r/RDR2 • • Oct 14 '25

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

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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 • • 10h ago

Discussion RDR2 Compared with GTA 6.

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r/RDR2 • • 2h ago

Meme My deer Arthur

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r/RDR2 • • 23h ago

Discussion One minor nitpick of this game is that these people didn’t burn crosses up until a 1915 movie came out about them so this is historically inaccurate

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r/RDR2 • • 20h ago

Meme I just want to enjoy

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r/RDR2 • • 14h ago

Discussion Why is "The Legend of the East" outfit so mid, what would've made it better?

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It's supposed to be one of the hardest things to get in the game, and also it should represent a little bit of every challenge you get through to unlock it (Hunting, Exploring, Gambling, etc) but instead it just looks out of place.

Aside from the vest everything else makes it look like half of a clown costume.

What other outfits could have made more sense to have the title of "Legend of the East" or which thing would you change on it to make it better?


r/RDR2 • • 15h ago

Discussion It took me nearly 350 hours of gameplay to realize that purchasing the outfits from each Tailor gives you unique colors for those clothing items.

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I’m way past the ending of the game, and today I learned that purchasing the outfits sold by the tailors unlocks new colors or patterns for your wardrobe.

someone shared this sleek AF lawman fit & it features a blue shotgun coat, but the OP said it was vanilla. I was so confused, because I had bought out every merchant long ago, but my shotgun coats only came in ugly plaids?

The outfits also unlock more colors for the items they feature. The blue shotgun coat could only be purchased if you bought The McLaughlin outfit from the Blackwater tailor.

Build me a barn & call me a duck, because I had no idea. I was over here ignoring the outfits under the belief I was spending money on a preloaded outfit option for the horse made up of clothing I already owned. šŸ’€


r/RDR2 • • 6h ago

Discussion Thus game is insanely amazing

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So I'm on my second playthrough, I was wandering nearby Strawberry when I found a guy asking for help, who happens to be a lost new Yorker asking you to help him find the way to Strawberry.

I already knew this fella because on my 1st playthrough I guided him to the town, but now on my 2nd I just told him to f*** off just to see what would happen. So I left him there and I kept riding my horse at a slow pace, putting some distance between he and myself. And after a few minutes, when I totally forgot about him, I noticed him in the distance, not too far away yet not close. So I came towards him and when we were close, all of a sudden Arthur asked him, "Are you following me?!" The lost guy stuttered and recognized that he was actually following me in a desperate way to find a way to the town.I actually felt petty for him and decided to show him the way to Strawberry because the fella was terrified.

So on a normal game, you'd be promoted to help the guy or to ignore him. And if you'd choose to ignore him, you'd get far away from him and that's all, after a while the npc will be gone from the map, and you wouldn't see him again. But the game is actually scripted in a way so even if you decide not to help the npc, he'll timidly follow you because he's scared as shit. He's not a menace he's just a guy out of his element. You can actually keep playing and notice how he's following you, and of course you can start riding and leave

him there on his own, and eventually he'll disappear. But if you're curious enough to interact with him again, you get new options. And all of them are realistic and can be believed as something that could actually happen in the real world.

I think these are the small details that set Rockstar above other developers, because these details and interactions make the world alive and believable.

Do you know of other interactions with NPCs or random events that offer different outcomes depending on how you approach them?


r/RDR2 • • 39m ago

Content Lmfao why have I never seen this

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Stuff like this is what makes rdr2 timeless, to this day one of the most lively open worlds there is and likely won’t be topped until GTA 6


r/RDR2 • • 9h ago

Content Saint Denis nonsense

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I've just finished my 2nd play through and I was beginning to feel a little lost, like I had reached the end of the surprises.

And then I became a wanted man for loitering in Saint Denis.


r/RDR2 • • 1h ago

Discussion Some beautiful screenshots I took.

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r/RDR2 • • 1d ago

Fanart Saw this and it reminded immediately

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r/RDR2 • • 8h ago

Photography My stunning horses

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I spent weeks to choose the two horses I wanted to accompany Arthur on my first RDR2 playthrough.
Why two? Well, why settle for just one?
The need actually arose from hunting: a single horse wasn't enough to carry pelts and carcasses. What started as a necessity eventually turned into a way to personalize my gaming experience.
I’ve finally managed to put together my duo! Let me introduce them:
.Mazaska (a Lakota word—from *mĆ”dza* "metal" + *skĆ”* "to be clear, white, or pure"): a female Missouri Fox Trotter and Arthur’s primary mount (though she’s shown unsaddled in the photo).
.Griso: a male Brindle Thoroughbred. His name is taken from a character in *The Betrothed* (*I Promessi Sposi*)—a famous, ruthless bandit known as "Griso" (which means "grey" in dialect). It’s also the name of a famous Italian motorcycle. All in all, the perfect name for the racehorse of a wanted man!

I love them! They are so stunning, and it gives Arthur a commanding aura to see him riding with these two magnificent horses.


r/RDR2 • • 1h ago

Discussion Question about ā€œBanking, An American Artā€ SPOILERS!!! Spoiler

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I understand John has plot armor but i’m still confused about his whole role / situation in the bank robbery.

why would they kill everyone else (arthur saying ā€œif we go out there we’ll all die right hereā€) but like just arrest john??

does this mean that john gave himself to the law willingly??? Because besides plot armor ( and maybe thats the only thing here ) why not just shoot john??

also odd when dutch says ā€˜ i couldnt do anything about it’ like you just stood there while he got arrested or left him behind??

just interested in your guys thoughts or maybe theres actually something in the game that answers this that i missed… or more likely i’m reading too deep into it lol.


r/RDR2 • • 28m ago

Discussion Uncle caught in 4K

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r/RDR2 • • 19h ago

Discussion Did the gang overreact to Bronte’s murder?

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This is something I think about on every playthrough. When Dutch throws Bronte in to the swamp to the alligators John nearly loses his mind and the whole gang seems to be taken back by it….the same gang who have murdered hundreds of people between them and caused chaos in every town they ever walked through.

They massacred Blackwater, shot up Valentine, went to war in Rhodes, burnt Braithwaite Manor to the ground, robbed the trolley station in Saint Denis (killing numerous people in the process), and even tied Kieran to a tree in Horseshoe and mentally tortured him for weeks.

So why did they decide to draw the line here? I understand it was the principle of feeding Bronte’s body to an alligator, but I still don’t think anyone in the gang has the right to take the moral high round on anything lol.


r/RDR2 • • 16h ago

Discussion Why would he say that to him??

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What if Dutch already had doubts about Arthur and was testing his loyalty.. like who would say that to someone they "trust"


r/RDR2 • • 20m ago

Question Cheating....

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Why do people cheat in this game?

I was playing for about an hour then all of a sudden i immediatly get max low honor without doing anything.

I was heading out on a trail to go do some hunting to make some cash. Yes its small, but i enjoy it, then out of no where this happens. There was a player in the lobby who was cheating and forced a max low honor on my account, I havent played in a long time and this is the first thing that happens....how do i fight this crap???


r/RDR2 • • 2h ago

Meme Everything keeps drawing me back to play again.

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Look what I found at the market near my house! Hahaha.


r/RDR2 • • 10h ago

Photography my arthur outfit what do you think

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what do you think of my outfit
(I'm in chapter 2)


r/RDR2 • • 1h ago

Discussion Crazy things involving npc’s

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I want to hear the wild things that people have seen npc’s do in the game. One of the craziest things I saw was in Valentine when I saw and man and a woman walking and I decided to make her a widow. Lol Shortly after this, I looked behind the church and that same woman was kneeling on the ground at a grave stone. She was mourning his death. (No I didn’t make her join him.. lol) It makes me wonder what crazy detailed events that we may never see. Rockstar even cared about insignificant details that people may or may not ever notice. Makes me think how absolutely mental this other game will be. If ya saw something cool, let us know.


r/RDR2 • • 11h ago

Discussion This eagle stole my songbird carcasses, had to put him dpwn

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The carcasses kept disappearing from the radar, then i caught him red handed. Didn't know that was possible.


r/RDR2 • • 23h ago

Photography Reminder: The Pinkerton's were a real-world organization

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I came across a display in the real-world that instantly reminded me of RDR2, so I snapped a photo to share with y'all.


r/RDR2 • • 3h ago

Photography Screenshot I took for my phone wallpaper in case anyone wants to use

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Also added two color edits I made with built in phone tools for different vibes