Red Dead Redemption 2, Cheats and Tips: Complete List and Practical Guide

Discover all the Red Dead Redemption 2 cheats and the best tips to start your adventure in Rockstar's Wild West.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is an extremely vast experience, rich in activities, secrets, and possibilities. This guide will help you better navigate with practical tips and a complete list of activatable cheats.

How to start playing: tips
What are cheats?
How to activate cheats?
All cheats

Red Dead Redemption 2, how to start playing: tips

Starting Red Dead Redemption 2 without feeling overwhelmed is possible, but it requires some precautions.

Follow the story, but explore freely

The first chapters serve as an extended tutorial. Don't rush to complete everything: explore, hunt, fish, familiarize yourself with the controls and horse management.

Manage your honor

Your actions influence Arthur's honor. Virtuous behavior will improve relationships with NPCs and the rewards you receive.

Upgrade your equipment

Look for fences and specialized shops to improve your saddle, weapons, and clothing. Good nutrition and rest also affect your stats.

Save and invest wisely

Avoid wasting money in the early stages. Invest in treasure maps and ammunition.

Use Dead Eye wisely

Dead Eye is your best ally in gunfights. It can save your life if used at the right moments.

What are cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2?

Cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2 are special codes that allow you to activate particular effects within the game, such as getting unlimited money, restoring health, unlocking weapons, spawning special horses, or becoming immortal. Once activated, cheats temporarily modify the gameplay rules and often disable auto-saves and trophies/achievements. They are designed to offer a freer and more experimental gaming experience, ideal for those who want to have fun without worrying too much about the consequences.

How to activate cheats for Red Dead Redemption 2

Activating cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2 is simple, but it comes with an important limitation: it disables trophies/achievements and auto-saving for that game session. Cheats are designed for free-form fun, so use them consciously.

To activate cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2, follow these simple steps:

Pause the game and access the “Settings” menu.
Press Triangle (on PlayStation) or Y (on Xbox) to open the Cheats menu.
Manually enter the cheat code you wish to activate.
If the code is correct and you have met any requirements (such as owning a specific in-game newspaper), the cheat will be activated immediately.

Red Dead Redemption 2, all cheats

Below is a list of the most useful cheats divided by category. Codes must be entered exactly as written, including spaces and capitalization.

Cheats for health and stamina in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"Be greedy only for foresight"	Infinite Dead Eye. Activates Dead Eye without consuming the bar.
"The lucky be strong evermore"	Infinite stamina. Requirement: Complete Chapter 5.
"Set Health, Stamina, and Dead Eye Bars to Full"	Health, stamina, and Dead Eye bars to full. Immediately restores all bars to 100%.
"Seek all the bounty of this place"	Increases maximum health, stamina, and Dead Eye bars. Unlocks permanent stat upgrades.
"You Seek More Than The World Offers"	Fortifies health, stamina, and Dead Eye cores. Makes cores golden (faster automatic recovery). Requirement: Complete the mission “The King's Son” (Chapter 6).

Cheats for Dead Eye and stats

CODE	EFFECT
"Be greedy only for foresight"	Infinite Dead Eye.
"The lucky be strong evermore"	Infinite stamina. Requirement: Complete Chapter 5
"Guide me better"	Dead Eye Level 1 (auto-aim).
"Make me better"	Dead Eye Level 2 (manual aim).
"I shall be better"	Dead Eye Level 3 (active after shot).
“I still seek more”	Dead Eye Level 4 (highlights weak points).
"I seek and I find"	Dead Eye Level 5 (critical weak points).
"Set Health, Stamina, and Dead Eye Bars to Full"	Bars to full.
"Seek all the bounty of this place"	Increases maximum bars.
"You Seek More Than The World Offers"	Makes cores golden. Requirement: Complete "The King's Son" (Ch. 6)

Cheats for weapons and ammo in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"Abundance is the dullest desire"	Infinite ammo. Requirement: Newspaper "New Hanover Gazette Num. 27" (Ch. 1)
"A simple life, a beautiful death"	Get basic weapons.
"Greed is American Virtue"	Get heavy weapons. Requirement: Complete "Advertising, the New American Art" (Ch. 3)
"Death is silence"	Get stealth weapons.
"History is written by fools"	Get gunslinger weapons.

Cheats for maps and resources in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"You long for sight and see nothing"	Reveals the entire map. Requirement: Complete "Old and New Feuds" (Ch. 3)
"Vanity. All is vanity"	Unlocks all outfits.
"Greed is American Virtue"	Get heavy weapons. Requirement: Complete "Advertising, the New American Art" (Ch. 3)
"Eat of Knowledge"	Get all crafting recipes.
"Share"	Unlock all camp upgrades.

Cheats for horses in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"Run! Run! Run!"	Spawns a racehorse.
"You are a beast built for war"	Spawns a warhorse. Requirement: After the epilogue.
"You want more than you have"	Spawns a Rose Grey Bay Arabian horse.
"You want something new"	Spawns a random horse.
"Better than my dog"	Unlimited range whistle.
"My kingdom is a horse"	Max bond with all horses.

Cheats for vehicles in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"The best of the old ways"	Spawns a stagecoach.
"Keep your dreams simple"	Spawns a wagon.
"Keep your dreams light"	Spawns a cart.
"Would you be happier as a clown?"	Spawns a circus wagon. Requirement: After the epilogue.

Cheats for honor

CODE	EFFECT
"Virtue Unearned is not virtue"	Increases honor. Requirement: Complete "The Joys of Civilization" (Ch. 4)
"You revel in your disgrace, I see"	Reduces honor to minimum.
"Balance. All is balance"	Resets honor to a neutral level.

Cheats for money in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"Greed is now a virtue"	Get $500.

Cheats for wanted level and bounties in Red Dead Redemption 2

CODE	EFFECT
"You want punishment"	Increases wanted level.
"You want freedom"	Decreases wanted level.
"You want everyone to go away"	Removes all bounties and lockdowns.