Crafting
Like cooking, crafting can only be done by a campfire. It can either be your own, the one found in the Van der Linde Gang camp or any other found on the field.
With crafting, you can create a variety of different items, including tonics, special ammo types, weapons, hunting items, and horse care items. Many of the items available for crafting can also be purchased in stores, but crafting them will allow you to save some money, which is extremely important at the beginning of the game when funds are almost always lacking.
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Unlike cooking recipes, crafting recipes are not all available as soon as you have the required ingredients. Several of them need to be learned first by reading pamphlets, which are obtained in a variety of ways in the story mode and by ranking up and purchasing them in Red Dead Online.
Crafting Recipes
Below, you will find a list of all of the crafting recipes in the story mode and how to obtain the related pamphlet.
Tonics
Tonics are among the most important items in both Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online, as they allow players to heal Health, Stamina and Dead Eye bars instantly. Improved tonics obtained through crafting also bring some better fortify bonuses, which are immensely helpful in the most difficult missions.
Potent Bitters
- Sage x1, Burdock Root x1
- Fully restores Stamina and fortifies moderately
- Available from the beginning of the game
Potent Health Cure
- Ginseng x1, Yarrow x1
- Fully restores Health, fortifies moderately
- Available from the beginning of the game
Potent Miracle Tonic
- Indian Tobacco x4, Ginseng x4, Sage x4
- Fully restores Health, Stamina, and Dead Eye, fortifies moderately
- Available from the beginning of the game
Potent Snake Oil
- Indian Tobacco x1
- Fully restores Dead Eye, fortifies moderately
- Available from the beginning of the game
Special Bitters
- Sage x2, Burdock Root x1
- Fully restores Stamina and fortifies greatly
- Sold by any fence after Chapter 2
Special Health Cure
- Ginseng x2, Yarrow x2, English Mace x2 or Milkweed x2
- Fully restores Health, fortifies greatly
- Sold by any Fence after completing the American Distillation mission
Special Miracle Tonic
- Currant x6, Yarrow x6, Burdock Root x4
- Fully restores Health, Stamina, and Dead Eye, fortifies greatly
- Sold by any Fence after completing the A Short Walk in a Pretty Town mission
Special Snake Oil
- Indian Tobacco x2, Currant x2 orPrairie Poppy x
- Fully restores Dead Eye, fortifies greatly
- Sold by any Fence after completing the American Distillation mission
Ammo
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All weapons in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online, including the bow, can be armed with different types of ammo which increase one of the weapon stats. Different types of arrows also allow players to inflict “altered status ailments” to enemies, such as setting them on fire and poisoning them.
Dynamite Arrow
- Arrow x1, Dynamite x1, Flight Feather x1
- Explodes on impact, can ruin pelts
- Sold by any Fence after completing the A Short Walk in a Pretty Town mission. The pamphlet can also be found in a chest found by a wooden bridge in the southern part of the Wapiti Indian Reservation
Fire Arrow
- Arrow x1, Animal Fat x1, Flight Feather x1
- Sets fire to target and surroundings
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Improved Arrow
- Arrow x1, Flight Feather x1
- Increases damage, speed, and penetration
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Poison Arrow
- Arrow x1, Oleander Sage x1, Flight Feather x1
- Deals damage over time to target
- Sold by any Fence after Chapter 2. The pamphlet can also be found in a chest outside the Mysterious Hill Home to the northeast of Bacchus Station.
Small Game Arrow
- Arrow x1, Flight Feather x1, Shotgun Shell x1
- Used for killing small animals without damaging the pelt
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Revolver Cartridge Explosive
- 1x Revolver Cartridge – Express, 1x Animal Fat
- Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Shotgun Slugs – Explosive
- 1x Shotgun Shell, 1x Animal Fat
- Sold by any Fence after completing the A Short Walk in a Pretty Town mission. The pamphlet can also be obtained near a burned down house between Gaptooth Ridge and Cholla Springs. As the southern part of the map cannot be reached safely before the end of Chapter 6, this pamphlet can only be obtained during the Epilogue.
Pistol Cartridges – Explosive
- 1x Pistol Cartridge, 1x Animal Fat
- Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Rifle Cartridge – Explosive
- 1x Rifle Cartridge, 1x Animal Fat
- Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Repeater Cartridges – Explosive
- 1x Repeater Cartridge, 1x Animal Fat
- Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Revolver Cartridges – Split Point
- 1x Revolver Cartridges
- Slightly increased damage and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Rifle Cartridges – Split Point
- 1x Rifle Cartridges
- Slightly increased damage and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Pistol Cartridges – Split Point
- 1 x Pistol Cartridges
- Slightly increased damage and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Repeater Cartridges – Split Point
- 1 x Repeater Cartridges
- Slightly increased damage and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered
- Received automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Shotgun Shells – Incendiary Buckshot
- 1x Shotgun Shell, 1x Moonshine
- Sold by any Fence after completing the Pouring Forth Oil mission. The pamphlet can also be found in a cabin at Copperhead Landing beneath a floorboard
Improved Throwing Knife
- Throwing Knife x1, Eagle Feather x2 or Hawk Feather x2
- Increased damage and accuracy
- Obtained automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Poison Throwing Knife
- Throwing Knife x1 Oleander Sage x1
- Deals damage over time
- Sold by any Fence after completing the Pouring Forth Oil mission. The pamphlet can also be found hidden beneath a floorboard in a shack located to the northeast of Saint Denis
Improved Tomahawk
- Tomahawk x1, Eagle Feather x1 or Hawk Feather x1
- Increased damage and accuracy
- Obtained automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Homing Tomahawk
- Tomahawk x1, Owl Feather x1
- Increased damage, path correction when thrown
- Sold by any Fence after Chapter 2. The pamphlet can also be collected from a chest located inside the Flattened Cabin to the south of Moonstone Pond
Volatile Dynamite
- Dynamite x1, Animal Fat x1, High-Velocity Cartridge (Any) x1
- Acts as Dynamite, with increased radius
- Sold by any Fence after completing the American Distillation mission. The pamphlet can also be acquired by looking inside a chest found at Hani’s Bethel, which is a shack that can be found by going to the north of the “N” and “O” in Hanover on the map. The shack is easily located thanks to a small pond.
Fire Bottle
- Animal Fat x1, Gin x1 or Kentucky Bourbon, Guarma Rum, Fine Brandy
- Throwable object that spreads fire upon breakage
- Obtained automatically at the beginning of Chapter 2
Volatile Fire Bottle
- Moonshine x1, Animal Fat x1
- Acts as Fire Bottle, with increased radius
- Sold by any Fence after completing the Pouring Forth Oil mission. The pamphlet is also found in an abandoned camp to the northwest of Horseshoe Outlook, near a burned forest.
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