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Red Dead Redemption 2 Challenges List
Just below, we’ll be dividing up our challenges list into the categories that they fall into in Red Dead Redemption 2. You begin with the first challenge unlocked, and you unlock each successive challenge in the list once you’ve completed the previous one.RDR2 Bandit Challenges
- Hold up five townsfolk.
- Rob two coaches or return two stolen coaches to a Fence.
- Rob the cash register in any four shops, in a single day.
- Rob three coaches or return three stolen coaches to a Fence, in a single day.
- Earn a $250 in one state.
- Steal five horses, and sell them to the horse Fence at Clemens Cove.
- Rob $50 of cash and valuables from townsfolk and travellers.
- Steal seven wagons, and sell them to the Fence at Emerald Ranch.
- Hogtie someone and leave them on the railway tracks, three times.
- Complete five train robberies without dying or being caught.
RDR2 Explorer Challenges
- Find a treasure map.
- Find a treasure, nine times.
RDR2 Gambler Challenges
- Win five hands of poker.
- In blackjack, double down and win the hand five times.
- Win three games of five finger fillet.
- Bust one poker table out in each location (Flatneck Station, Saint Denis, Valentine).
- Win three rounds of dominoes without drawing any tiles against two or fewer opponents.
- Beat the blackjack dealer in two locations (Rhodes, Van Horn Trading Post).
- Beat the five finger fillet opponent in each location (Strawberry, Valentine, Van Horn Trading Post).
- Win three hands of blackjack, with three hits or more.
- Win three games of dominoes in a row.
- Win three hands of poker in a row.
RDR2 Herbalist Challenges
- Pick six yarrow.
- Pick and eat four types of berries.
- Craft seven items using sage as an ingredient.
- Pick five mushrooms, and feed them to your horse.
- Craft nine items using indian tobacco as an ingredient.
- Pick fifteen different species of herb.
- Craft five special miracle tonics, and use them.
- Use oleander to craft six poison weapons.
- Pick one of each type of herb.
- Season and cook all eleven types of meat.
RDR2 Horseman Challenges
- Kill five rabbits while on horseback.
- Jump over three obstacles in fifteen seconds.
- Ride from Valentine to Rhodes in less than five minutes.
- While mounted, drag a person for 3300 feet using a lasso.
- Trample five animals while on horseback.
- Ride from Strawberry to Saint Denis in less than nine minutes, without touching water.
- Kill seven enemies from horseback, without dismounting.
- Kill nine predators from horseback.
- Ride from Van Horn Trading Post to Blackwater in less than seventeen minutes, without touching water.
- Break every breed of wild horse.
RDR2 Master Hunter Challenges
- Skin three deer.
- Collect three perfect quality rabbit pelts.
- Track ten different animal species using your binoculars.
- Get a clean kill five times.
- Skin three black or grizzly bears.
- Kill five cougars with a bow, and skin them.
- Use bait to lure and kill a herbivore, and a predator.
- Catch three fish without using the fishing rod.
- Catch an opossum playing possum.
- Kill the legendary panther.
RDR2 Sharpshooter Challenges
- Kill three flying birds.
- Kill two different animal species in one use of Deadeye.
- Kill five flying birds while on a moving train.
- Kill someone from at least 80 feet away with a tomahawk.
- Kill six animals without switching or reloading a weapon.
- Kill someone at least 660 feet away with a scoped rifle.
- Get seven headshots in a row.
- Disarm three opponents without switching or reloading a weapon.
- Shoot three hats off people in the same Deadeye.
- Kill three flying birds with three consecutive scoped rifle shots.
RDR2 Survivalist Challenges
- Catch three bluegill fish.
- Hand five animals into Pearson, or a Trapper.
- Kill five animals with a varmint rifle.
- Craft dynamite, improved, fire, poison, and small game arrows.
- Catch a fish in the Bayou from a riverboat, while standing on the train tracks.
- Kill an animal while it’s feeding on a corpse, five times.
- Kill eight small game animals with consecutive small game arrows.
- Craft a homing tomahawk, improved tomahawk, improved dynamite, and volatile fire bottle.
- Catch a fish that weighs at least 19lb.
- Catch one of every species of fish.
RDR2 Weapons Expert Challenges
- Kill three enemies with a knife.
- Kill three enemies in ten seconds using throwing knives.
- Kill three birds of prey using tomahawks.
- Kill ten enemies with a shotgun, using crafted ammo.
- Kill five mounted enemies with one throwing knife per enemy.
- Kill four enemies with one stick of dynamite.
- Kill four enemies in a row with the same tomahawk.
- Kill fifteen enemies using a long-barrelled shotgun.
- Kill nine unaware enemies from behind, using the bow.
- Kill a grizzly bear using only throwing knives, without taking damage.