How to Buy a Weapon in Red Dead Redemption

Last Updated: October 29, 2022

Red Dead Redemption is a 2010 Western adventure video game developed by Rockstar Games and published for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3. The game features a plethora of weapons that can be bought at different gunsmiths across the game world. Prices for most guns fluctuate according to their attributes (power, range, rate of fire, reload speed), which can be viewed before purchasing them. Some weapon prices also change in accordance with the players' level of honor (high or low, depending on the store). Wearing the "Savvy Merchant Outfit" can further reduce prices on certain guns. Below is a guide explaining how to purchase weapons and showing the location and price of each weapon you can buy in the game.

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Finding Gunsmiths on the Map

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Pause the game and choose "Map" from the menu.
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Scroll around the map to find a town.

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Zoom in to a town and look for a gun shop. When you zoom in, store icons appear, telling you what kinds of services are available. Gunsmiths are represented by a "pistol" icon.

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Buying Weapons at a Gunsmith

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Travel to a town with a gunsmith.
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Walk into the gunsmith and speak to the shopkeeper. This brings up an item list with "Buy" and "Sell" at the top. Select "Buy."
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Purchase a weapon from the item list. Thrown weapons such as dynamite, fire bottles, and throwing knives can be purchased at any gunsmith after you first acquire each item by completing certain sections of the game.

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Gun Locations and Prices

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Travel to each of the following towns to buy the specific guns they have in stock:
- The Armadillo Gunsmith has a Volcanic Pistol for $100; a Double-Barreled Shotgun for $300, or $150 to $75 if you have high-enough honor; and a Winchester Repeater for $350.
- The Thieves Landing Gunsmith has a Sawed-Off Shotgun for $500, or $250 if you have low-enough honor, and a Springfield Rifle for $300.
- The Escalera Gunsmith has a Semi-Automatic Pistol for $300, or $150 if you have high-enough honor; Semi-Automatic Shotgun for $1000, or $500 if you have high-enough honor; and a Bolt-Action Rifle for $750, or $375 with high-enough honor.
- The Blackwater Gunsmith has a Mauser Pistol for $800, or $400 with high-enough honor ($1200 if you have low-enough honor);Evans Repeater for $1000, or $500 if you have high-enough honor ($250 if you have the Savvy Merchant Outfit equipped); and Carcano Rifle for $1000, or $500 if you have high-enough honor ($225 if you have the Savvy Merchant Outfit equipped).

Community Q&A

Question

Can I play as an animal?

Community Answer

You may only play as John or Jack Marston; animals are not valid characters.

Warnings

If you throw a stick of dynamite or a fire bottle too short, you will be caught in the blast radius. Make sure to throw them far enough away to remain safely outside of the radius.

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