Good, Honest, Snake Oil

Red Dead Redemption 2 missionGood, Honest, Snake Oil
Game	Red Dead Redemption 2
Start	Valentine
End	Valentine
Given by	Uncle/Curtis Malloy
Location	The Heartlands, New Hanover
Mission Objectives
Investigate the gorge Confront the bounty Pickup the bounty Return the bounty to the Sheriff's Office
Rewards	$50.00 Bounty missions
Progression
Unlocked by	"Polite Society, Valentine Style"
Unlocks	"Pouring Forth Oil I"

Arthur: "They expressly told me not to kill you."

Allbright: "Well, this is about you!"

―Arthur Morgan and Benedict Allbright during their standoff.

Good, Honest, Snake Oil is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Mission overview

Following a tip from the Valentine Sheriff, Arthur attempts to capture and turn in Benedict Allbright, a wanted criminal, out near the Dakota River.

Story

Following Uncle's advice, Arthur enters the sheriff's office in Valentine. He speaks with Sheriff Malloy, who points out a wanted poster on the wall for Benedict Allbright, a snake oil salesman who is engaged in quackery. His medicine is killing people, and Arthur is asked to bring him in alive. After finding Allbright, Allbright is initially suspicious that Arthur is a bounty hunter. Arthur pretends he is looking for medicine for his sick mother, and after being handed the medicine, he throws it in the water and aims his revolver at Allbright. Allbright claims he is a healer and can speak to spirits, and refuses to come in.

Arthur is forced to save his life after he nearly falls off the cliff, but Allbright is dismayed that Arthur still intends to bring him in. Allbright jumps into the water below, but gets caught in the current (if Arthur fails to pull him back up onto the cliff, he will fall into the river without the intervening cutscene). Arthur chases after him, and eventually catches him with his lasso, hogtying him. He transports Allbright to the sheriff's office, and collects the bounty.

Gold Medal Objectives

• Stop Benedict Allbright falling off the cliff.
• Hogtie Allbright within 1 minute and 15 seconds.
• Return Allbright to the sheriff within 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Mission failure

The mission will fail if the player:

• Attacks the Sheriff;
• Attacks the Deputy;
• Have the sheriff witness them whilst wanted;
• Gets arrested;
• Kills Albright;
• Allows Albright to escape;
• Allows Albright to die;
• Kills or abandons their horse;
• Dies.

Trivia

• Allbright resembles Nigel West Dickens, another snake oil salesman from Red Dead Redemption. Both men dress sharply, sell snake oil, and claim to be medical men and healers, but are in fact charlatans who engage in quackery. The only difference is that West Dicken's Elixir doesn't kill people, while Allbright's medicine does.
• This is the only bounty mission that cannot be done by John Marston.

Video walkthrough

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Mission 16 - Good, Honest, Snake Oil Gold Medal

RDR2 PC - Mission 16 - Good, Honest, Snake Oil Replay & Gold Medal

Trophies/Achievements

Completing this Honor story mission is associated with these trophies/achievements:

	EXTREME PERSONALITY 10 gamerscore Bronze bronze Reach maximum or minimum Honor level.

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	LENDING A HAND 30 gamerscore Silver silver Complete all optional Honor story missions.

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	GOLD RUSH 50 gamerscore Silver silver Earn 70 Gold Medals in Story missions.

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	BEST IN THE WEST 100 gamerscore Gold gold Attain 100% Completion.