Find and Capture Animals in MGS 5 The Phantom Pain

Find and Capture Animals in MGS 5 The Phantom Pain

In the vastness of Africa and Afghanistan, there are dozens of animals just waiting of you to be saved from the horrors of war. In MGS 5: The Phantom Pain, you can collect animals during your missions in various ways and send them to the Animal Conservation (Zoo) Platform of the Mother Base. You will also get some GMP to our account for capturing animals. Where to find the animals and how to capture them, we will tell you in this guide.
MGS 5 - The Phantom Pain: Collect animals
Basically, there are three kinds of animals to capture:
- The Fulton Recovery System you have to collect mainly the large animals.
- The trapping cage is a support weapon that you can develop early in the game and use it to capture especially for small to medium-sized animals. To pick up the staff of the Mother Base takes care automatically.
- You can collect some smaller specimens with the hand, unless they have previously struck with stun guns.
List of All Animal
All species are extremely rare. Some exist only in isolated habitats and you must set up your cage traps to partially hidden places to get hold of a new species. If you have no luck, return to LKZ and try again. In the table below we listed all 47 animals, including, location, GMP reward and fishing method.

Name Location Rarity GMP Rewards Catching Methods Blandford's FoxAfghanistan (northwest)Very rare50,000 Cage Trap Afr. Civet catAfrica (North)Very rare50,000 Cage Trap Afr. Claws GeckoAfrica (Everywhere)Common500 Cage Trap Afr. BullfrogAfrica (east)Rare5,000 Cage Trap Afr. Wild dogAfrica (Everywhere)Rare5,000 Fulton Anglo-Nubian goatAfrica (Everywhere)Rare500 Fulton AnubisAfrica (Everywhere)Very rare50,000 Fulton Asia. Rat snakeAfghanistan (Everywhere)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap Bechstein's batAfghanistan (Everywhere)Common500 Cage Trap Brown bearAfghanistan (south)Rare5,000 Fulton Boer GoatAfrica (Everywhere)Rare500 Fulton ZebraAfrica (Everywhere)Common500 Fulton DjehutiAfrica (Everywhere)Very rare200,000 Manually G.Mediterranean Afghanistan (Everywhere)Common500 Cage Trap ScorpioAfghanistan (Everywhere)Common500 Fulton Grey WolfAfghanistan (Eastern)Common500 Fulton / Cage Trap GriffonAfghanistan (Everywhere)Very rare50,000 Fulton Himalayan BearAfghanistan / Africa (North)Very rare50,000 Cage Trap Honey BadgerAfrica (west)Common500 Cage Trap Scorpion EmperorAfrica (South)Rare5,000 Fulton / Cage Trap Eagle MartialAfghanistan (west)Very rare50,000 Cage Trap CaracalAfghanistan (Everywhere)Rare500 Fulton Cashmere goatAfghanistan (Everywhere)Rare500 Fulton HyraxAfrica (North West)Rare5,000 Cage Trap RavenAfghanistan / Africa (Everywhere)Common500 Cage Trap / Manual HemiechinusAfghanistan (south)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap / Manual Leopard GeckoAfghanistan (Central)Common500 Cage Trap Lappet-faced VultureAfrica (northeast)Common500 Fulton / Cage Trap OkapiAfrica (Everywhere)Very rare50,000 Fulton Orient. White StorkAfghanistan (northwest)Common to rare500 Fulton / Cage Trap Leopard TortoiseAfrica (west)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap GerbilAfghanistan / Africa (Everywhere)Common500 Cage Trap/ Manual Red FoxAfghanistan (Central)Rare5,000 Cage Trap Russ. TortoiseAfghanistan (South-West)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap Reddish PikaAfghanistan (Central)Rare5,000 Cage Trap / Manual Sand CatAfghanistan (west)Rare5,000 Cage Trap Black MambaAfrica (South)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap Black StorkAfghanistan / Africa (South)Rare5,000 Cage Trap / Manual AgamidaeAfrica (west)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap Striped JackalAfrica (Everywhere)Common500 Fulton Marsh MongooseAfrica (west)Very rare50,000 Cage Trap Trumpeter HornbillAfrica (west)Common500 Cage Trap / Manual TsuchinokoAfrica (northeast)Extremely rare200,000 Cage Trap African hedgehogAfrica (west)Common to rare2,000 Cage Trap / Manual Tree PangolinAfrica (South)Very rare50,000 Cage Trap Wild assAfghanistan / Africa (Everywhere)Common500 Fulton Desert ChameleonAfrica (South)Rare5,000 Cage Trap
The Oriental White Stork is a special feature. You can stun and collect only during Mission 11!
Pay attention when you capturing that gray wolves, brown bears, strips jackals, African wild dogs, they are nocturnal and sleep during the day. Conversely, it is with cashmere goats, Karakul sheep, wild asses, Anglo-Nubian goats, Boer goats, Bohm's zebra, okapi and wild asses, which are diurnal and sleep at night.
Trophy Achievement "Conservation"
Once you have collected all wildlife species take them to your Mother Base, and you will get the Conservation trophy.