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Red Dead Redemption 2: How To Unlock Free Fast-Travel | All Fast Travel Methods Guide

October 27, 2018 by Kevin Thielenhaus

There are two extremely useful ways to fast-travel you might not know about in Red Dead Redemption 2. Here’s how to automatically travel to waypoints, and how to travel long distance for free.

When you first start Red Dead Redemption 2, you don’t have access to any convenient fast-travel system. You can pay to ride a Stage Couch or Train, but they only take you to a very select number of stations. Certain towns have train stations — and you can buy tickets at the Post. If you’re feeling like riding a couch instead, you need to interact with the couch sign outside the train station. It costs a lot more, though.

If you’ve been investing money into your camp, you can unlock a third method. Once this method is unlocked, you’re free to use it as often as you want. There is no notification that you’ll unlock a new fast-travel method when you’re at your camp, or that there’s any good reason to waste valuable cash on the lodgings option. Well, there is a good reason — free fast-travel.

  • NOTE: You can “fast-travel” hands-free to any location using the Cinematic Camera mode. This is not the free method below, but still useful for travelling shorter distances.
    • Place a waypoint on your map and begin following the line.
    • Hold down gallop [Cross / A] on your controller then turn on Cinematic Camera mode while on a waypoint path. Tap gallop to reach full speed for a moment, then release. 
    • You’ll continue to follow the path and follow the waypoint to your destination.

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How To Unlock Free Fast-Travel | All Fast Travel Methods Guide

There are three fast-travel methods in RDR2 — train, stage couch, and the base camp map. The train and stage couch can be found at any post station. Each has a different line, so you can reach different places for a price. The base camp map, on the other hand, is totally free. You can unlock it as early as Chapter 2.

  • To unlock free fast travel in your base…
    • Unlock the Ledger in your base camp.
      • Complete Strauss’s first main story mission to unlock the ledger in Chapter 2.
    • Purchase the Lodgings Upgrades from the Ledger.
      • Purchase Dutch’s Tent upgrade. ($220)
      • Purchase Arthur’s Tent upgrade. ($325)
    • After getting both upgrades, the fast travel map will unlock.

You’ll need a total of $545 to purchase both upgrades. If you need money fast, checkout the guides linked above for a very simple method to earn $2000, or $1500 gold quickly.

The map is located on the side of Arthur’s Tent. You can travel to the following locations (as they’re unlocked) for free:

  • Base Camp Fast Travel Locations:
    • Valentine
    • Emerald Ranch
    • Blackwater
    • Strawberry
    • St. Denis
    • Van Horn Trading
    • Annesburg
    • Rhodes
    • Lagras

And that’s it! This is the most convenient way to travel huge distances in the game, and it’s absolutely worth unlocking early.

 

 

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