Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a retcon-filled prequel to the previous-generation Red Dead Redemption. It covers the Van der Linde gang's desperate attempt for survival, and it has an epilogue where you play as some guy who Rockstar's "attention to detail" couldn't make his model look like John Marston.

This game is yet another impressive technical achievement in video games, but sadly, it had a huge neglect from Rockstar's part as every update made its story mode increasingly more broken and content got removed post-release.

Prerelease Info Unused AnimationsA lip reading expert would be useful to decipher these people's silent mouth movements. Unused AudioTired of listening to Dutch's plans? Here are other things to hear. Unused TextThis is going to take a while to telegraph... CharactersHistory won't remember them. LocationsArthur and John's strength combined is sadly not enough to open the door to these places. ItemsTrinkets you can't get?! Treasure hunters are left hungry. MissionsOur journey would continue for longer if it was allowed. AnimalsEverything from camels to monkeys, and even the Loch Ness Monster. MinigameOur gamer skills could've been used for more physical games. WeaponsMore of those wonderful instruments to inflict harm on living beings. MiscellaneousIt's a big world out there, even if it's not completely seen.

Unused Items#

Various normally-unobtainable items can be spawned in the game using save editors or trainers.

Crows Garlic
A cut herb named Crows Garlic. The player can eat or pick it like the rest of the herbs, however, eating it doesn't give any effect and picking it does not give any provisions in the satchel.

Saltbush
Another cut herb, named Saltbush. Unlike Crows Garlic, it cannot be picked up at all, as the game for some reason thinks the player already has privisions of this plant in the satchel. Just like the previous case, eating it does not give any effect, and performing this action also causes a minor glitch where this herb briefly re-appears on the ground it was picked up from.

Bank Credit Letter
This letter item is given to John in the mid-mission cutscene of "Home of the Gentry?", where he is even seen putting it inside his satchel. But despite that, this document oddly never appears in the player's inventory. The transcription of its text can be found in global.yldb under the ID UI_LETTER_MARSTON_BANK.

Bluewater Marsh Coach Tip (1907)
This note is a variation of the one that is given by Alden in "The Mercies of Knowledge - II". This, along with unused audio show that this mission strand was originally meant to also be available to be played as John in the Epilogue. The text is slightly different from its 1899 counterpart and its transcript is found in global.yldb under the ID UI_COACH_AMB6.

1899	1907 (Unused)

H. Fischer's Homes Catalogue
It's unknown where precisely this note item would have been received from, but it advertises the catalogue from which John buys Beecher's Hope in the intro cutscene of "The Tool Box", the house image seen here can also be seen on the catalogue during said cutscene. In global.yldb, the ID of the text's transcript is UI_NOTE_BEECHERS.

Letter from Abigail
This letter item is seen and is read in one of the mid-mission cutscenes of "Motherhood", and the player does not receive it in the satchel despite John being shown keeping it for himself.

Letter from Mr. Pearson (1907)
Not to be confused with the same-name non-readable letter that the player temporarily has in "Further Questions of Female Suffrage". The player is supposed to receive this letter item in Beecher's Hope like how it happens after the reunion with Tilly, in one of the conversations when meeting Pearson in Rhodes he says he will send John a letter, but it never actually happens and this is not seen.

Letter to Professor Schliffen
This letter item is obtained by looting any foreman character, but since the foremen are not used in the final game, this letter goes unseen as a result.

Letter to the Governor
This letter item is received from looting the Wapiti Official, but since that character is unused, so is this letter. The transcript of it is located in global.yldb under the ID UI_LETTER_WAPITI_AGENT.

Scarlet Fever Handbill
This handbill item is rather interesting because it's one of the many things that show that Arthur was originally meant to be able to visit New Austin: it's similar to the Cholera Handbill and it's seems like it might've also been handed out by the Armadillo Town Crier, multiple dialogue lines and the 12th buyable newspaper issues confirm that in the game's lore Armadillo had a Scarlet Fever outbreak in 1899 before the Cholera one in 1907.

Unused Textures#

Carved text saying "IS IT STRENGTH OR TRUE WEAKNESS?", a scrapped cheat code. It's unknown what was meant to be the effect of this cheat.

Location	Filename	Texture
levels_3.rpf\levels\rdr3\props\lev_des\s_lev_des_mission.rpf\s_cheatcode_iisotw+hidr.ytd	s_cheatcode_generic_light_abs_cheatcode_strengthorweak_al

The texture of an unused photograph that was meant to be given to the player in "The Noblest of Men, and a Woman" and was related to a cut fifth gunslinger mission of said strand, which involved Frank Heck, who still has various mentions in the final game and even his Cigarette Card and comic book. Curiously, the text hints the player to look for Heck in Saint Denis, but other leftovers of the mission indicates the mission was instead going to take place in the Tumbleweed Saloon, so it seems the its location was changed during development.

Here is a transcript of the text in this texture:

Location	Filename	Texture
levels_3.rpf\levels\rdr3\props\lev_des\s_set_pieces.rpf\s_pic_gunslingerfrank01x+hidr.ytd	s_pic_gunslingerfrank01x_ab

Leftover mission markers from Grand Theft Auto V's multiplayer mode Grand Theft Auto Online.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	air_race_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	arm_wrestling_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	basejump_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	bike_race_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	capture_the_flag_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	corona_marker
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	corona_point
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	corona_shade
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	custom_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	darts_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	deathmatch_marker_256
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	foot_race_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	gangattack_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	golf_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	land_race_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	last_team_standing_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	off_road_race_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	pilot_school_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	sea_race_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	shooting_range_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	survival_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	teamdeathmatch_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	tennis_icon
textures_0.rpf\textures\script_txds.rpf\mpmissmarkers256.ytd	vehicledeathmatch_icon

A map blip for a riverboat. Its purpose is unknown, but maybe the Grand Korrigan, which is always marked on the map, was meant to have a purpose in freeroam?

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_ambient_riverboat
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_ambient_riverboat

A map blip for Fence Building, which, as shown by unused text, was a minigame that got cut.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_fence_building
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_fence_building

A map blip for dropped plants. In the actual game, plants are not items that can be dropped on the ground.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_plant
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_plant

The banks around the map were supposed to be marked with this blip because, as shown by unused text, they were supposed to have the purpose to let the player exchange gold for money.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_proc_bank
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_proc_bank

A map blip for locked houses. There actually are some houses with locked doors that the player can use the Lock Breaker to get past them, but it's unknown if this blip was meant for those places.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_proc_home_locked
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_proc_home_locked

As also shown by unused text, the blacksmiths around the map were meant to be places where the player could shop at, and they were meant to be marked with this blip.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_shop_blacksmith
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_shop_blacksmith

A map blip that, has shown by unused text, was meant to mark Saint Denis Market. This implies that the place was meant to have more purposes besides being the location of a Butcher and a Trapper.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_shop_market_stall
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_shop_market_stall

A map blip meant for the Epilogue chapters and that, as shown by unused text, was related to feeding animals. There are Chores in Beecher's Hope about feeding animals, but this seems to have been a separate activity.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_summer_feed
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_summer_feed

A map blip for the Epilogue chapters. Its exact purpose is unknown, but unused text labels it as "Ranching".

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_summer_guard
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\blips.ytd	blip_summer_guard

Inventory icon for a cut consumable item: a health serum.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	consumable_health_serum
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	consumable_health_serum

The inventory icon for the cut Salt Bush herb.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	consumable_herb_saltbush
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	consumable_herb_saltbush

Inventory icon for a cut consumable item: a poison tonic.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	consumable_poison_tonic
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	consumable_poison_tonic

Inventory icon for a cut item: brass knuckles.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	kit_brass_knuckles
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	kit_brass_knuckles

Inventory icon for a cut shaving kit item that was separate from the one found at the player's caravan/homes (which can't be picked up).

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	kit_shaving_kit
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	kit_shaving_kit

Inventory icon of a a cut item: a chicken egg.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_chicken_egg
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_chicken_egg

Inventory icon showing one of the Guarma relics of which their models are unused. There are no icons depicting the other three relics, so whether this one was meant to be shared between all of them is unknown.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_lost_relic
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_lost_relic

Inventory icon for a cut item: regular pirate rum. In the actual game, only Aged Pirate Rum can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_pirate_rum
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_pirate_rum

Inventory icon for reading glasses, a cut Valuable item that, despite not being in the final game, is still mentioned in the camp ledger as something that gets donated by the Van der Linde gang.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_reading_glasses
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_reading_glasses

Inventory icon for a cut item: rotten meat.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_rotten_meat
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_rotten_meat

Trinkets#

A large number of trinkets were cut from the game, their models and icons can be seen below:

Inventory icon for the Alligator Skin Trinket, a cut trinket.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_alligator_skin
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_alligator_skin

Inventory icon for the Asteroid Chunk Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_asteroidchunktrinket.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_asteroid_chunk
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_asteroid_chunk

Inventory icon for the Badger Claw trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_badgerclawtrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_badger_claw
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_badger_claw

Inventory icon for the Bat Wing Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_batwingtrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bat_wing
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bat_wing

Inventory icon for the Bear Heart Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_bearhearttrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bear_heart
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bear_heart

Inventory icon for the Bobcat Claw Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_bobcatclaw01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bobcat_claw
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bobcat_claw

Inventory icon for the Bull Gator Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_bullgatortrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bull_gator
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bull_gator

Inventory icon for the Bull Horn Trinket, a trinket that can be seen in the actual game but the player is not able to actually get it.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bull_horn
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_bull_horn

Inventory icon for the Condor Beak Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_condorbeaktrinket.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_condor_beak
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_condor_beak

Inventory icon for the Crane Feather Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_cranefeathertrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_crane_feather
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_crane_feather

Inventory icon for the Deputy Star Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_deputystartrinket01x.ydr) can be found. Curiously, this artwork shows a different design than one seen in the aforementioned object, that one is more elaborate and made out of multiple badges (here it's just one).

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_deputy_star
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_deputy_star

Inventory icon for the Duck Feather Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_duckfeather01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_duck_feather
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_duck_feather

Inventory icon for the Flower Spun Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_inv_trinket_flower_spun.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_flower_spun
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_flower_spun

Inventory icon for the Futuristic Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_futuristictrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_futuristic
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_futuristic

Inventory icon for the Ghost Alligator Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_ghostaligatortrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_ghost_alligator
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_ghost_alligator

Inventory icon for the Giant Boar Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_giantboartrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_giant_boar
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_giant_boar

Inventory icon for the Giant Rabbit Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_giantrabbittrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_giant_rabbit
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_giant_rabbit

Inventory icon for the Gila Monster Tooth Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_gilamonstertrinket.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_gilamonster_tooth
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_gilamonster_tooth

Inventory icon for the Heron Feather Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_heronfeathertrinket.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_heron_feather
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_heron_feather

Inventory icon for the Ornate Gold Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_ornategoldtrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_ornate_gold
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_ornate_gold

Inventory icon for the Oxen Horn Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_oxenhorntrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_oxen_horn
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_oxen_horn

Inventory icon for the Panther Claw Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_pantherclawtrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_panther_claw
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_panther_claw

Inventory icon for the Precious Silver Trinket, a cut trinket.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_precious_silver
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_precious_silver

Inventory icon for the Rabbit's Foot Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_inv_trinket_rabtft01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_rabbits_foot
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_rabbits_foot

Inventory icon for the Raccoon Claw Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_raccoonclaw01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_raccoon_claw
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_raccoon_claw

Inventory icon for the Squirrel Tooth Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_squirreltoothtrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_squirrel_tooth
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_squirrel_tooth

Inventory icon for the Toad Leg Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_toadlegtrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_toad_leg
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_toad_leg

Inventory icon for the Worn Mayan Trinket, a cut trinket of which an unused model (s_mayantrinket01x.ydr) can be found.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_worn_mayan
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	provision_trinket_worn_mayan

Inventory icon for a cut upgrade item: a large quiver. As shown in Trailer 2, originally Arthur/John had quivers hanging from them instead of pulling arrows seemingly out of nowhere, and the existence of this indicates that it might have been planned for the player to be able to carry less arrows until this was bought.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	upgrade_large_quiver
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\inventory_items.ytd	upgrade_large_quiver

"Compendium Updated" icon for a bobcat, an animal that is present in the first Red Dead Redemption but didn't make it into this game's vast amount of animals.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	animal_bobcat
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	animal_bobcat

"Compendium Updated" icons for two species of shark, a hammerhead one and a tiger shark, both of which were cut. However, their models do appear in the actual game, unseen due to them being present in normally-unreachable parts of Guarma, and they can't be interacted with, so these icons are not seen at all. Selection icons and photo textures for them cannot be found in the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	animal_shark_hammerhead
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	animal_shark_tiger
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	animal_shark_hammerhead
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	animal_shark_tiger

Pick up icon for a cut item: the Bobcat Claw, which was obviously meant to be received from the cut bobcat animal, as it did in the first Red Dead Redemption.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	provision_bobcat_claws
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	provision_bobcat_claws

Pick up icon for another cut item that was meant to be gotten from the also-cut bobcat animal: the Bobcat Fur.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	provision_bobcat_fur
textures_0.rpf\textures\ui_textures.rpf\satchel_textures.ytd	provision_bobcat_fur

A location HUD icon for Tempest Rim, the part of Ambarino that the player is not able to reach by normal means. Even if the players manages to reach that area, this icon does not appear due to it not being programmed in.

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui\ui_hud.rpf\feed_location.ytd	landmark_tempest_rim
textures_1.rpf\textures\ui\ui_hud.rpf\feed_location.ytd	landmark_tempest_rim

A location HUD icon for "Tallulah Jetty", a settlement place that, as it says here, was meant to be in Roanoke Ridge but is nowhere to be found in the final game. This location can be seen marked on an early map that got leaked before the game's release, where it's shown it was planned to be the hideout of an enemy gang, and despite that no longer being the case, there is still a mention of this in the final game by a newspaper with an article labeled "Tallulah Jetty Gang Killed".

Location	Filename	Texture
hd_0.rpf\hd\textures\ui\ui_hud.rpf\feed_location.ytd	settlement_tallulah_jetty
textures_1.rpf\textures\ui\ui_hud.rpf\feed_location.ytd	settlement_tallulah_jetty

The Log menu blip for the cut mission of "The Noblest of Men, and a Woman" strand, "FH" obviously standing for Frank Heck (duh). This is the only "RGUN4" blip that did not get deleted from the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf\textures\ui\ui_hud.rpf\toast_log_blips.ytd	blip_rc_gunslinger_4

A different version of the Billy Midnight Photograph item received in "The Noblest of Men, and a Woman". Apart from Midnight's photo itself being different, it also has different text that shows his mission had its plot changed during development: instead of him being on the train and the player going to Rhodes Station to search for him, originally Midnight was running an establishment in Annesburg and the player had to visit him there. Midnight's Saloon, the place that was going to be property of this gunslinger, got renamed and in the final game it's called Mitternachtsbierhalle.

Here is a transcription of this photo's text:

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf\textures\ui\ui_itemviewer.rpf\ui_doc_gunslinger3_note.ytd	ui_doc_gunslinger3_note

The Animals Compendium selection icon for the cut bobcat animal. No photo texture for it can be found in the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_animals.ytd	animal_bobcat

A Weapons Compendium photo for the cannon seen at Fort Wallace during the mission "The King's Son". No selection icon for it can be found in the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	cmpndm_breach_cannon_photo

Weapons Compendium photo and selection icon for the Electrostatic Detector used in the Stranger mission "A Bright Bouncing Boy - II".

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	cmpndm_electrostatic_detector_photo
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	weapon_kit_detector

A Weapons Compendium photo for the Gatling Guns found at Fort Mercer during the gang hideout there. No selection icon for it can be found in the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	cmpndm_gatling_gun_photo

A Weapons Compendium photo for the Maxim Gun that's seen in multiple missions. No selection icon for it can be found in the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	cmpndm_maxim_gun_photo

Weapons Compendium photo and selection icon for the Moonshine Jug used in the mission "The Fine Joys of Tobacco".

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	cmpndm_moonshine_jug_photo
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	weapon_moonshinejug

A Weapons Compendium photo for the cannon that's seen at Cinco Torres during the mission "Hell Hath No Fury". No selection icon for it can be found in the files.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/cmpndm_weapons.ytd	cmpndm_revolving_cannon_photo

A thumbnail for a cut Chapter 4 mission that took place between "The Gilded Cage" (ind1) and "A Fine Night of Debauchery" (ind3) and, as other leftovers show, it involved setting up the bank heist in Saint Denis, with Arthur and Micah helping Hosea and Abigail to test the police response as a way to contribute to the gang's reconnaissance (which is mentioned by Dutch but happens off-screen in the final game). This shows a small glimpse of what the mission looked like, with Arthur being seen planting in one of the pillars of the dock below the Cornwall Freight and Commodities building.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_5.ytd	mission_ind2

Note that this is NOT the same thumbnail used for the mission "Archeology for Beginners", that is separate texture located in sp_missions_9.ytd. This is supposed to be the thumbnail for the aforementioned removed "NTV0" mission, but for unknown reasons, instead of showing a screenshot of said mission the texture itself is a duplicate of the thumbnail of "Archeology for Beginners".

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf\textures\ui\ui_pausemenu.rpf\sp_missions_6.ytd	mission_ntv0

A thumbnail for a cut Chapter 5 mission that was meant to be the first one in the Smuggler strand and took place before "Hell Hath No Fury" (smg2). Arthur's actor Roger Clark mentioned in an interview that the mission involved the gang saving Leon Fuentes' niece, which fits this image showing her in a boat alongside Arthur and Bill.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_7.ytd	mission_smg1

The thumbnail for the cut Frank Heck mission of "The Noblest of Men, and a Woman" strand. As this image and other leftovers show, the mission took place inside the Tumbleweed saloon.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_16.ytd	mission_rgun4

The old thumbnail for the Herman Zizendorf bounty mission, utilized during development before the mission was cut from the original 2018 release and eventually readded with the PC version and console updates, can be found in textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_21.ytd. The thumbnail used in the actual game is found in update_4.rpf\x64\patch\textures\ui\ui_pausemenu.rpf\sp_missions_tu.ytd, and apart from them clearly showing different parts of the mission it can also be seen that the old thumbnail was taken when the Epilogue still had John's NPC model instead of the player model that can be seen in-game and on the used image.

mission_rbt21 (textures_1.rpf, unused)	mission_rbt21 (update_4.rpf, used)

Thumbnails for scrapped item requests. They have placeholder textures that did not get updated to show in-game screenshots like the other requests. Two of these are for item requests that would've been given by Strauss and Trelawny, who don't give item requests in the final game. As previously mentioned, the reading glasses that Strauss would've requested are not an item in the final game. The image for the Susan request seen here is a different one from the one used in the actual game for her seasoning herbs request (mission_irsuse), so whether this was a placeholder of that texture and was for some reason made a separate one or this was for a separate request is unknown.

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_22.ytd	mission_irstrg
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_22.ytd	mission_irsuyr
textures_1.rpf/textures/ui/ui_pausemenu.rpf/sp_missions_22.ytd	mission_irtret

Regional Differences#

The subtitles speaker text string for Agent Milton, located in the global.yldb text file, is completely different in Japanese compared to the rest of the game's languages: instead of having the chracter's last name, the written katakana for some reason spell out Jim (ジム). This name being assigned to him is wrong because, as seen in other parts of the game, this character's actual first name is Andrew. A possible explanation for the name difference is that while translating this string the Japanese localizers may have somehow confused the fake name used by John throughout the Epilogue (Jim Milton) as Agent Milton's name.

Revisional Differences#

To do: Document the notorious case of John having a more character-accurate Epilogue model in 1.00 If a difference here does not have a version specified, try to find out when said change was made.

Rockstar being Rockstar, those "patches" involve breaking story mode features and removing content post-release. —Arthur Morgan

Notes:

• Versions 1.00 through 1.13 are exclusive to the console releases.
• To play version 1.00 in the physical releases, it's required to uninstall the game, install it again, and avoid downloading the latest patch afterwards.

Lasso Kill Lowering Animal Quality#

In the unpatched console releases (1.00), killing animals with a knife after lassoing them drops the quality of pelt/carcass to 1 star. Patches changed this and now killing animals with this method doesn't affect the quality.

Facial Hair Growth System#

Originally, all parts of Arthur/John's facial grew evenly, but this mechanic later became broken in an update and now each section of facial hair has a different length during the process of growing.

Newspaper Vendors and "Letter to Ma" Document#

In version 1.00, the unattackable newspaper vendeors are not invincible. And while it's not the easiet thing to pull off, it's possible to knock out the one in Valentine by pushing him under the stairs of the gunsmith building, and looting the body gives the player the Document item "Letter to Ma". This item is programmed to be given by any looted newspaper vendor, but there aren't any methods to knock out the ones outside of Valentine.

Ever since 1.02 they became completely invincible and getting them under the stairs gets them teleported out of there, but this was a rather reckless move by the developers as it resulted in the "Letter to Ma" item becoming completely unobtainable by normal means. It's possible to get this Document in the patched console versions or the PC release by using a save editor.

Here is the texture and the text for "Letter to Ma".

Location	Filename	Texture
textures_1.rpf\textures\ui\ui_itemviewer.rpf\	ui_letter_newsboy

Bounty Hunter Kill Lowering Honor#

In version 1.00, killing a bounty hunter results in the player losing Honor. Starting from the launch day patch, 1.02, bounty hunters are not a type of character that makes the player lose Honor upon killing.

Player Fall Impact Face Animation#

Arthur and John originally had an animation that their face did when hitting the ground after a fall. In a patch that came out later, intentionally or not, this animation got disabled and Arthur/John do not react to falling anymore and instead have their regular expression painted on their face when it happens.

Oddities#

"An Honest Mistake" Uncle's John O'Creagh voice#

As mentioned by Roger Clark in multiple interviews, initially John O'Creagh was the actor of Uncle but after he passed away during the game's development. James McBride was brought to do the rest of the acting. This also resulted in the majority of O'Creagh's performance getting replaced, but not everything was updated and small bits of O'Creagh's voice made it to the final game.

In the mission "An Honest Mistake", Uncle can be heard saying these few lines voiced by John O'Creagh due to the developers seemingly missing them during the process of updating the dialogue to have James McBride's voice.

Beaver Hollow Flashback FIN1_MCS7 Removed Dialogue#

One of the flashback sounds heard in the Epilogue when visiting the former camp location in Beaver Hollow has the audio of the "Red Dead Redemption" cutscene that happens before the camp shootout (FIN1_MCS7), and it's interesting because a part that got removed from the actual cutscene can be heard: in it, Dutch called John "my precious boy", which would've drawn parallel with how Rains Fall previously used that same phrase in the intro cutscene of "My Last Son".

Character "Murmur" Sounds#

Some of the Van der Linde gang's members have murmur sounds which are located in audio\sfx\S_VOFX.rpf and are heard in the distance when the player walks around the camps.

JACK_MURMUR.awc
Jack's murmur sounds have a different actor voicing the 1899 version of this character, and he arguably sounds like a more authentic 4-year-old than the voice he has in the final game (though whether he is being voiced by an actual child in these sounds is unknown).

UNCLE_MURMUR.awc
Uncle's murmur sounds have more of John O'Creagh's performance. Here it can be seen that this actor was portraying the character in a way that was more similar to the grumpy tone of Spider Madison, Uncle's actor in the first Red Dead Redemption, whereas in the final game James McBride gave a different and overall more cheerful line delivery for the character.

Aberdeen Grandmother/Mother Picture#

The picture in Aberdeen Pig Farm that the player interacts with to retrieve the money stolen during said location's encounter has a painting of a woman that is referred by Bray and Tammy's dialogue as "Momma". However, the picture's textures have "grandma" in their name, which possibly implies that originally this was meant to be the Aberdeen couple's grandmother.

Location	Filename	Texture
levels_3.rpf\levels\rdr3\props\lev_des\s_set_pieces.rpf\s_abe_grandmapic01x+hidr.ytd	s_abe_grandmapic01x_ab2

References#