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Rockstar Games has poured a lot of love into its latest western-themed adventure, and the results speak for themselves: Red Dead Redemption 2 is a master class in open-world storytelling. There are so many different places to go, people to meet, and foes to slay that game fans might at first feel overwhelmed by it all.
Fear not, for Shacknews has ponied up plenty of guides, tutorials, and strategies that can help players come to terms with the game's numerous mechanics and missions. General Red Dead Redemption 2 guides In their latest release, Rockstar Games has created a living world that expertly balances a fast-paced narrative with peaceful moments of reflection. Take these spoiler-free tips with you when you set out to live the life of an outlaw. Check out a list of all available cheat codes and learn about the newspapers and unlock requirements needed to use them. It will take dozens if not hundreds of hours for players to take in all that RDR2 has to offer. Breaking down how the Wanted and Bounty systems work. We list all the possible Van der Linde camp upgrades and what they do.
Learn the voice actors behind many of RDR2's most prominent characters. Cleaning the dirt and grime off your horse requires finding and using a horse brush. The powerful Arabian horse is among the best horses in the game, and we know just where to find it. Start upgrading Arthur's satchel and livening up the campsite by purchasing the leather working tools. Learn where to find the Strange Statues puzzle and how to solve it to claim the valuable treasure. If you want to sell goods obtained by questionable means, or craft Trinkets and Talismans, you must find a Fence. Gameplay mechanics Brush up on the basics of movement, combat, and horse riding on PS4.
Learn the basics of traversal and combat with our guide to controls for Xbox One. There's a lot of ways to make money fast in RDR2, but each comes at a price. Learn how to fast travel and save yourself that long journey on horseback. Here's how to replay missions to get a gold rating on each one. Taking a bath isn't expensive, but bring a little extra if you want the special bath. Learn about breaking, taming, bonding, feeding, reviving, and calling your horse.
Take photos, self-portraits, and selfies with Arthur Morgan. We break down three easy ways to find your lost hat. Holding up and robbing stores and banks may be easy, but getting away with the crime without becoming wanted is a bit more difficult. Weapons and Combat guides Master the basics of Rockstar Games' latest release with our essential guide to combat, weapons, Dead Eye, and more. Brush up on the controls and buttons needed to punch, block, and grapple while in a fist fight. If you're taking a long journey, you might want to build a campfire at night and get some rest. Wanted Bounties The location of Benedict Allbright and how to capture him alive.
Locate and capture Ellie Anne Swan and bring her to justice. Hunting guides Get an in-depth look at hunting in RDR2 with these tips and breakdowns of the mechanics. The Trapper will be mentioned in various places, but it's not immediately clear who this is and where they're located.
Learn about all the different hats, coats, vests, gloves, chaps, and boots that can be crafted at the Trapper, including the money and materials required to craft them. Discover where to find each type of Legendary Animal roaming the wilds of the Old West. Players will need the right gear and a solid plan to kill the legendary Bharati Grizzly Bear. Take a long trip north and learn how to kill the Legendary Moose. Locate both Grizzly Bears and American Black Bears, giving you the edge when hunting these predators. Learn the animals to hunt and the weapons to use to get a perfect hide. If you're taking a long journey, you might want to build a campfire at night and get some rest.
Make the most out of legendary bear pelts by using them to craft some new clothes. Fishing Guides Learn how to unlock the ability to go fishing at will in RDR2. Learn where to find each type of Legendary Fish, plus the lures needed to bring them in quickly. Treasure Hunts Complete the Jack Hall Gang Treasure quest by finding the locations listed on each Jack Hall Gang Treasure Map. Find all three Poisonous Trail Maps and get the treasure at the end of the quest. Cigarette Cards Where to find all 144 cigarette cards for the side quest Smoking and Other Hobbies, plus the rewards they offer Where to find all World's Champions cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission Where to find all Vistas of America cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Stars of the Stage cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission.
Where to find all Prominent Americans cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Marvels of Travel cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Gems of Beauty cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Flora of North America cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Fauna of North America cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Famous Gunslinger cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Breeds of Horses cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission.
Where to find all Artists, Writers, and Poets cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Where to find all Amazing Inventions cigarette cards for the Smoking and Other Hobbies mission. Challenge guides Coming soon. The end of this page is by no means the end of our coverage. Keep on top of all the latest developments of Rockstar Games' latest open-world sensation by dropping by Shacknews'.
The world of has a lively tapestry of activities to complete, from to to general no-goodery. It’s actually a bit overwhelming, which is why it’s nice to have Challenges to direct your passions into something more productive. By and large these challenges are tricky but satisfying to complete, requiring that you, say, kill seven enemies without dismounting or shoot five flying birds from a moving train. We’ll slot those into the “good challenges” category.
On the other hand, we have challenges like this: “In Blackjack, double down and win the hand 5 times.” Seems simple enough, right? And it is simple.
It’s also a pain in the ass. Here’s why: It takes forever The minigames throughout Red Dead Redemption 2 are actually pretty good about not wasting the player’s time. Poker and Five Finger Fillet allow you to skip the betting sequences of the other players so you can jump right to your turn. Not so with Blackjack. You’re forced to watch every dirty cowpoke take his sweet time, for some unholy reason. The dealer has to reset his animation after every hand, and the amount of general drudgery is hard to tolerate. Here, see for yourself, and try not to scream.
It’s purely random — there’s no skill at all I’m not playing Red Dead 2 for realistic recreations of card games. I’m here to kill animals and wear them as hats.
The absolute fastest way to blow through this challenge is to just double down on every single hand, no matter what. I lose almost all of them, but the amount of money I’m betting (4 cents in Van Horn trading post, as an example), is so small that I don’t care. The number of statistically appropriate double down opportunities is so small that I’d be there all day if this were realistic Blackjack in which there were actual stakes. But it isn’t. So to get through it I’m better better off just slamming the button and hoping for the best. This is in contrast to the Poker challenges in the game, which are actually much easier if you play Poker the way it’s meant to be played.
You NEED to do it to unlock the later challenges While I get the rationale of not throwing 90 challenges at players right when they start a game, completing the easy challenges to unlock harder ones makes them feel like homework. So rather than doing things I enjoy in the game, I feel an internal (admittedly obsessive) obligation to complete some of these challenges as early as possible, in order to get to the bigger challenges. What could have been an enjoyable buffet of challenges instead becomes a slow trickle of to-dos. I felt chained to the Blackjack table.
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The least painful way to complete this challenge If you’re playing on PS4 and happen to have a Vita lying around, dust it off and knock it out in Remote Play. The Remote Play controls are admittedly awful, but they’ll work for the card games just fine. I just switched over to Netflix and zoned out. It took me nearly an entire episode of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to get this challenge done. If you’re on Xbox, just prop up a smart phone or something to get your teen witch drama on while you grind through your hands. Of course the game never forces you to complete these challenges. But they do grant significant boons to your stats, with the gambling challenges rewarding more Dead Eye experience, the hardest to come by naturally.
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And if you’ll need to complete all of them if you want to unlock the Legend of the East outfit, which makes Arthur look like a straight gangster in leopard print. Whether that’s worth the suffering, well, that’s your business.
But wait, there’s more! If you do manage to stick it out through this challenge, don’t worry, there’s an even more obnoxious one waiting in the wings: “Win three hands of Blackjack by hitting three times or more.” Yes, it’s even more random and brainless.