Red Dead Redemption New Austin walkthrough

This Red Dead Redemption walkthrough will take you through the game's introductory missions in the arid plains of New Austin. You'll learn the basics of Red Dead Redemption and will get started on John Marston's journey of, well, redemption as searches for his former gang members to bring them to justice. It's quite a long chapter, with lots of missions that introduce you to various characters. These missions can also be completed in a different order (though the outcomes are always the same), so it's worth getting a bit of help with our Red Dead Redemption walkthrough for chapter 1 to avoid getting stuck. 

Prologue

  1. Exodus in America

Chapter 1

  1. New Friends, Old Problems
  2. Obstacles in our Path
  3. This is Armadillo, USA
  4. Political Realities in Armadillo
  5. Women and Cattle
  6. Wild Horses, Tamed Passions
  7. A Tempest Looms
  8. Justice in Pike's Basin
  9. Old Swindler Blues
  10. Spare the Rod, Spoil the Bandit
  11. The Burning
  12. Hanging Bonnie MacFarlane
  13. You Shall Not Give False Testimony, Except for Profit
  14. Exhuming and other Fine Hobbies
  15. Liars, Cheats, and Other Fine Americans
  16. Can a Swindler Change His Spots
  17. The Sport of Kings, and Liars
  18. A Gentle Drive With Friends
  19. Let the Dead Bury Their Dead
  20. A Frenchman, a Welshman, and an Irishman
  21. Man is Born Unto Trouble
  22. On Shaky's Ground
  23. The Assault on Fort Mercer
  24. We Shall Be Together in Paradise
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