Complete Guide for Red Dead Online Beginners

Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Beginners Guide for 2024 - how to make money and gold from the lowest levels, how to manage horses, optimal settings, combat tips and so on. Step-by-step guide from the very beginning to the moment where we have earned enough gold to buy any role in Red Dead Online! You will find which missions are the best for beginners in Red Dead Online in 2024.
0:00 - Red Dead Online Beginners Guide 2024
0:43 - Character Creation and Stats
1:57 - Optimal Settings for RDR2 Online
4:08 - Free 10 Gold Bars
5:28 - Combat Tips for RDO
6:05 - Honor level explained
6:52 - Ability Cards and Dead Eye
7:51 - Why Paint it black is the best choice for beginners
8:55 - Leveling Up Ability Cards
9:52 - Stealth in Red Dead Online
10:32 - Horses in Red Dead Redemption 2 Online
12:52 - The Best Horse for Beginners
14:10 - Daily Challenges for Easy Gold
16:34 - Treasure Maps
17:26 - Autopilot trick in RDR 2 Online
18:37 - Free Clothing Items
19:35 - Making Money and Gold
20:48 - The Land of Opportunities
23:25 - Bonuses like Double Money and Gold
24:47 - Payout Structure Explained in Red Dead Online
27:35 - Blood Money Missions
31:01 - Health, Stamina and Dead Eye
33:00 - Food and Tonics in RDO
35:09 - The Best Weapons for Beginners
36:33 - Cleaning and Upgrading Weapons
37:35 - Tips for PVE
38:20 - Protect Yourself from Griefers
39:48 - Ready to buy first Role
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[@PogoOnGTAO]

Biggest tip from me: At the beginning enjoy the game, mess around and have fun. I’m sure that many veteran players will agree with me on this, but the game is more fun at the beginning.

[@nitrix384]

True words, creating new accounts adds a re-enjoyment to the game,.👍👍

[@oshiz82]

So true, I enjoyed the growth process

[@ELVIS1975T]

I’m a 600 level veteran, I started a new character and I totally agree!

[@jaymanfreedm5847]

It really is I miss the beginning

[@chrisgarcia687]

@@jaymanfreedm5847 ride on partner thanks for the tip

[@nivid_jr]

Even though I aint a beginner, I will watch this. Who knows maybe I will learn something new.

[@TheOnlyTaps]

💯

[@PVPCat]

Be careful - it's 40 minutes long :)

[@sebcheemsenjoyer]

@@PVPCat 40 mins WORTH my time

[@Ian260m]

@@PVPCat I had no clue about the 2FA thing, thanks for the free 10 gold bars and 500k in GTA

[@astroterf.]

I've been playing online two years or so and there is still new stuff I learn on a weekly basis lol

[@gbart981]

Another 2 cents for beginners: Be polite, not all players have alot of time to play. If someone is making a trader delivery, a bounty, a moonshine delivery, don't just attack them because you think it might be fun. They just spent real time gathering supplies or whatever and you could botch the whole thing, it's called griefing, not cool. If your not making money, gold or xp your wasting time, which if fine, but don't waste someone elses. Keep it fun folks!

[@junhyunds]

This just happend to me a few hours ago, I almost never made it because of them. smh I really hate when people just bother others

[@itsdpmf]

Tough stuff you play the game and that’s how people play it it’ll happen in any game like this and that not griefing if it’s allowed in the game

[@junhyunds]

@@itsdpmf Still, it's best to be polite they're just saying to beginners that you shouldn't disturb others, plus if they do, it can turn out into a long drawn gunfight

[@gbart981]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Lots more fun to help each other out, in real life as well as games. Keep it fun folks!

[@SomeUrbanNinja]

@@junhyunds it's best to buy explosive Ammo and travel in a posse if you're that worried about your delivery. Also get good at shooting and also learn how to judge what the Blue Dots approaching you on the map are doing so you can better prepare. You not having any time to play shouldn't be other people's problem. The game Wants you to get attacked for your goods. That's why your wagon is visible for a long way out. Nobody bothers me when I create a Persistent Posse and load all my long guns with Explosive Ammo. People approach and see a Blue Star and they assume I have people with me. I also start my delivery from San Luis River Campsite. Almost nobody plays in Tumbleweed

[@ghostd933]

Happy to see you are still making guides for beginners in the unbelievable state of the game the one you made a year ago really helped me out as a low level keep it up really enjoying the content

[@PVPCat]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@potatopirate5557]

A trick I did for quickly upgrading ability cards is to equip the ones that need xp right before you get payment for role tasks. Like right before you pull in to the yellow spot with a trader delivery or bounty or right before u sell collectible sets. U can even do it while completing a daily challenge and definitely while you're wandering around collecting. You get a good chunk of xp for every collectible you find too. Especially if u take advantage of a role bonus, it will fill up those cards quickly. And you're making cash in the meantime for the purchase.

[@baginamonolog]

Yep, great tip to always switch to the ability cards you want to rank up before delivering moonshine, trader wagon, or selling items/collections to Madam Nazar

[@georgeasimakos1744]

Also when you’re doing collector, switch cards just before picking up items and turning in sets.

[@theresatunnelunderoceanblvd]

19:50

[@suleymanunal7637]

There is not any single minute in video that is useless, thank you for 40 minutes of help. I’m also a beginner, it really helped.

[@jamison85]

A tip on weapons with variants - for example, there is a bounty hunter variant of the bolt action rifle, which has slightly better stats, but prevents you from equipping other upgrades and wraps. Go the variant menu, move the selection over the variant (you will see the stats increase), and press ESC. The model will revert to the standard variant, but it will keep the upgraded stats. Feel free to equip any upgrades after that. Same works for the trader shotgun, and should work for any variant weapon. Also, there are many videos on how to do the Etta Doyle legendary bounty without firing a single shot. If you wait for 30 minutes (just browse the web on the side, but make sure to move a step once in 13 minutes to avoid idling), you get 0.48 gold, a few hundred in cash, 1500xp, 1500 bounty hunter xp. Currently, there's a bonus on bounty hunter, so right now it's 3000 xp each. Easy leveling, and you can repeat it an hour after finishing it. I can second the importance of doing daily missions regularly. Pick the easiest one, get it out of the way, then complete as many others as you like. With the first or second streak level, it really does increase the gold payout to a useful level, and requires about 10 minutes of gameplay a day if you want to keep it to a bare minimum.

[@sideshowsniket]

Big tip: Go unlock the Blood Money missions, go to Anthony Foreman, go to the Stagecoach holdup mission, go to the jeanroke or whatever it is map and turn on the treasure map locator. There are five spots in the Heartlands that make a circle where treasure maps spawn. Once you find it, take it either from the tree or the treasure hunter and immediately close the app. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[@gabesaadetian5669]

Can you explain this a little more? 💯

[@Sinner1660]

@@gabesaadetian5669 Not personally but if you search for the following... "Rdr2online rhubarb glitch" it'll explain same context as what this guy is on about... another way to farm money 'legally' speaking without cheating. Hope this helps.. I realise it ,ay not

[@Nohandlethankyou1]

@@gabesaadetian5669 don’t so glitches. Once you make money in this game you rob yourself of the true experience. You’ll soon be wearing black and gold outfits and griefing people because you rushed the damn game. Stay away from these people recommending glitches and money cheesing.

[@galaxyykitten]

i'm very new to RDO, so much so that i kinda gave up a few months back but I have the urge to try again, but wasnt feeling too confident (i'll be doing solo, dont know anyone who plays plus im an introvert.) i'm 2 mins in and already got pen and paper writing notes. thank you so much.

[@nitrix384]

Awesome Cat , I learnt sooo much from your 1st tutorial , I hope new and old cowboys also learn from your accurate, well studied and proven, gameplay tutorials. Thanks bro !!

[@Mohammad_j4fari]

The amount of effort put in this video is really admirable❤

[@DR360WHO]

Had to add that I love your videos as I have been watching quite a few lately as I have re-fallen in love with this masterpiece, thanks for all your effort and passion you add

[@johnnysmythe2552]

This is a really good tip guide for beginners, the best on on KZbin so far. Thanks

[@beardedhoser]

Only the best!!! Thank you for posting.

[@BillyL_13]

Thank you for the very easy to understand and informative video. I was quite overwhelmed as I hadn't played red dead online in years, but this helped me get back on track and taught me a lot.

[@olgaantoshkin9636]

I wish I'd had such a detailed guide when I first started playing RDO. Super!

[@orionorion328]

good job as usual pvp cat. you explain the game better with testing and experience than anyone else.

[@rarescriss]

When I first tried the game in 2020, I got attacked a lot and I didn't enjoy the experience. A few days ago I wanted to give it another try and I simply can't stop playing, it's a really special game. Thanks for the tips, very useful video!

[@xtinet]

Hi CAT! Thanks, this is a great guide! I have been playing a few years and I wish I had known a lot of this information in the beginning!

[@nmrdkl]

The best tip I can give for beginners is to quit now before you put in 600 hours buy literally everything in the game get emotionally attached to this masterpiece and have your heart broken because they abandoned it. Learn from my mistake.

[@tommygunn6025]

Its the saddest thing ever😢

[@deznutes6689]

Imagine being a crybaby because they don’t update a game anymore The game is still there and you’re being a big baby for nothing

[@sickofyou4408]

​@@deznutes6689 kid there's nothing to do 😂 seems to be good enough for your slow ass though

[@the5thlegionSW]

@@deznutes6689bro this comments a year old, and it’s valid to be upset if a game u love is abandoned by developers. Maybe not crying but still his point is valid stop finding problems in other folks opinions it’s just rude for no reason.

[@SpacedOutRyu]

Since this game got put on ps5 for free, I jumped back on after two years. I'm level 500, 100 grand and 500 gold bars. All I do is help new players make money. I forgot how good it is even though I abandoned it too. Ps5 has a surge of new players.

[@Dorian_Barber]

This video is great man. Maybe I can convince my friends to give this a go now.

[@circleofthewolfairsoft7419]

Wow thx for all the tips at the beginning , I just started playing online and you made my life a heck of a lot more easier that I deleted my first account and started from scratch. First time I couldn’t get anywhere, after you I finally am making some progress. I was getting frustrated and had no idea what I was doing , Big thx and you got a sub from me keep up the great work. 🎉

[@ahnaftanzim1452]

Best RDO beginner's guide out there!Thank you very much!❤

[@zoewilliams7960]

this was so helpful!! thank you so much for an awesome guide ❤

[@ratskin1782]

Thanks for this brilliant video Cat! Got a friend into RDO and this is great for her when I'm not around!

[@swervedriver5260]

I've been playing in full lobbies. There are still millions playing worldwide. This game is still more popular than many would like to think.

[@usmanfrankly]

Most are low levels, once you max out the roles you have you’ll be bored beyond imagination.

[@astroterf.]

@@usmanfrankly I'm maxed on every role, play every single day and I'm never bored 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@usmanfrankly]

@@astroterf. maybe you play for the feel of the game when most of the community want real content, like what pvp cat said it’s literally a pointless grind.

[@astroterf.]

@@usmanfrankly that's an endless circular argument though, because 'the community' can't even decide what content it wants, lol You could be onto something with your first point though, I'm 99% housebound through injury and certainly can't ride anymore, maybe I'm living through the game which probably isn't particularly healthy 🤣 Pointless grind I can see that... I'm sitting at $900k, 3,500gb and absolutely nothing to spend it on, but I still get satisfaction from completing sets, resetting buckles yada yada yada...IF I ever get bored I use NPC's as footballs for a while lol

[@usmanfrankly]

@@astroterf. bruh $900k 3.5k gold bars? My dude play a different game.. literally a pointless grind. That’s not good for your mental imo.

[@joost00719]

The cinematic horse trick is a game changer for me! Thanks for the tip!

[@jackpierce7543]

thank you so much. I've had rdr2 and rdo for a few years now and ive always wanted to get into rdo but i was never able to enjoy it until i followed this guide. I made a new character, fully leveled up my horse, and am roaming doing really cool missions with cameos from van der linde gang members that i never knew were there :)!

[@gamermickie]

This is very interesting and helpful thank you very much

[@hishamat8817]

this is the most useful video i've ever watched i just started red dead online and i learned everything and it was entertaining too thank you.

[@paganizertube]

I'm loving the story mode. Doing my first playthrough. But the online version looks more like a grind than actual fun.

[@_toastie_3873]

It is but its alot of fun with friends

[@crumpetsNskin]

You can have fun solo too. I kinda just try to immerse myself as much as possible, and live like a cowboy. It’s pretty relaxing

[@Ju-Peter667]

Online mode is more fun for me who wants to free roam instead of having to be forced into a horse riding mission from a to b for minutes and minutes. Missions are boring and online is better in terms of weapons, horses, outfits, hunting, fishing, basically every ascept besides side missions and story missions is better in online

[@Ju-Peter667]

Story is fun but I never even finished chapter 3 even tho I have over 500hrs on rdr. Online free roaming is just so good. Theres always fun to have and you can always group up with some other random players just for that day to play

[@eurblasianhoney8429]

True, it really is. Makes a minus in fun online play.

[@Know_Body]

I just started this week, this has been super helpful.

[@ashleyproctor9589]

Just got this game for Christmas so it's all new to me.. nice to see a recent beginners guide! Very helpful as this is all very overwhelming at first, thanks!

[@Sesshomarux88]

How are you liking it so far? Have you beat the story? I’m about to start online today.

[@Yuilix]

me too

[@artisanshrew]

*I'm only 1 week in @ level 22 - THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS VALUABLE INFO!!!*

[@Wombola]

rly gr8 stuff here cat, glad to see you're still on top

[@kartikvenkat5391]

Thanks, this is very helpful. Been a long time since I touched RDO.

[@Steven-js6hb]

Very helpful guide, thanks!

[@northlander7007]

Thank you Cat. I always enjoy Your content.

[@TheOnlyTaps]

Some useful tips in here even for veterans. Very in depth guide. Funnily enough I'd never actually triggered my two factor authentication all these year's on my account 😅

[@PVPCat]

So U still can get 10GB (but don't need it now for sure) :)

[@surmcguffin]

@@PVPCato you know if the 2 step verification works as of June 2023?

[@Flokiabob311]

Funnily?? Lmaooo please stop making up words. English is already bad enough in 2023 😂

[@TheOnlyTaps]

@@Flokiabob311 Go grab a dictionary and look up the word funnily before commenting. Thanks 👍🏿

[@paullilly9645]

​@@Flokiabob311but funnily is a word, funnily enough

[@eunannortje5815]

Thanks for the 2 step tip it still works!

[@DannieDecentVlogs]

Great video I enjoyed it, and it was very helpful

[@Antisnot]

im level 30 and i finally started playing again and i learned alot of stuff that i didn’t even know wow ty

[@PentoPelican]

Thanks mate I really appreciated it

[@j0ma2_GG]

Admirable video, thank you

[@Rugrat]

Great vid mate :D

[@socuciusergalla3241]

i like the long video man keep it up

[@hamubansultpogi]

That cloth-claiming trick, you are a genius!

[@genshinunleashed8455]

"Most other players are friend....." Is that why every single person I come across shoots me in the back while I am doing missions? lmao

[@willi2343]

I just started and this explained everything thx

[@DJMavis]

I am not going to restart the game, and having watched all your other videos, don't think I learned anything, but I still enjoyed it!

[@buttons6812]

I am just here to appreciate the amount of effort Cat put into making this video…

[@Music2mosh2]

Instead of using cinematic to travel to treasure locations which are on the other side of the map. Press start. Go to the online tab. And scroll through the options.. new hanover, etc. And click on it for a free fast travel. The only thing is that it switches the lobby. But it saves a lot of time

[@csongorpapp9807]

I have over 200 hours in rdo and i wish i had a guide like this when i started. Fortunately i was blew away from this game bc i love how it works and this wild west style. Even though it was hard im so glad i decided not to quit.

[@__ilogy]

I quit so many times but here I am again 😭

[@deahh9617]

I am just now returning and I love love love how chill it is compared to GTAV. I cant take a poop without getting capped. lol

[@csongorpapp9807]

@@deahh9617 yeah thats what i really hated in gta 5 and stopped playing, the community is really bad and the online is full of griefers

[@MonkiDrip2121]

oh bruh that 2 step verify is a good help i am definetly getting it hope it still does appeal

[@cozmic42069]

First person aim sensitivity is also for scopes, I've been playing a while & I didn't even know about the health regen behind cover. dope vid

[@knichols8899]

Nice video, thanks for the tips, still seems like a lot of grinding for money and XP, but still maybe I'll give it a try

[@ronin9283]

I don’t know why I’ve never played rdr2 properly before , I started this week and god I’ve been missing out this game is absolutely unreal

[@Rae225]

Thanks for this..just started a new character on a different console.

[@Steiring_]

I am lv 400 but really enjoyed it because it brings back the memories when I started.. Such a shame rockstar decided to ditch it, such a great game...

[@rashfarr]

thank you bro i love your accent its abselutley easy to understand thank you again and again

[@ostoomp5253]

I have about 300 hours in online, but I had no clue about the two-step verification. Thanks, Cat!

[@billkellyhornswoggletheGreat]

Great video!

[@Mr47qwertyuiop]

2 step verification for 10 gold bars still works. It took 2 days but I got it. Thanks for the info!

[@Daigo0781]

Even though I’m already advanced in the game thx to ur vids,this helped alot with the tips 😊

[@HEADBANGA34]

Switching over from Xbox to Playstation so I have to start with a new character this is a good study guide

[@RamJamDee]

Thank you for making videos of this game. I’m new to it and your tips have worked for me. I only started a week ago and im already level 30 with good weapons and 2 roles already.

[@trevorsingletary4742]

if you wanna play on pc hmu

[@DessJ]

thank you :)

[@browncube9033]

Love you bro

[@ahmedfares4099]

I commented on this video because you said what I actually do and it's the same things exactly. Other thing when I open a treasure map and it's not too far I travel with my horse so I pick some collecting in the way or sometimes clear hideout and road thieves.

[@ShadeViking7]

thank you alot

[@ZapDaw]

Thank you so much for this video, I started playing Red Dead Online 4 days ago, this helped me alot!❤

[@gbart981]

Hope you've tried the story, my favorite singleplayer game of all time. If you do, play all the side quests, that's where the real fun is. I'm jealous, would love to see everything for the first time again. 2 playthroughs here;)

[@ZapDaw]

@@gbart981 Yeah I've played it through

[@TripToDaLane]

17:55 you can also buy a camp nearby for $2 then quit the game and reload in and select the event month and you’ll teleport there

[@cemerson12]

Thanks for vid

[@sebcheemsenjoyer]

Veteran since beta, but i will watch this cus its high quality content😎

[@seag4959]

Thanks, i just started playing online

[@heideblicke]

🥺 I love this game. Keep it up Dude. Lets keep it alive 🤗

[@erictyler3259]

Great video.

[@thgamingcrasher]

I had no idea this was a thing 19:20 thanks really thank you

[@coopfasho1463]

Thanks bro

[@imjuicy4201]

Just what i needed i just deleted my old character😅 so im happy for this even tho i kinda know what to do😂❤

[@lordchrono3283]

can confirm that the 10 gold bar from the 2 step authentication setup still works. Great video man very informative!!

[@BigM4867]

It won't work for me it says verification failed

[@jcrmarc2037]

I remember leveling each ability card to max level and buying the upgrades for them only for them to go on discount the next week

[@baginamonolog]

Generally I do treasure maps more during the first 2 weeks of my challenge streaks, doing only the easiest challenges, and for the last two weeks when the challenges are more lucrative concentrate on those.

[@elliottsfunstuffchannel2-gc7zm]

Thank you for telling me what to do

[@RWQSAFACKZND]

Thank you comrade

[@benyaminsattari2847]

Dude i get its dead sadly..but i just started!sooo iam gonna enjoy it thanks for the help!.

[@chrisklotzbucher7648]

You are a legend

[@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning]

I named my Starter Horse "Lazy". :P

[@supahdupahplayahmacknumbah7791]

You are honestly one of if not the best Red Dead Online KZbinr

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Like, WOAH!!! That tip about the free community stuff in the menu & how to get it free even if your low lvl with the slick Rick gold switcharooni to the poonie…. That’s just efficaciously bodaciously excellent my dude!!! Thank you very much! And remember, be excellent to each other and party on duuuuude!!!!

[@zarul5988]

thanks for the guide i play rdo since 25/12/2022 yeah im new at this game Thanks a Lot ❤‍🔥

[@apc6539]

Rockstar should allow us to create 2nd charactwr in rdo so veteran players can enjoy the fun from level 1 again

[@mikedicarlis6654]

I added a new PSN profile and used that for a new character.

[@baginamonolog]

@@mikedicarlis6654 Same, did that twice so far, might do it again

[@BogeyTheBear]

I had to create an alternate Xbox Live account just to create a character of the opposite gender.

[@yegor2]

there's a reason half the xbox lobbies are people with like 200 gamerscore

[@toddbutcher1784]

I've been thinking about returning to the game on my wife's gamertag. LOL

[@skyrimgamerzeek7600]

what's up great video

[@AsphaltMan11]

On the Big Game meat, oregano for stamina, thyme for dead eye, cook and stow often, and buy the potent tonic, it's covers all three.

[@gabeghiby6935]

nice guide bro... after over 3 years old with my character, due to me not playing, sadly not being so interested in RDO that appeared to me quite confusing at first when I started (before the COVID plan(ed)-demic) I'm barely at level 20 and consider myself still a beginner with just one role, the Bounty Hunter, which drives me crazy since I can hardly complete successfully 2 out of 5-6 jobs, due to the timer running out on me... like I have to run around the map for long minutes until I reach the target, then either kill all the enemies helping/guarding the target, or search aimlessly the yellow area to find the target, then once I got the target (if I do get it), mostly dead, and rarely alive, I have to run again across the map to deliver the target to the office or jail wagon, whatever the case may be, and by the time I reach the final destination I almost run out of time... I can't understand how come some are concerned they can do it "too fast" or under 10 minutes, when to me the time expires... not on legendary, just on regular bounties... I guess I'm either a dumb player or I'm missing something... (I'm not that bad in GTAO tho') anyways, nice guide... I'll get the collector role next hoping to become rich soon in RDO... I'm sick and tired of those bounty jobs that I'm not even good at...

[@MatsJPB]

I really wish we got to keep the jail outfit. Or at least had a way of getting one again later in the game. I think it's really cool. Good guide!

[@paolomorra9818]

Perfect guide for beginners

[@gbart981]

Wow, all these years and your still making informative, entertaining and accurate videos. Big tip #1 for new players, even with Defensive on, if you see some players coming at you with lasso, run away, they are most likely up to no good. #Tip 2, if it starts raining animals, ships, explosions, or someone wants to give you gold, leave session, log off and restart, someone is messing with you! Still happens:( Question#1for you Cat! What message comes up if a player is looking for matchups to complete online story? I would love to help new players with stories but have been hesitant to join free roam invites. Played through story first, thought online play was just deathmatch, how wrong I was. Always felt online should be available only after playing through a certain level of singleplayer story just to let players learn basic mechanics and how cool the game is, but your vids make online play much more enjoyable. From Delaware USA, wishing you and yours all the best Cat and thanks once again.

[@PVPCat]

Not sure if there are any messages like that. Game simply puts everyone who choose story missions in a team but not inviting anyone

[@gbart981]

So how do other players know to be put in story mission? I've personally had some very helpful players join me way back when. I'm a bit embarrassed that with over 1600hrs in this game I still don't know;)

[@charlesboots6508]

@@gbart981 Interaction menu, story mission on call, I believe.

[@gbart981]

Thanks, would be nice to help new players out, never noticed that option.

[@ELVIS1975T]

I absolutely believe everyone should play the single player story before online. People who jump into online waste so much resources and real time for a very long time. Also, the SP story is incredible

[@dashechkadaria5782]

Cat you're awesome!

[@Overlycomplicatedswede]

The beginning of this game is the best part because u expierence all the wild shit u can find in this game for the first time For example finding a legendary animal or unlocking that one weapon u have been wanting for ages