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Collector's Item

Collector's Item

You completed one of the Collectable strands.

How to unlock the Collector's Item achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 - Definitive Guide

Tip for the cigarette cards: You find them in good cigarettes so you can just go to general store and spend 500-700$ on those and you'll get all 144. It'll save a lot of time if you don't mind spending big amount of money.
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03 Nov 2018 19:15

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This achievement seems to be glitched for me. I've unlocked three collectable strands - Points of interest, graves & cigarette cards and still hasn't popped.
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By IX Tom III on 15 Nov 2018 16:36
I did this, got all 144 cards and mailed them off then got rewards, but the achievement didn't unlock any idea why?
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By count023 on 16 Nov 2018 01:48
I have unlocked all cards but one set (fauna of North America) isn't ticked as completed so this might be my issue. Has this happened to anyone else?
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By Mick Wazowski on 17 Nov 2018 17:10
Which general store? I’m in chapter 3 and no store will allow me to sell cigs back. Or is that just how it is? So I have to smoke the cigs to deplete the stock to buy more?
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By BShick07 on 20 Nov 2018 01:59
@BShick07, You need to discard them from your bag (hold Y).
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By Assassin PlL on 20 Nov 2018 19:42
@count023 @Go+On+Thome same thing happened to me. But the achievement unlocked when i went to the post office and mailed off the cards.
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By SunMan360 on 21 Nov 2018 17:59
This achievement is glitched for me too. I've collected a set of cigarette cards, sent them away, received the reward and it hasn't popped.

Edit: It unlocked for me after FULLY completing the cave markings quest. You need to go back to speak to Francis after submitting them all to finish it off.
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By MILKOMANIA on 23 Nov 2018 20:52
Have just looked on YouTube and seen they suggest to buy the cigarettes through the catalogue in the general store. A much faster way to do this is to go to the Fence in Van Horn Trading Post. The premium cigarettes are on the shelf and re-spawn infinitely. Just pick two packs up, open satchel, discard the cigarettes and repeat. I went from 49 cards to all 144 in about 10-15 minutes. Having high honor also saves you a bit of cash, although by chapter three that's slightly less of an issue.
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By BusyRich on 26 Nov 2018 11:27
Space, it's because the latest item in your bag is often a card, not the cigarettes. Because when you buy a pack, you get a card.

Anyway, you'll get about $900 by completing this cig card strand so even if you buy them you come out on top.
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By Shadow XBL on 10 Dec 2018 18:20
Worked like a charm! No glitch.
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By Soulbleed426 on 18 Dec 2018 12:38
The guide good be a lot better if you included some more general tips:
- The “Good cigarettes” are called “Premium cigarettes”
- You can buy cigatettes a lot faster by directly buying the cigattes from the shell instead of Browsing the Catalogue
- You can’t sell the sets untill you unlocked the mission mentioned by @Bazroy99

Not voted down or up.
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By xxxDarkRuleRxxx on 22 Dec 2018 20:09
@xxxDarkRuleRxxx

I assumed people are smart enough to know those things (just like you). Thank you for your opinion.
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By Assassin PlL on 23 Dec 2018 05:04
you know what they say about assumptions...
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By HangmanK7 on 19 Jan 2019 17:58
Much better than collect on places on the map. Great solution.
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By netstryker on 18 Mar 2019 00:24
Another achievement glitched on me, fuck this game
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By NuttySandman123 on 19 Mar 2019 21:29
Found this one was just easier with the rock carvings while I was also grabbing dreamcatchers, legendaries, and bones around the map. The cigarettes were taking too long for me.
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By Seitzz on 09 Apr 2019 15:37
This achievement is glitched for me
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By OhItsKirstyn on 17 Feb 2020 01:03
Same glitch here, gathered the cigarettes by this method - sent them, got the reward and the achievement didn’t pop.
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By MiST 1001 on 01 Mar 2020 01:07
Used the cigarette car tip. Bought the premium packs in a general store and after around $900 collected all 12 of 12 - 144 in total. Sent away, got all rewards back bot no cheevo poppin. :-(
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By KreeepinDeth on 09 Mar 2020 23:53
I spent over 1200$ and didn't get them all. I got a lot of doubles and triples - I even got 5 copies of a single card.

UPDATE: it seems when i picked up random cards in game, they would always be ones that i needed. So that was good. And when i went back to the general store a second time, i got the last 10 i was missing out of the 16 that i bought. Only a few copies that time.
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By Kanchanaburi on 27 Mar 2020 02:37
Worked like a charm. Thanks!

Also I would like to point out it’s probably worth double checking the cigarette card stacks in your inventory and counting them up before sending, rather than relying on the compendium.
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By Six Souls x on 04 Apr 2020 03:07
Don't forget to send all the decks in the mail at a post office. The cheevo will pop afterward with all complete.
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By Mgd226921 on 22 Apr 2020 14:54
Thanks @BusyRich, get it very easily with your method. I spent almost $1,000, but nevermind, I sold the doubles I had and a couple of old items and it almost came back to the amount I had first.

Your suggestion should be a solution by itself, people don't often read the comments, so they can miss your point.
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By vegansound on 07 Jul 2020 16:07
I don't have the option to mail any sets of cards at a post office. what am I doing wrong?
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By Khan Garth on 20 Jul 2020 06:36
This works, but I think many of you are lucky because it was more like $3000 and 1.5 hours. I was able to re-coup some of my losses by selling the duplicates.
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By Loofahdog on 24 Jul 2020 16:20
How do you sell your doubles? The general store won't let me sell them.
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By SpinalSynopsis on 29 Aug 2020 15:36
You can sell your doubles to a fence.
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By T3zFu on 30 Aug 2020 02:29
I would also like to add that you have to send the full sets in the mail to get the achievement. I had all 144, but it didn't pop for me until I went to the post office and mailed them to the guy that will pay you for them.
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By chipsahoj on 07 Jan 2021 04:50
Important note: if you go by Rock carvings, it's needed to send all of them from post office to quest giver after gathering all 10. Then it's needed to wait a day to collect answer and invitation to Francis Sinclair house. Then it's needed to actually make a visit there for achievement to pop. Basically this means completion of Geology for Beginners quest
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By firehunting on 07 Jan 2023 16:57
Can you save, spend all the money on the cigarette cards to get the achievement and then load to get your money back?
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By Lewitunes on 16 Feb 2023 15:14
@Lewintunes I think so. makes sense at least
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By MartPlayZ on 05 Apr 2023 21:16
very helpfull , this method saved me a lot of time the only drawback was that i was a bit unlucky and spent around 1k on premium cigaretts.
Also a method that i used that might be helpful, was that instead of buying them form the catalogue i was buying them from the shelf and every time i bought one pack i smoked one cigarett so i could have space to buy more cigaretts.
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By theofanis on 08 Aug 2023 08:14
Do I have to interact with a character to initiate this? Or do you just get the option to post the cigarette cards once you have collected them all?

The Stranger who you need to interact with to initiate the cigarette card mission is found at Flatneck Station in The Heartlands.
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By Bazroy99 on 10 Dec 2018 21:56
Just because your Compendium list you having all 144 cards doesn't mean you have all 144 cards in your possession at one time. Say you find your first card and the compendium will now list you at 1 out 144 cards. Now if you sell this card, your compendium will still list you at 1 out 144 cards regardless if you have that card in your procession or not.

I noticed that when I came to discarded all my cigarettes, I would highlight them in my satchel and hit the Y button to discard all, but it would instead discard something else at random. This has happened to me on 4 occasions during the whole process of buying all 144 cards from store, on one of these occasions I noticed it discarded my fauna of North America number 10 card instead of my cigarettes. When this card got discarded, I checked my compendium and noticed it didn't reduce the total tally for cigarettes cards collected. I believe this is the bug that is happening to everyone who are not getting the Achievement. Its really easy to miss if not paying attention.


To unlock this achievement by going the collecting card route, you have to post all 144 cards. That's 12 cards per set times 12. Before you mail all 12 sets of cards for achievement, open your satchel and go to furthest tab to right of screen using RB or LB. Now check each of the 12 sets of cards by highlighting and selecting A to open, and make sure each one has 12 of 12 cards. If each set do have 12 of 12, then you are good to mail and you should pop achievement straight after mailing the 12th set. If you find any set that doesn't have 12 of 12, then its easy to work out which numbered card is missing, and just go back to store and keep buying cards until you get the missing card.
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By SPACE ODDITY on 03 Dec 2018 09:03
Sigh, I wish I hadn't started this one.
I've spent over $3000 and it has taken me well over 3 hours to do, and I'm missing ONE card. Has this happened to anyone else? I wish I'd started another of the collectors tasks instead.
I feel like one of those losers in Vegas standing at a one armed bandit for days. :(

There are two good things though:
- Every time you get a card you haven't got, you get additional deadeye
- All purchases count toward 'Pony Up' (Spend $5000 at stores)

UPDATE
After another frustating 45 minutes of buying cards, I gave up and found a very useful IGN guide that shows the location of every single card on the map. You can work out which card you're missing and reference the list.
As soon as I posted the final set, my achievement popped immediately.
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By ExactBananas on 01 Feb 2019 13:09
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Achievement you need to get either:
- all 10 Rock Carvings
- 12 Cigarette Card of one Cigarette Cards Set
- 30 Dinosaur Bones
- the Dreamcatchers don't count!

For the Cigarette Card there is a Quest that starts here, and so is for the Rock Carvings and Dinosaur Bones. If you don't like Video Guides here is my Map where you can get the Location and find it yourself. Since there are so many not everyone has Screen shot and Description yet:
External image
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01 Nov 2018 06:58

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i did all 144 cards and no achievement
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By ToAnDaDeStRoYeR on 13 Nov 2018 20:24
Take the upvote just for the fact you have a map of all the locations. The video guides are great, but I like something I can see, mark my map, and go without any other fuss.
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By octorok74 on 27 Dec 2018 16:24
I've completed 3 card sets and turned them in, got the reward, no achievement. You probably have to do the full 144
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By Reborn Insanity on 10 Nov 2018 18:28
You have to mail all the card sets in and wait for the rewards to come back.
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By Reborn Insanity on 13 Nov 2018 22:56
The Fisher of Fish quest popped this for me, after completion. There are fewer fish than rock paintings etc, and the gear costs less than buying the cards. You can’t finish before the epilogue, though, unlike the card buying option.
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By M1ght33 J03 on 02 Sep 2021 14:00
Important note: if you go by Rock carvings, it's needed to send all of them from post office to quest giver after gathering all 10. Then it's needed to wait a day to collect answer and invitation to Francis Sinclair house. Then it's needed to actually make a visit there for achievement to pop. Basically this means completion of Geology for Beginners quest
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By firehunting on 07 Jan 2023 16:59
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Quick guide to get all 144 cigarette cards.
Credit to powerpyx.com
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I did this, sent all of them to the collector and still no achievement 😑
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By ATH Harbinger on 10 Nov 2018 08:27
Good guide but I had to downvote because unless I'm a idiot there's a spoiler there.
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By Rich swv1 on 10 Nov 2018 10:52
Not really its just a side quest.
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By Maxumilli0n on 10 Nov 2018 22:48
I collected all of them but only had 11 of 12 pack to send. Sent 11 no achievement. Not sure what happened to my other pack that I collected???? Fuck this game for cheevos!!!!!!! angry
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By AWC GOTTI on 26 Nov 2018 01:44
I reloaded my last save...unfortunately had to buy more packs to get all the cards. Went to the post office but this time I had 12 packs to mail. Saved my game before I mailed all the cards. After I mailed the last set it popped! smile
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By AWC GOTTI on 26 Nov 2018 04:37
This achievement popped as soon as I mailed the final set of cards. You need to mail all twelve sets to get the achievement with the card sets.
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By ItsChillMurray on 25 May 2019 13:30
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The best way for this is to buy and discard cigarettes. You are going to need around $600-$900 depending whether you have honor discount or not. Head to any store that sells cigarettes and buy 2 packets then discard them, you can get all 144 if you wish, but you are only required to complete 1 of any of the 12 sets available. Once you have got a complete set head over to the post office and post the 12 cards over to Phineas T. Ramsbottom from the ‘Smoking and other Hobbies’ Stranger mission and you achievement should instantly pop.
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07 Nov 2018 17:19

Red Dead Redemption 2 - All Rock Carvings Collectibles Locations - Geology for Beginners - Required for 100% completion - Unlocks Raven Claw Talisman - Once you have the compass for completing the mission and gives Slow Weapon Degradation by 20%

This video shows all 10 rock carvings locations. Rock Carvings are required for 100% completion and is only available after chapter 2 and speaking to stranger Francis Sinclair. Once you have all 10 and complete Geology for Beginners you will unlock:
Collector's Item Achievement - You Completed one of the Collectable Strands

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24 Nov 2018 10:13

Quick guide video for the location of all 10 rock. the video is very fast and I hope it helps you



All Dreamcatcher Locations

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31 Oct 2018 22:33

Super fast video to guide to catch all 10 rock. required for 100%
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What?
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By UmaineMark1972 on 09 Nov 2018 09:43
There are a few Stranger missions that trigger Collectable strands – see Western Stranger. It is advised not to go for the cigarette card one (there's nearly 150 cards). The quickest one is for finding 10 rock faces. Credit to PowerPyx for the video:
The graves don't count for this trophy.

[Credit to themindisacity]
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The fastest way to collect 10 "rock paintings" - video hint
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25 Oct 2018 22:09

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You can also farm all the cards quite quickly, although it is tedious. You need approximately $1000 (depending on whether there is a discount for reputation and how much) and approximately 30 minutes of time. Go to the store to the stand with cigarettes and buy a pack of expensive ones (2 packs at a time). When you buy each, you will get 1 card (repetitions are possible, but not often) and give +5 to your good eye. then you open the bag, throw out the cigarettes and start all over again.
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By celenjer on 31 Oct 2018 23:10
If the last few cards still do not fall out of the purchased packs of cigarettes, then it will be easier and faster to use this card and find them yourself. Look in your inventory for the sets and numbers of cards that you are missing. There is a search line on the map, type in, for example, “fauna of north america - card #2” (with a dash and hash mark required) and the location of the card will be displayed.
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By ACE on 10 Nov 2018 10:41
Collected 20 Dreamcatcher talismans + solved the riddle. They didn’t give me the trophy, either it’s a bug or it doesn’t count
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By followtsygan on 15 Nov 2018 00:35
For example, collect 30 dinosaur bones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TjZJVDJeFs&t=1447s

10 rock paintings - https://youtu.be/7-ZfNESp0Xk
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By stichman on 19 Nov 2018 10:43
I would like to add to the tips above that if you go to platinum, you will still automatically receive this trophy, because to complete the game 100% you will need to find all the cave paintings, dinosaur bones and one set of cigarette cards. So you don’t have to worry about this trophy, it’s in your pocket.
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By klimych2013 on 10 Nov 2018 10:21
After submitting one collection of cards, the trophy did not drop. Received after collecting all the collections at the time of sending the last one by mail. By the way, I also encountered the fact that all the functions at the post office were inactive, but the problem turned out to be the bandana I was wearing.
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By Alarius on 23 Nov 2022 14:48
Damn these cigarette cards... basically, I collected all the cards, I go to the post office, and the sending icon is transparent. I spent the whole day trying to figure out what was wrong. As a result, you need to come to the station where you received the task, it is located below Valentine and there will be a question mark there. You will be given a task again and you can go to the post office. The trophy dropped immediately after sending.
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By MeganVex on 20 May 2020 07:10
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The easiest option for me is to farm cigarette cards. You go to the store and buy expensive cigarettes, throw them away and buy them again, after you collect 12 cards from one collection, go to the post office and send the NPC by mail and the trophy is yours.
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The hint is wrong. Yesterday I collected 12 cards and sent them by mail, but I never saw the trophy. It turns out that in order for the trophy to drop, you need to send all your card collections. So if you don’t have money, but you need a trophy, then the easiest way is to collect rock paintings.
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By BryukBond on 02 Nov 2018 10:56
To receive it, you need to go to the post office in two more days and pick up the reward for the quest.
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By Kurobe on 09 Nov 2018 04:09