Easter Egg: Horse Hopping Getaway
From the front balcony of the Armadillo Saloon, climb over the railing above where your horse is hitched and you can fall right on to your horse, ready to ride away into the sunset. It's a nice nod to an old western classic.
Hints & Tips: Skip the Skinning
Kill an animal and hop on your horse. Park the horse over the carcass (look for the small, black X on the map that marks it) and hop off. When you get the prompt to skin the animal, the horse's presence will prevent the short cutscene from occurring. Occasionally you'll notice that a similar obstruction -- box or barrel -- will allow you to skip body-search cutscenes and the like.
Cheat: Access West Elizabeth / Tall Trees Area Early
There's a cliff and a waterfall in the far northern regions of New Austin -- just above the MacFarlane Ranch. Enter this area and you'll see "Tall Trees" appear on your screen. If you can manage to get arrested here you'll get carted off to Blackwater. From here you can access the full northern map. You'll need to auto save (see 'Save Anywhere' cheat) and die to return to the southern areas. If you buy the property in Manzanita, it will prevent you from doing this. However, it is possible to hop the unfinished bridge in Thieves' Landing to get back.
Hints & Tips: Defeating All Players in Poker in Armadillo
Note: This will satisfy the requirement for Scrap 3 of Walton's Gang outfit. First put on the Elegant suit(the one which lets you cheat in Poker. Go to Poker room in the back of the bar in Armadillo. Play a game and Cheat BUT LET THEM SEE YOU CHEATING. This will make you duel. Kill or disarm the player that challenges you for Honor or Fame.
After that there will only be 2 players left at the Poker table, play again and get caught CHEATING again. you duel again. On the Last Poker Player I'd advise NOT to cheat -- the last player is fast and catches you cheating easily.
Now you'll be playing 1 vs. 1. Use this pattern to win: Check or Call THEN Raise and the Opponent will Fold Every time. If you want the game to go faster and BUST the opponent out. On your First hand, raise then check or call then raise.
Unlockables: Avatar Awards
Perform the following actions to unlock Xbox Live Avatar items. You can outfit your Avatar with these items in the Avatar menu.
- Red T-shirt / Red Dead Redemption logo - Open 40 chests.
- Sombrero - Shoot an enemy's hat off
Hints & Tips: Money Exploit
I just figured out how to make an easy $100 every 20 seconds early on in RDR. If you go to the knife game "Five Finger Filet" in Armadillo you can bet $100 max each game.
The button presses are always the same, so as long as you memorize the sequence it's a piece of cake. The sequence is:
- GREEN / A
- RED / B
- YELLOW / Y
- BLUE / X
- GREEN / A
- RED / B
- YELLOW / Y
(this pattern repeats). I just sat here for a minute or two and I'm already over $1,000. Handy if you want some quick cash early in the game.
Hints & Tips: Master Hunter Legendary Ranks (Multiplayer) & Character Unlocks
There is an easy way to get all the Legendary creature (killing 10 of one animal). When you explore the area they are in, lead all the animals to a nearby structure (or building).
For the wolves, there is a building on the hill. Now, this is the only one where they will actually come into the building because it is so run down, but there is a walkway/plank near the door. Stand on it, and shoot all the wolves, they can't get you.
The boars' hunting ground has the same with a run down half building (by the shoreline) but they won't attack you in the building.
The cougar grounds probably has the most difficult building. There is a house on the top of the hill.
The best way to do this is have a buddy on horse lure them to your direction. When the cougars walk in front of the door/windows, shoot them.
The bears' hunting ground is probably the easiest of the bunch. There is a cabin, that has plenty of open area to shoot the bears from.
And for those who keep asking about unlocking women or legendary characters, those unlock with EXP points. There's no secret task, just build your ranks.
Hints & Tips: Online XP Farming
During online free roam, go to a gang hideout and neutralize the enemies there. When reinforcements are sent, deal with them as well, then loot all the corpses.
After you nab the money and ammunition, leave the hideout and the enemies should respawn after a short while. You can repeat this process as much as you want.
Cheat: Cheat List
You can enter the following codes in the Cheats Menu under "Options." Enter the entire phrase given below to activate the cheat, punctuation included. Capitalization does not matter. Once a cheat is entered you may toggle them from a master list. If the cheat effect isn't made obvious by its title, we give a description of it in parenthesis below. Entering cheats disables saving and Trophies / Achievements!
- Invincibility - HE GIVES STRENGTH TO THE WEAK
- Infinite Dead Eye - I DON'T UNDERSTAND IMNFINITY
- Infinite Horse Stamina - MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES
- Infinite Ammo - ABUNDANCE IS EVERYWHERE
- Money ($500) - THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, WE THANK YOU!
- Horse - BEASTS AND MAN TOGETHER
- Diplomatic Immunity (Marshalls ignore crime) - I WISH I WORKED FOR UNCLE SAM
- Decrease Bounty - THEY SELL SOULS CHEAP HERE
- Gun Set 1 - IT'S MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
- Gun Set 2 - I'M AN AMERICAN. I NEED GUNS
- Who? (Turn into a Nobody) - HUMILITY BEFORE THE LORD
- Old School (Sepia Filter) - THE OLD WAYS IS THE BEST WAYS
- Sharp Dressed Man (Unlock Gentleman's Suit) - DON'T YOU LOOK FINE AND DANDY
- Lewis and Clark (Unlock all areas) - YOU GOT YOURSELF A FINE PAIR OF EYES
- Jack Attack (Change John into Jack) - OH MY SON, MY BLESSED SON