There are 5 requirements for a diamond rating:
• Passing the Harvest Check
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Correct ammo for the animal-
No more than 2 shots on target-
Intact trophy organ-
Hit a vital organ•
A Diamond rated animal.Please note that Consecutive harvests and quick-kill bonus no longer apply to the score and only affect Xp/Cash gained. (Quick kill will be high from earning a organ shot anyway)
Harvest checkThe harvest check is a set of 4 objectives to achieve when you hunt any animal to maximize your score.
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Integrity / Correct AmmoTo get this bonus you need to kill the animal with the correct ammo class for that species.
You can check what class your ammo is for by selecting it in the inventory. A good set for every class (without buying DLC) :
- Ranger .243 – Starting Rifle, is able to hunt any animals classed from 2 – 6. Use Polymer-tip bullets once available
- 7mm Regent Magnum – Good for hunting animals classed 4 – 9. Use Polymer-tip bullets once available
- Caversham Steward 12G Shotgun – Once you unlock birdshot you can hunt animals classed at 1.
At the bottom of the guide is a reference for each map with all the animal details you will need.
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No more than 2 shotsTo pass this check you can have no more than 2 hits on your target.
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Intact Trophy OrganTo pass this check you can’t damage the animal’s trophy organ. (Antlers/Horns/Tusks/Skull)
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Hit a Vital OrganFor this you need to hit one of these:
Heart – Lung – Liver – Neck – Brain (Note: for Skull trophies hitting the brain will fail the trophy organ check)
For birds and hares this automatically completes once shot.
Diamond Rated AnimalsThe most important requirement is that the animal has a potential diamond rating.
Each animal in the game has a trophy rating, with a maximum possible score. Depending on the score is potentially what you can achieve.
None – This is for any animal that has no trophy organ (e.g. female deers)
Bronze – This is for any animal with a trophy rating less than 20% of its maximum.
Silver – This is for any animal between a trophy rating of 20% & 60% of its maximum.
Gold – This is for any animal between a trophy rating of 60% & 90% of its maximum.
Diamond – This is for any animal that has a rating of 90%+ of its maximum.
** – The harvest check can downgrade the trophy rating if not achieved. Each of the 4 requirements can downgrade the rating. (A diamond rated animal would score a “none” rating if you failed all 4 harvest check criteria)A diamond rated animal is usually quite easy to spot as their horns/Antlers/Tusks are very impressive.
It is worth unlocking
level 2 of
Spotting Knowledge which can be found under the Ambusher skill tree. This skill will show you a score range that this animal will award you once hunted.
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Trophy Type:There are 6 types of Trophy:
Weight –
Antlers –
Fangs –
Skull –
Horns –
TusksEach animal species will fall under 1 of these.
*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***Weight
Canada Goose (Hirschfelden)
Red Fox (Hirschfelden & Yukon Valley DLC)
Mallard (Layton Lake)
Jackrabbit (Layton Lake)
Coyote (Layton Lake)
Scrub Hare (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
Side-Striped Jackal (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
European Hare (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Harlequin Duck (Yukon Valley DLC)
Cinnamon Teal (Parque Fernando DLC)
Antlers
Moose (Layton Lake, Medved-Taiga DLC & Yukon Valley DLC)
Blacktail Deer (Layton Lake)
Whitetail Deer (Layton Lake)
Roosevelt Elk (Layton Lake)
Roe Deer (Hirschfelden & Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Fallow Deer (Hirschfelden & Te Awaroa DLC)
Red Deer (Hirschfelden, Parque Fernando DLC, Cuatro Colinas DLC & Te Awaroa DLC)
Mule Deer (Parque Fernando DLC & Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Axis Deer (Parque Fernando DLC)
Springbok (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
Lesser Kudu (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
Blue Wildabeest (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
Reindeer (Medved-Taiga DLC)
Caribou (Yukon Valley DLC)
Fangs
Musk Deer (Medved-Taiga DLC)
Skull
Black Bear (Layton Lake & Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Brown Bear (Medved-Taiga DLC)
Grizzly Bear (Yukon Valley DLC)
Puma (Parque Fernando DLC)
Lion (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
Lynx (Medved-Taiga DLC)
Gray Wolf (Yukon Valley DLC)
Iberian Wolf (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Horns
Bison (Hirschfelden)
Plains Bison (Yukon Valley DLC & Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Cape Buffalo (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
Water Buffalo (Parque Fernando DLC)
Blackbuck (Parque Fernando DLC)
Iberian Mouflon (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Gredos Ibex (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Beceite Ibex (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Ronda Ibex (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Southeastern Spanish Ibex (Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Mountain Goat (Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Bighorn Sheep (Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Pronghorn (Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Rocky Mountain Elk (Silver Ridge Peaks DLC)
Tusks
Wild Boar (Hirschfelden, Medved-Taiga DLC & Cuatro Colinas DLC)
Warthogs (Vurhonga Savanna DLC)
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Animal Difficulty:Each animal will also have a difficulty rating that can be viewed when spotting.
Difficulty ratings go from 1 to 10.
The animal’s level will determine their trophy size as well as how alert they are. The higher the level the quicker they can spot, hear or smell you.
*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***1 – Trivial
2 – Minor
3 – Very Easy
4 – Easy
5 – Medium
6 – Hard
7 – Very Hard
8 – Mythical
9 – Legendary
10 – Fabled (The only animal that goes to 10 is the Whitetail deer – this is a extremely rare spawn
To get a Diamond you want to be on the look out for the maximum level for that animal.
In rare circumstances an animals level 1 below maximum can produce a diamond, likewise a max level animal is not a guaranteed diamond.
Max Levels:
*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***Max level 3 (Very Easy)
Mallard – Jackrabbit - European Hare - Roe Deer - Whitetail Deer - Cinnamon Teal – Harlequin Duck – Scrub Hare – Musk Deer - Turkey
Max Level 5 (Medium)
Canada Goose – Blacktail Deer – Fallow Deer – Blackbuck – Mule Deer – Axis Deer – Southeastern Spanish Ibex – Gredos Ibex – Ronda Ibex – Beceite Ibex – Iberian Mouflon – Caribou – Plains Bison – Bison – Moose – Roosevelt Elk – Blue Wildebeest – Reindeer – Wild Boar – Gemsbok – Springbok – Warthog – Lesser Kudu – Rocky Mountain Elk – Pronghorn – Bighorn sheep – Mountain Goat
Max Level 9 (Legendary)
Red Deer – Red Fox – Coyote – Black Bear – Brown Bear – Grizzly Bear – Cape Buffalo – Water Buffalo – Gray Wolf – Iberian Wolf – Side-Striped Jackal – Eurasian Lynx – Puma – Mountain Lion – Lion
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Diamond FarmingDiamonds can be farmed but it is luck dependent.
To increase your chance of spawning diamond rated animals you need to hunt that species.
This can be done by hunting every single trophy rated animal you see or by camping out need zones and killing 1 or 2 and checking back later.
When you kill an animal, it has a chance to upgrade/stay the same/downgrade a level. It’s best to find several need zones with large herds, set up a tent nearby and jump between them. Kill 1 or 2 but no more as this has a chance of despawning the need zone.
If you do your run at each need zone and still have a heat spots on the map, go somewhere and hunt a bunch of other animals to remove it.
Once you’ve completed a run, quit to menu and reload. This instantly respawns the hunted animals (With new levels) otherwise you have to wait 6 in-game days for them to spawn.
Animal/Map Guides:Layton Lake
Hirschfelden
Medved-Taiga - DLC
Vurhonga Savanna - DLC
Parque Fernando - DLC
Cuatro Colinas - DLC
Yukon Valley - DLC
Silver Ridge Peals - DLC
Te Awaroa - DLC