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Red Dead Redemption 2 achievement guide & roadmap

Multiplayer will not be released until november - until then all the achievements not marked as 'Online' are assumed to be achievable in single-player only.
Has Singleplayer?
Yes
Has Multiplayer?
Yes
Difficulty affects achievements?
No
Guide contributors
shivars
62%
Guide in progress
62% complete
Kinds
10 Story, 21 Grind, 16 Objective, 4 All-the-things,
Missables
11 Unmissable, 6 Missable, 34 Optional,
Multiplayer
34 Single-player, 17 Multi-player,
Glitches
No known glitches
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51 achievements

Just a Scratch

78.1% Common

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will be the first achievement you get.

Back in the Mud

69.6% Common

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

Trusty Steed

56.2% Common

Reach max bonding level with a horse.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches
Easy enough to get; stay on the same horse, feed it, and pat it while riding with L3 (press in on left stick). Bonding level will increase to level 4 (the max) soon enough. There's time to do this 3 times over on a good playthrough of the game.

To Greener Pastures

46.5% Common

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

Give to the Poor

42.9% Common

Donate $250 to the gang tithing box.

Objective Missable Single-player No glitches
Do this before completing chapter 4 - as the tithing box is not available after chapter 4.

Breakout

40.1% Common

Red Dead Online: Complete the Intro.

Objective Ummissable Multi-player No glitches
It takes about 45m to get started in online, you have to go through this to get to free roam.

Settling Feuds

38.2% Uncommon

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

Take From the Rich

37.2% Uncommon

Rob or loot $250.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches
Loot every dead body, this should unlock before you complete the story.

Locked and Loaded

33.3% Uncommon

Upgrade each available component for a single sidearm or longarm weapon.

Objective Optional Single-player No glitches
Easy to do from near the beginning of the game in any gunsmith. Just upgrade everything on a pistol or revolver.

Washed Ashore

33.1% Uncommon

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

No Traitors

31.9% Uncommon

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

Third Time Lucky

29.5% Uncommon

Story Optional Single-player No glitches

Redemption

27.3% Uncommon

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

Cowboy Builder

24.7% Uncommon

Story Ummissable Single-player No glitches
This will unlock automatically as you progress through the story.

It was THIS Big!

23.5% Uncommon

Catch a fish weighing at least 16 lbs (7.3 kg).

Objective Optional Single-player No glitches
Easiest during Ch4 after you unlock Special lures.

Endless Summer

23.5% Uncommon

Story Optional Single-player No glitches

Strength in Numbers

20.5% Uncommon

Red Dead Online: Complete a Free Roam mission as part of a Posse with at least 2 members.

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

Series Major

19.4% Uncommon

Red Dead Online: Take part in a Series.

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

Getting Started

19.3% Uncommon

Red Dead Online: Reach Rank 10.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Extreme Personality

19.2% Uncommon

Reach maximum or minimum Honor level.

Objective Optional Single-player No glitches
You can't really get this until during/after chapter 5 - because honor is capped until then. Stay positive Honor, so you can be eligible for all the missions needed for Lending a Hand

Breaking and Entering

17.4% Uncommon

Recover the stash from 4 homesteads.

Grind Ummissable Single-player No glitches

Butchered

15.1% Uncommon

Red Dead Online: Sell 20 items to the Butcher.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Pony Up

13.7% Uncommon

Spend $5000 across all shops.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches

Friends With Benefits

13.6% Uncommon

Complete a Companion Activity in each camp.

Objective Missable Single-player No glitches
You must do a companion mission in chapters 2, 3 and 4. They appear as small white mission icons as you progress through each chapter and are to go do things like fishing/robberies/etc with the minor characters.

Self Sufficient

10.7% Uncommon

Craft 30 unique items in Story Mode.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches
You should be able to do this in Ch3/Ch4 - just craft one of everything you can. Obviously make sure to buy & pick up (and read, from your satchel) any/all recipes you find.

Buckle Up

10.2% Uncommon

Red Dead Online: Achieve 5 gold belt buckles from awards.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Gun For Hire

9.9% Rare

Red Dead Online: Accept 10 Free Roam missions from characters around the world.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Hobby Horse

9.8% Rare

Play all mini games.

Do-all-the-things Ummissable Single-player No glitches
You only need to start a game of each. You don't need to win.

All's Fair

9.7% Rare

Red Dead Online: Successfully counter a rival Posse's Free Roam mission.

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

Picked to Perfection

9.2% Rare

Red Dead Online: Pick 25 Herbs.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches
Easy to do from the intro onwards in the obvious way... ...just use Eagle Eye to spot pickable things and pick them...

Western Stranger

8.0% Rare

Complete 10 Stranger mission strands.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches
There are way more than 10 in the game. You must complete the full quest line for each - not just the first mission. You can still do any/all of these after completing the story.

Master Craftsman

7.8% Rare

Red Dead Online: Craft 20 items (excluding ammo).

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Lending a Hand

6.8% Rare

Complete all optional Honor story missions.

Grind Missable Single-player No glitches

Posse Up

5.5% Rare

Red Dead Online: Form a Persistent Posse.

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

Errand Boy

4.8% Rare

Deliver 5 camp companion item requests.

Objective Missable Single-player No glitches
You must do this before the end of chapter 4.

Artificial Intelligence

4.1% Rare

Discover the fate of Marko Dragic.

Objective Missable Single-player No glitches
This character gives a set of stranger missions in Ch4, from Saint Denis. They'll be in/around a small building right at the north end of the map. Once the mission chain is complete, return to his building after 24 hours or so to learn the fate, get the achievement, and also a reward item.

Collector's Item

3.4% Rare

Complete one of the Collectable strands.

Objective Optional Single-player No glitches

Eventful

2.4% Rare

Red Dead Online: Play 5 Free Roam Events.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

The Real Deal

2.3% Rare

Red Dead Online: Achieve MVP 3 times (in a round with at least 4 players).

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Notorious

2.1% Rare

Red Dead Online: Reach Rank 50.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Home Comforts

1.5% Rare

Red Dead Online: Purchase 5 camp improvements.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Paying Respects

1.4% Rare

Do-all-the-things Optional Single-player No glitches
This can only be done *after* completing the story, although you can visit some of the graves during the story from Ch4 onwards. See rdr2map.com for locations.

Non-Regulation

0.9% Legendary

Red Dead Online: Craft 25 pieces of ammunition.

Grind Optional Multi-player No glitches

Bountiful

0.4% Legendary

Survive 3 days holding a bounty of $250 in all states.

Objective Optional Single-player No glitches
Best to leave this until after Extreme Personality and Lending a Hand - you'll need to rack up a large bounty in each state, and then camp out in the wild and sleep a lot to have the time pass.

Horses for Courses

0.3% Legendary

Red Dead Online: Concurrently own 5 horses.

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

Best in the West

0.2% Legendary

Attain 100% completion.

Grind Missable Single-player No glitches

It's Art

0.2% Legendary

Objective Optional Single-player No glitches
This can only be done after completing the story.

Skin Deep

0.1% Legendary

Skin every species of animal in Story Mode.

Do-all-the-things Optional Single-player No glitches
There are 178 species. That is a lot. Keep track in the pause menu under Progress -> Compendium -> Animals

Zoologist

0.1% Legendary

Study every animal across all states in Story Mode.

Do-all-the-things Optional Single-player No glitches
See also Skin Deep. Use the binoculars. Check in the compendium for 100% progress against each animal.

Grin and Bear it

0.1% Legendary

Survive 18 bear attacks and kill the bear each time in Story Mode.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches
You have to let the bear attach/maul you first, then fight it off and kill it. A pump action shotgun is pretty handy here, assuming you don't care about pelt quality.

Gold Rush

0.0% Legendary

Earn 70 Gold Medals in Story missions.

Grind Optional Single-player No glitches
This is definitely easiest to do when you first attempt each mission - if you replay them you don't have your normal collection of tonics/weapons/etc. Ofc the game doesn't reveal the requirements for Gold until after you've completed at least once - but 3rd party mission guides will help with that.