RDR2 guides: choose your next task
Pick a guide for the task you are doing now, then return to your collection or completion checklist.
Find the place. Finish the collection.
Go straight to grave locations, fishing help or your next collectible set.
All RDR2 grave locations
Landmarks, a regional route and a checklist for Paying Respects.
Find all nine graves →13 fish · special luresLegendary fish locations
Match each fish to its waterway and recommended special lure.
Find your next fish →7 collection checklistsRDR2 collectibles directory
Choose a set and keep a manual record beside your game.
Browse the collection lists →Practical answers for your next session
Travel & story
Fast travel
Unlock RDR2 Story Mode fast travel with the two lodging upgrades, use the camp map, and check why a destination or wilderness travel option is missing.
Read guide →Story length
Plan RDR2 story time with spoiler-light hour ranges, the six chapters and two-part epilogue, and a distinction between finishing the story and reaching 100%.
Read guide →Treasure & money
High Stakes treasure
Solve High Stakes Treasure Maps 1, 2 and 3: Cumberland Falls, Barrow Lagoon and the Bacchus Station ledges, ending with three gold bars.
Read guide →Sell gold bars
Sell RDR2 Story Mode gold bars at a Fence for $500 each. Find the four Fence towns and distinguish bars, nuggets and Red Dead Online currency.
Read guide →Hunting locations & tools
Panther locations
Look for ordinary panthers near Old Harry Fen and in Lemoyne, prepare for a perfect-pelt hunt, and distinguish them from the Legendary Giaguaro Panther.
Read guide →Badger locations
Find American Badgers near Rhodes, Mattock Pond and the Dakota River. Choose a Varmint Rifle and check pelt quality for Pearson’s satchel crafting.
Read guide →Moose locations
Search for ordinary moose at Owanjila, the northern lakes and Roanoke Valley. Plan a route, check pelt quality and distinguish ordinary from legendary moose.
Read guide →Small Game Arrows
Craft Small Game Arrows in RDR2 Story Mode with an arrow, flight feather and shotgun shell. Check ammunition selection and choose the right hunting weapon.
Read guide →Start here: camp and hunting
Quest planners
Hunting requests
Perfect carcasses, five request lists and mailing checks.
Open guide →24 stepsAlgernon Wasp exotics
Required quantities for all five lists, with separate hand-in checks.
Open guide →4 stepsJack Hall Gang treasure
Follow Maps 1, 2 and 3 without losing your last confirmed pickup.
Open guide →Choose by the task in front of you
Have a carcass to deliver? The hunting-request guide separates animals collected from requests mailed. Have a stack of orchids or plumes? Use the exotics planner; each check represents the entire quantity required. Have a numbered treasure map? Start the Jack Hall Gang route at the clue already in your satchel.
These pages help with particular tasks. They do not replace the 35-objective Total Completion checklist, which tells you which parent objectives still need work. After completing a quest, compare the in-game menu with that list before checking its objective.
Locations and equipment
Legendary fish
13 quest fish, lure choices and source notes.
Open guide →Decision guideChoosing a Chapter 2 horse
Compare the recommendation with your preferred stats and budget.
Open guide →Location trackerCigarette cards
All 144 entries with set filters; distinguish a full collection from the 100% target.
Open guide →Comparison toolHorse stats
Compare coats and switch between base and bonded stats.
Open guide →Keep your place between sessions
Checklist planners share your selected playthrough with existing trackers. Their item IDs are separate, so marking an exotics hand-in does not mark a hunting delivery. Use Export backup on a tracker page before changing browsers, then import it on the other device.
Reviewed guide pages explain their scope and cross-check date. These are written references, not a live connection to the game. See the storage and backup guide and our review scope for details.
Before you play Red Dead Redemption 2
Choose the answer you need: time to finish, historical setting, edition contents or hardware. These guides keep buying questions separate from Story Mode checklists.
How long is RDR2?
Plan a story-focused run and separate it from 100% completion.
Read guide →When does RDR2 take place?
1899, the epilogue and how the first game connects.
Read guide →Is Ultimate Edition worth it?
Compare Story Mode extras and Online bonuses.
Read guide →Can you play on PS5?
Check the PS4 listing, discs and digital ownership.
Read guide →Can your PC run it?
Compare official hardware requirements and storage.
Read guide →When did RDR2 come out?
Console, PC and Steam dates in one timeline.
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