environmental herd

Added a small chance of random encounters with herds of cattle (bulls, cows, steers, and simplified goats) in various locations in the wilderness. Players may encounter cattle engaged in different activities (mostly grazing, but some resting/sleeping).

environmentherd

🐄 Module introduction

This mod adds the ability to randomly encounter cattle in the wild to Red Dead Redemption 2! You may find bulls, cows, steers and goats out in the wilderness engaging in a variety of natural activities such as grazing, resting or sleeping.

🌟 Original intention of creation

I originally created this mod to be used with Rustling Mod so that I wouldn't have to steal cattle from farms or ranches all the time. Imagine a time when ranchers could lose livestock due to bandit attacks, predator attacks, or the animals themselves escaping from pens. If you use the Rustling Mod, think of this as helping a rancher recover his lost animals and get paid!

These herds are tame by default, so capturing them individually is not difficult, but in a group it can be a bit challenging. Even if you are not using Rustling Mod and just want to see or hunt cattle in the wild, you can install this mod as it runs standalone and only requires LML.

📍 Where the cattle appear

• **Great Plains** (outskirts of Beecher's Hope Estate and coastal areas) - A small chance of spawning a cow, steer, bull or goat
• **Heartlands** (Central and Coastal Regions) - Rare chance of spawning a cow, steer, bull or goat
• **Hennigan Ranch** (Central Region) - Rare chance of spawning a cow, steer, bull or goat
• **Cracked Tooth Ridge** (Northern Region) - A small chance of goats spawning

⚙️Technical Notes

Herds (the player may encounter single or multiple animals) replace some of the pronghorn spawn points at the above locations (don't worry, the pronghorns are not harmed), but not so much that the wilderness is filled with herds. The mod uses the game's native ped and wildlife spawning system, so the chance of encountering an animal is random and controlled by the engine, with no additional spawn points and spawns added to the location.

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🔮 Future Plans

• Added several cattle spawn points in Crimson Meadows
• Added multiple goat spawn points in large valleys and mountainous cold areas

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*Made by MiracleNomad*