The Animals
A list of animals that are needed for this achievement (including their number in the compendium):
001. American Alligator
002. American Alligator (small)
003. Nine-Banded Armadillo
004. American Badger
005. Little Brown Bat
006. American Black Bear
007. Grizzly Bear
008. North American Beaver
009. Blue Jay
010. Wild Boar
011. Whitetail Buck
012. Whitetail Deer
013. American Bison
014. Angus Bull
015. Devon Bull
016. Hereford Bull
017. American Bullfrog
018. Northern Cardinal
019. American Domestic Cat
020. Cedar Waxwing
021. Dominique Chicken
022. Dominique Rooster
023. Java Chicken
024. Java Rooster
025. Leghorn Chicken
026. Leghorn Rooster
027. Greater Prairie Chicken
028. Western Chipmunk
029. California Condor
030. Cougar
031. Double-crested Cormorant
032. Neotropic Cormorant
033. Florida Cracker Cow
034. California Valley Coyote
035. Cuban Land Crab
036. Red Swamp Crayfish
037. Whooping Crane
038. Sandhill Crane
039. American Crow
040. American Foxhound
041. Australian Shepard
042. Bloodhound
043. Bluetick Coonhound
044. Border Collie
045. Catahoula Cur
046. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
047. Siberian Husky
048. Laborador Retriever
049. Poodle
050. Mutt
052. Standard Donkey
053. Mallard Duck
054. Pekin Duck
055. Bald Eagle
056. Golden Eagle
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
066. Alpine Goat
067. Canada Goose
068. Ferruginous Hawk
069. Red-tailed Hawk
070. Rough-legged Hawk
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
081. Mule
082. American Muskrat
083. Baltimore Oriole
084. Hooded Oriole
085. Californian Horned Owl
086. Coastal Horned Owl
087. Great Horned Owl
088. Angus Ox
089. Devon Ox
090. Panther
091. Florida Panther
096. American White Pelican
097. Brown Pelican
098. Ring-necked Pheasant
099. Chinese ring-necked Pheasant
100. Berkshire Pig
101. Big China Pig
102. Old Spot Pig
103. Band-tailed Pigeon
104. Rock Pigeon
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
112. California Quail
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
121. Black Rat
122. Brown Rat
123. Western Raven
125. American Robin
126. Roseate Spoonbill
127. Herring Gull
128. Laughing Gull
129. Ring-billed Gull
130. Merino Sheep
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
144. Scarlet Tanager Songbird
145. Western Tanager Songbird
146. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
147. American Tree Sparrow
148. Golden Crowned Sparrow
149. American Red Squirrel
150. Western Gray Squirrel
151. Black Squirrel
152. Western Toad
153. Sonoran Desert Toad
154. Eastern Wild Turkey
155. Rio Grande Wild Turkey
156. Alligator Snapping Turtle
157. Eastern Turkey Vulture
158. Western Turkey Vulture
159. Gray Wolf
160. Timber Wolf
161. Red-bellied Woodpecker
162. Pileated Woodpecker
Hints & Tips
EAGLE EYE
Click L3 and R3 together to activate Eagle Eye, 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, stopping you from studying them. There are 2 ways to solve this:
- Use Cover Scent Lotion and Predator Bait (for Panthers you need Potent Predator Bait) to lure them to a specific spot. This only works sporadically in my experience, and on most occasions they will still attack you, ignoring the bait.
- Use a poison arrow to wound the animal. This is your safest bet - you will need to craft a few poison arrows and then hit the animal with a body shot whilst it is attacking. Once you've hit it, it will run off and collapse, this is when you can study it.
SMALL BIRDS
Nearly all of the small birds can be found in the Raonoke Valley, lining the river. To find them, use your binoculars and scan the rocks at the side of the river. Up north of the river there is a waterfall where a lot of the rarer birds spawn (Robin, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Sparrow).
THE ELUSIVE HUSKY
There is a farm at Manzanita Post just south-west of Blackwater where the Husky is a guaranteed spawn. As far as I'm aware this is the single spawn of this dog in the whole game.
SUPER RARE MOOSE
The Western Bull Moose is probably the rarest spawn in the game. In the video they are hunting in the Grizzlies, but an alternate location is Owanjila Lake. Create a save whilst standing on the bridge and keep reloading from there. After a time you should see the Moose swimming across the lake.
SNAKES!
The easiest method of finding a snake is to ride around the area 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. You can use eagle eye to track it.
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. This is particularly useful for domestic animals. On most farms you can find chickens/roosters, pigs, cows and bulls. When you find one particular breed, you can save and reload and the breed has a chance to respawn as one of the others required.
A FEW OF THE VERY RARE ONES
There are a few animals that are very rare spawns. Below are some alternate locations from the video which may help.
020. Cedar Waxwing (and other small birds) - These spawn in groups at Manteca Falls, south of Thieves Landing.
047. Siberian Husky - Manzanita Post
079. Western Bull Moose - Owanjila Lake (save and reload, he should spawn crossing the lake)
080. Western Moose - Far North-East by Willard's Rest, by the Waterfall