It’s not always easy trying to find a worthy steed in Red Dead Redemption 2. Sure, any old horse can get you from A to B, but some breeds are clearly superior to others. Normally, you have to wait until the endgame to find high-quality horses, but there’s a way to circumvent that restriction. It turns out that, if you know where to look, you can find a true thoroughbred as early as Chapter 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2 High-Quality Horse Spawn Location
As this Reddit post explains, there’s a rather curious spot in Red Dead Redemption 2’s city of Saint Denis. If you travel to this spot, you’ll find an assortment of randomly spawned horses. Along with more common breeds, rarer horse types can potentially spawn as well. Even better, a fresh series of new horses will spawn if you save nearby and reload.
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Here are just some of the high-quality horse types users have reportedly found at the Saint Denis spot:
- Grey Andalusians
- Silver Dapple Foxtrotters
- Missouri Foxtrotters
- Rose Gray Bay Arabians
- Black Arabians
- White Arabians
- Tiger Stripe Mustangs
The Tiger Stripe Mustangs are especially notable since they’re usually restricted to the game’s epilogue chapters. You might have to save and reload a few times before finding the horse you really want. However, obtaining a high-quality horse during the early game can certainly pay off down the line. Saint Denis doesn’t factor heavily into Red Dead Redemption 2’s story until Chapter 4. However, you can travel to the city on your own as early as Chapter 2. In fact, Saint Denis isn’t too far from the town of Valentine, making this horse detour even more enticing.
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