Red Dead Online Update Coming
Soon
Featuring Three Unique Roles:
The Bounty Hunter, Trader and Collector
The recent
additions to Red Dead Online established the foundation for the game’s future
with a range of enhancements designed to allow players to roam freely and
experience the world in their own chosen way.
Later this
summer, the world will evolve again with the introduction of specialist roles –
unique paths of progression, each providing their own experience with tailored
gameplay elements and benefits that will allow players to become even more
deeply connected to their character and the choices they make as they inhabit
the world of Red Dead Online. This fundamental change points to the long term
future of Red Dead Online – a world where players coexist in an uneasy peace,
choosing to band together or striking out alone, fighting to survive in a world
full of threats and opportunities as they build a life for themselves on the
frontier.
Read on to
discover more about the first three Roles in an ongoing series: the Bounty
Hunter, the Trader, and the Collector.
Become a
Bounty Hunter for a life of constant action on both sides of the law. A
licensed Bounty Hunter can track down targets and capture – or kill, depending
on how honorable you are in your pursuits. Occasionally, a nearby player with a
high enough bounty can also be a designated target. Progression will unlock
special items like a reinforced lasso for extra-tough targets, as well as
intricate gun-spinning tricks and advanced tracking skills like the ability to
use Eagle-Eye while sprinting, galloping on horseback and many other special
skills, items and upgrades.
The life of
a Trader is perfect for burgeoning capitalists as you establish and
develop a business from your Camp. Thanks to your trusty companion Cripps’
knowledge of furs, skins and butchery, you’ll be able to take on new
opportunities to collect materials and produce valuable goods to sell. Increasing
your skill as a Trader unlocks the ability to upgrade your Camp with a Weapons
Locker, Stew Pot and even allow any canine companion to warn of impending
attacks on the camp. As your business expands, you can gain new skills, improve
your satchel or add new assets to your business like hunting wagons to bring in
bigger hauls and much more.
A Collector
loves to explore the world for rare and valuable items. Look for a mystic
travelling saleswoman in the wild to get started down the Collector’s
path, searching for lost jewelry, rare arrowheads and other treasures to sell
as individual pieces or highly valuable sets. As you progress, you will gain
access to tools that help your search including Refined Binoculars, a Horse
Lantern and even a Metal Detector, as well as gaining additional skills to help
you seek and discover the world’s greatest rarities.
As you grow
into each role, it will evolve and shape your experience within the world and
the characters around you, showing other players how far you’ve progressed down
the path of each specialist role. You’ll also be able to play and progress
across all three roles simultaneously or choose to ply your trade in just the
roles of your choice.
There is
much more to reveal about becoming a Bounty Hunter, Trader and Collector in the
weeks ahead.
ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
And in
addition to these roles, the next update will also deliver a variety of new
content and improvements aimed at enhancing all your experiences inside the
world of Red Dead Online, whether within roles, competitive modes or simply
exploring free roam.
Substantial,
across the board changes are being made to combat and movement to allow for a
more responsive control system that still feels natural. Additional damage
reduction to Defensive players is also on the horizon, and the game will now
remember your preferred playing style (Offensive or Defensive) when you exit
and relaunch the game. There will also be many more lootable items to be found
throughout the world, like containers on wagons or the occasional Gold Tooth on
an unfortunate soul.
The next
Red Dead Online update with also feature the ability to reset your character’s
appearance and much, much more.
Stay tuned
for more details to come and check back for new weekly events in Red Dead
Online.
