What wildlife is confirmed in GTA 6?

Official trailers show alligators, green iguanas, American flamingos, brown pelicans, herons, gulls, tiger sharks, bottlenose dolphins, loggerhead sea turtles, manatees, key deer, wild pigs, and dogs. Rockstar has not published a full species list.

Is hunting confirmed in GTA 6?

No. Hunting is widely expected and appears in leaks tied to the wetlands and a northern national park, but Rockstar has not officially confirmed it.

Can you go fishing in GTA 6?

Fishing has not been officially confirmed. It shows up in leaks and fits the setting, but no Rockstar trailer or the GTA VI website has confirmed it yet.

Does GTA 6 have a living ecosystem?

The trailers show wildlife woven into everyday life in Leonida, from a gator in a pool to flamingos over the wetlands. The depth of the animal AI behind it is not yet confirmed.

GTA 6 Wildlife and Activities: Animals of Leonida

GTA 6’s trailers show a Florida-style state teeming with wildlife, from alligators in swimming pools to flamingos over the wetlands, but most of the activities built around that ecosystem are still unconfirmed. Rockstar has shown a lot of animals and a lot of coastline. It has said very little about how you will interact with either. This page separates the confirmed from the assumed.

Wildlife confirmed in the trailers

Every animal below has been spotted in official Rockstar trailer footage for GTA 6, set in the state of Leonida. Community “nature watchers” have catalogued them frame by frame. Rockstar itself has not published a species list, so treat this as a record of what appears on screen, not an official bestiary.

Land animals

Key deer, the small deer native to the Florida Keys, grazing in wooded areas.
Wild pigs rooting through brush.
Dogs, seen as both strays and pets around the city.

Sea life

Tiger sharks in open water.
Bottlenose dolphins off the coast.
Loggerhead sea turtles near the shallows.
West Indian manatees, briefly visible in a single canal shot.

Birds

American flamingos, shown in large flocks over the wetlands.
Brown pelicans along the waterfront.
Herons wading in the shallows.
Gulls over the beaches and marinas.

Reptiles

American alligators, the most prominent animal in Trailer 2. One is dragged out of a backyard pool, another strolls into a store.
Green iguanas, the invasive lizard that has become a real Florida fixture.

That is the confirmed roster. Other creatures named online, and any claim about a full “animal encyclopedia,” come from leaks and stay unconfirmed until Rockstar shows them.

A living ecosystem, or set dressing?

How these animals appear is what stands out. A gator in a pool, a manatee in a canal, flamingos scattering over the Grassrivers wetlands: the trailers frame wildlife as part of daily life in Leonida, not a fenced-off safari zone. It reads like Rockstar wants the world to feel alive on its own, whether or not a player is watching.

What that means mechanically is still open. Reports of migration patterns, predator and prey behavior, and animals reacting to weather and time of day are expectations and leaks, not confirmed features. Rockstar has not detailed the animal AI. The trailers show a reactive-looking ecosystem, but how deep the simulation runs is unconfirmed.

Activities: what the trailers actually show

Leonida is built for water. Trailer 2 shows the coast, the Leonida Keys, and the wetlands as places you move through, not just backdrops.

On the water

Official footage shows boats, jet skis, airboats, and kayaks crossing the swamps, canals, and open sea. Water traversal is one of the clearest gameplay elements in the trailers. See the vehicles database for what has been shown on wheels and on water, and the locations database for the places they connect.

Beaches and nightlife

Ocean Beach, modeled on Miami’s South Beach, is the visual signature of Vice City. Trailer 2 shows the beach and nightlife the city is known for, including brief club scenes kept as tone-setting rather than anything explicit. Rockstar has not detailed which venues are enterable or what you can do inside them.

Hunting and fishing: leaked, not confirmed

This is the most common misconception about GTA 6. Hunting and fishing are widely expected, but Rockstar has not officially confirmed either. They appear in leaks and insider reports tied to the wetlands and a northern national park, and they fit the setting perfectly. None of that is an official announcement. Until a trailer, a screenshot, or the GTA VI website shows them, SixShore labels hunting and fishing as expected, not confirmed. We will update this page the moment that changes.

What SixShore tracks

This page sits alongside our wider coverage of confirmed gameplay features, the map of Leonida, and the locations database. Every animal here is on screen in an official trailer. Every activity is labelled by how solid the evidence is. As Rockstar reveals more before the November 19, 2026 launch, we log each change on the news page.