All working RDR 2 cheat codes in 2023

William Davis Published 21/07/2023

RDR 2 is still going strong in 2023, and these cheat codes can help bring a little spice to the frontier.

For all its dramatic flair, Red Dead Redemption 2 is still a Rockstar game. It’s littered with fun easter eggs meant to make the game more realistic, but some are designed to make things much sillier. If you’re looking for more of a sandbox experience out in the West, the game has you covered.

Here are all of the working cheat codes in RDR 2 as of 2023.

A simple life, a beautiful death – Get basic weapons
Death is silence – Get stealth weapons
History is written by Fools – Get gunslinger weapons
Greed is now a virtue – Get $500
Keep your dreams light – Get a buggy
Run! Run! Run! – Get a racehorse
The best of the old ways – Get a stagecoach
You want something new – Get a random horse
You want more than you have – Get a superior horse
Keep your dreams simple – Get a wagon
Vanity. All is vanity – Get all outfits
You want freedom – Decrease wanted level
You want punishment – Increase wanted level
You revel in your disgrace, I see – Decrease honor
Balance. All is balance – Reset honor
A fool on command – Become drunk
Seek all the bounty of this place – Increase all gauges
You flourish before you die – Max out all gauges
My kingdom is a horse – Increase horse bonding
Better than my dog – Increase horse whistle range
Be Greedy only for Foresight – Infinite Deadeye
Eat of Knowledge – Learn all food recipes
Share – Get all camp upgrades
You want everyone to go away – Clear bounties and lockdowns
Guide me Better – Set Deadeye to 1
Make me Better – Set Deadeye to 2
I shall be better – Set Deadeye to 3
I still seek more – Set Deadeye to 4
I seek and I find – Set Deadeye to 5

A handful of cheats require players to own certain newspapers. Here are those cheats along with which papers to collect.

Virtue unearned is not virtue – Increase honor – Saint Denis Times 48
Abundance is the dullest desire – Infinite ammo – Hanover 27 or Saint Denis 43
Greed is American Virtue – Get heavy ammo – Saint Denis 46
The lucky be strong evermore – Infinite stamina – Saint Denis Times 49
You seek more than the world offers – Fortify health, stamina, and Deadeye – Saint Denis Times 52
You are a beast built for war – Get war horse – Saint Denis Times 53
Would you be happier as a clown? – Get circus wagon – Saint Denis Times 54

How to use cheat codes in RDR 2

To activate RDR 2 cheat codes, open up the menu and head to settings. From there, press Triangle or Y to open the cheats list. The option should appear at the bottom of the screen on the PC version. Open up the code menu and type in the cheats listed above to unlock them. After that, simply activate them and start horsing around.

Note that when you activate any cheats, saving game progress will be disabled. You will not be able to permanently progress through the game, and anything you do will be reversed once you close it. These are meant to be silly little easter eggs rather than legitimate cheat codes meant to give an advantage, but there’s still fun to be had by turning RDR 2 into a sandbox.

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