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#3018031 - 05/24/10 09:09 PM RDR - I hate wolves  
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I can't for the life of me beat the "Kill 5 wolves with the melee knife" Huter challenge. Every time I get close to a wolve a ton of his friends show up.

Do wolves travel in packs? Yes.

Packs of 20? in 3 waves? No.

Yes, that's what I had to face last night trying to kill a few wolves. In the span of 30 min., I killed close to 30 wolves within a 100m radius. Many of them got away.

What's the best way to do this? I am at a complete loss.

On a side note, why do I have to stand still to use the knife? That's sort of a dumb design decision.


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#3018034 - 05/24/10 09:16 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Ark]  
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#3018036 - 05/24/10 09:19 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Ark]  
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I didn't have much trouble with that, but I think I got lucky with them circling me and not hitting at once. Pretty quick kills, are you locking on them with the left trigger? Should help.
Also, you can kill them from horseback with the knife. Seems like they attack YOU more than the horse when you're up there, unlike those CURSED cougars.

Should cougars hunt in a pack? no
Do they? hell yes!
I wish I had a screenshot of when I was skinning an animal, and during that animation, you see over my shoulder a cougar 15' away up a slight hill, just WATCHING about to jump on me when I finished. That was a sick feeling!

I once spent an entire night in the game defending myself from animals, mainly wolves and cougars. LOL They would kill my horse, and getting out on foot just isn't likely when they're around you like that. Every time my horse would come back they'd kill it as soon as I got on. I did earn almost $1000 from the pelts, meat etc. You get around $30-40 for wolves and cougars on a full harvest.

If you need to, you could try putting out bait and staying off to the side. You might jump them better while they're distracted and lure them into an open area so you don't get surprised by one jumping from cover.


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#3018042 - 05/24/10 09:28 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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I hate cougars too. They are terrible when its night and they come out of the darkness, kill your horse, disappear again and then come back for you and I can never see them lol.


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#3018095 - 05/24/10 11:06 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Mace71]  
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Of course, as soon as I create this post, I went in-game and passed the challenge. It took about a hour but I figured it out, not to mention I found a good spot to make money off of wolves. I also got 2 cougar kills on the way back to town.

Next up, wild boars. smile

Thanks for the help, RK.


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#3018097 - 05/24/10 11:09 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Ark]  
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yep...carry your goods with you and sell at distant areas...more money.

You know thier are "legend" animals that you can hunt and kill... like a certain bear guarding a certain cave with a certain treasure... good stuff. wink

#3018099 - 05/24/10 11:12 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Ark]  
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Carefull out there Ark. I have found and shot one hog so far and it was twice the size of me!!

Yeah cougars are creepy critters. I think I don't like big cats. Hey maybe we could all join up one day and go on a cougar hunt. I'll rope 'em and you all can take turns shooting it lololol.


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#3018111 - 05/24/10 11:27 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Magnum]  
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Originally Posted By: Magnum
yep...carry your goods with you and sell at distant areas...more money.

You know thier are "legend" animals that you can hunt and kill... like a certain bear guarding a certain cave with a certain treasure... good stuff. wink


I haven't looked for anything or heard much about many. I do keep hearing people at the McFarland(sp?) ranch talking about a killer cougar around a ridge. Haven't looked for it yet.


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#3018223 - 05/25/10 02:51 AM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Yep, cougars scare the crap out of me. There is apparetly a "Melee knife two bears" (or is it one bear?) challenge. Ack...

For fuy stuff...look up the vid on Youtube of the guys who go on a bear punching hunt. LMAO

Coot, that would be a good time. haha


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#3018381 - 05/25/10 12:05 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Ark]  
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I thought the kill 5 wolves with a knife would be tough but it went pretty easy for me. I was harvesting an armadillo and when I finished I had a pack of wolves coming at me. I popped a couple with my pistol then pulled out my knife. I was able to kill 2 and was only bit once. When I finished harvesting them another pack came in! I polished them off with my knife but almost died in the process. When I was done harvesting them I noticed a bunch of dead snakes around. I think those wolves were attacking the snakes all around there in addition to me.

I had my first encounter with a cougar last night. Some dude had had his horse stoled and I went to retrieve it for him. As I was roping it I saw a cougar run by - I about pooped my pants. I kept hold of the rope with the lost horse on the other end and kicked my horse to get moving but that cougar was fast and dropped my horse 5 steps later. As soon as I stood up and turned around I saw the cougar coming for me. I was able to shoot him twice in the head (thank you dead eye) and he dropped right at my feet - phew!


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#3018386 - 05/25/10 12:18 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Ark]  
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Originally Posted By: Ark
Yep, cougars scare the crap out of me. There is apparetly a "Melee knife two bears" (or is it one bear?) challenge. Ack...

For fuy stuff...look up the vid on Youtube of the guys who go on a bear punching hunt. LMAO

Coot, that would be a good time. haha


I did that one last night in MP where you can go on to the north end of the map in the snow. You have to kill 5 bears, one must be killed with your melee knife. Wasn't that hard, just hold your ground and slash right when he gets to you and you get him in the throat. Got 2 like that. Then quickly got bumrushed by 3 more and had to whip out the rifle. I got 2 but not the 3rd. LOL


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#3018920 - 05/26/10 03:00 AM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Aww man, the next challenge is kill 2 cougars with a knife.

Who thinks up these challenges?

I can't even find cougars half the time. Ack...


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Yeah, that sounds tough. They're friggin NINJAS.


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#3019027 - 05/26/10 11:22 AM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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I played over three hours last night and ran into only two cougars and one pack of wolves. Can't say I'm mad but where the heck are these damn things hiding at?


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Found my first cougar. And I was on foot chasing a horse thief. Whoopps.

#3019087 - 05/26/10 01:30 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Graf]  
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I know I ran into a mess of them on the area between the road and the ridge east of fort mercer I think. Act like you're looking for plants on horseback, seems to draw them out. LOL Also on the far west side of the map. They're all over and cougars and wolves seem to always be around each other. You could also ride around until you hear someone being attacked by wolves and go help out. Get down to skin them and more will show.
You'll see more cougars at night, or at least more will see YOU.
Look at your map at max distance and you see animals shown on the map in their main areas.


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#3019092 - 05/26/10 01:35 PM Re: RDR - I hate wolves [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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I take it you have to progress the story to unlock the northern parts of the map and the Mexican part? I've been working on my Cub Scout Badges, but now can't progress because the areas with the new animals, flowers and stuff are locked.

Anyone who has finished the game, (don't ruin it) can you continue with the Western adventure, or is it game over?

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I don't know about the game over question, but I believe areas south of the border are unlocked as you progress. I couldn't find a way to cross using the ferry in Thieve's landing or bridges leading over the river as they were always blocked off. I just finished the raid on Ft. Mercer and now a ferry has opened up to me and has appeared on my map. My next mission tasks are supposeldy going to take me to Mexico.


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You unlock the Mexico part 2nd and then the snowy north. You can visit them in MP anytime to check them out. Until unlocked, the bridges to access them are not built.

It's a pretty interesting progression, kind of like 3 eras of Westerns. The original area is pretty typical of the earlier Westerns, through the 60's. Typical John Wayne movie setting in the desert.
The Mexico area is typical of the 70's, Eastwood movie territory. The Poncho will come into play there I assume.
The third area goes north and into the snow and colder climate. Like Pale Rider, Silverado. The 2nd duster probably comes into play there, how movies of that era dressed the characters.
Pretty smart way of progressing. I think I'm 20 hours into the game but only shows me at 30% through. I'm being thorough, trying to do every side mission I can and all challenges to see what the game offers. Some review claimed it was a 20 hour game, which is just silly. This is not a game to blow through to see how fast you can finish the story. Do that and you miss what really makes it so good.


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Originally Posted By: Raw Kryptonite

Some review claimed it was a 20 hour game, which is just silly. This is not a game to blow through to see how fast you can finish the story. Do that and you miss what really makes it so good.


I concur!

I've been taking in all in...riding most places rather than taking a stagecoach, setting up a camp if I need to take a ten minute smoke-break, changing outfits every few days, exploring a path I may not have rode down before, etc. etc.

I'm a bit over 40 hours into the game and haven't made it out of Mexico. I don't believe I have much left to do south of the border, but there's still plenty I still haven't seen yet.


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