Red Dead Online Ability Cards

Action Cards
In Read Dead Online, you can equip Abilities using Ability Cards which provide you with attributes that will affect the damage you deal and how you deal it. These come in Dead eye form, granting you an ability activated during Dead Eye by holding L2 and pressing R3, and Passive form which affects you persistently, You have one Active slot, and three Passive slots to fill. Your Abilities can be foudn in the Abilities section of the Pause menu, or accessed via the Weapon Wheel. To equip an ability, select the slot you wish to fill and view the avalable Ability Cards. As your rank increases, Ability Cards will unlock and become available for you to buy with cash. Similarly, upgrade the cards you already own by unlocking upgrades as you gain XP or by buying them with Gold Bars. Each card has three tiers for you to unlock, greatly enhancing the abilities on offer. You do not unlock any past level 50