There is an abundance of shacks and cabins in Red Dead Redemption 2 that act as keen points of interest for players to fill out their journals, enjoy some collectibles, and complete further progress in the Compendium. For the trophy hunters out there, players will need to find 5 shacks, but there are so many more available that are must-haves for the experience.
Players should saddle up on Arthur’s horse and head out into the wild to find some of the strangest shacks and cabins in Red Dead Redemption 2, with each of them telling a story that can be dark, tragic, creepy, or a mixture of all three.
8 Bayall Edge
A Creepy Cabin That Tracks Arthur’s Moral Choices
- Location: East of the Kamassa River within the Bayou Nwa, Lemoyne
Bayall Edge is easily one of the creepiest locations of Red Dead Redemption 2, and a cabin that players should most definitely check out if they want to feel their skin crawl. Investigating Bayall Edge won’t be dangerous, but it will feel supernatural since written on the walls with white paint and etched into wooden boards are limericks and tales of Arthur Morgan.
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Bayall Edge tracks some of Arthur’s decisions throughout Red Dead Redemption 2, and it’s important to come here every so often to see the center painting hold further progress. While the painting itself cannot be seen completed until the Epilogue, try and watch out for the mirror every time you enter…
7 Meteor House
A House with a Lootable Meteorite to Reduce Hot Temperature Damage by 10%
- Location: Found South of Doverhill, just East of Roanoke Valley in New Hanover
The Meteor House in Roanoke Ridge might seem a tad normal, but what lurks inside is completely bizarre. From within the shack, players are going to find a group of people who were just casually going about their day before a chunk of meteorite from space crash-landed onto their dining table, killing them all in gruesome ways.
Not only are the corpses a grim sight, but Arthur can directly interact with a metal that’s not of this world by picking up a chunk of the meteorite from within the hole in the ground, which can be sold, but will permanently decrease damaging exposure to hot temperatures by 10% so long as it’s in Arthur’s satchel.
6 Robard Farm
Discover a Deadly Affair
- Location: North of the Southfield Flats, near Mattock Pond in Scarlett Meadows, Lemoyne
Another abandoned shack is found in Lemoyne, where players can uncover Robard Farm. While the farm itself has an Oxen to kill for the Compendium, and a Laurence Dunn Cigarette Card, the real desire to come to this location comes from the bloodied murders that are found within the cabin itself.
Entering the shack, players will find an abundance of bloody footprints, along with a couple that have been brutally stabbed to death on a bed. Follow the trail of footprints back outside to find a woman who has killed herself with a revolver, along with a letter pleading to her husband to stop having an affair.
5 Dodd’s Bluff
Discover a Gold Nugget That Caused the Death of Two Men
- Location: South of Window Rock, found far North of Valentine in Ambarino
Dodd’s Bluff is a quiet cabin that players can break into in order to find the corpses of two men who seem to have gotten into a brawl and killed each other. The two men lay dead beside each other with a hammer and crowbar, indicating the brutal and blunt weapons used in their murder.
Entering Dodd’s Bluff isn’t just to see the two dead men, but to claim the Gold Nugget that can be taken from a nearby table, indicating that the two men were gold miners and finally struck lucky with gold but couldn’t agree on who got the spoils. Luckily for Arthur, he gets the spoils, which is an easy $25.
4 Osman Grove
The Corpses of a Small Family Remain Inside
- Location: East of Emerald Ranch and Emerald Station in New Hanover
Osman Grove holds a few useful treasures for players who need to complete some Companion Item Requests back at the Van der Linde camp. Inside the shack, is a storybook for Jack and a Fountain pen for Mary-Beth, but it’s going to be a pretty depressing sight for those who do manage to enter the cabin.
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Within Osman Grove is a selection of corpses – a small family who lived here together, only to die from suffocation after a pipe burst and trapped them all from within the cabin. A small child playing with their toys, along with a mother, father, grandmother, and grandfather – this family met a horrible end and Arthur can be the last witness to their memory.
3 Hermit Woman
A Hostile Witch and Her Dogs Hold a Great Secret
- Location: North West of West Elizabeth, following North from Little Creek River and Hanging Dock Ranch
The Hermit Woman owns an unnamed shack that will surely be a hostile place for Arthur to visit. Not only does the Hermit Woman reject company entirely by sending out her hostile attack dogs to bite and maul Arthur, but she will also be a combatant herself to try and get people off of her property, even if she gives no time for them to leave.
The Hermit Woman is a mystery, and while her cabin doesn’t have much, it does have half of a treasure map related to Otis Miller, a notorious gunslinger. Many have speculated that the Hermit Woman is the widow of Otis Miller, whereas Arthur sees her as a witch. Regardless of what she is, grab her half of the treasure map for some interesting loot.
2 Manito Glade
A Hermit’s Dwelling Who Holds a Treasure Map and a Rare Shotgun
- Location: North East of Annesburg in Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover
In the far North East area of New Hanover, players can ride through the forest to reach Manito Glade, a small cabin that has plenty of warning signs out front to show Arthur that the man inside isn’t going to be friendly. If players get too close, this man and his oversized hat will step out and scream for Arthur to leave.
If Arthur fails to leave or becomes aggressive to the hermit, a gunfight will occur, but if Arthur is the victor, he can loot a one-of-a-kind Rare Shotgun, and inside the cabin itself is the other half to the Torn Treasure Map that will guide players to the Otis Miller Treasure in New Austin.
1 Watson’s Cabin
An Easy Cabin for Isolated Loot and a Semi-Auto Shotgun
- Location: West of Wallace Station in West Elizabeth, and North of Little Creek River
An isolated cabin in West Elizabeth holds an old grandma who is anything but sweet. If players enter the cabin, they’ll find Mama Watson, an aggressive old woman who tells Arthur to set aside his loot in the basement, as she believes him to be part of her son’s gang, the Watson Boys. Complying with her request will see a whole range of useful items to be looted from her basement.
Watson’s Cabin has a bundle of jewelry, coins, and more interestingly, the Semi-Auto Shotgun, which is a weapon that players can get for free well before they can buy it in Chapter 4. It’s an easy opportunity for loot, but do be careful of coming back here afterward, as an ambush might occur.
Red Dead Redemption 2
- Released
- October 26, 2018
