Badlands Vulture
Level 14 Wildlife · Claim Jumper Camp
Badlands Vulture is a level 14 wildlife found in the Sangre Territory of Desperados Destiny.
Field notes
Emboldened by the camp's steady supply of bodies, it attacks players below 50% HP — an aerial opportunist that punishes attrition.
What you are walking into
Badlands Vulture is level 14, carries 126 health, and is classed Stalker. That makes it a mid-game threat that expects a built character. It fights by attrition — damage that keeps working after the hand is played, so a long fight favours it rather than you. Every exchange resolves through the Destiny Deck: you draw five cards, choose what to hold, and the resulting poker hand decides how the action lands. Suit matches amplify the result, so the same fight against Badlands Vulture plays out differently each time you take it on.
Where to find Badlands Vulture
Badlands Vulture is encountered at Claim Jumper Camp. You will need to have discovered and travelled to that location before it can appear as a target, and travel between regions carries its own risks — routes are rolled for interception, and a bad roll puts an encounter between you and your destination. The full entry for Claim Jumper Camp covers what else is there.
What it drops
A kill pays 168 experience and between $6 and $14. Its loot table can yield Vulture Feather, Talons and Animal Bones. Drops are rolled per kill, so a full set takes repeat hunting. The first time you kill any species it is also recorded in your Field Guide, which pays a large one-off experience bonus and counts toward the Guide's completion milestones.
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