Red Dead Redemption 2 Heron
Heron
Class Bird
Size Moderate

Quick Overview

Red Dead Redemption 2 Heron can be hunted and skinned for crafting materials, it's a Moderate sized Bird animal. We recommend using a Varmint Rifle or a Repeater to hunt this animal. You can cook the Gamey Bird meal from hunting it, Great Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron. it's not a Legendary Animal.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Heron Locations

Every type of Heron found in RDR2.

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

Heron Perfect Quality Kill Weapons.

  • Use Predator Bait
  • Varmint Rifle with 0.22

Regular Heron Locations

    RDR2 Heron Locations

    There's currently no Legendary version of this animal.

    Great Blue Heron

    • The Great Blue Heron inhabits the wet and grassy marshlands of Lemoyne.
    • Their carnivorous diet consists of small fish, crustaceans, amphibians, and small birds.
    • The Varmint Rifle is considered to be the best weapon to wound or kill a heron.
    • Herons plume can be used for crafting and their meat can be used for cooking.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium

    Tricolored Heron

    • Tricolored Herons can be found in the wet and grassy marshlands of Lemoyne.
    • As carnivores, they prey on fish, insects, amphibians, and crustaceans.
    • The Lancaster Varmint Rifle is considered to be the best weapon for a clean kill.
    • Heron plumes can be used for crafting and their meat can be used for cooking.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium
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    Heron Cooking Recipes

    Cooking recipes you can use with this animal.

    Recipe Name Regular Thyme Type Oregano Type Mint Type
    Gamey Bird Plain Game Bird None None None

    Heron Materials

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

    Material Cost Kill Quality
    Perfect Heron Carcass $3.25 Perfect Kill
    Good Heron Carcass $1.95 Good Kill
    Heron Feather $1.5 Any
    Poor Heron Carcass $1.3 Poor Kill
    Gamey Bird Meat $0.25 Any
    Flight Feather $0.15 Any

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Heron Crafting

    What you can make from Heron crafting materials.

    Trapper Crafting

    Item Name Pricing How to unlock

    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
    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