Plant Gathering is an activity the player can partake in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online.
Characteristics[]
Various types of plants and herbs are found growing within the explorable regions of the game. They range from edible berries, mushrooms, tubers, orchids or flowers. While roaming, the player has the ability to study or collect plants, which can be used for crafting cooking recipes, donate it to camp or sell it for profit.
Plants and herbs can be crafted into seasonings for cooking, poison weapons, medicine, tonics and elixirs. This is achieved through crafting in a camp.
Eagle Eye can be used to locate nearby plants and herbs which glows with a yellow tinge. The player can collect any one type of a plant or herb in their satchel but they have to upgrade it to increase its carrying capacity.
Any Doctor will buy harvested plants for $0.25 each, except for orchids.
See also: Herbalist Challenges.
Types of Plants and Herbs[]
There are 43 collectable plants and herbs that the player can encounter when roaming, a list of which follows:
- Alaskan Ginseng
- American Ginseng
- Burdock Root
- Blackcurrant
- Common Bulrush
- Desert Sage
- English Mace
- Golden Currant
- Hummingbird Sage
- Indian Tobacco
- Milkweed
- Oleander Sage
- Prairie Poppy
- Red Sage
- Vanilla Flower
- Violet Snowdrop
- Wild Carrot
- Wild Feverfew
- Yarrow
Berries[]
Mushrooms[]
Seasoning Herbs[]
Orchids[]
- Acuna's Star Orchid
- Cigar Orchid
- Clamshell Orchid
- Dragon's Mouth Orchid
- Ghost Orchid
- Lady of the Night Orchid
- Lady Slipper Orchid
- Moccasin Orchid
- Night scented Orchid
- Queen's Orchid
- Rat Tail Orchid
- Sparrow Egg Orchid
- Spider Orchid
Red Dead Online[]
The Red Dead Online protagonist has the opportunity to pick exotic plants like American Wild Flowers. These plants can be sold to Madam Nazar if the player has the Collector Role. In addition, some plants can be used in Moonshine recipes exclusive to Moonshiners.
Trivia[]
- In Red Dead Online, as part of the Collector role's progression system, the player's horse can pick plants for them if mounted and in proximity of a plant. The option to pick a flower will come up and the horse will do the animation of ripping the plant off its stem and the player will then take it from its mouth.
Trophies/Achievements[]
Collecting these herbs and/or using them for crafting can net you these trophies/achievements:
SELF SUFFICIENT
10
Bronze
Craft 30 unique items in Story Mode
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COLLECTOR'S ITEM
20
Silver
Complete one of the Collectible strands
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MASTER CRAFTSMAN
10
Bronze
Red Dead Online: Craft 20 items (excluding ammo)
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PICKED TO PERFECTION
20
Bronze
Red Dead Online: Pick 25 herbs
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100
Gold
Attain 100% Completion.
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