Red Dead Redemption 2 Loon
Loon
Class Bird
Size Small

Quick Overview

Red Dead Redemption 2 Loon 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 Gamey Bird meal from hunting it, Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Yellow-billed Loon. it's not a Legendary Animal.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Loon Locations

Every type of Loon found in RDR2.

Using the best weapons to hunt a Loon 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.

Loon Perfect Quality Kill Weapons.

  • Use Predator Bait
  • Bow with Small Game Arrow

Regular Loon Locations

    RDR2 Loon Locations

    There's currently no Legendary version of this animal.

    Common Loon

    • Common Loons are native to the calm and quiet wetlands of West Elizabeth, Ambarino and New Hanover.
    • Their carnivorous diet includes crustaceans, amphibians, salamanders, frogs, leeches, and snails.
    • The best way to kill or wound a Common Loon is with a Bow with Small Game Arrows.
    • The gamey meat of loons can be used for food, and their feathers can be used for crafting.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium

    Pacific Loon

    • The Pacific Loon is native to the remote lakes and ponds of West Elizabeth, Ambarino and New Hanover.
    • As carnivores, their diet includes small fish and aquatic insects, as well as some plant matter during breeding seasons.
    • These small birds can be easily killed with a Bow and Small Game Arrows.
    • The gamey meat of loons can be used for food, and their feathers can be used for crafting.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium

    Yellow-billed Loon

    • Yellow-billed Loons can be found in the wetlands of West Elizabeth and Ambarino.
    • As carnivores, they prey on small to medium fish, as well as aquatic insects.
    • A Bow with Small Game Arrows is the most effective way to wound or kill these small birds.
    • The gamey meat of loons can be used for food, and their feathers can be used for crafting.

    Locations where you can find:

    Compendium
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    Loon 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

    Loon Materials

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

    Material Cost Kill Quality
    Perfect Loon Carcass $2.75 Perfect Kill
    Good Loon Carcass $1.65 Good Kill
    Loon Feather $1.2 Any
    Poor Loon Carcass $1.1 Poor Kill
    Gamey Bird Meat $0.25 Any
    Flight Feather $0.15 Any

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Loon Crafting

    What you can make from Loon crafting materials.

    Trapper Crafting

    Item Name Pricing How to unlock
    Stalker Accessory $13.00 Loon Feather x2, Condor Feather, Raven Feather x3

    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