Red Dead Redemption 2: 30 Things Only Expert Cowboys Know How To Do

This is it boys and girls — the pinnacle of good-guy rewards. It’s your very own personal Black Friday sale anytime, anyplace. My oh my does being a good guy pay off! 50% off in every store in the game is amazing if you ask me. Good-guy Arthur sure does get some sweet Karma on all the nice things he’s done. If you can get to Honor Level +7, you unlock this incredible reward which makes things pretty easy in the mid-to-late game when you want to be stacked


An old Bowie knife with a solid blade, worn out wooden handle and a large D-shaped handguard for protection, this was most commonly used by Civil War soldiers. Now coated in rust, the weapon can be found in a storage room underneath the ruins of Fort Brennand in Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover. This little piece of history may just come in handle in bat


I'm not the only one who's been binge-watching old westerns since starting Red Dead Redemption 2 Xbox Dead 2 am I? No? Good! Well, you know how the characters often shoot into the air, firing off warning shots or clearing space using their shooting irons? You can do this too! Red Dead isn't very good at telling you this, but it's really easy. When you're aiming, simply tap up on the D-pad, and Arthur will aim his gun into the air. You can make wildlife scatter, fire warning shots, and scare witnesses into stopping by doing


RDR 2 is an expansive game. It gives you every opportunity to experience the wild west uniquely and realistically. Many of the Easter eggs help to solidify this experience. Gamers are diligent and have found a large number of Easter eggs. This time around, many pay homage to another game, but many are also "otherworldly." RDR 2 has a surplus of creepy, strange, and downright scary Easter eggs that you may not want to encounter while playing at night. In this regard, Rockstar has undoubtedly upped the a

This next weapon takes a step back away from firearms and instead focuses on weapons that require a more close up and hands on approach. One of the more powerful melee weapons in the game has to be the Ancient Tomahawk. With a striped bound shaft and polished, razor sharp blade, the weapon was well maintained before being abandoned in an old wooden target overlooking the Calumet Ravine. The Calumet Ravine can be found in the wilds of the Grizzl


This weapon is unique as it involves completing the Gunslinger side quests. These side quests take you away from the main plot of the game, but boy do they provide some of the best weapons in the game. One of the quests involves hunting down a shootist named Billy Midnight. If you end him, you’ll grab his powerful Mauser pistol, with gold engravings and great accuracy and fire rate. While the damage is average, the weapon is powerful to have early on in the g


When you’re hunting animals, you want to get the best shots you can, as this will improve the quality of the pelts you get. The cleanest shots are straight to the head. Switch to dead eye, and aim for the head. Press square/X to call to the animal to get them to raise their head for a more direct line of fire. Make sure you use the right weapon for the job too. For animals the size of a rabbit, use the varmint rifle. For larger animals like deer, use a bow. There's a guide for the weapons to use in your compend


Then the game just stops caring and starts throwing thousands of dollars your way at any possible moment. You’ll be utterly swimming in cash by the end of the game that it truly does not matter whether or not you spent time early on attempting to make money. The game will just take pity on you and give you everything you need to surv


Hitching your horse is important! While pressing Y to hook your horse to a post may seem banal, it bonds you to your horse, and also allows their cores to regenerate! The only problem is that the game doesn't tell you that you can also hitch your horse to things that aren't exclusively hitching posts. If you're near a tree in the middle of nowhere, simply ride over towards it, and press Y/Triangle to hitch up Neddy to the t


Although normally it's best to sell valuables, if you come across anything particularly rare, hold onto it. You often need a particular valuable to craft trinkets that boost your stats. To make a talisman, you need to head to the fence, and go into the craft screen. Here, you'll be able to see exactly what you need to make the item. You'll need a couple of animal pelts or parts, and a particular, unique valuable. They are well worth the effort, trust

It feels like GTA V was basically a dry run for this. You know when you're running around in the San Andreas desert, and just messing about? That has to have been something of a dress rehearsal for Red De


So, compared to all the other things that happen in RDR 2 , this one gets a bit intense. Abandon your life as a bandit and take on one of tracking a serial attacker. If you head north of Strawberry, you will encounter the remains of a cor