Summary
- Players can take on bounty hunter missions in Red Dead Redemption to earn money and immerse themselves in the Wild West.
- Hunting down wanted criminals like Kent Gallaway, Americus Roe, Melvin Spinney, Hestor Frith, and Zebedee Nash can provide substantial rewards.
- These bounties can be captured alive for higher payouts, but players must navigate through dangerous situations and face off against the criminals and their companions.
Players can embrace the passions of a bounty hunter in Red Dead Redemption, enabling John Marston to look upon wanted posters across the states of Red Dead Redemption and decide whether he is going to bring them in dead or alive. There are many bounty hunts in Red Dead Redemption, but only a few that are worth not skipping, especially when they offer a large amount of money for the players to exchange their bounty with lawmen to spend even more dollars on guns, clothes, ammo, and horses.
Although bounty hunter missions in Red Dead Redemption are not as detailed or illustrious as they were in Red Dead Redemption 2, that doesn’t mean that they are without their share of fun. Players should check out the Red Dead Redemption bounty hunts to further immerse in the Wild West, and bring a more tamed element of law into the game with these targets that need capturing, or killing.
5 Kent Gallaway
Kent Gallaway is wanted for one thing, and one thing only: murder. Murder is a serious crime, and as the Wild West makes its way to a more civilized age, murder is not acceptable. Players can find Kent Gallaway’s wanted poster in West Elizabeth's civilized areas. What’s most special about this wanted bounty isn’t the story, but the reward.
When hunting Kent Gallaway, players can bring home $600 as long as they bring in the character alive. They just have to ignore his vulgar threats whilst they ride into town on a horse. Most strangely, Kent Gallaway’s character can be seen in the world and a few missions involving the Williamson Gang.
4 Americus Roe
Americus Roe does not lend himself and his skills to any gang. He is loyal to just himself, which makes him dangerous. Americus Roe’s bounty poster can be found anywhere, as it’s a transitory bounty. Americus Roe has been wanted in America for a fair few reasons, including the fact that he’s a murderer and a famed criminal gunfighter.
Players can expect a $600 reward if they bring in Americus Roe alive. However, they will have to encounter both him and his companions, fighting through them to get to their intended target. Bringing him in either dead or alive at the nearest settlement will provide players with their blood money.
3 Melvin Spinney
Players can find their pockets filled with $600 if they bring in the wanted murderer, Melvin Spinney in Red Dead Redemption. Although this target has to be brought in alive, it’s worth doing for near double the dollars. Melvin’s wanted poster can be found in West Elizabeth, and he seems to be an independent criminal that doesn’t need the inner workings and powers of other gangs to keep him from doing what he wants.
However, Melvin’s lack of gang protection is what makes him a worthy bounty-hunting target for John Marston, as this Thieves’ Landing loitering drunkard won’t expect John Marston to provide him with a swift hand, lasso, or bullet of justice for the law.
2 Hestor Frith
Another unaffiliated criminal to feature in Red Dead Redemption is Hestor Frith, yet another murderer that has a hefty bounty on his head that players can go out of their way to claim. This wanted poster can be found in Manzanita Post or Blackwater, which are the more sophisticated areas of the game in an evolving and civilized 2 0th century, which is exactly why Hestor Frith needs to see this new frontier of justice and law.
Hestor is one of the best and easiest bounties to hunt after in Red Dead Redemption due to the fact that they can be killed for a bounty of $300, or brought in alive for a bounty of $600. That’s a fair bit of money today and a whopping amount for the early 2 0th century.
1 Zebedee Nash
Another killer emerges in West Elizabeth, without the aid of a gang to keep them safe from the bounty hunters in Red Dead Redemption. Zebedee Nash is a murderer who needs to be brought to justice, and he will be worth $600 to the player if they are brought in alive. As with all bounties, they should be brought in alive, as although they don’t offer a level of depth to them that was seen in Red Dead Redemption 2, they are basically a walking, smack-talking bundle of money for the player to use.
Zebedee Nash may have been seen a few times by the player before they are used as a bounty hunt target, as Nash frequents Thieves’ Landing, a popular spot for criminals due to its expansive saloon and brothel. More interesting still, Nash makes a few appearances through the story in a minor fashion, as he will be seen in these missions, but players have little role to influence the story. However, he is yet another target for John Marston to hunt for.
Red Dead Redemption is currently available on PS3 and Xbox 360. The game is set to release on Nintendo Switch and PS4 on August 17, 2023.