Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Codes List and How to Use Them

Modern day gaming has moved away from the old days where players would take a folded piece of notebook paper from their game case to enter specific cheat codes added into the game by a developer to unlock extraordinary and game breaking abilities. However, this moving away from cheat codes has not stopped Rockstar Games from including a very entertaining list of cheat codes in its latest hit title of Red Dead Redemption 2 that players can use after meeting certain requirements. If you are curious how to use these hidden abilities in Red Dead Redemption 2, you are in luck, as we have all of the currently confirmed ones covered for you. 

Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Codes

While the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 packs a ton of action into it, there may be times where you feel the urge to unleash some carnage with a set of cheat codes in the same manner that players have done for years in Rockstar Games' other massively popular franchise of Grand Theft Auto (GTA). 

In order to use the cheat codes found in Red Dead Redemption 2 players will have to enter the cheat menu for the title. You can make your way into this area by selecting the settings section in the pause menu. Here all you will need to do is press Y or triangle. This will bring up the Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes menu where you will be able to enter all of the Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes. 

Some of the cheat codes will be unlocked immediately for use by interested players, while others will need require players to perform certain actions in order to unlock the powerful abilities that these cheat codes offer.

You can find all of the confirmed cheat codes that will allow you to turn the wild west world of Rockstar Games' hit game into an even crazier experience below. 

Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Codes List

Fog of War

• Code - You long for sight and see nothing
• Reveals the entire Red Dead Redemption 2 map
• Unlocked by purchasing Blackwater Ledger Number 66 or New Hanover Gazette number 31 after "Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern" in Chapter 3

Increase Honor

• Code - Virtue unearned is not virtue
• Gives players the maximum amount of honor that is currently available
• Unlocked by purchasing Blackwater Ledger number 67 after the completion of "Banking, The Old American Art" in Chapter 4

Create War Horse

• Code - You are a beast built for war
• Spawns a powerful war horse for use in battle
• Unlocked by purchasing Blackwater Ledger number 72 in Part 1 of the Red Dead Redemption 2 Epilogue

Increase Stamina

• Code - The lucky be strong evermore
• Gives the player and their horse an infinite amount of stamina
• Unlocked by purchasing Blackwater Ledger number 68 after the completion of "Dear Uncle Tacitus" in Chapter 5

Fortify Health, Stamina and Dead Eye Bars

• Code - You seek more than the world offers
• Refills your health, Dead Eye and stamina bars
• Unlocked by purchasing the New Hanover Gazette number 36 after the completion of "The King's Son" in Chapter 6

Set Health, Stamina and Dead Eye Bars to Full

• Code - You flourish before you die
• Restores the player's bars to full energy
• This code is automatically unlocked for Red Dead Redemption 2 players

Drunk

• Code - A fool on command
• Makes the Red Dead Redemption 2 player permanently drunk
• This is automatically unlocked for players

Increase Horse Range and Whistle

• Code - Better than my dog
• Allows your horse to find you no matter how far the distance
• This code is automatically unlocked for players

Infinite Ammo

• Code - Abundance is the dullest desire
• Gives players an unlimited amount of ammo for every weapon they own
• Unlocked by purchasing New Hanover Gazette number 27 in the town of Valentine after visiting Chapter 2's Horseshoe Overlook

Create Horse race

• Code - Run! Run! Run!
• Spawns a race horse for players to use in proving their speed
• This code is automatically unlocked

Create Wagon

• Code - Keep your dreams simple
• Spawns a wagon and horse for players to use
• This code is automatically unlocked for Red Dead Redemption 2 players

Set Dead Eye Level to 3

• Code - I shall be better
• Sets a player's Dead Eye level to three
• This code is automatically unlocked for players

Set Dead Eye Level to 5

• Code - I shall be better
• upgrades player's Dead Eye again from "I shall be better" cheat code
• This code is automatically unlocked for players

Heavy Weapons

• Code - Greed is American Virtue
• Gives players access to heavy weapons that are very powerful (Mauser Pistol and more)
• Unlocked by purchasing the Saint Denis Times number 46 or Blackwater number 65 after completing "Advertising, the New American Art" in Chapter 3

Basic Weapons

• Code - A simple life, a beautitful death
• Spawns a loadout consisting of basic weapons for the game
• This is automatically unlocked for players

Stealth Weapons

• Code - Death is silence
• Spawns a group of weapons used for stealth, such as throwing knives or a machete
• This is cuotmatically unlocked for players

Create a Superior Horse

• Code - You want more than you have
• Spawns a superior horse for players to use
• This is automatiicaly unlocked

Create Circus Wagon

• Code - Would you be happier as a clown?
• Spawns a circus wagon
• Unlocked after completing the Epilogue

Own All Outfits

• Code - Vanity. All is vanity
• Unlocks all outfits for Arthur Morgan
• This is automatically unlocked

Increase Wanted Level

• Code - You want punishment
• Raises a player's wanted level
• This is automatically unlocked for players

Decrease Wanted Level

• Code - You want freedom
• Lowers a player's wanted level
• This is automatically unlocked

With everything from infinite ammo to immediately acquiring some of the most powerful weapons in Red Dead Redemption 2, the cheat codes that Rockstar games have added into the popular title will give players plenty of unique and entertaining ways to wreck havoc in the classic wild way that cheat codes are known to provide. 

(cover photo courtesy of Rockstar Games)