How to Get a Diamond Jackal in Call of the Wild — Our Near-Guaranteed Vurhonga Spot

Side-striped jackals are one of the easier diamonds in the game, if you know where to sit. We took our diamond jackal at this need zone on Vurhonga Savanna, and another big jackal still hangs around just to the west. Here is exactly where it is and how to hunt it.

The Spot

Open the map on Vurhonga Savanna and look for the side-striped jackal need zone at 8560.000, -8320.000. In our save it’s active from 06:00 to 10:00, which lines up with the jackal’s published rest window.

• Where: north of the outpost, on the east side of the main north–south road, along a winding track. A small pond sits to the east, and feeding zones are scattered all around it.
• Window: 06:00–10:00 in-game. Be in place before six.
• What’s there: we took our diamond jackal here, and another large jackal is still in the area a little to the west.

The jackal need zone, zoomed in: 06:00–10:00 at 8560, -8320 (our save) Zoomed out: the zone (gold pin) north of the outpost, east of the main road (our save) A side-striped jackal from our hunt today at the same spot (not the diamond) Acacia trees on the savanna Sunset over a waterhole

Our own screenshots plus 2 official store screenshots. Tap any image to enlarge.

How to Hunt It

1. Fast-travel to the nearest outpost and walk north to the zone. Arrive before 06:00 so the jackals walk in to you, not away from you.
2. Set up downwind of the zone, in cover, with a clear view. Jackals are small and easy to lose in long grass, so pick a spot with a sightline.
3. Glass every jackal. The jackal’s trophy is weight-based, so the diamond is simply the heaviest animal. Use binoculars to check its level and weight before you shoot. Only top-level (Legendary) jackals reach diamond.
4. Use small, in-class ammo. Jackals are class 2. Good picks: Ranger .243 with .243 Soft-Point, .223 Docent with .223 Soft-Point, Kullman .22H with .22H Soft-Point.
5. Make one clean shot. A lung or heart shot with in-class ammo passes the harvest check and keeps the diamond.
6. Leave the young and light ones. Passing on small jackals keeps the zone busy for the next morning.

Is It Really Guaranteed?

On our save it has been: one diamond already taken here, and another big jackal nearby. Call of the Wild gives every save its own animals, and need zones can sit in slightly different places, so treat the coordinates as the place to start looking. The setup is the same everywhere: find the jackal rest zone in this area, be there for the morning window, and glass for the heaviest animal.

More on Jackals

See our full side-striped jackal entry for weights, furs and need zones, and the Vurhonga Savanna guide for the in-game map and the rest of the reserve.

Spot, coordinates and screenshots from our own save. Two images are official store screenshots. Written October 2026.