The Black Bear is a species of animal found in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Description
Black Bear is a species of Animals found in Red Dead Redemption 2. They are smaller in size than the Grizzly Bear. Their diet is omnivorous, consisting of salmon, honey, fruit, small mammals and carrion.
Their fur is soft, with dense underfur and long, coarse, thick guard hairs. However, the fur is not as shaggy or coarse as that of a Grizzly Bear.
Location
- Big Valley (northwest)
- Tall Trees
- Aurora Basin (east of)
- Forested areas of Roanoke Ridge
- Cumberland Forest (East of)
Challenges
- Rank 5 of the Master Hunter Challenges requires the player to skin three Black or Grizzly Bears.
Tips
- A Long Scoped Rifle or a Bow with Improved Arrows are recommended when hunting this animal.
- Their claws and fat can be used for crafting and their meat is added to the player's inventory in the form of Big Game Meat.
- Players can craft a Bear Fringed Shotgun Chaps and a Bear Grenadier Hat at the Trapper using its materials, and cook the meat from hunting it.
- Black Bears will typically flee from the player, though one should still have an appropriate weapon at the ready if on horseback in case they are thrown off.
Gallery
American black bear profile
Dead Black Bear
Arthur Morgan posing in his Bear Hunter Outfit with a Black Bear (via glitch outside of map)
Arthur Morgan with a Black Bear in Roanoke Ridge outside of the map
Arthur Morgan next to a Black Bear in Roanoke Ridge outside of the map
Trophies/Achievements
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30
 Bronze
 Skin every species of animal in Story Mode.
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ZOOLOGIST
20
Bronze
Study every animal across all states in Story Mode.
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