Hey all, on my first playthrough and I got completely and utterly side-tracked from the story to pursue the LOTE outfit because I enjoy side quests and challenges and doing things you’re not supposed to do (despite Rockstar’s best efforts) a little too much. I’ve been helped so much by the RDR2 Reddit and YouTube communities that I wanted to give back a little and also help those who have just started playing this amazing game a couple years late like me.
Note: There may be minor spoilers for Chs.2 & 3 below!
There are so many great resources out there, that I don’t intend for this to be a detailed comprehensive guide, but mostly a compilation of helpful tips & resources I’ve picked up along the way on this long adventure. I completed the challenges as early as possible in Ch.3 as Arthur as of 2/7/2021 in version 1.26 on a PS4 Pro, so it’s still possible!
Arthur, you deserve this. I completed all of the challenges after the Fisher of Men mission in Ch.2 except for those locked behind other missions. Sharpshooter challenges 6-10 are locked behind The Sheep and the Goats, since you acquire a long-scoped rifle in that mission (though there are tricks to get a Rolling Block Rifle even earlier). Bandit challenges 6-10 are locked behind Horse Flesh for Dinner, since that’s where you unlock the horse fence.
I’ll note some ways you can be efficient and you may notice that I tried to frequent the same areas for a lot of the challenges: Little Creek Valley/Hanging Dog Ranch, Emerald Ranch, the big island across from Clemens Point
Bandit Tips I’m doing a high honor playthrough, so
this guide was my main starting point.
Here are my additional tips:
Bandit 1 - Hold up 5 townsfolk Do this in Van Horn (no law around), note that some citizens are armed and will shoot at you, but you can just run away and come back.
Bandit 3 - Rob the cash register in any 4 shops in one day I followed
this guide to avoid a bounty. You won’t get any money though.
Bandit 5 - Amass $250 bounty in one state If you start the challenges as early as possible as I did, save the Blessed are the Meek? mission for this challenge. You should get the $250 bounty easy.
Bandit 7 - Rob $50 worth of cash and valuables from townsfolk and travelers Unfortunately I had already been pickpocketed in St. Denis twice (tailor and gunsmith) and I couldn’t get the Van Horn pickpocket to trigger (saloon), so I did the
Annesburg station to the long tunnel trick for an easy no bounty robbery.
Bandit 8 - Steal 7 wagons and sell them to the Fence at Emerald Ranch I used this tip from the comments in the main guide I used to make it go faster:
The Emerald Ranch stagecoach loop doesn't even require a camp where you "don't" sleep. I leave the fence and sprint full speed via the railroad tracks. You will not see the stagecoach respawned yet, but when I am close to the train station, at about the lone tree on the right hand side, I turn my back on where the stagecoach should be and when I turn around it has materialized.
It didn’t always work, so I did have to use the no sleep trick from the guide for some of the coaches.
Bandit 9 - Hogtie someone and leave them on the railroad 3 times You can actually just use the same person three times. Cut them free, let them run around a little bit, tackle and hogtie them and drop them on the track again. I just used an O’Driscoll.
Bandit 10 - Rob 5 trains I used this tip from the comments in the linked guide. I didn’t lose honor at all and there was no bounty:
I have found that all you have to do for a train robbery to count is to just take anything at all. You don't have to rob any people at all! I just went to the second-to-last car and took a can of fruit or pack of cigarettes, rinsed and repeated.
Explorer Tips This one is super easy. I used the
PowerPyx guide though most online guides should be fine.
The only potentially tricky part is getting the High Stakes Treasure Map guy to spawn. You can see potential spawn points in the PowerPyx guide. I actually ran into him twice and let him ride off before getting the map from him the third time, so it is possible to run into him at least three times. Each time was around Strawberry and Wallace Station. To get the map, I ran full speed at him and bumped him and the map went into my inventory (no honor loss).
Gambler Tips This guide was my main starting point.
Gambler 4 - Bust one poker location out in each location My only tip to make this faster is to sit at a table with a lot of players. You can always ride away and come back and the table will reset. Target those with less money.
Gambler 5 - Win 3 rounds of dominoes without drawing any tiles against 2 or fewer opponents I recommend Emerald Ranch for all Domino challenges as Draw is the easiest to learn and play.
Gambler 8 - Win three hands of Blackjack with three hits or more I got super lucky on this one (15 minutes), so good luck! I don’t know if the game rewarded me for this, but I didn’t just hit if it didn’t make sense (like if I started with two face cards). Definitely hit with aces as they can count for either 1 or 11. I think my three wins came when I started with an ace and a low number card.
Gambler 9 - Win three games of dominoes in a row I recommend Emerald Ranch, but especially when there is only one opponent (ride away and come back if there are two). Try and keep track of the numbers and if you can, play the same numbers at the end of the snake that have mostly been used up. This can cause your opponent to draw nearly all of the remaining tiles and get you a lot of points and an easy win. I think one time I got 60+ points in one round. Definitely stand up and leave if you are about to lose, but on your turn, not your opponent’s turn or else it’ll be too late.
Gambler 10 - Win three hands of Poker in a row Several people suggested Flatneck Station for this one or your camp, but Flatneck Station was what worked for me. Every time I went all-in at camp, someone else did too instead of folding.
Herbalist Tips Fairly easy challenges that really don’t require much guidance, except for the infamous Herbalist 9, see below.
Herbalist 9 - Pick one of each species of herb Ah yes, the four herbs (Wild Feverfew, Blackcurrant, Red Sage, Desert Sage) that are the only things standing between Arthur and the LOTE outfit.
The two main methods to get the four herbs in New Austin are with a covered wagon or a St. Denis buggy. I believe Unlockable Eden Gaming pioneered the method, but these are the guides I found most helpful.
- Petko’s Getting Into and Driving Around New Austin (Buggy Method)
- Petko's Picking Plants in New Austin (Buggy Method)
- Dmitry Shepel’s Plant Locations (Wagon Method)
- Jimbotron’s Detailed and Comprehensive Guide (Wagon Method)
Though it sounds like many have been successful with the wagon (and the Jimbotron video makes some good arguments for the wagon), I opted for the buggy for several reasons.
- Availability – I tried some of the tricks to spawn the covered wagon consistently and it was never that consistent. It never took me more than a minute to get a buggy from St. Denis. I figured even though the distance from St. Denis to New Austin was much farther, there was less frustration and the amount of time between runs was probably about the same as I was not spending time saving and reloading or sleeping or running around Strawberry to get the wagon to spawn. Unfortunately, I had completed the Appleseed Timber Co. sidequests so their wagon was unavailable. Maybe I would have felt differently if I could have used their wagon.
- Speed & Maneuverability – The buggy is faster and much easier to maneuver than the wagon. It makes getting in New Austin much easier and also avoiding the law easier.
- Camera Control – This may be a personal preference, but I never had a problem with the camera zooming in on Arthur with the buggy, while with the wagon it seemed to zoom in on him much more frequently.
My personal experience with Herbalist 9: After a couple of unsuccessful runs with both the buggy and the wagon (either getting randomly sniped or shot up by lawmen in New Austin), I decided to just stick with the buggy. My first successful run I picked 3 out of the 4 plants, which was exciting. I died when I went over a small drop, ejecting me from the buggy which resulted in getting sniped in the head. My second run I picked the last plant (Desert Sage—it spawns the furthest in) and went for the Prairie Poppy instead of doing the Blackwater campfire method, so I can’t comment on how effective that method is.
My personal tips for Herbalist 9: Crossing the Blackwater region into New Austin - Definitely go through Beecher’s Hope and if you’re using the buggy, you probably don’t even need to take health potions. I never had trouble escaping the Pinkertons with my health intact.
- A major tip noted in some videos is to time it somewhat so your Wanted status wears off just as your cross into Thieves’ Landing. The major benefit to doing this is that you won’t run into any lawmen with this method in New Austin. On my first successful run, for some reason I became wanted again (I think the game does it somewhat randomly at times as there was no one near me) just as I crossed the bridge into New Austin. I had to avoid the law while driving and picking plants which was much more stressful. On my second successful run, I had no status when I crossed over and it was a much more peaceful run.
Driving in New Austin - Per Petko’s video, the key is to be in first-person view (i.e., the most zoomed in view, but with first-person turned off) and aim down at the ground. This will keep the sniper from shooting through the wood of your buggy. Try avoid going down steep declines as this will expose the wood part of the buggy and the sniper will get you.
- Once you have the driving down, go slow. You won’t get sniped as long as you’re driving correctly, so just try to ignore the sniper and don’t make mistakes like driving too fast and falling off a cliff.
- I turned off the vibration on my controller so I wouldn’t be distracted by the sniper shots.
Picking Plants - Line up the plant with your front wheel and use photo mode to confirm that it’s in the right spot.
- Use R1 to backup and try again if you overshoot.
- Zoom out to the furthest 3rd-person view and turn your angles to block Arthur (see the many YouTube videos on how to do this). I personally found this part to be fairly forgiving and never got shot while doing this. I did time my dismount right after a shot and that seemed to always work. I got sniped way more while driving badly.
I definitely recommend keeping track of the herbs you’ve picked somewhere (I used OneNote on my phone). For the rest of the plants I used
PowerPyx again.
Herbalist 10 - Season and cook all 11 types of meat Probably the only two meats I had to go out of my way a little bit to get were:
- Exotic Bird Meat – I got mine from a pelican at the Annesburg docks
- Crustacean Meat – Took a canoe to the island off of Clemens Point (where the iguanas are) and killed a crab there
Horseman Tips Overall a fairly easy set of challenges. I did all of them with my white Arabian that I got very early on. I don’t have much to add to what’s out there except for the following tips:
Horseman 4 - While mounted, drag a victim for 3300 feet using your lasso For high honor, just grab an O’Driscoll or Lemoyne Raider and they will definitely die, but just keep going until the challenge pops.
Horseman 7 - Kill 7 enemies from horseback without dismounting Use a gang hideout. I used Six-Point Cabin.
Horseman 8 - Kill 9 predators from horseback Gators in the bayou are the way to go.
Horseman 9 - Ride from Van Horn to Blackwater in less than 17 minutes without touching any water I found
this guide to be the most helpful.
You definitely need to stock up on Potent Health Tonics (though I probably used only around 3-5) and I would disagree with the guide in just taking a straight path through Tall Trees. Only go off the roads once you get to the plains of Blackwater as it’s easy to hit a rock or tree if you go off the road in the Tall Trees region (which is why I failed my first run). Honestly stick to the roads if it’s easier for you and don’t be afraid to take the Health Tonics liberally. In my experience it’s pretty hard for the Pinkertons to kill you if you’re taking the tonics and riding fast, even if you stick to the roads. It’s way better to waste some tonics than dying or going off road and falling and then having to restart the run. I was able to do this on my second run.
Horseman 10 - Break every wild horse breed First off, I got every horse without having to go to Blackwater or go off map. Here’s where I got mine.
- American Standardbred, Appaloosa, Kentucky Saddler, Morgan – Little Creek Valley, ride from the east to the west and back and different groups will spawn.
- Tennessee Walker – I kind of forget where I got this one, I think either where I looked for Mustangs or Hungarian Half-breds, but it’s pretty common so you shouldn’t have trouble.
- Nokota – I used Jimbotron’s guide.
- American Paint – I used Jimbotron’s guide.
- Mustang – I used Jimbotron’s guide, but they are actually pretty common. I’ve also seen them in Little Creek Valley as well after I finished this challenge.
- Hungarian Half-bred – Supposedly the hardest to get, but I broke one really early on when I was hunting for bison near Heartland Overflow before I had Horseman 10 active, and before I knew it was hard to get. I went back to the location in the screenshot below and found two of them there, so I think it’s a pretty common spawn for this horse, though it’s not 100%. The spawn point should be in the middle of a cluster of trees.
https://preview.redd.it/b1xa2jqymeg61.jpg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=660aab100e1546cea46f6866701cc82f88a10fb9 If you have any trouble breaking horses, I found that this tip has never failed me: Just hold the stick in the 5 o’clock position while spamming the calm button.
Master Hunter Tips Hunting was my first love in RDR2, so I have a soft spot for these challenges. Also this was the first set I completed. Most are pretty straightforward.
Master Hunter 6 - Kill 5 cougars with your bow, then skin them I used
this guide for consistent cougar spawns. The only comment I have is that the cougar won’t always spawn by the rock, but will sometimes spawn further up.
If you’re trying to knock out the challenges as quickly as possible, be careful when using poison arrows. Incapacitating a cougar with a poison arrow and then killing it with your knife won’t count as an arrow kill. You can however walk up to the dying cougar and headshot it with an arrow (I recommend Improved Arrows) to have it count toward the challenge. A clean headshot with an Improved Arrow is my preference over shooting it with poison arrows as it’ll yield a perfect pelt more consistently in my experience.
Master Hunter 7 - Use bait to lure and kill both a herbivore and predator The interesting note is that boars count as predators. I killed a deer and a boar for this challenge.
Master Hunter 8 - Catch 3 small fish without using a fishing rod I used a bow and arrow as I think dynamite lowers your honor.
Sharpshooter Tips Sharpshooter 3 - Kill 5 flying birds while on a moving train The only important tip is to make sure the train is moving. If you are reported for disturbing the peace (which will often happen once you start shooting) the train will slow and stop and your kills won’t count. There’s no point is trying to shoot more birds once that happens, so just run away and try again.
Sharpshooter 4 - Kill someone at 80 feet away with a tomahawk I used a random four-person O’Driscoll camp. The key tip in my experience is using an Improved or Homing Tomahawk. I used a Homing. When I used a regular, it would miss pass 80 ft. Here’s the Reddit tip I used:
The way I did it is to have a full deadeye meter. Go into it, tag the targets head at the furthest range you can, then just back up while staying in deadeye. As long as he's not charging at you, when the meter runs out, he'll throw it and still get the kill, well past 80ft away.
Sharpshooter 5 - Kill 6 animals without switching or reloading your weapon I did this on a bunch of turkeys and random animals near Emerald Ranch. You can go into Deadeye once, but don’t go into it again or else you’ll reload. Also pairs wells with
Survivalist 3.
Sharpshooter 6 - Kill someone at least 660 feet away with a long scoped rifle Based on a tip I found elsewhere (can't remember the source), I went to this island in the middle of the Little Creek River and shot the guard on the windmill platform at Hanging Dog Ranch using a Rolling Block Rifle. Easy peasy.
https://preview.redd.it/s4ztr2veneg61.jpg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4caf452066d9167d58b2d6e6cb4e1a3e636fdc84 Sharpshooter 7 - Get 7 headshots in a row Right after Sharpshooter 6, I stayed in the area and killed 7 deer or pronghorns around Little Creek Valley. It’s easier than human enemies in my opinion and you can skin in between kills without resetting the counter (can’t pass up the extra vension).
Sharpshooter 8 - Disarm 3 enemies without reloading or switching your weapon Based on other’s people’s advice, I went to Cornwall Kerosene & Tar and l and went up this hill near the guards. I pulled out my Lancaster repeater that I modified with a short scope and shot one of the guards in the elbow. Then I ran away up the hill until the red enemy indicator disappeared. Rinse and repeat.
https://preview.redd.it/fb60ybfaoeg61.jpg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44d621eebcde95c954eef72eff114018d974d333 Probably could just as easily work on the front gate guards at Hanging Dog Ranch, but I had to go to Valentine anyways to get a scope from the gunsmith.
Sharpshooter 9 - Shoot 3 people’s hats off in the same Dead Eye use Although I did have Level 3 Dead Eye at this point,
this guide works great for those with Level 2 Dead Eye and there's no bounty!
Sharpshooter 10 - Kill 3 flying birds with 3 consecutive long scoped rifle shots This does not have to be in the same Dead Eye, so it’s really not bad. I did this near Annesburg, since I had just finished Sharpshooter 9, but Emerald Ranch is probably a good location since it has lots of birds and other guides mentioned north of St. Denis, since herons are large and fly slower than other birds.
Survivalist Tips Survivalist 3 - Kill 5 animals with a varmint rifle Pairs well with Sharpshooter 5, see above.
Survivalist 4 - Craft a dynamite, fire, improved, poison, and small game arrow See a
pamphlet location guide for the pamphlets. Just remember to read them!
Survivalist 6 - Kill a scavenging animal while it is feeding a corpse 5 times This is great to pair with Weapons Expert 3. Kill an animal and then tomahawk the ravens or birds of prey that come. I recommend Emerald Ranch area as it’s very open and there is plenty of wildlife near the Heartland Overflow.
Survivalist 7 - Kill 8 small game animals with consecutive shots, using small game arrows By the way, you can’t save and reload if you miss, it’ll reset the counter. It has to all be done in one go. The location that seemed pretty easy for me was again the island west of Clemens Point where you find iguanas. When I went to the shipwreck location on that island, a group of crows kept on circling in the area and I was able to grab most of my kills there. Don’t shoot the iguanas as they often won’t die from one small game arrow. Go for birds and if you’re looking for perfect snake pelts you can risk some water snakes near the shipwreck.
Survivalist 8 - Craft a homing tomahawk, improved tomahawk, volatile dynamite, and volatile fire bottle Again, refer to a
pamphlet location guide. The only tricky material here is the owl feather for the Homing Tomahawk. I found mine at night near Emerald Ranch. They can circle overhead or one can be sitting in the loft window of the barn.
Survivalist 9 - Catch a fish that weighs at least 19 lbs If you’re going for early completion, most likely you haven’t caught all the Legendary Fish at this point. Save one of the big ones to easily complete this challenge. But if you have caught all the Legendary Fish already, don’t despair, I actually caught a couple fish for
Survivalist 10 that were over 19 lbs.
Three helpful fishing tips:
- You can go into your accessibility options and change the reel button to be a simple button press (Square on the PS4) rather than rotating your stick.
- When the fish is not fighting, flick your stick down to pull the fish toward you then release, pause, and then repeat. You’ll make big gains in distance each time.
- This may seem obvious, but don’t cast the line too far out unless necessary. Don’t make the battle longer than needed.
My first legendary fish legit took like 10 minutes, but after reading about how to fish more efficiently and implementing the tips above, fishing even the largest fish took like a minute or two tops.
Survivalist 10 - Catch one of each type of fish throughout the world You could knock out most of the Legendary Fish in pursuit of this goal, but if you’re going for a quicker completion (as I was), I just used
these fishing maps and only picked up Legendary Fish if they were nearby or if I had trouble catching a particular species.
Weapons Expert Tips Stocking up on Potent Health Cures is recommended as running into a gang hideout and hogtying everyone can make a lot of these challenges super easy. Hanging Dog Ranch and Six Point Cabin are great locations to get these done.
Weapons Expert 1 - Kill 3 enemies with a knife I only had one knife kill from an earlier mission, so I went to Six Point Cabin, popped a Potent Health Cure and stabbed some fools.
Weapons Expert 2 - Kill 3 enemies in 10 seconds using only throwing knives After Weapons Expert 1 popped in my assault on Six Point Cabin, I cleared out the camp except for four guys, hogtied them, and went for headshots for an easy completion.
Weapons Expert 3 - Kill 3 birds of prey using only a tomahawk Pair this Survivalist 6 to be efficient since ravens count as birds of prey.
Weapons Expert 4 - Kill 10 enemies with a shotgun using crafted ammo I returned to Six Point Cabin and used Incendiary Buckshot. You can get the pamphlet at Copperhead Landing.
Weapons Expert 5 - Kill 5 mounted enemies, using 1 throwing knife per kill This is probably not so helpful, but I did this during a mission (Pouring Forth Oil IV) as I didn’t want to stir up trouble into order to get lawmen or bounty hunters coming after me. A lot of missions involve mounted enemies, so if you want to avoid unnecessary bounties and keep a high honor, I recommend doing this challenge through missions.
Weapons Expert 6 - Kill 4 enemies at the same time with a single stick of dynamite I did another run at Six Point Cabin, and went crazy hogtying people to do this challenge and the next one. You can use a Volatile Dynamite if you’re worried about getting all four at once as it has a wider range. I stacked five guys just to be safe.
Weapons Expert 7 - Kill 4 consecutive enemies by throwing and retrieving the same tomahawk I lined up five hogtied guys and used an Improved Tomahawk for an easier kill, though if you aim for the head it shouldn’t matter. Some people mentioned that it’s best only to have one in your inventory so the game doesn’t accidentally replace the one you’re picking up, but I had multiple Improved Tomahawks and it wasn’t really an issue.
Weapons Expert 8 - Kill 15 enemies using a long-barreled sidearm Make sure to modify one of your pistols with a long barrel at the Gunsmith. I went to Hanging Dog Ranch to do this one as there are more enemies. I cleared out the place, but I would recommend against doing that as it’ll take a few days for the whole gang to come back. I recommend killing half of the required count, riding away and coming back, so that the whole gang respawns. Then complete rest of the challenge and ride away again. If you do this, it’ll flow right into the next challenge.
Weapons Expert 9 - Kill 9 unaware enemies from behind, using the bow Approach Hanging Dog Ranch from the west and use Improved Arrows if you want to ensure your kills, though Regular Arrows should work fine. There are two easy kills. One is the O’Driscoll that wanders outside of the stables. Make sure his back is at least mostly turned to you (head-on kills won’t count). The other is the guard on the windmill platform who is always in the same stationary position. You should get at least two kills each time, though you can sometimes get more depending on the patrol patterns.
Weapons Expert 10 - Kill a grizzly bear without taking damage, using only throwing knives There’s a
consistent grizzly spawn point not too far east of Hanging Dog Ranch between Watson’s Cabin and Wallace Station, so you can flow right into this challenge after the last one. Here’s what I did. I let the grizzly charge me, went into Dead Eye and threw a Poison Throwing Knife to incapacitate him. Then I switched to an Improved Throwing Knife and did a headshot. Boom. Done.
Bonus: Silver Dapple Pinto MFT in Chapter 2 I don’t think the Moonstone Pond glitch works any more as of 1.26. I tried for about an hour and could never get it to work.
The Arcadia for Amateurs – III method does work though! I didn’t have any luck with the tracking method, though from YouTube comments, it looks like people aren’t having any trouble even as of last week.
Here’s the method I used and it was pretty easy. I was able to do it on the first try.
Thanks for reading and now it's time to do other things in the wonderful world of RDR2!
For a game that has been out for so long it is absolutely incredible to me the overwhelming amount of misinformation that is floating around regarding just about every single topic. This in nearly all the online guides, and in practically all the discussions and topics in almost every single category I've explored. A few major examples come to mind (Most of this regarding the Story Mode not Online).
One example I've heard is The Panther Saddles and Trapper Saddles in general do not benefit from the speed and acceleration benefits one gets with hooded stirrups and a customized saddle package from the stables. FALSE.
All you need to do in order to prove this idiotic rumor false is equip the lowest quality saddle, say the 'Kneller Mother Hubbard Saddle' with 'Slim-line Iron Stirrups' and go to your Horse Statistics menu and look at speed and acceleration. You will see that two bars are grayed out for each (Three for speed if you haven't won two race random encounters with the given horse). Equipping the 'Gerden Vaquero Saddle (Improved)' and the 'Hooded Stirrups' will fill these two bars, and will also show under 'Stirrups' in the menu that you're getting +2 to acceleration and +2 to speed. The thing is if you equip the 'Panther Trail Saddle' you'll also notice that the bars will be filled, however, because it comes with it's own stirrups, you'll see nothing under the the 'Stirrups' section for increasing acceleration and speed. Ignore this, the bars show the increase, and the increase is there, the Panther Trail Saddle is the superior saddle (As are all Trapper saddles) compared to any combination of purchases saddle components in the game in Story Mode. This is NOT the case in Online, where there is ONE set of stirrups that can be purchases to give a +3 increase, but this is a recent addon and the only exception to the rule, and doesn't apply to story mode.
Another huge example is the number of people providing completely unreliable information about spawn points in the game. There are countless unidentified spawn points all over RDR2, most notably the guides don't elude to a Mustang spawn point near Owanjila, or Apaloosa's found in the far northeast of the map. Not to mention the weird superstitious way people identify key locations when spawn points have been demonstrated by numerous gamers to be at PINPOINT locations for nearly every single animal in this game. Granted, if you sleep past their spawn time, or are in the area inhibiting them from spawning (Since the game won't spawn a critter directly in front of you in view), then they will move to a new area, but they spawn in exactly the same spot and 'move' and don't have natural fenced in locations, but will reset approximately every 72 hours, whether from being killed, or just because you haven't been in the area so the game re-generates it when you re-enter it rather then storing and processing the foraging of every single critter in the game in areas where you currently aren't traveling and wasting your PC's resources.
Going even further, the remarkable number of people who proclaim hard limits to countless activities including challenges and quests based on misinformation. For example the Horseman Challenges are said to be impossible to complete until late game because of Blackwater being on lockdown. This is entirely untrue, you can absorb a fair number of bullets, as can your horse, and really only need 1 health tonic for your horse, and 2 for Arthur to run into Blackwater for the challenge, and run back North again. Some of the information 'is' relatively accurate, for example claims that you can't complete the robbery of the Valentine Doctor without getting a bounty, but the estimates are grossly over-exaggerated for what the cost has to be, I got away from that robbery with a bounty of $1.50, run in kill the three guards, rob the hogtie the woman, grab the gun and money, run out the front door to your horse, and hightail it for the river, jump off the horse and wash yourself downstream to lose the law. I did it repeatedly to make sure I didn't just get lucky, it's easy, the guides are foolish and wrong, and the community is complicit in supporting guide-makers who make false statements like "getting away with a bounty of less than $50.00 is nearly impossible," which is plain stupid and untrue.
Nearly all the weapons can be unlocked in chapter 2, almost all the challenges can be completed in chapter 2, a ton of missions people say are locked can be completed in chapter 2, all the treasures can be uncovered and finished in chapter 2 except one it seems so far. You can definitely easily finish the Herbalist challenge in chapter 2, it's not THAT hard to wait for a lull in law enforcement chasing you while avoiding them while in the south in Blackwater and other regions, it will cost more than just the three tonics mentioned above, maybe 10 or so total if you mark out the locations of the herbs you're going for in advance, but it's definitely not impossible.
Beyond this the specific instructions for challenges are absolutely false in a million different ways, but most notably the Gambler information is WAY off on a dozen or more guides. Fastest way to get three people to fold? Jump on a table, go all in before the flop, and your odds no matter what your cards are aren't much worse than everyone elses, barring the few who are lucky enough to have drawn a pair. Most of the opponents will fold, but at least one will usually go all in, and if no one does, and they all fold, you just keep going all in until one does, and you get lucky, reload if you lose. Ironically it's the EXACT same strategy for winning three games in a row, you basically get the ONE guy who is ballsy enough to go all in on a flop against you to lose, and the rest will keep folding rather then betting before the flop, you win three hands because everyone folds. All the people saying Dominoes is just luck are idiots, you can consistently win 3-4/5 games of dominoes against the relatively poor AI in this game, so it's definitely better than luck, the fact that you can jump off the table before losing makes it a million times easier, and winning without drawing doesn't take that long at all. Finally the hardest challenge arguably is just a matter of luck, which is hitting three times successfully in blackjack, but even this isn't hard. Get more than 10 on your draw, get up from the table and rejoin, keep going until you get less than 10, hit repeatedly, if you get three hits, stop no matter what number you land on, hope the dealer busts, they bust about a third of the time (Just raw numbers of blackjack since dealers have set rules), and you'll get lucky very quickly if you do this without wasting the hours others have wasted sitting through useless hands waiting for other players to diddle themselves.
While the Gamblers challenges are the worst, they aren't a HUGE exception, most of the guides for nearly ALL the challenges on just about every site and every reddit post are just as poorly done.
Now I know, the 'real' solution here is make my own guide, and I was tempted, but then I realized I really don't have the time, as much as I wish I did, but I do have the time to rant, so here's my rant, maybe I'll become a productive member of the community eventually, but I feel by the time I have the time to do more than rant this game won't have much of a community anymore. So alas, sorry for being a jerk, but my frustration is palpable, and I feel like venting it on some people, thanks for being my audience I look forward to your bashing of my lack of tact :).
submitted by Sharpshooter 8 - Disarm 3 enemies in Red Dead Redemption 2. The Sharpshooter 8 challenge is so much easier than players realize, and this guide will walk you through the exact steps in the process. Challenge 1: Win 5 hands of poker. To be honest, you really don't need to know poker in rdr2. All I did was go all in on most hands and a majority of the opponents fold. This does not need to be in a row so don't worry about it much. Best Poker Locations: Flatneck Station / Saint Denis / Valentine. Challenge 2: In blackjack, double down and win Red Dead Redemption 2 Gambler Challenge Guide by Logan Smith updated 9 months ago Red Dead Redemption 2's story mode features many optional challenges , grouped into different categories, which put players' knowledge regarding many of the game's most important mechanics, such as hunting, crafting , shooting and so on, to test. The RDR2 gambler challenge reward for this challenge is the Gambler Off Hand Holster. Come prepared with enough time and money to play more than a few games, just in case you need it! Sponsored Post Just like Gambler 9, this challenge requires three consecutive victories of a single game type but, unlike dominoes, Poker is a lot harder to win when luck is such a big factor. This page contains a guide to all Gambler Challenges in Red Dead 2, including how to complete each Gambler Challenge, locations of important animals and items, maps, and much more.Choose a How the hell did you manage to beat Gambler Challenge number 8? “Win three hands of Blackjack with three hits or more” It seems sooo random and luck based, it drives me mad. Wasted 2 hours already and haven’t had a single hand with 3 hits without going over 21. And split doesn’t seem to count as an additional +2 hits. Red Dead Redemption 2 story mode features a selection of challenges which reward players with money, experience for the Health, Stamina and Dead Eye cores, and reinforced equipment items which grant permanent bonuses to one of the three main stats once the full set has been acquired.. In this guide, we take a look at the ten Survivalist challenges and give you some useful tips to complete them For Red Dead Redemption 2 on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Gambler Challenge 8 is bulls***". I get it, you want that sweet reenforced trapper gambler equipment; they look pretty sweet. But now you gotta do Gamble Challenge 8: win 3 hands of Blackjack with 3 hits or more. It can take hours and takes all the fun out of the gambling challenges cause there's no challange about it. It's a plain and simple grind based on luck.
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