Red Dead Redemption 2
Shooter / Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure · 2018 · Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
An open-world western action-adventure from Rockstar Games. You follow Arthur Morgan through six story chapters and a two-part epilogue. The notes focus on chapter-based deadlines for optional Honor missions, unique items and animals, and on the 100% Total Completion checklist, which has no permanently missable entries.
Guides and missables below stop at this point. Move it forward as you play.
Quest walkthroughs
Quests for Chapter 1: Colter. Open a quest for step-by-step directions, choices, rewards and troubleshooting. Its full walkthrough reveals that quest’s details.
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Quick tips
Chapter 1: Colter
Learn the basics
Players describe the opening as slow and heavily scripted. Use it to learn Dead Eye, cover, horse handling and the three cores (health, stamina, Dead Eye). There is no real build choice yet, so just play through it.
Chapter 1: Colter
Save manually
Pause the game and use the Story tab to save. Keep manual saves before the points the notes flag as risky.
Things you can miss
Optional quests, items or choices you can lose access to by progressing past a point. Guides often call these “missables”.
Cornwall's Mining Company and Oil Company letters
Can be lost after: Chapter 1: Colter
Two documents on the desks in Cornwall's private train carriage during "Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?". The sources list them as Chapter 1 missables without an exact cutoff, so grab them during the mission.
Pearson's rabbit request (unique jacket)Coming up
Can be lost after: Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
Pearson gives a unique jacket for a skinned rabbit. Sources disagree on how long it lasts: Chapter 2 only, or Chapters 2 to 4. Do it in Chapter 2 to be safe.
Liberty Hat, Newsboy Flat Cap and Jack's DrawingComing up
Can be lost after: Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
The Liberty Hat can spawn on a stagecoach driver in "An American Pastoral Scene" or on a hogtied man in "A Fine Night For It". The Newsboy Flat Cap is worn by Cornwall's men in "The Sheep and the Goats". Jack's Drawing comes from a request from Jack in Chapter 2.
Rare Shotgun and Classic Raccoon Mountain HatComing up
Can be lost after: Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
The Rare Shotgun can be obtained from as early as you can access Annesburg in Chapter 2. The hat comes from Jon in Smithfield's Saloon in Valentine. Both are on missable lists with no stated cutoff, so get them early.
Chapter 2 optional Honor missionsComing up
Can be lost after: Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
These are Money Lending and Other Sins I-III, Good, Honest, Snake Oil, and We Loved Once and True I-III. "Pouring Forth Oil (II)" from John in camp isn't an Honor mission but is also missable. The Mary and Micah storylines should be finished before the sheep mission.
All Red Dead Redemption 2 missables by stage (contains spoilers)
Opening this list shows every missable’s name, including ones past your spoiler line. Names only, no details.
- Cornwall's Mining Company and Oil Company letters · can be lost after Chapter 1: Colter
- Pearson's rabbit request (unique jacket) · can be lost after Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
- Liberty Hat, Newsboy Flat Cap and Jack's Drawing · can be lost after Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
- Rare Shotgun and Classic Raccoon Mountain Hat · can be lost after Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
- Chapter 2 optional Honor missions · can be lost after Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
- Rare Rolling Block Rifle · can be lost after Chapter 3: Clemens Point
- Golden Shield and Braithwaite Brooch · can be lost after Chapter 3: Clemens Point
- Chapter 3 optional Honor missions · can be lost after Chapter 3: Clemens Point
- Chapter 4 side quests and Honor missions · can be lost after Chapter 4: Saint Denis
- Guarma-only animals · can be lost after Chapter 5: Off-Map Chapter
- Owl Feather Trinket · can be lost after Chapter 6: Beaver Hollow
- Chapter 6 optional Honor missions and Good, Honest, Snake Oil · can be lost after Chapter 6: Beaver Hollow
Guides and data last refreshed Nov 12, 2026. They are generated from web research and may contain mistakes.