RDR2 Missables: Chapter-by-Chapter Checklist
Official Total Completion can largely be cleaned up after the story, but a truly complete save has missable content. Keep a manual save at the start of every chapter.
- Before advancing
- Manual save
- Chapters 2–4
- Companion activities
- Errand Boy
- 5 requests
- Honor
- Optional missions
- Master Roshi Technique
- Quick and easy
What these labels mean
- Master Roshi Technique
The best trick for completing that objective.
- Quick and easy
The quick route, with the steps needed to keep it simple.
RDR2’s official 100% Total Completion does not require every missable item or scene.
Official 100% is not the same as seeing everything.
You can finish the story and continue cleaning up the Total Completion menu.
A near-perfect save is different.
You can permanently miss:
- companion activities;
- camp requests;
- optional missions;
- unique weapons;
- hats;
- documents;
- Guarma wildlife;
- scenes;
- specific trophies or achievements.
The safest rule is simple:
make a manual save at the start of every chapter.
Keep it.
Quick answer
| If you care about… | Do this |
|---|---|
| Official 100% only | Most cleanup remains available after the story |
| Friends With Benefits | Complete one companion activity in Chapters 2, 3 and 4 |
| Errand Boy | Deliver 5 camp item requests |
| Give to the Poor | Donate a total of $250 before the camp donation box disappears |
| Lending a Hand | Complete optional Honor missions when they appear |
| Full Compendium | Record Guarma-exclusive wildlife |
| Unique weapons | Pick them up immediately |
| Near-perfect save | Check this list before ending every chapter |
The rule that prevents most mistakes
Quick and easyWhenever the gang moves to a new camp:
- make a manual save;
- talk to everyone;
- sleep and return at different times;
- do useful white companion markers;
- deliver pending requests;
- return to camp between major yellow missions.
Many RDR2 events depend on time of day, character availability and exact story progress.
Missable trophies and achievements
Four deserve special attention.
Friends With Benefits
Complete one companion activity in:
- Chapter 2;
- Chapter 3;
- Chapter 4.
One per camp is enough.
Errand Boy
Deliver 5 camp companion item requests.
Do this while Arthur’s camps are still active.
Give to the Poor
Donate a total of $250 to the gang donation box.
Multiple donations count.
Finish this before the box is no longer available.
Lending a Hand
Complete the optional Honor story missions.
Several are time-sensitive.
Do them when their markers appear.
CHAPTER 1 — Colter
Exploration is limited here.
Documents inside missions are the easiest things to leave behind.
Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?
Search the final train car before leaving.
Completionists can collect Cornwall-related documents there.
Loot first.
Continue afterward.
CHAPTER 2 — Horseshoe Overlook
This is where missables really begin.
Before leaving Horseshoe Overlook, check:
- companion activities;
- camp item requests;
- optional missions;
- camp documents;
- Pearson’s Scout Jacket if you want it.
Chapter 2 companion activities
Clear examples include:
- hunting with Charles;
- home robbery with Javier;
- Five Finger Fillet with Lenny.
For Friends With Benefits:
complete at least one.
Chapter 2 requests
Requests can come from characters including:
- Abigail;
- Jack;
- Javier;
- Mary-Beth;
- Pearson;
- Sean;
- Dutch.
Errand Boy needs five delivered requests overall.
For a completionist save, trigger as many as you can.
Pearson’s Scout Jacket
Pearson can request an unskinned rabbit carcass during Chapter 2.
His reward is the unique blue Scout Jacket.
When the request appears:
- accept it;
- get an intact rabbit;
- do not skin it;
- give it to Pearson.
Do not leave this for the Epilogue.
We Loved Once and True
Read Mary’s letter in Arthur’s tent.
Complete the strand when it appears if you want all of Arthur’s story content.
Money Lending and Other Sins
Complete Strauss’s optional debt collections.
The strand continues through later chapters and matters for Lending a Hand.
Good, Honest, Snake Oil
This Valentine bounty mission is another optional Honor-story requirement.
Before Chapter 3
- One companion activity complete.
- Camp requests checked.
- Progress toward five Errand Boy deliveries.
- Progress toward $250 donated.
- Mary’s letter checked.
- Strauss checked.
- Pearson checked if you want the Scout Jacket.
- Keep a Horseshoe Overlook manual save.
CHAPTER 3 — Clemens Point
Use the same routine.
Return to camp at different times.
Companion activities
Chapter 3 can include:
- Five Finger Fillet with Micah;
- Dominoes with Tilly;
- Home Robbery with Sean;
- fishing with Javier;
- fishing with Kieran;
- Coach Robbery with Bill;
- Coach Robbery with Sean.
For Friends With Benefits:
complete one.
Money Lending and Other Sins IV
Check Strauss.
Complete the available debt work before leaving the chapter.
The Course of True Love
Follow the Penelope and Beau strand as it appears.
Rare Rolling Block Rifle
During Magicians for Sport, an enemy carries the unique Rare Rolling Block Rifle.
Loot it during the mission. Leave without the rifle and you may lose your chance.
Before Chapter 4
- One Chapter 3 companion activity complete.
- Strauss checked.
- Rare Rolling Block Rifle collected.
- Camp requests checked.
- Clemens Point manual save kept.
CHAPTER 4 — Shady Belle
This is the final camp needed for Friends With Benefits.
Complete one companion activity here.
Companion activities
These can include:
- hunting with Pearson;
- Coach Robbery with Lenny;
- Coach Robbery with Micah;
- cattle rustling with Uncle.
Charles’s bank robbery is edition-specific content and is not required for Friends With Benefits.
Help a Brother Out
Find Brother Dorkins in Saint Denis.
Complete the mission for the Honor chain.
Brothers and Sisters, One and All
This follows Help a Brother Out.
Complete it before pushing too far through the chapter.
It also connects to later Sister Calderon content.
Fatherhood and Other Dreams
Check Mary’s letter.
This is Arthur-specific and time-sensitive.
Money Lending and Other Sins V
Check Strauss again.
Before Banking, the Old American Art
Before Banking, the Old American Art: save. Do not overwrite it.
That is your fallback before Guarma.
If you discover later that you missed a macaw or boa, this save is far better than restarting the game.
Checklist:
- Chapter 4 companion activity complete.
- Help a Brother Out complete.
- Brothers and Sisters, One and All complete.
- Fatherhood and Other Dreams complete.
- Strauss checked.
- Important requests delivered.
- $250 donated for Give to the Poor.
- Manual save before the bank robbery.
CHAPTER 5 — Guarma
If you only want official 100%:
the exclusive wildlife is not required.
For a fully filled Animal Compendium:
stop here and do it now.
Main wildlife checklist
- Blue and Yellow Macaw;
- Great Green Macaw;
- Scarlet Macaw;
- Red-footed Booby;
- Red Boa;
- Rainbow Boa;
- Sunglow Boa.
You can also record the Fer-de-Lance while you are there.
It can appear later around Stillwater Creek, but Guarma is a useful opportunity.
The Green Turtle can produce a journal sketch, although it does not occupy a normal Animal Compendium slot.
Sun Hat
Guarma soldiers can wear a permanently savable Sun Hat.
Get one here if you want every missable/stolen hat.
Official 100% does not require it.
CHAPTER 6 — Beaver Hollow
Many Arthur-only optional missions cluster here.
Do not rush toward the ending if you care about Lending a Hand or a complete Arthur save.
Do Not Seek Absolution
This requires sufficiently high Honor.
Look for Edith Downes in Annesburg.
Complete both parts.
The Course of True Love IV and V
Check the relevant letter at camp.
Finish the strand.
Archaeology for Beginners
Agree to help Rains Fall when the story gives you the choice.
His mission becomes available afterward.
Owl Feather Trinket
During Archaeology for Beginners, recover the items without killing the soldiers.
Use stealth.
Rains Fall can then reward Arthur with the Owl Feather Trinket.
Honor, Amongst Thieves
When Captain Monroe asks for help during Archaeology for Beginners:
accept.
That unlocks the follow-up.
Of Men and Angels
If you completed the Brother Dorkins / Sister Calderon content, return to Saint Denis when this becomes available.
Do it before pushing the story forward.
Money Lending and Other Sins VI and VII
Check Strauss.
These parts belong to a specific Chapter 6 window.
Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow
Complete Sadie’s optional parts before the chapter closes.
Charlotte Balfour
If you begin Charlotte’s encounters as Arthur, complete the strand.
Leaving her halfway through can change what happens by the Epilogue.
Keep this Arthur save
Before:
Our Best Selves
make a manual save.
Do not overwrite it.
That gives you a late Chapter 6 Arthur save with the open world still available.
What official 100% does not care about
You can miss things such as:
- Pearson’s Scout Jacket;
- exclusive Guarma animals;
- Sun Hat;
- Rare Rolling Block Rifle;
- camp requests;
- many companion activities;
and still reach official Total Completion.
Specific trophies and a perfect-save run are stricter.
Saves worth keeping
Save 1
Start of Chapter 2.
Save 2
Start of Chapter 3.
Save 3
Start of Chapter 4.
Save 4
Before Banking, the Old American Art.
Save 5
During the safe Guarma window.
Save 6
Start of Chapter 6.
Save 7
Before Our Best Selves.
That looks excessive until you notice a missing snake thirty hours later.
Minimum checklist for a low-stress run
- One companion activity in Chapter 2.
- One in Chapter 3.
- One in Chapter 4.
- Five item requests delivered.
- $250 donated.
- Optional Honor missions completed as they appear.
- Rare Rolling Block Rifle collected.
- Guarma cleared if you want the full Compendium.
- Late Chapter 6 Arthur save kept.
Frequently asked questions
Is RDR2’s official 100% missable?
Official Total Completion can be finished after the story.
Optional content and specific trophies can still be missed.
Is Friends With Benefits missable?
Yes.
Complete one companion activity in Chapters 2, 3 and 4.
Do I need every companion activity?
No.
One in each of those three chapters is enough for the trophy.
Is Errand Boy missable?
Yes.
Deliver five camp requests while they remain available.
Are Guarma animals required for 100%?
No.
Are they needed for a fully filled Animal Compendium?
The Guarma-exclusive species matter if you want every normal animal entry.
Is the Rare Rolling Block Rifle missable?
Yes.
Pick it up during Magicians for Sport.
Which manual saves matter most?
Keep one before Banking, the Old American Art and one before Our Best Selves.
More RDR2 guides
What to Do in Guarma Before Leaving
Sources
Red Dead Wiki — Missable Content in Redemption 2.
PowerPyx — Red Dead Redemption 2 Trophy Guide & Roadmap.
Steam Community — Story Mode Missables.
RDR2 community — Updated 100% Missables Guide.
Last verified: October 5, 2026.