***OFFICIAL Red Dead Redemption 2 Thread***aka AHRN'S MURDER HOBO ADVENTURE: HUNTS ELK AND PLAYS POKER (1 Viewer)

[AhrnCityPahnder]

You look in horse items?

Yes, but I'll double check that I am doing it correctly.  The subset of what your inventory wheel shows you vs what's in your satchel vs getting different results for both of those on foot vs on horseback...I'll play with it some more and double check.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

It's not in your sachel, it's on the second page of your weapon wheel.  

Explain "second page of weapon wheel" like I'm extremely dumb, please?

 

[cockroach]

Explain "second page of weapon wheel" like I'm extremely dumb, please?

After you hit L1 to go to your weapon wheel, there's a 2nd page of inventory stuff when you hit R2 or something.   Each spot will have multiple things that you can scroll through with L2, R2.  In the 9:00 position on the wheel should be the beans and food stuff. Chewing tobacco is at 1 o'clock.  I think the hair tonic is at 11.  

 

[ShamrockPride]

Dutch "I have a plan" Van Der Linde

 

[GregR]

Following up on this.  There's something really fundamental I'm missing about inventory, or else this is just pretty buggy.  I feel like I am carrying a bunch of stuff that I can't find.  In addition to the above re hair tonic, I'm now seeing the same thing everytime I figured a "canned vegetable".  

"You can't carry any more of this item.". I'm not carrying any of this item!

Is there a cap on the total different number of items you can carry at once?  This is driving me a little bit crazy. 

Maybe the item on the ground gets called by a generic "canned vegetable" but when it is added to your inventory it resolves to "canned peas" or "canned sweetcorn".  Check your satchel inventory and see if either/both of those are at your inventory max.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

After you hit L1 to go to your weapon wheel, there's a 2nd page of inventory stuff when you hit R2 or something.   Each spot will have multiple things that you can scroll through with L2, R2.  In the 9:00 position on the wheel should be the beans and food stuff. Chewing tobacco is at 1 o'clock.  I think the hair tonic is at 11.  

Yeah, I know you can see item one of X  ... I've scrolled through all of that and still didn't see it.  I'll double check the 11oclock slot though.  Thanks.  

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Maybe the item on the ground gets called by a generic "canned vegetable" but when it is added to your inventory it resolves to "canned peas" or "canned sweetcorn".  Check your satchel inventory and see if either/both of those are at your inventory max.

I thought maybe that could be the case, if so that's just lazy and irritating.  I'd need to go to (max capacity minus 1) on every canned item I have to prove it.  

I realize this is a minor gripe in the scheme of how good this game is, but still lazy if that's what is going on. 

 

[GregR]

I thought maybe that could be the case, if so that's just lazy and irritating.  I'd need to go to (max capacity minus 1) on every canned item I have to prove it.  

I realize this is a minor gripe in the scheme of how good this game is, but still lazy if that's what is going on. 

Or wait until you find one it won't let you pick up, and eat a can of something if it's at max and see if it changes.  If not, and something else is maxed, try eating it too.

 

[joker]

How do I find/craft a bunch of new recipes? I feel like I'm carrying around 100 herbs that I don't know what to do with, and I've only gotten three recipes from the fence, two of which I have no finishing ingredient for. On the pus side, I've gotten a few more perfect pelts and one more legendary, and am figuring out how to do better on the rest.

 

[GregR]

How do I find/craft a bunch of new recipes? I feel like I'm carrying around 100 herbs that I don't know what to do with, and I've only gotten three recipes from the fence, two of which I have no finishing ingredient for. On the pus side, I've gotten a few more perfect pelts and one more legendary, and am figuring out how to do better on the rest.

First, make sure you read all the recipes you have, as at least some aren't available in the crafting menu until read.  You can go to Documents -> Recipes, and open the first and read it.  Then d-pad to go to the next one immediately, so it just takes a few seconds to go re-read every one.

To get new ones, buy them from Fences as you mentioned.

They also are mission rewards, but they are also out there in the world in out of the way places to be discovered.  Many of those abandoned, burned down or rotting log buildings that you see scattered around, if you go in and walk around you'll get a button to pry up a floorboard and will find a recipe, or find a loose brick with loot behind it.  Like the incendiary shotgun recipe can be found

Spoiler

In a broken down shack at Copperhead Landing, the peninsula halfway between St Denis and Van Horn

And one of the special recipes you have to craft for a Challenge can be found 

Spoiler

at an abandoned camp on a cliff ledge SE of Vetters Echo, above the E in WEST of West Elizabeth

 

[GregR]

I thought maybe that could be the case, if so that's just lazy and irritating.  I'd need to go to (max capacity minus 1) on every canned item I have to prove it.  

I realize this is a minor gripe in the scheme of how good this game is, but still lazy if that's what is going on. 

Quick way to get a count of all of your canned goods.  Go to the Social Club's catalog for the game (assuming you've linked to it) and pull up the Provisions and filter it to canned goods.  You can see everything on one page there.

Also, for anyone who hasn't tried it, you can order stuff on the web page which gets delivered to your character in game.  I seem to have to quit the game fully and reload and then I get a message the stuff was delivered.  A buddy said he walked into a gunsmith and his stuff got delivered then, so maybe just hitting a store will trigger it too, not sure.  I've bought a little ammo and some clothes.  They may have guns available that are still locked in game, but if you buy them online you won't be given them until they get unlocked in game.  Since you might actually find it for free in game in unlocking it, I wouldn't buy weapons there.

 

[GregR]

I didn't pay a lot of attention to the character weight early on. Have sort of figured it out mostly now.  For anyone else who hasn't really looked into it but cares...

If you go to Pause -> Player-> Arthur, the General box will say Weight and things like Perfect, Average, Thin, Overweight, etc.   Weight affects your stamina drain rate and also how much damage you take. Overweight, you absorb some damage but lose stamina fast. Underweight you use less stamina but take more damage.

Perfect means you have 0 bonus/penalty for both of those.

Average means you have a bonus and penalty active, and Average covers a range both overweight and underweight compared to Perfect.  To actually tell where you're at, click on the General box.

Now move the cursor down twice to Conditions -> Weight.  When you do, the bottom left will show you the damage and stamina bonus/penalty.  If Stamina is red you're overweight, if damage is red you're underweight.    Average covers a range out to like 5-6% bonus/penalty at which point it turns to Thin/Overweight.

My horse's status seems to change instantly as I feed it (Pause-> Player-> Horse and scroll down to Physique and then look bottom left... if mounted on your alternate horse it will show the alternate horse stats, otherwise it shows your primary horse).  If it is Malnourished or Thin I can feed it a few times and check and it's immediately back to Fit.

With Arthur though, it seems like his weight changes lag behind the eating in a more realistic fashion.  I've kept eating since it didn't change and then checked back an in game day later and I'd shot from below Average up into Overweight.   A day with only eating stew once will drop your weight maybe 0.25% or 0.50% of the bonus/penalty.  Sleeping the max period without eating will drop you 0.75%.  Of course you can put on weight as fast as you want.  What you eat matters too I guess, candy and sweets will add more.

You can sleep several days in a row to drop some weight, but it only lets you sleep like 3 times in a row maybe before saying you've slept enough.

 

[shadyridr]

I found a pirate hat and wore it to camp and everybody made fun of me :(

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I thought maybe that could be the case, if so that's just lazy and irritating.  I'd need to go to (max capacity minus 1) on every canned item I have to prove it.  

I realize this is a minor gripe in the scheme of how good this game is, but still lazy if that's what is going on. 

I was having the same trouble as you. I could t find the hair tonic either. I think I accessed the hair tonic from the satchel...

try pressing and holding right on the D pad. That should get you to all your items IIRC

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Anybody else growing out your hair and beard all the way before cutting? I’ve read it takes about 3 in game weeks if you use 3 hair tonics, I assume 1 a week.

im a little over halfway there, feels like forever

 

[2Young2BBald]

Anybody else growing out your hair and beard all the way before cutting? I’ve read it takes about 3 in game weeks if you use 3 hair tonics, I assume 1 a week.

im a little over halfway there, feels like forever

Opposite.  My Art has a bald head and slick handlebar stache.  Had to have it trimmed a bit to start a mission but going for the biggest handlebar possible.  

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Anybody else growing out your hair and beard all the way before cutting? I’ve read it takes about 3 in game weeks if you use 3 hair tonics, I assume 1 a week.

im a little over halfway there, feels like forever

FYI. There are limits on length based on current chapter. I think you have to be finished with the story to get to length 10. 

 

[cockroach]

I found a pirate hat and wore it to camp and everybody made fun of me :(

I found a weird ritual burrial site and got a hat off a corpse that's like a medieval battle facemask.  There was a notification that said it will glow when I lay down.  Not sure how to do that though.  

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

FYI. There are limits on length based on current chapter. I think you have to be finished with the story to get to length 10. 

I think that has to be the case as I really took my time in chapter 2 and it didn’t seem to grow much if any longer 

 

[ShamrockPride]

Anybody else growing out your hair and beard all the way before cutting? I’ve read it takes about 3 in game weeks if you use 3 hair tonics, I assume 1 a week.

im a little over halfway there, feels like forever

Just to see what it looks like. I'm currently at 8. I don't really like it that grown, so once I get it to 10 and play a teeny bit with it, I'll probably cut it back down.

 

[ShamrockPride]

FYI. There are limits on length based on current chapter. I think you have to be finished with the story to get to length 10. 

Balls...

 

[GregR]

The challenge to "shoot 3 hats off in one Dead Eye" apparently requires a Dead Eye ability that doesn't unlock until Chapter 4.  Wondered why I kept failing at it so badly.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Has anyone found a place where Art can practice shooting?  I did a quick search and did find anything.  Didn't RDR1 have an area (maybe by the ranch) where John could shoot bottles?  I suck at just about everything, but am exceptionally bad at shooting.  And,  , I lost another horse last night.  Horses 1 & 4 DEAD.  

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Has anyone found a place where Art can practice shooting?  I did a quick search and did find anything.  Didn't RDR1 have an area (maybe by the ranch) where John could shoot bottles?  I suck at just about everything, but am exceptionally bad at shooting.  And,  , I lost another horse last night.  Horses 1 & 4 DEAD.  

I’m confused as shooting is basically done for you. 

If you point in the general direction of someone and press LT it will auto lock on.

Fire two shots to kill or bump the right controller a hair up to go for the headshot.

 

[2Young2BBald]

I’m confused as shooting is basically done for you. 

If you point in the general direction of someone and press LT it will auto lock on.

Fire two shots to kill or bump the right controller a hair up to go for the headshot.

Did I mention I'm 50?  Seriously, I am Mr. Bronze, lucky to get through any mission.  I just keep shooting hoping I hit something.  I just want to try to be better.  It does appear more dead eye and cleaning my weapons helps.  I am well in to chapter 5

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Did I mention I'm 50?  Seriously, I am Mr. Bronze, lucky to get through any mission.  I just keep shooting hoping I hit something.  I just want to try to be better.  It does appear more dead eye and cleaning my weapons helps.  I am well in to chapter 5

Lol I know what you mean. I’m by no mean an expert marksman and player controls are especially clunky in rockstar games. 

Try using your dead eye in shorter bursts.... aim, red eye, target just one persons head then shoot, rinse and repeat. 

This will auto reload your guy each time and use less dead eye.

my last suggestion is to raise or lower the aiming sensitivity in the options. 

 

[GregR]

Did I mention I'm 50?  Seriously, I am Mr. Bronze, lucky to get through any mission.  I just keep shooting hoping I hit something.  I just want to try to be better.  It does appear more dead eye and cleaning my weapons helps.  I am well in to chapter 5 

What Steady said.  Let it auto aim for you.  Hold left trigger to auto-aim and then fire.  You can adjust it slightly up to try to get their head.  Next target just let go of the left trigger and immediately hold it again to let it auto-aim a second time.   Unless you use Dead Eye, combat is frequently left-trigger and then fire, left trigger and then fire, left trigger and then fire... and you never aim yourself.  Or you just nudge it up for a head shot.

There are also settings you can tweak.  You can have it look for a target in a wider or narrower cone.   As you're holding left trigger it will follow the target for you, even as you manually move the stick it'll sort of resist you moving the cursor all the way off the target.  You can strengthen or weaken that.

Using a good gun is a huge part of it.  Switching to a shotgun early game made a huge difference for me.  Now that I'm used to nudging the sight up from auto-aim to get a headshot though, pretty much doesn't matter which gun I use.

As far as practice... you can always practice on all of the wildlife out there, and then sell their skins for money when done.

 

[Capella]

So I robbed a stagecoach with antiques, took it to the fence at emerald ranch and got nothing out of it. When do you get paid for these 

 

[GregR]

So I robbed a stagecoach with antiques, took it to the fence at emerald ranch and got nothing out of it. When do you get paid for these 

When you walk out of the fence's barn you get paid for wagons.  If it was a mission or special encounter of some sort they might not take it or pay for it.

Like I've heard the wagon with the gatling gun on it from an ambush, can't be sold.  Mine disappeared when I stopped to unload a legendary pelt so I didn't even get to use it. :(

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Has anyone been able to calm ol stumpy's horse, Buell?  I tried for like 20 mins and that mofo just wasnt having it.  

Dragged my ### into the middle of the lake

 

[belljr]

Well, just lost my first horse :(

i guess I jinxed myself.

inadvertently drove off a cliff

 

[shadyridr]

Well, just lost my first horse :(

i guess I jinxed myself.

inadvertently drove off a cliff

 

[shadyridr]

What facial we currently rocking?

Mustache/ chin/ chops

8-0-8

Just need a few more weeks and I'll be rocking the 10-0-10

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Well, just lost my first horse :(

i guess I jinxed myself.

inadvertently drove off a cliff

At least yours drove off. 

Mine got clobbered by a train and knocked off the highest bridge in the game 

 

[belljr]

At least yours drove off. 

Mine got clobbered by a train and knocked off the highest bridge in the game 

I stopped too and when I tried to turn around he took like a circle step and we bit it

Weird part is now random horse they say are mine show up after I fast travel/train etc.

None of them look like my other horse. No idea where he is

 

[shadyridr]

I stopped too and when I tried to turn around he took like a circle step and we bit it

Weird part is now random horse they say are mine show up after I fast travel/train etc.

None of them look like my other horse. No idea where he is

Video game horse heaven

 

[belljr]

Video game horse heaven

Lol I mean I had 2 horses. #2 died. Went back to number 1 but he doesn't show up all the time

 

[Capella]

GAVIN!

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Yeah the train has taken out a couple of my horses. I’ve had to put down a few myself because I didn’t have the horse reviving medicine on me.

I lost my favorite horse like that. She was a monster sized, all black horse. She was gorgeous. 

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

GAVIN!

I hope.its a sheep or a feral man or a Murfee.

 

[2Young2BBald]

RDR2 Multi-Player Online Begins Rolling Out Today  I think I may have bought the Ultimate Package so I am going to try and take a look later this morning.  Anyone else?

Also, where is everyone in the game?  I have been off work for the last 2-weeks (playing WAY too much) and plowing missions; about half way through Chapter-6.  Lots to share and tons of questions too, but I don't want to spoil anything even with tags if I am way ahead.  

 

[belljr]

RDR2 Multi-Player Online Begins Rolling Out Today  I think I may have bought the Ultimate Package so I am going to try and take a look later this morning.  Anyone else?

Also, where is everyone in the game?  I have been off work for the last 2-weeks (playing WAY too much) and plowing missions; about half way through Chapter-6.  Lots to share and tons of questions too, but I don't want to spoil anything even with tags if I am way ahead.  

I'm almost done chapter 6

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Same -- well into Chapter 6.   But I'd still use spoiler tags for anything until this game is 9 or 12 months old. 

 

[shadyridr]

I'm still in chapter 3. I was focusing on upgrading my satchels. Just need the cougar pelt now to get the legendary satchel.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Yeah I just hit chapter 3. I want to make sure I do all the bounties and side quests before moving on and quite frankly I’m just not in a rush. 

BTW, I haven’t looked at any of the achievements but I can’t recall ever getting a single one. I assume they are mostly based on. Beating the game, fully good or evil and many must be collecting all the skins and plants. 

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Also, where is everyone in the game?  

Still in Chapter 4.  I'm not sure how far along, but it feels like I should nearing the end of the chapter.

I dawdled around and mostly ignored the story at first, but now I'm just going from mission to mission and moving things along.  Some of the side missions and stranger quests are really good.  

 

[shadyridr]

Im usually a 100% completionist but I don't think I will even try in this game. Things like the dinosaur bones, rock formations, treasure maps, and dreamcatchers are basically impossible to do without a guide. And the 90 challenges? Yeah no thanks.

 

[2Young2BBald]

So Chapter 6 guys,

Spoiler

Based on Arthur's current medical condition and the impact on core health and stamina, are you disappointed you moved through the game so quick, versus doing lots of hunting, fishing and side missions?  I am, and now am deciding to either break off and do more of the side stuff or just finish the game and see what happens.  The Dr's diagnosis back at the end of Chapter 5 was such a bummer

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

So Chapter 6 guys,

Spoiler

Based on Arthur's current medical condition and the impact on core health and stamina, are you disappointed you moved through the game so quick, versus doing lots of hunting, fishing and side missions?  I am, and now am deciding to either break off and do more of the side stuff or just finish the game and see what happens.  The Dr's diagnosis back at the end of Chapter 5 was such a bummer


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I have done a lot of hunting and fishing.   Have probably Half of the legendary captures and half the fence trinkets.    I wish I had done more bounty hunting.  I'm still doing a lot of riding around and stranger-encounter stuff to see what unfolds.   At this point I am doing anything possible other than the main quest.  

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Anybody find the old lady in the woods on the upper NW? 


 She has a gun locked up in the basement IIRC, it was the repeater rifle.

I got the rifle and my normal SOP is to shoot her but she ran off on a donkey and I lost her by the time I got on my horse. She said something about going to get her sons to track me down.