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Never thought I'd say this, but it's good to see you, Arthur Morgan.
John Marston

Enter, Pursued by a Memory is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Mission Overview[]

John Marston has not returned from an earlier scouting trip. Arthur Morgan and Javier Escuella ride out into the snow to look for him.

Story[]

Abigail Roberts is concerned with the safety of John Marston, who hasn't been seen in days since going on a scouting mission. She asks Arthur and Javier to find him.

Arthur and Javier ride together, and soon Javier spots a camp in the distance and speeds up. After riding for a while, the pair come across John's horse, frozen and mauled to death. Javier fires his gun to see if John hears, and in the distance, he can be heard calling out for help.

Arthur and Javier leave their horses and continue on foot, climbing around several ledges. They find an injured and bloody John and carry him back to the horses. As the three arrive to their horses, they attacked by three wolves, which Arthur kills on the way.

As Javier and Arthur ride back down, Javier spots another group of wolves and spurs his horse into a gallop. Arthur kills the wolves and there are no more wolf attacks for the rest of the journey. Upon arriving at the gang's camp, John is carried inside whilst Abigail berates him.

Dialogue[]

Enter, Pursued by a Memory/dialogues

Gold Medal Objectives[]

  • Kill all the wolves without taking any damage.
  • Complete with at least 80% accuracy.

Tips[]

  • If you are attempting to get the Gold Rush trophy/achievement, consider not using this mission for that goal. This mission has an unskippable real world 10 minute horse ride and forced snow march to get to the wolves. Every single time you fail, you get to do this over again.
    • If you try to replay a checkpoint, you fail both objectives.
    • Even the slightest mistake with the first 3 wolves and you take damage. As you are likely using the Sawed-off Shotgun, you get two shots to kill 2 of the wolves. The third wolf ends up damaging you most of the time before you can reload. Half the time the second wolf grabs you before you can get a clean shot at point blank range.
    • Trying to jump onto the rocks at the right only leads to the 3 wolves circling around and attacking you from three different directions. For being this early in the game, it requires you to have the shooting skills of someone much more practiced and much later in the game to be successful.
    • If you manage to kill the first 3 wolves, you then have to ride down the mountain while killing another 4 wolves while galloping on your horse. If shooting wolves slowly stalking at you was hard, shooting them while moving on a horse is even worse. It is possible to get behind them and shoot at them but you have to be quick about this. If you take too long with the first 2 wolves, the second group of 2 wolves shows up and they attack Javier causing you to fail.
    • On top of killing 7 wolves point blank with an inaccurate weapon while taking no damage, you can't miss more than a single shot or you fail the 80% accuracy requirement. If you miss twice, just start over as you have failed.

NOTE: If you are attempting to replay this mission, you must have a Sawed-off Shotgun from your current game. If you don't, you can't take the shotgun off the horse when Javier instructs you to and you can't actually play the mission mini objective. If you try to move past Javier to continue, the mission fails. If you try to select the shotgun at the first camp you stop at with Javier, and it isn't there, you'll have to quit the mission and change loadout until it will show up. You may have to remove your other sidearms to ensure the shotgun is available.

Mission Failure[]

The mission will fail if the player:

  • Assault, kills, or abandons Javier or John;
  • Allows Javier or John to be killed;
  • Kills or abandons their horse;
  • Doesn't have a Sawed-off Shotgun;
  • Dies.

Video Walkthroughs[]

PS4 Version
PC Version

Trivia[]

  • Before heading out to look for John, Javier says that "I know if the situation were reversed... he'd look for me." This could be seen as a foreshadowing of John's long hunt for Javier years later.
  • After completing this mission, players now can walk around in the camp, though they still cannot stray too far.
  • While scaling the mountain, Arthur's stamina core will deplete, prompting the player to access the satchel. If one refrains from using provisions, a quick scene will play where Javier gives Arthur a swig of Kentucky bourbon.
  • The top of the mountains where this mission takes place is accessible for only this mission. After the mission is completed, an avalanche covers much of the mountainside north of the ravine - making it impossible for the player to continue north either by horse or on foot; so the only way to access the mountains is through glitches.
  • The iconic scars on John's face are a product of the wolf scratches he got prior to this mission.
  • The title is a reference to Shakespeare's 1623 play The Winter's Tale, which famously includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear" for the character Antigonus. The same reference is used for the mission "Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego" - in this case with the character actually being chased by a large bear.
  • Since John has been attacked by wolves, besides the scars he will have a ruined jacket and trousers. In the Epilogue, you can notice that he has repaired them.
  • It is possible to kill some of the wolves by trampling them with your horse. This will allow you to save shotgun ammo and will count towards no damage objective.
  • If the player insists on taking the revolver, Javier will make a comment about it.
  • If the player doesn't protect Javier and John from the wolves, a unique death scene will appear.

Gallery[]

Trophies/Achievements[]

Completing this mission contributes toward the following Trophies/Achievements:

JustaScratch
JUST A SCRATCH
10 gamerscoregamerscore
Bronze bronzebronze
Complete Enter, Pursued by a Memory.

GoldRushTrophy
50 gamerscoregamerscore
Silver silversilver
Earn 70 Gold Medals in Story missions.

BestintheWest
100 gamerscoregamerscore
Gold goldgold
Attain 100% Completion.


Navigation[]

Red Dead Redemption 2 mission walkthroughs
Chapter 1: Colter
"Outlaws from the West""Enter, Pursued by a Memory""The Aftermath of Genesis""Old Friends""Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?""Eastward Bound"
Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Epilogue, Part 1Epilogue, Part 2
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