Are there animals and wildlife in GTA 6?
Yes. Rockstar told Game Informer that GTA 6 has more than 170 animal species across land, air and sea, with some classed as Rare, Discoverable or Legendary. Whether you can hunt them has not been stated.
Verdict: Confirmed — and now with a number. GTA 6 includes more than 170 animal species across land, air and sea, according to Rockstar’s own account in Game Informer’s cover story of September 29, 2026. Some animals are classed as Rare, Discoverable or Legendary. What Rockstar has not stated is whether there is a hunting system.
What changed
Until this week the evidence was a single trailer scene: an alligator walking into a convenience store. That settled the yes-or-no question and nothing else. Game Informer’s cover story replaces it with a stated figure and a named species list, covered in our report on the issue.
| Question | Current answer |
|---|---|
| Are animals present? | Yes |
| How many species? | More than 170, per Rockstar |
| Is there a rarity system? | Yes — Rare, Discoverable and Legendary |
| Which legendary animals? | Kept secret by Rockstar |
| Is there a hunting system? | Not stated |
| Can animals be photographed or studied? | Reported by one outlet; not confirmed |
The species named so far
Reports from the full issue break the total down as more than 60 types of bird and more than 30 land mammals, with fish and reptiles making up the remainder.
| Group | Named |
|---|---|
| Native Florida species | Flamingos, manatees, pelicans, alligators |
| Invasive species | Green iguanas, cane toads, feral cats, rhesus macaques |
| Marine life | Sharks, whales, rays, turtles, jellyfish |
The first two rows come from Game Informer’s free excerpt. The marine list comes from outlets that read the full feature, including VICE. The invasive animals are the notable inclusion: Florida does have wild macaques and cane toads, and modelling them suggests the research went beyond the obvious postcard wildlife.
Game Informer also describes new rendering work for animals, including iridescence, bioluminescence, translucency, distinct feather types and reworked hair and fur.
Rare, Discoverable and Legendary
Certain animals carry one of three labels, and Rockstar is withholding the identities of the harder-to-find ones. Red Dead Redemption 2 used the word “legendary” for unique animals that could be tracked and hunted, so the comparison is natural.
It is also where caution is needed. The published excerpt confirms the categories exist. It does not say what a player does on finding a legendary animal. Some coverage has read the tiers as proof that hunting returns, and one outlet reports an animal photography activity, but neither appears in Game Informer’s own free summary. Until Rockstar says how the tiers are used, this page treats hunting as open.
Series precedent
GTA 5 had a modest set of ambient land and marine animals. Red Dead Redemption 2 built an ecosystem of roughly 200 species around tracking, hunting and studying. A count above 170 places GTA 6 far closer to the second than the first in breadth. Breadth is not the same as depth, though: nothing yet describes predators hunting prey, animals reacting to weather, or a compendium.
What is still unknown
- Whether animals can be hunted, and whether pelts or meat have any use
- Whether animals attack Jason and Lucia
- How species are distributed between Grassrivers, the Keys and Mount Kalaga
- Whether the reported zoos are enterable locations with their own animals
- Whether pets or animal companions exist
For the rest of what Rockstar has stated, see everything confirmed so far.
This page will be updated when Rockstar explains how the rarity tiers work in play.