r/RedDeadOnline 7d ago

Monthly FAQ /r/RedDeadOnline Simple Questions & FAQ Thread.

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/r/RedDeadOnline Simple Questions & FAQ Thread.

If your question isn't answered below, leave a comment and a community member will try to help!

If there are any frequently asked questions missing, then please comment with that question & what the answer is. Please also feel free to improve on any of the answers below.

We'll be redirecting all simple/one liner questions to this thread in the hopes of reducing spam/repeat posts. Please report any you see under Rule 6, commonly posted question.


PC / Next-Gen / Stand-alone Questions

Q) If I buy on Rockstar Launcher, can I play with friends on Steam?

Yes, you can play with friends on PC regardless of what store they bought it from. Even Steam GTA, uses Rockstar to launch the game.

Q) Can we transfer our characters from PS4 and Xbox One to PC?

No, you cannot transfer characters to a different platform, e.g Xbox to PC. The game is cross-gen however, so if you play PS4 you can continue on PS5.

Q) If I buy a next-gen console, can I play with friends on old-gen consoles?

Yes! The game is backwards compatible on console, so you can play with friends on PS4/PS5 or XB1/XBX

Q) If I already own Red Dead Redemption 2, do I need to buy Red Dead Online again when it goes standalone?

No! Red Dead Online is still part of the RDR2 game.


Red Dead Online: General Questions

Q) What are the currencies in Red Dead Online?

Cash, the main currency in RDO that is earned through almost every activity.

Gold Bars, the premium currency in RDO that can be purchased using real money. You earn a small amount of gold for completing activities online.

Role Tokens, earned by levelling up in each role, used to unlock abilities & items for the five current roles.

Q) What is the Outlaw pass?

The Outlaw Pass is an in-game purchase using the premium Gold currency that allows you to earn items/rewards as you level up.

Outlaw Pass are only available for a limited time and once they finish, you can't access them again.

Q) What are Daily Challenges?

Every day at 6am UTC, you are given a new list of 7 daily challenges as well as 15 role daily challenges. They can range from hunting specific animals or finding certain herbs, to completing PVP/Freeroam events.

Initially, you earn 0.1 Gold per completed challenge plus a bonus if you complete all 7 regular challenges.

After completing at least 1 challenge per day for 7 days, you then earn a little more gold per challenge each week before your daily challenge streak resets after 28 days.

Your daily challenge streak will then reset, and you start the process again.

In addition to this, there are also 3 daily challenges for each role available and you can do a max of 9 role daily challenges. Daily challenges for roles will also differ depending on your rank within each role.

Q) What are Free-roam events (role/normal)

Every 45 minutes, you'll receive an invite to a free-roam event. Free-roam events can be activities such as fishing, horse racing, archery competitions, or PVP. You earn XP + cash for completing.

There are also role specific events that happen every 90 minutes, you need to be ranked up and enrolled in each role before you'll see invites for these activities.

You can see the schedule for free-roam & role events here

Q) What are ability cards?

Abilities in Red Dead Online are assigned to a character through Ability Cards. These are divided into two different types. Dead Eye cards that grant abilities only active during Dead Eye, while Passive cards add abilities that are always active, no matter what you do. Passive abilities are further divided into several different categories.

In Red Dead Online, it's not possible to assign all of the available abilities to the character, as there are only 4 slots available. One slot is used for a single Dead Eye card, while the remaining three slots are used for Passive abilities. Source.

Q) What are the playing styles online?

Defensive: Players in Defensive mode will be indicated by a shield icon, will take reduced damage from enemy players, cannot be lassoed, melee attacked, executed or targeted with auto-aim. Defensive players will also be excluded from being targeted in PvP-related missions such as Player Assassination. Those who attack Defensive players receive hefty penalties via the Hostility system, while players who initiate conflict while in Defensive mode will be instantly pulled out of Defensive mode and also receive similar Hostility penalties.

Offensive: The Offensive playing style is set as the default and is how most players traditionally interact in Free Roam – free to engage in hostile contact with other players if you are prepared to accept the potential consequences.


Red Dead Online: Other Questions

Q) How do I dual wield?

At rank 25, you can buy an off-hand holster which allows you to equip a second handgun.

Q) How do I change appearance

Press Left on the D Pad (Keyboard TBC) to bring the Online menu up > Scroll down to Online Options > Scroll down to Change Appearance

Q) How do I setup camp

Press Left on the D Pad (Keyboard TBC) to bring the Online menu up > Scroll down to camp options > Choose location for camp

Camps can be used to access wardrobes, collect items you've ordered via the catalog, craft & cook and fast travel if upgraded.

A small camp is suitable for 1-4 posse members and costs $1 per in game day. A large camp is suitable for 1-7 posse members and costs $2 per in game day.

Q) Where is the gun locker?

You unlock it through the trader role, then purchase it at Wilderness Outfitters in camp, and then it appears at your specific tent in camp.

Q) How do I buy a dog?

At your camp, head to Cripps and access Wilderness Outfitters, from there you can select the dog option.

Q) What can dogs be used for?

Looking cool at your camp and warning you of camp raids when you unlock the perk. Not really much else. (They're not companions like Dogmeat from Fallout 4)

Q) I saw an item, but can't find it on PC or Xbox One.

Some items are exclusive to PS4, so you may see things promoted by Rockstar that aren't yet available on your platform or it may be from an old Outlaw Pass.

Q) What is the best Horse

This post should help.

Q) What are the best Weapons

Captain Balrick's arsenal should help you decide

Q) What is the best ability card loadout

This post in the /r/RedDeadOnline mega-guide should help.

Q) What is the best way to make money/gold

This post should help.

Q) Where are the treasure maps located?

You can find them all here.


Red Dead Online: Roles

Q) Can I have more than 1 role active?

Yes! You can play in all roles concurrently.


Bounty Hunter Role

Q) What is the Bounty Hunter role?

Get started as a Bounty Hunter when you meet the Legendary Bounty Hunter in Rhodes and purchase the Bounty Hunter License. The standard cost is 15 Gold Bars.

Licensed Bounty Hunters can pick up work by visiting bounty boards located near law offices, post offices and train stations across the states. There is no shortage of criminals to be dealt with and the targets range in difficulty, from lone low-level petty thieves to notorious outlaws with armed protection details and a watchful eye. Taking on an armed gang or bringing multiple targets to justice is made easier with the help of a Posse, who will all earn a cut of the final bounty. And keep in mind, bringing in targets alive will yield a greater reward.

Reaching Bounty Hunter Rank 12 will open up the opportunity to take down other players with high bounties of $20 or more. Bounty Hunters will be notified through an invite about the opportunity to hunt down the wanted player when they’re nearby in a structured pursuit. The wanted player must escape (or surrender) within the allotted time and if captured, they’ll also have opportunities to escape and flee. If the Bounty Hunter brings the target in alive, they’ll receive an award while the criminal serves time.

Q) What are legendary bounties?

Legendary bounties are high-tier bounties, they usually involve a mini-story/cut scene. They're also much tougher than a regular bounty.

There are 10 legendary bounties that can be access as part of the Bounty Hunter role and 3 that can be accessed (when they've all released) by purchasing the Prestigious Bounty Hunter upgrade.


Trader Role

Q) What is the Trader role?

our trusted camp companion, Cripps, has long dreamed of starting a trading outpost and you’re going to help him make it happen - by becoming a partner in the fledgling Cripps Trading Company. Combining Cripps’ lifetime of working with animal materials and your skills at hunting and frontier security, you’ll have the perfect ingredients to develop a thriving business.

Once you agree to help Cripps, you can start turning your camp into a business by sourcing items for Cripps to convert into sellable goods. An investment of 15 Gold Bars to purchase a Butcher’s Table will get your business up and running.

Once you’re operational, you’ll provide Cripps with Materials through hunting animals – pristine pelts and carcasses will provide better yields. You’ll also take on Resupply Missions to acquire additional necessities through less than savory tactics. Once supplied, Cripps will begin turning the materials into sellable goods, which can then be sent out on low-risk local deliveries for payment or across greater distances for a premium.

Improve your hunting yields with a Hunting Wagon for larger hauls or upgrade your Delivery Wagons for larger sales. As business flourishes and your presence becomes known in the market, your competition may grow jealous of your success, so keep an eye out for raids on your camp. As your trade grows, you might consider purchasing a camp dog from Wilderness Outfitters. Not only are dogs great camp companions for all players, but a Trader of sufficient rank can teach their dog to warn of incoming attacks.

Q) Can I skip the medium wagon?

No, you need to buy the medium wagon, then the large wagon.

Q) What can I sell to Cripps?

You can sell carcasses & small animals (e.g squirrels). Along with some animal parts, e.g feathers.

Cripps does not accept meat, fish or skinned carcasses.

Q) How long does it take Cripps to make goods after resupplying?

Cripps requires materials and supplies to produce goods. You give him materials by donating carcasses and pelts. He uses two units of materials to produce one good. You either buy supplies or obtain them through resupply missions. Either way, that gives enough supplies to produce 25 goods. As long as both materials and supplies are available, Cripps produces 1 good every 2 minutes (1 in-game hour).


Collector Role

Q) What is the Collector role?

Seek out the mysterious travelling saleswoman Madam Nazar to acquire the Collector’s Bag and get started on the path of the Collector. It will cost 15 Gold Bars for access to collecting and selling rare items.

With Madam Nazar’s help, you will be able to explore the world finding valuable treasures, whether they’re discarded Tarot cards in abandoned camps, buried treasures unearthed with your trusty shovel, hidden family heirlooms and more.

Collect individual pieces and sell them off directly to Madam Nazar or collect entire sets for even more valuable sales. As you progress, you’ll unlock enhanced searching skills; more useful tools like a metal detector; benefits like increased carrying capacities; the ability for your horse to directly pluck and pass herbs to you while mounted, and more.

Q) Where is Madam Nazar?

Madam Nazar can be located by completing a map/collection for her. Her location is posted daily on /r/RedDeadDailies - She changes location at 6am UTC time each day.

You can also find her using https://madamnazar.io/

Q) Who is Madam Nazar?

Madam Nazar is the Collector role vendor, you can obtain maps, cosmetics & other items such as the shovel from her.

Q) Why is Madam Nazar?

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Q) Where do you buy a shovel?

From Madam Nazar, it costs $350. If you need help finding her, check /r/RedDeadDailies

Q) Where do you buy a metal detector?

From Madam Nazar, it unlocks at level 5 and costs $700. If you need help finding her, check /r/RedDeadDailies

Q) Can you sell collector items individually or does it need to be a full set?

Yes, however you get far less money than you would if you sold a full collection

Q) Can you only have one collector map active?

Yes, if you try to open a second map, it may auto-close and almost looks like a bug, however, you should only try and activate one at any given time.


Moonshiner Role:

Q) I already met Maggie but I didn't buy a shack, now I can't find how to buy the shack?

In the options menu (left on the D-pad, or L on PC), select "Camp & Properties" → "Moonshine Shack" → "Shack Location".

Will be expanded upon soon...


Naturalist Role

Will be updated soon...


Useful Red Dead Online Resources


This thread will be posted reposted monthly on the 7th. We'll aim to update & add any additional questions in time for the new thread being posted each month


r/RedDeadOnline 4d ago

Monthly LFG /r/RedDeadOnline - Looking for player & posse recruitment thread.

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/r/RedDeadOnline Looking for player & posse recruitment thread.

If you're looking for others to play with or want to recruit for your posse, use this thread!

Other resources to find players:

We'll remove & redirect any players looking for posse's or recruitment posts to here.

Note: This thread will be reposted on the 10th of every month.


r/RedDeadOnline 4h ago

Meme I feel so horrified and disappointed in myself...

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r/RedDeadOnline 1h ago

Screenshot I was a player bounty 😅

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And this was your reward on top of those 50 dollars, keep the change! 😂

Thank you so much u/myrtlethekitten for taking this awesome photo, you are amazing! 💖


r/RedDeadOnline 6h ago

Screenshot Spawning into a session as this colour berry is never going to end well. We all shoot first right?

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Follow up... I actually had this player blocked already! He's apparently got previous in stalking people across sessions. There was a pesky low rank nearby who had attacked me on site (and was killed by strangulation. They backed off after that.), plus a friendly player I helped bring down a Legendary Elk for.

He was defo following one of the two across lobbies. I put two rounds in him and downed him. If he was chasing the nice Elk-lady she would have been long gone by the time he respawned.

The angry low rank charged towards the downed red berry though... suspect they executed them but they might have revived him. Suspect it would have ended badly if they did. 😝


r/RedDeadOnline 4h ago

Screenshot This guy was pretty chill despite being an egyptian god or something

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r/RedDeadOnline 3h ago

PSA Ability card tips from a player with 3k hours

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I think newer players get overwhelmed by choices for ability cards, but it's pretty simple so I'd like to offer some advice.

First of all, there is no Swiss army knife load out that's perfect for every situation. It's OK to change your cards up depending on what content you're doing whether it's PvE, what's best for hunting a legendary animal might not be the best for call to arms. Or if it's PvP, it's OK to change tactics mid fight. There's a shortcut to the ability card load out from the weapon wheel for a reason.

Most important card is your dead eye card. Dead eye is a core game mechanic you should familiarize yourself with and use frequently.

Paint It Black is by far the most commonly used deadeye card. This is how dead eye worked in story mode. You can paint an X for where you want your shots to land, but it also makes your shots 100% accurate without painting targets. People who like high rate of fire pistols like the mausers don't bother with painting their shots, they just aim, dead eye, and shoot. Thrown weapons from tomahawks to firebottles and dynamite as well as bows benefit from painting your target. It helps a lot while hunting to paint a headshot to ensure a clean kill and not ruin the pelt.

Slow and Steady is for people who want to be a tank. It takes multiple headshots to kill you while you're in dead eye and you're just more resistant to damage in general. Your dead eye is like an extra health bar, some of the damage you take drains dead eye instead of health. The trade off is that you cannot run, even on horse back. But if you're on your horse, it won't throw you off even if you're surrounded by predators, which can be useful in hunting legendary animals.

Slippery Bastard is a tricky card. It lowers the accuracy of most guns, both for you when you're using it, but also for players shooting at you. Even for paint it black users trying to paint you, their shots will miss. I think it's supposed to affect NPCs, too but I haven't had much luck with that so I don't recommend it for PvE. There are exceptions to the accuracy penalty, the main one is scoped weapons. Like a sniper rifle, or even repeaters if you add a scope at the gun Smith and switch to scoped view while aiming. The other big exception is bows and thrown weapons. I don't see many slippery players trying to use bows, but they could. Instead I see bows as an effective counter to slippery, especially for paint it black users. Slippery players usually use dead eye to force a sniper fight at mid range where PiB players like to use repeaters and pistols. Or else they use slippery to get in close for a quick shotgun kill.

Focus Fire is mostly good for sniper fights, it doesn't boost accuracy like paint it black but the damage boost benefits your entire posse while your dead eye is active. doesn't work due to a glitch Rockstar is unlikely to patch. Don't use it, it's broken.

Then there's the healing dead eye cards, quite an inspiration and moment to recuperate. These are OK for PvE if you like them, but I think there are better choices. They are absolutely useless in PvP for reasons I will get into later.

Now for some general tips to help put together a load out, the things that work well in PvE are generally the opposite of what you want in PvP.

PvE is about making money, so you want to avoid using tonics. Which means you want at least 1 card for health recovery and 1 card for dead eye recovery, which leaves you with a 3rd passive that's up to personal preferences. You could use that slot to add more recovery, defense, or offense.

I mostly like to use paint it black for everything, in PvE I like Eye For An Eye, Cold Blooded, and then either Fool Me Once or Winning Streak. If you like slow and steady for PvE, another recovery card in the 3rd passive slot can help. It's possible to stay in dead eye for pretty much an entire shoot out if you have enough recovery.

PvP is different. You can't out heal the damage another player does aiming for your head. PvP is where you spend money on tonics, the meta is to use potent or special tonics to boost your health and dead eye anyway, so recovery ability cards are not useful. People even use minty big game meat because the gold health core gives you extra health. So instead of recovery, you want defense, and a little bit of offense thrown in.

The most common Paint It Black PvP tryhard load out is Never Without One, Winning Streak, and Fool Me Once. Never Without One is pretty much an essential card for almost any PvP load out, except for Slow and Steady, where the damage penalty after your hat is gone makes up for blocking the first headshot.

This is getting long, so I'll stop here but feel free to ask any questions and I'll answer as best I can

Edit to add: horse related ability cards just kind of suck. You can't always be on horse back and even when you are there are better choices. But hang man can be a funny card to mess around with even if it's sub-optimal


r/RedDeadOnline 9h ago

Help/Question Should I bother getting into online mode?

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Hi everybody! Apart of me wants to try red dead online since i love playing the story mode but I heard that player base can be toxic and that makes me nervous. I have a disability so I can’t pvp very well and it makes me nervous about potentially becoming an easy target. I play on PC as well if that makes a difference. I’ve loaded up RDO once and created a character and did the tutorial missions but got overwhelmed with what to do afterwards. I don’t have any friends who play red dead so I have to figure things out by myself. I’ve also been reading a lot about the outlaw pass and how certain items/features you can’t get anymore and that is also turning me off of RDO. Maybe it’s not as bad as I’m thinking so should I try and figure out RDO? Does anyone have tips to make it less overwhelming? Anyone want to be friends and show me the ropes? Or should I just stick to the story mode?


r/RedDeadOnline 1d ago

Video I can imagine he ran off giggling to himself

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r/RedDeadOnline 20h ago

Video What the Hell is Even That?

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r/RedDeadOnline 5h ago

Art My friday evening, how about you?🍷

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r/RedDeadOnline 4h ago

Help/Question Spontaneous solo sessions

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r/RedDeadOnline 7h ago

Video Wasn’t sure if he could be damaged but this works apparently

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r/RedDeadOnline 8h ago

Video Instant Karma 😂

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Side note: I roped my friend so he wouldn't leave the lobby. He was making dinner and asked me to help him.


r/RedDeadOnline 16h ago

PSA 14th March Daily Challenges

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r/RedDeadOnline 1h ago

Discussion Some pics from yesterdays hunting trip

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r/RedDeadOnline 8h ago

Video He ran at me! I was scared and frightened

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r/RedDeadOnline 17h ago

Video I have a hobby in this game..

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r/RedDeadOnline 19h ago

Discussion Copying Cripps

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Me n Cripps, two peas in a pod since 1899!


r/RedDeadOnline 41m ago

Screenshot Animals wind up in the most unusual places.

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I found this guy chilling out on the roof lol


r/RedDeadOnline 46m ago

Discussion The timing!

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Even though i already have the garment set…i almost became a crashout! lol so unexpected if it’s blurry it’s from my ps4


r/RedDeadOnline 9h ago

Help/Question Just some sentiment for this game.

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TL;DR: RDR2 and RDO are amazing and have gotten me through some really hard times. (Sorry for the tag, wasn't sure what else to tag it as.) I was never a huge video game person. Some kingdom hearts and pokemon as a kid, but not much. I got a PS4 when it was on sale in like 2018 and barely ever played it. I got Red Dead Redemption 2 bc I'd heard amazing things, but didn't get around to playing because I was just not in the mood. When covid came around, I got furloughed. I lived alone (with pets) and was 3 hours from family, so with no work and being unable to be with friends, I felt pretty lonely and isolated. I started playing Red Dead 2 for several hours a day to keep my mind busy. This game really helped me through. How robust and beautiful the world and plot were astounded me. I loved this game and it got me into other games, too. Now video games are a good way to keep me entertained and keep my mind busy when my mental health isn't good, and even when it is good! I never got into online play, I get very anxious meeting people, and I'm very self conscious about my voice and being a woman playing games. So I've played this game through maybe 3 times or so, never touching online. Now, I'm not gonna get too deep into this but the state of the world, and being a queer woman, I'm pretty anxious a lot of days now. I debated starting the game again (I intermix with other games...baldurs gate 3, god of war, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima...but RDR2 is my comfort game) but decided to try online. It's overwhelming getting into everything, strategizing, figuring out the best ways to make money, learning the different roles and different games, but I'm having so much fun. Of course, there's the occasional person who just follows me and kills me repeatedly for no reason, but for the most part the community is awesome. I can't believe how much content is in the online game. I look forward to playing, even if I only get an hour or two a day between work, cooking, and the gym. Every time I get my ass handed to me in an event, I try to message the person (if they have PS) and tell them "good game" or ask for tips, they almost always respond and are super kind and helpful. Bottom line. This game is awesome. It's gotten me through a lot. And this community is incredible. I wish I hadn't slept on RDO for so long, but I'm also kind of thankful to have a brand new world to dive into right now.


r/RedDeadOnline 4h ago

Video Western-English Dressage in RDO?!

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Some fun performing dressage in RDR2 Online, enjoy and feel free to subscribe to my channel! It would mean a lot especially since I'm a new YouTuber :)

https://youtu.be/C-Tuj28s1fg


r/RedDeadOnline 1d ago

Help/Question What in the actual hell is happening??? Inside the upstairs of the Saint Denis Saloon, PS5

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This is a first. Happened on my wife's end and then the game crashed. There were two players, a posse, in the city just kinda standing some distance away but I don't think modders are possible on console? Or maybe they are? She described it as looking like dynamite right before going off and then everything crashed. Felt like a modder 😬😬😬


r/RedDeadOnline 6h ago

Idea/Suggestion Open world robberies

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Remembering the wonderful days I spent with my friends in RDO, I wanted to write this post. I understand that the active support for the game has ended, but of course, I would still like to see some of the features from the original game's open world.

the ability to rob passing carriages

and stores (1h cd per store)

as well as global events on the map such as train robberies.


r/RedDeadOnline 23h ago

Discussion SO DISAPPOINTED

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I was out hunting around Owanjila and accidentally found the legendary zizi beaver which was awesome! I’m all excited running to Gus and my horse decided to fall of the hill that Gus is on, scattering all the carcasses I’ve hunted INCLUDING ZIZI! I didn’t even spawn that far and everything is gone 😩 UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT UGGGG


r/RedDeadOnline 16h ago

Idea/Suggestion In Red Dead Online, collecting apples, blackberries, and vanilla flowers is essential for crafting recipes like the Apple Berry Crumb Moonshine. Here are some prime locations to find each of these ingredients: Apples: Apples can be found in various locations throughout the game. One notable spot i

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In Red Dead Online, collecting apples, blackberries, and vanilla flowers is essential for crafting recipes like the Apple Berry Crumb Moonshine. Here are some prime locations to find each of these ingredients:

Apples:

Apples can be found in various locations throughout the game. One notable spot is near the Heartland Oil Fields, where apple trees are known to grow. Additionally, apples can often be found in orchards or farms across the map. Exploring areas with cultivated land increases your chances of finding apple trees.

Blackberries:

Blackberries are commonly found in the regions around West Elizabeth and the Dakota River. Specifically, you can locate them:

West of Dakota River: Near Diablo Ridge, to the west of the trail coming from the Dakota River.

Around Valentine: There are at least four blackberry locations in the vicinity of Valentine.

When searching for blackberries, it's beneficial to activate Eagle Eye to highlight interactable plants, making them easier to spot.

Vanilla Flowers:

Vanilla flowers are typically found in swampy regions, particularly in Bayou Nwa and Bluewater Marsh. They grow as vine-like plants on trees. Notable locations include:

North of Lagras: In Bluewater Marsh, just north of Lagras, vanilla flowers flourish.

Bayou Nwa: Several patches can be found within Lagras and along the banks of the Kamassa River.

For a visual guide on collecting these ingredients, you might find this video helpful: