Pick your chapter to see where each mission starts, who gives it and what it grants. Some optional missions close once the story moves past them, and they're the ones to check before you push on.
How to use this collection
Sequence counts the whole story from first mission to last. Chapter mission restarts at 1 in each chapter. Sequence is a display order, not a rule that forces a route.
Mission type and Missability show which missions are optional. Optional missions are the ones marked missable.
Spoiler level runs from Low to Critical and follows the chapter: Low in Chapters 1 and 2, Medium in 3 and 4, High in 5, and Critical in 6 and the epilogue.
Epilogue status shows whether a mission falls in the epilogue.
Territory is the wider region, and Starting location is the exact spot where the mission begins. A blank giver or territory means none is given.
Honor effect marks missions that show an Honor reward. It doesn't show an amount.
Gold objectives counts the Gold Medal tasks. Zero means none are shown.
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Chapter
Chapter 1: Colter
The opening mission starts on its own when Story Mode begins, so there's nothing to track down before you start.
Outlaws from the West
Search an abandoned mining town for supplies with Dutch and Micah.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Grizzlies West
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 1
- Mission type
- Main mission
Enter, Pursued by a Memory
Ride through the snow with Javier to search for John.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Grizzlies West
- Mission giver
- Abigail Roberts (Marston)
- Chapter mission
- 2
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Aftermath of Genesis
Hunt with Charles for food the gang needs.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Grizzlies West
- Mission giver
- Mr. Pearson
- Chapter mission
- 3
- Mission type
- Main mission
Old Friends
Raid an O'Driscoll camp with Dutch's gang to learn about a planned train job.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Grizzlies West
- Mission giver
- Bill Williamson
- Chapter mission
- 4
- Mission type
- Main mission
Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?
Rob Leviticus Cornwall's private train with the gang.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Grizzlies West
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 5
- Mission type
- Main mission
Eastward Bound
Move camp from Colter to Horseshoe Overlook.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Grizzlies West to The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 6
- Mission type
- Main mission
Chapter
Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook
Leopold Strauss gives the Money Lending and Other Sins missions here and in later chapters, so the debt jobs are easy to follow by giver.
Polite Society, Valentine Style
Ride to Valentine with the women from camp to look for leads.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Uncle
- Chapter mission
- 1
- Mission type
- Main mission
Americans at Rest
Handle a saloon brawl with Javier, Charles, and Arthur.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Javier Escuella
- Chapter mission
- 2
- Mission type
- Main mission
Who is Not without Sin
Find Reverend Swanson at Flatneck Station.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Reverend Swanson
- Chapter mission
- 3
- Mission type
- Main mission
Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego
Track a bear with Hosea near the Dakota River.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Hosea Matthews
- Chapter mission
- 4
- Mission type
- Main mission
The First Shall Be Last
Track bounty hunters along the Upper Montana River and search for Sean.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Big Valley
- Mission giver
- Javier Escuella
- Chapter mission
- 5
- Mission type
- Main mission
Paying a Social Call
Ride with Kieran, John, and Bill to check an O'Driscoll hideout.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Cumberland Forest
- Mission giver
- Kieran Duffy
- Chapter mission
- 6
- Mission type
- Main mission
A Quiet Time
Take Lenny to a bar in Valentine.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 7
- Mission type
- Main mission
Blessed are the Meek?
Help Micah escape jail in Strawberry.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Big Valley
- Mission giver
- Micah Bell
- Chapter mission
- 8
- Mission type
- Main mission
Good, Honest, Snake Oil
Find Benedict Allbright near the Dakota River and return him to the sheriff.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Curtis Malloy
- Chapter mission
- 9
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
We Loved Once and True (I, II & III)
Find Jamie in Cumberland Forest and try to bring him back to Mary.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- Cumberland Forest
- Mission giver
- Mary Linton
- Chapter mission
- 10
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
Money Lending and Other Sins - I & II
Collect debts for Leopold Strauss at camp.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- New Hanover
- Mission giver
- Leopold Strauss
- Chapter mission
- 11
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
Money Lending and Other Sins - III
Collect a debt from Thomas Downes.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- New Hanover
- Mission giver
- Leopold Strauss
- Chapter mission
- 12
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Spines of America
Rob a stagecoach from Old Bob Crawford with Hosea and Seamus.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Hosea Matthews
- Chapter mission
- 13
- Mission type
- Main mission
Pouring Forth Oil - I & II
Steal an oil wagon for John's train plan.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Mission giver
- John Marston
- Chapter mission
- 14
- Mission type
- Optional mission (missable)
A Fisher of Men
Take Jack on a fishing trip at Abigail's request.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Abigail Roberts (Marston)
- Chapter mission
- 15
- Mission type
- Main mission
Pouring Forth Oil - III & IV
Join John, Charles, and Sean for the train robbery.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Mission giver
- John Marston
- Chapter mission
- 16
- Mission type
- Main mission
An American Pastoral Scene
Rob a banking stagecoach with Micah.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Micah Bell
- Chapter mission
- 17
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Sheep and the Goats
Move a herd of sheep and sell them in Valentine.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- John Marston
- Chapter mission
- 18
- Mission type
- Main mission
A Strange Kindness
Scout a site for a new camp with Dutch and Charles.
- Spoiler level
- Low
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 19
- Mission type
- Main mission
Chapter
Chapter 3: Clemens Point
The Course of True Love starts here with Beau Gray and picks up again in Chapter 6, so you'll need to track it across both chapters.
The New South
Join Dutch and Hosea on a fishing trip.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 1
- Mission type
- Main mission
Further Questions of Female Suffrage
Take Sadie to Rhodes to pick up supplies.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Mr. Pearson
- Chapter mission
- 2
- Mission type
- Main mission
Money Lending and Other Sins - IV
Collect another debt for Leopold Strauss.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Big Valley to Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Leopold Strauss
- Chapter mission
- 3
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
American Distillation
Help Deputy Archibald shut down a moonshine still and take a wagon of liquor.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 4
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Course of True Love - I & II
Deliver Beau's letter to Penelope Braithwaite.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Beau Gray
- Chapter mission
- 5
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
The Course of True Love - III
Drive Penelope through Rhodes during a suffrage rally.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Penelope Braithwaite
- Chapter mission
- 6
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
Advertising, the New American Art (I & II)
Hand out stolen moonshine in a Rhodes saloon.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Hosea Matthews
- Chapter mission
- 7
- Mission type
- Main mission
Horse Flesh for Dinner
Steal prized horses from Braithwaite Manor.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- John Marston
- Chapter mission
- 8
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Fine Joys of Tobacco
Help burn a tobacco field near Caliga Hall.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Hosea Matthews
- Chapter mission
- 9
- Mission type
- Main mission
Magicians for Sport
Look for Trelawny at his rental caravan in Rhodes.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 10
- Mission type
- Main mission
Friends in Very Low Places
Rob a stagecoach in Scarlett Meadows after a tip from a post office worker.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Josiah Trelawny
- Chapter mission
- 11
- Mission type
- Main mission
An Honest Mistake
Join Uncle and the others for a payroll wagon robbery.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Mission giver
- Molly O'Shea
- Chapter mission
- 12
- Mission type
- Main mission
Preaching Forgiveness As He Went
Search for Raider weapons with Lenny in the woods near Shady Belle.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Lenny Summers
- Chapter mission
- 13
- Mission type
- Main mission
Sodom? Back to Gomorrah
Rob the Valentine bank with Bill and Karen.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Bill Williamson
- Chapter mission
- 14
- Mission type
- Main mission
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Watch Dutch's meeting with Colm O'Driscoll from a distance.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- The Heartlands
- Mission giver
- Micah Bell
- Chapter mission
- 15
- Mission type
- Main mission
A Short Walk in a Pretty Town
Meet the Gray family in Rhodes for a security job.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Bill Williamson
- Chapter mission
- 16
- Mission type
- Main mission
Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern
Search Braithwaite Manor with Dutch's gang to find Jack.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 17
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Battle of Shady Belle
Clear the remaining Raiders from Shady Belle before the gang moves camp.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Chapter mission
- 18
- Mission type
- Main mission
Chapter
Chapter 4: Shady Belle
High and Low Finance is the only mission in this chapter that needs the Special or Ultimate Edition.
The Joys of Civilization
Ask around the Bastille Saloon in Saint Denis for information on Angelo Bronte.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 1
- Mission type
- Main mission
Angelo Bronte, a Man of Honor
Enter Bronte's mansion with Dutch and John to retrieve Jack.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 2
- Mission type
- Main mission
Money Lending and Other Sins - V
Collect Algie Davison's debt for Strauss.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Leopold Strauss
- Chapter mission
- 3
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
Help a Brother Out
Investigate a Saint Denis shop with Brother Dorkins.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Brother Dorkins
- Chapter mission
- 4
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
Brothers and Sisters, One and All
Return Sister Calderón's crucifix after a street kid takes it.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Brother Dorkins
- Chapter mission
- 5
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
Fatherhood and Other Dreams (I & II)
Help Mary retrieve a family heirloom from her father.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Mary Linton
- Chapter mission
- 6
- Mission type
- Optional Honor mission (missable)
No, No and Thrice, No
Join Susan and Arthur on a rescue mission to a Foreman Brothers hideout.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Mary-Beth Gaskill
- Chapter mission
- 7
- Mission type
- Main mission
The Gilded Cage
Attend a party at the mayor's house with the gang.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Hosea Matthews
- Chapter mission
- 8
- Mission type
- Main mission
American Fathers (I & II)
Enter Cornwall Kerosene & Tar to take an oil-reserve report with Eagle Flies.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Mission giver
- Eagle Flies
- Chapter mission
- 9
- Mission type
- Main mission
A Fine Night of Debauchery
Play in a card tournament aboard the Grand Korrigan.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Josiah Trelawny
- Chapter mission
- 10
- Mission type
- Main mission
High and Low Finance
Plan and carry out a Rhodes bank robbery.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Scarlett Meadows
- Mission giver
- Charles Smith
- Chapter mission
- 11
- Mission type
- Special/Ultimate Edition
Horsemen, Apocalypses
Defend Shady Belle from an attack by the O'Driscolls.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Sadie Adler
- Chapter mission
- 12
- Mission type
- Main mission
Urban Pleasures
Rob a Saint Denis trolley station with Dutch and Lenny.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 13
- Mission type
- Main mission
Country Pursuits
Find a boat for an assault on Angelo Bronte's house.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 14
- Mission type
- Main mission
Revenge is a Dish Best Eaten
Attack Bronte's mansion from the river with the gang.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 15
- Mission type
- Main mission
Banking, the Old American Art
Prepare for a Saint Denis bank robbery.
- Spoiler level
- Medium
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 16
- Mission type
- Main mission
Chapter
Chapter 5: Guarma
Welcome to the New World
Search an island shore for the gang.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Guarma
- Chapter mission
- 1
- Mission type
- Main mission
Savagery Unleashed
Help local workers on the island as the gang seeks passage home.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Guarma
- Chapter mission
- 2
- Mission type
- Main mission
A Kind and Benevolent Despot
Enter Fussar's compound with Dutch to search for Javier.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Guarma
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 3
- Mission type
- Main mission
Hell Hath No Fury
Clear the waters near the island fortress to prepare for departure.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Guarma
- Chapter mission
- 4
- Mission type
- Main mission
Paradise Mercifully Departed
Disable coastal gun emplacements and help the group reach a ship.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Guarma
- Chapter mission
- 5
- Mission type
- Main mission
Dear Uncle Tacitus
Return to Shady Belle and look for the rest of the gang.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Roanoke Ridge to Bayou Nwa
- Chapter mission
- 6
- Mission type
- Main mission
Fleeting Joy
Defend the gang's camp during an attack.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Chapter mission
- 7
- Mission type
- Main mission
A Fork in the Road
Get medical help in Saint Denis.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Bayou Nwa
- Chapter mission
- 8
- Mission type
- Main mission
That's Murfree Country
Scout a new camp at Beaver Hollow with Charles.
- Spoiler level
- High
- Territory
- Roanoke Ridge
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Chapter mission
- 9
- Mission type
- Main mission
Spoiler note: Both epilogue sections come after the main story. Their mission givers and descriptions bring back characters from the campaign, and a few entries give away how things went. Spoiler levels rise with each chapter, and the table shows each entry in full, so read ahead only when you're ready.
How Many Chapters Are in the Story?
The main story runs from Chapter 1: Colter through Chapter 6: Beaver Hollow. After that comes the epilogue, in Part 1: Pronghorn Ranch and Part 2: Beecher's Hope. Each chapter has its own section below, so you can jump straight to where you are.
What Opens Each Story Mission
Missions open in chapter order, from camp and from the mission givers on the map. Exact prerequisites aren't listed for each mission, so the chapter you're in is your best guide to what's next.
Which Story Missions Can You Miss?
Missable missions are optional missions with a limited story window. Once you pass that window, you cannot start the mission in the normal story flow. Some missed missions can be replayed later, but a replay does not count toward Lending a Hand. Clear each one before you push on in that chapter.
Missable missions show up in Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 6. Chapter 1, Chapter 5 and both epilogue parts have none.
Money Lending and Other Sins runs across Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 6. Only part III is a main mission, so the other parts can be missed.
What the Honor Effect Column Means
Honor shows up in more than one way here, and the labels mean different things. The mission type Optional Honor mission (missable) marks the missable group. The Honor effect column is a separate flag for missions that show an Honor reward. Some main missions carry that flag too, so it doesn't mean a mission can be missed. The column doesn't show how much Honor you get, only that a reward is given.
Lending a Hand, the trophy or achievement, needs the optional Honor missions finished in one normal playthrough. A replay doesn't count toward it.
Gold Medal Tips for Story Missions
The Gold Medal tasks on one mission have to be met together in the same playthrough, so a single miss means a retry. On replay, every Gold Medal requirement resets, so you must meet them all again in one run. Gold Rush needs 70 Gold Medals, so you can focus on easier missions first.
- Check where the timer starts. Timers are the most common Gold task. Some start when you reach a spot, not when the mission begins, so read the wording before you rush.
- Expect headshot targets. Headshot counts are the second most common Gold task, and they show up throughout the story.
- Treat health as off-limits. Missions that ask you to finish without health items are common. When a medal asks for it, skip healing for the whole mission.
- Keep stealth clean. Tasks like 'without being spotted' fail on the first slip.
- Line up Dead Eye kills. Where a task says 'in the same Dead Eye use', set up the targets before you trigger it.
- Aim on purpose. Accuracy targets run from 70 to 90 percent, so a stray volley can cost you the medal.
- Know the missions with no medal tasks. The table shows no Gold Medal tasks for Of Men and Angels or for any Money Lending and Other Sins entry except part III.
Stranger Missions and the 2010 Game
Stranger missions are separate side stories with their own starts and rewards; see Stranger Missions in Red Dead Redemption 2. Playing the 2010 game instead? Its campaign is in Red Dead Redemption story missions.
This is the spoiler wall. Every mission here is marked Critical, and some names hint at major story turns.
These come after the main story, and they're mostly ranch jobs, errands and bounty work. Most start at Pronghorn Ranch, and the exceptions begin in Strawberry, Valentine and Blackwater. The last mission in this section shows an Honor reward.
Most missions start at Beecher's Hope, and the exceptions begin in Blackwater.
FAQ
What is the first Story Mode mission?
Outlaws from the West. It starts on its own when Story Mode begins, so you don't have to go looking for it.
What do Story Missions unlock?
The Unlocked items line names the rewards a mission grants, such as weapons, horses, animals, collectible sets and other items.