Red Dead Redemption 2 Trophy Guide and Platinum Walkthrough

Lending a Hand

Complete every optional Honor story mission during the same normal playthrough. Mission replay is not a safe substitute. Keep positive honor because Chapter 6's “Do Not Seek Absolution” requires Honor rank 4.

The main chains to track are Money Lending and Other Sins, Good, Honest, Snake Oil, We Loved Once and True, The Course of True Love, Help a Brother Out, Brothers and Sisters, One and All, Fatherhood and Other Dreams, Do Not Seek Absolution, Of Men and Angels, Archeology for Beginners, Honor, Amongst Thieves, and Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow. Check the Story log before ending each chapter and keep chapter-start saves.

Friends With Benefits

Complete one qualifying companion activity in each of the Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 camps. Examples include Charles' hunt in Chapter 2, a robbery or fishing trip in Chapter 3, and a coach robbery or hunt in Chapter 4. Camp table games do not count. Finish the activity as soon as it appears, then keep the chapter save until the trophy unlocks.

Give to the Poor

Donate $250 of your own money or valuables to the camp tithing box. The amount is cumulative, but contributions from other gang members do not count. The box is available only in Chapters 2 through 4, so finish this before advancing beyond Chapter 4.

Errand Boy

Accept and complete five companion item requests during Chapters 2 through 4. Requests appear at different camp times and are easy to miss if you only return for story missions. Spend time around camp, speak to everyone, and deliver outstanding items before waiting for more requests.

Breaking and Entering Manual-Save Warning

Breaking and Entering is not one of the four officially listed missables, but homestead stashes can become unavailable if owners are killed or an encounter is handled incorrectly. Make a manual save before each robbery and recover four stashes during Chapters 2 and 3 where possible.

Gold Rush requires 70 gold medals from 104 story missions, so you can ignore your 34 worst missions. Favor short missions with simple accuracy, headshot, item-use, and time objectives. Build a shortlist of about 75 realistic missions to leave room for a few that prove unreliable.

Gold requirements appear only after a mission's first completion. Easy first-run medals still save time when you know the objectives in advance. Current versions generally carry your weapons and stats into replay, making cleanup less restrictive than at launch. Restart the mission after failing a key requirement instead of relying on a checkpoint, then confirm the medal before moving on.

Best in the West follows the game's Total Completion checklist rather than demanding literally everything. The major workloads include more than 200 collectible pickups, all 90 challenges, 10 complete Stranger strands, graves, legendary fish, hunting requests, gang content, table games, discovery targets, and 48 of the available weapons. Although 22 of the 26 Stranger strands can count, the trophy requirement is 10 completed strands.

Collector's Item needs only one eligible strand, with the 10 rock carvings usually being the quickest. Best in the West eventually requires much broader collectible cleanup, so use Progress > Total Completion instead of guessing what remains.

The animal trophies go beyond 100% completion. Zoologist requires every applicable compendium species to be studied, while Skin Deep requires every applicable skinnable species. Study an animal with binoculars before shooting whenever possible, then verify the entry in Progress > Compendium > Animals. Guarma-exclusive parrots, snakes, and the red-footed booby are not required. The Cuban land crab and green iguana can be found on the main map.

The Ghost of Tsushima trophy guide is a lighter open-world comparison with far less wildlife cataloging.

Red Dead Online contributes 17 trophy objectives, and the Platinum depends on every one. Rockstar listed the PlayStation 4 service as operational on July 12, 2026. Start with the introduction, then combine online story missions, Free Roam work, Series, Events, and Award progress while building the 175,300 XP needed for rank 50.

Use a partner for All's Fair and Strength in Numbers. For All's Fair, form separate posses, have one player start a counterable Free Roam mission, and let the other stop it after the rival notification appears. For Strength in Numbers, complete any Free Roam mission in a posse containing at least two members. The Real Deal must be done in public rounds with four or more players, so focus on objective modes where captures or deliveries can earn MVP even without the most eliminations.

Do not spend all your online cash early. Horses for Courses, Posse Up, and Home Comforts require stable slots, a persistent posse, and camp purchases. The RDR2 accounts catalog covers separate prebuilt profiles, so it does not transfer trophy credit to an existing PlayStation profile.

The RDR2 Gold and Cash category applies to an existing online economy. Currency can reduce the purchasing grind for horses, camp improvements, and a posse, but it does not replace the rank, MVP, event, crafting, or mission conditions.