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Skin Deep trophy in Red Dead Redemption 2

Skin Deep

Skin every species of animal in Story Mode.

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How to unlock the Skin Deep trophy

  • SonOfaGodKillaSonOfaGodKilla
    01 Feb 2019 17 Jan 2019
    The Animals

    A list of animals that are needed for this trophy (including their number in the compendium):

    001. American Alligator
    002. American Alligator (small)
    003. Nine-Banded Armadillo
    004. American Badger
    006. American Black Bear
    007. Grizzly Bear
    008. North American Beaver
    010. Wild Boar
    011. Whitetail Buck
    012. Whitetail Deer
    013. American Bison
    027. Greater Prairie Chicken
    030. Cougar
    034. California Valley Coyote
    053. Mallard Duck
    054. Pekin Duck
    057. Reddish Egret
    058. Little Egret
    059. Snowy Egret
    060. Rocky Mountain Bull Elk
    061. Rocky Mountain Cow Elk
    062. American Red Fox
    063. American Gray Fox
    064. Silver Fox
    065. Banded Gila Monster
    067. Canada Goose
    071. Great Blue Heron
    072. Tricolored Heron
    073. Desert Iguana
    074. Green Iguana
    075. Collared Peccary
    076. Common Loon
    077. Pacific Loon
    078. Yellow-billed Loon
    079. Western Bull Moose
    080. Western Moose
    082. American Muskrat
    090. Panther
    091. Florida Panther
    098. Ring-necked Pheasant
    099. Chinese ring-necked Pheasant
    105. Virginia Possum
    106. American Pronghorn Buck
    107. American Pronghorn Doe
    108. Sonoran Pronghorn Buck
    109. Sonoran Pronghorn Doe
    110. Baja California Pronghorn Buck
    111. Baja California Pronghorn Doe
    113. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Ram
    114. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
    115. Desert Bighorn Ram
    116. Desert Bighorn Sheep
    117. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram
    118. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
    119. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
    120. North American Raccoon
    126. Roseate Spoonbill
    131. Striped Skunk
    135. Diamondback Rattlesnake
    137. Black-tailed Rattlesnake
    138. Timber Rattlesnake
    139. Northern Copperhead Snake
    140. Southern Copperhead Snake
    141. Midland Water Snake
    142. Cottonmouth Snake
    143. Northern Water Snake
    154. Eastern Wild Turkey
    155. Rio Grande Wild Turkey
    156. Alligator Snapping Turtle
    159. Gray Wolf
    160. Timber Wolf

    Hints & Tips

    AUTO AIM
    First things first, head in to your settings and set auto-aim to wide and auto aim lock-on to max. This will mean that in some cases even if you can't see the animal, you may be able to lock on to it anyway. In all cases, make sure you turn on dead-eye and mark the animal before shooting.

    EAGLE VISION
    Click L3 and R3 together to activate Eagle Vision, allowing you to see animals and their tracks. You are taught how to use this as part of one the first missions in the game and you will need it. A lot.

    COVER YOUR STINK
    When hunting, ALWAYS use Cover Scent Lotion - it will allow you get closer to animals without them running away. Your character gets very stinky very quickly, so unless you fancy taking a bath every 10-15 minutes this is your best option.

    PREDATORS
    Panthers, Cougars and Wolves will attack on site, so be prepared. When in an area with these predators, keep one eye on the minimap at all times. As soon as you see a red dot, mash the O button which will cause the animal to be batted away, giving you more time to kill it.

    You can try to use Cover Scent Lotion and Predator Bait (for Panthers you need Potent Predator Bait) to lure them to a specific spot, however this only works sporadically in my experience, and on most occasions they will still attack you, ignoring the bait.

    SNAKES!
    The easiest method of finding a snake is to ride around the are on your horse until a red dot appears on the map - this means that a snake has tried to attack you. Loop back quickly and you should be able to find it in the area where the dot appeared.

    IF AT FIRST...
    For everything on this list, you can use the 'reload' trick (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload), this will respawn all the wildlife in the area. This is also how you can get 3-star pelts easier, as you can reload the same animal until it is a 3-star.

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    If you think anything needs adding, please let me know in the comments - and if you're having trouble getting a specific animal, please post in the comments and myself and others can try to point you in the right direction :)
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    YzahkinFor the big cat at braithwaite manor I found that predator bait works very good. There is a rock near the road there, you put the bait at the sage plants between the trees and you can wait at the top of the rocks. From there you can easily and safely study, track and shoot the animal, it can not touch you on the top of the rock. I used this place for Master Hunter challange too where you had to bait two animals at once.
    Posted by Yzahkin on 18 Dec 23 at 08:50
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