r/RDR2 • • Oct 14 '25

RIP DANGELO ( singer who sang the song Unshaken from rdr2) He passes away after battle with cancer 💔

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10.2k Upvotes

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r/RDR2 • • Jun 17 '25

Our Offical Guides Newcomers Guide

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Hello and welcome to r/RDR2 This is a little guide for new players of the game.

Firstly we strongly advise you to stay off the subreddit until you’ve finished the game. Our subreddit is home to discussions covering every aspect of the game from storylines, characters, secrets, to anything a player may find. While we require spoiler tags, accidental (and sometimes intentional) spoilers do happen. For the best experience, we strongly recommend avoiding the subreddit until you’ve completed the main story.

Frequently asked questions will now be listed and answered.

Is the game worth it? Yes! — People still praise this game even in 2025. Its compelling story and detailed open world gameplay allow you to fully submerge into the story. Many players find the game to be a masterpiece, with some (us, of course) even considering it one of the greatest games of all time. Its graphics were ahead of their time and still hold up really well. It’s a well written story with a beautiful aesthetic and it's absolutely worth your time.

The snow part is boring. Should I quit the game? Don't give up during Colter. It’s the first chapter and serves as a tutorial. You’ll get to know the basics of the game slowly before being led into free roam in chapter 2. The slow introduction into such a big game is important to understand the situation the main character is in and to get you familiar with the environment and the world building in general. Stick around for a while. You’ll thank yourself later.

Just started the game. Any tips? We see this all the time and every time people will give you the same response: Take it slow. Chapter 1 will teach you everything that's important. The game offers a little guide in its settings for the mini games and the controls just like any other game. Everything you need is right there. The game is open world so you won't miss out on anything. You can do whatever whenever even after finishing the story. Enjoy the beautiful scenery and free roam a bit. You’ll figure out the game fast. You really don't need Google or IGN until you finish the story and are going for 100% and/or the platinum trophy. (We'll have a guide coming soon!)

Just finished the game. Should I play RDR1? Yes! RDR1 is a continuation of the story and absolutely worth it. Not much will change gameplay wise since it’s made by the same developer. So, if you like RDR2 and are looking for more content about the van der Linde gang and a similar experience -> play RDR1.

If you really want to avoid spoilers, don’t google anything until after you finish the game.

We will monitor this thread closely so if you have any questions about the game please ask them in here. We will most likely remove your question posts and advise you to ask your newcomer questions in here. If a question is frequently asked we will add it to the post.

Have fun!


r/RDR2 • • 6h ago

Meme everytime 😭

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820 Upvotes

r/RDR2 • • 47m ago

Meme You're...a strange man, Arthur Morgan

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r/RDR2 • • 3h ago

Content Guarma was meant to be much bigger.

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100 Upvotes

r/RDR2 • • 6h ago

Question how do you find the perfect gun to get perfect pelts for different animals?

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87 Upvotes

r/RDR2 • • 18h ago

Meme My Reddit feed just now….

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564 Upvotes

I could not, not share here!


r/RDR2 • • 1h ago

Discussion This game still makes me…

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Cry.

On my 5th play through, close to end game.

It’s been a couple years since the last play through.

I actually uncovered and searched out a lot of stuff I never had found. Super satisfying. But!

Anyone else find it hard to go through with finishing up?

Every goddamn time, it ruins gaming me for weeks. Like it haunts me.

Every goddamn time, wherever I am in my life, Arthur’s story just hits me. Truly hits a spot in me that I never truly knew existed until I played “a video game”.

42 years old and still getting emotional after 8 years since it’s release and numerous play throughs (good and bad).

I know GTA 6 is coming soon and honestly, half the reason I said fuck it, let’s do another 150hrs for another play through with RDR2 was to remember it clearly before I dive into an actual Rockstar unknown game.

I dunno, I’m thankful for emotions but fuck!

Best game ever.


r/RDR2 • • 18h ago

Discussion I'm Afraid. I am not ready for this. 😭

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417 Upvotes

This is my first time experiencing Red Dead Redemption 2 and I'm on the last mission. I'm not ready for Arthur to go 😭😭😭😭


r/RDR2 • • 4h ago

Help why do my cores drains so damn fast?

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currently on chapt. 3. I just ate plain big game last 5 minutes, not even wearing cold clothes


r/RDR2 • • 22m ago

Discussion It's been 8 years and I have noticed it just today

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I have been to Armadillo earlier, though not too often as story didn't need it to, also it's on far west so been there less. But just today I have noticed this guy burning those infected people near Armadillo. Damn this game is too big and too good


r/RDR2 • • 6h ago

Discussion Bro knew I was taking the photos lmfao

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Why does my gun look so cool? I decided to replay rdr2 again and noticed my gun.. would've should've asked Google but those poses killed me


r/RDR2 • • 3h ago

Discussion Saving random hats

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One thing RDR3 needs to do is let us save all hats we find in the wild, I really love this hat I stole from a lawman. Of course on PC mods make ua able to buy all styles of hats but on console we gotta be careful not to lose the hats we steal. Kinda stupid and I hope they let us loot more stuff and let us save it all in the next RDR game.


r/RDR2 • • 13h ago

Content Wtf? I guess they had automatic revolvers in 1899

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71 Upvotes

r/RDR2 • • 5h ago

Spoilers Cleet Spoiler

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does anybody else feel bad when you kill cleet in the final mission? i think every time i’ve done it sadie killed him. when he says that he tried to stop micah from killing that girl proves that he isn’t completely evil but just a paid gun.


r/RDR2 • • 1d ago

Content So this is what I made for his birthday gift

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THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH EVERYONE for allllll the ideas on what to gift my Boyfriend. I had my final exams going on so I couldn’t make the entire trunk but I did end up making Arthur’s hat ( paperweight) from Airdry clay and all 12 cigarette packs and reworded Mary’s letter to make it not so sad 😭.
He LOVED the gift.
Still have a little surprise left for his birthday 🤭 just need to finish it up once my exams are done.
Special thanks to u/celinho_ss for PDFs for the cards.


r/RDR2 • • 23h ago

Help My horse, splonker, exploded and died

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366 Upvotes

Hi I need help reddit my horse Splonker died and I don't know how to get him back. The game glitched out and he teleported into a rock, and then into the air 25ft or so and his legs came off so I alt f4ed but when I returned he was still gone. It would never give me the option for horse reviver. It's probably worth pointing out the horse appears to be exploded. Am I just buggered? Gah.

I attached a picture of my horse anyhowww some people might get some kicks from it

Anyway George signing out


r/RDR2 • • 15h ago

Discussion Dog

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In my experience, to go through the steps of petting the dog, I think that it's worth it, but , the real question is, what motivates you to actually pet the animal?


r/RDR2 • • 7h ago

Meme Me whenever I see a low quality Animal

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r/RDR2 • • 12h ago

Fanart 1

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Mandatory


r/RDR2 • • 3h ago

Photography “You actually choosin’ to look like that?” - appropriate response

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r/RDR2 • • 11h ago

Question How many pelts are you storing on your horse?

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17 pelts presently and a big old elk skin on the back. I’ve seen videos where people have 8+ of pelts so my question is - what’s the maximum number of pelts you can hang across your horses bum?

Edit: I save pretty regularly in case something unforeseen gets me. Don’t wanna lose my stash!


r/RDR2 • • 15h ago

Discussion Caught a 19 pound Northern Pike with cheese?

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Just felt like sharing lol. I was between Shady Belle and Catfish Jackson’s trying to get some gritty fish for potent predator bait.

I had actually been using a reg. river lure a bit before, but didn’t get any bites! Funny enough right after swapping to cheese and moving closer to shore I ended up with a honkin northern pike. Got a few bluegill after hauling it home lol


r/RDR2 • • 4h ago

Discussion I'm procrastinating finishing the game

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I don't want Arthur to die so I just keep procrastinating finishing the game but this is taking me way too long, it's been almost 2 years since I started playing it😭🙏🏻


r/RDR2 • • 3h ago

Spoilers I just Finished the game and 100% it

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After 322 hours, I have completed RDR2, I know I'm late to the party, better later than never.

What a rollercoaster and masterpiece of a game, I didn't avoid the spoiler about Arthur's faith after 8 years but the journey was worth it. I honestly didn't expect to enjoy as much the game and be so emotionally invested and attached to the characters and story overall, it made me feel things that I don't usually feel in games, all the interactions, little details made it a masterpiece, a game of a lifetime.

Thank you Rockstar and all the crew for making such an piece of art of a game, I can firmly say Arthur Morgan is probably my favourite video game character, Roger Clark did an incredible job to convey his feelings and developments and show how realistic Arthur was, even knowing his fate, I was just in tears for the final showdown and his last moment.

The 100% journey was quite long but it was completely worth it, I even went for full gold medals for all the missions, some achievements involving RNG sometimes made me pull my hair lol.