[Top 10] RDO Best Missions Every Player Should Do

Updated:

16 May 2022

Let’s take you through the best missions in the Wild West.

Story missions and side missions are among the best ways to make money and level up early on. Some high-profile missions are even great when you’ve invested a lot of time in the game. There are also missions that’ll reward you with some quick cash and XP. Here’s our list of the best ones.

10. Honor Among Horse Thieves

Honor Among Horse Thieves is the first story mission, after the introduction. Horley suggested you go see Clay Davies, a horse thief, to learn the ins and outs of the horse-rustling trade. This is the only story mission in Red Dead Online, besides the introduction and the two meetings with Horley in Blackwater, that cannot be replayed.

9. Highly Illegal And Highly Moral

This mission is only available to players who are honorable. Marshal Davies will ask you to meet him near Van Horn. He is on the trail of Alfredo Montez and he wants to finish things. This is one of the missions in the Path of the Gunslinger.

8. These Bastards Can Fight

This one is a part of the Path of the Outlaw. It is only available to players who are dishonorable. Here Samson Finch asks the protagonist to steal a stagecoach and uniforms to set up for the robbery.

7. Banks Don't Rob Themselves

It is only available to players who are dishonorable. In this mission, Samson Finch asks the protagonist to help to rob the Lemoyne National Bank. This is the final mission of the Path of the Outlaw.

6. The Hanging Of Tom Davies

This mission is only available to players who are honorable. Here you’ll find Old Man Jones needs your help. Marshal Davies has been taken and it won't be long before he is hanged. Your job is to stop the hanging. This is the finale of the path of the Gunslinger.

5. Kill Them, Each and Every One

This one is a LeClerk mission. It is given by Horley and can be played regardless of the player's honor. You will be told to meet Horley and Mrs. LeClerk south of Armadillo. The man who killed her husband may be holed up nearby. You’ll be in a huge fight in Fort Mercer and Jessica LeClerk shoots Teddy Brown in the forehead.

4. Destroyed By Grief

Destroyed By Grief is the final story mission in Red Dead Online. It is given by Horley and can be played regardless of the player's honor. Here Jessica LeClerk wants the player to escort her to a meet set up by Amos Lancing. You’ll escort her and fight alongside her in a shootout at Blackwater. In the end, Jessica will shoot Amos Lancing in the chest.

3. Stranger Missions

Stranger missions are done completely in Free Roam and can be done alone or with a posse. They are unlocked after "Honor Among Horse Thieves" and award cash, gold, and XP, in addition to increasing or decreasing the player's honor depending on the mission type. Other players can interfere with these missions and attempt to sabotage them to receive rewards of their own. There isn't a limited number of stranger missions.

2. A New Source of Employment (Telegram Missions)

Telegram missions were added to the game with the “A New Source of Employment” DLC. These missions are for experienced players. There are three missions in the DLC.

Telegram Missions

"Outrider"
"A One Horse Deal"
"Rich Pickings"

1. A Life of 'Shine

This is a story campaign added to the Moonshiners DLC. It spans 5 story missions and 2 intro missions. Unlike the missions in the A Land of Opportunities campaign, these missions can also be played solo, and the player can select between three different difficulties: Standard, Hard, and Ruthless.

Intro Missions