Tips on getting rare fur types

[sirstalksalot]

I find rare fur types more exciting than hunting for diamonds. Are they just as rare, or are rare fur types more scarce? Also, is there a good way to hunt for them efficiently. I have the skill where you can see the fur type through foliage. I like albino's and melanistics the most, so if there are any specific tips for those, I would love to know. And rare waterfowl and birds. I find those very hard to even identify males and females without marking them, let alone fur type. Tips on those will be extra useful.

[Findus]

Unlike diamonds, I don't think there's anything you can do to get more of them to spawn (other than shooting more animals). As far as I can tell, any respawn could be a rare anytime. I've read that killing one rare will cause another to spawn and if you only kill animals of one species around killing the rare, the new rare will be of that species, but I have my doubts about that.

The main advantage of rares like albinos and to some extent piebalds is that you can identify them quickly even from a large distance. So my advice would be to move around a lot. Some species have comparatively many rares. I know I stopped taxidermizing axis deer piebalds rather quickly.


Here is a likely outdated list with probabilities:
https://steamlists.com/thehunter-call-of-the-wild-the-rarest-of-all-species-gender-fur-types-combinations/


As for there rarity compared to diamonds: With above mentioned exceptions, any one rare fur type will tend to be rarer than a diamond, but rare fur types overall might be about as rare as diamonds. At least I have roughly as many rares as diamonds.

[sirstalksalot]

Yeah, I have the app downloaded to see the rates of average spawning, anything below 1% is a keep for me. Or if it's a high scoring animal (at least gold) with a somewhat rarer fur like below 5%. You give the advice to keep moving around and so far that seems to work good for me cause in around 550 kills I now have encountered 6 rare fur types. Another question. Since I am not yet focusing on getting rares for one species because I don't have many yet. Should I kill every animal I encounter to encourage a rare type spawn? Or is that bad because
I will spook the rare animal which are more skittish,

Originally posted by Findus:

Here is a likely outdated list with probabilities:
https://steamlists.com/thehunter-call-of-the-wild-the-rarest-of-all-species-gender-fur-types-combinations/

I also use this link on my second screen.
https://imgur.com/a/Gl3xOeb

[Findus]

Originally posted by sirstalksalot:

Since I am not yet focusing on getting rares for one species because I don't have many yet. Should I kill every animal I encounter to encourage a rare type spawn? Or is that bad because
I will spook the rare animal which are more skittish:

Good question. I don't really have an answer, but I would guess it's better to kill many animals and maybe do a "silent" round every once in a while. An animal you missed one day will still give you many chances to spot it later.
Also, spooking animals e.g. from their zone can also help to see them, so try to look around after you fired some shots instead of being focused just on your current quarry.

And just in case: Rare fur types aren't more skittish, they are skittish according to their level.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by sirstalksalot:

Yeah, I have the app downloaded to see the rates of average spawning, anything below 1% is a keep for me. Or if it's a high scoring animal (at least gold) with a somewhat rarer fur like below 5%. You give the advice to keep moving around and so far that seems to work good for me cause in around 550 kills I now have encountered 6 rare fur types. Another question. Since I am not yet focusing on getting rares for one species because I don't have many yet. Should I kill every animal I encounter to encourage a rare type spawn? Or is that bad because
I will spook the rare animal which are more skittish,

Originally posted by Findus:

Here is a likely outdated list with probabilities:
https://steamlists.com/thehunter-call-of-the-wild-the-rarest-of-all-species-gender-fur-types-combinations/

I also use this link on my second screen.
https://imgur.com/a/Gl3xOeb

I don't think the rarity of their fur makes than more skittish.

There are many LVL 1 females with rare fur.

It's the level rating alone that sets the enhanced behavioral status.

I don't know how the rare furs spawn, but I try to kill the rare furs in the hopes that it does trigger another rare fur replacement.

For example, I've been hunting for a white buffalo, and when I see other light colored furs I will kill them hoping an albino might replace them.