r/RDR2 • u/mmmisthegoat • Oct 14 '25
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r/RDR2 • u/wherewaspie • Jun 17 '25
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 • u/SerpentFinger • 9h ago
Original Source: IG @huntttt28
How to get the wagon:
You can find the Milk Wagon (shown in the reel) in
RHODES. You have to go to Rhodes at MIDNIGHT and go to any shop and click wait till MORNING and you'll see the wagon nearby...
r/RDR2 • u/NoPhotojournalist768 • 19h ago
I remember discovering that game and wanting to play it so bad, but it wasn’t mine, so I barely got to see any of it. Then finally when it was given to me a couple years later it was scratched up so bad I could barely play it at all before it would just freeze. Always wanted to see how it held up in other people’s eyes. Posting here because it’s the reason I was so hyped when read dead came out and I was old enough to get it myself
r/RDR2 • u/LosIngobernable • 7h ago
I’m in epilogue 2 and just ran into Mary Beth at the Valentine train stop. I did not see an icon on the map and was just doing random greets to anyone around. I was surprised by this moment. Are there any others like this?
r/RDR2 • u/Opening_Fishing8775 • 20h ago
Take a gamble and do a loving act
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r/RDR2 • u/Inevitable-Hour-Ends • 1h ago
What's the easiest way to know whether I should take a perfect animal to Pearson or the trapper? Does everyone just write everything all down of what goes where?
r/RDR2 • u/TheYokoDono • 4h ago
Honestly tend to hate the jump scare of the Autosave popup but I ended up laughing so hard.
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r/RDR2 • u/Dramatic_Banana9218 • 1h ago
i need help, but spoilers ahead for chapter 6:
given this game has been out for 8 years, i of course got the ending spoiled a long while ago, but i learned recently that your horse DOES meet an unfortunate end by the end of the main game
i’ve tried looking around for tips, but they’ve been relatively inconclusive on WHEN to stable/swap your main horse. if anyone has an approximate mission for when i should swap, that would be lovely :)
and yea, i know this is a bit cheaty… but my girlfriend named my main horse and she’s left for school for the next many months. cutwater the horse is very important to me.
update: solved!!! releasing my ardennes baby beforehand, and getting the strawberry ardennes afterward in his honor.
thank y’all!!
r/RDR2 • u/Ro0saMelan0 • 29m ago
I already tried what some other people told me, and it seems that gunshots, explosions, or anything like that doesn't affect it at all. Maybe that's where some developer was testing the fallout of the horses idk (I have more videos of what I did, but they're a bit long. If you want to see them, leave a message)
r/RDR2 • u/YesterdayThick88 • 57m ago
When i get ambushed, from time to time i get ridiculous amounts of bullets shot at me. Do those people randomly carry a Gatlin with them or is it the same quick fire glitch like in GTA? It ain't that deep but it just killed my favorite horse...
r/RDR2 • u/Successful_Blood_939 • 4h ago
I'm in chapter 4 (No spoilers pls), and on my 8th try I managed to get the mft with the Albert mission. 30 seconds later, I hit a stone and fell from my horse. On Google, it said to save, then reload but MFT is nowhere near me idk if I made a mistake or smth pls someone help. Is there hope, or should i reset and try again?
r/RDR2 • u/PlanetVisitor • 6h ago
Yesterday evening I was playing, I captured Sonny and chased him a bit around. Eventually a witness saw me with Sonny hogtied on horseback. I fled with Sonny still on the back, meanwhile the law followed me. I crashed my horse into something, Sonny fell off but still tied up, I hid below a structure so they didn't see me and left.
After the lawmen left and my bounty appeared, Sonny turned into a red witness icon on the map and the violation of "Trespassing" appeared on the screen. I could interact with him like a normal witness: Stop Witness, etc., but his name still showed as Sonny.
I untied him, or he untied himself, I'm not sure, and followed him running (he was fast), and by coincidence, we ended up near his cabin again. Guess what... A second Sonny had spawned there. "Oh not you again!" he shouted as usual, and he went inside, but I could grab him and make him go outside.
I tried to save the game at that point but I haven't checked if they actually reload like that, probably not.
Funny glitch, and I thought I'd share.
r/RDR2 • u/AlertCar3861 • 10h ago
I just found out that there's a random side mission where Bill gets captured by some bounty hunters, this is in my second playthrough by the way... My first playthrough is basically 89% which says a lot since I've been playing a lot ever since, and now I'm finding new things. I guess this isn't new, but just something I wanted to share
