Herbalist Challenges are gameplay challenges which involve gathering and crafting in the single-player of Red Dead Redemption 2.
These challenges must be done in order, progress made before they are activated does not count.
Challenges[]
- Rank 1: Pick six yarrow.
- Rank 2: Pick and eat four species of berry.
- Rank 3: Craft seven items using Sage as an ingredient.
- Rank 4: Pick five mushrooms and feed them to your horse.
- Rank 5: Craft nine items using Indian Tobacco as an ingredient.
- Rank 6: Pick 15 different species of herb.
- Rank 7: Craft and use five special Miracle Tonics
- Rank 8: Use Oleander (Sage) to craft six poison weapons.
- Rank 9: Pick one of each species of herb.
- Rank 10: Season and cook all 11 types of meat.
Rank 1[]
- Pick six yarrow.
- Reward: Herbalist Off-Hand Holster
Rank 2[]
- Pick and eat four species of berry.
- Reward: 25 Health XP and $5
Rank 3[]
- Craft seven items using sage as an ingredient.
- Reward: Herbalist Gun Belt
- Tonics that can be crafted using sage:
- Potent Bitters (1× Hummingbird Sage/Desert Sage + 1× Burdock Root)
- Special Bitters (2× Hummingbird Sage/Desert Sage + 2× Burdock Root + 2× Violet Snowdrop/Wild Feverfew)
- Potent Miracle Tonic (4× Hummingbird Sage/Desert Sage + 4× Indian Tobacco + 4× Alaskan Ginseng/American Ginseng)
- Potent Horse Stimulant (4× Hummingbird Sage/Desert Sage + 4× Indian Tobacco + 4× Alaskan Ginseng/American Ginseng)
- Special Horse Stimulant (2× Hummingbird Sage/Desert Sage + 2× Common Bulrush + 2× Wild Carrot)
- Horse Ointment (1× Hummingbird Sage/Desert Sage + 1× Common Bulrush + 1× Yarrow)
- Tonics that can be crafted using sage:
Rank 4[]
- Pick five mushrooms and feed them to your horse.
- Reward: 50 Health XP and $10
- When starting this challenge, one is only required to feed the horse with mushrooms, mushrooms in satchel count as being picked.
- It is not necessary to feed the horse five different kinds of mushrooms, it is fine if they are all of the same species.
Rank 5[]
- Craft nine items using Indian Tobacco as an ingredient.
- Reward: 50 Health XP and $10
- The simplest recipe is Potent Snake Oil, that doesn't need a pamphlet and requires only one Indian Tobacco.
Rank 6[]
- Pick 15 different species of herb.
- Reward: 100 Health XP and $15
Rank 7[]
- Craft and use five special miracle tonics.
- Reward: Herbalist Holster
- The pamphlet can be found on a plateau south-east of Vetter's Echo, south of Hanging Dog Ranch.
- The ingredients are Yarrow, Burdock Root, and Golden Currant.
- Both Golden Currant and Burdock Root can be found north-west of Annesburg either side of 'ANOK' in Roanoke Ridge on the map. Specific areas where these spawn are Fort Brennand and along the river around the Old Tomb.
- Currant and Burdock Root can also be looted from slain Murfree Brood.
- Yarrow can be found in good amounts near Rhodes, north of Bolger Glade.
Rank 8[]
- Use oleander to craft six poison weapons.
- Reward: 100 Health XP and $15.
- Oleander Sage can be found in Bayou Nwa.
- Poison weapons:
- Poison Throwing Knife.
- Crafted with an existing throwing knife and Oleander Sage.
- The pamphlet to make it can be found under the floorboards in an abandoned shack, North of Saint Denis cemetery, near the train and roadways.
- Poison Arrow.
- Crafted with an arrow, a Flight Feather and one Oleander Sage.
- The pamphlet to make it can be found in a lockbox located outside the Mysterious Hill Home. Alternatively it is the reward for completing the bison hunting companion activity with Charles in chapter 2.
- Poison Throwing Knife.
Rank 9[]
- Pick one of each species of herb.
- Reward: 150 Health XP and $20.
- List: Plant Gathering in Redemption 2#Types of Plants and Herbs.
- There is no in-game checklist for this. It is highly recommended to make one and keep track manually. Anything found prior to unlocking this rank does not count so the compendium is not a reliable source of tracking.
- Be aware that Lady Slipper Orchids may not be counted until the completion of the second job in 'Duchesses and other Animals' in Chapter 4 (unlocked after completing 'The Gilded Cage').
- If too many orchids are picked up before the fourth part of Duchesses and other Animals is completed, some species will not spawn (collecting one of each doesn't cause any problem).
- Prairie Poppy grows in Great Plains, so it can be picked up if Pinkerton agents are avoided.
- English Mace grows mostly in New Austin, but some plants can be found in Ambarino.
- Blackcurrant, Wild Feverfew, Desert Sage, and Red Sage can be found only in New Austin, which is inaccessible for Arthur unless using exploits[1].
Rank 10[]
- Season and cook all 11 types of meat.
- Reward: Herbalist Bandolier
- Meats have to be seasoned with either Oregano, Creeping Thyme, or Wild Mint.
- The 11 types of meat are:
- Exotic Bird (Parakeet, Parrot, Pelican)
- Tender Pork Loin (Boar, Peccary, Pig)
- Plump Bird (Chicken, Goose, Turkey, Rooster)
- Big Game Meat (Alligator, Bear, Cougar, Panther, Wolf)
- Prime Beef Joint (Bison, Bull, Cow, Oxen)
- Succulent Fish (Sockeye Salmon, Steelhead Trout)
- Game Meat (Duck, Pheasant, Rabbit)
- Flaky Fish (Redfin Pickerel, Perch, Chain Pickerel, Rock Bass, Muskie, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass)
- Crustacean (Crab)
- Gristly Mutton (Goat, Ram, Sheep)
- Mature Venison (Buck, Deer, Elk, Moose, Pronghorn)
Tips[]
- Obtain the Legend of the East satchel as soon as possible, as this allows you to carry up to 99 plants of any type at the same time.
- Collect any and all Burdock Root, Yarrow and Currant you find while doing the early challenges, as this makes Challenge 7 much faster to complete. The same applies to mushrooms, Sage and Indian Tobacco, although the challenges that require these plants aren't nearly as time consuming.
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