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ALL 50 Must Have Purchases in Red Dead Online

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The video isn’t reviewing a single product. It’s a ranked “50 must-have purchases” guide for Red Dead Online, covering roles, weapons, ability cards, and quality-of-life (QoL) items for camp, trinkets, and mounts.

Below are the unique purchase-related points mentioned, plus pros/cons and overall recommendations derived from the subtitles.

Key Features / Must-Have Purchases (Unique Points)

Ability Cards

  • Painted Black (Dead Eye upgrade to level 3)

    • Main value: Marks enemies and grants perfect accuracy while active.
    • Cost: free during tutorial; upgrading costs $350 (level 2) and $500 (level 3).
    • Use constraint: can run out quickly if not upgraded.

  • Strange Medicine (PVE)

    • Main value: Heals you for a % of the damage you deal.
    • Cost: $900 to buy and fully upgrade.

  • Eye for an Eye

    • Main value: Restores Dead Eye when you kill an enemy with a headshot.
    • Cost: “pretty expensive” (no exact number given).

  • Slow and Steady (PVP-focused defensive)

    • Main value: Your horse won’t throw you off; increases survivability with extra damage reduction and headshot protection.
    • Build synergy: can combine defensively for “almost unkillable” setups.

  • Fool Me Once (PVP + PVE defensive)

    • Main value: Reduces damage from consecutive shots, even from different enemies.

  • Never Without One (PVP defensive)

    • Main value: When you have a hat equipped, it blocks a headshot (described as preventing lethal headshot outcome).

Weapons

  • Worn Early Weapon: W rifle (context suggests “Varmint Rifle” use)

    • Main value: Cheap and effective for birds/small animals; headshots are deadly.
    • Why later: needed for Collector/Naturalist roles.

  • Bow

    • Main value: Hunting bigger animals (e.g., deer).
    • Combat: can fight with it; mentions dynamite arrows for PvP.
    • Leveling: killing with bow levels up health faster than fishing (per speaker test).

  • Lancaster Repeater

    • Main value: Fast, accurate, and good ammo capacity.
    • Use cases: great for fighting lots of enemies (example: “Arms/CTF-style” battles); hunts medium animals (foxes/coyotes).
    • Needs: weapon upgrades, ammo, gun oil.

  • Bolt Action Rifle vs Rolling Block

    • Comparison: Rolling Block is a close choice if you don’t rely on auto-aim/painted black.
    • Choice made: speaker prefers Bolt Action for lowest level requirement.

  • Pump Action Shotgun

    • Main value: Easy NPC combat; usable in PvP and hunting legendary animals (only legendary animals specifically mentioned).
    • Why this one: speaker claims it’s relatively cheap and available earlier; they “tested” it and call it the best close-shotgun option.

  • Carcano Sniper Rifle

    • Main value: described as the best weapon in the game.
    • Strengths: high damage, “perfect accuracy” (sniper), high fire rate; strong with scope aim assist.
    • Limitation: cannot mark targets with Painted Black, and you can’t shoot-from-outside Dead Eye marking the same way.
    • Ability synergy: works with Sharpshooter passive: extra damage + damage reduction while scoped.

  • Navy vs LeMat Revolvers

    • Comparison: “pretty close.”
    • Choice made: speaker personally prefers Navy for classic western vibe.

  • Mauser/Mouser Pistol (likely “Mauser”)

    • Main value: great for headshots with Painted Black; fast with good ammo capacity.
    • Con: ammo runs out too fast; you need to buy two pistols.

  • Also mentioned: Reinforced Lasso (not a weapon in the usual sense, but a must-buy for Bounty Hunter)

Progression Roles and Role Unlock Purchases

  • Bounty Hunter

    • Cost: 15 gold bars
    • Value: cool cosmetics and legendary bounty missions.
    • Main benefit: grinding earns money and gold (contrasted with many other roles).

  • Reinforced Lasso (Bounty Hunter)

    • Main value: NPCs untie slower; stronger than regular lasso in PvP.

  • Prestigious Bounty Hunter license

    • Cost: another 15 gold bars
    • Main value: adds 10 levels with more rewards + 3 legendary bounty missions.
    • Additional: introduces “Infamous Bounty” missions that are much better at level 25.

Trader

  • Cost: 15 gold bars
  • Value: semi-passive income.
  • Co-op bonus: helping a friend deliver gives half the profit, and the friend loses nothing.
  • Key purchases/constraints:
    • Must buy medium delivery wagon on level 5 and large delivery wagon on level 10
    • Can’t skip medium wagon before large
    • Hunting wagon: stores animal carcasses (including legendary animals) and later supplies production

Collector

  • Cost: 15 gold bars
  • Value: “most profitable” for solo players; strong money + XP by selling full collections to Madame Nazar.
  • Key QoL: use the Collector map (the speaker recommends it).

Moonshiner

  • Unlock timing: can buy even without reaching Trader level 5, but costs 5 more gold (speaker says it’s not worth it).
  • Value: near-passive—production takes 48 minutes, delivery is short.
  • Key upgrades for max profit:
    • Copper upgrade (level 10)
    • Conservator/Condenser upgrade (level 5) (names slightly garbled in subtitles)

Naturalist

  • Value: money-making via legendary animals; most players buy for legendary animals and unlocks (e.g., Wilderness Camp).
  • Wilderness Camp (must-have)
    • Available after reaching Naturalist level 5
    • Craft food anywhere
    • After a fence pamphlet purchase, you gain fast travel “from pretty much everywhere” (time-saver)
  • Pamphlets + explosive ammo
    • Mentions expensive explosive ammo pamphlets that are strong in PvP
    • Limitation: don’t use explosive ammo to hunt legendary animals—it ruins their “bell/carcass” (as described)

Mounts / Stable / Horse QoL

  • “Best horse” recommendation: Mustang

    • Stable unlock: needs second stable slot costing $100
    • Horse cost: $500 additional
    • Claimed difference: differences between horses are small; speaker picks Mustang for beginners

  • Neoa Saddle (stamina drain reduction)

    • Described as “broken” with extremely high stamina drain reduction
    • Cost: $144 (for the upgrades mentioned as required)
    • Effect: “minus 85% Horse Stamina drying rate” (ride nearly forever)

  • Horse outfit storage

    • “Upgraded saddle bags” allow saving up to 7 outfits on your horse

Camp / Fast Travel / Time-Saving Purchases

  • Fast Travel Post

    • Purchased at camp; enables fast travel from camp
    • Adds convenience even for low levels (camp fast travel without special purchase is also mentioned)

  • Deluxe Campfire

    • Provides friend seating and speeds up campfire crafting time (speaker tested faster food crafting)

  • Fast traveling through Naturalist pamphlets (fence)

    • Not a camp item, but another fast-travel expansion after pricey pamphlets

Tools for Collector Play

  • Shovel

    • Needed for finding collectibles
    • Availability: available at Collector level 5; also references level 10 milestones

  • Metal detector

    • Works with shovel to find full collections (coins/arrows/fossils, etc.)

Consumable-like Crafting Pages / Cooking

  • Efficient cooking skill page
    • Allows crafting three pieces of meat at once
    • Presented as a huge time saver given gold food costs for PvP/PVE

Trinkets / Gas Items

  • Ram Horn Trinket

    • Cost: $550 plus materials
    • Effect: supports herb gathering for crafting golden food (Creeping thyme, oregano, wild mint)

  • Beaver Tooth Trinket

    • Effect: weapons lose condition slower

  • Beaver garment sets (gas)

    • Cost example: $230 for a set (subtitle garbling obscures some details)
    • Synergy claim: works with Never Without One; after a headshot breaks your hood, you can re-equip
    • Limitation: appears to work only for male characters (speaker’s note)

Pros (As Stated / Implied)

  • Combat reliability + survivability from ability cards:
    • Painted Black for accuracy
    • Slow and Steady / Fool Me Once / Never Without One for defense
  • Strong money-making options:
    • Collector (solo-friendly; best profitability claim)
    • Bounty Hunter (earns gold + money via grinding)
    • Trader (semi-passive, better with friends)
    • Moonshiner (near-passive, 48-minute loop)
    • Naturalist (legendary animals + major camp unlock value)
  • Big QoL improvements:
    • Neoa Saddle (85% reduced stamina drain)
    • Fast Travel Post + Naturalist pamphlets (“fast travel from everywhere”)
    • Deluxe Campfire (faster crafting)
    • Efficient cooking reduces meat-crafting time

Cons / Limitations (As Stated / Implied)

  • Upgrades cost a lot, especially:
    • Painted Black levels (up to level 3: $350 + $500)
    • Ability cards and weapon upgrades/ammo/gun oil (general note)
  • Hard constraints on some purchases:
    • Can’t skip medium wagon before large wagon (Trader)
    • Moonshiner can be bought early but costs extra 5 gold (not recommended)
  • Weapon tradeoffs:
    • Carcano: can’t use Painted Black marking; relies on aiming/aim assist
    • Mauser pistols: ammo runs out too fast
    • Explosive ammo: don’t use for legendary animals (ruins carcass described)
  • Gender limitation (speaker claim):
    • Beaver garment sets working only for male characters

Comparisons Made

  • Bow: compared indirectly via leveling speed vs fishing (bow levels health faster)
  • Bolt Action Rifle vs Rolling Block:
    • Rolling Block is close, but Bolt Action chosen due to lower level requirement
  • Shotguns:
    • “Pump action relatively cheap” and “close choice” from tests
  • Double revolvers:
    • Navy vs LeMat “close,” but speaker prefers Navy aesthetically
  • Horses:
    • Differences are small; Mustang recommended especially for beginners
  • Ability-card style:
    • Painted Black (accuracy offense) vs defensive cards (Slow and Steady, Fool Me Once, Never Without One)

Numerical Highlights (From Subtitles)

  • Painted Black upgrades: $350 (level 2), $500 (level 3)
  • Bounty Hunter: 15 gold
  • Prestigious Bounty Hunter license: 15 gold
  • Collector: 15 gold
  • Trader: 15 gold
  • Moonshiner: extra 5 gold if bought early
  • Neoa Saddle: $144; effect: -85% horse stamina drain rate
  • Ram Horn trinket: $550
  • Beaver set example: $230
  • Strange Medicine ability card: $900
  • Delivery wagons:
    • Medium at Trader level 5
    • Large at Trader level 10
  • Moonshiner production time: 48 minutes
  • Outfit storage: up to 7 outfits on horse

Overall Recommendation / Verdict

The reviewer’s stance is that these purchases are worth it due to dramatic gains in combat power, defense, and time/money efficiency, especially:

  • Painted Black (accuracy) + defensive PvP cards (Slow and Steady, Fool Me Once, Never Without One + beaver gear)
  • Neoa Saddle and camp QoL items for long-term convenience

Best role value depending on player type:

  • Collector for solo profit
  • Bounty Hunter for gold + money via grinding
  • Trader/Moonshiner for semi-passive loops
  • Naturalist for legendary animals and major camp unlocks

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