Our Trophy Lodge: A Walk Through the Wall

Every animal we are proud of ends up on the wall. This is a walk through our trophy lodge: fourteen mounts, room by room, with the fur, the trophy rating and how close each one came to a diamond. Tap any picture to enlarge it.

Series: Our Best Kills. The animals we are proudest of, with the numbers and the story. See the whole series.

The Great Hall

The Great Hall is the big stair room. The lion stands on a pedestal at the left of the stairs and the eastern gray kangaroo at the right. The side-striped jackal is on the round planter at the far right of the first picture, and the moose hangs on a plaque high above the steps.

The Great Hall: the lion on its pedestal at the left of the stairs, the kangaroo at the right and the moose plaque above the steps Lion, Tan, male, trophy rating 45.9 Eastern gray kangaroo, Grey Brown, male, trophy rating 497.3 Side-striped jackal, Grey Brown, male, trophy rating 30.3 Moose plaque above the stairs, Brown, male, trophy rating 249.8

Screenshots from our own save. Tap any image to enlarge.

• Lion: Tan, male, trophy rating 45.9, Gold. The full story, with the shot and the numbers, is in Our Best Kills: Lion.
• Moose: Brown, male, 249.8, Gold. Our database puts a moose’s diamond at 274.99, so it was 25.19 short.
• Eastern gray kangaroo: Grey Brown, male, 497.3. A Diamond, confirmed on the harvest screen. Our own kangaroo thresholds are unverified (they match the American alligator’s, which looks like a copy error at the source), so we cannot give a trustworthy diamond line; the 492 in our data is at least consistent with a diamond.
• Side-striped jackal: Grey Brown, male, 30.3. Our database puts the jackal’s diamond line at 29.1, so this one is over it: our second diamond on show.

The Green Room

Green walls, a fireplace and curtains. The red deer stands on a pedestal here, a puma plaque hangs above the fireplace and a second puma stands on a pedestal behind. The dusky grouse sits on a box pedestal in the green sitting room.

The green room: the red deer on its pedestal, the puma plaque above the fireplace and a second puma behind Red deer, Dark Brown, male, trophy rating 219.4 Puma plaque, Light Brown, male, trophy rating 37.2 Puma on a pedestal, Light Brown, male, trophy rating 37.8 Dusky grouse, Slate Gray, male, trophy rating 140.1

Screenshots from our own save. Tap any image to enlarge.

• Red deer: Dark Brown, male, 219.4, Gold. Diamond is 251.07 in our data, so 31.67 short.
• Puma (plaque): Light Brown, male, 37.2, Gold, 1.8 short of the puma’s diamond line of 39.
• Puma (pedestal): Light Brown, male, 37.8, Gold, 1.2 short.
• Dusky grouse: Slate Gray, male, 140.1, Gold, 10.9 short of 151. Birds use a different scale from the big game, so the numbers look large.

The Dining Room

The Cape buffalo has the best spot in the house: a plaque on the red wall at the end of the long dining table, above the fireplace. Black, male, 148.4, Gold, only 2.95 short of the 151.35 diamond line in our data. The third picture shows the same plaque in View mode, with the panel hidden.

The Cape buffalo plaque at the end of the long dining table Cape buffalo, Black, male, trophy rating 148.4 (Investigate mode) The same plaque in View mode, with the panel hidden

Screenshots from our own save. Tap any image to enlarge.

The Library and the Panelled Rooms

The gray wolf pedestal stands in the library, among the bookcases. Its panel reads 1/3 with Previous and Next prompts, so several animals share the pedestal and this is the first. Our other wolf, the plains bison plaque, the saltwater crocodile and the brown bear plaque are in the wood-panelled rooms.

Gray wolf in the library, Grey, male, trophy rating 37.6. The panel reads 1/3, so more animals share this pedestal Gray wolf, Grey, male, trophy rating 38 Plains bison plaque, Light Grey, male, trophy rating 159.9 Saltwater crocodile, Olive, male, trophy rating 922.2 Brown bear plaque, Grey, male, trophy rating 26.9

Screenshots from our own save. Tap any image to enlarge.

• Gray wolf (library): Grey, male, 37.6, Gold, 1.4 short of the wolf’s diamond line of 39.
• Gray wolf (second): Grey, male, 38, Gold, 1.0 short. The closest of the two wolves.
• Plains bison: Light Grey, male, 159.9, Gold, 23.6 short of 183.5.
• Saltwater crocodile: Olive, male, 922.2, Gold, 92.8 short of 1015. Our alligator vs crocodile comparison has its numbers.
• Brown bear: Grey, male, 26.9, Gold, 0.8 short of 27.7, our closest miss. The lodge calls it Brown Bear. Grey is one of the Eurasian brown bear’s furs in our data, so we used those thresholds.

The Whole Wall, in Order

The lodge logs a date and time for every trophy. In date order they run from 24 August to 30 October 2026. “Diamond” is the diamond line and “To go” is how far the rating was below it. Medals and diamond lines are from our database, except the kangaroo, whose diamond is confirmed in game.

So Close: Seven Golds Within Three Points of Diamond

Seven of our golds are within 3 points of their diamond line: the brown bear (0.8), the second gray wolf (1.0), the second puma (1.2), the first wolf (1.4), the first puma (1.8), the lion (2.6) and the Cape buffalo (2.95). Our database describes a diamond as roughly 90% or more of a species’ maximum trophy rating. Shot quality does not change the rating; only the medal can be downgraded by a failed harvest check. So the way to close a gap like that is a higher-level animal, not a better shot. Binoculars show the level before you pull the trigger.

Where They Came From

Several of these species live on only one reserve in our database, which tells you where they were taken: the lion, jackal and Cape buffalo are Vurhonga Savanna; the kangaroo and crocodile are Emerald Coast Australia; the dusky grouse is Askiy Ridge. Pumas, wolves, moose, red deer, bison and the bear each live on several reserves.

Tips for Lodge Screenshots

• Investigate mode (press V) shows the info panel for whatever you are looking at: species, fur, gender, the date and time, and the trophy rating.
• View mode hides the panel and the prompts, so it is the one for clean pictures.
• Edit mode is for moving mounts. You can tell it by the compass in the corner.
• Plaques look best from straight on, a few paces back. Pedestals look best from a corner.

Screenshots from our own save. Medals, diamond lines and species ranges come from our database and can change with patches; the in-game harvest screen is the final word on a medal. Written October 2026. See our Vurhonga Savanna map and the lion guide.