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10. Chores Around The Camp - Red Dead Redemption

Unlike some entries on this list, the chores which Arthur Morgan can complete around the gang campsite do actually have a legitimate benefit in RDR2, but are still ultimately pretty pointless.

Alongside more menial tasks such as shaving, cleaning his clothes, reading news snippets and staring wistfully at old photographs, Arthur can perform basic jobs to keep the camp ticking over.

Whether picking up hay bales and feeding the horses, chopping fire wood, or collecting water from the river to fill up the wash basin, completing these daily tasks result in an increase in Arthur's honour, and can also yield stat boosts.

That being said, should the player choose not to engage in these activities, the other members of your gang will simply complete them for you; the jobs still need doing regardless of who does them.

Whilst completing these camp chores does afford the player additional honour, it does not move the story along nor improve Arthur's stats to such a degree as to make it a vital part of gameplay.

Instead, the time spent around the camp is relegated to a mere pallet cleanser, a period of calm before the next bullet filled storm.