Red Dead Redemption 2 Cheats: Every Code and How to Unlock Them
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Short answer: Pause the game, open Settings and choose Cheats (bottom right), then type a phrase such as Greed is now a virtue for $500 or You flourish before you die to refill your cores. There are 37 cheats: 29 work from the start and 8 must be unlocked by buying newspapers later in the story. Turning a cheat on stops the game from saving and disables trophies and achievements until you restart.
How to enter cheats
- Press pause in story mode and go to Settings.
- Choose Cheats at the bottom right (Triangle on PlayStation, Y on Xbox), then choose it again to open a text box.
- Type the phrase exactly. Capital letters do not matter, but the commas, full stops and question marks do.
- Entered cheats stay in the list, so you can switch them on and off later from the same screen.
The phrases and the menu are the same on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Saving, trophies and achievements
While a cheat is active the game will not save your progress and you cannot earn trophies or achievements. A good routine: enter every code you want, save manually, and only then switch cheats on. To play normally again, close and restart the game.
Health, stamina and Dead Eye
| Cheat | What it does | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
You flourish before you die | Refills health, stamina and Dead Eye | From the start |
Seek all the bounty of this place | Raises your health, stamina and Dead Eye levels | From the start |
You seek more than the world offers | Refills and fortifies all cores | Newspaper, after the Chapter 6 mission “The King’s Son” |
Be greedy only for foresight | Infinite Dead Eye | From the start |
The lucky be strong evermore | Infinite stamina | Newspaper, in Chapter 5 |
Guide me better | Dead Eye level 1 | From the start |
Make me better | Dead Eye level 2 | From the start |
I shall be better | Dead Eye level 3 | From the start |
I still seek more | Dead Eye level 4 | From the start |
I seek and I find | Dead Eye level 5 | From the start |
Weapons, ammo and money
| Cheat | What it does | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
A simple life, a beautiful death | Basic weapons | From the start |
Death is silence | Stealth weapons | From the start |
History is written by fools | Gunslinger weapons | From the start |
Greed is American virtue | Heavy weapons | Newspaper, after a Chapter 3 mission (sources name different missions) |
Abundance is the dullest desire | Infinite ammo | Newspaper, in Chapter 1 |
Greed is now a virtue | Adds $500 | From the start |
Wanted level, honor and the map
| Cheat | What it does | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
You want punishment | Raises your wanted level | From the start |
You want freedom | Lowers your wanted level | From the start |
You want everyone to go away | Clears your wanted status and bounties | From the start |
Virtue unearned is not virtue | Maximum honor | Newspaper, after the Chapter 4 mission “Urban Pleasures” |
You revel in your disgrace, I see | Minimum honor | From the start |
Balance. All is balance | Neutral honor | From the start |
You long for sight and see nothing | Reveals the whole map | Newspaper, in Chapter 3 or 4 (sources differ) |
Vanity. All is vanity | Unlocks all outfits | From the start |
Eat of knowledge | Unlocks all crafting recipes | From the start |
Share | Unlocks camp and ledger upgrades | From the start |
A fool on command | Makes Arthur drunk | From the start |
Horses and wagons
| Cheat | What it does | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
My kingdom is a horse | Raises your horse bond | From the start |
Better than my dog | Your horse comes when called from any distance | From the start |
Run! Run! Run! | Spawns a race horse | From the start |
You are a beast built for war | Spawns a war horse | Newspaper, in the Epilogue |
You want more than you have | Spawns an Arabian horse | From the start |
You want something new | Spawns a random horse | From the start |
The best of the old ways | Spawns a stagecoach | From the start |
Keep your dreams simple | Spawns a wagon | From the start |
Keep your dreams light | Spawns a horse with a buggy | From the start |
Would you be happier as a clown? | Spawns a circus wagon | Newspaper, in the Epilogue |
How to unlock the newspaper cheats
Eight cheats are printed in newspaper issues that only go on sale after certain story missions. Once you reach the chapter shown in the tables above, buy a paper from a newspaper seller in town and read it to find the phrase, then enter it in the Cheats menu.
More Red Dead Redemption 2 guides
Every Red Dead guide on the site is on the Red Dead Redemption page. For mysteries you can find without cheats, read our Red Dead Redemption 2 secrets guide.
Sources
- GamesRadar: Red Dead Redemption 2 cheats and every code
- GTABase: Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes
- TechRadar: Red Dead Redemption 2 cheats and codes
Last checked against sources: 10 November 2026.
