Since Rockstar Games first releasedRed Dead Redemption 2in 2018, players have continued to discover hidden details and locations that aren’t quest-related but still serve a purpose. OneRed Dead Redemption 2fan has come across a strange grave with several names of workers on it in the Rockstar game.
Reddit user RPgoddesss recently posted a screenshot from their adventure inRed Dead Redemption 2in which they’re at a unique wooden tombstone that has 11 names on it, with seemingly at least one more covered by the dirt it’s buried in.Red Dead Redemption 2players regularly come across interesting details in the open world, such as Lemoyne raiders becoming pacifists, NPCs drinking from invisible glasses, arelentlessRed Dead Onlineelk, and more. Although graveyards are pretty common inRed Dead Redemption 2, and some are even part of the campaign, the grave spotted by RPgoddess is one that’s represented by a single tombstone.
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The grave RPgoddesss came across inRed Dead Redemption 2features the names of several workers that are identified by numbers rather than a name. The worker numbers listed on the wooden tombstone include 1, 9, 6, 26, 27, 5, 33, 19, 12, 21, and one last number that isn’t legible. Curiously, worker 9 is listed twice, with one being crossed out to be replaced with a 6, which may suggest 9 nearly died or worker 6 was temporarily mistaken as a 9. The tombstone is located nearRed Dead Redemption 2settlement Van Horntrading post, and it’s surrounded by rocks and shrubs that obscure the site from certain angles.
Because so manyRed Dead Redemption 2workers are listed on the tombstone in RPgoddess' photo, it may be atop a mass grave or is a memorial to workers that were killed somewhere else and whose bodies weren’t recovered. The death dates of these lost workers aren’t listed, but they died between May and July of 1878, which is about 21 years before thetimeRed Dead Redemption 2takes place. Although the tombstone stands alone despite representing multipleRed Dead Redemption 2characters, the wooden marker near Van Horn is a testament to characters that were important to establishing the western frontier reflected by Rockstar Games.
Red Dead Redemption 2players responding to RPgoddess' post speculated that the workers were either lost while working on the rail line going through the open world or in a collapsed mine, with many working mines dotting the vast landscape. A handful ofRed Dead Redemption 2fans suggested to RPgoddess that the workers were slaves that were labored to death because of the year represented on the tombstone coinciding with slavery in the US. Beyond the opinions of who these workers were, otherRed Dead Redemption 2players praisedRockstar Games' environmental storytellingwith multiple scenes in the game.
Red Dead Redemption 2is available now for Google Stadia, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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