How do you tell an animals fitness rating?

[Jeff Kaos]

Is there a number somewhere that shows this? I haven't seen Fitness Rating on the harvest screen or when I spot one with my binoculars. I see a lot of missions where a Fitness score and percentage are indicated but I have no idea how to find this in the game either before or after I shoot something. r

[GangStarr]

There is an indicated % number in le left column as you check the harvest info.
Thats the fitness rating.
A mature above 85-90% percent is considered a four or a five star trophy.

[DYEUZ]

You can't before.
With time/exps, you may be able to '' estimate '' by the color & horns/antlers, if an individual is old or not. Which could be signs of how he is fit.
You basicaly only see it when you have killed it.

That's how I played it & seen it.

[6Taylor4]

I've been wondering what that little hour glass icon means; is it the physical development of the animal? The life span? Is that different than age? That is the trophy measure?
So many questions, sorry, and thanks.

[Boira]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

I've been wondering what that little hour glass icon means; is it the physical development of the animal? The life span? Is that different than age? That is the trophy measure?
So many questions, sorry, and thanks.

It's not an hourglass, it's the DNA.
Animals with a high % will give better trophies when they are old.

[6Taylor4]

Ah! DNA. Never would have guessed - thank you very much!

I don't suppose there's a handy dandy chart for each star and its corresponding DNA rating for every animal?

p.s. to devs
DNA Icon needs more lattices.

[Lanani]

The exact percentage for how much fitness leads to how many stars is a secret that has not been shared. User testing suggests an animal needs at least 85.5% fitness to reach 5 stars. In general, it goes like this:

Fitness: indicated in the second page of the claim screen, given in a percentage. This is determined when the animal spawns and does not change at any point throughout the animal's life. The fitness of new spawns is influenced by the average fitness of its herd and its habitat.

Trophy score: indicated in the final page of the claim screen, given in numbers from 1.0 to 500.0. This is a result of age and fitness, so it increases as the animal gets older and how much increases is determined by fitness.

Trophy rating: indicated in the second page of the claim screen, given in stars from 1-5 and the only value that can be seen before you kill the animal (assuming you are not playing on Ranger). This is a shorthand for the trophy score and as such also changes throughout the animal's life. Young animals can only be 1 star, adults 1-3, mature 1-5 (although sometimes bugged 4 star adults can occur). You can find information in the animal encyclopedia on which trophy score (1-500) correlates to which trophy rating.

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by Lanani:

Trophy rating: indicated in the second page of the claim screen, given in stars from 1-5 and the only value that can be seen before you kill the animal

That was a lot of useful info, thank you very much!
The quoted part above - where can you see this data before you shoot? Tha would be vry helpful.

[Herr Morlock]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

Originally posted by Lanani:

Trophy rating: indicated in the second page of the claim screen, given in stars from 1-5 and the only value that can be seen before you kill the animal

That was a lot of useful info, thank you very much!
The quoted part above - where can you see this data before you shoot? Tha would be vry helpful.

You can use callers to lure animals with high or low genetic score towards you.

[Lanani]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

Originally posted by Lanani:

Trophy rating: indicated in the second page of the claim screen, given in stars from 1-5 and the only value that can be seen before you kill the animal

That was a lot of useful info, thank you very much!
The quoted part above - where can you see this data before you shoot? Tha would be vry helpful.

If you are not playing on Ranger difficulty (the highest one), press Q to activate Hunter Sense at any time. This will highlight need zones and animal tracks, show sound bubbles indicating where an animal sound came from, and, most importantly, allow you to see age and trophy rating of the animal so long as you are looking at with binoculars from a distance of less than 280 m. You can tell that Hunter Sense is on by the little eye icon in the top right and the darkened vignette around the screen. To switch it off again, simply press Q again.

[6Taylor4]

Thank you again! I'll try that next, the info in the binoculars, great!