Red Dead Online - Naturalist Role SIMPLE Guide! How To Reach Max Rank Quickly! (Legendary Animals)

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*Some Role XP figures seen in the video may not match my words/graphics, as the Outlaw Pass No.3 is active and provides a Role XP Boost. The entire process outlined in the video works the same whether the Outlaw Pass is active or not. Enjoy :)
Red Dead Redemption 2 Online - The Naturalist SIMPLE Guide! How Reach Max Rank Quickly! (Legendary Animals)
After 7 long months, we finally return to Red Dead Online with a new, major content update!. Today, we’ll take an in depth look at the Naturalist role! What are the various role xp and cash payouts? How do all of the different timers work when interacting with Harriett? Where are some key animals consistently located, and do we really have to completely fill out all of those Animal Guide screens? And of course, we’ll look at the fastest and most optimal way to reach max rank. We'll get into some crazy strategies that make this role a breeze, plus a look at how Free Roam Legendary Animals work, stuff you can safely ignore, and what to do AFTER hitting max rank! This was another very fun role, and I'm just getting started with this content update as a whole. Enjoy!
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[@victorfinnigan3965]

Harriett: You don't eat meat, do you? Me, stuffing my big game meat stacks in my saddlebags: Uhhh, no?..

[@d3bbi339]

She said yes when I asked her. So I stuffed my meat stack in her saddle bags...

[@real_airgot]

@@d3bbi339 LMAO

[@TeslaRifle]

In Soviet Russia, meat eats YOU

[@dani3lda1by81]

@@TeslaRifle in england umm, idk we colonize you?

[@zlouvier]

i rly dont eat meat but i b skinnin mad animals in this game lmao

[@eSKAone-]

This game is what I possibly dreamed about 30 years ago while playing wild west with Playmobil

[@easterncrusador8574]

Lol "wild west simulator"

[@JohyeahM]

The Wild Bunch on the ZX Spectrum...

[@thatdogeguy9108]

what? hunting simulator

[@BertMerlin57]

Fantastic game, so glad I gave it a try

[@ryanralph7494]

I know alot of people complain about this game. But it's truly a masterpiece

[@stevehagen9804]

Harriet: I need you to explore the wild collecting samples so we can learn more about them. Us: go to a nearby farm and bleed everything like the San Denis Vampire

[@lvbuckeye]

So, 1) grind all the animals at the farms until you reach rank 5, then 2) use the legendary animal missions to fuel Cripps. Finally, 3) continue to grind the farms all the way up to max rank. Got it!

[@tommorris2771]

Grind the farms?

[@xpapayaax]

@@tommorris2771 you know, you can go to emerald ranch and just sample their pigs and cows

[@hippo4262]

How much do get for farm animal samples?

[@brettott9335]

@@hippo4262 i think he said 50xp each in the vid. Although, I'm in valentine rn and there's only three sedate-able farm animals: two sheep and one china pig. I think that's R*'s response to this method; like how they disabled looting passengers in the long train tunnel to prevent any law coming, just by removing all the passengers.

[@Spoofaged]

​@@brettott9335lol i went there and there was 1 chicken which isn't even able to be sampled. Emerald had 1 cow...

[@YouCanCallMeSus]

Also a really good early game farming location is the swamps near Saint Denis as there are a shit ton of alligators everywhere and Harriet has her shop literally in a walking distance. The one con is that it takes like 8 shot to get the gators and also they have a tendency to go into water after you start sedating so just go as close as possible and just unload on them before they go into the water.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

You can lasso a gator in the water and pull it back to shore. (I actually discovered this when farming alligators to supply Cripps, Harriet screaming at me the whole time. :P)

[@Samagachi]

You can also try standing between the gator and the water so it runs away from it instead of towards it

[@bacon098]

Sedated animals float in the water, so you can just lasso it. Killing an animal in the water makes it sink, and usually the animal is stuck under the water.

[@1stuwarden]

yea your right i done this method in the swamp i can say since i have been playing for 6months ihave never had the sheep or pigs spawn at the farm unless rockstar have patched this. strange

[@equinox5217]

i have like 250 gators sampled lol i did that a ton

[@wormy9229]

14:21 “now we have 45 minutes to kill” *killing animals causes Harriet to become increasingly mad with you*

[@pelewaieveisreal6449]

I've found 5 legendary animals. Not all have "clues", they are just there. Pheromones do help a tad, once you see the question mark they will help you narrow it down, but more importantly they're harder to lose.

[@HansiKursch666]

this game needs bank and train hiests online...........

[@jackattackc3938]

100% do you know if they are planed to be added

[@aimriateam1096]

agree

[@LordStencil]

@Mark Donald it could be fixed if you could only Heist a bank or train a day. Like if you rob Valentines bank they csnt be robbed till next day? Basically forced to go around the map robbing it all till your forced to go back to other tasks and roles for the day

[@flossyjay7280]

@@LordStencil That's honestly pretty fucking smart dude.

[@vivianosdirt494]

No If you want heists play gta

[@mike333h]

If you actually listen you'll hear a clanking noise that lets you know you sedated it.

[@booboogaming1262]

6:40 before he finally gets to the guide part.

[@benjaminarballo3899]

Fr thanks bro dragged it

[@BertMerlin57]

@@benjaminarballo3899 , as usual :) Lots of talk, little content.... He is a true Rockstar :)

[@Rederz12]

Thanks was losing my mind listening to him blab on about gold 😂

[@hostilesavage4299]

Thanks... Mfkca talks to much lol

[@1div2agent74]

I was looking for this comment. Thanks. Because of people like you, I have faith in the human race

[@delevac]

Imagine rockstar adding a badass role when u really are a outlaw. You rob stores, banks, etc. You have to pay 25 gold (as usual) for this role and a character from story mode like Dutch is the person offering the role. I think it would be really cool to see a similar role in rdr2.

[@dannozzer]

That’s probably not going to happen knowing rockstar

[@thouxanbandaizen]

and arthur and john are with dutch

[@delevac]

@@dannozzer it happend

[@delevac]

Yesss

[@hreid-ur2ek]

@@delevac but actually no

[@hanknorris5642]

I started a new chatracter on PC (damnit R*, allow character migration from console!!) so I'm regrinding naturalist again. The wilderness camp is awesome now after earning the fast travel upgrade from the outlaw pass. It's a must have now. $1 for fast travel to your camp, excellent!

[@needlesandsonics5819]

Here’s my take a year later. First, the camp is the only important thing to get because you can buy a pamphlet at the fence to fast travel from it. To grind to level 5, first do a poacher mission from Harriet. You get good drops and can sedate the animals you set free. The mission itself gives you 100xp. Next, head to Emerald Station in the Heartlands. Night or day doesn’t matter with a full load of sedative rounds. Head out across the heartlands sedating every deer, buck, pronghorn, buffalo, coyote, rabbit, and skunk you come across, turn around towards emerald station and repeat. Each sample will get you 50xp and you’ll have quite a few before you run out of ammo. Farm animals only give 25xp. Using this method each trip should net you a level. It’s not that hard of a grind to get to level 5. At level 5, who cares about Harriet outside of the legendary missions. Just kill them for Cripps, kill them for Gus, or continue to sedate them for Harriet. Do the Naturalist dailies if you want, farm the Heartlands and Harriet’s Legendaries to max rank if that’s your desire. Honestly, most people could care less after rank 5 unless one of the cosmetics intrigues them.

[@user-dy8zr5pj1e]

I want that beautiful rank 20 gypsy cob though 😢

[@Nizzumnuts]

I want the gauntlets so I gotta grind some more

[@yannicknaert]

I found 3 legendary animals in the first hour after buying the role, and not a single one since. After searching the marble fox I got the notification it had escaped, but I never got the notification that he was in the area. These legendary spawn points are either unreasonably rare or just broken, same difference imo.

[@nickspencer9018]

If you want help with legendaries hmu

[@johnnycabb]

​@@nickspencer9018 do you still play?

[@reddeadmad1803]

Best guide I have seen so far.

[@Ooddfmckckc]

Yes

[@rhythm7426]

I'm super impressed with how well you explain everything 🤠

[@TheMongolianMage]

Wilderness camp is worth it now if you also buy the fast travel pamphlet from the fence. Also, there's a bunch more farms around the map that you could just pin on the map & do the rounds if you're that dedicated

[@theetribalgaming]

That Legend of Zelda music in the background. Love it!

[@jamessteensland1577]

I thought I was tripping at first. Lol. O been watching alot of zelda videos latley

[@cowgamer2869]

No that’s not it in Banjo-Kazooie

[@wolfinsheepsclothing842]

I've managed to find and kill (this was before I got the naturalist role) the following: Legendary Midnight Paw Coyote Legendary Mud Runner Buck Legendary Ghost Panther Legendary Wapka Boar Legendary Zizi Beaver I've found the Owiza Bear twice, but both times, another player came and took it.

[@jorgemota3879]

THt mean it respawned for him

[@jasonbollmer7163]

You can quickly hit the 2 farms and the ranch collect sheep, bull and cow and pig samples turn in and repeat you hit the 2 farm locations you can level up about one role level roughly every two times if still putting some animals to sleep between farms and locations you can hit the role level up every time you make the run turning it roughly into a 22 trip to hit the max and run into hunting for the goodies...

[@vdw2]

Were??

[@vibe3063]

Not bad.

[@betterdays731]

Had a stroke reading this

[@gg-mercenary7104]

@@betterdays731 I lost control of half my face. 🤤

[@Red-ev4gm]

There are also a little ranch nearby where u can sample goats

[@carlosarias324]

that "Snake Eater"in the background just earned my sub also great content

[@sctt-yh4kf]

Oh my god the background music is from zelda ocarina of time brings back great childhood gaming days great video btw :)

[@ace559one]

dude you must be a best kept secret how do you not have waaaay more subs well you just one more so much usable info in 1 video when ALL other tubers wanna stretch one tid bit of info into one ten minute video and just blah blah blah about nothing thanks man never change though dont ever become ONE OF THEM

[@Ponckl]

The animals have a bigger chance of spawning but each on has its own time of day and weather

[@thedoctor2122]

I use the legendary missions to fill my hunting wagon and fill my trader material

[@bluthammer1442]

Wow, it's 2022 and this is still the most up to date video of red dead online. Hasn't been updated since :D

[@xxsundancexx]

Best naturalist guide I’ve found. Good job

[@andresaua]

All your videos are top notch! One of the best out there for the Naturalist role.

[@paulrizon1011]

I agree before wilderness camp is ''kinda'' not worth it but now for me it's kinda op because u can fast travel on it, if u have d outlaw pass

[@Monophoric]

harriet davenport: the first vegan teacher

[@elseymaisonet7804]

This needs more likes

[@jjcooper743]

“ We can only hope that the next big update won’t take rockstar 7+ months” video published 7 months ago

[@florianplay4724]

And now this comment is 2 months old :(

[@CaspianDaHusky]

@@florianplay4724 and now this comment is 8 months old :(

[@Jordan_Carter]

@@CaspianDaHuskynow this comment is 2 years ago :(

[@brueland]

I just love your guides...so detailed and easy to understand. Keep it up

[@siccens6168]

Best guide out there period. No typical ego boost frill and thrill throughout the whole video like so many RDR2 videos either. Very nice.

[@donaldpitt]

Wilderness camp helps you fast travel from anywhere. It’s very useful

[@_.JGM._]

I've been looking forward to this video for a good time. Lov your content dude

[@vergodagoat]

8:00 Naturalist role in a nutshell

[@zakplayz617]

I came accross 5 legendary animals in the spawn of 1.hour. My method only works for ps5 or ps4 (I havent tested on other consoles so idk) What you gotta do is go to network settings then press the pause button on your internet then scroll down to mtu, and change it to manual, then put 800. After this you will spawn in solo sessions. Increased animals legendary animals, random encounters, treasure maps and more.

[@pavellalik3968]

I love the vid, but honestly I have to say that I don’t get why people are so mad about the 25 gold bars for this role… You can make it pretty fast (way faster than you could back when OG 3 roles were released). Plus, you get something to grind for and also a lot of new content…

[@ajudgementalcat]

Your videos are so great and helpful. Entertaining and concise but comprehensive with all the information needed. Your videos have been a one-stop-shop for all the info I need for the roles

[@Private.Willie.Stroker]

Another good way to get gold is by getting the improved bow and doing the telegram missions ALONE.. If you do it right you can snipe all enemies without making noise and being detected, and can just walk into the farms/manors and ride off easily with the horses/jewelry

[@knightqueen3522]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Super excited to jump into this role! 🙌🏼

[@Biskawow]

My experience with naturalist role: shoot sedative at them, they run away, spend 5 mins chasing them around and give up, shoot another animal with sedative ammo and repeat. Spend 1 hour doing nothing and give up.

[@bakedwithrealchez]

Lol then even when you get the sample it's like 2 dollars. Trader role is way better.

[@Biskawow]

@@bakedwithrealchez i invested in deadeye so i do 3 shots and then few moar and it goes better. Didnt play today for the first time in 60-70 days, i guess i got bored a little, since daily streak is now broken Ill take a break

[@austinpowers11]

You can fast travel from wildness camp now, so its beneficial to have.

[@TheTrizzanomics]

The Majin buu looking at the sand bar got me! I did not expect that lmao! Thank you for the great guide and laugh

[@MoeWo_X]

That was veeeerry useful buddy thank u .

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Oh, I love flatneck station! Park my hunting wagon by the ramp and fill it up in moments with some good, old fashioned hog rustlin'!

[@madisonhunt7241]

A herbalist role would be cool to have next

[@Zoogangler]

No

[@zombieslayer5712]

really good video, very clear. just keep up the awesome work.

[@aziraphael0690]

"major content updates like this wont be happen super frequently" 2 years later we sit here with no update since xD

[@1201Filmz]

"Wilderness camp is cool, but nothing special". Outlaw Pass 4 made it a must-have. Too bad for everyone that missed out on it.

[@Spencerharrison]

Late to this video - is that Bucs Den MIDI music from Ultima Online in the background?

[@juanbrito-nina2877]

This helped me out a ton! Thanks

[@howardFL]

I found a legendary animal during my trader mission, and I am not even in the role of the naturalist. This game is killing time and my A button.

[@earthmonke9247]

lol same it jump scared me out of no where and killed me and when i came back it was gone

[@fettsackmitbandana4632]

Can i hunt them even if i haven’t have a naturilst license?

[@earthmonke9247]

@@fettsackmitbandana4632 u need to have it

[@GameplayCrush]

@@fettsackmitbandana4632 You dont need to be a naturalist, before i became a naturalist i already killed 3 legendary animals, then you sell them to Gus, and he can use them to make some awesome garments for you.

[@Nunya-gk9fr]

@@GameplayCrush no you take them to cripps in the trader role

[@b4k40]

Finally got this as my last role and i've been so confused😭 thank you so muchh

[@ban3931]

I have found 5 legendary animals in the last 2 days in free roam, I just do missions and play the game and they appear.

[@kingsfoil5844]

I think they might've worked on the free-roam legendary animals? I managed to find two of them within a few days of each other. ( Irl days and they were the Ota fox and the Ghost cougar )

[@Dmorrison931]

Not me lol, since getting the naturalist role, i’ve come across legendary animals quite frequently. It’s weird to me bc without i came across one once every blue moon, but i only got the naturalist role last week and came across 3 legendary animals in the span of maybe a little more than an hour. I’ve helped my friend get the snow buck, snowflake moose, one of the boars, and the midnight paw coyote TWICE

[@mybloodtypeKRYLON]

Ghost cougar jumped me randomly the day after I bought this role lol

[@ThatOneGuyzChannel]

You completely missed the point of the camp. You can use it too fast travel to any location. Most beneficial: you can travel to your camp for only 1 bucks regardless of how far are. Very good video besides that. Thanks. :)

[@hostilesavage4299]

Weirdo

[@slice51]

I came here to learn about the Naturalist role and after 6 minutes of everything but learning how to do it, I left. Did come back later after I cooled off a little and the video was good.

[@cad2988]

Great video

[@cooperboyle3733]

U deserve way more hype 😊

[@danielmoerman2099]

Youre guides are awesome man, they are extremely helpfull, also for all the other roles. Thanks!

[@phoenixgates9435]

11 months later blood money comes out 😂

[@locoslococo]

Well done Tony for this clear concise guide *****

[@devonmcg7128]

My personal favourite grinding method for XP is trading in a animal field guide collection (especially farmland habitat) because for every time you trade in a collection you get 1000 xp

[@Spoofaged]

None of the farms have any animals for me smh

[@Rohethepatient]

Amazing video, great watch.

[@curtilow79]

Lol that San Andreas sfx at 7:52 was spot on point

[@KD-tj7pg]

As soon as I bought the naturalist I went to lagras and instantly found the ghost panther

[@lgbtqoongi]

I've got three legendary animals so far and even then there were more that I ignored like an idiot but the time and weather conditions were always off, it's weird.

[@thtsmypurseidkyou]

Im sorry but the "lagris" rlly got me 🤣🤣

[@nappingstars3241]

Thanks for sharing your strategy much appreciate it!

[@B.Salcon]

Great video my man

[@KrishnaBheemul]

The banjo kazooie music!

[@Ace1973ish]

Thank you. Very informative

[@zakoreastwind]

I found a legendary beaver acidentally when it tried to kill me. I had no idea it was so rare..... at least I got some cash selling it

[@reddevil1540]

If you got trader donate it there or leave it in your hunting wagon for donating later on.

[@lllqoaxlll7237]

I always find legendary animals whenever I get on I find at least two or more legendary animals without using any pheromones

[@ChepeDaNuT323]

I’m very happy I don’t have to revive the animals all the time excited to get in there and sedate everything

[@neilwilson9659]

I had 4 legendary cougars attack me at once in the butchers in saint denis. 2 light 2 dark ones

[@Raw-bG75]

Awesome video subbed!!!

[@john28]

This is absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 amazing

[@MrZeldion]

25 gold bars IS to steep considering the rate in which you earn gold bars in game (aside from dailys and grinding bounties over and over) Its unnecessary. Its going to be sad if going forwards Rockstar tarnish their reputation by rinsing the wallets of people when it isnt needed. They could simply expand on the season pass, make that more appealing and charge for that however cant justify them bringing out new content and then smacking the player in the face by locking it behind either a weeks worth of grinding (for the average player) or tip your hand in your wallet

[@JohyeahM]

0 to 5 is a massive grind... Edit: For real, I'm not getting anywhere near 1000xp per run. It's a massive grind. I'm going from Valentine to Flatneck to Emerald, and I'm getting a couple of animals in each destination. A lot of the time, no animals at all. This shit ain't working. It's slow as fuck. I don't mind a challenge...I've done Herbalist 9 as Arthur... but this is getting dull as dishwater. I'm only trying to get to getting to Level 5 for the Legendary Animals to grind the Trader role...more grinding... Thank fuck I drink...

[@Beanzz_20]

Very informative!! Great guide!

[@arthurmorgan466]

You should get bounty hunter trader and moonshiner then save up for outlaw pass then when you get your gold back get the rest of the roles just need to save up 5 gold bars.

[@scotchwhisky6094]

I guess these buffs for finding legendary animals can help with trading and filling materials.

[@moebandman]

Was sooo freakin confused. Thank you 💯

[@nb24594]

When I sedate the animal and take a sample i don’t get 50 xp have they changed it?

[@magnuskrogh2558]

This is as always a good guide BTW is it only for me that can't play online right now??

[@stupistupid3724]

I was doing a bounty and out of nowhere a legendary bear came out and killed me

[@khele2k]

Getting in-game gold is a grind, but 25 gold from the store is ten bucks. If you're telling me people with a TV and console (or even more expensive, a PC, monitor, decent graphics card with that PC, keyboard and mouse) can't afford ten bucks, give me a beak. A Big Mac is five bucks by itself. The electricity bill to grind 25 gold is exponentially higher than the ten bucks for the gold to unlock this.

[@khele2k]

Try literally anything with a Shark card in GTA Online too. Sure the content is free, but the yacht alone will cost you $100 in real-game money, or you can grind the cayo perico heist about seven times and it'll take you nine hours

[@slaavichii1129]

Awesome vid. Thanks for the Farm, farming strat

[@SomeUrbanNinja]

Gus is useful for the Trinkets he sells which improve your Naturalist experience

[@angeleyesjr9676]

Something about sedating a pig while hearing em squele to sleep that cracks me up! 🤣

[@TheTrizzanomics]

This is the last role I need to complete and as I've been working on both the collector and moonshiner rolls. I've encountered those legendary messages before at random however they have been somewhat frequent.

[@irolemodel2]

they nerfed the exp , only get 500xp total from legendary missions . very slowww lol

[@erickort1987]

i used poison arrows on a legendary buffalo,it didnt go down with 2 arrows,but switched to volcanic p[istol express ammo fired 3 shots,went down

[@oscargaldamez262]

The zelda track in the background tho. Nicee

[@maramkura]

"we can only pray that another major update doesn't take another 7 months" :D :D :D what a naive statement looking at it today :D

[@chrisandrews397]

When I did the cutscene she didn't even prompt me to buy the kit, so I think I have to go back to her soon

[@jameswtlocs]

Go to her once you have 25 gold

[@gluehuffer2869]

At the end of the poached animals mission can you kill the animal without penalty’s

[@gruelingraven]

This is the video I was looking for.