All 37 Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes: infinite ammo, money, horses, honor, Dead Eye. How to enter them on PS4/PS5, Xbox and PC, which newspapers unlock the rest, and why the game stops saving after a cheat.
How to enter a cheat in Red Dead Redemption 2
- Pause the game and open Settings.
- Press Triangle (PlayStation), Y (Xbox) or Enter (PC) to open the Cheats menu.
- Press Triangle / Y / Enter again to bring up the text field. Type the phrase exactly, punctuation included.
- Turn the cheat on with the toggle in the same menu. You turn it off there too.
Important: saving. As soon as you activate any cheat, the game stops saving, both manually and automatically. So enter the phrases you need first, save, and only then switch them on. A phrase that is entered but not activated does not block saving.
How to unlock cheats with newspapers
Some phrases are available from the first minute. The rest only appear after you buy a specific newspaper issue at a certain point in the story: the New Hanover Gazette, the Saint Denis Times or the Blackwater Ledger. Newspapers are sold by paperboys in town: Valentine, Saint Denis, Rhodes, Blackwater, Strawberry, Annesburg.
The phrase is printed in a small line at the bottom of the back page: open your Satchel → Documents → Newspapers and flip the page. You have to actually look at the paper; just having it in your inventory is not enough. If a requirement is not met yet, the game tells you when you enter the phrase.
The newspaper numbers in the tables below follow the fan site rdr2.org and GameSpot. Some phrases appear in two newspapers; buying either one is enough.
RDR2 cheats: weapons and money
| Effect | Phrase | How to unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Infinite ammo | Abundance is the dullest desire | Newspaper in Chapter 1: New Hanover Gazette No. 27 (Valentine) |
| Basic weapons (Cattleman, Lancaster, Springfield) | A simple life, a beautiful death | From the start or after the first newspaper in Chapter 1 (per rdr2.org, New Hanover Gazette No. 27) |
| Heavy weapons | Greed is American virtue | Newspaper in Chapter 3 after the mission “Advertising, the New American Art”: Saint Denis Times No. 46 or Blackwater Ledger No. 65 |
| Silent weapons: bow, fire bottles, tomahawks, knives, machete | Death is silence | From the start or after the first newspaper in Chapter 1 (per rdr2.org, New Hanover Gazette No. 27) |
| Weapons from the Gunslinger missions | History is written by fools | From the start |
| +$500 (repeatable) | Greed is now a virtue | From the start |
RDR2 cheats: character, honor and Dead Eye
| Effect | Phrase | How to unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Max honor | Virtue unearned is not virtue | Newspaper in Chapter 4 after “Urban Pleasures”: Blackwater Ledger No. 67 |
| Lowest honor | You revel in your disgrace, I see | From the start or after the first newspaper in Chapter 1 (per rdr2.org, New Hanover Gazette No. 27) |
| Neutral honor | Balance. All is balance | From the start |
| Infinite Dead Eye | Be greedy only for foresight | From the start |
| Infinite stamina (for your horse too) | The lucky be strong evermore | Newspaper after Chapter 5: Blackwater Ledger No. 68, after “Dear Uncle Tacitus” (per rdr2.org) |
| Dead Eye level 1 | Guide me better | From the start |
| Dead Eye level 2 | Make me better | From the start |
| Dead Eye level 3 | I shall be better | From the start |
| Dead Eye level 4 | I still seek more | From the start |
| Dead Eye level 5 | I seek and I find | From the start |
| Increase health, stamina and Dead Eye bars | Seek all the bounty of this place | From the start |
| Refill health, stamina and Dead Eye | You flourish before you die | From the start |
| Refill bars and fortify cores | You seek more than the world offers | Newspaper in Chapter 6 after “The King's Son”: Gazette No. 36 |
| Drunkenness | A fool on command | From the start |
RDR2 cheats: horses and wagons
| Effect | Phrase | How to unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Increase horse bonding | My kingdom is a horse | From the start |
| Call your horse from any distance | Better than my dog | From the start |
| Racehorse | Run! Run! Run! | From the start |
| War Horse | You are a beast built for war | Newspaper in Epilogue part 1: Blackwater Ledger No. 72 |
| Superior-class horse (Arabian) | You want more than you have | From the start |
| Random horse | You want something new | From the start |
| Stagecoach | The best of the old ways | From the start |
| Wagon | Keep your dreams simple | From the start |
| Buggy | Keep your dreams light | From the start |
| Circus wagon | Would you be happier as a clown? | Newspaper in Epilogue part 2: Blackwater Ledger No. 73 |
RDR2 cheats: world, wanted level, camp
| Effect | Phrase | How to unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Remove fog from the map | You long for sight and see nothing | Newspaper in Chapter 3 after “Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern”: Blackwater Ledger No. 66 or New Hanover Gazette No. 31 |
| All outfits | Vanity. All is vanity | From the start |
| All crafting recipes | Eat of knowledge | From the start |
| All camp upgrades | Share | From the start |
| Raise wanted level | You want punishment | From the start |
| Lower wanted level | You want freedom | From the start |
| Remove all bounties | You want everyone to go away | From the start |
Why an RDR2 cheat is not working
- The requirement is not met yet. A newspaper phrase works only after you have bought the right issue at the right point in the story and looked at it in your satchel (Satchel → Documents → Newspapers). If you have not read the paper yet, the game says the cheat's requirements are not met.
- A typo in the phrase. Capitalization does not matter, but every comma, period and exclamation mark does. "Run! Run! Run!" without the exclamation marks will not work. A common mistake from old guides is "Greed is not a virtue" instead of the correct
Greed is now a virtue. - The phrase is entered but not switched on. After you enter it, the cheat appears in the list in the Cheats menu, and you have to activate it with the toggle. You turn it off there too.
- You are in Red Dead Online. The codes work only in Story Mode. Online has none, and third-party programs risk a ban.
If a cheat works but the game will not save, that is expected: an active cheat blocks saving and trophies. So save before you switch codes on.
What RDR2 does not have
- Invincibility. There is no god mode cheat in the game.
- Cheats for Red Dead Online. The codes only work in Story Mode. Programs that promise money or gold in Online break Rockstar's rules and put your account at risk of a ban.
- An official list from Rockstar. We put this table together from the GamesRadar and PC Gamer guides and the fan site rdr2.org; the phrases match word for word in all three.
Everything about the game is on the Red Dead Redemption 2 page. Cheats for other games: GTA 6.
RDR2 cheats FAQ
How do I enter a cheat code in RDR2?
Pause → Settings → Cheats (Triangle on PlayStation, Y on Xbox, Enter on PC), press the same button again, then type the phrase with all its punctuation.
Do cheats disable achievements and trophies?
Yes. While at least one cheat is active, trophies and achievements are not awarded and the game does not save.
Is there a money cheat in RDR2?
Yes: “Greed is now a virtue” gives you $500. You can enter it again and again.
Do RDR2 cheats work on PS5 and Xbox Series?
Yes. On the new consoles RDR2 runs as the PS4 / Xbox One version, so the phrases and the menu are the same.
Do cheats work in Red Dead Online?
No, only in Story Mode.
How do I get the war horse?
The phrase “You are a beast built for war” unlocks with a newspaper in part 1 of the Epilogue.
Why is my RDR2 cheat not working?
Most often it is missing punctuation in the phrase, an unread newspaper (you have to open it in your satchel) or a cheat that has not been switched on with the toggle in the Cheats menu. In Red Dead Online the codes do not work at all.
Sources
- Official: Rockstar Games, Rockstar Newswire, Rockstar Support, Take-Two Interactive
- Databases and guides: Red Dead Wiki, RDR2.org, GTABase, PowerPyx
- Press: GamesRadar, PC Gamer, IGN, VGC, Game Informer
Every fact is checked against official sources or at least two independent ones; player-sourced data is labelled in the text. Images are official Rockstar Games material. GTA Top is not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.