Players will find hundreds of creatures inhabiting the world of Red Dead Redemption 2. The game has an extensive animal collection, and fans will have to study and take down every type of animal to complete it. On top of this, there are several animals with parts that can be harvested and traded for special items or in order to complete quests.
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This guide will tell players where they can find the Northern Cardinal in Red Dead Redemption 2 so that they can acquire Cardinal Feathers and craft rare items.
How to Find and Hunt Northern Cardinals
Northern Cardinals are quite small, so players oftentimes have a hard time trying to hunt them down. According to the Northern Cardinal's compendium entry, it can most commonly be found in the woodland areas of New Hanover and West Elizabeth.
Given the bird's small size, to hunt the Northern Cardinal in Red Dead Redemption 2, gamers should use a Varmint Rifle or a Bow equipped with Small Game Arrows.
To craft Small Game Arrows in Red Dead Redemption 2, players will need at least 1 Flight Feather, 1 Arrow, and 1 Shotgun Shell.
Collecting a bird's carcass in Red Dead Redemption 2 can be even more complicated sometimes; if they're flying while the player shoots them, it can be harder to spot the body later on, so it is best to take down the bird from a strategic location. For example, if players shoot at it from a cliff, they will have a much harder time looking for it once it hits the ground.
Cardinal and Cardinal Feather Uses
When players skin the Northern Cardinal, they'll be able to retrieve four items: Cardinal Feather, Cardinal Carcass, Flight Feather, and Gamey Bird Meat.
The Cardinal Feather and the Cardinal Carcass are the only exclusive items, and fans will actually need them on a couple of occasions. Here's why players will need to find or hunt down a couple of Cardinals while playing Red Dead Redemption 2:
- Zoologist achievement: requires gamers to study one Cardinall
- Skin Deep achievement: requires skinned one Cardinal Carcass
- Wildlife Art exhibition: requires one Perfect Cardinal Carcass
- Rococo hat: requires two Cardinal Feathers
- Legendary Beaver Flop hat: requires one Cardinal Feather
On top of the Cardinal Feather, to craft the Legendary Beaver Flop hat, players will also need the Legendary Boar's Pelt and the Legendary Beaver's Pelt. They will also need two Crow Feathers to craft the Rococo hat.
Red Dead Redemption 2
- Released
- October 26, 2018
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America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
