How to find Far Cry: Primal’s secret homage to Blood Dragon

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Far Cry: Primal‘s open world has a lot of nook and crannies, but one of them hides a fun Easter egg for fans of the series.

Specifically, a certain cave has a Blood Dragon skeleton, the namesake beast from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, a standalone expansion to the third game in the series that won players’ hearts thanks to its ’80s action movie aesthetic. Discovering this secret even earns you an Achievement/Trophy, Mark 4 Wenja.

If you want to see the skeleton for yourself, just go to this location on the map, indicated by the player icon (that yellow arrow thingy).

A zoomed out look of where you want to be on the map.
A zoomed out look of where you want to be on the map.
A closer look.
A closer look.

At the end of the river indicated in the picture above, you’ll find an icy waterfall. When you see it, go left, then turn right and take a path up and behind the waterfall. That’s where you’ll find the cave.

You need to go up there.
You need to go up there.

And then, behold! You’ll find the skeleton from the picture at the top of this story.