Title: Red Dead Online Best Roles | GAMERS DECIDE
Headings: Red Dead Online Best Roles
Red Dead Online Best Roles
Bounty Hunting in Cumberland Forest
BY: Benjamin B.
Each of the four roles available on Red Dead Online offers something unique, which one is right for you?
4. Trader
3. Collector
2. Bounty Hunter
1. Moonshiner
Benjamin B.
Gamer Since: 2000
Favorite Genre: RPG
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Content: Best Part of being a Collector
You get to explore all over the map and make money while you're doing it
You probably have already collected some of the items that you will sell in sets
Rewards for turning in completed sets vary between $75 (for herbs) and $540 (for coins)
Worst parts of being a Collector
In terms of earning it is less predictable than the Trader or Moonshiner roles
DIfficult to find some items until you unlock the Metal Detector at the Promising stage and Potential skill at rank 9
Progression
There are 20 ranks in the Collector role and 4 stages (Novice, Promising, Established, and Distinguished)
Each rank and stage unlocks unique cosmetics, skills, items, and attire specific to the Collector role
You must purchase the Collector’s Bag to unlock the role, it costs 15 Gold Bars
At all ranks and stages, you purchase maps which will lead you to items from a specific set, the cost of these maps vary (usually between $10 and $20)
At the Novice stage, you can purchase the Pennington Field Shovel to dig up buried items, it costs $350
At the Promising stage, you can buy the Metal Detector to help speed up your searches, it costs $700
Tips
Once you use a map to mark locations for items do not open another map or it will unmark the previously marked items and you will lose the previously used map, so one at a time
Do not sell found items individually, you get a substantial bonus for selling items in sets
You can mail in the item sets you want to sell rather than trying to find Madame Nazar and selling the items in person
2. Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter HQs are the wanted boards all over the map and sheriff/police stations where you turn in bounties
RDO has so much to offer including awesome combat. The Bounty Hunter role is for those that live by their six-shooters. As a Bounty Hunter, you will have to blast your way through piles of NPCs and either capture or kill specific targets. You receive missions from any number of posters with bounties on them throughout the world (don’t worry they are marked on the map). Some of these bounties have multiple targets and can be pretty challenging so this role is best performed in a posse (though it is not required). Best Part of being a Bounty Hunter
This is a very fun role that centers on PvE
It becomes exceptionally more fun if you are in a posse
The Legendary Bounties are pretty elaborate and well crafted
You earn gold as part of your payment
Worst parts of being a Bounty Hunter
It does not make as much money as the other roles
Some of the higher quality bounties require you to capture multiple targets and this is really tough without a posse
Progression
There are 20 ranks in the Bounty Hunter role and 4 stages (Novice, Promising, Established, and Distinguished)
Each rank and stage unlocks unique cosmetics, skills, items, and attire specific to the Bounty Hunter
You must purchase the Bounty Hunter License to start this role, it costs 15 Gold Bars
At all ranks and stages, you can access any posted bounty around the map to capture criminals and turn them into a sheriffs office for a reward
At the Novice stage you can purchase the Reinforced Lasso which increases the time it takes for an NPC (or other players if your feeling mischievous) to escape from being hogtied, it costs $350
At the Established stage, you can purchase the Bolas which allow you to temporarily tie up an enemy at range, it costs $30 for 3 (this is a consumable item)
At the Established stage, you can purchase the Bounty Wagon which allows you to stow captured fugitives together before taking them all to the sheriff, it costs $875
Tips
Turning bounties in alive will make more money
Even a hogtied bounty can escape, so keep your wits about you
You will have more fun and be more effective in a posse
1. Moonshiner
Moonshiner HQ is a moonshine shack you can purchase in various locations
Get rich or drunk trying. The Moonshiner is a new role that can make some serious money and offers some more story missions to dig into. This role asks you to do a little of everything: