Red Dead Redemption
51 Achievements
More than a Fistful
Earn $10,000.
6.6%
How to unlock the More than a Fistful achievement in Red Dead Redemption - Definitive Guide
#1: The $10k goal is cumulative. You need not have it all at once.
#2: It appears that you don't lose money when you die. (If you do, it was never noticeable for me. This isn't Borderlands.)
#3: All in all, this will most likely come naturally on your way to 100%. I wouldn't go out of your way to get this achievement first.
Tips for making money:
* Go on a treasure hunt. Search "RDR treasure" in YouTube, and finish the treasure challenge, selling the gold bars for at least $1.5k.
* Most bounties go for $200+, especially when returned alive.
* Skin everything you kill and sell it in a far away land. Horses and dogs aren't too great, but grizzly bears skins sold in Mexico works well. Cougars are okay. In the hunting ambient challenge, the final special hunts will bring in big bucks. [pun not intended]
* Gamble. Poker took too long for me, but the Liar's Dice game in Thieves Landing works well. Play with one man at the table, ante in the required $200 and win over and over for $200 bucks a shot.
* Loot everyone. Perhaps this isn't totally necessary, but it was probably my favorite part of this game. $5 here, $3 there, it adds up! (Also, buying the Rabbit's Foot will increase your looting returns by 20%.)
(armadillo general store) only 25$ and it boosts loot by 20%? or 30% unsure!
turns it into, 6$! :D
Winning the last one requires a button combination that you can learn by heart and do very quickly. It is quite easy to earn 1000$ per 15 minutes with this method.
Sometimes you come across a guy who wants to shoot birds.
Go to this guy and lose. when you lose he will double his bet so you need to keep losing until the bet reaches the amount of money you still have. Then you just shoot the birds and get back your money. So now your money is even. Just put on your bandana so you wont lose any money an shoot the guy to get the money back you lost in the first place.
hope it helped.
NOTE: Buffalos never respawn, once you have killed them thats it. Its a one time thing, there is also a secret achievement for killing all the buffalos in RDR, im sure you will almost get it once you try this method. if not, im sure someone on this site has a guide for it.
I hope i helped.
Heres another tip someone commented for me on:
The rarer pelts like the bears, cougars, etc will make you more money if you sell them in an area of the map that the animal doesn't live in. Example selling bear and buffalo skins in Mexico towns will make you a decent bit more money than selling them in Blackwater. Also for the three Unique Animals, selling the pelts and opposite sides of the map that you found them can get you quite a bit more cash for each.
**Credit goes to Urza of Midgar for the above.**
Proceed to Thieves Landing and go to the Liars Dice table in town. The ante is $200 dollars meaning if you win you get $200 cash. I was averaging about $200 every 2-3 minutes. It's a really easy game. To cut down some time skip to your turns every time. Good luck!
As you progress you will earn money for completing missions, side objectives, looting enemies and placing bets in mini games. You don't need to hold $10,000 at once as this will slowly stack up as you progress through the game. Complete as many side missions and objectives as possible. You should earn this somewhere between completing the game and earning the 100% achievement.
After completing the Treasure Hunter ambient challenges sell all the gold you have found as this will boost you towards the $10,000 total with ease.
Finding gold from all treasure hunting challenges gives you tons of money, as does selling skinned animals. Buffalo and Bear skins are worth a lot of money if you sell them in Escalera. This trophy is cumulative meaning you do not need $10,000 all at once so feel free to spend as much money as you want.
You can also play Five Finger Fillet to earn quick cash. You can find Five Finger Fillet in several locations e.g Armadillo. Always bet the max which is $100 and play 4 rounds with 3 different players. Each round earns you $200 in total.