Red Dead Redemption 2 best outfits, gear and equipment – VG247

Kit Arthur Morgan out in the best equipment RDR2 has to offer.
Customisation is a big feature in Red Dead Redemption 2 and your appearance can drastically impact how people will interact with you.
Sure, you could wander about with long hair, dirty clothes and an unkempt beard like the run-down cowboy of your fantasies, but wouldn’t you rather wear a Ram’s Skull, a Viking helmet or a bear head hat?
You can buy a range of outfits that are suitable for different temperatures in Red Dead Redemption 2, though some outfits are reinforced and will give you significant bonuses. To craft the very best gear, you’ll want to head to the Trapper and it would be a good idea to start some of the challenges.
Other items have their own specific quests, so here’s our guide to the best outfits and gear in Red Dead Redemption 2.
There are a few different types of outfit and gear that you can acquire in Red Dead Redemption 2; there’s outfits you unlock as the game progresses, bits of gear you can find lying around, outfits you can buy from the store, and others you can purchase from the Trapper after an ample amount of hunting.
Here’s a full list of all the outfits you can get in RDR2 and how to get them:
Thanks goes to the Red Dead Wiki page who sourced this list of RDR2 outfits.
If you’re looking for more details on the gear you can kit Arthur out in, then here’s what to expect when it comes to acquiring new outfits in RDR2.
To craft the best gear, you’ll need some high-quality pelts. The better the quality of animal pelt, the better your gear will be. To find some legendary critters to acquire necessary pelts from for outfits, check out our animal hunting guide as well as our guide on how to get perfect pelts.
You’ll then want to take your perfect and legendary pelts to a local Trapper, who can spin them into something nice for Arthur to wear in exchange for a fee.
One of the outfits, The Bear Hunter, comes complete with a bear head hat. You can also add Boar Riding Gloves into the mix if you want to really pull off the man-bear-pig aesthetic.
The majority of these pelt-made items are cosmetic only, offering no real perks for Arthur other than having more kills under his belt than Gaston. My personal favourite is The Death Roll alligator outfit which has a good mix of Clint Eastwood vs Crocodile Dundee.
There’s also a Pagan ram skull mask to be found in Blackwater which is just as cool as it sounds.
Reinforced equipment is gear that Arthur can wear to carry more weapons and ammo in Red Dead Redemption 2. It includes bandoliers, gun belts, holsters, and an additional off-hand holster for wielding two small arms at once.
You can access these items either by purchasing them at the Gunsmith or General Store or unlocking rewards from the Trapper through competing Challenges.
Reinforced gear offers the following perks:
Gunsmiths in each town can sell you basic reinforced equipment to upgrade your weapon attributes if you don’t fancy doing any challenges.
Only the Trapper sells equipment with added bonus effects, but you’ll need to complete various challenges to unlock the gear.
We’ve also got details on what the challenges involve, just remember to go back to the Trapper afterwards to get your reward.
There are nine categories with 10 challenges in each one. In order to receive reinforced gear from the Trapper, you must complete the first, third, seventh and tenth challenges in each category.
Having a full set of gear will unlock additional bonuses to your stats, such as increased health, more ammo capacity or a reduced weapon degradation rate.
Attributes can also be improved by completing challenges. Once you’ve collected a complete set of gear, you get a permanent bonus tank to your main attribute bars. Complete all the sets and you’ll get a second bonus tank linked to that attribute.
Dead Eye, Health and Stamina are each tied to three different categories:
If you decide to go full hog and complete all of the challenges in Red Dead Redemption 2, you’ll be rewarded with the best outfit in the game: The Legend of the East. It comes with a bunch of attribute upgrades and bonuses, so it’s well worth your time and will be pretty useful if you acquire it early on in the game.
If being a cowboy just isn’t cutting it for you, there’s a pirate sword and tricorn hat you can go on a quest to find that leaves you looking like the down-and-out version of Commodore Norrington from the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
There’s also a mining helmet and a bone knife to be found which makes trawling through the darkest parts of the map a little easier.
There’s a Viking helmet, hatchet and comb hidden away in the Old Tomb near Annesburg if you want to pretend you’re playing Skyrim for a few minutes.
That’s it for our guide to the best equipment, gear and outfits in Red Dead Redemption 2. If you need more help with Rockstar’s Western epic, check out also our guides on where to find the best horse, how to get rich quick and the best RDR2 weapons.
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