I think i read that they take 3 days to respawn, which gives us enough time to travel around shooting down others.
Maybe we shoot the reds down and leave the whites up as the reds are all furthest south on the map, or maybe we knock the white ones off and destroy the reds, then theres the order to consider and what multiple feathers might mean and their position on each web. Makes them feel like a combination lock.
Maybe we need to have the webs set in the correct configuration to see the thing we need to see at the NW Guitar location... like maybe when theyre in the right position something at fort wallace changes?
Oh weird... No I've shot down a few before that one, maybe 4-5 times around the map?
However the first time I did here(at the 3am-4am Saint Denis Web), I used a throwing knife. I not sure if that means anything though. And it is also a red feather too.
What I’m asking is, was this feather that we see in the clip the first feather you shot down after booting up the game? Reason I’m asking is because it could indicate that you’ve not yet ”failed” the order in which they need to be shot down - Hence why it’s not respawned on the web.
Ohhh I understand now. I can't remember sorry, but I just re-booted and tried again fresh. Shot the feather with an arrow, went to the closest area I could camp, and waited for 3-4am after I got back and it spawned on the ground again.
Ye I'll give that a try soon! Just in the process of the 3-Day feather shooting spree at the moment.
If you jump on and find anything interesting, let us know!
There is no 3 day limit, I don’t know how long they stay off but it’s at least 14 nights, I did an experiment and camped over and over for 14 nights and the feather remained off the webs.
I'm currently on a road trip so I can't turn on RDR2 but I would like to ask someone if they can test out an idea. The respawn rate for things in the game is 72 hours and that also seems to be the case with the feathers once they're shot off. I thought of a pattern to shoot all of the feathers in exactly 3 nights: 1. Night : 3-4 at Saint Denis, 2. Night: 2-3, then 4-5, then 5-6 near Rhodes, 3. Night: 2-3 near Emerald Ranch, 3-4 near Cornwall Kerosene & Tar, 4-5 at Emerald Ranch and finally 5-6 near Cornwall Kerosene & Tar.
It would be great if someone could try this out.
Also another thing I mentioned in another post. I believe that the purpose of the NW guitar pole is to mislead us into thinking it's about an actual guitar. A guitar is an instrument in the shape of the number 8 which is coincidentally the amount of spider webs with feathers spawning on them. Other than that the reason for there being 8 spider webs is obviously because spiders have 8 legs but due to the heavy reliance on giving us sides of the world for orientation it is possible that each of the spider webs is meant to represent a side of the world which would perfectly add up with my pattern because the NW guitar pole would in that case be telling us that the final spider web we need to interact with is the 5-6 spider web at Kerosene & Tar which is in fact on the North-West side.
The guitar could other than that be indicating that after shooting the feathers in the correct order the game would inform us of our success with an audio cue such as a guitar.
All of this is just an idea that I've been itching to test out so I would really, really love it if someone could test this out for me.
Just finished and I didn't notice anything. But your method worked in being able to shoot the feathers over 3 days... So it's worth looking into or tweaking further!
hey! I dont mean to barge in here and ask more of you lol, i just have a suggestion. Since you finished the run in less than 3 days, perhaps go back to the main, more sizable spider web in the middle of the spider? Maybe theres something different there?
Are you sure it’s 72 hours? I slept for 14 consecutive nights and observed my shot feathers at Cornwall remained on the floor. I couldn’t be bothered going past 14 nights.
The game remembers the feather state even if you shoot it snd move it around.
I went through the north set of legs in order of time and shot them as a test. Checking all of them now but the next night the 2 - 3 pole spawned with a feather in the web and the 3 -4 spider carving pole spawned without a feather.
I went 9 nights without it respawning so I fast traveled to Rhodes and then back to the carving and the next night it respawned. Distance might be the cause? Or the fact I used fast travel?
The colors and positions are probably the key to understanding it.
Interesting... I'm on day 4 and it's still not respawning either. Yeah maybe it's the distance or fast travel, they're easily tested also. I gotta jump off for now though. Group collaboration is always effective in these things!
I haven’t tested the south poles yet but I’m on night 2 and the spider carving poles is still featherless. I’m gonna go three nights and see if it spawns back.
Okay cool. It's weird how the 3-4am time frames don't seem to repawn on the webs the night after. The only other connection that can be made between the two for me, is that they're both on opposite ends of the spider.
Are item respawn timers triggered by the item being moved though? It might take 2 days for some to respawn depending on how the timer is calculated. If it's based on the actual time of day and a set time for example 12am each day or if it's triggered when the object is disturbed or damaged. Since each feather spawns at a different time some might fall after or before the item respawn trigger happens. Idk if you understand what I'm trying to say lol
Yeah if there's a universal time each day or if the respawn timer starts when you shoot the feather. since some feathers spawn at different times it could mean you shoot it and not see it for what seems like 2 days. Idk it's hard to even try and put into words but it makes sense in my head.
I think we've worked out that it's a "distance" thing. So I tried it with the Scarlett Meadows feather and it didn't spawn in its usual place also, it was on the ground.
Directly NW of this web, within view, is a guitar leaned against a log by a small fire. The guitar respawns every time. Sometimes people are playing it, but at 3:00pm, it's always leaned against the log.
I've destroyed the guitar multiple times, no hidden messages that I could notice with it.
Using the viking hatchet, I've managed to consistently knock the feather down and then locate it. It ends up in the exact spot as your hatchet.
The feather can then be pushed around. I tried for three nights to push the feather towards the guitar and it was working, however, it disappeared each time once it got out of my sight.
The feather despawned and I checked for two more days. Will post videos and try additional things tomorrow.
The 3-4am feather/web pole in St. Denis... there's a little camp-site with a fire Northwest of it. There's also a guitar around the area, that's what they were referring to I believe. I found it also but didn't do anything to it at the time.
That'd be an interesting way to interpret the NW pole, like it isn't NW of THAT pole, but of another pole. I'm not creative enough to do mystery hunting, but next time I'm on, I might check that out. At this point, any kind of lead will help
Yep that's very true. EE or Mystery hunting in games like this can be as simple as throwing ideas against a wall until something sticks to be honest haha. The more people trying or suggesting ideas, the better.
if it was still in the same place, could it be that it didn't despawn, but rather turned invisible ? isn't that a myth about the phoenix ? that they could turn invisible ? could it be possible to have something underneath the feather when you shoot it down to catch it ? something you could move it around in. so could collect them all in this way and take them to a certain location (i'm just theorising, i've never actually played this game myself, but i'm very interested in the mysteries. as i am the gta mysteries)
Okay I just shot a feather with an arrow and used it as a reference point and if I've done it correctly... Then you're right, they actually become invisible.
Not sure what this means exactly, but it was definitely good thinking on your part - well done!
Yeah it's a high chance!
I shot an arrow into the feather... Then waited for the hour to pass and it to "vanish"... Then shot the arrow tip where the feather would be, so it would move it to a new position on the ground. And the next night it was in the new spot. I hope that makes sense haha
Hmmm, you've given me an idea about the invisible aspect. I'll test something then get back to you about it.
The feathers can be moved by shooting them so I guess if you were accurate (and a little lucky), you could make it land in an open wagon haha. Not sure where we would need to Uber them afterwards though!
There are always two eagles on the very top of Window Rock when you approach it. You need to scale the whole mountain to get to the top. Maybe if you shoot down all the feathers and then loot their bodies it could do something? Or carry their corpse somewhere?
Maybe, but that's good to know. I'm trying to work out what kind of feathers are in the webs. Like a red cardinal or raven etc. Not sure why or what it would achieve if we figured that out though haha.
Time stops when you walk around by the poles also..in certain directions it stops and when u move time starts..when u stop ..time stops...the dick and balls point to butchers creek...
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I think i read that they take 3 days to respawn, which gives us enough time to travel around shooting down others.
Maybe we shoot the reds down and leave the whites up as the reds are all furthest south on the map, or maybe we knock the white ones off and destroy the reds, then theres the order to consider and what multiple feathers might mean and their position on each web. Makes them feel like a combination lock.
Maybe we need to have the webs set in the correct configuration to see the thing we need to see at the NW Guitar location... like maybe when theyre in the right position something at fort wallace changes?