Red Dead Redemption 2

51 Achievements

1,000

200-300h

Xbox One

Xbox Series

Friends With Benefits

You completed a Companion Activity in each camp.

11.08%

How to unlock the Friends With Benefits achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 - Definitive Guide

InfiniteBoyd

TrueAchievements

27 Oct 2018 13:01

Minigames such as poker or dominoes do not count toward the achievement.

*Many people are saying this achievement is glitched for them and that their progress tracker isn’t changing so in case this happens to you, make a save at least once in every chapter so you’ll be able to go back to that point if nessecary.*

Just leaving this here so a lot of people don't get screwed over. This achievements description is super misleading, what its asking you to do is to complete a companion mission in chapters 2, 3, and 4.

*Update: It has been confirmed that you must do this in one pl aythrough. Going back to a previous save to do one a mission in a chapter you missed will not work.

*Companion activities will not start showing up until after completing the chapter 2 main quest Blessed are the Meeks?.

It only requires one activity for each of those chapters, hence why it is unlocked during chapter 4. The other camps are not required, just the main.

Below are some of the activities you can do during each chapter, shoutout to PowerPyx for finding these out. If some of the missions aren't available (which sometimes show up on your map as white icons) try progressing the story a little more or by sleeping until the next day. if you're going to progress the story however be careful as to not finish the respective chapter.

Chapter 2:

Any Random Gang Member – Dominoes or Poker: sometimes a random gang member sits at the tables and wants to play (mostly in the evening or at night). *TheOatmeal specifies that you need to completely finish the mini games in order for them to count. *you don’t to win the games, they’ll still count as long as you finish them.
Lenny – Five Finger Fillet: sometimes Lenny sits at a table and wants to play Five Finger Fillet (most in the evening or at night).
Javier – Home Robbery: Talk to Javier at camp, he wants to do a home robbery with you in Valentine. This can still be available in Chapter 3.
Charles – Hunting: Talk to Charles at camp, he wants to hunt a Bison with you.

Chapter 3:

Sean – Coach Robbery: Talk to Sean at camp, he wants to rob a Stagecoach.
Bill – Coach Robbery: Talk to Bill at camp, he wants to rob a Stagecoach.
Tilly – Dominoes Minigame: You can play Dominoes with her at camp when she’s sitting at the tables (usually at night).
Javier – Fishing: Talk to Javier at camp, he wants to go fishing.
Kieran – Fishing: Talk to Kieran at camp and go fishing together.
Micah – Five Finger Fillet: You can play the FFF minigame with Micah in camp when he’s sitting at the tables (usually at night).
Javier – Home Robbery: If you haven’t done his robbery in chapter 2, it may show up again in chapter 3.

Chapter 4:

Charles – Bank Robbery: Only available if you have the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition of the game. This is an exclusive bonus mission, not available with Standard Edition of RDR2.
Micah – Coach Robbery: Talk to Micah at camp, he wants to go rob a stagecoach.
Lenny – Coach Robbery: Talk to Lenny at camp, he wants to go rob a stagecoach.
Pearson – Hunting: Talk to Pearson at camp, he wants to go hunting.
Uncle – Robbery: Talk to Uncle at camp, he wants to go steal some cows with you.

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27 Oct 2018 13:01

96 Comments

I've slept till evening and then Pearson was waiting in Chapter 4. It popped up, finally. Right after I started the game again

By Rezed193 on 08 Nov 2018 19:07

@Glass Swim, I noticed when playing yesterday the missons left my log. my tracker was at 33% because I started over after getting the companion bug, & had done one activity on that playthrough. So I guess when I hit ch 3 I'll see if it goes up doing an activity.

By wolfzero01 on 08 Nov 2018 19:09

Make sure you complete the full game of dominoes in chapter 2 or else it wont count.

By TheOatmeal on 27 Oct 2018 14:42

Thanks! I'll add that real quick

By InfiniteBoyd on 27 Oct 2018 14:42

Do you have to win dominoes or just play?

By SallyNasty on 27 Oct 2018 19:01

You just have to play as long as it’s all the way through, I can win everything but Dominos. I swear it’s rigged.

By InfiniteBoyd on 27 Oct 2018 19:38

does progress show up in the tracker? Won at dominoes in chapter 2 and no progress

By BaronVoNewman on 27 Oct 2018 21:11

The Achievement tracker does show progress for this, 33% should pop up after the first activity you do in every chapter. Try doing an activity with a different NPC. Do you know which one you played with?

By InfiniteBoyd on 27 Oct 2018 22:14

got it, and no one was at the table and i called someone. I guess someone has to be ready at camp to play you cant call anyone over

By BaronVoNewman on 27 Oct 2018 23:30

Don't know if the achievement tracker is off, or what's going on. 33% in chapter 2, but then in chapter 3 it doesn't move. And I have done all the activities listed above, still nothing :/

By ThaGurk on 28 Oct 2018 21:12

I'm having trouble with the Lending A Hand achievement in that regard, I've done the missions but the tracker stopped moving, It may just be glitched right now.

By InfiniteBoyd on 29 Oct 2018 00:06

I went back to one of my saves as i missed an activity in the first camp and my progress tracker didn't move, but this may be a glitch

By Dank man Danny on 29 Oct 2018 00:10

Got the progress bar to 33% somehow. Not even sure what activity triggered it, but I'd love to know about a more reliable way. Seems like I'll just continue playing activities in every chaper, until the progress bar decides to jump up again.

By AkaiERA on 30 Oct 2018 15:30

I did have Dominos count for me just to clarify that and I did A quiet time right before Blessed are the Meek? So it may be just around that part of the chapter they will start showing up, it may even be before that it just doesn't have a mission pop up until later; and thanks for the heads up about the Five Finger Fillet never ending, I hadn't even thought about that.

By InfiniteBoyd on 04 Nov 2018 06:26

I already completed Chapter 2 without doing these. Does it mean I will not be able to get this achievement now? If I load an early Chapter 2 save file, complete a side mission and then load back my current Chapter 3 save and continue playing will it still count?

By gulo101 on 04 Nov 2018 16:37

By gulo101 on 04 Nov 2018 22:21

I’m not sure but what you could do is load your chapter 2 save file then after doing the mission check your progress tracker and see if it goes up to 33% then load back your chapter 3 save and do one to see if it does up to 66%. If it does go up then you should be good but if not then unfortunately you might have to go back.

By InfiniteBoyd on 05 Nov 2018 04:40

This achievement's fucked. I went back to a save from chapter 2 and played 5 finger filet with lenny and it didn't pop despite being 66% done. Guess I have to go back 16+ hours if I want this achievement.. So stupid. I hardly saw any companion activities in chapter 2, I guess that's how it can be most easily missed. Can confirm loading up an old save and doing it won't matter, you have to do all 3 in a single playthrough and loading up an old save and doing it won't matter at all because then you'd have to do the other ones in the same playthrough.

By ians reflex arc on 06 Nov 2018 03:30

I’m sorry man that really sucks. I appreciate you coming back and confirming that for us though. Thank you.

By InfiniteBoyd on 06 Nov 2018 04:27

I can't get any companion activites to appear in Chapter 4. I'm at the last story mission in that chapter and checked the camp pretty regularly after each 1-2 misssions, but nothing. Also tried walking around the camp for what must be 2 hours now. Loading a save at the beginning of Ch4 (first 2 Dutch missions done) didn't help either.
Poker, Dominoes and Five Finger Filet don't count, the progress tracker is still at 66%.
Any suggestions?

By Womi on 06 Nov 2018 16:57

Hm so since you did the other two chapters I would imagine if you loaded a save back in chapter 4 after you beat the game and one spawned than it would count but I can’t confirm that. But if you don’t wanna run that risk then try going around and doing do stranger missions or hunting for animals and come back every so often to see if one spawned. That’s all I could think of to be honest.

By InfiniteBoyd on 06 Nov 2018 20:39

In chapter 2, Mary Beth was sitting at the entrance to the camp and we talked about how the world was changing. This increased mine to 33%. I already did 2 (hunting and home robbery) and those did not increase the tracker. I have also not done Blessed Are the Meek?.

I think you need to just be careful and try to do as many as possible and check on the tracker.

By BryanLovesCowzz on 07 Nov 2018 03:55

Did you just finish a quiet time? Some people have said they start spawning after that mission as well.

By InfiniteBoyd on 07 Nov 2018 09:49

I'm coming to the end of chapter 4 and haven't seen a single one spawn. I've been returning to camp after every mission, I also don't have a back up save to go back to, I think I feel a 2nd play through coming

By Chemmy89 on 07 Nov 2018 12:59

@Glass Swim. No I dont believe so. I think i did that before a quiet time. I've also made sure to talk to everyone at camp every time I'm there. Might have something to do with that.

By BryanLovesCowzz on 07 Nov 2018 15:12

I did the home robbery with Javier and the hunting mission with Charles in Ch 2, but how do I tell if they are complete? They are still listed in my mission log and they still say Javier wants to go rob a home and Charles still wants to hunt a Bison.

By wolfzero01 on 07 Nov 2018 18:27

@wolfzero01Check your achievement tracker in the Xbox menu, if it’s 33% then you’ll know they counted. If you’re still seeing the quests in your task menu in game then that’s normal, they usually stay there for a while. Same thing for the delivery quests.

By InfiniteBoyd on 08 Nov 2018 03:06

Chapter 2 - Hunting with Charles
Chapter 3 - fishing with Javier
Chapter 4 - Hunting with Pearson

But the Tracker doesn't count the acitivities in Chapter 4. Well, I will make a save and hope it pop up later.

By Rezed193 on 08 Nov 2018 08:02

If anyone is having trouble with the activities showing up in chapter 4 - while on my main save, I loaded an earlier manual save and then went back and loaded up my main one. Pearson was immediately available to do the hunting mission on the dock near camp.

By BeeKay013 on 08 Nov 2018 15:17

Thanks for the update! @BryanLovesCowzz

By InfiniteBoyd on 09 Nov 2018 07:12

Seems odd these camp activities aren’t showing for chapter 4. Especially since this is the camp you do the exclusive ultimate edition one on. Seems kind of BS that it’s not available right from the start considering I paid for it.

By Fooga on 09 Nov 2018 23:28

@Fooga yeah that is ridiculous, I'll try and contact rockstar about that. I can't believe they overlooked that.

By InfiniteBoyd on 10 Nov 2018 04:03

I submitter a ticket. It’s definitely bugged.

By Fooga on 10 Nov 2018 06:57

Dominoes didn't count during Chapter 2, but I got to Chapter 3 and talking to Tilly gave a cutscene that led to a dominoes game. That counted as my Chapter 3 activity.

By zeldafanjtl on 10 Nov 2018 08:37

Just letting everyone know I basically did chapters 2, 3, and part of 4 over from scratch for this dumb ass achievement. Now I can finally progress through the game! I’m happy to be everyone’s guinea pig and confirm loading up old saves won’t work if you missed this early.

By ians reflex arc on 10 Nov 2018 10:29

^ Did the activities appear almost right away when you got to 4?

Edit: For those who have the same issue... So I reloaded a chapter 2 save and blitzed back to chapter 4, doing one activity in each chapter. Did bison hunting with Charles in 2 and fishing with Javier in 3. After the Bronte meeting mission you’ll have a party. Sleep until morning, and then sleep again until noon. That made the activities in chapter 4 appear. Did one, got the achievement, and then reloaded my main save.

By Fooga on 11 Nov 2018 01:17

reloading earlier save worked thanks

By Nazule80 on 11 Nov 2018 05:30

Final update from me.

I completed the Pearson hunting activity in Chapter 4 and the achievement popped immediately after. Breakdown for me:

Chapter 2: Did all activities, noticed tracker progressed to 33% after sitting with Mary Beth and talking about the world.

Chapter 3: Micah Five finger Fillet and tracker progressed immediately.

Chapter 4: Pearson hunting activity. Achievement popped afterwards.

For chapter 4, activities didn't show until after the first Bronte mission.

By BryanLovesCowzz on 12 Nov 2018 01:19

ive gone past chapter 4 im in chapter 6 or 7 but havent used my code for the bank robbery mission. will i still be able to do this or will i have to start from the begining??

By DaRkMyStErIeS on 12 Nov 2018 15:51

I had to reload earlier save and the mission was there.

By Nazule80 on 12 Nov 2018 16:38

So I'm 100% thinking this is glitched.

Chapter 2/3 camps I literally did every single activity and my current bar is at 66%. I'm a little way through chapter 4 and I've played poker/dominos and won dominos and no achievement. Following on from that, your guide doesn't even list poker/dominos for chapter 4?

I was trying to work out first if you have to win - you don't as mine didn't unlock when I did. The I'm think that through each camp, you must take part in different activities for it to unlock. This also can't be right because I've done everything in chapters 2/3 and the activities in chapter 4 are no different but only in terms of who you're with.

I have yet come to a point where anything other than dominos has unlocked, but I'll return to confirm if the achievement unlocks after completing one of the activities listed.

By OhOneOneOh on 13 Nov 2018 16:33

So what percentage should you be on by the time you reach chapter 4 then? I'm currently on 66% at the moment

By CATONATOR86 on 13 Nov 2018 23:43

You should unlock the achievement in chapter 4. So 33% by the end of chapter 2. 66% by the end of chapter 3 and unlocked in chapter 4

By InfiniteBoyd on 14 Nov 2018 00:16

Nothing appearing for me in Chapter 4 despite clearing the Angelo Bronte mission and several days passed since the camp party.
Edit: saved the game at noon, reloaded same save, Lenny's mission appeared but was locked, went upstairs then downstairs and he spawned.
The spawning of these side missions is buggy for sure and needs work, a lot of players aren't going to even know these exist, unless they look them up.

By TruthfulSkate8 on 14 Nov 2018 18:24

@Aquesous: Dominoes isn't one of the companion activities for Ch.4, it's just a mini-game.
However, Dominoes/Poker is a companion activity in Ch.2 and 3 though.

By TruthfulSkate8 on 14 Nov 2018 18:26

@truthfulskate8

this worked great, thanks

By FWR Georgie on 14 Nov 2018 20:06

Is this still possible to get when you're on the last mission of chapter 4?

I forgot about this, but haven't finished chapter 4 yet. im on the last mission, but nothing is showing up in camp. i have tried sleeping multiple times but still nothing

By dt4824 on 15 Nov 2018 18:10

I’ve done every activity, stuck at 33%

By SwordofWhedon on 16 Nov 2018 01:38

Just got the last activity in Chapter 4 by Rustling Cattle with Uncle.

By FlutteryChicken on 17 Nov 2018 02:37

i've got 133 hrs played and im on chapter 4. I have done literally EVERY SINGLE THING. on the way here. Powerpyx says that mini games activities don't count in any way, so don't bother, hell for all I know it could be them that are bugging this cheevo. but I went fishing with javier and robbed places and did shit with everyone in every camp, im now near the end of chapter 4 haven't had a single one pop up and im at 40%. so this cheevo is fucked.

By JakThaRiPP3R84 on 17 Nov 2018 03:15

I'm in chapter 4, I have 4 missions to finish, I still do not leave any mission, I loaded a game of another chapter and I returned to the main game and nothing, I slept and nothing, I visit the field and talk to everyone every time I do a mission and nothing , I'm tired of so much BUG.

By PianoNE0 on 17 Nov 2018 11:23

By PianoNE0 on 17 Nov 2018 18:13

Had the same problem. After the final Bronte mission back to the camp. Sleep until noon. Save. Reload the Savepoint again and again until an activity appears. There were even two.

By Fopus on 18 Nov 2018 06:13

So I did
Chapter 2 - Poker & Hunting with Charles
Chpater 3 - Sean Stagecoach

These put me at 66% yet I just completed Hunting with Pearson & Stagecoach with Lenny in Chapter 4 and no budge?

By CBrip31 on 19 Nov 2018 06:30

UPDATE - So I was uncertain of if I did complete an activity in chapter 3, reloaded an old save just to make sure and did the fishing activity with charles and continued through the chapter until chapter 4 and did an activity to no prevail. Can this achievement get flagged as buggy? I have met requirements, yet haven't unlocked the achievement?

By CBrip31 on 19 Nov 2018 11:58

I just submitted a flag on this as Buggy- so hopefully TA picks up on it quick.

By InfiniteBoyd on 19 Nov 2018 12:44

When the missions won't appear in chapter 4 reloading an older save and then your most current save does work to make them appear.

Be sure that your current save is at the hideout, though. I tried riding back after reload and the missions still didn't show up. Saved my current game in the hideout and then did the loading an old save workaround and, when I reloaded my current save in the hideout, Pearson and Lenny had activities for me...

By AllOvaMyself on 25 Nov 2018 02:44

I clearly missed the bullshit activities in chapter 2. Just confused if I should start a new game or reload a chapter 2 save? Some people are saying reloading an old save works! Some say it doesn't!

FML!

By AWC GOTTI on 25 Nov 2018 17:46

I say its worth a shot. Just reload a save and see if your progress tracker goes up. It’s annoying but it’s probably Better than restarting the game completely if you don’t have to.

By InfiniteBoyd on 26 Nov 2018 06:31

for anyone having trouble finding an activity in Chapter 4 - try sleeping until night (in camp) - then save & reload. This helped me get the 'Rustling' mission from Uncle. I was getting worried as nothing would show up & I was at the end of the Chapter.

By Sensei Neo on 26 Nov 2018 12:46

I couldn't get the Ultimate Edition Bank Robbery to ever appear even when reloading an old save, but it's actually a mission with a Gold Medal so it shows up in my replay list for Chapter 4.

So if I want to play it, I get to do it with no upgrades and a shitty horse. Thanks R*.

Good thing I didn't need it for the achievement.

By AllOvaMyself on 26 Nov 2018 21:14

I contacted r* about this chapter 4 bug (incl my bank robbery mission of ultimate edition that doesn’t appear. Their answas was:

In order to resolve the issue you are facing, I would suggest you to try the following steps:

1) Load a previous save and see if the companion missions appear.

2) If the missions still do not show up please try progressing some in the Story but do not finish Chapter 4 as you will not be able to go back to complete the missions at a later time and get the Trophy.

*update* i opened the debt document from Strauss in my satchel, suddenly a mission popped for the bank robbery!

By Turg0n on 27 Nov 2018 05:40

I just got this achievement after finishing the game. My tracker was at 66%, I remember clearly I did a home robbery in chapter 2 and went fishing in chapter 3. I finished the game without doing a companion mission in chapter 4.

I just reloaded an older save from chapter 4, with my base camp in Shady Belle. Went fishing with Pearson, and the achievement popped right after.

By JelmerF on 29 Nov 2018 16:04

chapter 4 spawns look to have been fixed with the latest patch,
So far i seen Pearson at the docks and I did Lenny's robbery. both randomly spawned at different times of day

By D34dBodyMan on 06 Dec 2018 14:51

lenny robbery and pearson hunting both popped up the morning after jack's return.

By Barad 007 on 26 Dec 2018 00:21

Hi,
There is no solution for those who missed to do an activity in chapter 2 ? :(

By Pedronfire on 03 Jan 2019 13:54

Sleeping until night (in Chapter 4) made Cattle Rustling with Uncle spawn. Thanks Sensei Neo!

By Lockie on 18 Jan 2019 12:10

Wait, so you only need to complete ONE companion mission per chapter not ALL of them per chapter?

By Mazzieeeeeeeeee on 28 Jan 2019 22:58

Tried this out last night. I know for a fact I did 1 mission in Ch 2 and did 2 in Ch 3. I did 3 missions in Ch 4 and got nothing. I'll advance a little bit to get Lenny's perhaps and If it doesn't work, then I guess you cant play an older save file to get it.

By T0NY HAYABUSA on 12 Feb 2019 19:41

Can be missed, but is hard to be missed if you enjoy the game trying make all sidequests, random events and camp activities.

By netstryker on 17 Mar 2019 23:45

Thanks for all the advice. Had to sleep until evening after Jack's return to get Pearson and a stage coach mission to spawn!

By BigTymer2047 on 19 Oct 2019 15:18

Hey everyone so for this achievement I only need to complete 1 of each activity on misson 2,3and 4 right or do i need to do all of them

By on 02 Dec 2019 22:44

"Javier – Home Robbery: Talk to Javier at camp, he wants to do a home robbery with you in Valentine. This can still be available in Chapter 3."

If I finish this in Chapter 3, will it count towards the companion activity of chapter 2?

By Flerrrrrken on 07 Jan 2020 07:06

This now appears to be fixed. It was stuck at 66% for me, I went and replayed one mission and it unlocked.

By LoftyMagic on 01 May 2020 23:40

It's probably for the best if you mention the final missions for each chapter, just to make sure that you don't accidentally take up a mission that ends up screwing you over. Might be easier than having to keep tabs on when you're saving.

By Lo Ingobernable on 10 May 2020 20:00

*Update: It has been confirmed that you must do this in one pl aythrough. Going back to a previous save to do one a mission in a chapter you missed will not work.

Can i load a save file and continue in that playthrough?

By Biohazard17 on 11 May 2020 23:13

I also would like to know the answer. I have started chapter 3 with no other saves.

By mikeazzo on 18 May 2020 15:24

It appears, at least for me, that gaming activities do not count for this achievement. Only the robbery and hunting type missions counted.

By WeisGuy9 on 20 May 2020 19:35

Can confirm that minigames do not count. Only the "white symbol camp missions" (hunting/fishing/robbing) count.

By VfV Savior on 25 May 2020 06:46

*Companion activities will not start showing up until after completing the chapter 2 main quest Blessed are the Meeks?.

I can confirm the opposite of it. I did the bison hunt with Charles two days ago, and the progress bar marked it as one activity done. And only yesterday I broke Micah out of jail ('Blessed are the Meek?' mission). So I did the activity before doing the quoted mission.

By vegansound on 02 Jul 2020 14:26

If you have at the top that the mini games don’t count why do you include chapter 2 minigames.

By EmperorBello on 20 Jul 2021 00:01

one of the mini games definitely counted towards my progress. i think it was five finger filly when the other was already sitting at the table waiting to play

By brat trash on 08 Jul 2022 02:14

What do i do?

By beastman rules on 14 Oct 2022 23:45

Lenny's 5-finger fillet definitely counted for me.

Hunting with Charles didn't. Can you only do one from each camp?

By Schwarzio on 23 May 2023 19:39

This unlocked for me after replaying the very first mission, hundreds of hours after already completing the game :-|

By Dread Reaver on 09 Jul 2023 10:16

Just wanted to update. Did Micah Five Finger Fillet in Chapter 3 and it moved my tracker up immediately after completion. I played until I won.

By BryanLovesCowzz on 09 Nov 2018 03:25

Does the progress bar work for this achievement?

Because I lost a game of Dominos (my opponent reached 60 points) and the progress bar didn't update. Seems like other progress bars for achievements work, so I want to double check.

Edit: I did get progress towards the Hobby Horse (Complete all Mini Games) achievement, but not for this one.

By AkaiERA on 28 Oct 2018 11:02

Yeah, I could’ve sworn I did some side activities in both camps(I’m on chapter 3), but it’s stuck on 33%. I even pulled up an old save from the first camp and did an activity there to be safe and it didn’t move to 66%. If I have to go all the way back 15 hours and start the achievement from the beginning, I’m going to be so sad. Can anyone confirm you can still get this from going back to an old save and not actually have to play all the way back from it to the 3rd camp?

By ians reflex arc on 03 Nov 2018 21:14

A couple notes I have:

Dominoes and poker are unlocked before you officially unlock companion activities. I don't know if they count if you do them once you've unlocked companion activities, but they definitely don't count before that.

This solution says companion activities are unlocked after completing Blessed are the Meeks? I haven't done that mission; my last one was A Quiet Time, and they've now unlocked.

This guide says you have to complete minigames for them to count, but note that not all minigames actually have an end. For Five Finger Fillet, for example, you can keep playing forever. I quit after I won an 80 cent wager and saw that it wasn't going up. I checked and my achievement progress bar did indeed go up.

By zeldafanjtl on 03 Nov 2018 22:22

By ians reflex arc on 09 Nov 2018 13:00

For anyone having trouble getting the missions to show up in chapter 4, I opened a ticket with R* and they got back to me with the following that made the Pearson hunting mission appear.

1, Press and hold the power button on the front of the console until the Xbox One completely shuts down

2, Once the indicator lights on the front of the Xbox One and the console’s power brick are off, disconnect the power brick from the back of your console

3, Wait at least 30 seconds

4, Plug the power brick back into your Xbox One and turn it on
Boot up the game

Hope this help a few people out at least

By I2xINCHxTONGUE on 15 Nov 2018 23:58

I made a second save, booted through the chapters took about 17 hrs ffs, but i did it.
I had 140 hrs on the clock during chapter 4, i did allot of exploring and every possible side mission, yet my tracker was stuck at 40 and should have been 66 after chapter 3 atleast, logging into the social club updated my tracker instantly, and i then reloaded my save from the start of chapter 4 doing only the first 2 of dutch's missions. (which is all you need to do to trigger a companion activity) and it did not work for me..

it seems not logging into social club glitched my game beyond normal means as it counted but the tracker didn't. so I had to do the whole thing again. log into social club to be sure, you may need to smash through the 40 orso missions to get there.

By JakThaRiPP3R84 on 20 Nov 2018 01:45

Not sure if someone mentioned this yet but I thought I’d confirm for those like me that missed doing a mission in chapter 4:

I was at the very beginning of chapter 6 when I realised I’d missed this achievement. Luckily, I had the ultimate edition so I had the Rhodes bank robbery mission available as a replay - as it can give you a gold medal. I did the mission and it popped straight away. Just in case anyone with that mission available was about to start a new save, this works and will save you a ton of time!

By Syio on 05 Dec 2018 18:08

For what it’s worth this is what I did this morning for Chapter 4 and it worked for me.

I quit out of my game to the home screen.
Then completely powered down the Xbox by holding the power button on the console until it turns off.
Turned it off at the mains for 30 seconds.
Turned it on at the mains.
Powered the Xbox back up.
Loaded the game back up.
Went to camp and slept to evening.
Lenny had a mission downstairs at the dining table to rob a stage coach. Pearson also had a mission on the pier behind the house to go hunting.
I did the mission with Lenny and got the Achievement as soon as the mission was finished.

I hope this helps others.

By PacManKel on 28 Jan 2019 14:20

I noticed my progress bar on the console had not updated to 66% when I completed multiple companion activities in chapter 3, but when I checked the progress bar on my phone through the Xbox app it is updated to 66%.

If you think the achievement is bugged for you, I would check the Xbox app on your phone to see if the achievement’s progress bar has updated there.

I still yet have to get to chapter 4 to confirm if I get the achievement or not.

Edit: Somewhere in chapter 3 the progress bar on the console updated to 66%. I’m in chapter 4 and just did the mission with Uncle. Once it was over the achievement popped.

By Nickson69420 on 16 Feb 2024 10:43

So I'm 100% thinking this is glitched.

Chapter 2/3 camps I literally did every single activity and my current bar is at 66%. I'm a little way through chapter 4 and I just played dominos with both Pearson and Mary-Beth and beat both and no achievement. Following on from that, your guide doesn't even list dominos for chapter 4?

I was trying to work out first if you have to win - you don't as mine didn't unlock when I did. The I'm think that through each camp, you must take part in different activities for it to unlock. This also can't be right because I've done everything in chapters 2/3 and the activities in chapter 4 are no different but only in terms of who you're with.

I have yet come to a point where anything other than dominos has unlocked, but I'll return to confirm if the achievement unlocks after completing one of the activities listed.

By OhOneOneOh on 09 Nov 2018 16:15

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13 Nov 2018 17:39

To unlock the Friends with Benefits trophy in Red Dead Redemption 2, you need to complete a companion activity in each camp.

You need to complete this by Chapter 4 -- there are no further activities available beyond that. Chapter 1 doesn't count, so you just need to complete at least one activity during Chapters 2, 3 and 4 to get this trophy.

Camp activities are the White icons that start appearing in the latter half of Chapter 2, and include the following activities:

Fishing
Stagecoach Robbery
House Robbery
Hunting

Unlike Companion Item requests, you don't need to hang around camp and hope for the best; these white icons will appear in camp after a certain amount of main story missions in the chapter have been

In Chapter 2 you will get a chance to do a House Robbery with Javier and a hunt with Charles. In Chapter 3 stagecoach robberies will appear, from both Sean and Bill. There's fishing with Javier and Kieran as well.

In Chapter 4 Micah wants to do a Coach Robbery as does Lenny. Pearson has a hunting request and even Uncle wants to steal some cows.

It's worth noting that there's also a Bank Robbery with Charles during Chapter 4 if you bought the Ultimate Edition of the game.

13 Nov 2018 17:39

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I'm on chapter 3 and it's been a while so I don't remember -- is there any way to track/tell if i did this in Chapter 2?

By benh57 on 08 Dec 2020 09:16

I got Knife Fillet with Lenny in camp in Chapter 2.

By KGI_KlikoNL on 20 Jun 2021 18:19

KingfiShiZ

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27 Oct 2018 20:24

This Achievement is only missable if you just run trough the Main Storyline and I don't think anyone would do that

. Your Camp will three times in the Story, in every Camp Location you need to complete just one of the Companions Activity, they are small white Icon in your Camp like this:

27 Oct 2018 20:24

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In Chapters 2, 3 and 4 there will be numerous events in the campsite that you can complete, for this trophy you need to complete only one in each chapter/camp. Activities like Hunting, Fishing and Robberies will be marked on the map while table games will require someone to be seated at the table and you join them. Some missions will only be available at certain times of the day. If activities aren't showing up be sure to keep checking the camp and your map to make sure you don’t miss it before the chapter is over.

Below is a list of the activities available in each chapter:

Chapter 2:

Robbery - Javier
Hunting - Charles
Table Games - Poker, Dominoes and Five Finger Fillet

Chapter 3:

Robbery - Bill and Sean
Fishing - Javier and Kieran
Table Games - Dominoes and Five Finger Fillet

Chapter 4:

Robbery - Micah, Lenny and Uncle
Hunting - Pearson

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Kurobe

stratege.ru

30 Oct 2018 08:40

This guide was translated automatically.

In general, companions are all those who live in your camp. You need to complete any one task in each chapter.

Chapter 2:

Any Random Gang Member - Domino or Poker: Sometimes a random gang member sits at a table and wants to play (mostly in the evening or at night. It's better to complete the mini-game completely (win or lose).
Lenny - Five Finger Fillet: Sometimes Lenny sits at the table and wants to play "Five Finger Fillet" (most often in the evening or at night).
Javier - Home Robbery. Talk to Javier in the camp, he wants to rob the house with you north of Valentin. If you don’t complete it in the second chapter, it will also be possible to complete it in the third, but then you will have to ride far to the camp.
Charles - Hunting: Talk to Charles at the camp, he wants to hunt bison with you.

Chapter 3:

Sean Coach Robbery: Talk to Sean at the camp, he wants to rob the Stagecoach.
Bill - Coach Robbery: Talk to Bill at the camp, he wants to rob the Stagecoach.
Tilly - Dominoes Minigame: You can play Dominoes with her in the camp when she is sitting at the tables (usually at night).
Javier - Fishing: Talk to Javier at the camp, he wants to go fishing.
Kieran - Fishing: Talk to Kieran at the camp and go fishing together.
Mika - Five Finger Fillet: You can play the FFF mini-game with Mika in the camp when he is sitting at the tables (usually at night).
*Javier - Home Robbery: If you haven't done your heist in Chapter 2 yet, it may appear again in Chapter 3.

Chapter 4:

Charles - Bank Robbery: Only available if you have the Special or Ultimate Edition. This is an exclusive bonus mission not available in the standard version of RDR2.
Mika - Coach Robbery: Talk to Mika in the camp, he wants to rob the stagecoach.
Lenny - Coach Robbery Talk to Lenny in the camp, he wants to rob the stagecoach.
Pearson - Hunting: Talk to Pearson at the camp, he wants to go hunting.
Uncle - Robbery: Talk to Uncle in the camp, he wants to steal cows with you.

30 Oct 2018 08:40

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It is not necessary to complete all the tasks, it is enough to complete one in each camp.

By AlexSokol10 on 22 Nov 2018 16:04

You can miss the trophy

By CTEKLO-GLAZ on 09 Nov 2018 12:57

A small addition. I ran into a problem: in the 4th chapter, the satellite tasks also simply did not appear - as it turned out, there is a solution.

First, be sure to make an additional save at the beginning of Chapter 4 (as written above). If the companions' quests do not appear, then follow the story until Sadie Adler's story mission appears (the mission right on the threshold of your mansion is called "Horsemen of the Apocalypse"). Once the mission becomes available, you can sleep/skip days - after a while something will definitely appear in the camp.

As I understand it, it simply helps someone to skip days during the 4th chapter and check the camp, but the method above worked for me. You can experiment, but the most important thing is to keep a save from the beginning of Chapter 4 in reserve.

By FilinFromFjord on 05 Nov 2018 14:20

Kurobe's tip is correct. It is necessary to fulfill the requests of the companions; an option is fishing, robbery, etc.

By Dedshtaket on 30 Oct 2018 23:56

There was 1 save in chapter 4 before the mission with Sadie and the Fathers of America
I downloaded it 5 times, slept, nothing appeared
Once again I loaded it and a mission with a stagecoach appeared, the achievement dropped immediately after the robbery

By splendid on 13 Nov 2018 21:13

At the beginning of Chapter 4 Definitely!!! make a manual save, or go through two missions from Dutch at once.
Otherwise, you can “get caught” like I did: I went through almost the entire plot, ignoring Dutch’s missions, missions from companions never appeared in the camp until the very end of the chapter, I slept for a week, came at different times of the day - it didn’t help (bug).
I replayed from the middle of Chapter 3, Chapter 4 started, did 2 missions with Dutch, slept until the morning and the robbery tasks appeared.

By EduardoElrick on 02 Nov 2018 11:46

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Kraft

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26 Oct 2018 10:21

This guide was translated automatically.

You need to complete one task at a time in chapters 2, 3, 4. You don't need to do them all! If the task in the camp is not available, advance further in the story, sleep or try at another time of the day

26 Oct 2018 10:21

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