Red Dead Online: 10 Tips & Tricks To Ensure Victory Every Time
2. Get The High Ground
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As the old saying goes, "Don't do it Anakin! I have the high ground." What works for Obi-Wan Kenobi also works for your Red Dead character too, and for one very effective reason: you can see more of the territory.
Take Tumbleweed for instance: players will experience limited success if they attempt to survive in the town or barn areas, but if they switch things up and head to the rocks overlooking the lot they'll be able to get the drop on players rotating through the barn and town. Watch your back by the camp areas, and you should find yourself with players rushing to your location, but with a handy vantage point, a good weapon and a decent sense of when to dodge, you'll find yourself surviving more times than not.
There are numerous other places to hole up on different maps, but one thing to do is make sure you're not static; move around, make yourself hard to hit and you'll be able to make even the most exposed position your own little fortress.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
