Hector Barlow is a minor character featured in Red Dead Redemption 2 and a stranger in Red Dead Online.
History[]
Background[]
Hector works as the station clerk in Strawberry. At some point, he became affiliated with his Rhodes counterpart, Alden Carruthers, as well Josiah Trelawny.
Events of Red Dead Online[]
Hector can offer various jobs to the protagonist, including mail deliveries, escorts, recoveries and hunting missions.
Events of Red Dead Redemption 2[]
The player can receive Coach Robbery tips from Hector after completing the mission "Friends in Very Low Places". After completing a few robberies, Hector tells the player that his union of "discouraged men" has been disbanded, and as a result, the player can no longer get coach robbery tips from him. However, Hector continues working in Strawberry, and the player can still visit him to pay their bounties and send or receive mail.
Pronghorn Ranch chapter[]
In the mission "Fatherhood, For Idiots", John Marston visits Strawberry to retrieve a package for Abigail. He goes to the post office and asks if he has anything for "Jim Milton", but Hector says that there are no items for that name. John asks, instead, whether there is anything for "John Marston", but Hector reports that there is nothing for that name either. Finally, John asks if there is anything for "Abigail Roberts", which there is. Hector asks John to sign a slip of paper and then gives him the package.
Mission appearances[]
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Stagecoach Robbery #4
Head to Hector who is at the post office in Strawberry. He will give you the tip-off. Read the document for the location. Head to Fort Riggs and go to one of the cliffs on either side of where the stagecoach will be passing, these locations can be perfect for sniping. Wait for the coach to arrive and then take them all out and head to the coach, if sniping isn't your style you can always get up close and personal.
Get to the back of the coach and open the loot box for a $110 bucks. Optionally take the coach to Seamus’s barn for an additional $25.
- Stagecoach Robbery #5
Head to Hector for the tip-off. Read the document and go to the marked location which is at Appleseed Timber. Same as usual upon arriving wait for the coach and then take out all the guards when it comes.
Open the loot box at the back of the coach for $110 and if you want take the coach to Seamus’ barn for an additional $25.
- Stagecoach Robbery #6
Head to Hector for the last stagecoach robbery and receive the tip-off. Read the document for the location and head to Owanjila. This banking coach will be armored and you will need some dynamite to open it. Kill the drivers and the guards first. After killing them, blow the coach open and get $200.
You can also loot the dead bodies for a few bucks. The coach will not survive the dynamite so you can't take it to Seamus.
Red Dead Online