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Bison

Plains herd animal that charges when approached; its pelt goes into hats.

Compare: Hunting chart

Drops

What Bison gives.

PageAlways gives
Animal Fat Drops3–5
Bone Drops3–4
Sinew Drops8–10

All from Alpha 5 Game data: Alpha 5 game data

Amounts are the guaranteed drops before skill bonuses. Other drops depend on your knife and skills.

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Patch history

2 versions

Every fact about Bison by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Dev build
  • A bison charges when approached; seen at Tier 2.
  • Angry bison attack mounted players; bison kills count for challenges, including mounted bison kills.
  • Hard to skin well without a good knife.
  • Herds appear on the plains.
  • Bison live on the island though they were not native to California.
Alpha 5
  • Skinning a bison always gives 3 to 4 Bone, 8 to 10 Sinew and 3 to 5 Animal Fat, plus other drops that depend on the knife and skills.

Sources

7

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
Alpha 5 game data Game dataNov 12, 20264
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) VideoAug 15, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) VideoJun 6, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (May) (opens in a new tab) VideoMay 2, 20261
Jeff Kaplan + Esfand Play The Legend of California Alpha (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 30, 20261
"There's a rumor of an island..." (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 25, 20261
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 22, 20261

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