Codes, secrets & unlockables
Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes
A single, organized reference for every cheat and secret currently documented for Red Dead Redemption 2.
Save your game before using cheats. Some codes may disable achievements or trophies for the current session.
Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat phrases
How to enter
Pause the game, open Settings, then open the Cheats menu and enter a phrase exactly. Activating cheats prevents saving and disables achievements, so make a manual save first.
Always available
- A simple life, a beautiful death — basic weapons
- Death is silence — stealth weapons
- History is written by fools — gunslinger weapons
- Greed is now a virtue — add $500
- A fool on command — become drunk
- Vanity. All is vanity — unlock outfits
- Eat of knowledge — learn crafting recipes
- Share — unlock camp upgrades
- You want punishment — raise wanted level
- You want freedom — lower wanted level
- You flourish before you die — refill health, stamina, and Dead Eye
- Seek all the bounty of this place — increase health, stamina, and Dead Eye
- Run! Run! Run! — spawn a racehorse
- Better than my dog — call your horse from any distance
- My kingdom is a horse — increase horse bonding
Newspaper-gated phrases
- Abundance is the dullest desire — infinite ammunition
- Greed is American virtue — heavy weapons
- You long for sight and see nothing — reveal the map
- Virtue unearned is not virtue — increase honor
- The lucky be strong evermore — infinite stamina
- You seek more than the world offers — fortify player cores
- You are a beast built for war — spawn warhorse
If a valid phrase remains locked, purchase the relevant newspaper after progressing the story.