Hunting AI animals in Ecos La Brea: Mastering Stealth and Tracking

While AI animals in Ecos La Brea might seem easier targets than player-controlled ones, they can be surprisingly elusive. Successful hunting requires a focus on stealth and careful tracking. Here's a guide to help you master the art of the hunt.

The Importance of Stealth: Your primary tool is your sense of smell. Activate your scent button to reveal nearby animals as icons. A crucial element is crouching; this activates a meter that shows how close you are to spooking the animal. Movement directly impacts this meter.

Movement and Wind Direction:

• Sprinting: Quickly fills the spook meter. Avoid this when approaching.
• Running: Significantly affects the meter.
• Trotting: A slower fill rate.
• Walking: The slowest fill rate; ideal for close approaches.
• Wind Direction: Downwind approaches increase the chance of spooking the animal. Crosswind is moderate, while upwind offers the best stealth.

Reading the AI's Behavior: A question mark occasionally appears above the animal icon. If the question mark is visible, any movement will rapidly fill the spook meter. Remain stationary until it disappears.

The Chase and Capture: The spook meter will likely fill before you reach the animal. Be ready to sprint once it flees. AI animals move erratically, so practice in open areas with minimal obstacles is recommended. To capture, get extremely close to initiate a bite. Afterward, drop and consume your prey, repeating the process as needed.