Dynamite

Dynamite is a weapon and a projectile that appears in Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption. It is a versatile tool in the late period of the American west, and a powerful weapon in Red Dead Redemption. Used in demolition and mining, dynamite has also found much use among outlaws who create improvised explosive weapons to cause carnage and chaos among enemies.

Marston can use dynamite as a weapon against groups of foes, to ambush stagecoaches and armed convoys and to assault enemy positions.

Singleplayer
You can purchase dynamite from certain gunsmiths after completing the mission &quot;Mexican Caesar&quot;. You can also pick it up from a crate in the mission &quot;Father Abraham&quot;.

Multiplayer
Dynamite is unlocked at level 15.

You unlock a Golden Dynamite when you complete the following tasks:

DYN-O-MITE DE-MO-LI-TION!


 * Rank 1 Kill 2 People with one stick of Dynamite


 * Rank 2 Kill 3 People with one stick of Dynamite


 * Rank 3 Kill a Bagcarrier with one stick of Dynamite

Undead Nightmare
It is given to you after you save Gaptooth Breach or Agave Viejo from a zombie attack.

Combat
Dynamite is used as a thrown weapon in both Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption. Due to its powerful explosion, it is best to throw from a certain distance or from behind cover to ensure that you are not injured or killed from the blast. It will take 5 seconds to explode once the fuse has been lit. This can be used to time the throw to make it explode at different distances, or to do a suicide run near an enemy. The fuse will be reset once stop aiming. An interesting way to use dynamite is to activate dead-eye targeting in single-player and mark the target in the center of the screen. The dynamite will be thrown as usual by Marston, but will hone in on its target, appearing to be thrown normally, but when about a foot off the ground it will then fly towards its chosen target.

If a player hits an enemy in the head with a stick of dynamite, they will die instantly.

Tips and Tactics

 * In single player, holding dynamite in your hand and holding down the aim button will cause it to eventually explode. It does significant damage to Marston, but, provided they haven't taken any prior damage, they'll walk away from it unscathed. It also will not take up a dynamite from your inventory, letting the player repeat as necessary. This also works with boom bait on undead nightmare, but it has a significantly longer fuse.

Trivia

 * When someone dies by Dynamite, it sometimes says "Player met a Nobel end". This is a reference to the inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Nobel.
 * The Dead Eye Targeting for dynamite is very deadly as it is like a homing missile and explodes on impact. To properly use it during dead-eye, aim as if there were still a targeting reticule, and fire. It will home in on whatever it's tagged, including birds.
 * Shooting the dynamite held by another player will cause it to explode and kill them.
 * Players cannot use Dead Eye with dynamite in multiplayer.
 * Dynamite is the most powerful of the four thrown weapons (Fire Bottles, Throwing Knives, Dynamite, and Tomahawks).
 * Sometimes you'll see people with a campsite full of Dynamite and a chest. If you see this, you can get free Dynamite and then open the chest. Once you open the chest, one of the men will light a cigar thus lighting a fuse of dynamite. Run away. The Dynamite will go off, killing the men at the site. Proceed to loot their bodies.
 * Dynamite can be made golden in multiplayer.
 * An uninjured bear will not be killed by a single stick of dynamite, even if the dynamite is coupled with dead-eye and explodes on impact with the bear.

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