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Red Dead Redemption · Money Guide

Red Dead Redemption Money Guide

Where the money actually comes from in Red Dead Redemption: bounties, the treasure golds, legendary pelts and a few side earners, with the real numbers for each.

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The one thing to know. Your honor sets every price. With high honor shops pay 50% more for everything you sell, with low honor 50% less, everywhere but Thieves' Landing. So the money in Red Dead Redemption comes from playing straight: bounties brought in alive, and pelts and gold sold in the state that pays most.

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The Red Dead Redemption method

From Armadillo to Blackwater

Bounties carry the early game. The nine treasure golds and the four legendary animals are the big one-off paydays, worth more the higher your honor.

BEST METHOD

Bounty hunting, alive

Take a poster from the board, find the target and bring him back. Alive pays double what dead does, so wing him, lasso him and ride him in. The biggest bounties are on the West Elizabeth posters in Blackwater and Manzanita Post. Capturing alive also earns honor, which pushes up the price of everything else you sell.

The Red Dead Wiki lists five West Elizabeth targets worth $600 alive. One bounty at each of 20 places counts toward 100%, and our bounty locations guide lists them all.

The nine treasure golds

  • $2,175 in all at neutral honor: Rhodes' Gold $100, Jackson's $125, Calhoun's $150, Tubman's $175, Brown's $200, Douglass' $225, Garrison's $300, Pickett's $400, Stonewall's $500.
  • In order: the first map comes from a random encounter with the treasure hunter Chu Fook, and every treasure holds the next map. High honor adds half again to every bar. Every spot is in our treasure guide.

Hunting, sold in the right state

  • Grizzly bears: the best animal you can hunt again and again. A full set of parts fetches $112 in Nuevo Paraíso at neutral honor, and half that in West Elizabeth.
  • The legendary four: Brumas the bear ($392) and Lobo the wolf ($248) sell best in Nuevo Paraíso, Khan the jaguar ($268) and Gordo the boar ($244) in West Elizabeth. Each is one hunt, part of the Master Hunter challenge.

Gambling, jobs and the cheat

Every amount on this page appears in at least two independent sources (the Red Dead Wiki, GamingBolt, CBR, Prima Games, PokerListings and a Steam community price guide), except the three marked as the Red Dead Wiki's own figures. Prices are at neutral honor unless the page says otherwise.

FAQ

What is the fastest way to make money in Red Dead Redemption?

Keep your honor high and hunt bounties. A target brought in alive pays double, the biggest posters are in Blackwater and Manzanita Post, and high honor makes everything you sell worth half as much again. The nine treasure golds add $2,175 at neutral honor on top.

Is there a money cheat in Red Dead Redemption?

Yes. THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, WE THANK YOU! gives you $500, but turning on any cheat disables trophies and achievements, so keep a save from before you use it.

Does honor change prices in Red Dead Redemption?

Yes. With high honor every shop pays 50% more for what you sell, and with low honor 50% less. Thieves' Landing is the exception.

How much are the treasure golds worth?

At neutral honor: Rhodes' Gold $100, Jackson's $125, Calhoun's $150, Tubman's $175, Brown's $200, Douglass' $225, Garrison's $300, Pickett's $400 and Stonewall's $500, $2,175 in all. They have no other use, so sell them.

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