Summary
Red Dead Redemption 2is one of the most impressive and immersive games to date and is filled with secrets and treasure waiting to be uncovered. The best of these treasures come in the form of gold bars, which are worth 500 dollars each.
Because they are so valuable, they are both hard to find and sometimes locked behind in-game progression. Although, there are a handful of gold bars you’re able to find right away in places you wouldn’t have thought of looking into otherwise. These are the best places to find gold bars as a ratty outlaw on the run.
5Treasure Maps
Throughout the game, you will likely come acrossa treasure mapthat leads to another map, that leads to another map, and eventually to either a gold bar and a trinket or even six gold bars at once. These are the best sources for gold bars and other types of treasure but come with a great deal of effort.
Not all treasure maps are available right away, like the Elemental Trail, which can only be reached after chapter six. However, the Jack Hall Gang treasure and The Poisonous Trail can be started right away, as long as you don’t mind the cold.
4Braithwaite Manor
After the end of chapter three, and after the Braithwaite manor has been burned to the ground, you can make your way back to collect a gold bar. The manor sits just south of Rhodes.
In the rubble to the east of Catherine’s burned body, you’re able to uncover the chest and retrieve the gold bar. If you loot Catherine’s body, you can also get her brooch. However, this loot is unfortunately much smaller than the legend of the missing Braithwaite gold.
3Train Wreck
This option is available at the start of chapter two. You can head toan old train wreckat the bottom of a ravine just east of Granite Pass and southwest of Cotorra Springs. You will see multiple train cars on their sides and backs and one car nearly upright against the cliffside.
In the open train car lying on its side, you can find jewelry and some cash, but to get to the gold, you have to scale the cliff above the upright car and drop inside. At the bottom, you can pick up two gold bars, aged pirate rum, and valerian root.
The path to reach the train car can be found at the top of the cliff, and requires sliding, jumping, and crouching.
2Limpany
As soon as chapter two begins, you may travel to the ruined town of Limpany and pick up a gold bar. The town is straight north of Flatneck Station on the east side of the Dakota River. Once you arrive, you will notice multiple burned buildings arranged in a loose circle.
Inside the town, look for the Sheriff’s Office, which is the southernmost building, and head inside. Go behind the front desk and open the drawer on the right. Inside you will find a single gold bar and a pamphletfor horse stimulant.
1Strange Statues
After the start of chapter 2, you can head just northeast of Bacchus Station until you come across a crevice within a rocky hill. Inside are seven statues facing a central statue of a harpy figure. There is a cave painting just southwest of Granite Pass at Window Rock that can help you solve the puzzle that unlocks the three gold bars.
For those of you uninterested in math puzzles in your cowboy game, the solution involves pressing four buttons on the bases of the statues in order, which have a number of fingers equal to the next prime number in sequence:
The third statue going counterclockwise from when you first enter is missing an arm, which lies nearby, making it the number seven statue and the last one in the sequence.
