Thieves' Landing

Thieves' Landing is a location featured in Red Dead Redemption and is a Settlement on the northeastern edge of the Hennigan's Stead region of the New Austin territory. The town sits on the western shores of Flat Iron Lake, and serves as a minor port for the region.

Background

Red Dead Redemption

Thieves' Landing is an accurate name, with the town being overrun by criminals and thugs, and with no law enforcement of any kind present. Crimes committed in the town will not incur a bounty. The Bollard Twins Gang has a heavy presence within the town, but it also harbors unaffiliated criminals.

Thieves' Landing symbolizes the southern United States, with the surrounding swamps and bayous, the architecture, and the nearby Mason Bridge and Dixon Crossing, which are a reference to the Mason-Dixon Line; the traditional border between the Northern states and the South, often referred to as 'Dixie' because of this. The Dixie Rose brothel located in Thieves' Landing is another indicator of this.

When entering Thieves' Landing, the sky and overall area always darkens. This change in atmosphere symbolizes the danger of the town. This is also because it is a wet, marshy, bayou-like area; it is often raining in Thieves' Landing.

The vast majority of the Irish mission "On Shaky's Ground" takes place at this location.

Undead Nightmare

In the Undead Nightmare DLC pack, this is one of 23 locations that must be cleared of the Undead and then protected from re-infestation thereafter.

When the undead overran this lawless harbor, the town was thrown into disarray. Many of the buildings caught fire; chairs were knocked over; drunks, gamblers, outlaws, and dock workers were all devoured and very few were able to make it to safety. However, Jacques Billeray, Mintie Cummings, Winona Picket, and Whit McSwain were able to find a safe refuge, and, taking what weapons they could find, began to fight back against the ravenous hordes.

Once the town is safe, the player will obtain Fire Bottles.

Multiplayer

Several Multiplayer game modes are available at Thieves' Landing. None are available with the original game, however. All require DLCs, as noted below.

Requires Legends and Killers DLC
Requires Liars and Cheats DLC
- Stronghold
Requires Undead Nightmare DLC
- Land Grab - The post to start the game is located inside the warehouse on the southern end of town

Amenities

Saloon
Doctor
Tailor
General Store
Gunsmith
Safehouse (Available for purchase for $100)

Activities

Effects of Honor

The player's honor heavily affects their reception in Thieves' Landing. A player with high honor and fame or one wearing the U.S. Marshal Outfit or Bureau Uniform may be openly shot at by criminal elements. This can be circumvented by wearing the Bandana. The chance of being attacked increases significantly if the player has recently completed the Pike's Basin hideout (within the last two or three game days). Alternatively, capturing a Bollard Twins bounty or killing a member of the gang while in Thieves' Landing can be enough reason to set the criminals (mostly members of the Bollard Twins Gang) against the player.

Alternatively, if the player possesses significant dishonor, the merchants in Thieves' landing will offer to purchase Provisions at double the rate, and sell items at half the rate.

Honor penalties are still incurred for killing an innocent NPC of Thieves' Landing.

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Pawn Shop, Thieves' Landing,
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Outfits and Scraps

The first scrap of the Bollard Twins Outfit is located inside the large warehouse to the right of the pawn shop. Make your way into the warehouse, and go up the stairs to the second floor. Go inside the small room, and there will be a container with the first scrap of the outfit inside of it.

Alternatively, you can go around to the back of the warehouse, climb the stairs, and enter the room from the back. There you will find the container with the scrap.

The last scrap for the same outfit, as well as the Treasure Hunter Outfit and for the PS3 the Walton Gang Outfit are available at the tailor in Thieves' Landing. The Elegant Suit and the Bandana are also purchaseable at the tailor.

Trivia

It is only sunny in Thieves' Landing when the player clears the town of Undead in Undead Nightmare. The sun does show at around 6 A.M., which is when the sun rises in-game, however it is only seen for a couple of minutes before the sky darkens again.
Thieves' Landing's weather can cause a strange graphical effect where, at certain times of day, the roads around the town can look very stark in contrast to an oddly black sky.
Outside the saloon, there is sometimes a mangled corpse with a sign that reads "Cheater" on it. This does not occur when playing as Jack, but the corpse is always present in multiplayer.
At dusk in Thieves' Landing, at a building to the north, the player can see a swarm of bats fly out of a barn. At dawn, the player can find the same swarm of bats flying back into the barn.
Due to the fact that there is no form of law enforcement, some players use Thieves' Landing as a place to 'have fun'. Paired up with the bandana, the player can get away with any form of crime. Many players use this as an oppurtunity to rob the unarmed inhabitants, enabling them to quickly earn money.
- Posses will not spawn while the player-character is in Thieves' Landing. However, law enforcement will pursue the player into the town if they are already in pursuit of the player.
The Wreck of the Serendipity can be seen looking to the left on the southern dock facing Nuevo Paraiso.
The safehouse in Thieves' Landing is the one of the only safehouses that stays the same in Undead Nightmare. However, the generator outside the safe-house will still be running even though it is on fire.
While being chased by law enforcement through Thieves' Landing, it often appears to be a ghost town.
Thieves' Landing is the last navigable section of the San Luis River before it turns into rapids at Manteca Falls.
There's a photo of a Confederate States soldier in the saloon, above the Blackjack table.