Need help achieving gold medals, completing challenges, and reaching 100% completion in Red Dead Redemption 2? Look no further, as this supplementary guide provides all the essential tips and tricks to conquer the game. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned player, this guide has got you covered. Keep reading to learn how to master Red Dead Redemption 2.
Credits:
This guide has been written using NCSFan001’s[psnprofiles.com] and NL_Sion PS4 guide over on PSNprofiles, all credit goes to them. I have converted as much of the information in this guide to PC as best as I can, but credit goes to them, they did the hard work.
Intro:
Welcome to the Red Dead Redemption 2 supplementary guide! The first part of the guide covers the 104 available gold medals with short descriptions of the requirements and video walkthroughs. The second part covers the game’s 90 total challenges, divided into 9 overall challenges with 10 parts each. Lastly, we will be reviewing the requirements for the 100% completion. It’s a long journey, so be prepared!
This guide is supplementary to the full walkthrough which can be found here.
Disclaimers:
Gold Medals:
- You only need to earn 70 Gold Medals in the 104 available missions, so that means you’ll be able to skip any 34 of missions you struggle the most with getting a Gold Medal on. Additionally, there is a good handful of super short and easy missions during the Epilogue that you can use to earn a quick and easy Gold Medal later in the game before you go back to replay any more, if need be.
- If you complete 3/5 optional objectives for a mission on your first time playing it, those won’t matter once you come back to replay it for the Gold Medal. This is because you must complete every single optional objective for a mission in a single replay/playthrough of the mission in order to earn the Gold Medal.
- The order of the missions in this walkthrough is not set in stone, as you can usually play a number of different missions at any time in whatever order you want.
- Some missions have objectives such as “complete within 12 minutes 30 seconds”, for these you will most likely have to skip all the cut scenes in order to fulfill that goal.
- It’s encouraged to start a new save for doing these gold medal missions. Turn off auto-safe and save your game before starting a mission. If you don’t get gold medal, restart the save and try again. If you do this with replay you can not choose what horse or items you bring with you. You most likely will get the most basic horse and almost no items. However, it is completely possible to still get the trophy using only mission replay.
- All missions are ranked on a scale from 1-5 in difficulty; this is subjective and based on the authors’ experiences.
- Accuracy related objectives do not support reloading previous checkpoints.
- Additionally, if you die, it will void the common “use no health items” objective.
- Big thanks to GTA Series Videos for every mission’s Gold Medal video guide as well as guides for all 90 challenges located below!
- A second helpful guide is Gaming with Abyss[gamingwithabyss.com], because he is doing it on replay.
- Note: as of December 2019 (patch 1.15), the game has finally been updated to make these medals easier. Though it hasn’t been 100% confirmed as to what exactly you carry over during mission replay, it appears that your max health, stamina, and dead eye will all be set at a reasonable level for the distance through the game the mission occurs (I.E. chapter 1 you will still be at level 1, while epilogue part 2 should give you max stats). Your horse, weapons, and overall inventory seem to carry over in a similar way, with whatever you would normally have unlocked by that point being accessible during the mission. While you do still have to complete all objectives in a single run, the improved stats, inventory, and horse now make this trophy significantly less frustrating. The guide was written from the perspective of players that did the trophy the “original” way, so it is fair for someone just starting on the gold medals to assume that most of the harder missions can be dropped by a point or two in difficulty.
Challenges:
- Challenge progress can be checked by going to the “challenge” section of the “progress” tab in the pause menu.
- For the sake of efficiency and convenience, you should wait until you’ve completed the story to fully complete any said challenge category. This is because it’s far easier than if you were to start right away, and some challenges simply cannot be completed until you’ve reached at least the Epilogue. However, you’re free to work towards any challenge you want while you play through the story, if you want to save some time for later.
- It is advised save the challenges that involve committing crimes until after you have reached the maximum honor level late in the game for a trophy, and completed all the optional honor missions.
- You can complete challenge progress while in missions.
- Recipes for crafting things are generally unlocked by progressing the story, so it’s recommended to wait until you’re finished the story to attempt most of the challenges. Alternatively, you can usually purchase recipes from a Fence as well.
How To Gamble:
This challenge category gets an entire separate section because a lot of it requires genuine knowledge of some kinds of gambling. Therefore, we will provide as many useful links as we can in order to help you learn and understand how you can play some of these games.
- How to play poker [www.cardplayer.com]and a reference guide.[www.cardplayer.com]
- How to play Blackjack[bicyclecards.com]
- How to play dominoes[www.wikihow.com]
100% Completion:
- You can check your progress by pausing the game, going to the “progress” tab, and the “total completion” section.
- You don’t have to 100% the Compendium.
Chapter 1
Mission 1: Outlaws From The West
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Take no damage during the shootout
- Loot 6 or more items from Adler Ranch
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
Outlaws From The West – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Enter, Pursued By A Memory
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill all the wolves without taking any damage
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
Enter, Persued By A Memory – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: Old Friends
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Catch and hogtie Kieran within 45 seconds
- Kill 3 O’Driscolls in the same Dead Eye use
- Complete within 15 minutes and 30 seconds
- Get 15 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Old Friends – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: The Aftermath Of Genesis
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Comletion:
- Kill each deer with one arrow
- Do not spook either deer
- Get a clean kill on the second dear
The Aftermath of Genesis – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: Who The Hell Is Leviticus Cornwall?
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Save Lenny when he is hanging on the train
- After stopping the train, take out the guards within 1 minute 30 seconds
- Take no damage during the shootout
- Get 10 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Who The Hell Is Leviticus Cornwall? – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: Eastward Bound
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Pick up Javier when entering Horseshoe Overlook
- Complete within 6 minutes
Eastward Bound – Gold Medal Guide
Chapter 2
Mission 1: Who Is Not Without Sin
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Win 2 hands of Poker
- Return Reverend to camp within 2 minutes 5 seconds
Who Is Not Without Sin – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Polite Society, Valentine Style
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Return the lost wagon horse to its owner
- Find Karen within 45 seconds
Polite Society, Valentine Style – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: Americans At Rest
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Save Javier within 15 seconds
- Defeat Tommy within 1 minute 30 seconds
Americans At Rest – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: Exit Persued By A Bruised Ego
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Track the bear within 1 minute 30 seconds
- Shoot the bear at least 6 times
- Complete within 12 minutes
Exit Pursued By A Bruised Ego – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: Paying A Social Call
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Silently kill 4 O’Driscolls
- Get 12 headshots
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Paying A Socal Call – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: The Spines Of America
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Loot everything from Carmody Dell
- Don’t get spotted
- Deliver the wagon to Emerald Ranch within 1 minute 10 seconds
The Spines Of America – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: A Quiet Time
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Try to make amends with an old rival
- Catch Lenny in the act
- Don’t get arrested
A Quiet Time – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: Money Lending And Other Sins I, II, & III
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 2 minutes 10 seconds
Money Lending And Other Sins I, II, & III – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: We Loved Once And True I, II & III
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Peacefully convince the Chelonians to let you take Jamie
- Return Jamie to Mary within 2 minutes
We Loved Once And True I, II & III – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 10: Good, Honest, Snake Oil
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Stop Benedict Allbright from falling off the cliff
- Hogtie Allbright within 1 minute 15 seconds
- Return Allbright to the sherrif within 1 minute 30 seconds
Good, Honest, Snake Oil – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 11: The First Shall Be Last
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Silently kill the bounty hunters by the river with Javier
- Shoot the rope to free Sean
- Get 10 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
The First Shall Be Last – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 12: Blessed Are The Meek?
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- While escaping, kill all mounted Lawmen within 55 seconds
- Get 15 headshots
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Blessed Are The Meek? – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 13: Forth Oil I & II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Deliver the wagon to the drop off within 1 minute 45 seconds
Mission 13: Pouring Forth Oil I & II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 14: Forth Oil III & IV
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill all the train guards before Sean fires a shot
- Clear the baggage car of loot
- Escape the Law within 1 minute 30 seconds
- Get 10 kills in Dead Eye
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note 1: this is the mission that unlocks “manual painting” in dead eye (hitting Q to mark specific parts of targets).
- Note 2: in replay you will need to take the fine brandy and cigar from the baggage car in order to have enough dead eye for the objective. Additionally, one of the passengers you can rob should give you some chewing tobacco.
Forth Oil III & IV – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 15: A Fisher Of Men
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- After arriving at the river, catch a fish within 1 minute 30 seconds
- Complete within 7 minutes 20 seconds
A Fisher Of Men – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 16: An American Pastoral Scene
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5 and IMPOSSIBLE on replay
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot each of the mounted guards protecting the wagon
- Get 10 kills in Dead Eye
- Complete within 6 minutes
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note: impossible on replay because you don’t have enough deadeye
An American Pastoral Scene – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 17: The Sheep and the Goats
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Herd all the sheep in to the pen in Valentine
- Get 25 headshots
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
The Sheep and the Goats – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 18: A Strange Kindness
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Return the captive to his family within 1 minute 40 seconds
- Get 5 headshots
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
A Strange Kindness – Gold Medal Guide
Chapter 3
Mission 1: Further Questions of Female Suffrage
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Fend off the Lemoyne Raiders in less than 1 minute
- Get 5 headshots
- Complete with at least 85% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Further Questions of Female Suffrage – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2:The New South
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Knock out Anders Anderson without taking a hit
- Catch and return Anders Anderson to jail within 5 minutes 30 seconds
- Catch a fish with Dutch and Hosea
The New South – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: American Distillation
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Win the race back to camp
- Complete the mission without taking damage
- Get 10 headshots
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
American Distillation – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: The Course of True Love I & II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Reach Penelope without getting spotted
- Complete within 3 minutes
The Course of True Love I & II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: The Course Of True Love III
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 4 minutes 15 seconds
The Course Of True Love III – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: Advertising, The New American Art I & II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot 5 Lemoyne Raiders in the saloon
- Complete with at least 90% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Advertising, The New American Art I & II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: Magicians For Sport
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Inspect all the clues in Trelawny’s Caravan
- While tracking, stay within 30 feet of Trelawny’s trail
- Kill 2 bounty hunters in the cornfields within 1 minute: you can kill two of them in dead eye the second they run from the cabin before disappearing into the cornfields.
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Magicians For Sport – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: Friends in Very Low Places
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete the mission without being spotted
- Complete within 8 minutes 10 seconds
Friends in Very Low Places – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: An Honest Mistake
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Save Uncle when he is overpowered
- Get 20 headshots
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note: may be impossible on replay due to dead eye restrictions.
An Honest Mistake – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 10: Preaching Forgiveness As He Went
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill 10 Lemoyne Raiders with a long scoped rifle
- Complete within 11 minutes and 30 seconds
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Preaching Forgiveness As He Went – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 11: Sodom? Back To Gomorrah
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Loot all the safes
- Headshot 5 mounted Lawmen during the horseback escape
- Get to Downes Ranch within 1 minute 55 seconds
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note: you can also choose to blow open the safes, which will cause the mission to play a little differently.
Sodom? Back To Gomorrah – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 12: Horse Flesh for Dinner
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill the stable hand showing you the horses
- Catch the stallion within 10 seconds
- Get 5 headshots
Horse Flesh for Dinner – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 13: The Fine Joys Of Tobacco
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Silently kill the Gray Sean distracts in the wagon store
- Douse the fields within 2 minutes 20 seconds
- Kill 5 grays during the escape
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note: this mission can be troublesome because there are only 5 enemies at the end and Sean will try to kill them quickly. As soon as he hops to the front of the wagon, start riding off so you get a head start. Everything else is easy.
The Fine Joys Of Tobacco – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 14: Blessed are the Peacemakers
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Free yourself and perform self-surgery within 1 minute
- Recover your weapons from the O’Driscoll’s camp
- Kill the O’Driscoll gang members that beat and shot you
- Escape the camp without being spotted
Blessed are the Peacemakers – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 15: A Short Walk In A Pretty Town
Gold Medal Difficulty: 5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill 3 Lawmen in Dead Eye while saving Bill
- Complete using only sidearms
- Complete within 4 minutes 30 seconds
- Get 20 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
A Short Walk In A Pretty Town – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 16: Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot Gareth and Gerald Braithwaite
- Get 20 headshots
- Complete with at least 85% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 17: The Battle Of Shady Belle
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill all the Lemoyne Raiders in Shady Belle
- Clear two bodies from Shady Belle within 1 minute 40 seconds
- Complete within 11 minutes
The Battle Of Shady Belle – Gold Medal Guide
Chapter 4
Mission 1: The Joys Of Civilization
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Catch the street urchin before he reaches the market
- Complete within 5 minutes 30 seconds
The Joys Of Civilization – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Angelo Bronte, A Man Of Honor
Gold Medal Difficulty: 5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Encounter the dog and the drunk
- Don’t get spotted by the law
- Complete within 10 minutes 40 seconds
- Get 4 headshots
- Note: sometimes the 5th grave robber will not spawn; restart your game to fix the problem. Additionally the time limit is almost impossible to make no matter how perfectly you play.
Angelo Bronte, A Man Of Honor – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: Help A Brother Out
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Find the captives without threatening the store owner
- Complete within 2 minutes 45 seconds
Help A Brother Out – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: No, No and Thrice, No
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill both the Foreman boys yourself during the chase
- Complete with at least 90% accuracy
No, No and Thrice, No – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: Brothers and Sisters, One and All
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Find the kid within 19 seconds
Brothers and Sisters, One and All – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: Fatherhood and Other Dreams I & II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Catch the wagon and take it to the secluded spot within 1 minute 45 seconds
- Take Mary to the theater
Fatherhood and Other Dreams I & II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: The Gilded Cage
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- While at the party, pour some drinks, compliment a guest’s attire, accept a gift and save a life
- Follow the servant without being detected
The Gilded Cage – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: Horsem*n, Apocalypses
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Shoot the O’Driscoll’s in the boat before they disembark
- Complete using only sidearms
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Get 15 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Horsem*n, Apocalypses – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: American Fathers I & II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Infiltrate the factory by hiding in the wagon
- Reach Danbury’s office without being detected
- Kill all the horseback pursuers during the escape
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
American Fathers I & II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 10: A Fine Night Of Debauchery
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Win the game of poker without Strauss’s help
- After your cover is blown, escape the boat in under 35 seconds
- Get 5 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
A Fine Night Of Debauchery – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 11: Urban Pleasures
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Rob all the customers in the trolly station
- Kill 10 lawmen while on the trolley
- Prevent any lawmen jumping on the back of the wagon
- Shoot the dynamite Lenny throws
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Urban Pleasures – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 12: Country Pursuits
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Return Jules to the skiff within 1 minute 40 seconds
- Shoot the Bullgator 5 times
Country Pursuits – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 13: Revenge Is A Dish Best Eaten
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Search every room in Bronte’s mansion
- Carry Bronte to the skiff within 1 minute 30 seconds
- Get 20 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Revenge Is A Dish Best Eaten – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 14: Banking, The Old American Art
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Crack the safe without making any mistakes
- Complete using only sidearms
- Get 25 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note: this mission is really buggy especially on replay; for the first 5-10 minutes you’ll have to ride on horseback to your destination and often the others will just stop somewhere for no reason and make it impossible to progress.
Banking, The Old American Art – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 15: High and Low Finance
**NOTE: This mission is only available through special editions of the game as DLC. Also, it has been stated that this mission DOES NOT count toward the 70 gold medals trophy.**
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 5 minutes 45 seconds
- Don’t take any damage during the escape
High and Low Finance – Gold Medal Guide
Chapter 5
Mission 1: Welcome To The New World
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Do not fall behind while walking with the chain gang
- Get 10 headshots
Welcome To The New World – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Savagery Unleashed
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Release all the workers within 4 seconds
- Complete within 5 minutes 40 seconds
- Get 8 headshots
Savagery Unleashed – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: A Kind and Benevolent Despot
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Get Javier to safety in under 2 minutes
- Get 10 headshots
A Kind and Benevolent Despot – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: Hell Hath No Fury
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Prevent 4 boats from reaching the shore
- Destroy the Naval ship without missing a shot
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
Hell Hath No Fury – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: Paradise Mercifully Departed
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill the first 2 sentries without being spotted
- Escort the captain to the boat within 1 minute 45 seconds
- Complete within 6 minutes 45 seconds
- Get 25 headshots
Paradise Mercifully Departed – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: Dear Uncle Tacitus
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Leave Shady Belle without being detected by the Pinkertons
- Complete within 8 minutes
Dear Uncle Tacitus – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: Fleeting Joy
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill 2 Pinkertons during the Dead Eye ambush
- Get 5 headshots with the Gatling Gun
- Get at least 70% accuracy with the Gatling Gun
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Fleeting Joy – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: A Fork In The Road
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 3 minutes 5 seconds
- Note: if the woman spawns in your path while going to the doctor, you probably won’t be able to get the time limit.
A Fork In The Road – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: That’s Murfree Country
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Deliver Meredith to her mother within 2 minutes
- Get 15 headshots
- Complete with at least 85% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
That’s Murfree Country – Gold Medal Guide
Chapter 6
Mission 1: Icarus and Friends
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Keep the balloon at the correct altitude for the entire journey
- Get 5 headshots from the balloon
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Icarus and Friends – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Do Not Seek Absolution I
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 1 minute 20 seconds
Do Not Seek Absolution I – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: Do Not Seek Absolution II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Find Edith Downes within 1 minute 10 seconds
Do Not Seek Absolution II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: Visiting Hours
Gold Medal Difficulty: 5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Get headshots on both prison guards when sniping from the tower
- Escape to the boat within 2 minutes 45 seconds
- Complete within 9 minutes
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Visiting Hours – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: The Course of True Love IV & V
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot 5 of the Braithwaites as they pursue the train
- Complete within 7 minutes 30 seconds
The Course of True Love IV & V – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: Just a Social Call
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot 3 mounted enemies
- After killing Cornwall, reach the horses within 2 minutes 45 seconds
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Just a Social Call – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: A Rage Unleashed
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Knock out 2 soldiers on the boat
- Round up the horses and reach shore within 1 minute 30 seconds
A Rage Unleashed – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: The Delights Of Van Horn
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot 5 soldiers with a long scoped rifle
- Complete with at least 85% accuracy
The Delights Of Van Horn – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: Archeology for Beginners
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Recover the relics without being detected
- Recover the relics within 1 minute 30 seconds
Archeology for Beginners – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 10: Honor, Amongst Thieves
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Recover the vaccine without being detected
- Complete within 5 minutes
Honor, Amongst Thieves – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 11: The Bridge to Nowhere
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Plant the dynamite within 1 minute 35 seconds
- Escape the oncoming train within 19 seconds
The Bridge to Nowhere – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 12: The Fine Art of Conversation
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill a pursuers horse during the escape
- Complete within 9 minutes 30 seconds
- Complete with at least 75% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
The Fine Art of Conversation – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 13: Goodbye, Dear Friend
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Find Colm’s back up within 45 seconds
- Get 8 headshots with a long scoped rifle
- Complete within 6 minutes 30 seconds
Goodbye, Dear Friend – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 14: Favored Sons
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill the soldier on the cannon within 45 seconds
- Get 35 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Favored Sons – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 15: Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow I & II
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot the sniper in the barn
- Secure the barn without taking any damage
- Complete within 5 minutes 30 seconds
Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow I & II – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 16: The King’s Son
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- While infiltrating Fort Wallace, headshot every soldier blocking your way to Eagle Flies
- Kill 15 enemies while escaping in the canoe
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
The King’s Son – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 17: My Last Boy
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Save Paytah
- Get 30 headshots
- Complete with at least 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
My Last Boy – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 18: Our Best Selves
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Get a headshot in Dead Eye after jumping from Dutch’s Horse
- Complete within 11 minutes
- Fight through the train with at least 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Our Best Selves – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 19: Red Dead Redemption
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Get 7 headshots while covering Sadie from the lighthouse
- After Sadie is captured, reach Abigail and Sadie within 1 minute
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without using any health items
Red Dead Redemption – Gold Medal Guide
Epilogue Part 1
Mission 1: The Wheel
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Reach Pronghorn Ranch without dropping any supplies
- Reclaim the wagon within 1 minute
The Wheel – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Simple Pleasures
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- When milking, fill a bucket within 10 seconds
- Complete within 5 minutes 15 seconds
Simple Pleasures – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: Fatherhood, For Beginners
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Tire out Jeremiah within 45 seconds
- Feed Jeremiah a treat
- Teach Jack to ride without his horse bucking him off
- Win the race back to Pronghorn Ranch
Fatherhood, For Beginners – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: Farming, for Beginners
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Fix the first section of fence in 1 minute 30 seconds
- Avoid being hit by the bull
- Note: getting dragged by the bull while lassoing does not void the objective. To avoid getting hit, you can often run behind a rock or building.
Farming, for Beginners – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: Old Habits
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Defeat the Laramie without taking a hit
- Defeat the Laramie within 25 seconds
- Note: this mission is a little buggy with the “don’t take a hit” objective; it may register you as taking damage even if you don’t get hit, so this mission might take a few tries. Luckily it only takes a minute to do.
Old Habits – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: Jim Milton Rides, Again?
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Get 10 kills with dual wielding sidearms
- Get 15 headshots
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
- Note: though relatively easy, the headshot objective is bugged and won’t always unlock despite getting 15 or more headshots, so this may take a few tries.
Jim Milton Rides, Again? – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: Fatherhood, for Idiots
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill all 3 enemies in dead eye
- After the confrontation, return to Pronghorn Ranch within 1 minute 30 seconds
Fatherhood, for Idiots – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: Motherhood
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 1 minute 30 seconds
Motherhood – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: Home of the Gentry?
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 2 minute 30 seconds
Home of the Gentry? – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 10: Gainful Employment
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- After arriving in Strawberry, locate the bounty within 30 seconds
- After mounting your horse, catch and hogtie the bounty within 1 minute 15 seconds
Gainful Employment – Gold Medal Guide
Epilogue Part 2
Mission 1: Bare Knuckle Friendships
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- After arriving in Saint Denis, find Charles within 1 minute 50 seconds
- Kill all of Guido Martelli’s men within 10 seconds
Bare Knuckle Friendships – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 2: Home Improvement for Beginners
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 18 seconds
Home Improvement for Beginners – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 3: An Honest Day’s Labors
Gold Medal Difficulty: 3/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Kill all of Langton’s men during the horseback escape
- After choosing your approach, escape with Shane Finley within 5 minutes
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
An Honest Day’s Labors – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 4: The Tool Box
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Headshot all the Skinner Brothers hiding up trees
- Find Mr Wayne within 2 minutes 15 seconds
- Complete using only sidearms
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
The Tool Box – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 5: A New Jerusalem
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1.5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Hammer the nails with 80% accuracy
- Complete within 3 minutes 35 seconds
- Note: to get the hammer objective, you need to hold X for a split second instead of just tapping as you hammer the nails.
A New Jerusalem – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 6: A Quick Favor for an Old Friend
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Force Cortez’s men to flee from Rhodes within 30 seconds
- Get 5 headshots while covering Sadie with a long scoped rifle
- Get 4 hip fire kills
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
A Quick Favor for an Old Friend – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 7: Uncle’s Bad Day
Gold Medal Difficulty: 4/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Get 5 headshots using the bow
- After freeing Uncle, return to Beechers Hope within 3 minutes 10 seconds
- Complete with 80% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
Uncle’s Bad Day – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 8: A Really Big Bastard
Gold Medal Difficulty: 2/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Shoot the bear 4 times as it charges
- Headshot both the rival bounty hunters in Dead Eye
- Complete within 7 minutes 15 seconds
A Really Big Bastard – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 9: Trying Again
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Catch a fish
- Complete within 5 minutes 20 seconds
Trying Again – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 10: A New Future Imagined
Gold Medal Difficulty: 1/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Complete within 7 minutes 30 seconds
A New Future Imagined – Gold Medal Guide
Mission 11: American Venom
Gold Medal Difficulty: 5/5
Gold Medal Completion:
- Help Sadie catch Cleet within 35 seconds
- Headshot the sniper who shoots Charles
- Complete with at least 85% accuracy
- Complete the mission without taking any health items
American Venom – Gold Medal Guide
Challenge 1: Bandit
**Note: it is best to save this set of challenges for after you have completed the game and obtained the maximum honor level for other trophies, as these challenges will hurt your honor a lot.**
Part 1: Hold up 5 townsfolk.
- Simply aim your weapon and rob and 5 townsfolk from any town.
Part 2: Rob two coaches or return two stolen coaches to a Fence.
- Approach any coach and rob it twice, or sell coaches to a Fence at Emerald Ranch. You can attempt to rob them silently after obtaining an item in chapter 3, shoot the lock, or just kill the drivers. If you have trouble finding one, you can also rob the fast travel coaches.
Part 3: Rob the cash register in any four shops, in a single day.
- This requires you to hide your identity with a bandanna or face mask, even an alternative outfit, and rob 4 shops all before the day is over. This can be a little difficult to get all 4 in a single town, partially because the town will lock down for a little while after a robbery, so it is best to try and hit two or three different towns, such as Valentine and Rhodes. Alternatively, you can rob a store in a town such as Valentine and then escape the law, pay off the bounty at a nearby post office, and repeat.
Part 4: Rob three coaches or return three stolen coaches to a Fence, in a single day.
- This is one of the toughest challenges in this category, as it technically requires quite a bit of luck. However, if you have obtained the lockpicking item from a story mission in chapter 3, you are able to silently pick locks. Knowing this, the best option is to head to Rhodes in the morning and look for the stagecoach you can rent like a taxi. Rob it silently (save first), and then leave the town to make a new one spawn. Repeat this process until you finish the challenge.
Part 5: Earn a $250 dollar bounty in one state.
- As the description states, simply earn a bounty of $250 dollars in a single state. Just kill everyone you come across and kill the police when they arrive. You can get this along with Bronze Bountiful.
Part 6: Steal five horses, and sell them to the horse Fence at Clemens Cove.
- For this, you’ll have to steal a horse from anywhere, or anyone, and sell it to the brothers at Clemens Cove. Do this 5 different times. It doesn’t have to be done in one day and horses can be found all over the main towns and on roads.
Part 7: Rob $50 of cash and valuables from townsfolk and travelers.
- Approach any person on the road or in a town and rob them for as much money as they have on them. Keep robbing people until you’ve amassed $50 dollars. This will take a while since most travelers won’t have much money on them. You can speed this up by robbing a train, as passengers tend to have a little more money than regular travelers.
Part 8: Steal seven wagons, and sell them to the Fence at Emerald Ranch.
- Simply sell stolen wagons to the Fence in Emerald Ranch seven times. This doesn’t have to be done in one day or without dying, just stealing and selling seven total is sufficient.
Part 9: Hogtie someone and leave them on the railway tracks, three times.
- As a nice nod to a trophy from the original game, you will need to hogtie three people and leave them to a gruesome death on the railroad tracks. To hogtie someone, you have to lasso them onto the ground, approach them, and press Circle. Once they’re hogtied, go to any train track where a train passes and lay them on the track. Do this three times, and make sure the train runs them over for good measure.
Part 10: Complete five train robberies without dying or being caught.
- You’ll have the opportunity to rob any train later into the game, and for this, all you have to do is successfully rob any train 5 different times without dying or being caught. Just make sure to do things quick and clean and you should be able to escape without dying or being caught.
Bandit Challenge Guide
Challenge 2: Explorer
Part 1: Find a treasure map.
Parts 2-10 (each is the same): Find a treasure.
- This is the easiest challenge in the game by far, as it simply requires you to find a treasure map and then locate 9 treasures. If you follow the videos below, you will unlock all 10 parts of the challenge pretty quickly.
Poisonous Trail Treasure Hunt Locations and Solution
Torn and Mended Treasure Map Location and Solution
Jack Hall Gang Treasure Map Location and Solution
High Stakes Treasure Map Location and Solution
Challenge 3: Gambler
Part 1: Win 5 hands of poker.
- Go to any poker table around the world and win 5 hands. This doesn’t have to be done in one game or at one table, just 5 throughout the game.
Part 2: In blackjack, double down and win the hand five times.
- In blackjack, after the initial cards are dealt, you can choose to hit, fold, double down, or if you have 2 cards with the same number you can split. If you double down, you double your bet and then get just one more card. If you beat the dealer, or the dealer busts, you will win the hand. Do this 5 times for the challenge.
Part 3: Win three games of five finger fillet.
- In five finger fillet, you have to rapidly press buttons as they appear on screen to stab the space between your fingers. To win a game, you generally have to win 2 out of 3 rounds or 3 out of 5. Each round after you win gets harder, with the buttons changing around and becoming more complicated. Win 3 games to get this challenge.
Part 4: Bust one poker opponent out in each location (Flatneck Station, Saint Denis, Valentine).
- In poker, to bust an opponent means to make them lose all of their chips. For this challenge, you’ll just have to outsmart the opponents until you manage to bust one of them in each of the 3 locations mentioned. Aside from learning how to play poker in itself, I’d recommend simply paying attention to the way the opponents react to the game, such as they’ll begin betting high or low depending on if they think they have a good hand. Play smart and use context clues, and you should be able to get this with minimal problems.
Part 5: Win three rounds of dominoes without drawing any tiles against two or fewer opponents.
- For this challenge, you need to win 3 rounds of dominoes without drawing any tiles. This one is very annoying because it is very much up to how versed you are in the actual game of dominoes, opposed to most of the other games here which can be roughly understood just by playing the game. Please refer to the Useful Information section of the guide for a direct link on how to play dominoes, or Gtamen’s guide doing a little bit of explaining.
Part 6: Beat the blackjack dealer in two locations (Rhodes, Van Horn Trading Post).
- This one is actually pretty easy. All you have to do is beat the dealer, regardless of the method. Therefore, simply playing a few hands at each location will probably be enough for the challenge. Keep in mind that the Van Horn won’t always be playable until after you comeplete one of the stranger missions in the town.
Part 7: Beat the five finger fillet opponent in each location (Strawberry, Valentine, Van Horn Trading Post).
- For this challenge, you’ll have to do your best to win a game of five finger fillet in Strawberry, Valentine, and Van Horn Trading Post. Beating the first opponent in each location is really easy because the button sequence is very simple.
Part 8: Win three hands of blackjack, with three hits or more.
- This is perhaps the most BS challenge in the entire game, as it comes down entirely to luck. To complete this challenge, you have to win 3 total hands of blackjack after “hitting” (getting a new card) three times. Not just do you need to avoid going over 21, but you still have to win the hand. The best strategy is just to hit on every single hand until you eventually get lucky and win with 3 hits (a total of 5 cards on the table). This may take a few hours…
Part 9: Win three games of dominoes in a row.
- Simple, win 3 full games of dominoes in a row to get this challenge. Normally, this would be fairly difficult, but you can leave the table if you’re about to lose and it won’t count against you or reset the streak. Save after each win and then start playing again just to be safe. Obviously, knowledge of dominoes will make this much easier, but isn’t necessarily required if you get lucky. It is highly recommended that you play against only one opponent, though it doesn’t matter which variant of dominos you decide to play.
Part 10: Win three hands of poker in a row.
- Just like part 9 of this challenge, you will need to win three times in a row. Thankfully, you only have to win single poker hands for this challenge, and if you are about to lose you can leave the table. A good strategy is to go all in regardless of the cards you get, as more often than not everyone else will fold. If you just keep going all in repeatedly, you should get it within 20 hands. As with dominos, it is easier to play against fewer people.
Gambler Challenge Guide
Challenge 4: Herbalist
Part 1: Pick 6 Yarrow.
- Yarrow is a fairly tall red plant that is generally pretty common. If you want to get this challenge done early, there is a lot in the open fields near your campsite in Chapter 2.
Part 2: Pick and eat 4 species of berry.
- Each berry varies in size and won’t be super easy to spot, so be sure to give each area a thorough search if you seemingly can’t find it. It’s also important to note that you must eat the berry after you find it for it to actually count towards the challenge progression. Additionally, the berry may not count unless you receive the health benefit from eating it, so make sure your health core isn’t full at the time you eat the berry.
Below is a list of berries and their locations:
- Blackberry can be found in and around the Dakota River, to the left of Valentine.
- Evergreen Huckleberry can be found in the Swamps above Saint Denis and below the Lagras.
- Raspberry can be found just to the right of Valentine, and just above Citadel Rock.
- Wintergreen Berry can be found in the top-right corner of the map, above Roanoke Valley.
Part 3: Craft seven items using sage as an ingredient.
- For this challenge, you’ll have to find Sage and use it as an ingredient to craft 7 items. Oleander Sage will not count towards this challenge, so you must find others, such as Hummingbird Sage, a purple plant which can be found just south of Dewberry Creek. The easiest item to create for this challenge would have to be Potent Bitters, which also requires Burdock Root, another purple plant. You can find that all over the map but most specifically around lakes, rivers, or just in and around the shores of bodies of water.
Part 4: Pick five mushrooms, and feed them to your horse.
- Simply find and feed any five mushrooms to your horse. Mushrooms can be found anywhere on the map, but seemingly more so near Dakota River and on the way to Valentine, so keep an eye out while on the road and grassier areas for them. Make sure that you’re actually feeding mushrooms to your horse, and not just various foods, by selecting it in the inventory wheel.
Part 5: Craft nine items using Indian tobacco as an ingredient.
- Indian Tobacco is fairly common throughout the world and can be used to craft dead eye based items. Craft 9 total items using this tobacco to complete the challenge.
Part 6: Pick fifteen different species of herb.
- For this challenge, you’ll have to pick up any 15 herbs found in the wilderness. It’s not very picky with which ones you can pick up, so you could probably do this with relative ease by just traveling through different areas of the map, but refer to Gtamen’s video if you’d like a more specific look at where you might be able to find a handful of them.
Part 7: Craft five special miracle tonics, and use them.
- To create special miracle tonics, you’ll need to learn this recipe by completing the mission “A Short Walk in a Pretty Town”, and then buying the recipe from a fence (or by finding the recipe by exploring the wild).
The following herbs are the required as ingredients to craft one special miracle tonic:
- 6x Yarrow (can be easily found in and around the oil fields areas near the Heartlands).
- 6x Burdock Root (can be found in and around most bodies of water, rivers, and lakes).
- 6x Black or Golden Currant (can be found in various locations above Annesburg or around Beecher’s Hope).
- To craft all 5 miracle tonics you need 30 Yarrow, 30 Burdock Root and 30 Black or Golden Currant.
Part 8: Use oleander to craft six poison weapons.
- For this challenge, you’ll simply need to craft 6 poison weapons, which is most easily done with throwing knives. Collect some Oleander Sage (which can be easily found in the swampy areas above Caliga Hall), and buy some throwing knives from the Fence, and craft 6 of them.
Part 9: Pick one of each type of herb.
- **Glitch warning:** some players have reported that picking up some herbs before certain parts of the game and having them disappear, and re-grow in the same spot as a different herb. For example, if you were to pick up some herbs in Chapter 4, lose them in Chapter 5, and then return afterwards, they may be different entirely. In this case, please try to refrain from chasing this challenge too much until you’ve finished the story.
This challenge requires you to pick a total of 43 herbs spread across the map. For the sake of convenience, here is a complete video guide of each herb’s location:
All 43 Herb Locations
Part 10: Season and cook all eleven types of meat.
- For this challenge, you’ll have to season and cook all 11 different types of meat. You can season meats by hitting Left or Right on the d-pad while highlighting the meat in order to choose its recipe, and you can season them with different kinds of herbs, such as Oregano. Make sure that every piece of meat has been seasoned before you cook it.
The following are where you can find each kind of meat:
- Exotic Bird Meat (can be found most easily by killing a pelican just off the east side of Blackwater).
- Pork (can be purchased from a butcher).
- Plump Bird Meat (can be from any chicken, turkey, or goose from all over the map).
- Big Game Meat (can be easily found from any Alligator within the swamps).
- Prime Beef (can be purchased from a butcher).
- Succulent Fish Meat (from any kind of smaller fish).
- Game Meat (can be narrowed down to most birds).
- Flakey Fish Meat (can be from any larger fish).
- Crustacean Meat (can only be found from crabs on the islands in the water to the left of Rhodes. Two important things about crabs: you must break down the crab carcass after you kill it in order to be able to cook it, and you must use a lower caliber gun in order to not destroy it’s corpse upon killing it).
- Mutton (can be found from sheep, goats, and ram).
- Venison (can be purchased from a butcher).
Herbalist Challenge Guide
Challenge 5: Horseman
Part 1: Kill 5 rabbits from horseback.
- Very simple, just kill 5 rabbits with any weapon from horseback.
Part 2: Jump over 3 obstacles in 15 seconds.
- Go to a rural town (like Valentine) and quickly hop 3 fences.
Part 3: Ride from Valentine to Rhodes in less than five minutes.
- Simply sit in the middle of Valentine on horseback, set a marker for Rhodes, and ride there as fast as you can. This shouldn’t be too much trouble, but use a timer if need be. Make sure your horse has plenty of stamina and you have some stamina healing items in your inventory if necessary.
Part 4: While mounted, drag a person for 3300 feet using a lasso.
- When using the lasso on horseback, you can drag a person by holding onto it after lassoing someone. For this, all you need to do is successfully lasso someone, and just hold on to them while you ride for 3300 feet. Keep in mind that they don’t have to survive the journey…
Part 5: Trample five animals while on horseback.
- Similar to the first challenge in this category, simply run over 5 animals while on horseback. This will probably come naturally since many animals like to run directly under your horse.
Part 6: Ride from Strawberry to Saint Denis in less than nine minutes, without touching water.
- Similar to the third challenge, sit in the middle of Strawberry, place a marker to Saint Denis, and race your way there within nine minutes. This time, you’ll have to avoid any and all water, so be sure to either stay clear of any ponds, lakes, or rivers (puddles on the ground don’t count against you). The best route is to rush straight to the train track once you get out of Strawberry and follow the line all the way to Saint Denis. Use a timer if need be.
Part 7: Kill seven enemies from horseback, without dismounting.
- Simply kill seven enemies while on horseback without dismounting. This could easily be done when running into bounty hunters, or any group of enemies, but it’s recommended to have a full Dead Eye meter so you won’t risk losing your horse or being thrown off.
Part 8: Kill nine predators from horseback.
- Similar to the first challenge, you’ll have to kill nine predators while on horseback. Predators are the more lethal and aggressive animals, so be careful while taking any on from horseback, as you risk your horse running away in fear. This is best done against wolves, as they attack usually at night and in packs, and can be downed with one good shotgun shot. Alligators are also a good target as dozens of them spawn throughout the swamps in Lemoyne.
Part 9: Ride from Van Horn Trading Post to Blackwater in less than seventeen minutes, without touching water.
- Just like challenges six and three, you’ll have to basically travel across the entire map within seventeen minutes, and without touching water. Sit in the middle of Van Horn Trading post, and race your way to Blackwater as fast as you can. This can only be done during or after the Epilogue.
Part 10: Break every breed of wild horse.
For this challenge, you’ll have to break every breed of wild horse you can find. The breeds are as follows:
- Wild Morgan (found far North of Strawberry, near Creek River)
- Wild American Standardbred (found far North of Strawberry, near Creek River)
- Wild Tennessee Walker (found in the Heartlands, below Valentine)
- Wild Mustang (found in the Heartlands, below Valentine)
- Wild Kentucky Saddler (found in the Great Plains, just below Blackwater)
- Wild Hungarian Halfbreed (found in the Great Plains, a little North of Blackwater)
- Wild Appaloosa (found near in Ambarino, just below the Wapiti Indian Reservation)
- Wild American Paint (found in West Austin, below Tumbleweed)
- Wild Nokota (found in New Austin, just below Armadillo)
Horseman Challenge Guide
Challenge 6: Master Hunter
Part 1: Skin 3 deer.
- Kill any 3 deer with any weapon and skin them.
Part 2: Get 3 perfect rabbit pelts.
- First of all, the game actually doesn’t mention this, but next to the name of any animal you aim it (if you have studied it), the game will show 3 stars. Depending on the quality of the animal, those stars will be filled in, with 3 stars indicating a chance for a perfect pelt.
- For this challenge, you will want to use either the varmint rifle or small game arrows on the bow. Aim at the rabbit in dead eye and kill it with one shot to the head or other parts that turn red in dead eye for the best chance at getting a perfect pelt.
Part 3: Track ten different animal species using your binoculars.
- For this, you will want to get off the horse and activate the binoculars from your items menu. Zoom in on ground animals such as deer and squirrels and hold Triangle to begin tracking them. Do this to 10 different animals for the challenge.
Part 4: Get a clean kill after calling an animal 5 times.
- First off, in order to call animals, get fairly close to them and hit Square. Once the animal turns its head and looks your way, you will need to kill it with a single shot. This can be done on any animals, though calling doesn’t work well on birds.
Part 5: Skin three black or grizzly bears.
- Bears are mostly located in West Elizabeth and Ambarino, usually in the mountainous regions. Simply kill any 3 bears with any weapon and skin them for this challenge.
Part 6: Kill five cougars with a bow, and skin them.
- Cougars are a pretty rare spawn that mostly appear in West Elizabeth, and are completely random. You will probably get ambushed and possibly killed by one at least once. Once you find a cougar, kill it with a bow (any arrow type is allowed) and skin it, then sleep for a few days until it respawns. Repeat this process until you get 5.
Part 7: Use bait to lure and kill a herbivore, and a predator.
- This challenge is actually fairly easy, since all you have to do is put a bait down, and get a kill on both a herbivore and predator. As long as you have the bait placed on the ground near the predator and herbivore, you can kill both within a similar time frame and progress this challenge.
Part 8: Catch three fish without using a fishing rod.
- This challenge is actually quite easy, albeit a bit unethical. Go to any lake/ocean/stream where fish are visible and either shoot at them with any weapon or throw dynamite until you kill and harvest 3 of them.
Part 9: Catch an opossum playing opossum.
- Go to any location where opossums spawn (Ringneck Creek in Lemoyne is a good location) and find an opossum. When you get close, it will likely play dead, allowing you to kill it and complete the challenge.
Part 10: Kill the legendary panther.
- See the video guide under the “Legendary Animal” section of 100% Miscellaneous for the location of the legendary panther.
Master Hunter Challenge Guide
Challenge 7: Sharpshooter
Part 1: Kill 3 flying birds.
- Use Dead Eye to kill any 3 birds, doesn’t have to be done in a single round of Dead Eye.
Part 2: Kill 2 different species of animal in the same Dead Eye use.
- This is best done against small game such as turkeys and birds. Make sure you have a relatively full Dead Eye meter, find some small game on the ground, and follow them until some birds fly over. Kill one of each in a single Dead Eye use to complete this challenge.
Part 3: Kill 5 birds while on a moving train.
- This is pretty simple, as all you have to do is get on any part of a train and then kill 5 birds when it starts moving. This can be done over multiple trains and using dead eye is fine. However, shooting while on the train will cause guards to come after you, so try to do this quickly.
Part 4: Kill someone from at least 80 feet away with a tomahawk.
- Normally, this one would be quite challenging, as it would require a non-violent and stationary target to be present long enough for you to sight in and tomahawk them. However, you can actually just hogtie someone and then get the long range kill.
Part 5: Kill six animals without switching or reloading a weapon.
- For this challenge, you will need a weapon with a large magazine and a group of small to medium game animals. The Lancaster Repeater and Varmint Rifle both work quite well for this as they can each hold 14 rounds. The Lancaster will work on small and medium game, while the Varmint Rifle will only work on small game. As long as you don’t accidentally reload with Circle you should be fine.
Part 6: Kill someone at least 660 feet (220 yards) away with a scoped rifle.
- Just like part 4 of this challenge, you can hogtie someone and then leave them alone while you take shots at them. A good strategy is to go to New Hanover and leave the hogtied victim in an open field. From there, climb one of the mountains in the area to get a clear shot. It may take a few tries to get the distance right, but there are plenty of unwilling victims on the roads…
Part 7: Get seven headshots in a row.
- Getting 7 headshots in a row isn’t really that hard as you can use dead eye. It is best to wait until you have a high leveled dead eye skill or a lot of recovery items. Then, just kill 7 people in a row using dead eye to get headshots.
Part 8: Disarm three opponents without switching or reloading a weapon.
- For this challenge, you’ll need to disarm three enemies without changing your weapon or reloading. This can be done by simply aiming at the enemy’s hands/their gun, shooting it, and it should make them drop their weapon completely. Do this 3 times, against enemies in a gun battle or enemies who are unaware, it doesn’t matter.
- Do note that this challenge can be a little buggy because getting on your horse or entering dead eye will reset the counter.
Part 9: Shoot three hats off people in the same Dead Eye.
- This challenge sounds a lot trickier than it actually is. For this challenge, you’ll need to shoot at the hats of 3 enemies in a row without running out of Dead Eye. You can go to Valentine and head to the outside of the post office where you’ll (probably) find two men leaning off the side. You can use these men, and any other person, in order to easily get this challenge done.
- Best way to do this is to use a pumped shotgun, and then aim for the top of their hats. If you keep some distance the NPC will get some damage, but their hat will fly off as well. If you stand to close, or use for example a repeater you will get headshots.
Part 10: Kill three flying birds with three consecutive scoped rifle shots.
- Just like the last challenge, this one isn’t too tough at all. For this challenge, you simply have to shoot 3 birds out of the air with a scoped rifle, without missing. To make this as easy as possible, make sure that you have your Dead Eye leveled to where you can enter Dead Eye to slow down time and then shoot each bird manually without marking them. This one might take some time if you aren’t too familiar with aiming with precision, but you’ll get it with enough practice. Do note that all three must be killed in a single dead eye use if you go that route.
Sharpshooter Challenge Guide
Challenge 8: Survivalist
Part 1: Catch 3 Bluegill fish.
- Bluegill are a common type of fish that can be found in just about any body of water. Cheese is the best bait type.
Part 2: Hand 5 animals into camp or trapper.
- For this objective, just get 5 animals (small game like fish, birds, and squirrels work well) and hand them in to either Pearson at camp or the trapper in Saint Denis.
Part 3: Kill 5 animals using a Varmint Rifle.
- The Varmint Rifle is a very low powered .22 caliber rifle that can be obtained for free from any gunsmith. Once you have it, just get 5 kills on any animal (again small game is best) to complete the objective.
Part 4: Craft a dynamite arrow, fire arrow, improved arrow, poison arrow, and small game arrow.
- You can find recipes by just exploring the world, as potential rewards for helping random people, or they can be bought from fences:
- Dynamite arrow: requires Dynamite and a flight feather.
- Fire arrow: requires an arrow, flight feather, and animal fat.
- Improved arrow: requires an arrow and a flight feather.
- Poison arrow: requires an arrow, a flight feather, and an oleander plant.
- Small game arrow: requires an arrow, a flight feather, and a regular shotgun shell.
Part 5: Catch a fish in the Bayou from a riverboat, and while standing on the train tracks.
- This one is pretty easy, just get in a riverboat in the Bayou and catch a fish, then get on the train tracks and catch another fish. Provided you don’t get eaten by a gator or killed by the train, you should be fine.
Part 6: Kill an animal while it’s feeding on a corpse, five times.
- There are a few different animals that can do this. If you leave a hogtied person near an alligator, it will sometimes go after the person. This may also work by dropping a corpse near the gator. Additionally, for some reason pigs will eat dead humans, so you can try to do it with pigs as well.
- Interestingly, the corpse doesn’t have to be a human. If you kill and skin a larger animal such as a deer or cougar and sit around the area for a while, small predators like foxes or predatory birds will eat the corpse, allowing for a much faster method.
Part 7: Kill eight small game animals with consecutive small game arrows.
- For this challenge, you need to use small game arrows to kill 8 small game in a row, without killing anything else or missing. This challenge isn’t actually that difficult while using Dead Eye, so to save yourself some stress and make sure that your Dead Eye is fully charged and maxed out while attempting this. You can easily complete this challenge by using the small game arrows on packs of birds, such as in the Heartlands or small rats found insides caves at Elysian Pool, for example.
- Save after every other kill so you don’t have to start over.
Part 8: Craft a homing tomahawk, improved tomahawk, improved dynamite, and volatile fire bottle.
- Homing Tomahawk: requires a Tomahawk and an owl feather.
- Improved Tomahawk: requires a Tomahawk and a hawk feather.
- Improved Dynamite: requires Dynamite, animal fat, and any high velocity ammo.
- Volatile Fire Bottle: requires moonshine and animal fat.
Part 9: Catch a fish that weighs at least 19lb.
- You can complete this challenge with relative ease by starting the stranger mission “A Fisher of Fish” (located on the lakeside south of Flatneck Station), heading to the Lagras and buying Special Lake Bait. From there, head to the following location and attempt to catch the legendary fish, who will surely weigh at least 19lb:
If you already caught all legendary fish a good location is below the waterfall Brandywine drop in the North-East corner of the map. Use a fishing rod with the Special River Lure to catch Muskies. Muskies also prefer sunny weather, and the Muskie’s here seem to be on avarage bigger then the ones at the Van Horn lighthouse.
Part 10: Catch one of every species of fish.
- For this challenge, you’ll have to catch all 15 different species of fish. Some will be available within different environments than others, and you’ll have to use different baits for each one. It’s also important to note that most fish in the game can be found at many places all over the map, and that they do not have a specific location. However, the screenshots below can be used as a general indicator of where you could be fishing. You can find each below (all credits to Gtamen for the following screenshots):
Survivalist Challenge Guide
Challenge 9: Weapons Expert
Part 1: Kill 3 enemies with a knife.
- Equip the knife from the weapons wheel and kill 3 enemies with it. Try to attack enemies that are alone so you don’t get killed in the process.
Part 2: Kill 3 enemies in 10 seconds using only throwing knives.
- First, make sure you have a good number of throwing knives (at least 5 is preferable). Then, find a group of 3 or more enemies. Throwing knives lock on to enemies in dead eye like a heat seeking missile, so get close and knife-headshot all 3 enemies quickly.
Part 3: Kill three birds of prey using tomahawks.
- For this challenge, you will need to kill three eagles, hawks, or vultures with a tomahawk. It doesn’t matter if they are flying or if you kill them in dead eye, as long as you use a tomahawk. A good place to grind this out is the bridge titled “Bard’s Crossing” next to Flatneck Station, as a bird of prey will spawn sitting on the bridge every day.
Part 4: Kill ten enemies with a shotgun, using crafted ammo.
- For this challenge, you’ll have to craft any kind of special ammo for the Shotgun, and kill 10 enemies with it. It’s recommended that you craft and use buckshot incendiary ammo since it’s not very difficult to craft (and is unlocked after completing the mission “Pouring Forth Oil”). To craft buckshot incendiary ammo for the shotgun, you’ll need both regular shotgun ammo and moonshine (both can be purchased at a Fence), and you simply craft it until you have enough that you’re comfortable with.
Part 5: Kill five mounted enemies with one throwing knife per enemy.
- Find mounted enemies, either bounty hunters or enemies within missions, and make sure you have plenty of throwing knives. Use dead eye to lock on to the heads of the enemies and then throw. These kills don’t have to be done consecutively, so it’s okay if you miss a few times.
Part 6: Kill four enemies with one stick of dynamite.
- This one will generally require a lot of luck, as four enemies won’t group up very often. It is possible to run into some random events, such as a KKK meeting in the woods that will have a bunch of enemies close together. However, you can also just hogtie four people, drop them close together, and kill them with one dynamite. Coach robberies are another option, as they will usually have multiple people together.
Part 7: Kill four enemies in a row with the same tomahawk.
- First, you will want to make sure that you only have one tomahawk in your inventory before attempting this objective (that way you don’t accidentally use another one). Then, you will want to go against very small groups of enemies (no more than 2 at a time) and kill one. As soon as he goes down, loot the body to regain the tomahawk. Now repeat with three more enemies in a row to get the challenge.
Part 8: Kill fifteen enemies using a long-barreled sidearm.
- For this, you’ll simply need to upgrade a sidearm with the long-barrel attachment, and then kill any 15 enemies with it.
Part 9: Kill nine unaware enemies from behind, using the bow.
- This one is actually very easy, as a number of missions will give you the option to stealth kill enemies. Simply kill 9 enemies stealthily using the bow (you will need to headshot them) to get this challenge. These don’t have to be done in a row or in the same mission.
Part 10: Kill a grizzly bear using only throwing knives, without taking damage.
- This is fairly straight forward. The only thing we can advise is that you make sure you are carrying as many throwing knives (preferably poison knives) as possible, aim for the head/face and any vitals, and keep a distance. It’s recommended to also create some kind of leverage on the bear, since if you’re out in the open you’ll surely take damage at least once. With that being said, if you can create some kind of distance between you and the bear where you can safely throw knives accurately, you should be able to complete this.
Weapons Expert Challenge Guide
100% Missions and Events
Complete all 104 story missions
- Simply complete all 104 story missions with any medal ranking to complete this objective. You will unlock all story related trophies along the way. Actually, just completing part 2 of the Epilogue will be sufficient, but you will need to complete all the optional missions anyway for “Silver Lending a Hand.”
Complete 10 stranger questlines
- Complete 10 full stranger questlines for this challenge. Will unlock the “Western Stranger.”
- It has been stated that the counter will increase by only completing the first part of any stranger mission, so this will unlock well before the trophy.
Complete 5 bounties:
- Starting in Chapter 2, you can complete a side mission in Valentine called “Good Honest Snake Oil”, which will unlock bounties (if you don’t do it here, it will appear in the replay missions menu). Complete any 5 bounties throughout the world for this objective. You will have to track down a bounty target, hogtie them, and bring them back to the sheriff alive. You can start bounties in most of the major towns and there are well over 5 available in the game.
Have 25 chance encounters:
- As you explore the giant world of Red Dead Redemption 2, you will encounter all sorts of random events, which will appear as a white dot on the map. These can involve freeing prisoners or kidnapped women, providing medicine to a wounded traveler, etc. This will unlock through natural progression, so no need to go out of your way to get it done.
Encounter 1 gang ambush:
- While exploring the world, you will occasionally get ambushed by an enemy gang that will try to rob/kill you. Regardless of how the encounter goes, experiencing it will finish this objective. This will unlock through natural progression.
Capture all 6 gang hideouts
- You will get 4 out of the 6 hideouts just by completing the game: Six Point Cabin, Shady Belle, Beaver Hollow, and Hanging Dog Ranch.
- The other two are Thieves Landing and Fort Mercer, both of which are in New Austin and are depicted in the images below.
100% Collectables
Locate 1 point of interest:
- Points of interest are locations on the map that you can examine that Arthur will proceed to write about in his journal. Locate just 1 of these POIs to complete this objective. If it doesn’t come through natural progression, refer to the video below.
Point of Interest Location
Locate all 9 graves:
- Will be unlocked automatically with the “Paying Respects” Achievement.
Complete 1 cigarette card set:
- There are a total of 12 cigarette card sets, each of which contains 12 cards for a grand total of 144. Thankfully, you only need to complete 1 of these sets to complete the objective. Refer to “Collector’s Item” in our original guide.
Collect all 30 dinosaur bones:
- There are a total of 30 dinosaur bones you can find throughout the game. Locating all 30 will complete this objective. Refer to “Collector’s Item” in our original guide.
Catch all 13 legendary fish:
- There are a total of 13 legendary fish to be found in the game. To start catching legendary fish you first need to get the map from a NPC that lives at Flat Iron Lake. After being given the map you can buy 3 types of special lures at the fisherman shop in Lagras. These lures give you a better chance of attracting a big fish while fishing.
All Legendary Fish Locations
Complete all exotic tasks for Algernon Wasp:
- Algernon Wasp is a stranger located within Saint Denis who will give you a questline regarding completing requests for him, and said requests involve finding exotic things for him. To be blunt, this is probably the least enjoyable aspect of attaining 100% completion because this questline is very, very long without a guide, and still fairly long while following one. Completing the requests might prove to be difficult, but keep at it! For the sake of convenience, refer to this video guide for more information regarding Algernon Wasp and his exotic requests:
**Note:** It appears to be that somethimes orchids don’t spawn of the given location where they should be. Even when you have the request for this orchid. This seems to be a bug in the game, but the orchid can still spawn later on. Best thing is to leave the area for a few ingame days, and return at a later stage. Current theory is that setting up a camp in the area might have something to do with it.
All Exotic Requests Video Guide
Credit to Heuster Heu for the video.
Locate all 10 rock carvings:
- There are a total of 10 rock carvings you can find throughout the game. Refer to Silver Collector’s Item for a guide.
Complete all hunting requests from train stations:
- To begin the hunting requests, you will need to complete the stranger mission “The Ties That Bind”, which will begin near Rhodes in Chapter 4. After this, you will be able to pick up a hunting request poster from any train station. Please refer to Bronze It’s Art for more information as you need to complete all requests for part of this trophy.
Complete 1 treasure hunt
- Will be unlocked automatically while completing Challenge 2: Explorer.
Find all 20 dreamcatchers:
- There are a total of 20 dreamcatcher hanging from trees around the world. Hold Triangle to inspect them when you get close. They can be a little tough to see so refer to the video below for a better look.
All Dreamcatcher Locations
100% Compendium Part 1
Discover 50 animals
- For this objective, you will need to study/kill 50 different species of animals throughout the game. There are a total of 178, so this will unlock long before you finish “Skin Deep” and “Zoologist.”
Obtain 10 pieces of equipment:
- Equipment is different from weapons, as it relates to your gear. This includes the lasso, binoculars, fishing rod, lantern, and upgraded ammo belts. This will most likely unlock through natural progression, especially if you are doing every available story and stranger mission.
Catch 10 different species of fish
- There are a total of 30 different species of fish you can catch. Different fish are attracted to different types of bait. You will get this while catching all the legendary fish.
Encounter all 6 enemy gangs
- Unmissable story related objective. This will be completed during the second part of the epilogue.
Discover 10 different breeds of horses
- There are a total of 19 different breeds of horses. Horses are counted differently than the other types of animals in a different section of the Compendium. Study 10 different breeds to get this objective. There are tons of horses in your campsite each chapter, and plenty more in and around Saint Dennis, plus the ones you find in the wild, so if you just study every horse you come across you will get this well before completing the story.
- Some horses can be bought, and others can be found in the wild. You will need to encounter and break each wild horse for the Horseman challenge.
Collect 20 total plants:
- Simply harvest 20 different types of plants throughout the course of the game. You can hit L3+ R3 to scan the area to help find plants. You will get this while going for the Herbalist challenge.
Use 48 different weapons:
Revolvers
- Cattleman Revolver: All gunsmiths, available from the beginning of the game.
- Flaco’s Revolver: Found next to the body of Flaco Hernandez during the stranger mission “The Noblest of Men, and a Woman” which is started in Valentine.
- Granger’s Revolver: Found next to the body of Granger during the stranger mission “The Noblest of Men, and a Woman” which is started in Valentine.
- John’s Cattleman Revolver: Given midway through the first part of the Epilogue.
- Double-Action Revolver: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “A Strange Kindness” (Chapter 2)
- Algernon’s Revolver: Final reward for completing the mission “duch*esses and Other Animals”.
- Micah’s Revolver: Return to the location of the final shootout at the top of Mount Hagen after “American Venom” (Epiloge part 2).
- Schofield Revolver: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Blessed are the Meek?” (Chapter 2)
- Calloway’s Revolver: Found next to the body of Calloway during the stranger mission “The Noblest of Men, and a Woman” which is started in Valentine.
- Otis Miller’s Revolver: Hidden in hard-to-find chest in the north of Cholla Springs.
Pistols
- Volcanic Pistol: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Eastward Bound” (Chapter 1)
- Semi-Automatic Pistol: Available at the gunsmith of Valentine and Saint Denis after the mission “The Joys of Civilization” (Chapter 4)
- Mauser Pistol: Available at the gunsmith of Valentine and Saint Denis after the mission “That’s Murfree Country” (Chapter 5)
- Midnight’s Pistol: Found next to the body of Billy Midnight during the stranger mission “The Noblest of Men, and a Woman”, which is started in Valentine.
Rifles
- Varmint Riffle: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Eastward Bound” (Chapter 1)
- Springfield Riffle: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Eastward Bound” (Chapter 1)
- Bolt Action Riffle: Given during the mission “Preaching Forgiveness as He Went” (Chapter 3)
Repeaters
- Carbine Repeater: Given during the mission “Old Friends” (Chapter 1)
- Lancaster Repeater: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “An American Pastoral Scene” (Chapter 2)
- Litchfield Repeater: Given during the mission “Goodbye, Dear Friend” (Chapter 6)
Shotguns
- Double-Barreled Shotgun: Given during the mission “Paying a Social Call” (Chapter 2)
- Rare Shotgun: Found next to the body of a special character the Hermit. He can be found starting in chapter 2 at the Manito Glade, a small cabin in the very top right of the map north of Annesburg.
- Sawed-Off Shotgun: Given during the mission “Enter Pursued by a Memory” (Chapter 1)
- Pump-Action Shotgun: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Pouring Forth Oil” (Chapter 2)
- Semi-Auto Shotgun: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “A Fine Night of Debauchery” (Chapter 4)
- Repeater Shotgun: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Visiting hours” (Chapter 6)
Sniper Rifles
- Rolling Block Rifle: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Pouring Forth Oil” (Chapter 2)
- Rare Rolling Block Rifle: during the Chapter 3 mission “Magicians For Sport”, you will have to fight off a couple enemies in a barn. One of them will be carrying this weapon. I believe even if you miss it during your initial run, you can replay the mission and pick it up then.
- Carcano Rifle: Available at all gunsmiths after the mission “Goodbye, Dear Friend” (Chapter 6)
Longarm Back
- Bow: Given at the beginning of the mission “The Aftermath of Genesis” (Chapter 1)
100% Compendium Part 2
Throwables
- Tomahawk: Available at all fences and trapper after the mission “Americans at Rest” (Chapter 2)
- Improved Tomahawk: Recipe given during Chapter 2. Recipe: Tomahawk (x1), Eagle feather or Hawk feather (x1)
- Homing Tomahawk: Recipe is in a chest inside Flattened Cabin, south of Moonshine Pond, or sold by fences in Chapter 3. Recipe: Tomahawk (x1), Hawk feather (x1)
- Throwing knife: Available at all fences and trapper after the mission “Paying a Social Call” (Chapter 2)
- Improved Throwing Knife: Recipe given during Chapter 2. Recipe: Throwing knife (x1), Eagle feather or Hawk feather (x1)
- Poison Throwing Knife: Sold by fences after the mission “Pouring Forth Oil” (Chapter 2). Crafted from Throwing Knife (x1), Oleander sage (x1).
- Fire Bottle: Available at all fences and trapper after the mission “The Fine Joys of Tobacco” (chapter 3)
- Volatile Fire Bottle: Recipe sold by fences after the mission “Pouring Forth Oil” (Chapter 2). Recipe: Moonshine (x1), Animal fat (x1)
- Ancient Tomahawk: Found sticking out of a broken target on the east side of Calumet Ravine, to the east of the Wapiti Indian Reservation.
- Dynamite: Available at all fences after the mission “Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?” (Chapter 1)
- Volatile Dynamite: Sold by fences after the mission “American Distillation” (Chapter 3). Recipe: Dynamite (x1), Animal fat (x1), Any High Velocity Cartridge (x1)
Melee
- Unarmed: Available from the beginning of the game.
- John’s Knife: Given midway through the first part of the Epilogue.
- Hunting Knife: Available from the beginning of the game.
- Jawbone Knife: Final reward for completing the mission “A test of Faith”.
- Wide-Blade Knife: Found on a dead body deep in Beryl’s Dream mine, directly west of Mount Shann.
- Civil War Knife: Found on a create in the basem*nt of Fort Bernard.
- Antler Knife: Found on a dead bear, a short distance to the northwest of Hanging Dog Ranch.
- Machete: Available at all fences after the mission “Dear Uncle Tacitus” (Chapter 5)
- Broken Pirate Sword: Found on a wrecked boat on the small islands directly south of Saint Denis.
- Hatchet: Available at all fences after the mission “Dear Uncle Tacitus” (Chapter 5)
- Single Hatchet: Available only for the players who completed the related bounty hunter mission in GTA Online.
- Double Bit Hatchet: Found in a tree stump to the northwest of Wallace Station.
- Rusted Double Bit Hatchet: Found in a tree stump in Annesburg, a short walk north of the coal mining facility.
- Hewing Hatchet: Found in a tree stump on the south shore of Moonshine pond.
- Viking Hatchet: Found in an old tomb, a short distance to the northeast of Beaver Hollow.
- Hunter Hatchet: Found in a tree stump directly south of Window Rock.
- Rusted Hunter Hatchet: Found in a tree stump outside a shack, halfway between O’Creagh’s Run and Elysian Pool.
- Cleaver: Available at all fences after the mission “Dear Uncle Tacitus” (Chapter 5)
- Ornate Dagger: refer to the video below, as this is a very complicated weapon to obtain.
How to get the Ornate Dagger Unique Weapon
100% Player
Reach maximum health, stamina, and dead eye:
- To check your progress with each stat, pause the game and go to “player” and “select a stat”. You have to get all three abilities to level 10 for this objective.
- Health is upgraded by killing people, fighting with melee weapons, bow hunting, and fishing. You can increase it very quickly by rowing a boat.
- Stamina is the easiest to upgrade, as simply running around the world will increase your stamina level over time.
- Dead Eye can be increased by hunting, getting headshots on enemies, crafting, and exploring. Skinning large animals and completing challenges will speed up the process.
- Once all three categories are at level 8, you will need to complete all the challenges in the game. Upon doing so, you will be able to purchase a bunch of gear sets from Trappers (such as the one in Saint Denis). Purchasing all these sets in their entirety will boost all three categories to level 10 for this objective.
Reach maximum bonding level with a horse:
- Will unlock along with “Trusty Steed.”
Complete all 9 challenges:
- Refer to the challenge sections of this guide for information on all 9 challenges.
100% Miscellaneous
Explore 5 Shacks:
- There are a total of 19 shacks available in the game, but you only need to locate 5 of them.
5 Shack Locations
Kill 5 Legendary Animals:
- There are a total of 16 legendary animals. You only have to kill 5 of them for the platinum. Legendary animals provide legendary skins and other items for crafting at trappers, but that’s about it. To get legendary animals, you will have to track them like any other animal (though the tracks appear as a yellow color), and then kill it with any weapon.
All Legendary Animal Locations
Play All 4 Table games:
Unlocks along with “Hobby Horse.”
Encounter 5 Ranters, Ravers, and Campaigners:
- Ranters, ravers, and campaigners are random people that can be found in major settlements. They tend to be loud and talk a lot, especially when you get near. For example, there is a Civil War veteran you can give money to in Rhodes, and the Mayor of Strawberry. There are a whole bunch more in Saint Denis, so spend some time exploring and you will get this easily.
Take a Bath:
- At some of the saloons/hotels in the game, you can pay to take a bath (it is usually around 25 cents). Simply take a bath (best to wash everything and go for the deluxe option just to make sure it counts) to get this objective.
See a Show:
- In Valentine you can attend a show for 50 cents, basically a recorded voice playing alongside a slide show. Watch the entire show (it lasts around 5 minutes) to get the objective.
See a Theater performance:
- Just like the previous objective, you need to attend a show, but this time, you will be going to one of the big fancy theaters in Saint Denis. It is toward the middle of the city and a ticket will cost $2. Buy the ticket, sit down, and watch one of the performances (there will be a few in a row) to get this objective.
Discover 6 Recipes:
- The description for this one is a little vague, as you actually have to get one of each type of recipe. The six types are: cooking, tonic, ammo, hunting, horse care, and a weapon. When accessing the crafting inventory from your camp, you’ll be able to cycle through each category using L1 and R1 and you’ll be able to access everything from cooking to horse care. You can find the majority of them through purchase from the Fence, but they are also spread out through the world and obtained by simply progressing the story. Just make sure you actually open and read the pamphlet to learn the recipe once you obtain them!
Complete a coach robbery, home robbery, shop robbery, and train robbery:
- First off, robberies completed during missions do not count toward this aspect of completion.
- The home robbery will unlock while going for “Breaking and Entering.” These can be done starting in chapter 2, and the robberies are finished by entering the home and stealing a stash somewhere inside. Some will require you to interrogate the owners.
- Shop robberies can be problematic as simply entering a store and robbing the cash register doesn’t seem to count. Instead, you have to rob a store that has a “suspicious activity”. Once you locate the location of a suspicious activity, pull your gun on the owner and tell them to
- The coach robbery is best done by speaking to the attendant at the train station in Rhodes or Strawberry, as he will give you the location of a nearby coach. Once you get the location, go to it and dispose of the coach’s drivers and guards in any way you choose. Rob the coach or return it to a fence to get this objective.
- Train robberies are somewhat more daring, while staying fairly simple. To rob a train, you’ll have to track one down, jump on board (or board it if it’s stopped), rob any safes you can and rob any passengers you can. Safes require dynamite to be planted on the surface of them in order to be blown up, and for passengers, you can just aim at them and press Triangle to effectively rob them. Once you do this, escape, and you’ll be good.
How to Complete a Store Robbery for the 100% Completion
And that wraps up our share on Red Dead Redemption 2: Red Dead Redemption 2 – Gold Medals, Challenges and 100% Completion Guide. If you have any additional insights or tips to contribute, don’t hesitate to drop a comment below. For a more in-depth read, you can refer to the original article here by Capt_Cupcake69 and 1 collaborators, who deserves all the credit. Happy gaming!
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