The Legendary Animals Thread

[Tez2]

Has anyone found two legendary animals within one hour? No other player presence or anything like that, cause it sounds to me like there's a one hour cooldown whenever you find a legendary animal, or actually let me rephrase that, it probably triggers at the moment the LA event spawns in. Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer? Unless the event itself takes some time to appear on the map.

Edited September 22, 2020 by Fun 2

[Void Paragon]

1 hour ago, Fun 2 said:

Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer?

I believe it's 48 minutes because i was able to hunt LA at the same time next day (like morning today and morning next day).

I don't know about consoles but on pc you can skip this cooldown by exiting to the main menu or restarting the game. Changing sessions helps too cuz LA events take priority and i usually get them immediately if there is no cooldown.

 

 

I was sampling and donating LA to Cripps these days. You can donate or sell medium LA even after sampling. And sampling doesn't decrease the value of a carcass.

Found this great guide on english Discord:

 

But some animals are bugged, for example Onyx Wolf. Although both guide and in-game shows 35 materials, it adds only about 10 to the bar.

Most of them are fine tho.

[ALifeOfMisery]

2 hours ago, Fun 2 said:

Has anyone found two legendary animals within one hour? No other player presence or anything like that, cause it sounds to me like there's a one hour cooldown whenever you find a legendary animal, or actually let me rephrase that, it probably triggers at the moment the LA event spawns in. Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer? Unless the event itself takes some time to appear on the map.

On one or two occasions, if I go back through this thread and find my posts, I've found legendary animals on consecutive in game days, whether they were within 48 minutes of each other, I couldn't say 100%, as I haven't documented the exact times.

 

I have a feeling that on one occasion I've found one legendary animal in the evening of one day and another in the morning or early afternoon of the next in game day.

[CowboyTyke]

2 hours ago, Fun 2 said:

Has anyone found two legendary animals within one hour? No other player presence or anything like that, cause it sounds to me like there's a one hour cooldown whenever you find a legendary animal, or actually let me rephrase that, it probably triggers at the moment the LA event spawns in. Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer? Unless the event itself takes some time to appear on the map.

 

In my testing I'm convinced there's a 48 minute cooldown, if nothing else I tried hard to prove it WASN'T there, by heading fast to the Teka gator after I got the Cogi boar. Teka ? appeared at (as near as I could time it) 48 mins after I killed the Cogi and I'd been at the Teka spawn spot for 25 minutes.

 

In testing there is a 72 RL hour cooldown on each species, eg you kill or sample an elk, you won't get another elk for 72 RL hours. Please see earlier pages of this thread for more in depth detail.

[Big TIme McGill]

Only time I've found two within the hour is if another player was nearby and spawned it for me.

 

Got the Owiza bear by the Dakota river a few minutes ago.  He was just sitting there having a drink.  Got about five rounds in him before he turned around and charged but even then he didn't seem to frighten my horse that much.  Got him to sedate after about 10 shots although he took a long time to go to sleep.  Sort of expected more of a fight out of him but I'll take what I can get!

[CowboyTyke]

3 hours ago, Big TIme McGill said:

Only time I've found two within the hour is if another player was nearby and spawned it for me.

 

Got the Owiza bear by the Dakota river a few minutes ago.  He was just sitting there having a drink.  Got about five rounds in him before he turned around and charged but even then he didn't seem to frighten my horse that much.  Got him to sedate after about 10 shots although he took a long time to go to sleep.  Sort of expected more of a fight out of him but I'll take what I can get!

 

Same experience here with the 48 min cooldown, I'm as sure as I can be it's real (damnit, I really wish I could disprove the 48 min and 72 hour theories, but I can't).

 

Owiza was the same for me, drinking at the river, 8 shots with Carcano and express ammo and it was toast, in fact it turned and ran at 5 hits.

[DontGetClose1990]

2 hours ago, Big TIme McGill said:

Only time I've found two within the hour is if another player was nearby and spawned it for me.

 

Got the Owiza bear by the Dakota river a few minutes ago.  He was just sitting there having a drink.  Got about five rounds in him before he turned around and charged but even then he didn't seem to frighten my horse that much.  Got him to sedate after about 10 shots although he took a long time to go to sleep.  Sort of expected more of a fight out of him but I'll take what I can get!

Same here (got it last night),you got that Owiza bear during clear weather and broad daylight? (In the LA description that bear most active at night and rainy) because of this i dont believe the description at all. Most LA i got didnt match the condition where the should spawned.

 

After that Owiza bear i got hard time finding the Ridgeback around Hanging Dog Ranch at Big Valleys. Went as far as Owanjila Dam hoping that bear would spawn but i got Zizi beaver instead. Not that im complaining but its not as easy as Owiza. Got the same problem with Mud Runner (got it few days ago) and Cogi boar (this one i need to kill),i was in the spawn area at the right time and weather condition but nothing so far.

 

Gonna try the ''change appearance" method later to see if its help.

3 minutes ago, CowboyTyke said:

 

Same experience here with the 48 min cooldown, I'm as sure as I can be it's real (damnit, I really wish I could disprove the 48 min and 72 hour theories, but I can't).

 

Owiza was the same for me, drinking at the river, 8 shots with Carcano and express ammo and it was toast, in fact it turned and ran at 5 hits.

During the day and clear weather?

[aaron2997]

I got the Ridgeback, it spawned close to the W in West Elizabeth. I stood on a big rock that was close by and just unloaded my pump shotgun into its face. Big dude tanked at least 10 point blank shots before going down. It also had a regular grizzly friend hanging around which almost had me surrounded.

 

Edit: it was night, clear.

Edited September 23, 2020 by aaron2997

[CowboyTyke]

@DontGetClose1990 Day and clear weather for me too, around 1pm game time.

 

Unless something freaky happens you will not find the Ridgeback until after the same time you got Owiza today on the 25th due to the bloody stupid 72 hour species (all bears being in the same species of course) cooldown. I've tried my hardest to disprove that stupid 72 hour cooldown and I can't. I'm pretty good at finding LA's and (apart from the Rams and the Bears where there's not been enough time) I've killed and sampled every LA repeatedly, after 72 hours I can find them pretty much without fail.

I've been keeping a precise log for quite a few weeks, the timing is reliable.

[joel15cat]

8 hours ago, Void Paragon said:

 

I don't know about consoles but on pc you can skip this cooldown by exiting to the main menu or restarting the game. 

Same on PS4. This is how i found a lot of LA. You can avoid the cooldown with that way.

[Tez2]

6 hours ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

Most LA i got didnt match the condition where the should spawned.

It's not a mandatory condition as in the animal won't spawn outside of the right timing and right weather, it's just that each condition boost up your chances.

[Big TIme McGill]

12 hours ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

Same here (got it last night),you got that Owiza bear during clear weather and broad daylight? (In the LA description that bear most active at night and rainy) because of this i dont believe the description at all. Most LA i got didnt match the condition where the should spawned.

 

It was around 9pm and the weather was completely clear.  I find the time is more critical than the weather, and it's not an exact science. I finally got the Moon Beaver at around 3am in clear weather, even though the grid says it has to be 6am to 9am and in rain.  I also got the Teca gator in clear weather even though the grid says storms. 

[DontGetClose1990]

12 hours ago, CowboyTyke said:

@DontGetClose1990 Day and clear weather for me too, around 1pm game time.

 

Unless something freaky happens you will not find the Ridgeback until after the same time you got Owiza today on the 25th due to the bloody stupid 72 hour species (all bears being in the same species of course) cooldown. I've tried my hardest to disprove that stupid 72 hour cooldown and I can't. I'm pretty good at finding LA's and (apart from the Rams and the Bears where there's not been enough time) I've killed and sampled every LA repeatedly, after 72 hours I can find them pretty much without fail.

I've been keeping a precise log for quite a few weeks, the timing is reliable.

Big thanks for the insight,wont spend anymore time trying to find Ridgeback then. Time to change my attention to Cogi boar.

6 hours ago, Fun 2 said:

It's not a mandatory condition as in the animal won't spawn outside of the right timing and right weather, it's just that each condition boost up your chances.

So in other words every LA will spawn regardless of time and weather? But if the condition are met the chances are higher?

Edited September 23, 2020 by DontGetClose1990

[Tez2]

18 minutes ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

So in other words every LA will spawn regardless of time and weather? But if the condition are met the chances are higher?

Yep, I've seen reports of LAs spawning outside of the conditional timing & weather set. I even experienced it myself.

At one point, I thought it has to do with the "increased chances" skill we gained, but a member of the community encountered an LA outside of the right timing & weather while he was yet to reach level 15, so the conditions just boost up your chances.

Edited September 23, 2020 by Fun 2

[CowboyTyke]

13 minutes ago, Fun 2 said:

Yep, I've seen reports of LAs spawning outside of the conditional timing & weather set. I even experienced it myself.

At one point, I thought it has to do with the "increased chances" skill we gained, but a member of the community encountered an LA outside of the right timing & weather while he was yet to reach level 15, so the conditions just boost up your chances.

 

I have most definitely had many LA's spawn at times of day and weather conditions that aren't what the in game guides state, to be honest I pretty much ignore those conditions as the 72 hour cooldown seems to be the critical thing.

 

35 minutes ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

Big thanks for the insight,wont spend anymore time trying to find Ridgeback then. Time to change my attention to Cogi boar.

So in other words every LA will spawn regardless of time and weather? But if the condition are met the chances are higher?

Your mileage may differ from mine as I have only the proof of my testing which is anecdotal and not the empirical evidence of seeing the code or datamining. That being said quite a number of people have reached the same conclusion that there is a 72 hour cooldown on you finding any one species of LA (all elks, all boars, all coyotes etc etc etc) so you won't find another Legendary bear within 72 hours of activating the last you found.

[Leftover Pizza]

On 9/22/2020 at 6:49 PM, Fun 2 said:

Has anyone found two legendary animals within one hour? No other player presence or anything like that, cause it sounds to me like there's a one hour cooldown whenever you find a legendary animal, or actually let me rephrase that, it probably triggers at the moment the LA event spawns in. Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer? Unless the event itself takes some time to appear on the map.

 

Just found 2 within an hour again. I was on my way from Strawberry to Big Valley. Ran into the Zizi Beaver first. Killed it and brought the carcass to Cripps in the Great Plains. Rode back to Big Valley and found the Ridgeback Spirit legendary bear there. No other players in the lobby. If I checked the daily challenges, before riding out, I'd have an extra gold bar in my pockets too. 

[DontGetClose1990]

13 hours ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

Time to change my attention to Cogi boar.

Got it last night,im satisfied with my LA progress so far. Just need to wait for the stupid cooldown before i set myself off to find RIdgeback Bear. Last LA i need to kill before next dripfeed come.

On 9/22/2020 at 11:49 PM, Fun 2 said:

Has anyone found two legendary animals within one hour? No other player presence or anything like that, cause it sounds to me like there's a one hour cooldown whenever you find a legendary animal, or actually let me rephrase that, it probably triggers at the moment the LA event spawns in. Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer? Unless the event itself takes some time to appear on the map.

Got the Mudrunner (finally) then set my waypoint at Hanging Dog Ranch tried to find the Ridgeback since it says most active during daytime but i got the Owiza instead. Im sure it was less than 48 minutes interval between the 2.

Edited September 24, 2020 by DontGetClose1990

[aFinn]

On 9/22/2020 at 7:49 PM, Fun 2 said:

Has anyone found two legendary animals within one hour? No other player presence or anything like that, cause it sounds to me like there's a one hour cooldown whenever you find a legendary animal, or actually let me rephrase that, it probably triggers at the moment the LA event spawns in. Some members here are saying it's 48-min cooldown, but I feel like it's a bit longer? Unless the event itself takes some time to appear on the map.

Like others said, 48 mins it is. I keep a list of what spawns and their times and I get another one to spawn after 48 mins.

(I keep Cripps going with Legendaries these days so that's why I keep a list so that I know where to go and when and not waste time)

 

Sometimes rarely the cooldown doesn't kick in and you can get 2 closeby each other, but it's very rare for me.

 

Yesterday though I spawned Maza cougar 12.00, Iguga at 12.50 and Bison 1.15pm

My friend was idling in her camp in Great Plains quite near Iguga spawn, so I'm thinking it spawned for her and it didn't trigger the cooldown for me for my next spawn as I spawned the Bison so soon.

Edited September 24, 2020 by aFinn

[ALifeOfMisery]

Legendary Ridgeback Spirit Bear. 09:00, public lobby, 4 players. 72.5 hours after getting the Owiza Bear.

 

[No Homing]

To anyone on PS4: I'm going to find the Owiza Bear in a bit, for a sample (so no skin) if you need a sample, sent a request to MrCostari.

[aaron2997]

Owiza is down. They've gotta be saving those Panthers for last.

[DontGetClose1990]

2 hours ago, aaron2997 said:

Owiza is down. They've gotta be saving those Panthers for last.

True,cant wait for that Iwakta and Ghost Panther but we have 1 more Legendary Bear right? The Golden Spirit Bear.

[aaron2997]

1 hour ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

True,cant wait for that Iwakta and Ghost Panther but we have 1 more Legendary Bear right? The Golden Spirit Bear.

I could see them dropping just that one this Tuesday. It's the one I really wanted from the three Grizzlies.

[DontGetClose1990]

2 hours ago, aaron2997 said:

I could see them dropping just that one this Tuesday. It's the one I really wanted from the three Grizzlies.

Im hoping they release the Panthers also.

[CowboyTyke]

1 hour ago, DontGetClose1990 said:

Im hoping they release the Panthers also.

 

If they follow the pattern of the past weeks (excluding the rams that all came in one go) then I'd expect the bear Harriet mission on Tuesday, moose or panther the week after then the Harriet for that species the following week etc. Basically the drip feed we've all seen so far.

[ALifeOfMisery]

7 hours ago, aaron2997 said:

They've gotta be saving those Panthers for last.

I think at least one of the Panthers will come alongside the Halloween content.

 

We've got 5 releases left if R* follow how they have released all Legendary Animals so far (with the exception of the Rams), 1 mission Bear, 2 free roam Moose, 1 mission Moose, 2 free roam Panthers and 1 mission Panther.

 

That will take us to Tuesday 27th October. I'd guess we're going to be getting the Halloween content on either the 20th or 27th, so that would mean 1 or 2 of the above being released during the Halloween event.

[CowboyTyke]

2 hours ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

I think at least one of the Panthers will come alongside the Halloween content.

 

We've got 5 releases left if R* follow how they have released all Legendary Animals so far (with the exception of the Rams), 1 mission Bear, 2 free roam Moose, 1 mission Moose, 2 free roam Panthers and 1 mission Panther.

 

That will take us to Tuesday 27th October. I'd guess we're going to be getting the Halloween content on either the 20th or 27th, so that would mean 1 or 2 of the above being released during the Halloween event.

 

Possibly, but I wouldn't put it past them to not add LA's during the Halloween event, they seem to like the drip feed to drag the limited amount of content out as much as they can.

[ALifeOfMisery]

2 hours ago, CowboyTyke said:

 

Possibly, but I wouldn't put it past them to not add LA's during the Halloween event, they seem to like the drip feed to drag the limited amount of content out as much as they can.

I hadn't even considered that. Definitely wouldn't put it past R* to hold back LA's until after the Halloween event.

[AdamNortonUK]

From some data I've just came across looking for something else not even relating to the Naturalist Role, I've found the full release order for the Legendary Animals, and I've checked the list with the releases of the past Legendary Animals these seems to be the release order cycle of the remaining Legendary Animals:
 

• 29th September - Legendary Moose [Free Roam]
• 6th October - Legendary Bear [Sighting Mission]
• 13th October - Legendary Moose [Sighting]
• 20th October - Legendary Panthers [Free Roam]
• 20th / 27th October - Legendary Panther [Sighting]

Should cover the next 5 weeks, it's possible we may get the Panthers all in one go on the 20th October due to the Halloween content being available from the 27th October, which is why I've put 20/27th for sighting mission for the 3rd Panther.

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by AdamNortonUK

[Non Funkable Token]

So, basically 3 Harriet missions and 4 freeroam LAs to go, right?