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3 hours ago, ceedj said:

This guide is great, a big help in my current 100% skin/scan run. Really nice job, well put together. 

 

Kind of crazy that we're coming up on 15 (nearly 20 for me) years here at this site. 😲

Glad you liked the guide, and yes, time flies when you’re having fun! I first arrived here to seek help with getting GTA IV to work on the PC (an infamously problematic port) and was instantly impressed with the knowledge of the community. It’s nice to feel I’ve given something back when people post positive things about this guide and others.

So after 3 years and 2 months I finally managed to 100% complete RDR2. Boy, what a ride it was!

I took my sweet time with it, before finally settled my mind on trying myself with the 100% completion. I sincerelly believe that I would not been able to reach this achievement without your guide! It is well written, easy to understand and to top it off, there are video guides if you are stuck somewhere. I couldn't even imagine how hard and metodiculous could have been making this guide, but hats off to you! It is one of the best guides I have ever seen for such a big game as this.

Sorry for rambling, long story short, Thank you for your contribution to this community, and thank you for helping me achieve one of the biggest achievement of my gaming career :)

 

"You sir, are a fish🎣 "

TexasOdysseus

I'm in the midst of a 100% runthrough and taking my time to be deliberate myself this time. 

 

I also wanted to see how far %-wise one could complete before leaving Chapter 2. I haven't found out yet but I estimate it should be close to 50% or so. I'm hovering at 44.7% with four missions left (I believe they're 1 % point each) and I'm jamming through Challenges in earnest as well. Anyone know what the max is to end Ch 2? I want to remain on pace. 

3 hours ago, Zseta said:

So after 3 years and 2 months I finally managed to 100% complete RDR2. Boy, what a ride it was!

I took my sweet time with it, before finally settled my mind on trying myself with the 100% completion. I sincerelly believe that I would not been able to reach this achievement without your guide! It is well written, easy to understand and to top it off, there are video guides if you are stuck somewhere. I couldn't even imagine how hard and metodiculous could have been making this guide, but hats off to you! It is one of the best guides I have ever seen for such a big game as this.

Sorry for rambling, long story short, Thank you for your contribution to this community, and thank you for helping me achieve one of the biggest achievement of my gaming career :)

 

"You sir, are a fish🎣 "

Glad you found the guide useful, congrats on reaching 100%

2 hours ago, TexasOdysseus said:

I'm in the midst of a 100% runthrough and taking my time to be deliberate myself this time. 

 

I also wanted to see how far %-wise one could complete before leaving Chapter 2. I haven't found out yet but I estimate it should be close to 50% or so. I'm hovering at 44.7% with four missions left (I believe they're 1 % point each) and I'm jamming through Challenges in earnest as well. Anyone know what the max is to end Ch 2? I want to remain on pace. 

I’ve never worked out the maths but you can do most things in CH2 apart from the following IIRC

1) the story missions obviously

2) finishing the hunting requests

3) the bandit challenges (until the horse fence is unlocked in CH4 you can only get to #5)

 

Also getting all the dinosaur bones, legendary fish, and herbalist 9 require you to get into New Austin. Whilst it’s not impossible (I show herbalist 9 as Arthur in a video above), it’s real pain and I don’t want to ever try again. Sharpshooter 9 is also much easier if you’ve unlocked deadeye further in Urban Pleasures in CH4.

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14 minutes ago, Jisoo said:

Can you do horseman 10 as Arthur? Or are there horses only in New Austin you need to break? 

You can technically get them all in unlocked areas, but there are better spawn points on the Great Plains and New Austin. To get the Hungarian Halfbred as Arthur I got Strawberry Law to chase me over the border as that stops the Pinkertons from spawning and broke the horse while they were shooting at me.

10 hours ago, Jisoo said:

Can you do horseman 10 as Arthur? Or are there horses only in New Austin you need to break? 

PS @Jisoo

 

 

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TexasOdysseus
On 2/28/2023 at 1:29 PM, TexasOdysseus said:

I'm in the midst of a 100% runthrough and taking my time to be deliberate myself this time. 

 

I also wanted to see how far %-wise one could complete before leaving Chapter 2. I haven't found out yet but I estimate it should be close to 50% or so. I'm hovering at 44.7% with four missions left (I believe they're 1 % point each) and I'm jamming through Challenges in earnest as well. Anyone know what the max is to end Ch 2? I want to remain on pace. 

Update: I have confirmed you can hit the 50% completion threshold when leaving Chapter 2. 

 

Just in case anyone was curious! 

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Should have looked some of these first...didn't manage to get 100% yet, maybe this will help when I get back to it. I don't think I will try 100% again though when replaying story mode, don't feel like doing that again.

I also missed the quest items before characters died.. and few more side missions that weren't appearing.

On 2/28/2023 at 11:49 PM, Jisoo said:

Can you do horseman 10 as Arthur? Or are there horses only in New Austin you need to break? 

if I remember it right the only really tricky challenge is herbalist 8 as you have to go to use tricks to block the invisible sniper in new austin. Any other challenge has the pinkertons around blackwater as the main problem (or your sanity in blackjack)

On 6/11/2023 at 2:16 PM, kuppi said:

if I remember it right the only really tricky challenge is herbalist 8 as you have to go to use tricks to block the invisible sniper in new austin. Any other challenge has the pinkertons around blackwater as the main problem (or your sanity in blackjack)

Herbalist 9 is the one

 

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Quick question since I'm at the tail end of a playthrough: I'm in Epilogue 1, and my honor is stuck in the middle. 

 

No positive or negative actions impact it. Is there a certain trigger mission that 'turns it back on' so to speak? I don't recall this being an issue previously. 

3 hours ago, TexasOdysseus said:

Quick question since I'm at the tail end of a playthrough: I'm in Epilogue 1, and my honor is stuck in the middle. 

 

No positive or negative actions impact it. Is there a certain trigger mission that 'turns it back on' so to speak? I don't recall this being an issue previously. 

I’ve often wandered if it’s bugged as it doesn’t seem to change much whatever you do. But I have got a massive honour boost as John for finding Rains Fall at Annesburg Station. Either that definitely turns it back on, or if you don’t get a boost, it’s bugged. Possibly it doesn’t change until after you complete the story.

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TexasOdysseus
On 9/18/2023 at 2:08 PM, Jimbatron said:

I’ve often wandered if it’s bugged as it doesn’t seem to change much whatever you do. But I have got a massive honour boost as John for finding Rains Fall at Annesburg Station. Either that definitely turns it back on, or if you don’t get a boost, it’s bugged. Possibly it doesn’t change until after you complete the story.

For clarification, the honor system returns once Abigail returns. 

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For Sharpshooter 9, I rarely find the people with hats at the Valentine Post Office and when I do. I'm very bad at aiming so it will take a lot of bullets and most of the times, I accidentally headshot them. And if I do shoot the 2 hats off, I can't shoot the 3rd hat off before my Dead Eye runs out even if I use a Dead Eye tonic because they're far away. So, because I have a skill issue. Is there a mission I can do that challenge in where they have a hat like Arthur's and they are close?

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13 hours ago, Imam Bari said:

For Sharpshooter 9, I rarely find the people with hats at the Valentine Post Office and when I do. I'm very bad at aiming so it will take a lot of bullets and most of the times, I accidentally headshot them. And if I do shoot the 2 hats off, I can't shoot the 3rd hat off before my Dead Eye runs out even if I use a Dead Eye tonic because they're far away. So, because I have a skill issue. Is there a mission I can do that challenge in where they have a hat like Arthur's and they are close?

I don’t think there’s an easy mission to do this in. Alternative spot is the poker table in the saloon in Valentine.

15 hours ago, Jimbatron said:

I don’t think there’s an easy mission to do this in. Alternative spot is the poker table in the saloon in Valentine.

Alright, thanks. I'll just save when I see them and just keep on reloading until I get it. The reason I didn't do it first is because I wanted to save time but I think you need to have some patience for 100%

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On 4/2/2023 at 6:55 PM, TexasOdysseus said:

Horseman 9 is the real trick as Arthur...

 

The game classes the southern most point of the larger peninsula, SE of Riggs Station, as part of Blackwater; you don't have to cross the river into the 'red zone' to achieve Horseman 9. 🙂

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Jimbatron
On 11/21/2023 at 5:33 PM, McKlintock said:

 

The game classes the southern most point of the larger peninsula, SE of Riggs Station, as part of Blackwater; you don't have to cross the river into the 'red zone' to achieve Horseman 9. 🙂

I don't get much time for gaming these days but had to try this. I have confirmed this works!

 

 

Excellent knowledge man, thanks for sharing. I have credited you in the video and in the guide's acknowledgement section for putting me on to this method.

hi buddy. i'm in chapter 6 now. unfortunately i forgot to open the hunting demands quest when i was in chapter 2. is there any other way to finish the hunting demands quest? if not, will i not be able to finish the game 100%? i would be very grateful if you answer soon because there are only 3 missions left for me to finish chapter 6.

Jimbatron
2 hours ago, elvinn01 said:

hi buddy. i'm in chapter 6 now. unfortunately i forgot to open the hunting demands quest when i was in chapter 2. is there any other way to finish the hunting demands quest? if not, will i not be able to finish the game 100%? i would be very grateful if you answer soon because there are only 3 missions left for me to finish chapter 6.

As far as I know the Mrs Hobbs side quest isn’t time locked, if you haven’t picked up the poster it should still be there in Valentine Station. Generally for R* games nothing required for the 100% stat is missable.

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elvinn01

hey man! me again. i was able to finish the game at 96% because of a few mistakes i made in that save): . but now i'm back to 100% and i'm in chapter 2, part 6. and there i go to survivalist 4 prep location, but there is no explosive arrow prep note in the box, will this be a problem for me in the future man? can I find him differently in the future?

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Jimbatron
On 3/7/2024 at 5:31 PM, elvinn01 said:

hey man! me again. i was able to finish the game at 96% because of a few mistakes i made in that save): . but now i'm back to 100% and i'm in chapter 2, part 6. and there i go to survivalist 4 prep location, but there is no explosive arrow prep note in the box, will this be a problem for me in the future man? can I find him differently in the future?

It will become available at a fence later in the story, but I’ve never known it not to be in the box.

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Jimbatron
48 minutes ago, JohnnyUtah1978 said:

Just got 100% completion all thanks to this fantastic guide. Many thanks! 

So satisfying shooting Micah in the face. 

Glad you liked the guide - congrats on getting 100%!

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