- Arthur: "Listen, there's one little problem... there's only one of me and there's a whole town full of people wanting to see you swing."
- Micah: "You gotta do something, Arthur..."
- ―Arthur Morgan and Micah Bell
Blessed are the Meek? is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Mission Overview[]
With Micah due to be hanged for a double murder near Strawberry, Arthur attempts to break him out of jail.
Story[]
Arthur arrives in Strawberry, with Micah in prison. He speaks to Sheriff Hanley, pretending to be a bounty hunter who is looking for the O'Driscolls, but Hanley refuses to release Micah. After exiting, Arthur hears Micah yelling. He goes to the window of his cell, and Micah asks if Arthur is going to free him. Arthur is reluctant, given how much of a thorn in his side Micah has been for the last few months, but eventually, Arthur decides to release him.
Arthur uses a nearby steam donkey to rip out the bars of Micah's cell, allowing him to escape. Immediately after escaping, Arthur gives Micah a revolver, and Micah shoots his O'Driscoll cellmate in the head and a shootout erupts, during which Hanley is killed. With a massive group of lawmen in the town, Arthur prompts Micah to escape, but Micah refuses, saying that he has something to do. He makes his way to a house, to find an ex-associate of his named Norman, who took his prized revolvers. As Norman opens the door, he is immediately shot by Micah and then thrown on the ground, before Micah rushes into the house and kills his wife, Maddy, too. With his revolvers back in his possession, Micah then agrees to escape, and both he and Arthur eventually fend off their attackers and narrowly escape the town.[1]
After they are clear, Micah gives Arthur a second holster as thanks, but Arthur berates Micah for his recklessness in going back for his guns and for killing nearly a whole town. Micah apologises somewhat, and says that he and Arthur are "sons of Dutch", which makes them almost brothers, who sometimes make mistakes. He then says that he doesn’t want to return to Dutch empty-handed and wishes to do something to redeem himself, asking Arthur to meet him nearby in Big Valley in the near future.
Gold Medal Objectives[]
- While escaping, kill all mounted lawmen within 55 seconds.
- Get 15 headshots.
- Complete with at least 70% accuracy.
- Complete the mission without taking any health items.
Deaths[]
- Sheriff Hanley - Killed by either Arthur Morgan or Micah Bell during the shootout.
- Norman - Killed by Micah Bell for taking his guns and in revenge for a failed robbery.
- Maddy - Killed by Micah Bell shortly after her husband, Norman.
- Unknown O’Driscoll - Killed by Micah Bell while escaping the jail.
- Numerous lawmen - Killed by Arthur Morgan and Micah Bell during the shootout.
Mission Failure[]
The mission will fail if the player:
- Assaults, kills or abandons Micah;
- Allows Micah to be killed;
- Abandons Strawberry;
- Alerts the law prematurely;
- Kills or abandons their horse;
- Dies.
Trivia[]
- "Blessed are the Meek" is a Bible verse, Matthew 5:5 - "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."
- The title of the mission is ironic, as “Meek” means someone who is powerless or can endure suffering with patience; Micah, however, is anything but meek throughout the mission.
- The player doesn’t have to visit the Sheriff to start the mission - they can go to Micah immediately if they wish.
- If the player uses dynamite for the jailbreak and is quick enough to run to the Sheriff's office, they will be teleported back to Micah when the cutscene plays.[2]
- Before getting his own revolvers back, Micah uses a pair of Cattleman Revolvers.
- This is strange because Arthur only hands Micah a single revolver after breaking him out, meaning Micah would only have one rather than two.
- After "A Quiet Time", Micah's model is in the Strawberry jail. He remains there until the player saves him, and can be seen cowering while looking through the window.
- Instead of ripping out the bars of Micah's cell with the steam donkey, the player can use dynamite. An altogether different way to rescue Micah is by eliminating all of the lawmen in the Sheriff's office, looting the keys to the cell, and freeing Bell from the inside.
- However, the player can also free Micah without using the keys by alternatively placing dynamite on the door and the mission will continue as normal.
- The O'Driscoll inmate is invincible and can only be killed with glitches.
- Sometimes if the mission becomes unavailable due to the player committing a crime or becoming wanted by the law, the O'Driscoll may spawn outside of the jail and will act like a regular NPC in town.
- Once the mission becomes available, the player will no longer be able to surrender to lawmen or bounty hunters, if they become wanted by the law anywhere in West Elizabeth. Instead, the law will start shooting on sight. This is due to Micah being imprisoned.