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In Red Dead Redemption 2 there are some crafting mechanics.

They allow you to produce ammunition, food, medicine and baits.

How to start crafting?

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In Red Dead Redemption 2, for start crafting you have tostop.

Unlike other games, you could’t craft ammunition or food on the run or on horseback.

In addition, it is not enough to merely stop; you have torestor set upthe camp.

PC

It depends on what you want to create.

Some items require a bonfire.

a few meters away from your horse.

PC

If you are already at a suitable distance, hold down the triangle for PS4, Y for XBOX.

Your character will then crouch on the ground.

You will see 3 possible options:Set up the camp, Crafting and Stand Up.

PC

If you smack the “craft” option, a crafting window will appear.

Setting the camp

you’re able to set up a camp in RDR2 in two ways.

When you hit it, the character will set a camp.

PC

By the bonfire you cancraft ammunition, weapons, food, medicines, baits and horse-care items.

it’s possible for you to also prepare items at a fire in the main camp.

On a separate page of the guide we have prepared food recipes in Red Dead Redemption 2.

PC

Horse Care

Horse Meals

Ingredients: 3 hay or 3 beets.

How to unlock:Finish the main quest - Pouring Forth Oil.

Effects: Replenishes horse’s stamina and health.

PlayStation

Horse Ointment

Ingredients: 1 sage, 1 common bulrush and 1 yarrow.

How to unlock: You get the recipe at the beginning of chapter 2.

Special Horse Stimulant

Ingredients: 2 sage, 2 common bulrushes and 2 wild carrots.

Xbox

Potent Horse Stimulant

Ingredients: 1 sage, 1 common bulrush.

How to unlock:Available since the beginning.

Effects: Replenishes horse’s stamina.

Red Dead Redemption 2

Special Horse Medicine

Ingredients: 2 ginseng, 2 common bulrush and 2 wild carrots.

How to unlock:Finish the main quest - Pouring Forth Oil (chapter 2).

Effects: Regenerates horse’s health.

Potent Horse Medicine

Ingredients: 1 ginseng, 1 common bulrush.

Special Horse Reviver

Ingredients: 2 ginsengs, 2 mushrooms and 2 wild carrots.

How to unlock:Finish the main quest - American Distillation (chapter 3).

Effects: Regenerates and reinforces horse’s health.

Hunting

Cover Scent Lotion

Ingredients: 1 scent gland.

Effects: Disguises the smell of the hero, making it difficult for dangerous animals to detect him.

Predator Bait

Ingredients: 1 stringy meat and 1 blackberry.

Effects: Lures predators.

Potent Herbivore Bait

Ingredients: 1 vanilla flower, 1 snowdrop and 1 parasol mushroom.

Effects: Lures herbivores.

Potent Predator Bait

Ingredients: 1 griffty fish meat and 1 blackberry.

Effects: Lures nearby predators.

Weapons

Volatile Dynamite

Ingredients: 1 dynamite and 1 Animal Fat.

Improved Throwing Knife

Ingredients: 1 throwing knife, 1 eagle Feather.

Poison Throwing Knife

Ingredients: 1 throwing knife, 1 oleander sage.

Volatile Fire Bottle

Ingredients: 1 moonshine and 1 Animal Fat.

Fire Bottle

Horning Tomahawk

Ingredients: 1 Tomahawk and 1 owl Feather.

Improved Tomahawk

Ingredients: 1 Tomahawk and 1 eagle Feather.

Ammunition

Dynamite Arrow

Ingredients: 1 arrow, 1 dynamite and 1 eagle feather.

Fire Arrow

Ingredients: 1 arrow, 1 Animal fat and 1 flight feather.

Poison Arrow

Ingredients: 1 arrow, 1 oleander sage and 1 flight feather.

How to unlock: You get the recipe at the end of chapter 2.

Improved Arrow

Ingredients: 1 arrow and 1 flight feather.

Small Game Arrow

Explosive Cartridge

Ingredients: weapon and 1 animal fat.

Incendiary Buckshot

Ingredients: 1 moonshine, 1 shotgun.

How to unlock: Finish the main quest - Pouring Forth Oil.

Split Point Cartridge

Ingredients: regular ammo.

Remedies

Special Bitters

Ingredients: 2 sage and 1 burdock root.

Effects: Increases stamina level.

Potent Bitters

Ingredients: 1 sage and 1 burdock root.

Special Miracle Tonic

Ingredients: 3 burdock roots.

Effects: Increase Stamina, Health and Dead Eye.

Potent Miracle Tonic

Ingredients: 1 Indian tobacco.

Special Health Cure

Ingredients: 1 slander and 1 yarrow.

Effects: Regenerates health.

Potent Health Cure

Ingredients: 1 slander.

Special Snake Oil

Ingredients: 2 Indian tobacco.

Effects: Fully replenishes Dead Eye.

Potent Snake Oil

How to unlock:Available since the beginning of RDR2.

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