100% Completion Guide For Red Dead Redemption 2 (2024)

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a truly massive game filled with secrets at every turn. Obtaining 100% completion in any open world game can be a nightmare, but Rockstar Games made sure to avoid this being the case in RDR2.

Thing is, players are not required to see everything Red Dead Redemption 2 has to offer in order to achieve 100% completion and obtain the related Trophy on PlayStation 4 and Achievement on Xbox One.

Still, there’s still quite a lot to do. Some of the requirements for 100% will be met automatically while playing the story, while others require players to go out of their way to find a certain number of weapons, hunt wanted men and women, and more.

In this guide, we will cover everything that has to be done to achieve the coveted 100% completion in Red Dead Redemption 2. It includes some spoilers for obvious reasons, so avoid reading it in full if you have yet to complete the game.

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Missions and Events

This section is self-explanatory as it keeps track of completed story missions and events, including Strangers’ missions and random events. To clear this category, players must complete all 107 story missions and,at least, 10 Stranger mission quests, clear at least five Bounty Hunter missions, experience 25 Chance Encounters, survive a Gang Ambush, and clear out all Gang Hideouts.

Most of these objectives are cleared simply by playing through the story. Chance Encounters happen quite often, and so do Gang Ambushes. Completing Stranger missions quests, Bounty Hunter missions and clearing Gang Hideouts are the only objectives that require players going off the beaten path, but they are easily achievable.

Collectables

This is where things become more complicated and time-consuming. In order to clear this section, players must find at least one point of interest and make a sketch of it, find the nine graves of fellow gang members, complete at least one set of Cigarette Cards and complete the “A Test of Faith”, “A Fisher of Fish”, “Duchesses and Other Animals”, “Geology for Beginners“, and “A Better World, a New Friend” missions. Completing at least one treasure hunt and finding all 20 Dreamcatchers are also required.

As already stated, this is where things become more time-consuming. Completing a set of Cigarette Cards can take some time, as cards can be obtained randomly by opening Premium Cigarette Packs or by finding them at specific locations found all over the map, as does the completion of all the missions, finding all Dreamcatchers and completing a treasure hunt.

Compendium

Another time-consuming section, but, thankfully, not as time-consuming as the Collectables. To clear the Compendium, players must study 50 different animals, obtain 10 different equipment items, fish 10 different species of fish, discover all gangs, discover 10 different horse breeds, discover 20 different plant types and obtain 48 weapons.

If you’re hunting a lot, studying 50 different animals shouldn’t be a problem, neither should should fishing 10 different species of fish if you enjoy fishing.

The 10 equipment items requirements should also be cleared without much difficulty. Discovering 48 weapons is definitely more time consuming, but we got you covered with our own All Weapons Locations guide.

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Player

To clear the Player section, players must improve Arthur’s Health, Stamina and Dead Eye to the maximum, achieve Level 4 bonding with a horse and complete all challenges.

Increasing Arthur stats to the maximum isn’t difficult, but requires a little patience, as players need to perform actions that drain the bars to increase it, such as shooting enemies and animals with Dead Eye active, running to consume stamina and so on.

Achieving Level 4 bonding with a horse is quite easy as well: just taking good care of it is enough to achieve that with ease.

Completing Challenges is definitely the most time consuming objective to clear. Challenges are divided into several different categories – Bandit, Explorer, Gambler, Herbalist, Horseman, Master Hunter, Sharpshooter, Survivalist and Weapons Expert – and require players to perform a variety of tasks, many of them not particularly straightforward.

Miscellaneous

Outside of a couple of objectives, the miscellaneous requirements are quite simple to clear.

To complete this category players must discover 5 Shacks, kill 5 Legendary Animals, play each mini-game (such as Poker or Five-Finger Fillet) at least once, interact with 5 special characters, take a bath at least once, see a show at least once, craft a recipe of each category – ammo, meals, tonics, throwable weapons, horse care and hunting items – and perform all robbery types – shop, home coach and train.

Of these objectives, the most difficult is definitely interacting with at least 5 special characters. These characters have specific requirements like time and locations, and searching for them blindly will not yield any result.

Killing 5 Legendary Animals also requires some effort, as using regular hunting techniques is not possible with them. All the other objectives are pretty straightforward, and there’s a good chance that they will be cleared by the end of the story.

100% Completion Guide For Red Dead Redemption 2 (2024)

FAQs

How to attain 100% completion in RDR2? ›

In order to achieve 100% completion and get the Best in the West trophy, players will have to:
  1. Complete all 107 main story missions.
  2. Complete 10 Stranger missions.
  3. Complete 5 Bounty Hunter missions.
  4. Complete 25 Chance Encounters.
  5. Survive a Gang Ambush.
  6. Clear 6 Gang Hideouts.
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Can you miss anything for 100% in RDR2? ›

RDR2 does not require you to find and complete everything to attain 100% completion, and this page details all the boxes you must check to gain that honor.

How many hours does it take to 100% RDR2? ›

When focusing on the main objectives, Red Dead Redemption 2 is about 50½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 187 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

How many hours can you finish Red Dead Redemption 2? ›

Red Dead 2's main story alone can take 40-60 hours to complete, though you'll find yourself spending considerably more time if you want to attain 100% Completion (and even that doesn't cover everything you can do throughout the game).

Can you 100% RDR2 without Guarma? ›

This animal is not required to achieve 100% completion of the game or the trophies/achievements Skin Deep and Zoologist.

Will there be RDR3? ›

Summary. Red Dead Redemption 3 is likely in development due to the success of the franchise and the long development time of RDR2. Speculation suggests that RDR3 would be a prequel to maintain the game's Wild West atmosphere and themes.

How much is 1 day in RDR2? ›

It is a 48 minute game day. One hour in game time = two real-time minutes.

How long is RDR1 100 percent? ›

Red Dead Redemption length

Story-focused: 20-25 hours. Story + side activities: 25-35 hours. Slow and thorough/100% completionist: 35+ hours.

How long is the epilogue in RDR2? ›

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But as the story continues, these relationships become frayed until the once peaceful camp has a tense and uneasy atmosphere surrounding it. Many players may have been surprised to find that after the game's 60-hour main story ends, Red Dead Redemption 2 contains another 6 hours of epilogue.

Who has the most hours on RDR2? ›

Most Red Dead Redemption 2 Playtime Ladder (Worldwide)
#Steam IDPlaytime (H)
1This-For Sale-P..35,678
2zhuda丶35,678
3Shiina. Shiina.35,282
4󠀡󠀡33,978
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Is Red Dead Redemption 2 longer than GTA? ›

According to howlongtobeat.com, the average finishing time for someone completing the main story and some extras in GTA 5 is 48.5 hours, whereas comparatively finishing RDR2's complete story rings it at an average of 80 hours.

How do you get 100 percent health in RDR2? ›

Anybody stocked up with supplies that bring stamina to full might want to grab a boat and row around for fun. Doing this for about ten minutes can actually max out your health core. Anybody frustrated with chasing down elixirs will find that this is a quick way to get to max level, even if it is a bit time-consuming.

What is the fastest way to become honorable in RDR2? ›

Put simply, if you do good in Red Dead Redemption 2, such as help citizens that are stranded or being beaten up, your Honor will go up. If you steal, murder innocents, or generally become a nuisance, your Honor will decrease.

How do you get 99 items in RDR2? ›

The Legend of the East Satchel, which is only unlockable after obtaining all other satchels, increases capacity to 99 for most items.

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