Red Dead Redemption 2 – Easy Gold Guide (Online)

Simplified guide for attaining gold bars.

How to Attain Gold Bars

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Story Missions

• Completing all story missions will grant you a nice amount of GB.
• After completing all of them you should have almost enough to buy a role.

Daily Challenges

• Each daily grants you 0.1 GB from the start.
• If you complete all of them you get a small GB bonus.
• The amount of GB per challenge increases slowly with weekly streak, up to 3 weeks+.
• If you complete a month, it will reset but grant you a treasure map.
• Buying and levelling up roles will give you more challenges to complete.

Treasure Maps

• You attain one every 5 or so levels.
• It gives around 0.5-1.5 GB (and also around $100+!)!
• Check satchel > documents to see your treasure maps.

Achievements

• Check your achievements regularly to see if you have any ready to ‘reset’.
• Each achievement reset give 0.4 GB!
• Some easy ones include: $1000 spent, 1000 enemies killed/looted Etc.
• They can be reset 10 times, for a total of 4 GB per achievement!

Stranger Missions

• The best easy way to earn GB for a newer player.
• Each mission gives around 0.08-0.16 GB.
• Gain more GB if you do them slowly (like with bounty hunter).
• Can be grinded infinitely!

Bounty Hunter Role

• The only role that earns GB.
• This should be the first role you buy! It is sometimes on sale (-5 GB) so wait for this if you are gold-poor!
• Wait 12 min in normal bounties and 30 min in legendary bounties (from the start of the mission) to max your payout up to 0.48 GB per mission.
• Bounty can be dead or alive and mission difficulty doesn’t matter!

Free Roam Events/ PVP

• You will sometimes be invited to join free roam events.
• In free roam events/ PVP you can earn a steady flow of GB.
• I don’t like these modes personally but if you enjoy them it’s a decent way to grind!