Hunting wild animals in Far Cry 5 Far Cry 5 Guide and Walkthrough

Last update: 09 April 2018

Hunting is one of the more complex side activities available in Far Cry 5. You can do that during some of the mission but you can also go hunting while you are exploring the world. However, hunting itself isn't as important as it was in the previous instalments in Far Cry series. Below you can find the most important information about hunting in Far Cry 5.

Note - In Far Cry 5, fishing is a completely separate activity. More information about that can be found in the chapter called Fishing.

• Basic information about hunting in Far Cry 5
• Where can I hunt wild animals?
• How to prepare yourself for a hunt?
• Selling hunting trophies
• How to hunt a rabbit in Far Cry 5?

Basic information about hunting in Far Cry 5

Here you can find the most important information about hunting:

1. You don't have to hunt to get crafting resources for upgrading your inventory. There are other ways of increasing the size of your inventory - more information can be found on How to increase inventory? chapter (the FAQ section).
2. Hunting has two goals. Killing various animal species allows you to complete challenges connected to hunting which in turn gives you perk points. Thanks to that you can unlock new abilities faster. The second goal is to sell skins of dead animals to trades.
3. Not all animals are connected to the aforementioned challenges that can reward you with perk points. You can ignore certain species (e.g. ducks and partridges) or you can hunt them if you want to get more trophies.
4. You don't have to plan your hunts. You can come across an animal or be attacked by it while you are doing other activities (e.g. in a middle of a mission or while you are on your way to a location). When that happens, you can either run or accept a challenge.
5. Spend 6 perk points on King of the Jungle skill if you are tired of being attacked by animals. This perk makes encounters with animals less problematic (lesser risk of being detected by an animal, reduced damage).

Where can I hunt wild animals?

Find a hunting spot before you start hunting. Certain groups of animals (e.g. turkeys) can be found in random locations but the majority of the animals can be found only in specific areas. How to find them?

1. Pay attention to road signs. They can have information about hunting spots.
2. Find maps. They can be found on tables in places where your allies are. These maps reveal nearby attractions.
3. Explore the world. You can come across a hunting spot.
4. Use a bait. This is an alternate way of luring a predator, e.g. a cougar, a bear or a wolf. Select a bait from your inventory and place it somewhere on the ground. Soon, a predator should appear. Use a bait near locations occupied by enemies - a lured animal will "help" you kill cultists.

Locations of animals are added automatically and permanently to your world map (the picture above shows an example). However, you must remember that animals won't always appear in the exact place where a marker is on the map. Reach that location and examine area near a hunting tower within a 100-200-meter radius.

How to prepare yourself for a hunt?

Remember about these things before you go hunting:

1. Get a good sniper rifle. It should deal the maximum, 10, damage and be equipped with a good scope. A high-quality sniper rifle can kill weaker animals with one headshot. Bigger animals may require more shots. Also, you should think about taking a shotgun or a machine gun if you can carry two main weapons - in case a dangerous predator got too close to you.
2. Choose Boomer as your companion (specialist). The dog can find wild animals for you. Choose others only when you like to use binoculars or you have 2 specialist slots. Here, the best choice is to take Peaches or Grace Armstrong (the sniper).
3. You can also help yourself with drugs, especially the Ultimate Hunter that has a greater efficiency in marking animals than Boomer.
4. There is also an optional step - you can wait until night. Visiting hunting grounds at night can help you see wild animals that were detected by Boomer or marked after using Ultimate Hunter drug. During a day, animals' "outlines" blend with background which makes them harder to see (especially the smaller animals such as rabbits).

Important note - Don't kill animals by using vehicles, rockets, grenade launchers or explosives because you won't get valuable trophies. You can get even better trophies if you kill an animal with a bow or a melee weapon (e.g. more skins).

Selling hunting trophies

Approach a killed animal and hold the interaction button to get a trophy (usually a skin). All trophies can be sold. You won't lose anything because this is their only purpose in the game. Visit any of the traders and select the option to sell useless loot. Depending on quantity and quality of trophies you can get from several dozens to a few thousands of dollars.

How to hunt a rabbit in Far Cry 5?

Rabbits are probably the most problematic animals in Far Cry 5. Here you can find a few tips on where and how to hunt a rabbit (you have to hunt and skin only one rabbit if you only care about challenges and hunting trophies).

The picture above shows two good hunting spots which are located north from Moonflower Trailer Park in the western part of Henbane River.

After reaching any of these hunting spots you can decide to either join Boomer to your team and/or taking The Ultimate Hunter drug. Also, it is better to go hunting after dark. Rabbits are more difficult to notice during a day.

Rabbits are easily scared so move while crouching. Look through a scope or binoculars. Use a rifle with a scope (the picture above shows an example) to kill this animal. Don't try to get closer to your prey because it will start running away. You won't catch a rabbit, even if you send Peaches after it.

. Don't forget to skin a killed rabbit to complete the related challenge which is worth 2 perk points.