12 Red Dead Redemption 2 Life Hacks You Need To Know

[@paulgrey8028]

Anyone else just starting to play RDR2 in 2024? 64yo 'gamer' here. Before I found the internet around 14 years ago, there were so many games where I'd get stuck [like Assassin Creed games for example] that would stop me from progressing. Or I'd get halfway through a game before I'd discover a function that would improve the gameplay significantly. These tutorial vids make life so much easier 😁 Thank you for the life hacks. Much appreciated.

[@nancygraves3378]

Yes!!! I'm 63 years old, just now starting the game. And I'd be lost without tutorials! Have fun!

[@Pkedya2boy]

Just started the game last month. It's a beautiful game and I can see why it gets all the praise.

[@Clonetrooper1139]

Just started. The amount of content is overwhelming. 😅

[@freeponyrides]

Another 63 year old here 😂 RDR2 is incredible

[@snowpawwolf1123]

"10 perfect rat pelts for one hat? Heck, let's just find one big rat and save ourselves the trouble." (Glares at Micah)

[@akumsingh124]

Suzette Watson I see u

[@snowpawwolf1123]

@@akumsingh124 Oh yeah? Where

[@justfelixjedlicka1387]

Fucking lmao.

[@knuterikringli4772]

Keep quiet cowpoke!

[@victorysaber1608]

The run down saloon in saint denis has 2 encounters. I got 18 perfect rats. Small game arrows. Btw the vermin rifle wont work. It signals disturbing the peace.

[@topshonuff]

For beginners, 1.Do Chores around camp, hunting, and just running to build some stats. Smoking premium cigarettes helps dead eye, but will lose stamina. Just go to sleep or use potion. 2. Save, save, save.. 3 Get better weapons. Get Scoffield Pistol in Valentines. Lancaster Repeater is in Rhodes. Get a Pump shotgun. These 3 I stuck with most of the Time. 4. Look for treasure maps and get gold Bars.very easy to do. Lots of videos to watch. 5. Use cinematic view while on horse for automatic travel. Very helpful cause that’s what most of the time you’ll be doing. 6 Get the Arabian Horse. It’s up north and it’s free. Always pack 1 winter outfit for traveling north. Start bonding with horse by calming, feeding and riding it. 7. Kill Legendary animals for trinkets. Helpful perks. Also at the trapper get animal saddle. Work on getting some. They are better than regular saddles. Do challenges to get better ammo gear and get extra holster for pistol. 8. Locate Fences and Trappers for better items. At Gunsmith is cheaper to pay to clean guns than buy gun oil. But some guns can’t be clean at the gun store so you still need gun oil. 9. Try to find and get all other weapons. Guns, ,knives, machete, axe, tomahawk, pirate sword, and daggers. . Some you’ll stumble on and some are on missions. Always try to get a weapons from dead people that you don’t own. You’ll get your old weapons back from the horse if you pick another gun. You can find another scoffield pistol or Lancaster repeater from Random NPC. 10 try to get all the Satchels. Once you get the last one, it makes things easier to carry. Food, potion, jewelry, and plants. A must to get. 11. Try to have High honor. You get 25% discount on all store. If you do a Mayor Mission in St. Denis and kill the guy. You get another 10% off. Only in St. Denis. If you get max Honor, won’t be til after Ch5, you will get 50% off. So in St Denis you can get 60% there.

[@rutvikjoshi8525]

Thanks fam. Btw why do I need to save the game? (I started playing thise yesterday and haven't saved it once)

[@topshonuff]

Rutvik Joshi sometimes it doesn’t save automatically. So before you go some where save it. And after you get the location save it. Anything can happen in between, like random NPC or your horse running into a tree. If you’re carrying a fur on back of the horse, you can lose it if the horse falls down, or if you die you automatically lose it except for Legendary fur. You still have it if it disappears on your horse. It will be at the trapper. If you can carry the animal you can get paid twice. The fur and carcass. So a rule a thumb is to save every 5 mins. Cheers.

[@Mr.Cronin89]

@@topshonuff the save game is strong with you my son, I thought I was the only one who obsessively saved!

[@t.3650]

I don’t really get what trinkets do and how to craft them please help

[@Mr.Cronin89]

@@t.3650 hunt a legendary animal & sell the pelt to a trapper for $ then go to a fence & select craft.

[@wackadoodle8951]

If you have a perfect big pelt on the back of your horse, and see another large perfect animal that you want to deliver to the trapper, mount your horse and lasso the dead animal without skinning. You can then drag the animal to the trapper and it will not damage the pelt.

[@bugforest2636]

that's awesome thanks

[@4starlife284]

That I didn't realize. Very nice tip

[@ricardolombardini]

Noice

[@jordanr2244]

If you have your main holster revolver out oud push L1 twice, you do a gun spin while putting it away.

[@joshguevara9570]

Big thanks!

[@ketchr4295]

Yeah that's cool af to do that after head shotting a few guys in deadeye from a draw.

[@Cliff00936]

And if you aim your gun hit the control pad up and you will fire shot into the air.

[@ericsbuds]

what!!?!?!? I was just thinking to myself that RDR2 needs a way to spin the gun! I had no idea you could already to it!! gonna try that tonight thanks!

[@spybeef]

Thanks!!

[@tmfo125]

Use poison arrows for predators. They run off and die slowly but if they are perfect pelts and you hit them in the head they stay perfect, just hit them one time with the poison arrow.

[@ladylog5470]

U can also one shot kill them with an improved arrow n that way u don’t have to follow it

[@iank472]

A tip I haven't seen mentioned much is that at max affinity with your horse when you calm it with right stick it regains some stamina bar. From my own experience this can let you run pretty much indefinitely without using horse tonics.

[@reddevil1540]

Yes thats what i do, keep on pressing L3 on ps4 when riding fast

[@Mr.Cronin89]

I thought I was the only one who knew about this secret ha

[@sweynskarilsen9105]

If you know how to craft horse meals it will give it gold cores, add that to holding down the left stick and you can go even further.

[@FirstnameLastname-gb4ww]

Man I was feelin special for knowing this

[@fanatp0stpanka]

Pretty much any affinity over 2 can do this

[@venomzodd2913]

A good tip is have your main horse and find a random horse (steal or tame a wild) bond to level one. while on your main horse whistle for your now temporary horse and it will follow. Useful for stowing big hides. Hope this helps.

[@syneiro5497]

I've seen npc's do this as well.

[@mordreddarkfall456]

Can appropriate a horse for use as a "pack animal" from all the unowned horses just lounging around the gangs camps. Before you leave if you know your going for a couple big pelt type animals, just grab a Morgan or Tennessee walker at the camp and have your mount follow you until the generic horse bonds with you enough (not even sure you have to bond with it) then ride yours for hunting and have the pack horse carry pelts etc. If nothing else it saved the time it would've taken breaking a wild one, or the hassle that can happen when stealing one. I've never bothered with it, but a friend said she takes a wagon to carry extra skins/pelts. Seemed like too much of a pain trying to get them onto or staying on a wagon, to me though.

[@4n0nym0u5]

Did you know you can get a third?

[@Glitchybtch]

@@4n0nym0u5 how?

[@Glitchybtch]

@@mordreddarkfall456 I have never been able to get a wagon to work.

[@arxlblacktip9085]

Feed Arthur! Your health core was always in the red!

[@dick_cheney]

Reported for arthur abuse

[@Chicken_Wing91]

He was too busy looking for lenny to eat though :I

[@sophia-yq3qh]

No, No and Thrice, No 😂😂

[@thewarhawk8203]

@@Chicken_Wing91 L E N N Y

[@corneelgoethals5175]

Stfu furry

[@mikeklimanek2780]

Old video, but still worth mentioning for some. Lots of better tips are in comments. And one fishing tip that I personally find really great and no one is mentioning it, is going to the settings > controller > and change the reel options for fishing to hold square (x on xbox controller) rather than spinning the analog endlessly.

[@deadxbyxdawn306]

This one helps in general for reducing the time it takes to gain stick drift

[@sachaxx2467]

It helps but it feels a little slower, idk if it is

[@paulgrey8028]

RDR2 might be five years old but it's new to me in 2024 😁 I'm sure that these game tutorials will be helping gamers for a long time to come.

[@TheMickaelD]

Something super useful IMO is to study the animals, either with binoculars or just being next to them, so that you learn the best way to kill them and gather a pelt in perfect condition.

[@gwoody4003]

There is a requirement for one of the awards to track animals w the binoculars so you can kill 2 birds w one stone too.

[@THUNDER_ONE87]

That’s some good advice

[@faithzebedee3405]

"Skid stops on horses are cool" *shows clip of him running a guy over and tripping on a rock*

[@michaelmiles2647]

To be fair though, he did a skid.

[@juleswoodbury58]

Here are a couple: Don't use a double action revolver, as they have lower damage and fanning a cattleman has much higher rpm than the double action, the cattleman revolver will see you through to the end of the game, I suggest keeping the main holster cannon short and the offhand cannon long, as you use the main hand to quickdraw and a short barrel significantly decreases draw time. The offhand holster is practical to keep your longboy revolver if you want to kill targets moving away from you, you could also use a long barrelled Schofield on the offhand holster. If you wondered why the quickdraw events are so hard and sometimes seem impossible it's because your quickdraw pistol barrel is too long and thus takes a longer time to draw from your holster. this is especially helpful in RDO where you don't have slomo deadeye

[@jeremiahealy3657]

Wow I did not know that barrel length affected draw time 😱

[@Ps-uh4cl]

Jules used logic, it's super effective

[@marknorwood7521]

I had thought about the long bbl/short bbl thing before, "in Real Life situations", but didn't realize the game actually recognized that.

[@Gr8tBlueHeron]

Damn, thanks! Long-barreled cattleman is my go-to - I'll switch it to my offhand holster!

[@THUNDER_ONE87]

But without the barrel length you can’t fully upgrade your gun

[@erdvilla]

Hack 1 should be: Hunt the Legendary Buck and get its trinket asap (Chapter 2 after unlocking Fence). Hack 2: Focus on completing the satchels until you have the Legend of the East one. This way you won't lose loot due to a full inventory. And the Trinket will prevent pelts and carcasses from rooting.

[@BobSmith-kd6lq]

Great tip

[@Salamiboy34]

You need the legendary Pronghorn Trinket to prevent the Pelts from rotting, the legendary Buck will increase the pelt quality while skinning. The Problem is, the legendary Pronghorn can be found in new austin after the story

[@kaivercetti2207]

rez

[@RedEyedJEdi410]

With #2, your honor went down because you killed someones farm animal. Animals that belong to someone or are in someones fence can't be killed without losing some honor. Learned this the hard way lol.

[@drewgoin8849]

I found a pen full of goats outside of St Denis and needed a couple of pristine, 3-star pelts for the Trapper to craft some outfits. As I had gotten into some legal trouble following the butchering of a farmer's bull, I opened the gate, let the goats/sheep/whatever wander into a nearby cane field, and proceeded to use the bow and arrow on them. No problems!!!

[@RedEyedJEdi410]

@@drewgoin8849 Nice, now I know how/where to get my perfect goat and cow skins lol

[@tia3063]

Exactly, only killing farm animals decreases honor

[@alexisjohamdesantiago2381]

Actually if you kill to many animals in a row without skinning, you'll lose honor. It doesn't matter if they're not farm animals, the only difference is that killing one in a farm will make you lose honor instantly.

[@RedEyedJEdi410]

@@alexisjohamdesantiago2381 Well yeah, I was just saying that at that particular point in the video, he lost honor because he killed a farm animal in its pen.

[@kate1361]

Yeah those shop keepers and their weird personal standards like refusing to serve murderous psychopaths, who do they think they are?

[@gavinlongbottom5901]

God i know right

[@Nothingex]

God I know right(2)

[@AnthonyRivera-xf4ie]

Kate there’s some outfits that you need to have your honor all the way down to own so I guess it’s equal for mass murders and goody 2 shoes alike

[@Slycarlo]

God know im right

[@joseyforbes9699]

God I know right

[@syneiro5497]

Another few secrets the game doesn't tell you: some side missions can only be done in certain chapters, as well as collecting secret weapons.

[@flwr_cmb]

With the fishing part, i found it super helpful to move your left joystick up and down while reeling in. That way, the fish is pulled closer and closer every time your left joystick goes down. You have to try it to get what i'm trying to say 😂 it's pretty hard with my little hands but it reels in the fish way quicker

[@mrnobody3161]

Yep. You're exactly right. I fish a lot in the game to relax and have fished salmon for 3 game days and nights, selling the Salmon for $767.00. I'm quite sure salmon are the most valuable fish in the game. You have to find the right places to fish though.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Just pull it back let go then pull back again. Quicker than going all the way up

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

I also cast as close to where I’m standing as well. That way one or two pull backs and they’re auto caught

[@machinegunsharkboiii1255]

When ever you need to reload in a gunfight just turn deadeye on and off because every time you turn on deadeye your amount of bullets you have before you need to reload goes to max

[@raymondv.m4230]

Some less obvious tips. 1.) Clicking L3 while on your horse does more than calm it from agitation. Spacing your clicks every 12 to 15 seconds of consistent riding will recover a portion of your horses stamina, useful for races or long treks. If you have the thumb strength, just hold the stick down and your horses stamina will regenerate automatically every 12 seconds (pair this with a beaver saddle and high quality stirrups and cinematic mode for infinite riding). 2.) Using dead eye automatically reloads your weapon. If you're surrounded by more than 6 targets. Pop some slow-mo kills to extend your clip size. (Works even if the clip is empty!) 3.) If you're struggling to hunt animals. There are some procedures you can take to make it easier. (I'll use a boar as a case example.) - Study the animal to find its diet, Boars eat small rodents and amphibians, so check creeks and small bodies of water. - Bait it, and no not with store bought bait, that stuff doesn't descriminate. The best method is to stand at the location the animal appears, set up camp. (Camp usually spawn at great hunting location far from roads and trails). Then hunt down the animals favourite meal(Boars like rats, squirrels, and frogs). Coincidentally, those meals should be very easy to find in the animals habitat. After you've caught a meal, skin it(Skinned animals are easier to smell) and place it down, then wait nearby. You have a good chance of attracting your target. 4.) Are you tired of having worn weapons in your inventory? The only way to remedy this is to replace it with its high quality counter part. The game lets you own one of each( 2 of each for hand-held) non throwable weapon. If you have a worn Lancaster, you can wait until you find a good one in the world or just buy a replacement in the shop. Sorry, that's the only way. 5.) Just a for fun tip now. You may have heard by now but double tapping L1 performs a flourish before a gun is holstered.

[@adwaawddw4730]

When you have worn weapons, don't replace them. Worn weapons are the game's way of telling you "Ok, this weapon is outdated, get an upgrade."

[@adambdragon]

i just want to remember these tips, thank you so much for the help

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

I refused to purchase the game, because I was afraid it will ruin my life, oh and because I run PC only now. So it turns out I was right, if I don't watch, I really would stick glued to the screen and play this movie of a game. It is BY FAR the BEST story game out there. The level of detail and the unique characters blew me away and keep blowing me away. Random events...omg... thanks for the tips, these help immensely, saving me from wasting too much time :D

[@paulgrey8028]

It would have been even better if there weren't so many glitches.

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

@@paulgrey8028 I don't even recall any name worthy let alone game breaking glitches. Maybe I got lucky on PC, late into the release?

[@danielhenno7104]

What I have noticed whilst playing is that greeting everyone you pass is a good way of getting your honour up. Really good if you're in a busy town. I haven't seen this tip on any RD2 tips videos.

[@zakkyp8849]

You have a kind face sir

[@burymeinjhenny918]

@@zakkyp8849 hey mister

[@kavashaman496]

@@zakkyp8849the kind I like to hit!

[@GooseGaming999]

Then there's me Mr. Greet, greet, and antagonize 😂😂 Hey madam! You should be careful. lot of dangerous folk around here, wet drip like you.. easy pickens.

[@MrJayel27]

Why would you wade around in the river surrounding Saint Denis? Its full of Alligators lol

[@karlaclemons-vaughan6253]

It's the only way to get the stuff the exotics collector wants. I've been wandering around for days trying to kill herons and find orchids. :/

[@MrJayel27]

@@karlaclemons-vaughan6253…………………………….How is killing Herons difficult? Theyre a bright dayglo colour and sit there on top of a big stick lol

[@fanatp0stpanka]

@@MrJayel27 the gun you have to use and all that shit including quality

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Ye and the night folks 😭

[@barackhusseinobamajr]

​@@Kanal7Indonesia L PFP

[@Herbie1978]

5:38 change the fishing settings and then hold L2, click R2 to hook the fish and hold square push down and up to reel the fish in quicker

[@dwightchaos9449]

Soooo much faster.. I pretty much avoided fishing for a long time until I leaned that tip.

[@victorysaber1608]

Fishing tip, dont just pull back. Go forth n back n increases catch time significantly if you can do it.

[@qizaarzomar3614]

Was just about to post this, glad someone did. Its not just about pulling down on the stick. Forward then down over n over literally drags the fish out of the water. Its twice as fast as reeling it in.

[@HorTyS]

Seeing how he handled the ambush at the beginning of the video, I knew right away it wouldn't be teaching me anything...

[@SammiTheSweetheart327]

Lmao

[@sirwenji]

Hahaha lol youre mean xD

[@OfAngelsAndAnarchist]

HorTyS aren’t you cool

[@Alex_Penjamin]

Lol FOR REAL I paused it and came to the comments for some actual useful tips😂

[@marcbummbummbumm2421]

Get a life

[@chadsuggs1996]

Also if you think you can keep changing between the three outfits on your stock saddle.... The townsfolk noticed all three the more you wear them

[@JohnRalsten]

After the first tip, I thought this was going to be a good video. Nope. Nearly every other "tip" is just an aspect of the game you come across playing, some even explicitly explained to the player. For example, needing to have the gun cleaned before it can be customized by a gunsmith? Duh. Because when you try customizing your only option at first is to clean. That's hardly a "hack".

[@RedLegBlazer]

I'm really tired of these tip videos that all point out the same few things that everyone already knows.

[@myguykaikai9215]

Every time I go fishing it reminds me to push down on the left stick, so why would I need this Euro fool to tell me the same thing?

[@thms6833]

dude i just saw your avatar change

[@fanatp0stpanka]

@@matthewgrossman568 you come here expecting good tips that's why you watch it in the first place, buckaroo

[@SGTMotitaz]

Side tip on the gunsmith tip. If you let him clean the gun for you, the gun condition degrades much slower than if you cleaned it. Same goes for hair pomade. If you let the barber apply it on you, it last 5 days compared to the 3 when you put it on

[@richardtherichard26]

Something I always found incredibly helpful and wish somebody had told me was w the legendary animals, just use your sawed off shotgun. 1 shot to the head and it’s done, perfect pelt. Easy and quick.

[@terezakybicova9065]

From legendary animal the Pelt is always Perfect. Even If you run it by a train 😉

[@teaearlgrey9052]

Kill a Legendary animal, and you can have a fence make a trinket to slow down gun degrading. Beaver Tooth Trinket - Legendary Beaver Tooth. Slows weapon degradation by 10 percent.

[@24ozz]

So you have to choose between selling to the fence or trapper?

[@teaearlgrey9052]

@@24ozz No. You sell a tooth or a claw that the Legendary Animal drops with the skin. The skin you sell to the Trapper to make clothes, the claw/tooth/etc you sell to the fence to make trinkets.

[@thatonenibba5052]

You can buy a holster that does that at any gun store for about 50$

[@fanatp0stpanka]

_laughs in raven claw talisman_

[@BobbieBlade21]

All degrade reductions stack. I think you can have up to 40% less

[@camovecmin4968]

For no.2, you do not need to go in and kill all the animals and have a bounty on your head. Do it safely by go into the paddock with your horse and lead them outside. Use your binocular or just aim your gun at each one of the animals to find the perfect skin. Than lead them away at a safe distance and kill it for skin/meat. Repeat the same process as needed elsewhere. Good luck :)

[@cocorkiller2322]

Switch your fishing controls from spinning the stick to just holding down square.. Itll make ur life so much easier

[@Flamaro]

I’ve noticed that getting the gunsmith to clean your gun often costs less than doing it yourself

[@rustycr0w]

Some tips for Red Dead Online. Quit your job, then you’ll have time to grind the $1000 you need to buy a basic pistol. Without a job you won’t be able to pay the mortgage so sell the house. Then you’ll have enough money to see you through the inevitable microtransactions and compete with rich kids and venture capitalists who will be doing exactly what they do in real life; throw money at stuff until they win.

[@d0natr0n47]

I do wonder if R* and T2 will be 'on the nose' enough to call them 'Whale Cards' this time around ;P Actually, who am I kidding, it will be 'whale 'notes/lines'' (like Credit notes/Lines)...not cards...cards didn't exist for around another hundred years give or take a decade...stoopid stoopid me!

[@louisdellalucca8969]

Trent Crow go to Lemoyne and hunt Gators and Birds and sell them to a butcher. I did that for a couple hours here and there and I have more than enough money. Plus the XP will help level you up which gets you treasure maps that lead to even more money. Plus I haven’t had the need to use gold at all. Although I got those freebies in the beginning.

[@brandonb8543]

No point in fighting it, just do what rockstar wants you to do. Work all the time, collect your pay check, spend it on fake currency in a pretend world so you can afford what you want and barely have time to play. Or just grind it in game for hours and hours so you can be like me, slightly below average then everyone else getting killed cause I have a garabage horse and shit guns... It's the rockstar way

[@rustycr0w]

@@louisdellalucca8969 Hunting is probably one of the dullest things to do in the game. You can't carry that much spoils either, so it's horse rides to and from your hunting spot endlessly to make a profit. I want to play Red Dead Online to do cowboy stuff like robberies and shootouts, we should earn decent cash from doing that.

[@bigcrazewolf]

😂😂😂

[@keen6912]

The fact that John can’t swim makes it hard to earn xp that way

[@fanatp0stpanka]

Just run and you'll be good

[@Noises]

Some constructive feedback, having the number for the tip over the the top of the player stats HUD on the bottom left makes it hard to actually see the benefits of some of the tips. Top right would be a better location for any overlays in future RD2 videos. But anyway, thanks for the tips, hope you appreciated mine.

[@Shot4ShotPhoto]

Literally the least qualified person to say “rootin’ tootin’”. But great video.

[@JimA-pp2nu]

another moron that can't use the word "literally" properly.

[@diegochavez1993]

If you use your lasso before killing an animal, and walk towards it while it’s lassoed, you can kill it (perfect pelt everytime) (I think animal specific, only tried on deer and pigs)

[@AmishLliason]

Life Hack #13: If you fall off your horse, get back on it.

[@Dennis-c1w]

😂👍

[@AcDcDrummerJake1215]

Anyone know what hat Arthur is wearing in tip four and five and/or where to find it?

[@SLS5000]

First time coming here. The commentary alone made me subscribe. Bloody brilliant. I'm with cha...

[@dominikbirkel7052]

4:26 You can feed your horse while riding it just by selecting a food in the horse menu

[@lordpheonix1059]

Ok the satchel upgrades are really big..bought all of them 4 slots of each item(I used rum) up to 99 slots!!! Ill never run out of deadeye again.. But seeing as im in epilogue2 I really wish I knew this sooner

[@jeambeam3173]

Lord Pheonix i didnt figure this shit out till this video and im already playing as john lmao

[@lordpheonix1059]

@@jeambeam3173 same..also spoilers! Lol

[@ericsbuds]

its hard to get all the perfect pelts though, so its not really something you can get that early. im in chapter 3 and still have two satchels left to craft. some of the pelts are just really hard to come by, so don't blame yourself for getting them so late in the game.

[@ahmedsachwani2868]

I’m in chapter 3 but was wondering do the satchels effects stack? Or is it like one satchel for one benefit and you change if you want another benefit

[@ahmedsachwani2868]

ericsbuds also HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET A PERFECT PELT IVE BEEN USING VARMINT BUT CAN NEVER GET A PERFECT. I’ve done headshots neck shots but nope always damaged

[@DanielVance]

#6 It's faster even still to go down and up on the left stick. Down to get the pole closer to the fish and reel in the excess line, and up again to give the fish a nice pull towards you.

[@GHustle4]

I love to hunt on RD2 but I hate how far away the meat markets are so far in between...

[@alduinfirstbornofakatosh2168]

“Mornin miss macfarlane.”

[@BlackIjs]

Saw someone's hack for the Fishing with the Veteran mission. Don't cast out too far. Took me 3-4 casts, but when you get the right distance, just far enough, you can bring the fish in quick. Like less than 3 seconds.

[@fegu]

0:40 how are you shooting multiple times while on dead eye? It stops for me as soon as I shoot once.

[@theappe]

You don't shoot till after you "mark" all your targets. You mark the target by using RB or R1 on a controller. Once you mark all the shots you "shoot" RT or R2 to shoot all the marks. If you go to help on the menu it explains this to you in the dead eye section.

[@rowdync]

Complete the rock carving quest and you get a brass compass which you make a talisman out of that slows your weapon degradation by 20%.

[@qwinn4911]

My life: GET THE COMPANION APP! It's a more immersive/convenient experience. I remove the mini map on the game, kill the lights in the room, keep phone/tablet on the charger (most important step since the app will kill your phone in an hr), prop it up or put it on a stand, and hit the map. From there you can change it to Arther's mini map. PLUS, while you're traveling far in cinematic mode, you can see in the app how close you are to your destination without stopping.

[@JimA-pp2nu]

yeah, more immersive, because they had cell phone apps in the old west. Fuckin' dolt

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

The app isn't available on Android :c

[@AstroZill]

I always keep my honor at lvl 6, like you get shop discounts and unlock cool stuff, and its cool to be honorable

[@samg8572]

There are trinkets you can craft at the fence to slow weapon degradation

[@arashisorceress1048]

From what I’ve seen in multiple videos most players don’t know you can brush your horse while still mounted and for me I knew in my very first gameplay in the beginning.

[@ahmedsachwani2868]

Me too I was like “hey he is on the horse he should be able to feed and brush it”

[@ericsbuds]

for some reason if I try to brush my horse while im standing on the ground it never seems to get it clean. the only way Ive been able to get the red symbol that appears on the horse health core when its dirty to disappear is to either ride it in water or brush while sitting on top. its really weird.

[@sveniusz]

Actually the best way to increase your Deadeye XP is to shoot enemies in the head from a distance. Scoped rifles help a lot.

[@APCLZ]

I don't understand number 8. What exactly can I buy to make the satchels and where?

[@MickeyP1230]

I don't know what button it is on PC or Xbox but on Playstation to catch fish easier when it fights stop reeling and press down on R3 so you hear it click 4-5 times. Stops the fish from pulling the line out further.

[@pavelsokov]

How do you shoot your revolver from the hip (on pc) while smacking the top of it for quick cocking? I have never had the game explain it to me

[@calumrfc90]

Don't know if anybody else has done this but for hair and beard growth, while I'm on the horse I keep patting the horse then open the satchel quick and drink a few hair tonics then go into the stable and come back out and Arthur's/John's hair and beard has grown lol And for perfect pelts I kill the animal if it has 1 or 2 stars and leave it lying for a wee while and hang around the area, keep checking the animal and if the stars for the animals condition has disappeared then I skin it and it usually gives me a perfect pelt.

[@alexisjohamdesantiago2381]

For health XP is better to use the bow early in the game, you don't have that many enemies and they're easier to kill. The same goes for stamina, you don't have to travel far and you can run to your destination, for Red Eye I recommend you to gather some money and buy premium cigars. For money, you can steal bounties or hunt animals; while hunting or gathering herbs you'll usually encounter enemy gangs which you can kill and loot.

[@yunofun]

If you are going the enemy gang route... Early game head up to Wallace Station (west of Valentine). From there head up Little Creek River until you find Watson's Cabin. Go in and shoot the old lady and loot the cabin. There is a trap door in the back to go downstairs and get yourself a semi-auto shotgun. Then go further up river to Hanging Hog Ranch. Lots of O'Driscolls for you to happily murder (gatling gun top of the barn, take it out) and there are a few rocks to your right as you ride up the road, you can sneak up to them and have a clear shot at most everyone in there. Leave the area after looting everyone, go to a fence or do whatever you do and return a few days later, O'Driscolls will be there again for you to murder and if you head back up to the cabin the old lady's four sons will be there, kill them and loot the cash box on their table for I think $100

[@omasid9641]

Invest in fast travel. It will save hours of boring loitering around. Dont abuse it because you'll miss out on fun interactions (like robbery tips etc) but will save a lot of boring game time. Also build horse bonding. Once at max stamina will never be a problem as a simple tap of the left joystick every couple seconds will recover stamina more than you burn meaning hotse stamina is irrelevant.

[@Bazz977]

“Excuse me partner, I just have to skin your sheep 🐑 no problem at all” 2:42

[@guitarhole]

Thank You Eurogamer , your website helped me discover a lot of things in this game I would have just ignored . Your help is short & sweet & to the point , unlike other BS click bait sites .

[@SlayerRunefrost]

I think leaving your horse somewhere that it can graze it should reset its hunger.

[@TNTales]

You can stack pelts on your horse so you don't have to have just one or one and a corpse. I didn't realize this until a second playthrough. And I've read that a good way to get your hair to grow quickly is to chug a hair tonic and take a couple of long rides in stagecoaches and your hair will grow much faster while you're on your journey.

[@yunofun]

Your hair doesn't really grow faster (at least not any faster than it would with the tonic anyway) it is just that the game takes your travel time into account and those coaches are slooooow

[@rmadrazo]

If you can stomach killing horses, you can often find gold nuggets in the bounty hunters saddlebags. I found 4 in one day.

[@djvelocity]

3:58 - *fun fact, 40 winks is 10 - 12 seconds.* I don’t know I thought it was fun 😅

[@orioninfernal7269]

Health from knock outs can be more practical if you equip a pistol or other firearm and press the melee button (either b or circle), as long as you aren't already in combat it should be a breeze. IF you are in combat there is a chance that your target will attempt to knock the gun from your hands.

[@PeasantForADay]

3:40 I was expecting the answer to be "humans".

[@ngeloTM]

A cool horse "trick" is whenever your not moving, hold square and your horse will start trotting in place. Then hold X and you can strife left or right. Not sure if this is breed specific.

[@Gr8tBlueHeron]

This can be done after achieving level 4 bond with your horse

[@SlyRacoooon]

“…nothing stopping you from acting like an absolute bastard” 😂😂😂 spat my drink out hearing that

[@TheEverburningFathom]

What hat are you wearing at 4:32? I cant find it anywhere :(

[@Xylaax]

so how does looting weapons work, say I have my horse and character fully equiped with as many weapons as I can carry on myself and thr horse, and I pick up a rare pump shotgun, but then drop it on accident without realized or I die but don't get the reload and I "wake up" else where, do I keep the rare pump cause I picked it up once and I can refind it in my storage or do I need to manually store it myself?

[@iworkoutlmfao]

You’ll save weapons once you pick them up, just like named hats

[@The_Original_ZacBarton]

5:14 hey do you touch your horse often?

[@alexandersong5753]

3:32 there was not a card on screen at least for me lol

[@jeremyblake]

same

[@Animusapertus]

I had a couple bounties that were like $5.00, no big deal. Then in chapter 2 when you have to go to blackwater to meet Javier and then the Micah mission, bailing him out of jail....I ended up during those two missions getting like a $45.00 bounty and then another like 85.00 bounty??? Was that just for those two missions/areas or is that because of something else i'm not aware of??? I try my best to stay honorable anyway but im just curious if i should expect these higher bounties or not. Save my cash....

[@MeMe-py6bg]

Till your away from town change your outfit and hat and wait for the wanted to go.

[@MeMe-py6bg]

I got about 400 250 and 125 atm good way to not get one is a, mask up. B, if ya do something by accident and know your about to get shit then get out of there rapid. Sprint on horse get ow

[@highflyinryan76weezer25]

You can put animals and skins in wagons, if you can find a way to get into the back. Hay bales work great.

[@ChrisMattar]

Fishing is EXTREMELY difficult actually. For bigger fish (not even talking about legendary). I just broke 10-12 lures, been working on this for 2 days. In fact my fingers are so sore im barely able to type this. Im trying to do everything as it says. I was once able to fish out a big 3 star fish. Ever since I cannot do it. Im not pulling on R, only barely went the line is escaping too fast, Im controlling with L left and right following the fish movement. I am pulling up when the fish it calm, with the L, then reeling in as fast as I can. When the fish is struggling, I stop reeling immediately and only control with L, with the occasional slight pull of R when the fish pulls too much line. The results are as follows, either my line snaps after a literal 10 min struggle, or the fish keeps gaining distance. I am at a loss. I love the fishing in this game, but its beyond frustrating at this point.

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

The only thing I've found to work is to puss L forward then all the way back as you feel in with R, then stop reeling, forward then back again, reeling as you pull back. It definitely makes it easier. Took me a while to find a video that actually showed how to do this, it won't be in one of these shitty listicle videos.

[@misterpink8099]

Number 6, fishing. I found it amazingly easy to fish by taping down the L2 and putting the controller in my lap. Now THAT'S an RDR2 life hack!

[@bonboyoaj1808]

You camp rest by fire and have the camp map purchase for Morgan you can fast travel when you set camp anywhere

[@farislatif8846]

That satchel is a pain in the ass to get expecially when you 30% in the game LOL

[@BlackIjs]

But very, very, very much worth it!

[@cpurssey982]

03:20 Explosive Rifle Ammo one shots all legendary animals FYI.

[@darthcannabis856]

Thank you! Good to know

[@sdillman8556]

You may want to hold off catching all the legendary fish until you are doing the Survivalist challenges otherwise finding a fish over 19 lbs to catch can take a while.

[@burymeinjhenny918]

True

[@rasmusroxor]

"life hacks" for a game? duuuuude

[@didimean]

rdr2 is life dude

[@JimA-pp2nu]

for those who have no life

[@ThiefBTW]

Jim A so people like you

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

RDR is life RDR is love

[@bw2707]

I feel like Johnny and Jane from oxbox are in cahoots, the rootin’, tootin’, we love shootin’ pair!!

[@d0natr0n47]

Andy heard that...

[@bw2707]

Nooooo! I hoped he’d be too busy creating his rdr2 online character

[@d0natr0n47]

...Yup, so did Jane. You saw how well that worked out for her.

[@garretthaslam3869]

Speaking of oxbox, we need more D&d ya?

[@d0natr0n47]

I think once Andy has had a really good chance to master the game same as he did with RDR1 and Mike/Jane have had a chance to finish it all out too (albeit, not master it) then we'll see Morgan Monday's...my guess is it will be the let's play series to start in the New Year? :)

[@N.D.1984]

0:22 The Kata of the Rifle

[@oddoneout1835]

I learned about brushing while riding only recently by accident. That's weird though. I'll stick to brushing while standing thanks.😗 "There you go. Just sprinted a hunnerd miles, here's a quick neck rub!" -McGruber throws in the swamp- "Well, sh-" -alligator -

[@BobSmith-kd6lq]

It seems brushing while riding doesn't clean the horse as well.

[@MeMe-py6bg]

Good tip is smoke cigarettes (in game not irl) as although you don't need them to replenish dead eye food works too but it means once you got a few of them you can't pick up more cigarette cards.

[@iworkoutlmfao]

You can drop cigarettes to get more space to collect cards

[@forsaken841]

Reason I disliked and didn’t sub: you tried to pass off gunsmith must clean weapon before you customize as a tip

[@fiskedunser6314]

thats not a tip!

[@forsaken841]

Marcus Knak exactly!

[@aronlogi1]

Every thing in this is a tip if you played less than 10 min of the game rest is common sence if you played for atleast an hour big disslike from me

[@James-mq5lf]

Lol... To be honest I thought that customization would be unlocked on a later mission. Went a while without customizing anything 😂

[@drainmudvayne27]

EliasDanger wrong he said the gunsmith won't customise your gun if its not cleaned and added that the gunsmith can clean it for you for a small fee if you dont want to clean it yourself.

[@akiwarlord5635]

U dont jus pull bak on left analog wen reeling in, ur supposed to pull it closer n then let go while u reel in the line n then pull it closer again to reel in more line. So in effect ur pulling L back n letting go n pulling back again once its flat n the line has been reeled. It just ensures the line is quicker n easier to reel

[@InevitableMayo]

I've never bothered with legendary animals beyond the few most useful to me. Unless they are really that useful, the buffs for most of the kills don't really seem that useful to me

[@randalbuhler9042]

To the Good folks at Eurogamer; what you have done for the gaming community and what you continue to do is fantastic and it is above and beyond what other companies attempt to do for gamers, I find myself using you more and more for information of all the games I play 🙏🤟💯💥🤯🤟💯‼️‼️

[@brucebot3298]

Great info... Thanks man

[@doughochstatter9653]

Re, fishing, continually raising AND LOWERING your pole REPEATEDLY while landing a fish will greatly speed up the process. Each time you raise your pole while the fish is tired pulls it closer to you. Doing so 3 or 4 times each time the fish tires usually will have it almost landed in one or 2 rounds. Raising and lowering your rod while the fish is fighting will keep it from running out more line without breaking the line. Waving your fishing rod up and down may look funny but, in rd2, it lands the fish in a fraction of the time.

[@TheJuliasierra]

Thank you! Great video

[@shkr6928]

Complete your journal as much as you can playing as Arthur. John sketching is too awful. 😂

[@terrygamble986]

yeah that's why I miss the new austin glitch. got all the sketches with Arthur then lol

[@joshlowe6918]

Waiting to epilog 1 to max out your cores or want to collect more things is sort of to late. That was the first thing I did was max out my cores and I'm on the satchels now. I have 3 left to craft but only one pelt each. Iguana, panther amd racoon and I have all of them except the kegends of the east. I'm on my first play through right now and a tip that would be handy in these videos as it is to late now Ik, even though new ppl are picking up the game like me. Is to get the buck trinket before starting the satchel hunts. As it helps with getting perfect pelts and the buck trinket is really easy to get. You just need to hunt the legendary buck and craft it at the fence with no other items needed to craft the buck trinket and instead of doing one satchel at a time which takes alot longer but instead when you're hunting deer get 7 of them and repeat for the other animals. This would been handy when I started going after my satchels. I thought of it after i crafted my 2nd. I got tired of going back to an area i was already at justbto get another deer I wrote down all the animals i needed and how many and just crossed them off as i finished. Which made the next 5 satchels quicker then the first two.

[@windroseofficial4461]

10:30 😂😂😂 The whole outfit part of the video cracked me up

[@Chameleon1616]

I love how some people are so into this game, that when they find a game bug they call it a life hack.

[@JimA-pp2nu]

huh

[@fanatp0stpanka]

They're hidden features or exploits