to be always working and grinding. i get $700 every 15-20 minutes from doing the traider route and most of it requires me to do absolutely nothing

No you don't get 700 every 20 minutes on trader role. That is some total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if I've ever smelled it. Cripps produces 1 good to sell every 2 minutes or so.

[miamew3]

I'm a low level trader and was starting to get bored with how long it takes to hunt. Just recently moved camp to the great plains and im having so much fun hunting now. I go out and find the wild horses. Jump on one and once i have calmed it down, i whistle for my main horse to follow me. Then i go hunting, and store deer's on both horses and lasso a 3rd deer and drag it back to camp. Its saving me so much time instead of running back and fourth with just 1 deer.

[Dr. Peeper]

Originally posted by miamew3:

I'm a low level trader and was starting to get bored with how long it takes to hunt. Just recently moved camp to the great plains and im having so much fun hunting now. I go out and find the wild horses. Jump on one and once i have calmed it down, i whistle for my main horse to follow me. Then i go hunting, and store deer's on both horses and lasso a 3rd deer and drag it back to camp. Its saving me so much time instead of running back and fourth with just 1 deer.

I like Tall Trees area'ish. There is a cougar, a moose at the lake, a couple of legendaries nearby, etc. Great spot.

[NefariousPBO]

hmmmhmm, tell it like it is.. lagra is the best area, just crack some gater heads, personally i just chill in New Auston and shoot birds out of the sky, either way works. as for your 1 a minute, thats complete BS and you know it. large hunting wagon, level 10, keep supplies up and keep hides/meat in stock, itll be about 20 minutes to get a full cart. unless this dude is farting around in another zone while he waits. games zone loading, and loading in general sucks. but seriously just keep hunting, 20-30 minutes you get a full cart. 100 goods cart local is $500, distance is $600ish basically $700. Dr. Peeper just giving you his game, maybe his lobby is slow or maybe he bounces to another region while he waits, or maybe he just doesnt keep load up, or hes turning in low grade items, no clue, but it DOES NOT take more than 30 minutes at most to fill a wagon to 100 goods.

correction long distance is $625, (double checked myself) as for timing ran a 100 goods run filled supply and sat around took 31 minutes to fill cart.