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Red Dead Redemption 2 unlimited fast travel guide – Best fast travel method

Red Dead Redemption 2 has quite a vast world for you to play in, and that means you’ll be required a lot of patience if you’re willing to wander together with your horse around the entire map. Fast traveling is often seen in open-world games with vast lands to explore. This guide explains the different fast-travel methods in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Which fast travel method is the best in Red Dead Redemption 2?

Upgrading your camp is the best way to fast travel. When you complete Chapter two main mission, “Money Lending and Other Sins,” you’ll unlock the ledger, and by then, you’ll be able to put money in the tithing box. You can use the money in the tithing box to upgrade your camp.

If fast travel is something you want to go for, get the two camp upgrades: “First Things First” and “Next in Line.” They’ll cost $220 and $325, respectively ($545 total). These upgrades will be available to you in the loading category. The “Next In Line” upgrade will unlock a fast travel map, and you can get it behind Arthur Morgan’s tent.

Other ways to fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2

Luckily enough, Rockstar Games has introduced around  three “fast travel” methods  in Red Dead Redemption 2. One of them is the camp upgrades mentioned above, but two other ways aren’t “fast travel” in the instantaneous gaming sense but will get you to your destination faster.

Waypoint marker

There are a few things the game never tells you about, and among these, you can find the ability to put a waypoint marker on the map, then start riding and hold down the Touchpad on PS4 or the View button on Xbox One.

This will make your horse run automatically to the marked location so you can enjoy the view or take a minute to rest. Keep your eyes open, as outlaws and predators of sorts will still be able to attack you. Using this method, it would be more efficient if you have the best horses available at the given time of fast travel.

Train stations and stagecoaches

You can use fast travel from train stations and stagecoaches, too. To do so, you’ll be required to pay a small fee from five to 15  dollars , but there’s a catch: you can only travel between towns and not directly to your camp. Beware, however, that this is only a one-way fast travel, making you go from the camp to towns you’ve already discovered. It won’t work if you want to go back to the camp.

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Originally posted by TMoney : Being new to the series and watching some videos about tips and tricks, not one person said anything about you being able to fast travel from any camp you set up anywhere on the map. Just set up a campfire and press A to enter the menu. Not sure why this was so hard to find out about but it's HUGE!!! From what I saw the only thing people said is you have to unlock it at camp and it's a one way trip but that's clearly not true. Is this something they changed later on or is it exclusive to the PC version? So happy to find that out at "only" 40% into the story and thought it might help some people.

Originally posted by alex010300 : You can only do it after you got the map upgrade at the camp.

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All You Need To Know About Fast Travel In Red Dead Redemption 2

Everything you need to know about fast travel in RDR2, from how expensive it is to where you'll end up in the game.

When Red Dead Redemption 2 finally touched down in October last year, it had been long-awaited ( and long-delayed ). If it didn’t live up to our sky-high expectations after all of that, Rockstar were going to have a riot on their hands.

Fortunately, all was well. It was a phenomenal sales success, one of the best-received games of the year by critics and players alike. Why? Largely because it’s a vast, ambitious title that sets new standards for open-world gameplay.

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This is great and all, but it also means one thing: fast travel is going to be a necessity. Yes, you can unlock fast travel in the game, but how, where and when? Stick around, friend, and we’ll explain everything.

10 10. It’s A Lifesaver In This Huge World

In recent years, just about everyone’s been getting in on the whole open world thing. Titles like Grand Theft Auto V and Skyrim defined what it meant to offer players a huge, sandbox world to explore, and the bar’s been raised repeatedly since.

Horizon Zero Dawn , The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and others have advanced these concepts, but Red Dead Redemption 2 presents a world of dizzying scale. It’s set across five fictitious U.S. states (New Austin and West Elizabeth from the original game, plus the all-new Ambarino, Lemoyne and New Hanover), which combine to create a world map you do not want to be constantly charging back and forth across on your horse alone.

9 9. Wait A While To Unlock Fast Travel

So, yes. All titles with fast travel tend to handle it differently, but these tend to be variations on a familiar theme. Often, you can only instantly travel to locations you’ve visited before (think Fly in the Pokémon series ), and you have to unlock the ability to do so in some way.

Red Dead Redemption 2 ticks both of these boxes. It’ll be a little while before you’re able to fast travel, and the ability to do so is hidden away. It’s so obscure, in fact, that many players stumbled upon it purely by accident. Sometimes quite late in the game, to boot.

To get you off to the best start, we’re going to take a look at the earliest possible point you can unlock this vital function.

8 8. Complete The ‘Money Lending And Other Sins’ Mission

Money Lending And Other Sins is the ninth mission of chapter two. It becomes available a good way into the game, once you’ve unlocked the open world and gotten a good taste of just how much this game has to offer.

This particular mission sees you collecting valuables from those who owe your gang money. After completing it, you’ll earn the ability to upgrade your camp. These upgrades may sound a little unsubstantial, but they’re the key to unlocking fast travel. You could easily miss that, as there’s very little fanfare, but this is where the functionality is hidden.

7 7. Arthur’s Tent Is The Key

The first upgrade you’ll want to make is to your lodgings. They look a little less-than-wonderful at first, after all, so that’s probably something you were shooting for anyway.

After doing so once, you’ll be able to upgrade Arthur’s tent. What does this do? Well, mainly, it adds a handy-dandy map to the tent (or, more specifically, somewhere in the base near Arthur’s tent). Take a look at it, and you’ll be able to pick a destination from a handy list of places you’ve already visited. Simply pick somewhere, then, after the obligatory transitional scene, there you are. It’s that easy.

6 6. You Can Only Fast Travel Directly From Your Camp

That makes it sound super simple and convenient, didn’t it? You might think that, after unlocking the feature, you can effortlessly hop into a menu screen and warp from one fast travel destination to another as you please. Sadly, friends, the Wild West isn’t that kind.

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While Rockstar felt the need to provide the player with a quick means of traversing this huge world, they also wanted to keep things a little authentic. As such, you can’t just go warping around willy-nilly like it’s Zelda or something. You must be stationed at that map in your camp every time you fast travel, as you can only do so from there.

5 5. Unlocking Fast Travel Is Pretty Darn Expensive

If you’re a Grand Theft Auto Online player (as much of the darn known universe has been over the years), you’ll know that, outlaw or not, you’ve got to work for your money. You can’t just boot the game up for the first time and rule the criminal underworld right from the start. It’s a rags to ill-gotten-riches story.

The same’s true of Red Dead Redemption 2 . Money’s pretty tight for Arthur and his gang, especially early on. You might be itching to unlock fast travel as soon as possible, but it doesn’t come cheap.

As VG247 reports, the upgrade to the lodgings costs $220, and the all-important map is another $325. This is a substantial amount whichever way you slice it, and it’s advised that you earmark some of the earnings from that first big heist for this purpose. It’ll pay dividends in the long run.

4 4. Fast Travel Is A One-Way Trip

As I say, Rockstar have implemented a fast travel system that makes things much more convenient for the player, but also tries to keep things as in-universe and immersive as possible. What does this mean? It means that there are some real limitations to it, that’s what it means.

Cost aside, here’s another: while you can quickly travel from your base to your destination of choice, you can’t fast-travel from said destination back to your base. You’ll be making your own way back to the camp whatever happens, so you’d better be sure that you’ve planned out your journey.

It’s not easy being a Wild West outlaw, as Clint Eastwood will tell you.

3 3. You Cannot Leave Your Horse Behind

If dogs are man’s best friend (and the billions of videos of them on social media would suggest so), what about horses? Let’s stop for a moment here and consider where the Wild West would be without them. What the Lone Ranger’s catchphrase would’ve been, if he couldn’t Hi-ho on Silver? It just doesn’t bear thinking about.

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As a Western-themed title, you’d better believe that Red Dead Redemption 2 takes its horses super-seriously. So much so that you can’t fast-travel at all if your faithful steed isn’t in the vicinity. You arrive at the destination you choose riding said horse, you see, which means that they have to be there and ready for the journey too.

2 2. You Have To Know Exactly Where You’re Fast Travelling To

In a lot of similar games, you’ll be able to choose precisely where you’re warping to. You’ll see a convenient map of the game world, with all possible locations highlighted. Well, friends, nobody’s holding your hand out here in the Wild West.

Yes, you can pick where you want to fast travel to from a list of locations you’ve previously visited. What you can’t do is see where these locations are on the map, which means you need a good idea of where these places are in relation to each other. This is a wide, wide world with a lot of space in between landmarks, after all.

1 1. Stagecoaches And Trains: Not As Fast, But Still… Fast

In short, fast travel is super convenient in Red Dead Redemption 2 , but it could’ve been far more user-friendly. It’s expensive to unlock, it’s unwieldy, and you may not even have known it was there in the first place.

Still, it’s better than not having it, that’s for sure, and it’ll still save you a lot of frustration. Nevertheless, you’ll be glad to know that there’s another method of traversing the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 quicker than a horse: trains and stagecoaches.

All you do is head to a nearby ticket station, pay the fare for your chosen destination and off you go. It’s limited, sure, but a much cheaper alternative (upgrades-wise).

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RDR2 Fast Travel

The fast travel Red Dead Redemption 2 has is a very important and appreciated feature. It’s safe to say that Red Dead Redemption 2 has quite a large map. It is large in size and filled with so many beautiful locations and hidden secrets to explore. But no matter how beautiful a game gets, players are bound to get tired of exploring the large map on horseback sooner or later. That’s why RDR2 fast travel is so needed and appreciated by most players, as they can cover large distances in a minimal amount of time.

The only problem with this Red Dead Redemption 2 fast travel feature is that it isn’t the most conveniently accessible feature that you’ll find in the game. The first thing that you need to know is that unlocking fast travel requires story progression. You can’t unlock it until the entire first chapter is completed. Even after the first chapter is done, you have to get upgrades for your lodgings in camp before you can unlock the feature. Once this is done, you’ll be able to use the fast travel RDR2 offers when you want , but only if you’re already near your tent at camp.

That’s highly inconvenient, which is why there’s others mean of using RDR2 fast travel as well. These other means are none other than the stagecoaches that you’ll find in all the major towns and cities across the Red Dead Redemption 2 map . Stagecoaches allow you to travel from one location to pretty much any other, as long as you’ve already been to the location which you want to visit. It requires money to use these stagecoaches, and the price mainly depends on the distance of your travels. Still, it’s always a small price to pay to get from one point to another in a very short amount of time.

How to Unlock RDR2 Fast Travel

You can unlock Fast Travel in RDR2 by upgrading your gang’s camp after the start of Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook. Note: You’ll need $545 to unlock the Fast Travel map. Go to The Heartlands to make an easy $500 or to Treasure Maps to make an easy $100. Here’s how to unlock Fast Travel Map in your camp.

• Beat the first 5 missions in Chapter 2 and that will unlock Money Lending and Other Sins, a Strauss mission you start from camp.
• Completing this mission will unlock the Ledger behind Dutch’s tent in camp.
• Approach the Ledger and purchase First Things First (Dutch’s Tent) for $220 and then Next in Line (Arthur’s Wagon) for $325.
• From your tent at camp, you can travel to any settlement that you’ve visited before.

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Found a way to fast travel to waypoints :-D

By KLucky_13 October 28, 2018 in Red Dead Redemption 2

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Yesterdayevening I came up with an idea to make it possible to fast travel to waypoints in the game. I use it all the time now 😄

How I use it:

- Switch to cinematic view

- Double tap X a few times

- Click the 3D printed clip on the controller

- Go for a drink, bathroom break, just eat in front of the television while you are going to the destination

- Arrive at the destination 😄

Here a demo on how I do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8NaDcwAx6Q

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Let me just get my 3D printer out of my pocket

I can always help you out 😄

A beast jumps you, your horse throws you and you get eaten.

All while you're having a drink...

So far so good, did not happen once so far :-) with this automatic travel you stay on the roads and you pass fast so no time for beasts to attack I think

Sir Wrinklebutt

36 minutes ago, KLucky_13 said: Yesterdayevening I came up with an idea to make it possible to fast travel to waypoints in the game. I use it all the time now 😄 How I use it: - Switch to cinematic view - Double tap X a few times - Click the 3D printed clip on the controller - Go for a drink, bathroom break, just eat in front of the television while you are going to the destination - Arrive at the destination 😄 Here a demo on how I do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8NaDcwAx6Q  

THAT!!!!! is NOT fast traveling !!!! plus, way too many things can go wrong ... 

Well so far nothing went wrong but ok 🙂

So I’m not super far in the game yet, but am I to understand there won’t be a fast travel option at all? I figured I would be unlocking this at some point.

2 minutes ago, CMcC said: So I’m not super far in the game yet, but am I to understand there won’t be a fast travel option at all? I figured I would be unlocking this at some point.

Stagecoaches like RDR1 basically. Just need to pay off bounties.

....and yeah, plenty can happen on the trail.  I've been ambushed 4 times already and killed twice through those ambushes.  I won't even mention running into posses on my travels when I had a bounty.  There are also the events that occur as you ride between destinations.  ....I'd hate to miss those.  Who knows what other surprises there are on the roads as I have barely scratched the surface of the game.  

No thanks, I'd rather use the actual fast travel or just ride myself so I don't miss anything.  R* has given us a living, breathing, open world.  ......I want to explore everything it has to offer.

1 hour ago, Kean_1 said: ....or buy a train ticket.  While not actually fast travel, it can be faster and more direct.  ....and yeah, plenty can happen on the trail.  I've been ambushed 4 times already and killed twice through those ambushes.  I won't even mention running into posses on my travels when I had a bounty.  There are also the events that occur as you ride between destinations.  ....I'd hate to miss those.  Who knows what other surprises there are on the roads as I have barely scratched the surface of the game.   No thanks, I'd rather use the actual fast travel or just ride myself so I don't miss anything.  R* has given us a living, breathing, open world.  ......I want to explore everything it has to offer.

Truly. So much going on out of the trail. I was just thinking, man, that ride to Blackwater to rescue Sean was quite a jog from valentine. Its gonna be nuts riding all over the map with 1 horsepower. 

1 hour ago, CMcC said: Truly. So much going on out of the trail. I was just thinking, man, that ride to Blackwater to rescue Sean was quite a jog from valentine. Its gonna be nuts riding all over the map with 1 horsepower. 

I can confirm proper fast travel is available later in the story mode.

33 minutes ago, Benjo said: I can confirm proper fast travel is available later in the story mode.

 How far into this thing are you? I thought you liked to get lost in freeroam. ARe you more focused on missions this time around? The story, especially the writing is top notch.

5 minutes ago, CMcC said:  How far into this thing are you? I thought you liked to get lost in freeroam. ARe you more focused on missions this time around? The story, especially the writing is top notch.

I complete the storymode to unlock all the map and features. 

Dialog 10/10 Acting 10/10 Narrative 10/10 Mission structure & variety 1/10

3 hours ago, Benjo said: I complete the storymode to unlock all the map and features.  Dialog 10/10 Acting 10/10 Narrative 10/10 Mission structure & variety 1/10

How long did it take you?

Today is the day I died a little inside. Many reasons caused my partial death today. I won't point out any specifics. 

5 hours ago, CMcC said: How long did it take you?

2-3 days, up and till I posted that spoiler thread yesterday. There's still more to do though actually.

There has been a couple of missions where it has landed me in the middle of nowhere out of radius of my horse, so I had to sprint it all the way to the nearest town to retrieve my horse from the stable. It only took about 5 minutes to run there and also gave my stamina level a big boost, so I saw it as a good thing, but I can understand why others would think it is a pain. Other than that, I haven’t really felt like there is any need for a fast travel option. I’m quite happy just roaming around everywhere on horseback at the moment. As I get further into the game I might change my mind, but at the moment I'm happy. 

1 minute ago, debbo89 said: As I get further into the game I might change my mind

Further into the game there are better fast travel options

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Fast-travel does become available later in the game. You'll have two options:

1.) Stagecoaches will take you to any location that you've visited previously, provided that you don't have a bounty in the county that you're trying to access the stagecoach in.

2.) Upgrade the lodging in your camp. The final upgrade unlocks a fast-travel map that will let you fast-travel to any city from your base camp for free.

On 10/28/2018 at 12:54 PM, Benjo said: I complete the storymode to unlock all the map and features.  Dialog 10/10 Acting 10/10 Narrative 10/10 Mission structure & variety 1/10

@Benjo  hates Red Dead, and now it’s viral.

Also he likes cats. 

BropolloCreed79

4 minutes ago, CMcC said: @Benjo  hates Red Dead, and now it’s viral. Also he likes cats. 

I saved someone in the middle of nowhere who had been bitten.  Two days later, he gave me my choice (of a limited selection, sadly) of firearm from the gunsmith in Valentine.  Now, I save EVERYONE if I can.  Free guns are fantastic.

3 hours ago, BropolloCreed79 said: I saved someone in the middle of nowhere who had been bitten.  Two days later, he gave me my choice (of a limited selection, sadly) of firearm from the gunsmith in Valentine.  Now, I save EVERYONE if I can.  Free guns are fantastic.

Pay a visit to Watson’s Cabin, NW of Wallace Station along the river. Things got dark in there, but worth the trip. 

6 hours ago, BropolloCreed79 said: I saved someone in the middle of nowhere who had been bitten.  Two days later, he gave me my choice (of a limited selection, sadly) of firearm from the gunsmith in Valentine.  Now, I save EVERYONE if I can.  Free guns are fantastic.

This is what I meant by my tweet. They sold it as there are these cool interactions that are like the peds have memories or something, but they are really nothing like that. They are as contrived as the first interaction.

Hmmm...  I dunno.  Although it's not like the hype, I've found the dialogue and recurring interactions give a fair illusion of people remembering you, like People have talked about things I've done with them before and folk have attacked me for wearing their hat.  It's not great, but it's ok.

1 minute ago, Poggy said:  It's not great, but i  t's ok.  

On 10/28/2018 at 3:02 AM, KLucky_13 said: Yesterdayevening I came up with an idea to make it possible to fast travel to waypoints in the game. I use it all the time now 😄 How I use it: - Switch to cinematic view - Double tap X a few times - Click the 3D printed clip on the controller - Go for a drink, bathroom break, just eat in front of the television while you are going to the destination - Arrive at the destination 😄 Here a demo on how I do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8NaDcwAx6Q  

Very creative, but unfortunately, I'll be taking the stagecoach! 

At this point I'm not sure I even want to do much fast travelling, I enjoy the exploration and random event too much.  Anyone else even consider walking the map?  I sometimes feel i miss too much riding by places.

You don't even need to hold down the "run" button if a waypoint is set-just press it once (or a couple of times to get up to speed) then press the cinematic camera button and you will automatically ride to your destination. As the map won't be up you will have to pay attention to the roadsides for possible interactions, as random encounters still occur, and you can still get jumped by groups of outlaws. It's not ideal but it keeps you "in world" more than the old fast travel system.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 players stunned by 'game-changing' fast travel trick

I was today-years old when i learned this red dead redemption 2 trick.

Believe it or not, there are still plenty of new players starting Red Dead Redemption 2 for the very first time, over five years after its release.

Now Red Dead Redemption 2 is quite a big game, huge in fact, so God knows what Rockstar Games is cooking up for GTA VI .

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Now if you’re new to the game, or thinking of slapping on a cowboy hat for the very first time, seasoned Red Dead Redemption veterans have plenty of tips to share with you, some of which could save you hours of time.

One new player, reaper70, asked the wider community for some tips to get them started on the greatest narrative adventure ever made, and they kindly reciprocated.

An outpouring of tips came through in the comments, though the most helpful one came from zeebs758, who you can add a waypoint to a location you want to travel to, “change to cinematic view and your horse will auto drive you to the location.” Other players, including myself, were blown away by the reveal.

“Bless you and all your descendants for this tip.”

“Oh my god if this is true this changes everything. One of the things that I loved about the recent Assassin's Creed games is that you could just make your horse follow the road to your objective while you sit back and take in the scenery.”

“You just changed the game for me, thank you so much.”

Of course Red Dead Redemption 2 doesn’t just contain some secret gameplay mechanics to make the journey a bit smoother, there are also plenty of secret discoveries to find along the way.

It’s worth having a scan through that Reddit thread for a few more tips as well, you never know what you might learn.

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