MacFarlane's Ranch

MacFarlane's Ranch is location featured in Red Dead Redemption in the Hennigan's Stead region of the New Austin territory. It is a cattle ranch home to Bonnie MacFarlane, and Drew MacFarlane. The ranch plays a supporting role in the narrative of Red Dead Redemption, specifically the first chapter. In addition, the player can find work here such as cattle herding. On the Ranch, there is a small Sheriff's office and a General Store.

Macfarlane's Ranch is one of the first places that the player will visit in Red Dead Redemption. Here, Marston will awaken after an initial confrontation with Bill Williamson, who shoots Marston in the chest and leaves him for dead. After recovering, Marston will follow a few tutorial missions introducing the player to the gameplay mechanics.

The Macfarlane's barn was set on fire as retaliation by Bill Williamson, after Williamson discovers that is where John Marston has been hiding. John Marston then helps the MacFarlanes get their horses out of the barn before it completely burns down.

Amenities

 * General Store: Shop Keeper present during day items include: Survivalist Map, Hennigan's Stead Map, Snake Oil, Revolver Ammo, Pistol Ammo, Repeater Ammo, Rifle Ammo, Shotgun Ammo, Sniper Rifle Ammo, Infested Ardennais, Jaded Tersk, Lusitano Nag, Ardennais, Cleveland Bay, Dutch Warmblood, Highland Chestnut, Lusitano, Painted Quarter Horse, Painted Standardbred, Quarter Horse, Standardbred Pinto, Tersk, Tobiano Pinto, Turkmen, Welsh Mountain, American Standardbred, Hungarian Half-Bred, Kentucky Saddler
 * Doctor's Office: Items include: Medicine, Snake Oil, Chewing Tobacco, Apple, Horse Pills
 * Safehouse
 * Stagecoach
 * Telegraph Office: Pay off a bounty on your head.

Activities

 * Horseshoes (Playing and winning at this game in MacFarlane's ranch is the third scrap for the Bollard Twins Outfit)
 * Nightwatch (Completing this job in the ranch is the second scrap for the Bollard Twins Outfit)
 * Wanted Poster (Claiming a Bollard Twins Gang Bounty alive is the fourth scrap for the Bollard Twins Outfit and the poster spawns here)
 * Poker

Native Plants

 * Wild Feverfew

Safehouse
Located within the MacFarlane's Ranch is a confirmed safehouse (shed), accessible to the player early in the gameplay narrative. It is the very first shed you own. It's located near where the horses are kept. In there you can find a chest with ammo in it.

Known glitches

 * The flag at the station acts quite strange; at times stretching to extreme lengths.
 * Skydive Glitch - Take cover next to the wood piles at the Foreman's Office. Go in and out of cover and as soon as you leave the ground, aim your gun and you will fly up to the top of the map.

Animals commonly found there
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 * Coyote
 * Crow
 * Cattle
 * Rabbit
 * Hawk
 * Domesticated Horse
 * Chicken
 * Goat
 * [[Dog|Dog

Trivia

 * MacFarlane's Ranch was originally Hennigan's Stead. During development the ranch was renamed to MacFarling's Ranch, then again to MacFarlane's ranch and the region in which the ranch resides was renamed Hennigan's Stead.
 * During the night the people of the ranch can be seen gathering around the camp fire near the safe house and dancing, talking or playing an instrument.