A Fork in the Road

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Red Dead Redemption 2 missionA Fork in the Road
Game	Red Dead Redemption 2
Start	Saint Denis
End	Saint Denis
Given by	N/A
Location	Saint Denis, Bayou Nwa
Rewards	N/A
Progression
Unlocked by	"Fleeting Joy"
Unlocks	"Do Not Seek Absolution I"

A Fork in the Road is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Story

Once Arthur arrives near the mission area, in Saint Denis, he starts coughing violently until he passes out. He wakes up to find a stranger dragging and helping him to the doctor's surgery, where he is greeted by a spooked receptionist, prompting her to call on Doctor Joseph R. Barnes, who brings him to his surgery room. Before he starts examining him, he asks for a payment in order to help him, which Arthur quickly gives.

After an examination of his ear, breathing, and mouth, Arthur is given the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Upon hearing the bad news, Arthur expresses disbelief, and the doctor tells him that he is very sick and that Tuberculosis is a progressive disease.

Before leaving, Dr. Barnes injects a syringe with steroids into Arthur's arm, in order to give him "a little bit more energy" for the day. Depending on the honor rating that Arthur has, he will see a deer/buck or a coyote/wolf after wandering around in Saint Denis for a while.

Gold Medal Objectives

• Complete within 3 minutes and 5 seconds.

Video walkthrough

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Mission 65 - A Fork in the Road Gold Medal

RDR2 PC - Mission 63 - A Fork in the Road Replay & Gold Medal

Trivia

• Once this mission is completed, Arthur will be sick with tuberculosis for the remainder of his playthrough, which also reduces all of his cores by 20%.
• Once Arthur’s sickness is revealed to be tuberculosis, Arthur will only gain a limited amount of benefits from Food and Drinks, meaning his cores will only refill from food and drink from a limited amount of provisions. Eating or drinking more will result in Arthur coughing and having a pop up reminding you of being sick. The only way to fully refill any cores if fully empty while sick is to rest or sleep.
• Arthur will lose his stocky appearance and will have an underweight appearance even at perfect weight after this mission.
• Depending on your honor rating (high or low), Arthur will be given different quotes in flashbacks, and the color scheme will change, as well as the animal that he sees in the end of the mission differing.
  • If Arthur's honor rating is high, the color theme will be golden yellow reflecting sunlight, the quotes in the flashbacks will be more positive about Arthur, and he will see a deer/buck at the very end of the mission.
  • If Arthur's honor rating is low, the color theme will be a silver grey reflecting a fog, the quotes in the flashbacks will be more negative about Arthur, and he will see a coyote/wolf at the very end of the mission.
• During this mission, when Arthur discovers that he has tuberculosis, Dr. Barnes comforts him with the line that Arthur will remember on his final ride in the "Red Dead Redemption" mission if his honor is high: "I'm really sorry for you, son, it's a hell of a thing."
• If Arthur does not have any money on him, the Good Samaritan will give him ten dollars so that he can pay for the doctor visit.
• This is the only mission that isn't marked on the map. It is triggered when attempting to meet Sadie Adler for the mission "Icarus and Friends".
• The name of the mission is a metaphor for a deciding moment in life or history, when a major choice of options is required.

Lines recalled in previous missions

High Honor

• "If we don't stop soon we'll all be dying." – Hosea Matthews to Dutch van der Linde, in the intro to "Outlaws from the West"
• "I understand if you don't wanna help me, but... but... I think of you often." – Mary Linton, convincing Arthur to help her in "We Loved Once and True II"
• "He didn't have a choice. He was good and he did good." – Edith Downes, about her husband Thomas, in "Sodom? Back to Gomorrah"
• "We can't change what's done, we can only move on." – Arthur Morgan to John Marston, in "The Battle of Shady Belle"
• "You have it in you, I can tell." – Brother Dorkins to Arthur, in "Help a Brother Out"

Low Honor

• "Don't make me beg you, Arthur." – Mary Linton, in "We Loved Once and True II"
• "Turned into a bunch of killers, I mean it." – Hosea Matthews to Dutch van der Linde, right before "A Strange Kindness"
• "And you've as good as killed him yourself..." – Edith Downes, about her husband Thomas, in "Sodom? Back to Gomorrah"
• "Who made you the messiah to these lost souls you've led so horribly astray?" – Agent Milton to Dutch van der Linde, in "The Battle of Shady Belle"