When a character encounters an wild animal or plant, he/she must make a dice roll using his/her Survival (including Recognising wild animals/plants specialism and any specialism in the environment type) + PE to recognise it. If the dice roll is successful, the referee should tell the player what the animal/plant is and describe its properties. If the dice roll fails, the referee should simply describe to the player what the character sees.
The difficulty depends on how common the plant or animal is:
| Rarity | Difficulty value |
| Common | 2 |
| Uncommon | 6 |
| Rare | 10 |
| Very rare (e.g. a creature the referee has invented) | 14 |