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The Jackalope is a rare animal found in Red Dead Redemption as part of the Hunting and Trading Outfits DLC pack.

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What is the origin of the Jackalope in North American folklore? toggle section
Originating from North American folklore, the Jackalope is a mythical creature, often depicted as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers. It is typically brown, with antlers nearly as long as its body. Despite its 'fearsome critter' label, it lacks offensive capabilities or additional toughness. It moves faster than a regular rabbit, using a sped-up hop animation.
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In Red Dead Redemption, the Jackalope is a unique creature from the Hunting and Trading Outfits DLC pack. This mythical animal, inspired by North American folklore, is essentially a rabbit with antlers. It moves faster than a regular rabbit but lacks offensive capabilities. The Jackalope can be encountered wherever rabbits are typically found. Upon killing and looting this creature, players obtain loot associated with both rabbits and bucks.
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In Red Dead Redemption, the Jackalope, a mythical creature resembling a rabbit with antlers, appears in areas populated by rabbits. These include Armadillo, Hanging Rock, Gaptooth Ridge, Hennigan's Stead, Rio Bravo, and Pacific Union Railroad Camp. The Jackalope was introduced through the Hunting and Trading Outfits DLC pack.
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What is the significance of the Jackalope's sped-up hop animation in the game? toggle section
In the game, the Jackalope, a rabbit with antlers from North American folklore, moves faster than a regular rabbit due to a sped-up hop animation. However, it lacks offensive capabilities or extra toughness. Killing the Jackalope is necessary for unlocking the Expert Hunter Outfit.
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In Red Dead Redemption, the Jackalope is a mythical creature distinguished from a regular rabbit by its antlers. It shares the same movement animations as a regular rabbit but has a slightly faster hopping speed. It's a non-aggressive creature that can be found wherever regular rabbits are located.
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Characteristics[]

The Jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore (a so-called "fearsome critter") described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant's tail and hind legs. In-game it is a brown, normally-sized rabbit with deer-like antlers almost the same length as its body, which moves with a sped-up version of the regular rabbit hop animation; it is faster than an ordinary rabbit, but otherwise unremarkable, possessing no offensive capabilities or additional toughness.

Locations[]

Jackalopes will only spawn if the Hunting and Trading Outfits DLC is installed. The Jackalope can spawn anywhere that rabbits are capable of spawning (visit the rabbit article for details about spawning locations). There appears to be a random chance of any rabbit spawned by the game being a Jackalope, since even the group of rabbits eating Bonnie MacFarlane's crops in "New Friends, Old Problems" may include a Jackalope. As such, there is no specific location where a Jackalope is almost guaranteed to spawn, but the best way to find one is to find an area with a large number of rabbits.

The Jackalope is not marked with a blue signal on the map like other Legendary creatures. Unique theme music is played, however, as with the other legendary creatures.

Upon skinning a Jackalope, a viewable number under Collectibles in the "Stats" section of the menu is shown.

A Jackalope frequently spawns at Pleasance House. It can be seen running out of the cabin.

Challenges[]

The player must kill a Jackalope in order to unlock the Expert Hunter Outfit.

Tips[]

  • The player can easily accidentally or purposefully trample it, like other normal rabbits. It does not make a unique sound, so it is recommended that the player checks the dead rabbit to see if it was or not if the player is looking to kill one.
  • Like rabbits, they are easily obliterated by powerful weapons, even shotguns needing to be used at medium range to leave a carcass. Therefore, lower powered weapons are recommended.

Trivia[]

  • The Jackalope is the only mythical creature that appears in Red Dead Redemption. It does not make an appearance in Undead Nightmare.
  • Tales of Jackalopes were probably inspired by sightings of rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus, which causes the growth of horn- and antler-like tumors in various places on the rabbit's head and body.
  • The word Jackalope is a portmanteau of "jackrabbit" and "antalope", an archaic spelling of antelope.
  • The Jackalope generates Buck Antlers and Rabbit Meat when skinned. While this might seem like laziness in not renaming the former, a male rabbit is actually formally called a buck.
  • The Jackalope is the only animal which does not reward the player with its own items, giving instead Rabbit and Buck products.
  • The Jackalope is the only Legendary which can appear more than once in a single playthrough (excluding glitches involving Brumas the Bear's model appearing as a standard bear).
  • Sometimes on very rare occasions a Jackalope may run into the Armadillo Saloon. This sometimes happens because an NPC dog is chasing it or simply by accident.

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