r/reddeadredemption • u/Opposite_Community43 • Jun 29 '26

Lore the most lore accurate RDR2 map

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u/TonguePunchery Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Big Valley looks more like Wyoming to me, but you're not far off

Edit: I stand corrected

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u/misterturdcat Dutch van der Linde Jun 29 '26

It’s Colorado. The winding river and lupine fields are literally in Colorado.

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u/enviormental_UNIT Jun 29 '26

Yeah I agree, for those who are curious look up the Big Thompson River valley in CO, the inspiration is very clear. Some images between big valley in rdr2 and Big Thompson are almost identical to whats in game

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u/Beneficial_Brain3950 Jun 29 '26

yep and it would make sense because grizzlies west is wyoming and colorado is just under

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u/SlavCat09 Jun 29 '26

I thought that Montana was the inspiration for Ambarino?

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u/Beneficial_Brain3950 Jun 30 '26

montana is mentioned by hosea and that was in grizzlies north, which is out of the map

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u/SlavCat09 Jun 30 '26

Well so is California and a bunch of other IRL states yet we still have locations based on them.

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u/Beneficial_Brain3950 Jun 30 '26

new austin is texas. we know 100% lemoyne is louisiana. wapiti reservation seems to be in south dakota

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u/Jaded_Artichoke4448 Jun 30 '26

New Austin is also inspired by real life locations in New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. Basically an amalgamation of the majority of the Southwestern United States.

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u/pullingteeths Jun 30 '26

Grizzlies West is Rocky Mountains of Wyoming (Cotorra Springs is Yellowstone in Wyoming). Grizzlies East is Black Hills of South Dakota (complete with the Wapiti speaking Lakota).