Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheats
Red Dead Redemption 2 hides its cheats in plain sight. They are phrases rather than codes, printed in the in-game newspapers, and typed into a panel inside the pause menu. Some work from the start; roughly a third will not appear at all until you have bought the specific issue that carries them.
Every phrase below is reproduced exactly, punctuation included. The game checks the punctuation and ignores the capitalisation.
Switching on any cheat disables saving for that session and turns off Trophies and Achievements. There is no way to undo it other than reloading an earlier save, so save first and treat a cheat session as separate from your real playthrough.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheat Browser
Pick your platform for the exact button that opens the Cheats panel, then search the phrases. Punctuation is copied with the phrase because the game checks it.
Your platform
- 01Pause the game and open the Settings menu.
- 02Press Triangle to open the Cheats panel.
- 03Press Triangle again to enter a new code, then type the phrase exactly.
- 04Toggle the cheat on in the list. Saving is disabled from that moment until you reload.
Showing 37 of 37 · codes for PlayStation
Add $500
Adds five hundred dollars to Arthur’s wallet. Repeatable.
Money & honor
Maximum honor
Fills the honor bar to the top of the good side.
Money & honor
Requires the Blackwater Ledger No. 67 newspaper.
Neutral honor
Resets honor to the middle of the bar.
Money & honor
The full stop inside the phrase is part of it.
Minimum honor
Drops honor to the bottom of the bad side.
Money & honor
Requires the New Hanover Gazette No. 27 newspaper. The comma is part of the phrase.
Dead Eye level 1
Sets Dead Eye to the first rank.
Dead Eye
Dead Eye level 2
Sets Dead Eye to the second rank.
Dead Eye
Dead Eye level 3
Sets Dead Eye to the third rank.
Dead Eye
Dead Eye level 4
Sets Dead Eye to the fourth rank.
Dead Eye
Dead Eye level 5
Sets Dead Eye to the fifth and final rank.
Dead Eye
Infinite Dead Eye
The Dead Eye meter stops draining.
Dead Eye
Refill health, stamina and Dead Eye
Tops up all three cores at once.
Survival
There is no invincibility cheat in this game. Anything claiming otherwise is wrong.
Fortify all bars
Sets health, stamina and Dead Eye cores to their fortified state.
Survival
Requires the Hanover Gazette No. 36 newspaper.
Increase bar levels
Raises the maximum size of health, stamina and Dead Eye.
Survival
Infinite stamina
Neither Arthur nor his horse runs out of stamina.
Survival
Requires the Blackwater Ledger No. 68 newspaper.
Drunk mode
Makes Arthur permanently drunk, blur and stagger included.
Survival
Learn every crafting recipe
Unlocks all recipes without finding the pamphlets.
Survival
Unlock all outfits
Every outfit becomes available from the wardrobe.
Survival
Raise wanted level
Adds to the bounty on Arthur’s head.
Law
Lower wanted level
Reduces the current wanted level.
Law
Clear bounties and lockdowns
Wipes bounties in every region and lifts town lockdowns.
Law
Reveal the entire map
Removes the fog of war from the whole world map.
World
Requires Blackwater Ledger No. 66 or New Hanover Gazette No. 31.
All camp upgrades
Unlocks every ledger upgrade and raises supply levels.
World
The shortest cheat in the game, and it is exactly this one word.
Unlock simple weapons
Grants the basic weapon set.
Weapons
Requires the New Hanover Gazette No. 27 newspaper.
Unlock heavy weapons
Grants the heavy weapon set.
Weapons
Requires Saint Denis Times No. 46 or Blackwater Ledger No. 65. Note this is a different phrase from the money cheat.
Unlock gunslinger weapons
Grants the gunslinger weapon set.
Weapons
Unlock stealth weapons
Grants the stealth weapon set.
Weapons
Requires the New Hanover Gazette No. 27 newspaper.
Infinite ammo
Ammunition stops being consumed.
Weapons
Requires the New Hanover Gazette No. 27 newspaper.
Increase horse bonding
Raises the bond level with your current horse.
Horses
Call your horse from anywhere
Removes the distance limit on the horse whistle.
Horses
Spawn a racing horse
Drops a race-bred horse beside you.
Horses
Three exclamation marks, one per word.
Spawn a Rose Grey Bay Arabian
Spawns one of the better horses in the game.
Horses
Spawn a war horse
Spawns the armoured war horse.
Horses
Requires the Blackwater Ledger No. 72 newspaper.
Spawn a random horse
Spawns whatever the game picks.
Horses
Spawn a wagon
Drops a standard wagon nearby.
Wagons
Spawn a stagecoach
Drops a stagecoach nearby.
Wagons
Spawn a circus wagon
Drops the circus wagon.
Wagons
Requires the Blackwater Ledger No. 73 newspaper. The question mark is part of the phrase.
Spawn a buggy or cart
Drops a light buggy or cart.
Wagons
How to Enter Cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2
Pause the game and open Settings. From there, one button opens the Cheats panel — Triangle on PlayStation, Y on Xbox, Enter on PC. Press it again inside the panel to enter a new code, and type the phrase.
Accepted phrases join a list you can toggle on and off. That distinction matters: entering a phrase unlocks it permanently on that save, but the effect only applies while its switch is on. You can enter every cheat you own and leave them all off, and nothing happens until you flip one.
Punctuation is checked and capitalisation is not. "Balance. All is balance" needs the full stop in the middle. "Would you be happier as a clown?" needs the question mark. "Run! Run! Run!" needs all three exclamation marks. Missing one is the usual reason a correctly remembered phrase is rejected.
The Newspaper Requirement
About a third of the cheats on this page cannot be entered until you have bought a particular newspaper. Buying is what unlocks the slot — you do not have to read the article, and the paper does not have to stay in your inventory.
The issues are tied to story progress, so they only become available from a newspaper vendor once you have reached the relevant chapter. Vendors stand in Valentine, Rhodes, Saint Denis and Blackwater among others, and stock rotates as the story advances, which means an issue you skipped may not be available later.
Each row on this page names the issue it needs. Where two different papers unlock the same cheat, both are listed — either one works.
Some of the most wanted cheats are behind this system, including infinite ammo and infinite stamina, which is why so many players conclude those two do not exist. They do; the phrase simply will not be accepted until the paper has been bought.
What Cheats Cost You
The price in Red Dead Redemption 2 is unusually steep and worth understanding before you turn anything on. The moment a cheat is switched on, saving is disabled for the rest of the session, and Trophies and Achievements stop being awarded.
It is not permanent damage to the file. Reload an earlier save and everything works normally again. But anything you did while a cheat was active is not coming with you, because you could not save it — so a cheat session is best treated as a sandbox you walk away from rather than a shortcut through the story.
There is also no invincibility cheat, whatever a video title tells you. The closest thing is the phrase that refills health, stamina and Dead Eye, which you can enter as often as you like. Nothing in the list makes Arthur immortal.
None of these codes function in Red Dead Online. Cheats are a single-player feature, and attempting to bring them into the online mode is not something the game supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you enter cheats in Red Dead Redemption 2?
Pause, open Settings, then press Triangle on PlayStation, Y on Xbox or Enter on PC to open the Cheats panel. Press the same button again to type a phrase. Accepted phrases join a list you can toggle on and off.
Do RDR2 cheats disable saving?
Yes. Once any cheat is switched on you cannot save for the rest of that session, and Trophies and Achievements are disabled. Reloading an earlier save restores normal behaviour.
Why is my cheat code not being accepted?
Two usual causes. The punctuation is wrong — several phrases contain full stops, commas, question marks or exclamation marks that are checked. Or the cheat needs a newspaper you have not bought yet, in which case the phrase is rejected until you own the issue.
Which RDR2 cheats need a newspaper?
Roughly a third of them, including infinite ammo, infinite stamina, maximum honor, the heavy weapons set, the war horse and the full map reveal. Each row on this page names the issue it needs. Buying the paper is enough; you do not need to read it.
Is there an invincibility cheat in Red Dead Redemption 2?
No. There is no god mode phrase. The nearest equivalent is the cheat that refills health, stamina and Dead Eye, which can be re-triggered as often as you want.
Do cheats work in Red Dead Online?
No. Every phrase here is single-player only. Red Dead Online has no cheat menu and these codes do nothing there.