It’s not often we get a new game mode in an update but in the Red Dead Online August update we do! Not only that, there is a new Quick Draw Pass and a New Crime to get involved in to earn coveted capitale, plus a big bug patch!
There’s a new job from the mysterious “M” available to players, just check your mail or camp lockbox. Once you do, you’ll be able to join “A Call to Arms!” With 3 other players. Your job is to work together in protecting Blackwater, McFarlane’s Ranch, Fort Mercer, Valentine, and Strawberry against a 10 wave swarm of enemies in this survival mode style game. This is just like popular online mode I spent hours playing in Undead Nightmare back in 2010, sans Zombies. Hopefully that will be in a future release, Maybe Halloween!? Hope!
What to expect in “A Call To Arms”?
Settle in for a challenge! 10 waves of enemies takes some times to get through. The waves of enemies increase in number as well as in difficulty and savagery…I mean, you literally gotta watch your back against machete wielding mobs that can kill you with one hiit! Once you are dead, you are dead! Players can be revived if they are only wounded, but you don’t survive a machete attack in RDO! Before every 4 player match, you are given the opportunity to place NPC’s around the map to help your team survive. After every wave, players can heal any wounded NPC’s before the next round starts. Once an NPC companion goes down, they are done, so make sure you place them in hard to reach places as well as where they can get clear shots on enemies. Make sure you load into the game with your best weapons equipped. There are several different weapons scattered throughout the map to swap out what you’re carrying, however, keep in mind these are the basic models without the components your weapons normally have. Your guns don’t take any ‘wear” damage during “CTA” and there are health stations, horses, oil wagons, and ammo crates scattered throughout the map to heal and replenish yourself. Take note that ammo crates only replenish regular ammo ONLY!
The Journey is worth it if you are lucky and skilled enough to survive all 10 waves with loads of xp, a few hundred $RDO, and gold bars! There are also two different cut-scenes for when you successfully defend the map or if you fail.
There’s a new Crime afoot! “The Cornwall Contract”. Leviticus Cornwall is one of the richest characters in game and now players can take a chance at helping relieve him of some of his capitale burden. This three part crime mission takes place at the Cornwall Kerosene and Tar and on the docks of St. Denis. Make sure you loot every body, lock box, and chest while on a crime mission you can for extra capitale!
Also Available now, Rockstar Games has changed up how they do their previous “Outlaw Pass”, a 80-100 level based incentive event which unlocked skills, clothing items, and more! The previous outlaw passes cost about 40-80 gold bars and would last for months. the Quick draw club, which is a mini version of the Outlaw Pass has a 25 gold bar price tag and only 25 levels that last about a month.
This change in pass structure was released to mixed reviews amongst the hardcore Red Dead Online Fans. Just by doing the math, the 4 planned Quick Draw Passes would cost a combined 100 gold bars. That’s a lot of gold bars compared to the Outlaw Pass and for the same or less amount of unlocks.
Rockstar is trying to incentivize the deal by offering players who purchase all 4 passes the upcoming Halloween 2 pass for free as well as promised “goodies” for purchasing consecutive Quick Draw passes. In the end, the gold bar cost comes about to be about the same. The quick draw passes do give the players back the equivalent of what they spent on the pass in small groups of 3-5 gold bar coupons. This change hasn’t really affected veteran players but it can prove to be a little more difficult for the newer players to shell out 25 gold bars.
All players who purchase the Quick Draw pass #2 in the next 2 weeks will also receive RDO$300 and 2,000 character xp within 72 hours.
Quick Draw club #2 runs from August 10 until September 6th.
What’s new in Quick Draw Pass #2?
The Clelland Outfit is now available for purchase from Madam Nazar. This is the outfit worn by the notorious John Marston. Also available from Nazar this week is the Rafferty eye patch. Other clothing items available for unlock in Quick Draw Pass #2 include:
The Rowberrow Outfit. A warm native American adorned leather tassel coat. Perfect for the hunter and frontier person.
The Haverhil Hat- it’s a classic brown Cowboy hat. No muss, no fuss!
Cartridge Wraps- Wrap your weapons with this cosmetic upgrade that shows you come prepared to lay down some fire!
Patch Notes 1.29 August 11, 2021
- Fixed an issue where some players would get stuck at 50% during the loading screen into Red Dead Online
- Fixed an issue where some players were losing their 25 Capitale setup fee if they were disconnected during the Covington Emerald Opportunity on Ruthless difficulty
- Fixed an issue that could have caused players to be disconnected from the game
- Fixed a number of crashes
Check out the official Rockstar Newswire for all of the details!
For more on RDR Online, see our Red Dead Redemption article page.
