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.
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:
- Armadillo
- Benedict Point
- Chuparosa
- Escalera
- Las Hermanas
- MacFarlane's Ranch
- Plainview
- Rathskeller Fork
- Ridgewood Farm
Red Dead Redemption 2[]
Camp[]
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.
Destinations are limited to the following:
- Annesburg
- 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
- Colter
- Cornwall Kerosene & Tar
- Emerald Ranch
- Lagras
- MacFarlane's Ranch (after Epilogue 1)
- Manzanita Post
- Pronghorn Ranch
- Rhodes
- Saint Denis
- Strawberry
- Thieves' Landing (after Epilogue 1)
- Tumbleweed (after Epilogue 1)
- Valentine
- 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.
Destinations are limited to the following:
- Annesburg
- Armadillo (after Epilogue 1)
- Benedict Point
- Blackwater
- Emerald Station
- MacFarlane's Ranch (after Epilogue 1)
- Rhodes
- Saint Denis
- Strawberry
- Tumbleweed (after Epilogue 1)
- Valentine
- Van Horn Trading Post
Train[]
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:
Although traveling by train is noticeably cheaper than using stagecoaches, the reachable destinations are limited within three territories (West Elizabeth, New Hanover, and Lemoyne).
Crime[]
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.
- Annesburg
- Armadillo
- Blackwater
- Colter
- Emerald Station
- Lagras
- MacFarlane's Ranch
- Manzanita Post
- Rhodes
- Saint Denis
- Strawberry
- Tumbleweed
- Valentine
- Van Horn Trading Post
- Wapiti Indian Reservation
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.