Red Dead Redemption 2: 12 Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

8. Animal Meat Degrades Over Time

Hunting, skinning and keeping your camp of followers well fed is one of Red Dead 2's most immersive new features, and yet if you're not careful, all your efforts can go to waste.

Basically, in-game time matters. It grows Arthur's beard and hair real long, and dictates which characters are going to be where at any given time. With that in mind, meat can spoil too.

Going from "Perfect" to "Good" to "Poor" depending on how long it takes you to return to camp or sell it on, once you've taken the time to nail a clean kill, it's time to exchange for coin or supplies.