Ultimate Hunting Guide (Camp Pelts, Trapper Pelts, Trinkets and Talismans)

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What is in this guide

• Challenges: Know which pelts or feathers are needed for challenges.
  
• Camp Upgrade: Know which pelts or carcasses are needed to give to Pearson.
  
• Hunting Request & Challenges: Know which carcasses are needed to send to Mrs. Hobbs.
  
• Trapper: A complete list of pelts required for every trapper outfit and gear piece in Story mode and Online.
  
• Trinket & Talisman: Track every animal part needed to enhance story mode and online abilities.
  
• Perfect Pelts: hunting a 3-star animal with the correct weapon and perfect shot placement.

Essential Gear for Perfect Pelts (Storymode & Online)

Weapons

Varmint Rifle

• Story: $72.00 | FREE (for owners of the Special/Ultimate Edition) [Storymode and Online]
  
• Online: $72.00 / 3🧈
  +$25 for improved rifling and sights

Rifle

• Story:
  
  • Springfield Rifle: $120.00
    
    • available after Eastward Bound (Chapter 1) or during Chapter 2
      
    • obtained Sodom? Back to Gomorrah (Chapter 3)
  • Bolt Action Rifle: $180.00
    
    • obtainable The First Shall Be Last (Chapter 2) - stealth kill left bounty hunter (drop)
      
    • obtained Preaching Forgiveness as He Went (Chapter 3)
  • Rolling Block Rifle: $187.00
    
    • obtained The Sheep and the Goats (Chapter 2)
  • Rare Rolling Block Rifle: $190.00
    
    • obtained at the end of Magicians for Sport (Chapter 3) - in the barn
  • Carcano Rifle: $190.00
    
    • obtainable from Squears during Go Rustling (Chapter 4) companion activity (Uncle)
      
    • obtained during The Delights of Van Horn(Chapter 6) and Goodbye, Dear Friend(Chapter 6)
• Online:
  
  • Springfield Rifle: $156.00 / 7🧈
    
  • Bolt Action Rifle: $216.00 / 9🧈
    
  • Rolling Block Rifle: $411.00 / 17🧈
    
  • Carcano Rifle: $456.00 / 19🧈| requires Rank 50
    
  • Elephant Rifle: $580.00 / 24🧈
  +$45 for improved rifling and long scope

Bow / Improved Bow (online) || Throwing Knives

• Story: Available after
  
  • The Aftermath of Genesis (Chapter 1) [bow]
    
  • Paying a Social Call (Chapter 2) [throwing knives]
• Online: $124.00 / 5🧈| $275.00 / 11🧈
  
• Ammo Types:
  
  • Improved Arrows/Knives (Large Game)
    
  • Regular Arrows/Knives (Medium Game)
    
  • Poison Arrows/Knives (Aggressive Game)
    
  • Small Game Arrows (Tiny Game)

Lasso

• Story: Available after Old Friends (Chapter 1)
  
• Online: FREE
  
  • Note: Do not use Reinforced Lasso

Talisman & Trinket

Story Mode

- after Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego (Chapter 2)

• Bison Horn Talisman ($38.50) : Lowers the drain speed of your Stamina Core by 10%.
  
• Buck Antler Trinket ($22.00): Higher chance of receiving better quality pelts and skins from animals in perfect condition.
  
• Fox Claw Trinket ($23.50): Raises Eagle Eye duration by five seconds.
  
• Hawk Talon (found): Permanently decreases Stamina bar drain speed by 30% when drawing a bow. where?[static.wikia.nocookie.net]

- after Epilogue

• Pronghorn Horn Trinket ($24.50): Stops animals stored on your horse from decomposing

Special
Ancient Arrowhead (collect all Dreamcatchers): Stamina lasts twice as long when using the bow.

• About[reddead.fandom.com]
  
• Map[rdr2map.com]
  
• Video Collect

Online

• Buck Antler Trinket ($775.00) : Higher chance of receiving better quality pelts and skins from animals in perfect condition.

Challenges

Horseman

Horseman 1 : Kill 5 rabbits from horseback

• Varmint Rifle for perfect pelts
  
• Note: match with Master Hunter 2 if possible

Horseman 8 : Kill 9 predators from horseback.

• Note: match with Master Hunter 6 if possible
  
  • Rifle (regular/express) and Bow or Throwing Knives (regular/poisoned/improved) for perfect pelts
  Horseman 10 : Break every wild horse breed.
  
  • Lasso
    
  • Bison Horn Trinket
    
  • Shark Tooth Trinket

Master Hunter

Master Hunter 1 : Skin 3 deer.

• Rifle, Lasso, or Bow for perfect pelts

Master Hunter 2 : Collect 3 perfect quality rabbit pelts.

• Varmint Rifle for perfect pelts

Master Hunter 5 : Skin 3 black or grizzly bears.

• Rifle (regular/express) and Bow or Throwing Knives (regular/poisoned/improved) for perfect pelts

Master Hunter 6 : Kill 5 cougars with your bow, then skin them.

• Bow (regular/poisoned/improved) for perfect pelts

Master Hunter 9 : Kill an opossum playing possum.

• Bow (regular/poisoned/improved) for perfect pelts

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter 1 : Kill 3 flying birds.

• Bow (small game) for more feathers.
  
• Varmint Rifle for exotic or small birds.

Sharpshooter 3 : Kill 5 flying birds while on a moving train.

• Bow (small game) for more feathers.
  
• Varmint Rifle for exotic or small birds.

Survivalist

- unlocked obtaining the fishing rod
Survivalist 2 : Hand 5 animals into camp or trapper.
Survivalist 3 : Kill 5 animals with a varmint rifle.
Survivalist 6 : Kill a scavenging animal while it is feeding a corpse 5 times.

• Bow (small game) for more feathers.
  
• Varmint Rifle for exotic or small birds.

Weapons Expert

Weapons Expert 10 : Kill a grizzly bear without taking damage, using only throwing knives.

Pearson Camp Upgrade

Available after

• Money Lending and Other Sins I & II (Chapter 2)

Satchel Prerequisites

• Upgrade Provisions Wagon (x2)
  
• Upgrade Medicine Wagon (x2)
  
• Donate 5 animal carcasses
  
• Craft 3 recipes at the Scout Fire
  
• Donate 3 valuables
  
• Donate $50

Available for purchase at the Fence during the Epilogue, along with the costs ($277.30 Total).

Total Checklist

Pelts Required (Part 1)	Pelts Required (Part 2)	Carcass Required	Antlers
Alligator(1) Badger(1) Beaver(2) Bison(1) Boar(6) Buck(1) Cougar(3) Cow(1) Deer(7) Elk(2) Fox(1)	Goat(2) Iguana(1) Muskrat(1) Ox(2) Panther(1) Pronghorn(2) Rabbit(1) Raccoon(1) Snake(2) Squirrel(1) Wolf(3)	Pronghorn Carcass Ram Carcass Wolf Carcass	Buck Antlers Elk Antlers Moose Antlers

Hunting Request (Mrs. Hobbs)

Must be perfect carcasses, equipment that may help:

• Note: Tiny Carcasses won't decompose inside your satchel, however it won't carry over to the Epilogue
  
• Varmint Rifle and Small Game Arrows
  
• Alligator Tooth Talisman[reddead.fandom.com]: Lowers the drain speed of Dead Eye Core by 10%
  
• Bison Horn Talisman[reddead.fandom.com]: Lowers the drain speed of your Stamina Core by 10%
  
• Buck Antler Trinket[reddead.fandom.com]: Raises chances of higher-quality parts from skinning animals
  
• Pronghorn Horn Trinket[reddead.fandom.com]: Stops animals stored on your horse from decomposing

Request Number	Carcasses Required
1	Rabbit Squirrel
2	Cardinal Rat Woodpecker
3	Chipmunk Opossum Oriole Robin
4	Songbird Sparrow Toad Skunk Bullfrog
5 (Available from Epilogue 1)	Cedar Waxwing Bat Blue Jay Crow Beaver

Trapper

Total Checklist

Total Checklist(Pelts) [1]	Total Checklist(Pelts) [2]	Total Checklist(Feathers) [1]	Total Checklist(Feathers) [2]
Alligator(1) Armadillo(2) Badger(2) Beaver(9) Bear[Black](3) Bear[Grizzly](2) Boar(10) Buck(1) Bull(3) Cougar(4) Cow(3) Coyote(3) Deer(5) Elk(5) Fox(2) Gila Monster(2) Goat(6) Iguana(3)	Moose(4) Muskrat(7) Opossum(4) Ox(3) Panther(3) Peccary Pig(4) Pig(2) Pronghorn(4) Rabbit(7) Ram(6) Rat(16) Raccoon(1) Sheep(8) Skunk(3) Snake(15) Squirrel(6) Wolf(3)	Blue Jay(3) Cardinal(2) Cedar Waxwing(2) Chicken(4) Condor(1) Crow(2) Duck(3) Eagle(4) Goose(2) Hawk(2) Loon(2) Oriole(5)	Owl(1) Pheasant(2) Pigeon(2) Quail(2) Raven(13) Robin(7) Rooster(4) Seagull(1) Songbird(2) Sparrow(4) Turkey(4) Vulture(1) Woodpecker(4)

Trapper Garments

Trapper Garments (Pelts) [1]	Trapper Garments (Pelts) [2]	Trapper Garments (Feathers)
Armadillo(2) Badger(1) Bear[Black](1) Beaver(7) Boar(8) Bison(2) Buck(3) Bull(3) Cougar(2) Cow(4) Coyote(3) Deer(2) Elk(3) Fox(1) Gila Monster(1)	Goat(6) Iguana(2) Moose(3) Muskrat(5) Ox(2) Panther(2) Peccary Pig(2) Pig(1) Pronghorn(3) Rabbit(7) Raccoon(1) Ram(5) Sheep(5) Snake(4) Wolf(3)	Cardinal(1) Eagle(2) Hawk(2) Turkey(2)

Trapper Clothing

Trapper Clothing(Pelts) [1]	Trapper Clothing(Pelts) [2]	Trapper Clothing(Feathers) [1]	Trapper Clothing(Feathers) [2]
Badger(1) Bear[Black](2) Bear[Grizzly](1) Beaver(1) Bison(1) Buck(1) Boar(1) Cougar(1) Cow(1) Deer(3) Elk(2) Fox(1) Gila Monster(1) Goat(1)	Iguana(1) Moose(1) Muskrat(2) Opossum(4) Ox(1) Peccary Pig(2) Pig(1) Pronghorn(1) Ram(1) Rat(16) Sheep(2) Skunk(2) Snake(1) Squirrel(1)	Blue Jay(3) Cardinal(2) Cedar Waxwing(2) Chicken(4) Condor(1) Crow(2) Duck(3) Eagle(2) Goose(2) Hawk(1) Loon(2) Oriole(5) Owl(1)	Pheasant(2) Pigeon(2) Quail(2) Raven(13) Rooster(4) Robin(7) Seagull(1) Songbird(2) Sparrow(4) Turkey(4) Vulture(1) Woodpecker(4)

Trapper Saddles

Trapper Saddle(Pelts)

Alligator(1)
Beaver(1)
Bear[Grizzly](1)
Boar(1)
Cougar(1)
Panther(1)
Snake(10)

Trinket & Talisman

Trinkets (Chapter 2 - 6)

Trinket	Price	Materials	Effect	Trinket	Price	Materials	Effect
Beaver Tooth Trinket	$18.25	Legendary Beaver Tooth	Slows Degradation for all weapons by 10%	Lion's Paw Trinket	$19.75	Lion's Paw	Raises Stamina XP gain by 10%
Buck Antler Trinket	$22.00	Legendary Buck Antler	Higher-quality parts from skinning	Moose Antler Trinket	$19.00	Legendary Moose Antler	Raises Health XP gain by 10%
Coyote Fang Trinket	$21.50	Legendary Coyote Fang	Raises Dead Eye XP gain by 10%	Panther's Eye Trinket	$24.50	Legendary Panther Eye	Lowers drain speed of Dead Eye bar by 10% for three seconds
Elk Antler Trinket	$22.75	Legendary Elk Antler	Raises the money you get from looting by 10%	Ram Horn Trinket	$17.50	Legendary Ram Horn	Doubles the amount of herbs you get from picking oregano, creeping thyme, and wild mint
Fox Claw Trinket	$23.50	Legendary Fox Claw	Raises Eagle Eye duration by five seconds	Wolf Heart Trinket	$16.00	Legendary Wolf Heart	Doubles resistance to alcohol

Talisman (Chapter 2 - 6)

Trinket	Price	Materials	Effect
Alligator Tooth Talisman	$40.00	Vintage Civil War Handcuffs Gold Jointed Bracelet Legendary Alligator Tooth	Lowers the drain speed of Dead Eye Core by 10%
Bear Claw Talisman	$34.75	Silver Chain Bracelet Quartz Chunk Legendary Bear Claw	Lowers the drain speed of your Health Core by 10%
Bison Horn Talisman	$38.50	Abalone Shell Fragment Silver Earring, Legendary Bison Horn	Lowers the drain speed of your Stamina Core by 10%
Boar Tusk Talisman	$31.00	Gold Earring Cobalt Petrified Wood Legendary Boar Tusk	Lowers Core drain speed of your horse's Health and Stamina by 10%

Trinkets (Epilogue)

Trinket	Price	Materials	Effect
Tatanka Bison Horn Trinket	$16.75	Legendary Tatanka Bison Horn	Raises Stamina XP gain by 10%
Cougar Fang Trinket	$20.50	Legendary Cougar Fang	Higher-quality parts from skinning
Pronghorn Horn Trinket	$24.50	Legendary Pronghorn Horn	Stops animals stored on your horse from decomposing

Trinkets (Online)

Trinket	Price	Materials	Effect
Beaver Tooth Trinket	$795.00	Beaver Tooth(2) Calumet Turquoise Earrings(1)	Permanently slows degradation for all weapons by 10%
Buck Antler Trinket	$775.00	Buck Antlers(1) Dane Topaz Necklace(1)	Player has a higher chance of receiving better quality pelts and skins from animals in perfect condition.
Javelina Tusk Trinket	$500.00	Javelina Tusk(1) Elliston Carved Bracelet(1)	Permanently increases player's horse bonding rate by 10%.
Ram Horn Trinket	$550.00	Bighorn Horn(1) Aubrey Onyx Ring(1)	Picking Creeping Thyme, Oregano and Wild Mint yields 2x more herbs.
Snowy Egret Trinket	$800.00	Snowy Egret Plume(3) Braxton Amethyst Necklace(1)	Permanently decreases the speed that horse Health and Stamina Cores drain by 10%.

Perfect Pelts

Tiny/Small Animals

small game arrows

• Bat
  
• Blue Jay
  
• Booby
  
• Bullfrog
  
• Cardinal
  
• Cedar Waxwing
  
• Chicken (Dominique, Java, Leghorn, Greater Prairie)
  
• Chipmunk
  
• Crab
  
• Duck (Pekin & Mallard)
  
• Gull (Herring, Laughing, Ring-billed)
  
• Loon (Common, Pacific, Yellow-billed)
  
• Oriole (Baltimore & Hooded)
  
• Parakeet
  
• Parrot (Macaw)
  
• Pheasant
  
• Pigeon
  
• Quail
  
• Rat
  
• Raven
  
• Robin
  
• Rooster
  
• Snake / Boa
  
• Songbird
  
• Sparrow
  
• Squirrel
  
• Toad
  
• Woodpecker

Small Animals

varmint rifle

• Armadillo
  
• Badger
  
• Beaver
  
• Condor
  
• Cormorant (Double-Crested & Neotropic)
  
• Crane (Sandhill & Whooping)
  
• Crow
  
• Eagle (Bald & Golden)
  
• Egret (Reddish, Little, Snowy)
  
• Gila Monster
  
• Goose
  
• Hawk (Ferruginous, Red-tailed, Rough-legged)
  
• Heron (Great Blue & Tricolored)
  
• Iguana (Green & Desert)
  
• Muskrat
  
• Opossum
  
• Owl (California Horned, Coastal Horned, Great Horned)
  
• Pelican
  
• Rabbit
  
• Raccoon
  
• Skunk
  
• Spoonbill
  
• Turkey
  
• Vulture

Medium Animals

rifle (regular) | regular / poisoned arrows or knives

• Alligator (small)
  
• Boar
  
• Buck
  
• Coyote
  
• Cougar
  
• Deer
  
• Fox (Red, Gray, Silver)
  
• Goat
  
• Lion
  
• Panther
  
• Collared Peccary Pig
  
• Pig
  
• Pronghorn
  
• Ram
  
• Sheep
  
• Turtle
  
• Wolf

Large Animals

rifle (regular/express) | improved / poisoned arrows or knives

• Alligator
  
• Bear (Black & Grizzly)
  
• Bison
  
• Bull
  
• Elk
  
• Moose
  
• Ox
  
• Cow
  
• Moose

Medium/Large Animals

lasso

• Bison
  
• Boar
  
• Buck
  
• Bull
  
• Cow
  
• Deer
  
• Goat
  
• Moose
  
• Ox
  
• Collared Peccary Pig
  
• Pig
  
• Pronghorn
  
• Ram
  
• Sheep

[oni giri]

thank you for the correction!

[Beelavaxi]

I think the pig count in trapper total checklist is a bit off, it should be two but it says one? a good guide tho really useful!