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Here in this video you will receive the best tips to start the Arthur Morgan saga equipped with the best weapons, horses, equipment, and also Of course, a lot of money. All this without giving spoilers about the story, so you can watch without fear. This video was quite long, so I took the liberty of adding chapters to make navigation easier, separating the tips into different categories.
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We will start this video by talking about one of the most important topics: money. Early on in the story, still in chapter 2, it is possible to pocket the incredible amount of 3,000 dollars. And best of all, it's easy and quick, just go to some points on the map, which are already open from the beginning.
The first is in the abandoned city of Limpany, at this point on the map. Inside the police station there will be a locker with the first gold bar, so just take it and put it in your bag. In the early days of the game there was an exploit to double this bar, but it hasn't worked for a long time.
The second bar is located on a derailed train, near Fort Wallace. As I said, she is inside a crashed train. So just follow the path I'm taking in the video, and you'll find it very easily, but this time it's not just one bar, but two!
Also take the opportunity to explore the other wagons, as in addition to the bars I showed, there are several jewelry and other valuable items that can be sold. The third and final location is very close to the derailed train, at this point on the map. Among all the locations I've shown, it's the most complex, as it involves solving a small puzzle.
It's very simple, you just need to interact with the statues in the right order, then just follow the step-by-step instructions you see on the screen. Just in case, I will also leave at least one guide in the description of this video, so you can watch calmly. After collecting these bars, you will be able to sell them for around 3,000 dollars at the smuggler.
The closest is located at the Emerald ranch, with trade being unlocked after the mission “The Sustenance of America”. But there are also others, such as Rhodes, Saint Denis and other locations that are already available from the beginning of the game. Now that you are a man of means, you will be able to use this money to buy many things.
But don't think I'm talking about weapons or horses, because I'll help you get that for free. What I'm really talking about are the upgrades at the camp, so go straight to the Horseshoe Lookout and upgrade everything. In addition to moving up all of the gang's bases, these upgrades will make a map available in Arthur's tent.
This map is very useful, as it allows you to fast travel to different locations you have visited previously. The cool thing is that it also works outside the gang camp, you just need to select the tent while you're riding. This is very interesting when you need to travel between distant points, but you don't feel like making the long journey.
. . especially when you don't have a very good horse yet.
And speaking of horses. . .
It's time to talk about them, the beloved equines, responsible for playing one of the most important roles in the game: transportation! The horse you get from Sadie's barn is pretty decent, but there are much more interesting options at the beginning of the game. The first and most popular of them is the white Purebred Arabian, affectionately nicknamed “Cowardly Purebred”.
We can find it at Lake Isabella, near Colter. When you see it in the snow, just lasso it and give it a little trouble to tame it. Once that's done, just transfer the cells and you already have a new horse.
Many people disdain the Purebred Arabian because of its cowardice, as it is a terrible mount for hunting, as it is very easily frightened by predators. But I think it's a great option for the beginning of the game, since it's one of the fastest horses. In addition to this white one, there is also a black variant of it in Saint Denis, which can be stolen from an NPC in a random event, at this point on the map.
Once there you will see a random robbery event, with the option to intervene or not. Regardless of your choice, next door there will be a black Thoroughbred Arabian, which you can steal and then do the same scheme of transferring the cells. And despite being the same breed, he is superior to white in status levels, as he is not a wild horse and is a black variant.
And to close the topic, I'll leave you with a very curious suggestion: the stables! But AEG, didn't you say you would only give free options? Well, you have 3 thousand mangos in your pocket, but you're still stingy.
I did talk about the stables, but did I ever talk about BUYING? I'll teach you how to steal shit! There's a very fifth-series method that people discovered, which I even thought would be fixed quickly, but Rockstar screwed up and it persists to this day.
It consists of taking a cart or carriage, entering a stable pointing the gun upwards and firing a shot inside. This will scare the merchant, who will run out and close the store. When this happens, get off the wagon and start bonding with the horse you want.
In my case, a pure black Arabian blood. When you reach the first bond level, run out of the stable and leave the horse behind. You will certainly have the police on your tail, so lose the homi to continue your Machiavellian plan.
With the authorities out of the picture, start whistling at the horse, and eventually the game will make it spawn on your side. At this moment he is your secondary mount, so just transfer the cells and that's it. With this method you can get any horse for free, including the most expensive ones that will appear in the next chapters, which can even cost more than 10 thousand dollars.
I could even offer more horse options here in this video, but then I would be breaking the promise made at the beginning of this guide, spilling a lot of spoilers for new players. So I'm going to suggest a really cool video, where I taught how to get the best horses in the game. So watch at your own risk, as many of them involve glitches in story missions.
Now that you have a good horse, here are some interesting tips. The first is the equine resuscitator, man, you don't want to be without one of those when shit happens. The resuscitator is used for situations in which the horse is going base, generally when it is close to an explosion, falls off a cliff and that type of situation.
At this point, you need to have a resuscitator, because with it you can revive the animal and not be left in the middle of nowhere without a mount. You can buy reanimators in stores, but if you're a cheapskate, you can go to this point on the map in Mattock Pon. Where can you get a recipe to create a powerful reanimator, 100% in range, just by having the ingredients.
But if the horse dies in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE and you leave the cell behind. . .
know that you will lose ALL your weapons! No exception. But clap, clap!
Let's not be cynical. Of course I'm lying, so you can leave the cell behind and move on with your life, as you can recover it, along with all your weapons, by simply visiting the nearest stable. Just like Arthur, the horse also feels hungry.
So it's important to always keep it good, with all the bases high. You can buy food and other resources in warehouses, or better yet, directly in the stables. But one thing I've always done was collect carrots that are scattered around the world.
They are good, nutritious for the horse and free. One of the easiest places to get them is near Thomas Downes' ranch, but they grow practically everywhere. Then just search for the location in the father of donkeys.
Another care with the horse is regarding its cleanliness, as its performance will drop significantly if you let it become like Cascão's chauvinist. Cleaning it is very simple, just use the brush that Hosea gives you in the mission "Persecuted by a Wounded Ego". Just get off your horse and press the interaction button.
But one thing that I spent the entire game without knowing is the fact that it is possible to clear it without going down, that's right. Simply select the brush from the radial menu, whether the horse is standing still or walking very slowly. This way, Arthur cleans it quickly, saving you a lot of time.
But if you're a lazy bum, know that you can also clean it in water. Then punch it into the river and little by little the dirt will come out. Now that you know how to take care of the horse's foundations, I'll teach you how to raise the bond level.
In addition to unlocking special moves, such as rearing, walking sideways and reversing. . .
Raising the link also increases the distance at which the horse responds to your whistle, so this is very useful when he is far away. There is no mystery or secret formula to increase the bond, just use the interaction buttons to caress, whether on the ground or on top of the horse. Since it is possible to press the analog stick and give compliments while mounted.
This has become an addiction for me, as I'm always tweaking the button and praising it. But other simple things also count, such as cleaning the horse with a brush, feeding it and even docking it to posts. Like those bases outside saloons or the bases on the streets in Saint Denis.
It is possible to do this even in nature, by getting close to a tree and docking the horse. This is something simple, but it gives you a bond every time you do it. You will see that this is very simple and quick, as you will achieve maximum bonding in just a few hours.
And to close the horses topic, I'm going to talk about equipment. You can buy different things in the stable, which improve the horse's attributes such as speed, control and the like. But don't just buy equipment from the stable, as there is even better equipment you can make at the trapper.
It works in a very simple way, you just need to take a perfect animal skin to him, selling it and then buying it from the saddle menu. But to save you trouble, I'll tell you in advance which one is best: the panther trail. In addition to being absolutely beautiful, it also reduces the horse's fatigue by 26 percent, reduces HP loss by 20 percent, and finally , increases stamina regeneration by 24 percent.
But as the name suggests, you will need a panther skin to make it. But it has to be PERFECT skin! Later in the video, I will give you tips on how to achieve this, killing the animals without damaging the carcass.
There are several panther spawn locations in the game, but the most popular is this one, near the city of Saint Denis. Eventually it will spawn there, so just kill the creature and take its skin to the nearest trapper. Open the interaction menu, sell the skin and then go to the saddle menu, where the option to buy the “panther trail” saddle will appear.
After purchasing it, go to the nearest stable and voila: just equip the cell in Pé de Pano and be happy. The good thing about this saddle is that you can spend the entire game with it, with the peace of mind that you have the best saddle in the game. So enjoy without moderation.
The time has come to talk about them: the infamous firearms. The game contains an arsenal full of them - ranging from single-action revolvers - to semi-automatic shotguns. At the beginning of the game our arsenal is very simple, but here I will teach you how to put together a beautiful collection of weapons.
. . and best of all, without spending a single dollar.
The first tip is about how to get the best revolvers in the game. You can get them very early in the story by visiting Valentine's second saloon and meeting writer Thedore Levin. He gives you the mission to find 4 legendary gunslingers, providing a map, which you can analyze and check the location of the map.
The first is Billy Midnight, who can be found at Rhodes train station. After completing the mission, you earn Billy's revolver, which is a Mauser pistol unique to the game. Despite being weak in firepower, it makes up for it with an absurd rate of fire, practically being a machine gun.
The second gunman is Emmet Granger, who can be found on his small farm, near Valentine and the Horseshoe Lookout camp. After completing the mission, you receive the man's weapon, which is a unique Cattleman revolver, being well balanced in statics, with medium firepower, combined with a moderate rate. The third gunman is Flaco Hernandez, who can be found near Colter, in Cairn Lodge.
After completing the mission, you get the man's weapon, which is also a unique and personalized Cattleman revolver. With this second revolver, you can form a duo, using both simultaneously and creating a devastating duo. We also have the legendary pistoless Black Belle, but unlike the others, she doesn't give us a unique revolver.
In addition to these gunmen that I mentioned, there is another one, but I won't talk about it, otherwise I would be giving spoilers. But anyway, you already have 3 excellent revolvers to start the game. But I'll also give you a fourth option, which can be stolen from Valentine's doctor.
Since in the back there is an illegal operation of the O'Drcolls, which we can discover by peeking through the window or the back door. The complicated thing is that there is no way to steal from this illegal operation without alerting the authorities, as the police station is right next door. The most you can do is minimize the bounty, by not using firearms, to increase the chances of not making too much of a fuss.
. . which results in a greater reward.
To do this, just tell the shopkeeper to open the door, then you equip the bow and close it - and kill everyone with the help of Dead Eye. Then just open the locker on the table, to finally get the Schofield revolver. On the table there is also a sum of money, so you can take it to maximize your profits.
Just don't waste your time trying to open the wall safe, as there is little money inside, so much so that you don't even pay the bounty for the crime of explosion. So he just runs away from the place, ignoring the police and losing them. Now you've won the Schofield revolver, which without a shadow of a doubt is one of the best in the game, costing around 80 dollars at the gunsmith.
If you do everything right, you won't even get a 10 dollar reward. Other locations around the map also provide good weapons, and best of all, for free. In the Rhodes armory there is some kind of illegal operation, which you can discover by looking through this small window.
Without going into details so as not to give spoilers. . .
just surrender the gunsmith, going down to the basement - where there will be a box with a Repeater Lancaster. It is one of the best rifles in the game, costing around 135 dollars at the gunsmith. So it's a nice economy, especially considering the fact that it is possible to rob the entire armorer's store during this mission, without worrying about rewards or any other type of problem.
Near Saint Denis, at this point on the map, you can find the Catfish Jacksons family, where the main room contains a double-barreled shotgun. It's very dirty, but just clean it and it'll be 0km. In another house you can find another shotgun.
I'm talking about Mama Watson's Cabin, at this point on the map. Getting there. go down to the basement, where you will find the Repeating Shotgun.
It costs an extortionate $225 and is only available at the gunsmith during Chapter 4, so this is also a way to get it early. In another place it is possible to find a third shotgun, the pump action. It is located on the Porter farm, near the Horseshoe Lookout campsite.
After sending everyone to eat and drink, just enter the house and go up the stairs to one of the rooms. Up there will be a box, where the shotgun will be stored. If you picked up all the weapons I recommended, you now have a good variety of fire in your arsenal, with revolvers, pistols, shotguns and even a rifle.
This is enough to advance the game's story, which organically gives you other weapons as the story progresses. But continuing on the topic, now I'm going to answer one of the biggest questions players have at the beginning of the game: how do I equip two revolvers at the same time? This is a very common question, as when visiting the gunsmith and trapper we find a good variety of holsters, cartridge cases and other accessories.
But nothing that allows us to carry two weapons at the same time. Well, as incredible as it may seem, to be able to carry two weapons at the same time, you need to advance in the story. Who would have thought, right?
But the good news is that the mission is right in chapter 2, and if you're the type of player who skips cutscenes, the equipment may end up being overlooked. I won't go into details about the mission in question, to avoid spoilers and everything , but it's a mission with Micah Bell in Strawberry. And finally, I'll give you a tip on gun maintenance.
You may notice that over time, they lose their effectiveness, even emitting black smoke after firing. This happens because of dirt, which appears from time to time or when you put them in the water. But this is easy to solve, just buy gun oil at the gunsmith and other commercial establishments.
Then just select the clean option and voila, the weapon is clean. You can also do this automatically at the gunsmith, and although it costs a lot of money, it helps save some time. And take advantage of the fact that you're already at the gunsmith and customize your weapons, as in addition to making them more elegant, you can also improve performance with some modifications, such as barrel lengthening, raying and so on.
The fourth and last major topic in this video is hunting, which despite seeming simple, is a real headache for many people. Since unlike the first Red Dead, it is much more improved and boring in some ways. The first step is to learn how to collect a perfect carcass, as you may have already noticed that the animal you killed had only one or two stars in condition.
This could be due to the animal itself, which is not of good quality. Or because of the method you shot him down, using the wrong weapon or hitting the target. an inappropriate location.
To hunt medium-sized animals, such as deer, for example, choose rifles such as the Lancaster or even a bow and arrows, which have medium firepower and will not damage the carcass. When you see the animal you want to kill, aim at it with your gun or binoculars to find out its condition. If your intention is to cook the meat, the number of stars doesn't matter.
But if you want to sell or create some equipment, only choose animals with perfect conditions, which have 3 stars. Then just activate Dead Eye, which will reveal the animal's lethal points for you to hit. Which are usually the neck and heart.
You can also get the animal's attention, which will make it look at you for a few seconds, giving a good window of opportunity for a lethal shot. But be careful not to miss the window, otherwise he will run away and you will need to track him. But after successfully shooting, just approach the animal and grab the meat.
Maybe he'll still be alive when you get close, agonizing in pain. So just take the knife and end the poor guy's suffering. Your horse has the ability to carry a medium or large animal, a skin and two birds hanging on each side.
But one way to increase your ability is to take a secondary horse for hunting. Since you can at least put one more skin and animal on the horse's back, practically doubling your transport capacity. But moving from medium to small animals, we have smaller animals like birds, rabbits and the like – which you will always break into the carcass of if you kill them with normal weapons.
To avoid this, it will be necessary to resort to weapons with less offensive potential, such as bows and arrows, for example. Among the various types of arrows, there is the arrow for small game. With it, you can kill birds, rabbits and the like without worrying – as it won't ruin the animal's carcass.
At the beginning of the game you don't have this arrow yet, but all you need to do is gather the following ingredients: a bird feather, a normal arrow and shotgun ammunition. With the items in hand, just open the menu and go to creations. There in the ammunition tab, you will find the small arrow.
Then just create and be happy. Another option for hunting small animals is to purchase an anti-pest rifle. Despite being a firearm, it was not designed to be used in combat or on larger animals, it already has a very low caliber.
It works in a similar way to a bow with a small arrow, with the advantage of being more versatile, as it has a capacity of 14 shots per magazine. It can be purchased as early as chapter 2, costing around 72 dollars at the gunsmith. But it can also be free, if you have the Special or Ultimate edition of Red Dead 2.
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Remembering that it is also valid for all games in the store, so click on the first link in the description. Now that you know how to slaughter animals correctly, I'm going to teach you a little tip to speed up the process. Let's face it, when farming items like meat and skins – it becomes a bit boring to watch the skinning animations.
Especially when it comes to larger animals, like bears, for example. But one way to speed up the process and skip this skinning animation is to take your horse and position it right next to the carcass. If you position it correctly, Arthur simply ignores the animation and the skin appears on your hands, saving you a few good seconds.
This tactic is ancient, having been in operation since the late 2010 Red Dead 1. Just be careful not to trample the carcass with your horse. .
. otherwise you could ruin the quality of the skin. And speaking of skin quality, there is an attribute in the game that can help you a lot in getting good quality carcasses.
It consists of obtaining a special amulet, which we can make at the smuggler, after hunting a legendary animal. After the mission to hunt the Bear with Hosea, he presents us with the map, which contains the location of these animals. What we are looking for is the Legendary Deer, which is located at this point on the map, near the city of Strawberry.
Unlike normal animals, you don't need to worry about the quality of the skin when slaughtered, as it is a unique and legendary animal, which no longer appears in the game after you kill it. . .
Rockstar doesn't give you the opportunity to ruin everything. Then you can grab your rifle or bow, and get a clean shot at the head. After that, just place the animal on the horse and take it to the nearest trapper, which is less than 2 minutes away from that location.
In fact, here's a tip: If you lose the legendary animal along the way, either by falling off your horse, dying or something like that. There's no need to worry, because even though your horse's carcass is gone, it will be transported to the nearest trapper. But back to the topic.
. . Once at the trapper, just sell the skin and then go to the nearest Clandestine Store , as that's where we'll get the amulet.
And voila, for just 22 dollars you got one of the best amulets in the game, which greatly increases your chances of getting a good quality carcass. In practice, this amulet slightly increases the tolerance for the damage you can do to animals, without compromising the quality of the carcass. So he will be very useful in many future missions, which I will not mention, so as not to give spoilers.
There are many other amulets and talismans in the game, which you can obtain by killing the various legendary animals available. An honorable mention goes to the deer amulet, which increases the amount of money you earn by looting bodies by 10%. I promise to make an exclusive video about this soon, talking about all the amulets.
. . So as soon as I do, I'll come back here in this video and put a card for you to click on.
Now that I've finished the 4 main topics, I'm going to give you a series of quick and general tips, which can help you a lot on your journey: The first tip is to make manual saves from time to time, in addition to automatic saving. This is important, as it creates a restoration point in the story, in case you mess up in a mission and want to reverse the situation – or simply want to test all possibilities. My advice is to do a manual save at the beginning of every chapter.
The second tip is the achievement Garoto de Recados, where in every chapter the gang members ask you for an item, which you need to buy or find on the map to give to them. Do this achievement as quickly as possible, as it is the only missable one in the game. So if you don't do it before chapter 6, that's it, to win it you'll have to play the game from the beginning.
The third tip concerns the gang camp. In a post I asked what the most important tip is for new players, and the audience here at AEG was unanimous: spend time at the camp between missions. This allows you to listen to unique dialogues, where the characters talk about the missions, events in the story.
. . And in this area there are the characters' robbery missions, which despite not giving achievements, are missable.
In them you go out with the gang members to do some activity, getting to know the entire origin story of these characters. They are all great and really worth it! The fourth tip is random events, they happen all the time during exploration.
In many of them you help a person who is in danger, finding them some time later in a city, where they will offer you a free item as a thank you at the gunsmith. This allows you to buy an expensive weapon completely within the range, so you don't miss out on the opportunity. The fifth tip is useful for cases where your horse dies and you are very far from the city – but you don't want to lose honor by stealing a horse.
In these cases, you can use the option to call someone riding in a carriage, pressing the directional pad up and requesting a ride. If you accept, the driver will take you to the nearest city, completely free of charge. The bad thing is the lack of dialogue and the impossibility of skipping the trip.
The sixth tip is the recipes, as throughout the game you will find several, which teach you how to make different ammunition and arrows, tonics for Arthur and his horse, food and much more. You can buy some recipes in stores, but others can only be found on the map. I neglected the recipes a lot in my first playthrough, which made me have a not so rich experience with weapons, as you can do a lot of cool things with them.
The seventh tip is pretty silly, but it can save you a lot of time. Do you know how much you are in the pause submenus, then to return to the game you have to press the back button several times? This takes a while and is quite annoying.
But to skip all this rigmarole, just hold down the back button, and you'll instantly return to the game. This tip works on all menus, including the map. Speaking of maps, the eighth tip is about the website RDR2Map.
com. It contains the game map, but with the added bonus of having all items marked. You can see all the collectibles, treasures, places to steal, points of interest and much more.
It even contains a menu, where you can filter just what you want to see. It's a real hands-on. The ninth tip is about animals, as the game contains two very annoying achievements: Ripping the Leather and Zoologist.
To get them you have to study all the animal species in the game, also skinning them all. So the tip is to make a habit of studying ALL the animals you see. You can use your gun or binoculars – and whenever you see an animal that you haven't studied – study it and then kill it, so you can skin it and advance the conquest.
In total there are 150 species in the game, so with this method you already do some of the work. Remembering that, although Guarma's animals are exclusive to the island, they do not count towards these achievements. So don't worry, if you haven't hunted the animals there.
The tenth tip is useful when you are hunting an animal, like a deer for example, but you don't have the right weapon to make a clean kill. In these cases, you can lasso them and immobilize them, getting close and slaughtering them with the help of the knife. This ensures that you don't ruin the carcass.
Just be careful, as Arthur's stamina will be drained as you walk towards the animal, so try to get off the horse while being as close as possible. The tenth tip is about Arthur's dirt. Because just like the horse, our protagonist also gets dirty, damaging the foundations of life.
To stay clean you can take a shower in hotels or take a dip in a lake or river. But there is a much faster method of cleaning the character, in a few seconds and directly from the horse. Just open the menu and go to the clothes option, switching to winter clothes and then returning to your main clothes.
That way, it's clean instantly and you avoid a beating from Grinshaw. The last tip and thirteenth on this list – refers to authorities. They are very present in the game and there is a very simple way to lose them, without even having to flee the scene of the crime.
To do this, just hide behind a tree or bush. And if you wait a while and the sheriffs don't see you, you could lose your wanted level, without even leaving the scene of the crime. Just be careful that they don't see you later, as the wanted level could return.
. . Especially if your identity has been revealed.
And that was today's video guys, I hope you liked it! A very different and cool video for the beginning of the year, where I tried to gather as many tips as possible! But I'm sure I must have forgotten something.
So let's turn the comments field into an extension of this video, with everyone writing their own list of tips. This way you can share everything you learned, helping new players and making the community grow even more! It just obviously doesn't include anything spoilery, otherwise I will have to remove the comment.
And of course, if you want to buy Red Dead 2 or another game with a 25% discount, take advantage of the “SUMMER2024” coupon at Frigga Games. It is valid for a limited time, so take advantage now by clicking on the second link in the description. So a big hug to all of you and see you in the next video, bye!
