Red Dead Online

For an overview of the Multiplayer gamemode in the Red Dead series, see Multiplayer.

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Red Dead Online is a multiplayer-focused action-adventure video-game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games originally released with Red Dead Redemption 2 and later released as a standalone game on December 1st 2020. ^[4]

The Red Dead Online Beta was released on November 27, 2018 first for owners of the Ultimate Edition, and gradually opened for more players until November 30, 2018 with everyone who owns a retail copy of Red Dead Redemption 2 gaining free access to Red Dead Online. On May 14, 2019, with the release of a massive update, Red Dead Online came out of beta.

Overview

Players can create and customize their own Protagonist and tailor abilities for custom combat styles.

Once ready, they can explore the world solo or with friends. Posses can be created with up to seven players. Players have options similar to Red Dead Redemption 2, in that they can gather around the fire at camp, head out hunting or fishing, visit towns, battle enemy gangs and attack their hideouts, hunt for treasure, take on missions and interact with familiar characters from across the five states, fight against other outlaws in both spontaneous skirmishes and pitched set-piece battles, and compete with other players or whole Posses in open world challenges.

Game Modes

• Story Missions
  • Telegram Missions
• Blood Money
• Free Roam Missions
• Bounty Hunter
• Trader
• Naturalist
• Awards
• Daily Challenges
• PvP

Note: Your Health is a lot different in Online, and you have a lot less of it. Be sure to change your tactics from single player to match the changes.

Roles

Ranks

As players do activities in Red Dead Online they gain XP. This XP allows the player to reach certain XP milestones known as Ranks. With every new Rank reached, the player will unlock new items such as clothing, weapons, horses, camp modifications, and ability cards. The maximum Rank is 100. Players may continue to rank up beyond that, but will no longer receive rewards for it.

Roles have their own ranks.

Upgrades

Below are upgrades that help you functionally, while cosmetic and less important upgrades are on supporting pages.

Camps

Camps are accommodations which players own. The camps can be customized with different themes, a flag, and equipment.^[5] Players can choose from a selection of tents for their individual. Camps come in two sizes, small or large. Small camps can hold a posse of up to four while large camps can hold a posse of up to seven. When a posse is used, each player in the posse will share the leader's camp and their personal tents will appear in that camp. To customize their camp and tent, players can talk to Cripps.

There is also a lockbox that is always in the camp, allowing players to collect deliveries that they've purchased through the catalog

Players can purchase a variety of tent styles. Depending on their tent, the player will have different bonuses when entering Free Roam, and when resting at Camp.

Mounts

In multiplayer the player can choose between a multitude of mounts, all categorized into seven different categories. Players can own only ten horse stalls, and therefore only ten horses. When buying a horse, players are allowed to choose from one or more styles of the breed of their choice as well as the gender of their horse. Like single player, horses in Red Dead Online have statistics which vary between breeds and the different horses within each breed. Once purchased the player can name their horse, customize their appearance, add tack to it, and purchase Horse Insurance for $125.

Currently, owned horses cannot be sold for cash (but can be discarded) and wild horses cannot be brought into the stable

Stable

Equipment

Catalogue (Wheeler, Rawson and Co.)

Fence

Gus

Harriet

Madam Nazar

Maggie

Clothing

Clothing can be purchased from the Catalogue, Tailor, Madam Nazar, and Limited-time events.

Updates

DLC

Date	Artwork	Name	Description
January 10 2019		Gun Rush	Content update introducing a new showdown mode (Gun Rush) and several gameplay changes.
February 26th 2019		Red Dead Online Beta Update [6]	Content update introducing three new weapons (Rare Shotgun, Evans Repeater and Jawbone Knife), new free roam events and showdown modes, and new clothing, among other additional content and gameplay changes.
May 14th 2019		Red Dead Online Update [7]	Major content update introducing new story and free roam missions, two new weapons (LeMat Revolver and Ancient Tomahawk), Poker, Dynamic events, and new clothing, among other additional content and gameplay changes .
September 10th 2019		Frontier Pursuits [8]	Major content update introducing three Roles (Bounty Hunter, Trader and Collector), The Wheeler & Rawson & Co., Club and the Outlaw Pass, and new clothing, among other additional content and gameplay changes
December 13th 2019		Moonshiners [9]	Major content update introducing the Moonshiner Role, new story missions, four new weapons (Navy Revolver, Lowry's Revolver, Flammable Moonshine and Toxic Moonshine Bottle), The Outlaw Pass N°2, and new clothing, among other additional content and gameplay changes.
July 28th 2020		The Naturalist [10]	Major content update introducing The Naturalist Role, two new weapons (the Elephant Rifle and the Improved Bow, The Outlaw Pass N°3, and new clothing, among other additional content and gameplay changes.
December 1st 2020		Bounty Hunters	Major content update introducing new Bounty Targets, special skills, new weapon variants, The Outlaw Pass N°4, and more across 10 prestigious new ranks.
July 13th 2021		Blood Money	Major content update introducing new Crimes and The Quick Draw Club - a series of four distinct rapid-fire passes, arriving in consecutive installments over the coming months, new clothing and returning pass items for players who were unable to obtain them.

Beta

The beta for Red Dead Online launched in full on November 30, 2018. Early access prior to this rolled out incrementally as follows:

• Tuesday, November 27th: All Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition owners.
• Wednesday, November 28th: All players who played Red Dead Redemption 2 on October 26th according to internal data.
• Thursday, November 29th: All players who played Red Dead Redemption 2 between October 26th to October 29th.

The Red Dead Online Beta was made available to all Red Dead Redemption 2 players on Friday, November 30 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. When booting up and arriving at the title menu, players will see an option in the top right of the screen to select Online.\

Videos

Red Dead Online - Introduction & Tutorial

Red Dead Online - Skip Tutorial

Trailers

Red Dead Online Beta Update

Red Dead Online

Red Dead Online Frontier Pursuits

Red Dead Online Moonshiners

Red Dead Online The Naturalist

Red Dead Online Bounty Hunters

Red Dead Online Standalone Now Available

Red Dead Online Blood Money

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