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GENERAL STATEGIES AND MISCELLANEOUS
GAMING STRATEGIES
SAVE GAME FREQUENTLY
After each chore you don’t want to repeat.
Before each mission you might want to try again.
Autosave is made every time you sleep or die.
Autosave is copied over every time you get DEAD.
MISCELLANEOUS POINTERS
Do Collections/Camp Requests /Points of Interest/Easter Eggs as able
(They do not increase Health/Stamina/Dead Eye.)
Some needed for Trinkets/Talismans/Ancient Arrowhead
Camp Companion Requests
(They do not increase Health/Stamina/Dead Eye.)
Triggered by talking with people in camp.
Camp Poker with Pearson triggers a request.
Camp Dominos with Tilly triggers a request.
Expose game map as able
Riding does this better than stagecoach, train, fast trave…
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HUNTING AND SPAWN POINTS
Finding the Prey
Locating the prey is often the most difficult part of hunting.
Interactive Map is not as helpful as it could be.
Google “RDR2 animal”. Some specific locations are on YouTube.
I give some reliable locations below.
Spawn Points
Animals seem to spawn randomly - but Spawn Points (SP) do follow some rules.
When triggered by Arthur’s presence a SP produces one of a certain set of animals.
ie: A Moose SP might produce an Elk, a Moose, or Horse – male or female.
A SP may be part of a coordinated set of SPs - a Spawn Area
ie: only one or two of the set will spawn at one time.
A SP spawns once, then must be reset before spawning again.
An animal will never spawn visibly.
But turn away, then turn bac…
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LOADOUT, WEAPONS, AND AMMO
Loadout
Customize your weapons ASAP.
Barrel, sights, scope - improve aim.
Stock, wrap – (minimally) improve wear.
There is a trophy for fully upgrading weapons.
Use your best weapons.
Compare A:B on weapon wheel with same ammo.
Make favorite weapons easily identifiable with wraps and finish.
Clean weapons Auto Aim more accurately.
Use Double Wield both Pistol and Revolver in loadout.
Get Offhand Holster from Trapper or Catalogue
after Master Hunter Challenge 1 or Herbalist Challenge 1.
Greatly improves delay between shots.
Doubles the amount of Explosive Ammo available.
Use Pistol with Explosive Ammo for sudden defense.
Practice doing this quickly/instinctively.
(Tip: Do you know what gun L1 pulls?)
(Tip: Learn t…
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AIMING AND DEAD EYE
Auto Aim (Not to be confused with Dead Eye)
Not available while in Dead Eye mode.
Reticle automatically moves to target every time you
pull L2 or
pull R2 halfway.
Dirty weapon degrades Auto Aim.
Dead Eye Core sets accuracy of Auto Aim.
Settings profoundly affect Auto Aim.
Dueling (Quickdraw mode)
First encountered in The Noblest of Men, and a Woman.
During face off
Pull R2 (trigger) halfway till meter in bottom right of screen fills – one second?
Then fully pull and release R2 – turns on Dead Eye – meter is running, opponent is drawing.
R3 (joystick) to aim and R2 (again) to fire.
You can use this method to turn on Dead Eye in some other situations.
Dead Eye (What Dead Eye actually does at each level)
Dead Eye …
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HORSE CORES & BARS
Routine Horse Cares maintain the Cores
Feed 2 items every time Cores are less than full.
Hay + Beets is good – cheap at every stable.
Wild Carrots x2 is also good – and free.
Store bought carrots don’t maintain Cores so well.
Oatcakes x2 is good – not cheap.
Horse Cares at stable are excellent.
Fortifies both Cores for a day.
Horse Meal is excellent – but consumes much time and resources.
Craft it. It’s worth it.
Before a battle might be a good time to use.
Fortifies both Cores and Bars for a day.
But Health Core and Bar fortified for a day – doesn’t matter much.
Horse Ointment is good – but consumes much time and resources.
Don’t Craft it. It’s not worth it.
Before a battle might be a good time to use.
Fortifies Stamin…