Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – All Animal Locations (Conservation Trophy / Achievement)

There are 47 Wild Animals in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Finding all of them unlocks the “Conservation” trophy / achievement.

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Before doing this you must fully upgrade the Capture Cage to grade 4! There are three ways to extract wild animals. The one you’ll use the most is the capture cage. It randomly catches animals that live around the area where you placed the cage. The second tactic you’ll use quite a bit is Fulton extracting them (for bigger animals). And the third option is to stun and pick up smaller animals that cannot be fulton extracted.

The golden rule for capture cages: Place all 8 of them in a circle next to each other and immediately leave the area via helicopter. When you begin at the landing zone, always call back the helicopter right away so you don’t have to wait later. Do NOT go back to the ACC via the pause menu! You must extract via the helicopter so that the cages will capture animals.
Most animals have very specific and small habitats. Knowing those locations is the key to capturing them. This does, however, not always guarantee you capture the animal you want. Rarer animals may take a few tries to capture. If you don’t get the animal you’re looking for, simply return to the ACC and come back for another try.

None of the animals are missable. You can still get everything after the story and side ops are complete. You can always keep track of your progress in the iDroid under “Mother Base” – “Database” – “Encyclopedia” – “Wild Animals”.

TIMELINE:

#1 – Gerbil – 0:05
#2 – Long-eared Hedgehog – 0:35
#3 – Four-toed Hedgehog – 1:05
#4 – Afghan Pika – 1:44
#5 – Common Raven – 2:17
#6 – Trumpeter Hornbill – 2:54
#7 – Black Stork – 3:25
#8 – Oriental Stork – 3:56
#9 – Jehuty – 4:55
#10 – Griffon Vulture – 6:02
#11 – Lappet-faced Vulture – 6:43
#12 – Martial Eagle – 7:33
#13 – Karakul Sheep – 8:08
#14 – Cashmere Goat – 9:00
#15 – Nubian – 9:44
#16 – Boer Goat – 10:35
#17 – Wild Ass – 11:14
#18 – Grant’s Zebra – 11:54
#19 – Okapi – 12:35
#20 – Gray Wolf – 13:19
#21 – African Wild Dog – 14:08
#22 – Side-striped Jackal – 14:50
#23 – Anubis – 15:26
#24 – Brown Bear – 16:22
#25 – Himalayan Brown Bear – 17:19
#26 – Deathstalker – 18:47
#27 – Emperor Scorpion – 19:21
#28 – Oriental Ratsnake – 19:55
#29 – Black Mamba – 20:29
#30 – Tsuchinoko – 21:00
#31 – Rainbow Agama – 21:37
#32 – Namaqua Chameleon – 22:10
#33 – Leopard Gecko – 22:40
#34 – African Fat-tailed Gecko – 23:14
#35 – African Bullfrog – 23:49
#36 – Russian Tortoise – 24:25
#37 – Leopard Tortoise – 25:01
#38 – Bechstein’s Bat – 26:15
#39 – Rock Hyrax – 26:50
#40 – Tree Pangolin – 27:24
#41 – Sand Cat – 27:55
#42 – Caracal – 28:28
#43 – African Civet – 29:01
#44 – Marsh Mongoose – 29:30
#45 – Red Fox – 30:01
#46 – Blanford’s Fox – 30:29
#47 – Honey Badger – 31:02