Red Dead Redemption 2 Legendary Animals Locations Guide

Rockstar Games are known for their immersive open worlds, and Red Dead Redemption 2 is no different. Players can traverse a massive, Western-themed area full of interesting quests and creatures to meet. One of the more interesting aspects are the array of legendary animals in Red Dead Redemption 2, which populate the world. Hunting legendary animals in Red Dead Redemption 2 will result in the player getting a perfect hide. Rather than have you stumble around looking for these creatures, we've assembled the locations of the legendary animals in Red Dead Redemption 2 for you here. Thank us later. 

Legendary Animals in Red Dead Redemption 2

Below you will find maps to all of the legendary animals we've spotted in Red Dead Redemption 2. These maps should make it pretty easy to find the legendary animals in question, but we've also added some additional directions below each map to make it even easier to find the locations of these legendary animals.

Legendary Beaver

Head to the eastern section of New Hanover. You'll find the Legendary Beaver south of Elysian Pool and west of the Van Horn Trading Post along the river.

Legendary Big Horn Ram

 The Legendary Big Horn Ram is west of Valentine, just across the Dakota River but east of Cattail Pond, making it the closest to your original starting point. 

Legendary Boar

The Legendary Boar is located in the Bluewater Marsh, in the far east of the map, north of Saint Denis.

Legendary Buck

The Legendary Buck roams in West Elizabeth. North of Strawberry is Mount Shamm - head west from there, north of Lake Owanjila and head to the western part of Big Valley to find your prize.

Legendary Buffalo 

You'll find the Legendary White Bison in the north-west corner of the map at Lake Isabella, in the west of Ambarino. Head to the northern side of the lake, south of Spider Gorge.

Legendary Cougar

There's a joke here somewhere, but I'm not going to be the one to make it. Anyway, you'll find the Legendary Cougar in New Austin, west of Tumbleweed - yeah, the one from the original Red Dead Redemption. It’s in Gaptooth Ridge, right above the first “T” in Gaptooth on the map.

Legendary Coyote

North of Rhodes in Mattock Pond is the Legendary Coyote. Look west or Eris Field and Ringneck Creek, around the letters “CAR” in “Scarlett” on the map. Don't be surprised when Arizona Coyotes F Shane Doan isn't standing there waiting for you. 

Legendary Elk

 The Legendary Elk is just to the east of Fort Wallace, south of Bacchus Station and Bacchus Bridge. Suffice to say, there's nothing benevolent about this elk (but maybe it's a little protective...)

Legendary Fox

The Legendary Fox is located in the western part of Lemoyne, just north of Rhodes near Mattock Pond. The Fox is near a few other Legendary creatures, like the Coyote and Elk. It may be wise to hit all three of them while you're here. 

Legendary Gator

The Legendary Gator is found right outside Saint Denis by the south-western shore of Lake Lagras - above the “N” of “Lemoyne” on the map.

Legendary Grizzly Bear

If you chose to return to camp with Hosea rather than staying to hunt the Legendary Bharati Grizzly Bear yourself, head to the north-eastern part of the map. Just north of O’Creagh’s Run in the Grizzlies East area is where you’ll find it.

Legendary Moose

Surprise, surprise, the Legendary Moose is located near the north-eastern border of the map. To the north of Annesburg and up Roanoke Valley, head slightly north of where the train line bends across Brandywine Drop, west of Willard’s Rest to battle the moose. 

Legendary Panther

How crazy is this biome, huh? The Legendary Panther serves as a "final boss" of sorts - it can only be found after you successfully complete nine Master Hunter challenges. Head to Bolger Blade in Rhodes to find your fearsome feline foe. 

Legendary Proghorn

Today, we all learned that a Pronghorn is an antelope (who says you don't learn anything from video games?)  You'll find it on the southern side of New Austin, between Fort Mercer and Rio Del Lobo Rock.

Legendary Tatanka

This one's for you Dances with Wolves fans. The Tatanka can be found on the far eastern side of New Austin, south of West Elizabeth. Look to the south-east of Macfarlane’s Ranch and south-west of Thieves Landing, but north-east of Manteca Falls.

Legendary Wolf

Last but not least is the Legendary Wolf. Head north of Fort Wallace to Cotorra Springs in Ambarino. This is also where you find the third treasure map for the Jack Hall Gang Treasure Hunt, so kill two birds (wolves?) with one stone if you're on the quest. 

We hope you've been enjoying Red Dead Redemption 2 as much as we have! If you're interested in taking photos of your trophy kills of the legendary animals, then head on over to our photography guide and learn how to show all your friends the many animals you've slaughtered.