| “ | Tarnation was always the odd child of the territory. Its sheriff was murdered right a week before the governor was going to recognize the place as a bonafide town. No other sheriff dared to take the job after that, so it became a community of criminals. The only person that was left in the end was that strange undertaker, Mr. Black. The former sheriff of the place, Sheriff Nix, was one mean son of a gun. | „ |
| —Sheriff Bartlett's Journal |
Tarnation is a location in Red Dead Revolver.
Background[]
Tarnation was on the verge of being recognized by Governor Griffon as a bonafide town when its lawman, Sheriff Rix, was murdered. Knowing of Tarnation's reputation, no other sheriff or lawman dared take the job, so the town became overrun by criminals and all the original inhabitants fled except for the undertaker, Mr. N. Black. The outlaw Jesse Lynch fled to Tarnation, knowing that no lawman would pursue him there, after he robbed a stagecoach and survived a hanging attempt.
Layout[]
Tarnation consists of one central street that runs all the way up to the cemetery. The street is lined with hollowed-out buildings who still have their names on them and most of them have balconies. The cemetery is surrounded by a worn down gate. Inside, there are several headstones along with a collapsed chapel and a large tree. The cemetery is often overclouded with vultures and crows.
Mission Appearances[]
Red Dead Revolver
Sheriff Bartlett's Journal[]
It is listed in Sheriff Bartlett's Journal under the Frontier Places section and can be unlocked once the player has purchased the Tombstone from the General Store after which it also becomes available as a Showdown Mode stage.
Trivia[]
- The name of the town most likely comes from the famous Western exclamation of surprise, "What in tarnation?".
- It is similar to Tumbleweed of Red Dead Redemption, which is another ghost town overrun with criminals. Both towns are also rumoured to be haunted, literally.
- Jebidah Cole used to live here before he fled to Brimstone, following the death of his sister.
- The general store is known as "D. V. Bader's store", which could be a reference to the infamous Star Wars character, Darth Vader.
- The Saloon appears to be called "Hell's Creek Saloon". Glitching your character out of the town's bounds in Showdown mode and running to the edge of the map will reveal a non-moving water-like floor at the end, implying that Hell's Creek was supposed to be explorable at some point in the game.
- In Showdown mode, the location is simply known as "Ghost Town".
- The hotel in the town is called "Desert Rose Hotel", while the bank reads "First Bank of Tarnation". There are also an abandoned repair shop, barbershop, watertower and a dentist's in town.
- A gravestone in Tarnation's cemetery reads Black Bart, who was a real life western outlaw. Since Black Bart died in 1888, this would imply that the game is set around late 1880's.
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