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

6. All Items Drop If Your Horse Falls

Unlike in the first game, if your horse gets killed in any way, they're not coming back. Rockstar really want you to care about your steed, and they've input a series of grizzly reactive animations that'll also play if you leap off any height that's just too much.

Annoyingly though, if you dive off a cliff and your horse takes a nasty tumble, regardless of whether it gets back up again, any items on its back will be scattered across the ground.

Whilst it's very easy to spot a convict/hostage or animal carcass you were transporting, smaller quarry like rabbits or snakes will be sent asunder, meaning you'll have to wander wider to find them.

This is all worth taking into account, so you don't leave a good day's hunt strewn across the mountainside.