Red Dead Online Strange Tales of the West Vol. 1 Trailer Breakdown

Let’s break down Rockstar Games’ trailer for the new Red Dead Online Strange Tales of the West Vol. 1 content update.

Rockstar Games has finally pushed out fresh content for Red Dead Online, titled Strange Tales of the West Vol. 1. This is the first content update in the game in a while. What they are preparing us for with this update is still a mystery, but if you are a lover of spooky, mysterious content from Rockstar, this will be right up your alley! As of now, we have “Vol. 1,” indicating that more volumes will be available in the future.

Breaking Down Strange Tales of the West Vol. 1 in Red Dead Online

The trailer for Strange Tales of the West Vol. 1 in Red Dead Online was recently released, and there isn’t a lot of information to go by. However, with the given information, we know that the content will include four new Telegram missions. All missions have a spooky tone to them, making them seem like Halloween special additions.

Rockstar Games hasn’t indicated where the said missions and storyline will lead in the future. These missions will be as follows and include the following objectives:

1) Strange Tales of the Plague

A cult has struck the small town of Armadillo. Players who have explored the southern regions when playing RDR 2 will know that it is a ghost town. It was struck by a cholera outbreak. Now, in RDRO, a cult is hosting a ritual in the town to bring back the dead.

This mission will task players with stopping this cult and its undead practices. Go in with full ammo because there will be zombies here. Fortunately, they are your typical slow-walking ones. However, the cult members are humans and have firearms to fight back!

2) Strange Tales of Modern Science

Those of you who remember that one storyline with the passionate scientist in RDR 2 will know where these robots are from! After completing the storyline, the said robot can be found sitting in the northern part of the map, having gained consciousness. Well, now it’s up to you to find waves of these sentient machines.

You can use all weapons at your disposal, along with manually operated turrets at different parts of the estate where this mission takes place. Just know that they are “bullet sponges” and don’t die easily. Some of them will also come equipped with fire arrows and can take you down easily.

3) Strange Tales of the Bayou

One of the missions takes place in the swamps. Players must capture a strange-looking human. This task isn’t simple, as armed enemies will come to attack you in the swamp, and there will also be alligators chasing after you. Neither of them is a “bullet sponge,” but the gators can camouflage themselves in the environment. 

Most of the time, this means you will fail the mission because they can kill your character right away. Moreover, after killing a wave of enemies in an area, the strange man will run away; you must stay within the circle on the minimap to avoid failing the mission.

4) Strange Tales of the Wilderness

This one is unique out of all the other missions in Vol. 1 of the Red Dead Online Strange Tales of the West content update. Players will be stranded in a jungle with half stamina and limited equipment. They must find a researcher in one of the camps in the region. The issue is that the wilderness is pretty vast, and you don’t have a horse to travel with.

You can surely steal somebody else’s horse. However, the enemies are walking around with hatchets and other weapons that you need to watch out for. You can kill them, but alerted, it will become very hard for you to complete the rest of the mission.

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