Did anyone else get to kill the empress jaguar once - but only once?  Lara goes into a crouch in that bit of San Juan for me and can put on mud for camouflage - but there's no big cat, just deer.  On my attempts at the game she vanishes permanently after the first time she's killed.  Doesn't break the game but is there something specific that gets her to appear?

That's been my experience too. Once you've killed the jaguar the first time, Lara will continue to crouch, like there's danger, but the jaguar never seems to respawn. I haven't playtested it extensively, but I've tried returning to that area before heading into the City of the Serpent, then again after finishing the story. Still no empress jaguar. It feels like a bug to me.

My guess is that you can get the empress jaguar twice. The first time before Lara chats with the local that reveals the empress jaguar, the second time after chatting with the local that reveals the empress jaguar on the map.

 

Interesting, @rcgldr - did you get her twice, then?  If and when I go through it again might be worth trying.  I am pretty sure it's a bug, though, given her going into a crouch.  Just the wrong animals spawn!

On 1/23/2019 at 2:23 PM, SpirantCrayon22 said:

Interesting, @rcgldr - did you get her twice, then?  If and when I go through it again might be worth trying.  I am pretty sure it's a bug, though, given her going into a crouch.  Just the wrong animals spawn!

No, I tried the sequence I mentioned and the jaguar did not respond. You do get the hides from salvage caches, but that is random.

I am having a bit different problem with that area. I have killed the jaguar but now I can’t get out of that area. Laura won’t even jump or crouch. Has any one else had this problem?

That's a new one on me. Hopefully someone will have some ideas. Maybe you missed something somewhere.