Red Dead Online Update #1 Arrives Today From Rockstar

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 06, 2018

News: The first big update from Rockstar should arrive today, along with a gift for those who played the beta during the first few days.

The Red Dead Redemption 2 online beta has been available for approximately one week and Rockstar has released their first update for it. Beginning today they are beginning to implement the first set of adjustments to the game, including changes specifically geared towards creating a more balanced, fun and rewarding overall experience. Some of these changes include the following:

Increasing the cash and gold payments across a number of different activities including Free Roam Missions, Free Roam Events, replays of A Land of Opportunities Missions, Showdown Series modes and more.

Reducing the prices of most weapons in the Wheeler, Rawson & Co Catalogue and Gunsmiths. For players that have already purchased weapons at the previous prices, we will automatically deposit the difference to player balances starting today - please look for an alert message the next time you log in to the Red Dead Online Beta to notify you of this change, refunds may take up until Monday, December 10th to reach all eligible players.

Balancing the values of select pelts, skins and fish as well as horse reviver and pamphlets.

This is only the beginning of course as Rockstar will continue to tweak and implement changes as development continues. They also revealed that they are working on some bugs that are causing some players to be kicked from sessions, and they hope to have those fixes ready to go sometime next week. You can keep submitting feedback and suggestions to Rockstar by going to reddeadonline.com/feedback.

Rockstar has also revealed that if you have played the beta over the course of the past week that they are going to give you a gift for helping them out. If you logged on at any point through midnight today you will receive a gift of RDO $250 and 15 Gold Bars. These gifts should start arriving today and all eligible players should receive it by December 14.

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