Red Dead Redemption 2 Pheasant
Pheasant
Class Bird
Size Small

Quick Overview

Red Dead Redemption 2 Pheasant can be hunted and skinned for crafting materials, it's a Small sized Bird animal. We recommend using a Varmint Rifle or a Repeater to hunt this animal. You can craft a at the Trapper Shop using it's materials and cook the Game meal from hunting it, Ring-necked Pheasant, Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant. it's not a Legendary Animal.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Pheasant Locations

Every type of Pheasant found in RDR2.

Using the best weapons to hunt a Pheasant in Red Dead 2, will reward you with a Perfect Quality Kill. Since this animal is omnivores you should use Predator Bait and Herbivore Bait to attract it in the wild.

Pheasant Perfect Quality Kill Weapons.

  • Use Predator Bait and Herbivore Bait
  • Bow with Small Game Arrow

Regular Pheasant Locations

    RDR2 Pheasant Locations

    There's currently no Legendary version of this animal.

    Ring-necked Pheasant

    • The Ring-necked Pheasants can be found in the grasslands of New Hanover and West Elizabeth.
    • They are omnivores but their diet changes seasonally.
    • In the winter, they feed on grains and, in the summer, they eat small insects.
    • An effective weapon to use when hunting pheasants is a Bow with Small Game Arrows.
    • The feathers of pheasants can be used for crafting, and their meat provides a good source of food.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium

    Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant

    • Chinese Ring-necked Pheasants are native to the grass and forest lands of New Hanover and West Elizabeth.
    • They are omnivores but their diet changes seasonally.
    • In the winter, they feed on grains and, in the summer, they eat small insects.
    • A Bow with Small Game Arrows is considered to be the most effective weapon to hunt pheasants.
    • The meat from pheasants is a good source of food, and their feathers can be used for crafting.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium
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    Pheasant Cooking Recipes

    Cooking recipes you can use with this animal.

    Recipe Name Regular Thyme Type Oregano Type Mint Type
    Game Plain Game Thyme Game Oregano Game Minty Game

    Pheasant Materials

    The materials you will receive from hunting and skinning an Pheasant will depend on the animal quality and kill quality.

    Material Cost Kill Quality
    Perfect Pheasant Carcass $3 Perfect Kill
    Good Pheasant Carcass $1.8 Good Kill
    Poor Pheasant Carcass $1.2 Poor Kill
    Game Meat $0.6 Any
    Pheasant Feather $0.45 Any
    Animal Fat $0.25 Any
    Flight Feather $0.15 Any

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Pheasant Crafting

    What you can make from Pheasant crafting materials.

    Trapper Crafting

    Item Name Pricing How to unlock
    Native Accessory $10.00 Pheasant Feather, Sparrow Feather x4, Robin Feather x3
    Judicious Accessory $10.00 Pheasant Feather, Owl Feather

    Fence Crafting

    Recipe Name Effect How to obtain Type Price

    Where to find these Special Crafting Materials

    Ingredient How to get

    Camp Crafting

    Used for It makes Crafting ingredients

    Item Crafting

    Recipe Name Ingredients Where to find Description
    Improved Arrow – 1x Arrow – 1x Flight Feather Received at the start of Chapter 2 + 15 Damage
    Fire Arrow – 1x Arrow – 1x Animal Fat – 1x Flight Feather Received at the start of Chapter 2 + 20 Damage | Incendiary Effect
    Fire Arrow – 1x Arrow – 1x Animal Fat – 1x Flight Feather Received at the start of Chapter 2 + 20 Damage | Incendiary Effect
    Dynamite Arrow – 1x Arrow – 1x Dynamite – 1x Flight Feather Located at the South end of Wapiti Indian Reservation, at the base of a wooden bridge you will find it within a chest. | Also sold by Fences after “A Short Walk in a Pretty Town” + 40 Damage | Explosive Effect
    Poison Arrow – 1x Arrow – 1x Oleander Sage – 1x Flight Feather Located Northeast of Bacchus Station, right outside the Mysterious Hill Home. You will receive it from a chest | Also sold by Fences after Chapter 2 + 5 Damage | Good for Hunting
    Small Game Arrow – 1x Arrow – 1x Regular Shotgun Shells – 1x Flight Feather Received at the start of Chapter 2 - 20 Damage | Good for Hunting Small animals
    Volatile Dynamite – 1x Animal Fat – 1x Dynamite – 1x High Velocity Cartridge Located at Hani’s Bethel just north of the small pond, you will find a chest beneath a broken down wagon. | Also sold by Fences after “American Distillation” +10 Damage
    Volatile Fire Bottle – 1x Animal Fat – 1x Moonshine Located Northwest of Horseshoe Overlook, you will find an abandoned camp inside a burned down forest. You will receive it from a chest | Also sold by Fences after “Pouring Forth Oil” + 10 Damage
    Fire Bottle – 1x Animal Fat – 1x Gin, Guarma Rum, Fine Brandy or Kentucky Bourbon Received at the start of Chapter 2 AOE Fire Damage on Impact
    Explosive Cartridge – 1x Express Cartridge – 1x Animal Fat Received at the start of Chapter 2 + 25 Damage | Explosive Effect
    Explosive Slug – 1x Regular Shotgun Shell – 1x Animal Fat Located between Gaptooth Ridge and Cholla Springs is a burned down alchemist house, right outside it you will find a chest with a pamphlet | Also sold by Fences after “A Short Walk in a Pretty Town” + 25 Damage | + 20 Accuracy | + 5 Range | Explosive Effect