Today we will be talking about All of the Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Codes. Games by Rockstar have always had a very big focus on using the cheats just to kind of have fun, going as far back as some of the early GTA games. Now there are a couple of rules that go along with cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2.
So just in case you’re wondering, a fair portion of the cheats can be entered at any time. Although some of them will require you to purchase newspapers from certain vendors as you’re going through the game, I’ll mention those specifically when we come across them.
Another thing is that you feel free to enter these cheats at any point during the game. However, as you activate the cheats, a couple of things will happen. First off, you will no longer be allowed to save your game, and you will also no longer be allowed to unlock achievements or trophies. So these are basically just gonna be there for you to have a little bit of fun and try out some new things.
How To Use Cheat Code In Red Dead Redemption 2
There’s a lot of flexibility and a lot of creativity you can apply to these cheats. However, keep in mind that the game will prevent you from saving, which also saves your butt in the end because you won’t actually be able to kind of screw yourself over and ruin your game save.
But additionally, you know there is that kind of caveat and that little thing holding you back in terms of using cheats. They’re just gonna be for fun.
Cheats are entered by going into the pause screen, going into settings, then choosing the cheat button, and then from there, you can press cheat in order to actually enter the cheat. All of the cheats are gonna be 100% case-sensitive as well, so keep that in mind.
Here are all the Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Codes:
A simple life, a beautiful death
So the first few cheats here all have to do with the weapons. If you type in “A simple life, a beautiful death,” this will enable the cheat code of basic weapons, which gives you a loadout of basic weapons, including a couple of pistols, I believe the Springfield rifle, as well as the Lancaster rifle.
If you want to test these out or play around with them, or you find yourself in a situation where you don’t have any weapons and you just kind of want to end your night, feel free to use this cheat.
Death is silence
The next one of the Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Codes is “Death is silence,” which is the cheat forgetting stealth weapons, and this grants us things like a machete, throwing knives, improve knives, poison knives, tomahawks, homing tomahawks as well as a silent bow in order to kill our enemies with.
History is written by fools
Next, we have the cheat “History is written by fools,” which allows us to outfit ourselves with gunslinger weapons, including the offhand holster, double action revolver, Schofield revolver, and a double-barreled shotgun.
Greed is American Virtue
Next, we have “Greed is American Virtue,” which is the first cheat that requires you to have a newspaper. This one can be purchased after completing chapter 3, and this cheat allows us to unlock heavy weapons. The weapons include a pump-action shotgun, bolt action rifle, Mauser pistol, and semi-automatic pistol to your inventory.
Abundance is the dullest desire
For our next cheat, we have “Abundance is the dullest desire” this one requires you to buy a newspaper available starting in chapter one and unlocks the ability for you to have infinite ammo, and this includes all of the ammo types as well as all of the consumable things like throwable dynamite or fire bottles.
You can go crazy with this once you get maximum explosive ammo. Shooting birds out of the sky is actually a lot of fun.
Vanity. All is vanity
“Vanity. All is vanity” cheat code unlocks all of the outfits at your camp within your wardrobe. So if you unlock this, you go to your camp and access your wardrobe. You’ll now be able to put on any outfit that you desire and edit that outfit in any way you desire. There are actually some really cool outfits in here.
The way I would recommend using this cheat is probably just to browse the outfits you like, figure out how to unlock the specific outfit you want, load your save backup and then try to go after that outfit specifically. There are some really cool outfits in here, and you can edit them in some pretty creative ways, actually.
Share
Next, we have the very simple cheat code of “Share.” This cheat code allows us to purchase all of the camp upgrades, which is basically every upgrade in the ledger, as well as increase the maximum supply levels.
Basically, you can unlock a bigger station for hitching horses, a fast travel station, and some other things. But I wouldn’t really see much use or value to this one, especially since you can’t save or get any kind of achievements or trophies once you activate it.
Greed is now a virtue
Next Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat code, we have the infinite money cheat that everyone loves Rockstar games for. It is “Greed is now a virtue,” and once you unlock that, you go to the cheat menu, and every time you click on it, it adds $500 to the bank.
You can click on it as many times as you want and basically just keep clicking on it until you are basically as rich as humanly possible. You can now go and experiment with the money, buy new guns, new horses, and new outfits, and do whatever you want with it until you close your game.
You revel in you disgrace, I see
Now the next three cheats are all related to honor levels. So if you want to decrease your honor, you can type in “You revel in you disgrace, I see,” and then when you set it, you’ll obviously reach the minimum amount of Honor. This cheat is actually kind of cool because the characters in the world will actually interact with you differently depending on your level of Honor.
Virtue Unearned is not virtue
On the opposite side of that, we have the ability to get the highest level of honor. This will also require you to have the newspaper that you earn after completing chapter 4. You’ll want to type in “Virtue Unearned is not virtue,” and when you activate that cheat, you will have a maximum honor rating.
Balance. All is balanced
Then you can also activate the cheat “Balance. All is balanced”, and this resets your honor meter to the neutral position.
Deadeye Level Cheat Codes
Now the next four cheats all go under the same category. So I’m just going to name them off one by one. One is “Make me better,” then we have “I still seek more,” next up, we have “I shall be better,” and then we have “I seek and I find.” And all four of these sheets are related to setting your Deadeye level to level two, three, four, or five.
Level two allows you to mark targets and Deadeye. Level three allows you to remain in Deadeye after firing. Level four allows you to highlight fatal areas, and then rank five allows you to highlight fatal and critical areas while in Deadeye. Now, after all, four of these are input, you can select what level you want and use that skill accordingly.
You flourish before you die
Next, we have a super simple cheat called “You flourish before you die.” This Read Dead Redemption cheat code sets your Health, Stamina, and Deadeye bars to full. Basically, just refills your Health, Stamina, and Deadeye. This one’s pretty much completely useless because you can get the same effect using in-game snacks and stuff like that. So I don’t know why you’d use this one.
Seek all the bounty of this place
Then we have the cheat “Seek all the bounty of this place.” This Red Dead Redemption cheat code increases your health, stamina, and Deadeye bar levels. Now what that means is it is actually a stat increase. There are eight levels of each of your skills. This bumps all of your skills to level eight instantly. So it pretty much maxes out your character stats right away.
A full-on command
Next, we have a pretty fun one which is “A full-on command” this one instantly makes you a little tipsy. So it basically gets your character in the state of having a couple of rums or whiskeys. Too many, everything gets a little bit blurry, a little bit foggy, and your balance is a little different. It’s fun just to try this one out, even if for, you know – one or two minutes.
Better than my dog
Next up, we have the “Better than my dog” cheat code. This increases your horse whistle range to any distance. Basically, what you can do is even if you’re across the entire map, you can now whistle, and your horse will respond and come towards you.
I guess this one would be decent if, for whatever reason, you lose your horse, you absolutely can’t find it. Maybe you just want to set your final goodbye before sending it off. You can whistle it back to you this way.
My kingdom is a horse
Next, we have the “My kingdom is a horse” cheat. This cheat code allows us to increase the horse bonding level of all of our owned horses to the maximum level. So any horse you have in a stable, or even any temporary horse you are currently riding, you can get to level 4 bond instantly by using this cheat.
I don’t know why you would do this necessarily, but maybe you just want to feel closer to your horse and are taking too long to get to the maximum bonding level.
You want something new
Next, we have the “You want something new” cheat. This Red Dead Redemption cheat code spawns a random horse, a random breed, with a random coat. It just spawns you a horse, you don’t know what you’re gonna get, and every time you do it, you do get something different as long as there’s enough space near you to actually spawn the horse. You can spawn like 30 horses if you really want.
Run! Run! Run!
Next, we are going to use the “Run! Run! Run!” cheat code. This cheat code spawns a racehorse, so this is gonna be a thoroughbred horse. It’s gonna be on the smaller and slimmer build, pretty muscular, pretty quick, if you need a quick horse to get you across the map.
You want more than you have
Then we have the “You want more than you have.” This Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat code spawns a superior horse, and this will specifically spawn a rose gray bay Arabian horse. It is gonna come in white color, and the breed is gonna be Arabian.
Keep your dreams light
Then we have the “Keep your dreams light,” which allows us to spawn a Buggy. And this will be a horse that has a cart behind it, which you can ride and show off in town.
Keep your dreams simple
Then we have the “Keep your dreams simple” cheat, which allows us to spawn a wagon. And a wagon is basically, you know, it’s just a wagon with one horse pulling that wagon. Again go into town, stunt on everyone in town, and show them what you got. There you go. If you want a wagon, you can ride one now.
You are a beast built for war
Now the next two cheats do have some spoilers, as you do need to complete the epilogue of the main story in order to buy the newspaper to unlock these. Now the first one is “You are a beast built for war,” and this spawns a warhorse which is of the Ardennes breed.
These horses are thick AF, and there are really huge horses, really big legs, really tall, they’re pretty cool-looking, you can ride it around. It’s just a really cool horse that you don’t get to encounter too often in the game. So this is one way to kind of experience the horse other than in one mission. I think in the game, they allow you to use it.
Would you be happier as a clown
Next, we have the “Would you be happier as a clown?” cheat code. This Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat code spawns a circus wagon. This one also requires you to have the newspaper that is attained after completing the epilogue.
And this one, as I said, spawns a circus wagon which is in relation to a side mission in the game, where one of the people comes from England with some circus animals, and this is their circus wagon. You can drive it around. I thought that was a pretty neat touch.
You want punishment
Then we have the “You want punishment” cheat code which basically just increases our wanted level. This one is pretty simple, essentially, once you do this, a crime gets reported on you, and then a bunch of cops comes after you. So feel free to do this if you want to shoot some of the Lawmen in the game.
You want freedom
On the opposite end of that, we have “You want freedom,” which is a cheat that decreases your wanted level, bringing you down to not wanted at all.
Eat of knowledge
Then we have the “Eat of knowledge” cheat code, which allows us to learn all of the craftable recipes. You will still require all of the ingredients to make these recipes, but this is a good way for you to learn all of them.
You can look through them and see what you’re missing and try to figure out how to maybe craft some new things you haven’t figured out yet. And yeah, you’ll just go to a fire and craft, and you should have some new options there you may have never had before.
You long for sight and see nothing
Next, we have the “You long for sight and see nothing” cheat code, which requires you to purchase a newspaper after Chapter three. And this is for the fog of war cheat, which reveals the entire map.
This is a pretty cool way to see some of the areas that you may not have already unlocked through natural progression. You can see all of the lakes, and all of the islands and the lakes without actually swimming through them, kind of cool.
The lucky be strong evermore
Next, we have the “The lucky be strong evermore” cheat code. This Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat code is only available after purchasing a newspaper that is available after completing Chapter five.
This one gives us infinite stamina, so when you sprint, instead of even seeing the bars of your stamina depleting, it just never shows up, and you can sprint forever. You can swim forever, and your horse has infinite stamina. You can do whatever you want, ride a boat, whip your horse, and you’re always good to go; you have infinite stamina with this one.
You Seek More Than The World Offers
Last but not least, we have the “You Seek More Than The World Offers” cheat code, which fortifies our health, stamina, and Deadeye bars. This is only available after chapter 6 and is required to have a newspaper. This one is another useless cheat code, as you can basically get the same effect from some of the potions in the game.
My Thoughts On Read Dead Redemption Cheat Codes
So there you go, that is all of the available cheats that are currently known. I think there are two cheats that I haven’t covered in this article that have yet to be discovered by the community. I will make sure to update the article with those cheat codes when they become available and known.
I was actually somewhat disappointed that there didn’t seem to be a cheat for changing the time of day or changing the weather. I thought it’d be cool if you could make it nighttime or daytime you didn’t have to sleep. I thought it’d be cool if you could make it a thunderstorm, or like super hot, or you know, snowing, or whatever.
I thought that’d be too cool cheats that they would have had included, and hopefully, you know, maybe, they spice things up with the online a little bit. I was a little bit disappointed by some of these cheat codes, but nonetheless, some of them were cool.
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