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Surrender now, and I'll see to it that you don't get hanged.
Claude Banfield

Claude Banfield is a minor character featured in Red Dead Redemption.

Background[]

Claude is a professional lawman who operates in various locations throughout the New Austin region. If the player has a high enough bounty, he will join other lawmen in tracking them to multiple locations around New Austin.

Interactions[]

Claude can be encountered during the player's first time clearing the Tumbleweed gang hideout. Marston will find Claude tied up in the old town jail, having been captured by the outlaws hiding in Tumbleweed. Once Marston frees him, he will fight by his side until all enemies are dead.

Otherwise, Claude can most often be encountered at MacFarlane's Ranch, where he either plays poker or conducts patrols. He has also been known to take part in High Stakes Poker games in Blackwater. When the player returns a bounty to MacFarlane's Ranch, Claude will pay out the reward while the criminal is transferred into his custody. He can also sometimes be seen wandering the ranch or smoking a cigarette at the foreman's office.

Quotes[]

Just give up, son. Don't cause no trouble.
Claude Banfield during a gunfight
The MacFarlanes have tookn' good care of me. I should buy them something nice.
Claude Banfield while playing poker
Mind out, sheriffs walkin.
Claude Banfield when bumped into
Were professional peacekeepers son, ya here for some trouble.
Claude Banfield during a gunfight
Oh, your robbing me!
Claude Banfield during a gunfight

Trivia[]

  • If Claude is killed during the shootout at Tumbleweed, he simply respawns at MacFarlane's Ranch.
  • After the first attempt at Tumbleweed, Claude will no longer appear, and the player is simply tasked with killing the outlaws.
  • His character model is available in the Outfitter under the name Charley Burg.
  • During the random encounters where a wounded lawman asks Marston to catch two fleeing criminals, Claude is often the lawman's slain partner.
  • If caught cheating at poker, killing or disarming Claude in the resulting duel will not result in a bounty.
  • Unlike most law officers who yell insults and threaten the player with death during shootouts, Claude may try to reason with them.
  • If attacked within the High Stakes Poker room, he will alert the law, but will usually refrain from joining them in pursuing the player.
  • Very rarely, Claude may accidentally spawn at Chuparosa and will shoot at any rebels playing at the poker table. If the player looks away from him for a few seconds, he may disappear.
  • Claude is the only lawman who can be found playing poker in both New Austin and West Elizabeth.
  • Due to his heavy presence there, it is possible that Claude is the sheriff of MacFarlane's Ranch, although this is unclear due to the presence of another senior lawman, Buford Ackley. It may simply be that they share the same rank and divide the responsibility depending on whoever's present.

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