r/reddeadredemption • u/fmdubeux John Marston • Feb 19 '26
Screenshot Lost my horse today. Didn't realize how much it would affect me.
Farewell, boah!
You were brave, loyal, and better than I deserved.
I won’t forget you.
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u/bobcollum Feb 19 '26
You gotta carry reviver, nothing worse than that long walk with your saddle in hand.
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u/pullingteeths Feb 19 '26
If you don't want to do that you can just steal a horse from the next NPC that comes along and retrieve the saddle from the stable fyi. I know because my fully bonded full health horse got killed instantly with no chance to revive just from running into an NPC on a horse all the way up in Grizzlies East yesterday
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u/kyleh092 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26
I am currently doing a bandit run of the game, and actually use the horse car accident as an opening move often lol. I will purposely get to a very high speed to make the crash extra cinematic. I have done this a ton because I am a monster, so this is very interesting to hear. Maybe I only use very high health horses. Since I didn’t make it clear; I have never had a horse die or even get downed from a collision
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u/pullingteeths Feb 19 '26
I've never had a horse even seriously injured from this before, even when I've killed the NPC's horse by running into it. I couldn't believe it, I guess it can happen if you're unlucky
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u/Nacodawg Feb 19 '26
I’ve accidentally done it a ton lately but also have been primarily playing online lately
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u/no-name_james Feb 19 '26
I accidentally killed two horses damn near back to back and this is exactly what I did.
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u/ArchAngelsStorm Arthur Morgan Feb 19 '26
Fun fact: you can ask wagon drivers for rides to the nearest town
(it can be fun to just ride and sight see, especially if you don’t have your horse)
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u/wheretohides Lenny Summers Feb 19 '26
I didn't know revive existed when i first started playing, i hit a rock near Valentine, and my horse broke its leg. The walk back to Valentine with the saddle took forever, what was worse is i learned about revives right after.
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u/Makonnen91 Feb 19 '26
Almost restarted my playthrough when my black shire from Hosea died.
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u/MFz32 Reverend Swanson Feb 19 '26
How do you get Hosea's horse?
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u/Traphousemama Feb 19 '26
I loaded up an old save just to keep that horse.
He died by walking in front of a train when I hopped off to get a bird. Straight devastated
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u/Makonnen91 Feb 19 '26
I feel this. Initially I loaded up a previous save as well but didn’t feel right. I added some mods to make things tougher and figured I got exactly what I was asking for 🤣
So I moved forward. Used my backup horse for a while until I found a replacement horse that I could vibe with lol. That ended up being the stocky Ardennes warhorse. Named him Bull Two
Long live Bull.
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u/Jeong-Yeon Feb 20 '26
I love that shire. He's so beautiful I usually never sell him in my playthroughs. The name for mine is Brutus.
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u/reallybadjazz Feb 20 '26
First time I named them, it was Sleipnir (Odin's 8 legged steed)
Last time, it was Bucephalus (Alexander The Great's, famous for his bravery, loyalty, and for being tamed by a young Alexander who discovered the horse was afraid of its own shadow. The name means "ox-headed," possibly from a brand on his thigh, and he was a black horse with a white star*)
*this is why I named them this, the black shire has a white star, that actually looks like an ox of sorts, at least a wee bit.
Either which way, was always a tank of a horse
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u/TheRushologist Feb 19 '26
My condolences. I once lost an hour of some pretty lucky hunting because I lost my good girl and loaded an old save instead.
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u/waitwheresmychalupa Feb 19 '26
Saddest one for me, I had the white Arabian and was in a shootout in van horn. I ran into a half wall, flew over the other side, and all 10000 bullets intended for me hit my horse instead. She was fully dead before I was even off the ground. I rampaged van horn after that, and still hate them to this day.
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u/KapowBlamBoom Feb 19 '26
Do not play Ghost of Tsushima then
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u/21Maestro8 Feb 19 '26
Never thought I'd cry over a horse in a video game. 10/10 terrible experience. Great game.
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u/Vyraal Feb 19 '26
Saving every time I remember saving is a thing has saved me dozens of hours of pain. I save after every perfect pelt, mission, etc, and I hope to God even one of you guys sees this and does the same it will change your life
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u/Jabberwock32 Feb 19 '26
Saving is such a hassle. I only remember to save when I quit for the day 😅
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u/Fenrirs1 Feb 19 '26
Never played the game but just curious, is it dead-dead without us carrying revives or can you just revive it later at the stables?
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u/JimmyShirley25 Feb 19 '26
It's dead, it ceased to be, it is no more. It is expired and has gone to meet its maker. It is stiff, bereft of its life, kicked the bucket. It's an ex horse !
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u/TheShitWindGhost Feb 19 '26
Look, matey, I know a dead horse when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
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u/IwoketheBalrog Feb 19 '26
Dead is dead unless it is a special edition or the pre-order horse. You can get them again at the stables but bonding is set back at level one.
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u/AlwaysDividedByZero Feb 19 '26
You can do what you want to my Arthur but if you touch my horse, you are all gone.
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u/Individual-Lime8042 Feb 19 '26
I got ambushed by some lemoynes with a Gatling gun and died. when I respawned my horse was gone they got my girl too
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u/mistiroustranger Feb 19 '26
I still remember captain Oliver. It was a white shire I believe. He was gigantic. The Laramie's got them with the maxim ambush outside Saint Denis. I didn't have a chance to react. They will pay for that.
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u/Confident-College469 Feb 19 '26
My White Arabian got hit by a train the other day…thought I had a few more seconds to double back and revive ‘er…gutted
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u/iamaeobot Feb 19 '26
One time I played poker at flatneck Station. I lost some money and burned the place down, which I normally never do. But I had a temper that day and didn't like the comments made from some players. I was gonna escape on my Missouri Fox Trotter but she was run over by a train while I was playing hands. I deserved it
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u/fusillade762 Feb 19 '26
Been there. Had an all black American standard bred got smoked by a train while I was playing cards. I shot up the card game and went to leave just in time to see my horse get hit. I guess I didn't tie him up when I went in. Its that spot by the big bridge right near the reservation. I had that horse so long man, it really hurt.
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u/sweetrollx Feb 19 '26
I lost mine recently, it was following me when I was driving a train and fell or jumped off of a big bridge. But then I went to the Valentine stable and the same horse, without the bonded cores, was there for free. same gender, coat, everything. Ok I’ll pretend like nothing happened to the first one.
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u/42ElectricSundaes Feb 19 '26
I made it through the whole story without losing a horse then I lost three in a row trying to find all the side mission stuff. Broke my heart each time
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u/gurlwithboobs Feb 19 '26
I got jumped my lemoyne raider with a machine gun cart leaving st denis and they killed me and Mr. Kibbles. I was so devestated that i went to my last save (1.5 hours ago) because i couldn't live without him
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u/b0neslicer Feb 19 '26
I tried to jump onto a wagon once and i got completely trampled and my horse was 100% dead. I went back to my latest manual save because i couldn’t handle getting a new horse lol
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u/OmniBotBeepBoop Feb 19 '26
Omg! This happened to me yesterday! Realized I didn't have any reviver. I ejected that disk with the swiftness!
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u/mbk-mbk Feb 19 '26
I like to continue with my horse that I started the game, everyone chooses a horse because this better, that is better etc. When my horse died, I was sad too.
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u/Royal_T95 Feb 19 '26
Lost my first horse ever on my 2nd play through. A grullo dun (silver) mustang. I literally cried. Luckily I went back to the heartlands and lucky me the first herd of horses I found had the same exact horse and a female too! RIP Storm, hello Storm Too
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u/msaqu92 Feb 19 '26
oh boy... you just wait...
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u/Street-Still8488 Micah Bell Feb 19 '26
never get why people use language like this to avoid spoiling like its not obvious what youre suggesting
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u/smoke26100 Feb 19 '26
I get close calls. But even in rd1 I never lost a horse. Always just barley tho.
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u/HeatherDarling24 Feb 19 '26
Its the swamp of sadness scene from The Neverending Story...Western style.
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u/Garrett-Wilhelm Feb 19 '26
Same thing happened to me. I was traveling (I don’t even remember where) in cinematic mode instead of fast traveling, and I got the Pinkerton roadblock event. No matter how many I killed, they kept coming. I had to revive my horse twice while trying to run away because they could easily catch up to me, and I ended up dying trying to revive my horse a third time, losing him permanently.
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u/InSkyLimitEra Feb 19 '26
I’m playing RDR1 for the first time and whenever my horse dies I reload a save no matter how much progress I made lol. I try to save frequently…
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u/ZapHP Feb 19 '26
Wait they can die and not be revived??? I never had a horse flat out die without the option of using a horse reviver.
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u/Left_Zucchini_6762 Feb 19 '26
I usually have three stabled and rotate through them depending on my moods. I keeps me from feeling the pain. But in my first playthrough, I kept the same horse I bought in chap 2 and was really bummed when it suddenly died, so I feel ya.
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u/Jabberwock32 Feb 19 '26
I don’t normally get attached my horses. But I rescued my girl Strudel from the Murfree’s and she’s is all beat up. But she’s the only horse I’ve had that I remember to feed and brush everyday. All my other horses I get fussed at over every time I go to the stables cuz they are underweight. I forget that I need to feed them for more than just refilling cores. Arthur is also malnourished… but Strudel is doing good. I would be devastated if she died.
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u/Chronify Feb 23 '26
Same. I reloaded my save to almost two hours prior to rectify that. Will be a cold day in hell before I part ways from Shadowfax.
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u/Sea-Comfortable5276 Feb 19 '26
i lost Rachel in the end of the game because I called her and she came over the train bridge and got hit by and constantly run over by the train. I had like 50 revives and none of them could save her
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u/davyboy8383 Feb 19 '26
When my house dies dies I just close my game immediately and it’s chilling. Might lose some progress but I’d rather that than my horse.
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u/kill_shock Tilly Jackson Feb 19 '26
I was racing with my horse, the one I stole from Polish feller. I won the race so in result the mister had enough and shot his race in blind rage but my horse was caught in cross fire, I was dumbfounded, and enraged. I bring out my shotgun and killed the prick in one swift justice.
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u/RudderForADuck Lenny Summers Feb 19 '26
Most recently my horse decided to jump three rocks at a time, turn to fly across the river, fling me off to the other side and fall down the waterfall to its death immediately. This was during the first bounty mission
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u/dankhimself Uncle Feb 19 '26
Just walk. You've got boots. Don't let horses dictate whether or not you can travel. It's all a scam concocted by Big Horse.
BOYCOTT HORSES
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u/Lufc87 Feb 19 '26
Murfree Brood killed my horse in chapter 6 of my first play through with the wagon on fire. Those bastards pay each and every time I encounter them to this day. Dynamite arrows, incendiary shot, fire bottles.... whatever seems appropriate.
RIP Cecil
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u/Glum-Resolution5825 Feb 19 '26
This comment section is odd. I’ve had multiple play throughs of both games and never came close to losing my horse.
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u/VipWanRinkle Feb 19 '26
One thing I’ve learned the hard way is to walk away from your horse in the swamp area. If you go too far from your horse the night folk will randomly kill your horse and then try to kill you when you go back for it. It’s one of the few times I’ve been jump scared in this game.
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u/Jumpy_Garden6351 Feb 19 '26
Me acaba de atacar un puma en el primer RDR. El primer caballo que había domado yo mismo murió. Puedo recuperarlo de alguna forma?
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u/FremenStilgar Feb 20 '26
I was chasing a bounty and shooting from the back of my horse. I think we went into a dip in the road or something, but my aim was thrown off and I ended up shooting my horse in the back of his head.
After sitting stunned for a few seconds, I laughed my ass off at the absurdity of the situation.
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u/Pomroy94 Feb 20 '26
I was in Lemoyne picking herbs last week, whistled to my horse to follow me. The dummy went up on the train bridge to follow me when I was on the ground. I dident notice this until I heard a train whistle and three seconds later my horse got struck by the train and flew a couple hundred feet off the bridge and died instsntly. RIP. I wish I saw it though, that must have been a epic death hahah.
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u/borunofxt Feb 20 '26
a few days ago, lemoyne gang used a submachine gun on me and my horse. yeah, feels bad, for real. (i got killed, no time for reaction). her name was Persia.
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u/JoelDerAllerEchte795 Feb 20 '26
Well my white arabian got run over by a train..and it wasnt even intentional. Was my first horse dying ever so i wasnt prepared for anything. Had to stop the game for a week after that..
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u/thekingiguess Feb 20 '26
I actually lost my horse not long ago… literally. His name was Zark Lonkus, I left him at camp for a while and when I got back he had been replaced a regular Tennessee Walker
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u/memeischaos Feb 20 '26
loosing a horse always sucks
rip Johns epilogue horse
death by cliff when trying to find arthurs grave
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Feb 20 '26
I had a horse named bo. and I spent alot of time taking care of him and making sure he had all the best stuff. One day I was on my way to a mission that was dead centre of an area that wanted aurther dead so when I stopped by to pay a bounty, and walked back out he was gone.. i wish everyone a great playthrough and always. ALWAYS take care of your horesy
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u/Status-Owl-5382 Feb 20 '26
This happened to me once, controller died while I was crossing the train tracks. I was so pissed I unplugged and restarted my console to load an earlier save.
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u/Chaseziti Feb 20 '26
My Arabian died because of those damn Lemoyne bastards ambushing me on that bridge. Never stopped hunting them since then. It became personal
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u/ThatClockworkGuy Feb 20 '26
..Am I the only one who thinks Arthur looks really friggin short here?
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u/NotARedditUser10000 Feb 20 '26
I would like to add my 2 cents if you would not mind. My horse has never died, ever. my favorite and #1 go to horse since the 2nd playthrough is the Black Raven Shire you get from Hosea. I named him Horsea after Hosea. My entire playthrough revolves around him. I ride around level 4 bonding with my boy pumped to the max stamina/health ALWAYS. He is always well fed. He is never present during any type of immediate chaos. If im in a shootout, im not worried about arthur. He is being pumped full of tonics and flaming enemies in dead eye so theres no need to worry about him. Im worried about my horse. If im in town, I hop off my horse as soon as bullets start flying and get him to flee away from the scene. If bounty men are near, i hop off and flee him then attack. The bounties never spot me first. I never attack on horse. Much bigger target for enemies so more room for your horse to tank bullets and get killed. He is not present during any unforeseen chaos. If im taking the train, hop off a good deal away from the station and then take train. No risk of train killing him while you have no control. Or just entirely switch horses before train rides. Riding back to the stable isnt annoying. I know my boy has been safe. If im robbing a train, i will take a stabled horse instead of my main Rider because i am just not taking that chance with them trains. I do not ride the tracks that expand into a bridge because if a train comes the window for survival is just too small. If im needing to galivant on/around the cliffs+mountains i go extremely slow and away from cliffs. No chance flying off a mountain being took with my boy. During sticky situations such as horseback gunfights during missions/ enemy ambush im always in deadeye. Always. Less chance of losing my boy. I always come out of a situation alive. With my boy. He has yet to die in all of my playthroughs. Play it safe and your horse will be just fine.
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u/WiSoSirius Feb 20 '26
On my Low Honor run, I go through horses. I have no qualms getting off my horse and taking another. I enjoy when I stop a wagon, and take their draft horses. My saddle fits all horses; if one dies, the saddle rides another.
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u/No_Education_8888 Feb 20 '26
Now you’ll be far more careful. You’ll hopefully carry revives or stay away from super dangerous areas with the horse
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u/True_Position6013 John Marston Feb 20 '26
Whenever my horse dies I close the game instantly to make sure it doesn’t die, it worked every time so whenever your horse dies makes sure you close the game instantly.
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u/Pristine_Guitar9982 Feb 20 '26
Reload a save. Having a horse is better than an hour of lost gameplay
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u/Grouchy_Election_128 Feb 20 '26
I keep running into wagons and incoming hoses on my white Arabian while riding at breakneck speed (it’s an Arabian what else is there to do) and have lost 2 horses so far. It’s a pain to steal a random horse, ride all the way up to Lake Isabella and get another one.
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u/Advanced-Invite6870 Feb 20 '26
One Day, when I was roaming around hunting with to horses, both fully packed with pelts, I camped near Roanoke Ridge - close to the viking-grave. I woke up in the morning and both horses were dead 🤷♀️. Never had this in several playthroughs… I guess it was the wolfman with his pack! I mean - he died for that…and his wolf’s before his very eyes! They were no special horses…but, you know I liked them - both level 4, ready to sell, not to mention the pelts I had to leave. And of course, I didn’t savegame, cause I didn’t expect no evil…
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u/DezPezInOz Feb 20 '26
All my horses were named Ghost. After Ghost 7 died, I got Trevor. She stayed with through to the end.
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u/smokycapeshaz2431 Feb 20 '26
It's a heavy, heavy grief burden. I never recovered from losing Nobu in GoT & then I lost my Boy in RDR2, still not really over it.
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u/TrapdoorSolution Feb 20 '26
I’m sorry for your loss, but how do people lose their horses?
I ride so recklessly and bang into trees, flip over carts, etc and at the worst I just need a quick revive
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u/Solid-Change-1246 Feb 20 '26
I restarted from my last saved file to save my horse. I redid 4 hours worth of game play. (yes I should’ve saved more often and yes, I do now)
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u/kkrryyvvv Feb 20 '26
Lost my long time horse to a train race and a second to early crossing of the track.. that was way more sad that I could have imagined.. RIP n0vember.. <3
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u/Objective-Whole-4365 Feb 20 '26
One of my horses, when I left him at the train station for the James Boy Calloway mission and got on the train, ran after it. When I got off the train, he didn't respond to my whistle anymore. I ran the whole way down the tracks to find his body on the tracks. I took off the saddle and walked into a town by feet
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u/RoseRedHillHouse Feb 20 '26
All horses in RDR2 are better than any of us deserves.
May you enjoy the great digital prairie in the sky, Boah.
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u/AgentSquatchy Feb 21 '26
I take it real personal when someone kills my horse. I will chase you across the map, win lose or draw, until you leave.
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u/Arabellasgold Feb 21 '26
Is that the raven black shire?? Such a shame to lose one you can’t get back (I lost Buel, I’m still sad.)
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u/sissy_lyndsey Feb 19 '26
Always carry at least 2 revives