Red Dead Redemption 2 Badger Guide

The American Badger is a mid sized mammal in rdr 2. Despite having no legendary variant of the animal, it still is a useful animal to hunt for the creation of clothes. The meat can also be eaten. This guide will tell you everything you need to know about the badger.
Best Weapon to Kill the Badger With
The badger can be a difficult animal to kill perfectly due to its relatively small size and fast movement speed. Because of this, if you are looking to kill a badger, you should use the Varmint Rifle to have the best chance at a perfect kill. Make sure you use predator bait to attract the animal, as it does feed on smaller animals such as squirrels.
Badger Locations
The badger is often found in the woods near creeks or rivers. You will have the best luck finding it in in the woods of LeMoyne, by the Upper Montana River in West Elizabeth, or along the Dakota River in Ambarino.

Badger Materials
This chart shows everything that you can get from the badger, along with how much it can sell for. What you get from a badger may depend on the kill quality. For many animals, whether or not it is legendary would affect what you got as well, but there is no legendary version of the badger.
Material | Cost | Kill Quality |
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Perfect Badger Carcass | $3 | Perfect |
Good Badger Carcass | $1.8 | Good |
Perfect Badger Pelt | $1.25 | Perfect |
Poor Badger Carcass | $1.2 | Poor |
Good Badger Pelt | $0.75 | Good |
Poor Badger Pelt | $0.5 | Poor |
Stringy Meat | $0.25 | Any |
Badger Claw | $0.25 | Any |
Crafting With Badger Items
Item Name | Pricing | How to unlock |
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Badger Mountain Hat | $26.00 | Perfect Badger Pelt |
Badger Rifleman Gloves | $10.00 | Perfect Badger Pelt |
Used for | It makes | Crafting ingredients |
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Satchel | Ingredients Satchel | (Donate 5 animal carcasses to Pearson) – Perfect Deer Pelt, Perfect Badger Pelt, Perfect Squirrel Pelt |
Recipe Name | Ingredients |
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Predator Bait | – 1x Stringy Meat – 1x Wintergreen, Evergreen, Huckleberry, Raspberry or Blackberry |