METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

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[COMPLETE] Animal locations
By Misha
There is 47 separate animal species to find and extract in TPP
19 common animals
7 uncommon animals
10 rare animals
9 super rare animals
2 ultra rare animals
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Afghanistan
Common
Gerbil
This animal is small, but very common. Its habitat is almost everywhere in Afghanistan AND Africa.
Capture with CAPTURE CAGE.

Common Raven
Ravens are so common as their name says. They are all around Afghanistan AND Africa as well. You can either shoot them from the sky, find them sitting on rocks or capture them in cages too. Anything works, really.

Griffon Vulture
Vultures are common, but not very easy to find. They mostly fly high in the sky, but sometimes you can find it sitting on the rocks around the roads.
Karakul Sheep
Its a sheep! you will gotta have to fulton it out. Dont mistake it with another species. There is many other sheeps - but it should not be a problem. These are almost everywhere too.
Cashmere Goat
Cashmeres are similar to sheeps so you might get confused and least it alone. But it lives only on one spot and is easy to find so take it with you anyway.
Wild A ss (Donkey)
It is only on the one location in Afghanistan. But easy to find. They travel in groups.
Gray Wolf
Gray Wolves are common, but can attack you when they see you. Better catch them fast. They can be found on the multiple locations too. Take a DD if you ate having trouble.
Deathstalker
Place your cages in the grass or between rocks. You will have bigger chance to find one.
Leopard Gecko
it lives around whole region. Capture with cages.
Bachstein's Bat
A small bat that appears almost every time you set up a cages. If you dont find any mouses, you find bats. On 100%
Oriental Stork
A large white bird. Can be fultoned away. Appears only during mission CLOAKED IN SILENCE (11)
Uncommon
Long-eared Hedgehog
Hedgehogs are also very small animals. But they also live all around the area, so you just need to put up some cages as well.
Russian Tortoise
It sometimes appears when you set up some cages for small animals. its uncommon so it does not come that much. But it happens.
Oriental Ratsnake
Best place to get one is right on the LZ near Spugmay Keep
Rare
Afghan Pika
Very tiny, guinea-pig like, animal. It runs fast su its hard to capture by hands. But not impossible But it captures in cages everytime.
Brown Bear
Its a rare animal. Lives in the mountains, but its easy to capture. With one precise headshot with traq gun its yours.
Sand Cat
Sand Cats dig their nests underground so they are almost impossible to find roaming around. But you can capture some in the cages if you are lucky.
Black Stork
A Black Stork living in Afghanistan and Africa. Refer to screenshots for a location.
place your cages near the LZ like this for better effect

Red Fox
Put up the cages in one place and fly away. You should get at least one.
Super Rare
Himalayan Brown Bear
You have only one chance to capture this one, which is during a SIDE OP mission number 48. He is very tough though, requies at least 5 to 8 shots to be put down to sleep, so be careful. Sometimes he can attack you and sometimes he runs away.
Caracal
Cute...but completely lacking the nobility of an ocelot. - Adamska.
Fly to the LZ and place cages up the hill. Like on the screenshot.
Blandford's Fox
A different type of fox. Closes LZ is in the ruins. Place cages in the location close to the screenshot.
Ultra Rare
There are no UR animals in Afghanistan
Africa
Common
Gerbil
This animal is small, but very common. Its habitat is almost everywhere in Afghanistan AND Africa.
Capture with CAPTURE CAGE.

Common Raven
Ravens are so common as their name says. They are all around Afghanistan AND Africa as well. You can either shoot them from the sky, find them sitting on rocks or capture them in cages too. Anything works, really.
Nubian
Aww sweet little Nubians. Pretty common too.
Boer Goat
I am starting to think that goats all look the same.
Wild A ss (Donkey)
It lives in Africa as well as Afghanistan. Its really easy to spot in the field.
Grant's Zebra
Do you love this animal as much as I do?
Side-striped Jackal
It roams only around roads and abandoned houses.
African Fat-tailed Gecko
One of the common lizards you can capture with a cage. They are everywhere in the region.
Trumpeter Hornbill
Cool bird bro. It loves to catch itself in cages.
Lappet-faced Vulture
A distant bro to the Vulture in Afghanistan. Lives near the Mines in Africa.
Emperor Scorpion
It loves to lurk in tall grass or grassy terrain.
Uncommon
Four-toed Hedgehog
Its tiny, and hard to find. But you have some change if you put out some cages. Its hard to find anything in Africa with cages, but the chance is there.
Rainbow Agama
With some luck, it can be captures with a cage.
Black Mamba
Mambas are uncommon snakes. I have found some around Bampeve Plantation.
Leopard Tortoise
For some people, its really hard to get. But, try to place cages in the grassy areas. Its a toroise so it does not live near water.
Rare
African Wild Dog
It travels in doubles and roams around during daytime, mostly. Also capturable during the mission VOICES.
Black Stork
A bird similar to a White Stork. Lives near water and can be fultoned or captured in a cage.
Martial Eagle
Place capture cages in its location.
Rock Hyrax
It lives near the rocks and rocky surfaces. Capture with cages.
Namaqua Chameleon
(I think this bro is very cute.)
African Bullfrog
Frog usually lives near the water. Put some cages in the river on its location.
Super Rare
Tree Pangolin
Right on its location is an LZ. Place all the cages right next to the LZ and leave. Pangolin.. check!
Okapi
Okapi is one of the rarest animals in the world. Did you know?
African Civet
Fly to the LZ and place cages right next to it.
Marsh Mongoose
It lives near the water in marshes. Place your cages in the location. There is an LZ around 400m away from that place.
Honey Badger
There is an LZ cloe to its location. Place the cages on that location and leave.
Anubis
Obtainable only during SIDE OP 50
Ultra Rare
Tsuchinoko
A legendary snake living in the marshy lands.
Jehuty
Obtainable only during SIDE OP 49
Thanks
Special thanks to Basilisk for providing some info!
Thanks to fednick too!
104 Comments
Kho Feb 8 @ 5:23am 
i just caught 8 Tsuchinokos :Quiet:
IRA Combatant Sep 16, 2024 @ 3:40pm 
blandford fox image is absolutely inaccurate
in it's zone, on any peak rock standing out in the area, you will 100% capture one
Shotzky™ May 3, 2024 @ 1:36pm 
Recovered capture cage:
Gerbil x8
『K A N E』天 Dec 25, 2023 @ 10:56am 
Awesome guide lil bro.
Helped me a lot to to capture all animals.
Thank you so much!
🌸Heather Princess🌸 Nov 25, 2023 @ 10:28am 
For anyone with a problem with Blandford's Fox, you need to place the Capture Cages, on top of the rocks not on the ground
N4ND0 Aug 2, 2023 @ 6:08pm 
To top it all off I was using the mgs3 camo and bandana
N4ND0 Aug 2, 2023 @ 6:06pm 
tfw when you capture the Tsuchinoko by pure accident lol. I had forgotten to place some traps before calling the chopper and just put then randomly in the river when I realized it (simply because that's where I was standing when it came to me)
Greatest Pulse May 26, 2023 @ 5:30am 
this is hell ;_;
Malinda Nov 14, 2022 @ 1:35pm 
For the Blandfords fox, I placed it on a large standing rock in the area.
Malinda Nov 14, 2022 @ 1:33pm 
The leopard tortise; take the LZ south of Masa and place traps in the green bushes on the side of the hill and not in the water. Worked for me. Saw some say the east side of Masa Works as well.