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The Appaloosa is a horse breed in Red Dead Redemption 2. Appaloosas tend to have higher stamina, average health, and speed, but lower acceleration. Its handling gives it moderate reactivity and agility.

Description[]

Appaloosas are classed as work horses. They can be identified by their compact frame and spotted or speckled coat. Their will and manageable temperament leads to easy handling. Additionally, this breed of horse is healthy, with a reasonable amount of speed and great stamina; perfect for ranch work.

Catalogue Description[]

The Appaloosa is a hardy and willing horse with great endurance. They have strong legs, a short thin mane, and hard striped feet. The bloodline runs back many centuries with the characteristic coat pattern seen among cave drawings. Suitable for many kinds of equestrian activity, they are at home on any farm, and are the preferred breed among many workers.

Coat styles[]

Coat Base Value (in $) Health Stamina Speed Acceleration Source
Blanket 130.00 3 4 3 3 Steal/Wild
Brown Leopard 450.00 5 6 4 3 Tumbleweed Stable, Trelawny's Horse named Gwydion
Leopard 430.00 5 6 4 3 Van Horn Trading Post Stable/"The Ties that Bind Us"/"No, No and Thrice, No"
Leopard Blanket 130.00 3 4 3 3 Steal/Wild
Few Spotted 130.00 3 5 3 3 Steal/Wild
Grey Snowcap Spotted None 3 4 3 3 Charles's Horse named Taima
Few Spot Buckskin None 3 4 3 3 Uncle's Horse named Nell IV
Black Snowflake None 4 5 4 4 Lee's Horse (Online exclusive)
Scarred Blanket 1.00 3 3 2 2 Found during the mission "That's Murfree Country" (If the player chooses to take the canoes)/Random Encounter with members of the Murfree Brood.

Special variants[]

Taima[]

The horse of Charles Smith throughout 1899. Charles lends this horse to Arthur Morgan during the mission "Outlaws from the West", due to the absence of the latter's usual horse, meaning that this is the first horse ridden by the player in the game. Taima has a "Grey Snowcapped Spotted" coat and can be found within the gang's camp; it is one of the few horses to not get skittish when approached. "Taima" is a word of Meskwaki origin, which can be translated as "sudden crash of thunder", or simply "thunder."

Gwydion[]

The horse of Josiah Trelawny throughout 1899. Gwydion has a "Brown Leopard" coat and can usually be seen at the gang's camp. Additionally, Gwydion's coat can be found at the stable in Tumbleweed during the epilogue, for the player to purchase. "Gwydion" is the name of a trickster deity of Welsh mythology, which is fitting given Trelawny's history as a swindler and con man.

Nell IV[]

The horse of Uncle throughout 1907. Nell IV has a "Few Spot Buckskin" coat and can be found at Beecher's Hope. Though she seems to be a draft horse like a Suffolk Punch, she is referred to as an Appaloosa in-game.[1] She appears to have a very distinct mustache on her face; while this is common among draft horses, it is exclusive to Nell IV. In the mission "Home Improvement for Beginners", Nell IV is used alongside Charles Smith's horse, Falmouth, to pull down the shack which previously stood on the land at Beecher's Hope.

Others[]

In Red Dead Online, the horse Lee commandeers in the mission "Where Your Morals Lead You" is a unique Appaloosa that has a "Black Snowflake" coat. In the game files, the horse has 4 points in speed and acceleration.

Trivia[]

  • The Few Spotted has a significantly lower spawn rate than the other wild Appaloosas, which can make it hard to find. To combat this, players should consider taming either a Blanket or a Leopard Blanket and ride it to Appaloosa spawn areas. As horses of the breed variant currently being ridden will not spawn, the chance of finding a Few Spotted is increased as only that and the other wild variety can spawn in such circumstances.
    • This horse can also spawn in NPC camps.
  • William has a Blanket Appaloosa that you can steal from him, but doing this will result in a loss of honor.
    • NPC camps can also spawn a common appaloosa but this is rare.
  • The in-game Appaloosa model appears to be based on the modern-day Appaloosa, which has been essentially diluted into a Quarter Horse with Appaloosa markings. The Appaloosa in Redemption 2's historic setting would have been a small and wiry Indian Pony, more similar in form to the Nokota.
  • A Leopard Appaloosa can be stolen during the first mission of "The Ties That Bind Us". In where the player is taking down bounty posters in the town of Rhodes, a man will be hostile, fighting for one of the posters. He will be riding a Leopard Appaloosa that can be stolen and stabled.
  • The Leopard Appaloosa Arthur rides during the mission "No, No and Thrice, No" can be kept with no loss of honor.
  • The Scarred Blanket Appaloosa can be spawned in via the cheat codes "Run! Run! Run!" and "You want something new". For reasons unknown, the Scarred Blanket is classed as a race horse, and can be sold to a stable for $1.
  • A Leopard Blanket can be stolen during a random encounter with the Lemoyne Raiders.

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Video Overview[]

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Horses - Appaloosa Overview

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