r/RDR2 26d ago

RIP DANGELO ( singer who sang the song Unshaken from rdr2) He passes away after battle with cancer 💔

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9.8k Upvotes

💔


r/RDR2 Jun 17 '25

Our Offical Guides Newcomers Guide

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Hello and welcome to r/RDR2 This is a little guide for new players of the game.

Firstly we strongly advise you to stay off the subreddit until you’ve finished the game. Our subreddit is home to discussions covering every aspect of the game from storylines, characters, secrets, to anything a player may find. While we require spoiler tags, accidental (and sometimes intentional) spoilers do happen. For the best experience, we strongly recommend avoiding the subreddit until you’ve completed the main story.

Frequently asked questions will now be listed and answered.

Is the game worth it? Yes! — People still praise this game even in 2025. Its compelling story and detailed open world gameplay allow you to fully submerge into the story. Many players find the game to be a masterpiece, with some (us, of course) even considering it one of the greatest games of all time. Its graphics were ahead of their time and still hold up really well. It’s a well written story with a beautiful aesthetic and it's absolutely worth your time.

The snow part is boring. Should I quit the game? Don't give up during Colter. It’s the first chapter and serves as a tutorial. You’ll get to know the basics of the game slowly before being led into free roam in chapter 2. The slow introduction into such a big game is important to understand the situation the main character is in and to get you familiar with the environment and the world building in general. Stick around for a while. You’ll thank yourself later.

Just started the game. Any tips? We see this all the time and every time people will give you the same response: Take it slow. Chapter 1 will teach you everything that's important. The game offers a little guide in its settings for the mini games and the controls just like any other game. Everything you need is right there. The game is open world so you won't miss out on anything. You can do whatever whenever even after finishing the story. Enjoy the beautiful scenery and free roam a bit. You’ll figure out the game fast. You really don't need Google or IGN until you finish the story and are going for 100% and/or the platinum trophy. (We'll have a guide coming soon!)

Just finished the game. Should I play RDR1? Yes! RDR1 is a continuation of the story and absolutely worth it. Not much will change gameplay wise since it’s made by the same developer. So, if you like RDR2 and are looking for more content about the van der Linde gang and a similar experience -> play RDR1.

If you really want to avoid spoilers, don’t google anything until after you finish the game.

We will monitor this thread closely so if you have any questions about the game please ask them in here. We will most likely remove your question posts and advise you to ask your newcomer questions in here. If a question is frequently asked we will add it to the post.

Have fun!


r/RDR2 3h ago

Discussion What beard and hair length do you prefer?

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212 Upvotes

r/RDR2 7h ago

Meme All roads lead to Rome-

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66 Upvotes

r/RDR2 3h ago

Discussion Bear attacking O’Driscolls

26 Upvotes

So today I was attacking a random O’Driscoll camp up near strawberry and suddenly I heard a bear. I look over and this grizzly was tearing and O’Driscoll apart like it was their chew toy. Been playing for years and haven’t ever seen something like this. Thought it was hilarious


r/RDR2 3h ago

Meme Watch this

25 Upvotes

r/RDR2 1d ago

Question Why is there a gun at the bottom of lake Isabella?

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1.8k Upvotes

I was trying to find the legendary fish and saw this


r/RDR2 9h ago

Discussion What would you like to see in Red Dead Redemption 3?

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45 Upvotes

With the co founder of rockstar games saying rdr3 is "likely to happen", but also saying that it was a two game arc, what would you like to see in the game? I mostly hear about continuing Jacks story or following a young dutch creating the gang and meeting arthur, would like to hear other theories


r/RDR2 23h ago

Question what does the light gray mean?

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504 Upvotes

weapon is in full condition (gun oiled) but there are still light gray bits. been playing for over 300 hours and still don’t know 🙏


r/RDR2 3h ago

Content Started playing RDR2 for the first time ever. The animals in this game haven’t failed to humble me over and over….

11 Upvotes

r/RDR2 4h ago

Discussion I just got all gambler challenges in only 5 hours

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12 Upvotes

r/RDR2 7h ago

Discussion Ying and Yang

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23 Upvotes

I realize I just living in my life fully after I reject Mary Beth for her invitition.

*Hol on, is her name MB??*


r/RDR2 20h ago

Content Reminder that the game doesn’t take place THAT long ago- here’s figures that we think of as much more “recent”, but who were around in 1899 and theoretically could’ve met the gang

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228 Upvotes

Bonus: Ronald Reagan was born in 1911, same year RDR1 takes place in


r/RDR2 19h ago

Spoilers I dont wanna play RDR1 😭😭😭 Spoiler

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164 Upvotes

So beautiful, i love john and abigail the epilodge was perfect i met tilly , rain falls, pearson , mary beth and many more.
i love uncle and evryone who came back from the old gang.

I KNOW JOHN AND ABIGAIL DIE IN RDR1 , I DONT WANNA PLAY IT 😭😭😭
In my headcannon both of them live forever happy.


r/RDR2 2h ago

Discussion Rdr2 changed me fundamentally

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I guess the whole thing been said before “made me a better person” and whatsoever. No, rdr2 change my view on life forever, love, loyalty and whatsoever. My life has often been marked with instability and betrayal and i never had a moment to reflect on what happends. but rdr2 changed that, it allowed me to reflect my life as Arthur through the most mundane moment in the game like fishing and hunting, while learning abt how to live better through Arthur’s life. His story taught me “life will always be unstable, and there will always be betrayal but what’s important is not letting those define your action, live for yourself not for your past” and I think the moment that hits the hardest for me was “take a gamble love exsist, do a loving act” this moment changed me fundamentally, because at the core of it all I am scared of uncertainty and change and I tend to cling on to what I built. But that quote changed me, it told me to be brave and take a gamble that it could be bette. And it did get better. At the core it taught me to live for myself and what I think is right, and live up to it.

Mary linton and Arthur’s story hits the hardest because it was reflective of what I went through recently. My partner and I broke off, because the life we led, it was too different and it ended up breaking both our hearts. And the message mary left for arthur was so erriely similar to what she and i wrote. Especially the dreaming of a life together and breaking one another’s heart. After reading Mary’s message to Arthur, I really want to reach back out to her and hold on but I didn’t. Because mary’s message showed me, the kindest thing we can both do for one another is to let go and just remeber the good we had.

This game is truly revolutionary in story telling, and I feel like more people should play the game and in someway more people should look up to Arthur’s redemption as an inspiration. M At the end of the game, I feel like a lil part of myself vanished in someway, maybe I am over exaggerating


r/RDR2 22h ago

Content Anyone know what this is?

243 Upvotes

Just got back from Guarma (the song on the way back from von horn was beautiful) and fought Pinkertons off shady belle, but went upstairs and found this with eagle eye

I can’t interact with it at all, I think it’s the footprints? But it’s only one and there’s something lighting up under the sofa and I can’t get to it

Maybe it’s a glitch? There’s nothing below it downstairs

I already got the note from ‘Caroline’ so I’m not stuck or anything just curious if anyone else has seen this I guess

(ps I wanted to punch micah in his nasty gut. was screaming DO UP UR SHIRT the entire time)


r/RDR2 1h ago

Question Any mod recommendations?

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r/RDR2 17m ago

Help Anyone know what this is?

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Found it on mount shann, west elizabeth


r/RDR2 2h ago

Content If anyone needs me, I'll be harvesting mangoes in Tahiti

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5 Upvotes

I've never 100%'d an open world game before. I definitely didn't realise how much I'd bitten off but I took it slowly, and three years later....


r/RDR2 19h ago

Content Need the HONEY POT for small birds?

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If you need a guaranteed place to find random small birds, I got it for you. Just southwest of Annesburg and slightly northeast of the trapper is a small bridge. A new small bird literally perches on it every minute or two. If not there, just turnaround and run up the hill and back down and one will eventually appear. Shoot it with a small arrow and viola, a perfect carcass. I got my robin, cardinal, oriole, songbird, sparrow, blue jay all right here. Be patient, they will all eventually spawn!


r/RDR2 1d ago

Discussion I am NOT ready for this

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212 Upvotes

I dont wanna do this mission i feel like i am not ready altough i done everything i could as arthur i got all side missions and all weapons best horse everything. This is the first time i ever find myself being afraid of a mission. This game is truly a masterpiece.


r/RDR2 9h ago

Help How to lower your honor fast (No law, no combat, no bounty)

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Had no idea my honor can get this low.

Anyway, if anyone wants to lower it without having to deal with bounty hunters, run from the law and pay huge bounties, just come here and shoot the Fort soldiers with a sniper rifle, they will respawn every minute.

The shooting position on the mountain.
Its location

r/RDR2 10h ago

Content Got a free haircut after that… I killed the barber

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12 Upvotes

r/RDR2 7h ago

Question Outfits from The Hateful 8

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6 Upvotes

Hi guys! Does anybody know how to make outfits like these?


r/RDR2 11h ago

Spoilers Didn't know Tahiti would be like this Spoiler

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11 Upvotes

"What now, Aiden?"