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Red Dead Redemption 2 - Trapper locations guide

Here's where the Trapper sets up his stalls.

The Trapper is a special merchant in Red Dead Redemption 2 that deals in pelts, carcasses and anything hunting related really. You’ll find him in a major town first and he’ll have several stalls dotted around the map thereafter.

Approach one of the Trapper’s stalls and you’ll find a selection of animal-based wares. Everything from Garments Sets, Reinforced Equipment and even special Saddles can be purchased from him - provided that you’ve got the materials to hand too. Many of the items he’s got on offer require you to fulfil a special recipe so he can stitch together all the pelts and other bits and bobs you’ve brought him.

To help you find every single one of his stalls, we’ve put together a guide below which’ll explain where to find them.

All Trapper Locations

The Trapper can be found in a number of different locations around Red Dead Redemption 2’s map, but there’s one spot where you’re more likely to encounter him first - Saint Denis.

After hunting an animal and skinning it, you’ll be left with a valuable pelt. It’s likely that you’ll want to hunt down the Trapper after you’ve felled a particularly rare beast and see what that special pelt will fetch you.

You can ride to Saint Denis once you’ve reached Chapter 2 in the story, or fast travel via train from nearby towns like Valentine.

Trapper Location 1: Saint Denis

You’ll find the Trapper’s main stall located in the Saint Denis market which is the Eastern part of town. If you’re looking at the main map, his icon sits right on the “S” in “Denis”.

Trapper Location 2: Riggs Station

The Trapper’s got a lovely little camp set up just North East of Riggs Station and West of Bard’s Crossing. He’s on top of a hill with some fearsome wildlife lurking nearby, so be careful when seeking him out.

Trapper Location 3: West of Elysian Pool

His marker is wedged between between the “V” and “E” in “Hanover” and directly West of Elysian Pool near the road.

Trapper Location 4: New Austin

Only accessible once you’ve finished the main campaign.

North of Macfarlane’s Ranch in the New Austin area. His marker is just East of “Montana River”.

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What has the Trapper got for sale?

The Trapper's your go-to guy for anything hunting related and sells an assortment of items in exchange for pelts and other items found in the game world.

Say you wanted to craft the Legendary Bear Head Hat, then you'd need 1 Legendary Bear Pelt. For the Legendary Bear Coat, you'd need 1 Legendary Bear Pelt and a Perfect Bison Pelt. Of course, you'll also need to pay the Trapper a fee to craft it all for you as well.

Here's a quick overview of what the Trapper has on offer:

• Garments Sets
• Reinforced Equipment

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Trapper locations

Where to go to trade supplies and to craft new outfits

The Red Dead Redemption 2 Trapper locations are the places you need to visit after a long day of hunting, if you want to turn those pelts and other animal items into cold hard profit or fancy new outfits. After all, there's no point mastering the skills to collect excellent quality pelts from the creatures you hunt, if you then just carry them around because you've got nowhere to offload them. There aren't many of these Trappers found throughout Red Dead Redemption 2 , so if you don't know where to look it's unlikely you'll stumble across some of their isolated places in the wilderness. That's why we're here to help, by laying out all of the Red Dead Redemption 2 Trapper locations to sell your wares.

Want to hunt down all the Red Dead Redemption 2 Legendary Animals so you have pelts to trade? We've got all of their locations in our video walkthrough:

Saint Denis Trapper

The easiest Trapper to find is in Saint Denis, one of Red Dead Redemption 2’s main cities. Head over to the market on the east side and enter through the gates. The Trapper will be the first merchant on your left, looking typically scruffy amongst the other merchants.

Annesburg Trapper

North of Saint Denis and directly west of the Elysian Pool, this Trapper has set up shop in the woods between the V and E of New Hanover, just north of the lettering on the in-game map. Find him and you can sell as much game as your heart desires.

Riggs Station Trapper

If you head west from Bard’s Crossing you will find this Trapper just slightly east of Riggs Station, upon a small hill. Simply scale the hill from a safe track and you’ll find the Trapper’s den. Go forth and sell carcasses, fellow cowboy.

Big Valley Trapper

This particular Trapper is well and truly out in the sticks. Fast travel to Strawberry and then head north west. Follow the road past Lake Owanjila and you’ll find the Trapper in the woods near to the edge of the map.

Tall Trees Trapper

Southwest of Manzanita Post, head just west of the ‘S’ in Tall Trees to find this particular Trapper. He’s just by the Lower Montana River on the right hand side of the road in a little woodland outcrop, ready to offer Arthur his wares.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 fast travel is something you'll probably be asking about after your third or fourth long trek between destinations.

Though the game doesn't make a big song and dance about it, the good news is fast travel is in the game - though there is several caveats to how it works.

If you haven't unlocked fast travel yet, then there's other ways of getting round the map as well - allowing you to reach far-off destinations as soon as the game world opens up.

For more help, our Red Dead Redemption 2 walkthrough explains the requirements for fully completing the game's many story missions.

How to unlock fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2

Fast travel won't be available to you when you start Chapter 2, and has to be unlocked by progressing through the story, and then unlocking a few camp upgrades.

First, play through to mission Money Lending and Other Sins . Hand in your first debt, and you'll learn about the Ledger, allowing you to upgrade your camp .

You want to specifically upgrade Lodgings. Once you have upgraded it once, you'll have the option to upgrade Arthur's tent. Do so, and you'll unlock fast travel.

Of course, it isn't a simple case of selecting somewhere on the map and going there. You have to go to Arthur's tent - specifically, round the back - and view the map. Then, you select a location you've been to before, and you'll appear there, with your main horse , after a transition sequence.

What this means is, even with this unlocked, you cannot decide to jump from somewhere out in the wilderness to another destination - you still have to do that at a camp.

However, if you are close to a specific location, you can travel around the map through other means...

Other ways to fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2

Whether you've unlocked fast travel from your camp (as described above) or not, there are other ways of jumping round the map.

One is by using the stagecoach . This is an icon with a signpost on it, and is usually at most towns, ranches and other named locations on the map.

Provided you've been to that location previously, you can pay to use the stagecoach to that destination.

By the way, if it looks like the Stagecoach is unavailable (there will be a 'lock' symbol on the icon) it means you're likely in a mission, have to pay a bounty or are currently riding your horse - fix these things and you should be good to go.

The other method is by train . At most larger settlements there is a envelope icon, which indicates a train station. This is not only a postmaster and a place to pay your Wanted bounties, but you can also buy a train ticket to far away destinations.

Unlike the stagecoach, you can take the train to any destination on the list right from the start of Chapter 2 (where the game begins to open up). Not only that, it's usually cheaper than the stagecoach - so if you're somewhere where you have the choice of both, grab the train.

Of course, though the train goes to more prominent locations and allows you to go there straight away, the stagecoach visits a lot of smaller ranches, so both come in handy.

Either way, both cost money, and since you'll be starting a lot of your trips from your camp, purchasing the camp upgrades to fast travel from there will be better in the long run.

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How to fast travel Red Dead Redemption 2

In Red Dead Redemption 2 , you’ll likely find enjoyment in exploring the massive world it has to offer. After all, part of the fun is stumbling across little experiences that you’d miss if you were zipping around the map through fast travel menus. However, you are able to skip much of the exploration if you want by fast traveling — but you’ll need to make a few preparations before you’re able to do so. The game doesn’t explain much about this feature, though, since it wants you to enjoy everything in a slow and methodical way.

Fast traveling from your camp

Fast traveling from town to town.

This guide will walk you through what you need to know about fast traveling in the single-player component of RDR2 .

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There are two methods of fast traveling in RDR2 . The first method of fast travel can be unlocked after Chapter 2. You’ll need to play through the main story missions and complete Money Lending and Other Sins. At this point, you’ll unlock the Ledger at your camp, which allows you to purchase items and upgrades to enhance the lives of Arthur and his fellow campers. At this point, make sure you purchase Dutch’s tent (First Things First) for $220, followed by Arthur’s wagon (Next in Line) for $325.

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After this, you’ll find a map on the side of Arthur’s tent, allowing you to select various locations across the map to fast travel to. Doing so will result in Arthur taking a stagecoach to the locations around the map. The nice thing is that it’s free and your horse will come with you, making this a convenient and effective method to get around easily. You’ll need to have visited the area you want to fast travel to before it’ll appear as an option on the map.

The other way to fast travel involves taking a stagecoach from town to town. This method is similar to traveling from your camp, only it isn’t free. To use this method, approach one of the Stagecoach locations on your map — indicated by a signpost found in the main towns. When you approach, it’ll list all the locations you’ve visited, with various prices for each, depending on distance. After making a selection, you’ll get a short cut scene of the stagecoach taking off and arriving at your new destination. You can’t continuously fast travel using this method since there’s a short cool-down after you arrive at your destination. Sleep in a hotel to get the stagecoach to appear again if it’s giving you trouble.

There is no way to fast travel without using one of the two methods, meaning if you’re out in the wilderness, you’ll need to ride your horse or walk to the nearest fast-travel location. The game is designed to encourage you to explore, so you’ll want to fill in the map first before making good use of this feature. Once you’ve gone to all the locations on the map, you’ll likely be in the post-game section past the ending credits, so fast traveling will be a lot more essential at that point.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Trapper Locations

October 27, 2018 by PowerPyx 6 Comments

Red Dead Redemption 2 has 5 Trappers. They are a type of Vendor that can craft special costumes and upgrades from your animal pelts and legendary pelts . After killing animals you can bring the skins to the trapper to craft them into something.

All Trappers

#1 – In Saint Denis, the main town in the bottom right side of the map. The trapper is on a market square.

#2 – West of Elysian Pool, south-west of Annesburg.

#3 – In West Elizabeth region, at the edge of the map to the east of where the river starts that flows into Owanjila Lake (west of Strawberry).

#4 – In West Elizabeth region, on a mountain north-east of Riggs Station.

#5 – In the New Austin area (accessible after finishing the story, until then you are wanted “dead or alive” and you will be shot on sight).

That’s all the trappers and their locations in RDR2.

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October 30, 2018 at 5:09 am

There is one in big valley also.Its by the edge of the map,west of the B for Big valley

October 30, 2018 at 12:51 pm

There’s several more trapper locations not mentioned here.

October 30, 2018 at 3:08 pm

Do you remember where?

October 31, 2018 at 8:17 am

– West Elizabeth, north-west of strawberry on edge of the map in line with writing “big valley”

October 31, 2018 at 3:18 pm

There is one East of Riggs Station near Strawberry & There is one in the Big Valley, North west of the Black Bone Forest & the Legendary Buck. Was kind of hoping there was more than the 4 i already found :/

October 31, 2018 at 3:19 pm

*Not Counting the one in New Austin

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Fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2 takes on a few different forms. In this guide, we’ll teach you about them all.

Each one will prove useful in its own way as you travel the vast expanse of Red Dead Redemption 2 ’s world. After all, the scenic route — riding everywhere on Arthur Morgan’s horse — will get old eventually.

Stagecoaches and trains

Stagecoaches and trains are forms of fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2 , but they’ll cost you. Literally. For a fee, you can hire a stagecoach or buy a train ticket.

Stagecoaches appear on the map as an icon that looks like two intersecting street signs. (It’s called a “taxi coach” in the menu that appears when you hover over it.) For a nominal fee that increases (as far as we can tell) based on distance from your current location, you can take a stagecoach to locations you’ve previously visited.

If you want to catch a train, you’ll need to buy a ticket. ( Unless you don’t .) You’d think you’d be looking for a train station, but you might also be looking for a building sitting next to a train track. In one town, Rhodes, what you’re actually looking for is the post office icon (which looks like an envelope). Talk to the clerk inside, and you can purchase a ride on a very Old West kind of transportation.

Actual fast travel

Traditional video game fast travel becomes available after you upgrade your lodgings at the Van der Linde Gang’s camp.

Head to the icon in camp that looks like a briefcase with a dollar sign on it. (It says “Donate to camp” when you hover over it on your map.) There are three upgrades to purchase on the lodging page. The second one, “Next in Line,” costs $325 and says that “Arthur wants a map to help plan journeys.” This is a reference to fast travel.

Buy that upgrade, and you’ll find a map on the back of the stagecoach next to Arthur’s bed. Approach it and interact, and you’ll be able to travel to several destinations — a mixture of towns and significant locations like buildings.

Keep in mind that this form of fast travel only works one way — from camp to somewhere else. If you fast travel from camp to, say, a town on the opposite side of the map, you’ll either need to ride your horse, hire a stagecoach or buy a train ticket to get back.

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All You Need To Know About Fast Travel In Red Dead Redemption 2

Everything you need to know about fast travel in RDR2, from how expensive it is to where you'll end up in the game.

When Red Dead Redemption 2 finally touched down in October last year, it had been long-awaited ( and long-delayed ). If it didn’t live up to our sky-high expectations after all of that, Rockstar were going to have a riot on their hands.

Fortunately, all was well. It was a phenomenal sales success, one of the best-received games of the year by critics and players alike. Why? Largely because it’s a vast, ambitious title that sets new standards for open-world gameplay.

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This is great and all, but it also means one thing: fast travel is going to be a necessity. Yes, you can unlock fast travel in the game, but how, where and when? Stick around, friend, and we’ll explain everything.

10 10. It’s A Lifesaver In This Huge World

In recent years, just about everyone’s been getting in on the whole open world thing. Titles like Grand Theft Auto V and Skyrim defined what it meant to offer players a huge, sandbox world to explore, and the bar’s been raised repeatedly since.

Horizon Zero Dawn , The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and others have advanced these concepts, but Red Dead Redemption 2 presents a world of dizzying scale. It’s set across five fictitious U.S. states (New Austin and West Elizabeth from the original game, plus the all-new Ambarino, Lemoyne and New Hanover), which combine to create a world map you do not want to be constantly charging back and forth across on your horse alone.

9 9. Wait A While To Unlock Fast Travel

So, yes. All titles with fast travel tend to handle it differently, but these tend to be variations on a familiar theme. Often, you can only instantly travel to locations you’ve visited before (think Fly in the Pokémon series ), and you have to unlock the ability to do so in some way.

Red Dead Redemption 2 ticks both of these boxes. It’ll be a little while before you’re able to fast travel, and the ability to do so is hidden away. It’s so obscure, in fact, that many players stumbled upon it purely by accident. Sometimes quite late in the game, to boot.

To get you off to the best start, we’re going to take a look at the earliest possible point you can unlock this vital function.

8 8. Complete The ‘Money Lending And Other Sins’ Mission

Money Lending And Other Sins is the ninth mission of chapter two. It becomes available a good way into the game, once you’ve unlocked the open world and gotten a good taste of just how much this game has to offer.

This particular mission sees you collecting valuables from those who owe your gang money. After completing it, you’ll earn the ability to upgrade your camp. These upgrades may sound a little unsubstantial, but they’re the key to unlocking fast travel. You could easily miss that, as there’s very little fanfare, but this is where the functionality is hidden.

7 7. Arthur’s Tent Is The Key

The first upgrade you’ll want to make is to your lodgings. They look a little less-than-wonderful at first, after all, so that’s probably something you were shooting for anyway.

After doing so once, you’ll be able to upgrade Arthur’s tent. What does this do? Well, mainly, it adds a handy-dandy map to the tent (or, more specifically, somewhere in the base near Arthur’s tent). Take a look at it, and you’ll be able to pick a destination from a handy list of places you’ve already visited. Simply pick somewhere, then, after the obligatory transitional scene, there you are. It’s that easy.

6 6. You Can Only Fast Travel Directly From Your Camp

That makes it sound super simple and convenient, didn’t it? You might think that, after unlocking the feature, you can effortlessly hop into a menu screen and warp from one fast travel destination to another as you please. Sadly, friends, the Wild West isn’t that kind.

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While Rockstar felt the need to provide the player with a quick means of traversing this huge world, they also wanted to keep things a little authentic. As such, you can’t just go warping around willy-nilly like it’s Zelda or something. You must be stationed at that map in your camp every time you fast travel, as you can only do so from there.

5 5. Unlocking Fast Travel Is Pretty Darn Expensive

If you’re a Grand Theft Auto Online player (as much of the darn known universe has been over the years), you’ll know that, outlaw or not, you’ve got to work for your money. You can’t just boot the game up for the first time and rule the criminal underworld right from the start. It’s a rags to ill-gotten-riches story.

The same’s true of Red Dead Redemption 2 . Money’s pretty tight for Arthur and his gang, especially early on. You might be itching to unlock fast travel as soon as possible, but it doesn’t come cheap.

As VG247 reports, the upgrade to the lodgings costs $220, and the all-important map is another $325. This is a substantial amount whichever way you slice it, and it’s advised that you earmark some of the earnings from that first big heist for this purpose. It’ll pay dividends in the long run.

4 4. Fast Travel Is A One-Way Trip

As I say, Rockstar have implemented a fast travel system that makes things much more convenient for the player, but also tries to keep things as in-universe and immersive as possible. What does this mean? It means that there are some real limitations to it, that’s what it means.

Cost aside, here’s another: while you can quickly travel from your base to your destination of choice, you can’t fast-travel from said destination back to your base. You’ll be making your own way back to the camp whatever happens, so you’d better be sure that you’ve planned out your journey.

It’s not easy being a Wild West outlaw, as Clint Eastwood will tell you.

3 3. You Cannot Leave Your Horse Behind

If dogs are man’s best friend (and the billions of videos of them on social media would suggest so), what about horses? Let’s stop for a moment here and consider where the Wild West would be without them. What the Lone Ranger’s catchphrase would’ve been, if he couldn’t Hi-ho on Silver? It just doesn’t bear thinking about.

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As a Western-themed title, you’d better believe that Red Dead Redemption 2 takes its horses super-seriously. So much so that you can’t fast-travel at all if your faithful steed isn’t in the vicinity. You arrive at the destination you choose riding said horse, you see, which means that they have to be there and ready for the journey too.

2 2. You Have To Know Exactly Where You’re Fast Travelling To

In a lot of similar games, you’ll be able to choose precisely where you’re warping to. You’ll see a convenient map of the game world, with all possible locations highlighted. Well, friends, nobody’s holding your hand out here in the Wild West.

Yes, you can pick where you want to fast travel to from a list of locations you’ve previously visited. What you can’t do is see where these locations are on the map, which means you need a good idea of where these places are in relation to each other. This is a wide, wide world with a lot of space in between landmarks, after all.

1 1. Stagecoaches And Trains: Not As Fast, But Still… Fast

In short, fast travel is super convenient in Red Dead Redemption 2 , but it could’ve been far more user-friendly. It’s expensive to unlock, it’s unwieldy, and you may not even have known it was there in the first place.

Still, it’s better than not having it, that’s for sure, and it’ll still save you a lot of frustration. Nevertheless, you’ll be glad to know that there’s another method of traversing the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 quicker than a horse: trains and stagecoaches.

All you do is head to a nearby ticket station, pay the fare for your chosen destination and off you go. It’s limited, sure, but a much cheaper alternative (upgrades-wise).

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Fast Travel

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Fast Travel is a mode of travel in Red Dead Redemption , Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online that allows players to traverse long distances across the map quickly. There are three main ways to fast travel, most of which cost money.

• 1 Red Dead Redemption
• 2.2 Stagecoach
• 2.5 Missions
• 3 Red Dead Online
• 4 Cinematic Mode
• 5 Known Bugs
• 6 External links

Red Dead Redemption [ ]

In Red Dead , the player can fast travel by the means of a Stagecoach Taxi located in almost every settlement. For a price, they can be driven to any of the following locations and have the option to skip to destination.

Destinations are limited to the following:

• Benedict Point
• Las Hermanas
• MacFarlane's Ranch
• Rathskeller Fork
• Ridgewood Farm

Red Dead Redemption 2 [ ]

Arthur's Fast Travel map

Players have the option to upgrade Arthur Morgan 's camp lodgings, for a price, after the mission " Money Lending and Other Sins I ." The gang will do little to help in this regard, so the task falls to players. Upgrade options can be found next to Dutch van der Linde 's tent wherever the caravan ends up.

Players must pay the first $220 upgrade fee before the next tier evens shows up. It is this next tier, at $325, that unlocks the fast travel map, so players will need $545 total. Once purchased, Arthur's fast travel map appears outside his wagon or inside his room at Shady Belle during Chapter 4 . After completing the first part of the Epilogue, the Fast Travel map will become available free of charge (i.e. no upgrades are needed).

Alternatively to using the map, the player can fast travel using their camps. Upon setting up camp, the player is able to fast travel to the same places they could when using the map.

Note that destinations the player can travel to are entirely dependent upon where they have already been. Due to this, and that it is difficult to raise that amount of money in the early game, players may want to wait until they have traveled to more areas.

• Armadillo (after Epilogue 1)
• Beecher's Hope (after Epilogue 1)
• Benedict Point (after Epilogue 1)
• Blackwater (after Epilogue 1)
• Braithwaite Manor
• Butcher Creek
• Caliga Hall
• Cornwall Kerosene & Tar
• Emerald Ranch
• MacFarlane's Ranch (after Epilogue 1)
• Manzanita Post
• Pronghorn Ranch
• Saint Denis
• Thieves' Landing (after Epilogue 1)
• Tumbleweed (after Epilogue 1)
• Van Horn Trading Post
• Wapiti Indian Reservation
• The gang camp's locations from Chapter 2 to 6 ( Horseshoe Overlook , Clemens Point , Shady Belle , Lakay , and Beaver Hollow ; only available as long as the gang resides within those grounds )

On the side note, using Camp Fast Travel more than once per in-game day empties the player's horse's stamina core.

Stagecoach [ ]

Stagecoach option

Like Red Dead Redemption , Stagecoaches are another fast travel option, and they can be found in most towns. Unlike using the fast travel map, using a stagecoach requires money. Not only that, but players need to be aware of what their level of honor is for that particular town. If their honor is too low, the stagecoach will be locked.

Like the fast travel map, the player will only be able to travel to destinations he has already visited. Stagecoaches, however, cannot take players back to their camp.

• Emerald Station

If the player wishes, they may also be able to fast travel via purchasing a train ticket at a train station. Tickets for the train, which only runs between select locations, can be purchased at the Post Office. Locations include:

• Riggs Station
• Wallace Station

Although traveling by train is noticeably cheaper than using stagecoaches, the reachable destinations are limited within three territories ( West Elizabeth , New Hanover , and Lemoyne ).

If the player is at the countryside of a state and wishes to go to its main town, another alternative of Fast Traveling is to vandal, or kill someone and, after arrival of lawmen, just surrender and they will take the player into the town. However, it will cost the player honor, money, and days in prison.

Missions [ ]

The last alternative option for fast travel comes at the end of some missions. This only requires completion of the mission and accepting the option to travel. Players can, of course, refuse the option if they have other matters to attend to, but this will prevent them from fast traveling back to their camp.

Red Dead Online [ ]

In Red Dead Online , the player can upgrade their camp with an Fast Travel post for $700.00 upon reaching Rank 65.

There are 15 fast travel locations on the map. The cost differs depending on the distance from the current destination.

Cinematic Mode [ ]

Cinematic Mode can be used as a form of "auto run" to reach destinations. To do this, the player must place a waypoint on the map, mount their horse, get up to speed on a road, and hold the touchpad/view button to engage Cinematic Mode. The player's horse will automatically navigate to the waypoint. While not "fast travel" properly said, it does allow the player to put down the controller for a few moments. However, hostiles like rival gangs , bounty hunters and predators will still attack, and sometimes the horse's A.I. fails to deal with traffic on the road as well. Any unique random encounter found by the road may also be lost if the player does not pay attention to them.

Known Bugs [ ]

• As corpses aren't allowed inside the Van der Linde camp , if the player Fast Travels to it with a dead NPC on horseback, the game will instantly bug as soon as it starts the scene of the player entering its grounds.

External links [ ]

• Unlock the Semi-Hidden Fast Travel in ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ via FANDOM, October 25, 2018
• 1 Missions in Redemption 2
• 2 Arthur Morgan
• 3 Missable Content in Redemption 2

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Fast Travel In Red Dead Online

Red Dead Redemption 2, in spite of having a massive game world and relatively slow forms of transportation – horses – doesn’t exactly spoil players with convenient fast travel. The situation is different in Red Dead Online though, as it features a different system. In Red Dead Online it’s much easier to “fast travel” and significantly more useful in terms of actually moving between points of interest.

As described in our guide , fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2 is highly limited. It is only unlocked once you buy several upgrades for your camp. It only works one-way, and only from your camp. You can’t fast travel between Valentine and Strawberry, for example. You also can’t fast travel back to camp either. It’s barely useful as a fast travel system at all.

As fun factor likely overtakes adherence to realism on the priority list in Red Dead Online, the system has been overhauled. Taking pointers from some other open-world games, such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Red Dead Online uses a fast travel post based system. Scattered throughout the game world are so-called fast travel posts, which allow you to instantly move to another such post.

Indicated by a small sign-post symbol on your map , which only appears if you are in close proximity, these fast travel posts are little wooden scaffolds with a ram skull on top and a broken wheel at the base in order to help you identify them. Using fast travel will cost you money, and the price is calculated based on how far away your destination is.

You can only travel in between posts, not anywhere on the map from such a post. While this is much more accommodating than the solution in single player, it’s still fairly restrictive when compared to other games. Some, for example, allow you to instantly travel from any point to any other point on the map, while others let you fast travel freely between all points of interest. The system used by Red Dead Online is an ideal compromise between convenience and realism.

There are a total of 16 fast travel posts in the game world. 15 are located at points of interest, while the 16th is located at your camp, the location of which is variable. The camp fast travel post is only unlocked when you reach Rank 65. Check out our Ranking Guide to learn how to reach it quickly.

The 15 fast travel posts are as follows:

• MacFarlane’s Ranch
• Manzanita Post
• Saint Denis
• Emerald Station

You’ll notice that every location has railway access, or is close to a railway. The actual posts themselves are also physically close to railway stations or tracks. This little detail is an attempt by Rockstar to maintain immersion and realism, implying that the characters catch a train to whichever location they choose to fast travel to.

It also isn’t generally allowed to take your horse with you on trains – at least, we suspect this is the explanation for one of the drawbacks of using fast travel. If your horse is carrying any pelts or carcasses when you use fast travel, they will disappear.

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