Red Dead Online DLC - 9 Things Undead Nightmare Must Include

The virtual Frontier of Red Dead Online's Old West is a vast and expansive playground. And yet, since moving out of beta in May of this year, there’s still something to be desired in the content department, especially compared with its record-breaking predecessor, Grand Theft Auto V.

To be fair though, GTA Online was in a similar position upon its rather turbulent public debut, but it's now a hub of unique and deep content.

The difference is that now people have seen what Rockstar can provide to its ravenous fanbase in terms of playable online options, and while people were patient while GTA found its footing, players are eager to rob banks and hunt outlaws in this new environment.

The Undead Nightmare expansion for Red Dead Redemption was a breath of fresh air, and being non-canon meant Rockstar had room for more creative and “zany” ideas.

While they maintain that RDR2 will receive no single-player DLC, an Undead Nightmare update could be made available for online Players. Today, I take a look at what we could expect to see from this potential content.

Making their first appearance in the Undead Nightmare expansion for the original Red Dead Redemption, the Four Horses of the Apocalypse were powerful steeds that were just the companions that John Marston needed for him to put zombies back into the dirt.

Like their biblical equivalents, the four horses are comprised of Death, Famine, Pestilence, and War. Each horse has its own unique ability and stats, like making enemy heads explode and being insanely fast, and all of them have unlimited stamina. They also have a unique look, like War having flaming hooves and a burning mane.

While I don’t think Rockstar should just give them away in a content update, they could take a page out of the original’s book and give the horses as rewards for completing Free Roam challenges, much like they’ve done in the past with various unique items in Grand Theft Auto V.

They could alternatively just add them to the Free Roam world with a very low chance of them spawning for a lucky Player to be able to break them in, but I think this would cause frustration in most Players, and they’d probably rather have a hard-earned reward rather than a fortuitous catch.