History Main / GameHuntingMechanic

Such games can either be {{Luck Based Mission}}s, where the probability of success depends on a stat of the player or even on the RandomNumberGod. Other games give a greater role to the player, letting him aim to the animals. Products can be used in CookingMechanics.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Link can hunt wild animals, from birds, deer, and boar all the way up to woolly rhinoceroses. Each [[OrganDrops drops raw steak or bird meat]] of varying quality, which can be used for [[GameGourmet cooking]] or ShopFodder. Hateno Village has a minigame in which Link can be hired by Dentz to cull deer for money in Retsam Forest.

* ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'': The player can shoot animals with his rifle to get additional food. Buffaloes can even be hunted to extinction.

It can be for various purposes: procuring meat for [[HyperactiveMetabolism healing]] or [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly feeding]], getting [[OrganDrops drops]] to sell as VendorTrash, ExperiencePoints or simply to train one's shooting skills. Can also be done to acquire TwentyBearAsses.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Link can hunt wild animals, from birds, deer, and boar all the way up to woolly rhinoceroses. Each [[OrganDrops drops raw steak or bird meat]] of varying quality, which can be used for [[GameGourmet cooking]] or VendorTrash. Hateno Village has a minigame in which Link can be hired by Dentz to cull deer for money in Retsam Forest.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'': Animals can be hunted to provide VendorTrash and crafting ingredients for upgrading your equipment.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigin'': Animals can be hunted to provide VendorTrash and crafting ingredients for upgrading your equipment.

* ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'': The ability to hunt is a recurring element in the series, and usually occurs by entering randomly spawning patches of grass on the WorldMap, which takes the player to an area with animals they can hunt by attacking with the party leader's weapon (most games have at least one character with a ranged weapon to make this much easier). Slain animals drop meat and similar items which can be used as HealthFood or [[MoneyGrinding just sold]].

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* Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' can hunt wild animals, from birds, deer, and boar all the way up to woolly rhinoceroses. Each [[OrganDrops drops raw steak or bird meat]] of varying quality, which can be used for [[GameGourmet cooking]] or VendorTrash. Hateno Village has a minigame in which Link can be hired by Dentz to cull deer for money in Retsam Forest.
* In ''VideoGame/OverlordII'', there are seals in the Nordland the Overlord is able to hunt. Indeed, there's [[https://www.truetrophies.com/t3778/seal-slayer-trophy an achievement]] in clubbing 100 baby seals to death.
* Lara Croft of ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'' can hunt wild animals to get items for crafting.
* Laura of ''[[VideoGame/{{D}} D2]]'' is able to use her hunting rifle to shoot wild animals in order to heal herself with their meat.
* From ''[[https://www.atariarchives.org/bca/ David Ahl's BASIC Computer Adventures]]''
** ''Marco Polo'' allows the player to hunt animals for meat while traveling to China.
** Likewise, ''Westward Ho!'' allows the player to hunt animals to get meat during the travel to the West.

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* The ability to hunt is a recurring element in ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' games, usually by entering randomly spawning patches of grass on the WorldMap, which takes the player to an area with animals they can hunt by attacking with the party leader's weapon (most games have at least one character with a ranged weapon to make this much easier). Slain animals drop meat and similar items which can be used as HealthFood or [[MoneyGrinding just sold]].

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* In ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'', the player can shoot animals with his rifle to get additional food. Buffaloes can even be hunted to extinction.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Patapon}}'', where you play as the god of a tribe of Patapons, one of things you do, is help the Patapons on their hunts. The hunts will get you meat, wood and rocks, which you can use to create new Patapons or to play minigames that will get you other materials.

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* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', both the Fortress and the Adventurer modes allows the player to hunt wild animals to get their meat, bones, skin and ivory.

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* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' Conner can hunt animals for pelts, receiving better quality ones using less destructive kills, like the hidden blades. This can bog down traveling, as you have to skin every animal you kill and it is very common to be attacked by a few wild animals running between different locales.

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* ''[[VideoGame/MountAndBlade Mount & Blade : Warband]]'' Seems to have had one planned [[DummiedOut at some point]]: The game allows feudal lords to host feasts at their towns or castles, and wandering poets tell you about the benefits of performing well in the tournaments held during town feasts, as well as on the hunts held in castle feasts. Tournaments are an essential part of a feast, giving the player something to do besides talk, as feasts themselves are rather plain. They also provide the means to impress a potential spouse and/or lord in town. Castle feasts however, are the exact same, rather plain feast, but sadly devoid of any entertainment, despite the poets' claims.
* In ''VideoGame/LittleDragonsCafe'', you can find random meat around the island but the main way to get meat and poultry is by hunting. You can coax Zucchi into hitting rocks, killing them and turning them into CartoonMeat. Your dragon can also hunt Zucchi after it ages into child form. When it comes to the flying Yaki birds, the protagonist either jumps up and "headbutts" them or can headbutt them while riding an adolescent or adult dragon.

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* ''Red Dead Redemption'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', John Marston can hunt animals for their pelts, that he can sell at stores. The game even includes a different animation length depending on the size of the animal you're skinning.
** In the sequel, ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', hunting has been made even more realistic, with the values of the catches being dependent on the freshness of the meat and the cleanliness of the kill.

** ''VideoGame/FarCry4'': the player can hunt animals to get pelts and baits.
** Likewise, in ''VideoGame/FarCry5'', the Deputy can hunt animals to get pelts to sell and bait.

* In ''VideoGame/ImpressiveTitle'', players can hunt down animals for RandomDrop accessories to decorate their lion characters.
* ''VideoGame/CerealSoup'': Hunting provides meat so players can refill their [[SprintMeter stamina bar]] and help cure illness if the player is sick.

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Such games can either be {{Luck Based Mission}}s, where the probability of success depends of a stat of the player or even on the RandomNumberGod. Other games give a greater role to the player, letting him aim to the animals. Products can be used in CookingMechanics.

! Examples:

* ''VideoGame/CerealSoup'': Hunting provides meat so players can refill their [[SprintMeter stamina bar]] and help cure illness if the player is sick.

->"You're low on food. Better buy some or go hunting soon."
-->--'''Westward Ho!'''

* ''VideoGame/FarCry'':

[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hunting_minigame.jpg]]

** In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', John Marston can hunt animals for their pelts.
** In the following iteration, ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', hunting has been made even more realistic, with the values of the catches being dependent on the freshness of the meat and the cleanliness of the kill.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', another Rockstar game, allows Trevor Philips to hunt in the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness and earning money by fulfilling challenges about the manner of killing game or photographies to be sent to a friend.

Such games can either be {{Luck Based Mission}}s, where the probability of success depends of a stat of the player or even on the RandomNumberGod. Other games give a greater role to the player, letting him aim to the animals.

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* Laura of ''D2'' is able to use her hunting rifle to shot wild animals in order th heal herself with their meat.
* From [[https://www.atariarchives.org/bca/ ''David Ahl's BASIC Computer Adventures''']]
** ''Marco Polo'' allows the player to hunt animals for meat while travelling to China.

* VideoGame/YokaiWatch has bug catching. Similar to the fishing in the game, bugs caught can be traded for items at the Jungle Hunter, and be used to fulfill certain side quests.

* In VideoGame/{{Patapon}}, where you play as the god of a tribe of Patapons, one of things you do, is help the Patapons on their hunts. The hunts will get you meat, wood and rocks, which you can use to create new Patapons or to play minigames that will get you other materials.

* ''VideoGame/CerealSoup'': Hunting provides meat so players can refill their stamina bar and help cure illness if the player is sick.

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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', another Rockstar game, allows Trevor Philips to hunt in the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness and earning money by fulfilling challenges about the manner of killing game or photographies to be sent to a friend.