Remember the good old days of cheat codes in video games? That was before companies realized they could charge you $5 per use for them, and hid them behind microtransactions. It was a simpler time is what I am saying.

However, Rockstar, have included real cheat codes in Red Dead Redemption 2. Yes, they’re actual, real cheat codes that you input for in game benefits and shenanigans. And how do they work?

Well, that’s simple: you pull up the main menu, and then you press either Y or Triangle (depending on what console you are playing on, naturally) to access the cheats menu. There, you can input a cheat to activate it. Once it has been activated, you can simply enable it from that menu directly, without having to input it the next time. However, bear in mind that for the rest of your gaming session, for as long as the cheat is activated, you can no longer save the game, and you won’t earn any Trophies or Achievements. Additionally, most cheats need you to buy in game newspapers (found in Valentine, Strawberry, Rhodes, Blackwater, Annesburg) to unlock them.

There are a total of 33 cheats. So far we have 21 and we will update this article once we find more.

You are a beast built for war (Requires Newspaper to unlock)

Call a War Horse into existence

I shall be better

You can set your Deadeye skill to 3, which means you won’t exit Deadeye after firing your weapon

Keep your dreams simple

You instantly get a wagon drawn by one horses

Better than my dog

You can whistle your horse from anywhere, and it will come running to you (ordinarily, it needs to be within earshot)

You flourish before you die

All your bars are refilled instantly

Greed is American Virtue (Requires Newspaper to unlock)

You automatically get the following weapons added to your inventory: Pump-Action Shotgun, Bolt Action Rifle, Mauser Pistol, and Semi-Automatic Pistol

Run! Run! Run!

Calls a racehorse into existence

I Seek and I Find

Set your Deadeye to 5

You Long for Sight But See Nothing (needs newspaper to unlock)

Uncovers the entire map. Bear in mind: spoilers!

Virtue Unearned is not virtue (Needs newspaper to unlock)

Raises your Honor

Abundance is the dullest desire (Needs Newspaper “New Hanover Gazette No. 27”. You can get it from a merchant in New Hanover Region)

Gives you infinite Ammo

Would you be happier as a clown (Needs newspaper to unlock)

A Circus Wagon will spawn

The lucky be strong evermore (Needs newspaper to unlock)

Infinite stamina

My kingdom is a horse

Increases your bonding with all of your horses

The lucky be strong evermore (Purchase newspaper after completing chapter 5)

Unlimited Stamina

Balance. All is Balance.

Resets your honor

Vanity. All is vanity.

Gives you all the hero outfits.

Death is silence.

Spawns an arsenal of stealth weapons for you.

Eat of Knowledge

Learn all the recipes

You want freedom

Reduce your wanted rating

You want punishment

Increase your wanted rating