- Pearson: "When we ran away from Blackwater... I wasn't able to get supplies in."
- Arthur: "Well, when government agents are hunting you down, sometimes shopping trips need to be cut short. We'll survive, we always have... and if needs be, we can eat you, you're the fattest."
- ―Pearson talking to Arthur about the camp's low food supply.
The Aftermath of Genesis is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Mission overview[]
With the gang low on supplies and starving, Mr. Pearson sends Arthur and Charles out hunting.
Story[]
Pearson informs Arthur that the camp is very low on food, and that soon people will begin to starve. Arthur and Charles decide to go hunting for food, and ride for a while before stopping to track an animal.
Arthur follows Charles for a while, and when Charles picks up a trail, Arthur goes to his horse to get his bow. The pair then stealthily follow the deer trail, trying not to scare the deer. They find it and Arthur kills it with his bow.
Arthur tracks a second deer and kills it, then puts the carcass on his horse whilst Charles puts the carcass of the first deer on his. As they are traveling, they encounter a bear roaming around. Charles advises Arthur to keep out of the way, despite there being more meat on the bear. It is up to the player whether they may try to kill the bear or not. Afterwards, they take the deer to Pearson's butcher's station and Arthur skins it.
Dialogue[]
The Aftermath of Genesis/dialogues
Mission Failure[]
The mission will fail if the player:
- Assaults, kills, or abandons Charles;
- Allows Charles to be killed;
- Lets the deer escape;
- Ruins the deer carcasses (such as by shooting them);
- Kills or abandons their horse;
- Dies.
Gold Medal Objectives[]
- Kill each deer with one arrow.
- Do not spook either deer.
- Get a clean kill on the second deer.
Video walkthroughs[]
Trivia[]
- This mission unlocks Eagle Eye. Even so, the player does not actually need to use it to find the first deer as they can just follow its footprints in the snow.
- During the ride on the way to hunt deer, Charles tells Arthur that he mistakenly burned his right hand while escaping from Blackwater, which is a reference to Red Harlow, as Red was also part Native American and burned the same hand in the beginning of his story.
- It is possible for Arthur's honor to decrease if the player only wounds a deer and allows it to die in agony, rather than put it out of its misery.
- Arthur may use another weapon instead of the bow to kill the deer and not fail the mission, but Charles will get upset.
- Rarely, a glitch can occur if the player takes too long to grab the bow off their horse that results in Charles' AI becoming frozen, and forcing the player to restart the mission.
- If "Old Friends" was completed before this mission, Arthur will mention the attack on the O'Driscolls' camp and talk about Kieran Duffy while riding with Charles.
- It is impossible to kill the bear during this mission.
- When Arthur and Charles see the bear, Arthur can ask Charles if he should kill it for its meat. Charles will say that the deer are enough and they won't be able to carry both.
- If the player shoots at the bear, Charles will express his frustrations that his remarks on the bear have been neglected.
- If this mission is completed after Old Friends, it will automatically continue into the fifth mission of Chapter 1, "Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?".
- If the mission is completed before Old Friends, the player can encounter Hosea at the butcher's table and have a conversation with him.