Red Dead Redemption 2: How to Get Gold Medals on All Story Missions

Each story mission in Red Dead Redemption 2 will offer additional challenges outside of just completing the mission.  Some require that you get a certain accuracy percentage, some require that you complete the mission within a certain amount of time, some have other requirements that you must maintain to get a gold rating for the mission.  Below you’ll find a list of story missions broken down by chapter and mission and what the requirements are in gettting a gold medal for each mission.

Simply complete all of the secondary objectives on any story mission and you’ll be rewarded with a gold medal upon completion.

RDR2 Chapter 1 Story Missions and Objectives for Gold Medal

Outlaws from the West

• Take no damage during the shootout
• Loot 6 or more items from Adler Ranch
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy

Enter, Pursued by a Memory

• Kill all wolves without taking damage
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy

Old Friends

• Catch and hogtie Kieran within 45 seconds
• Kill 3 O’Driscolls in the same Dead Eye
• Complete within 15 minutes 30 seconds
• Get 15 headshots
• Complete the mission without using any health items

The Aftermath of Genesis

• Kill each deer with one arrow
• Do not spook deer
• Get a clean kill on the second deer

Who the hell is Leviticus Cornwall

• Save Lenny when he is hanging from the train
• After stopping the train, take out the guards within 1 minute 30 seconds
• Take no damage during the shootout
• Get 10 Headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Eastward Bound

• Pick up Javier when entering horseshoe overlook
• complete mission within 6 minutes

RDR2 Chapter 2 Story Missions and Gold Medal Objectives

Polite Society, Valentine Style

• Return the lost wagon horse to its owner
• Find Karen within 45 seconds

Americans at Rest

• Save Javier within 15 seconds
• Defeat Tommy within 1 minute 30 seconds

Paying a social call

• Silently kill 4 O’Driscolls
• Get 12 headshots
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego

• Tack the bear within 1 minute 30 seconds
• Shoot the bear at least 6 times
• Complete within 12 minutes

A quiet time

• Try to make amends with an old rival
• Catch lenny in the act
• Don’t get arrested

The First Shall be Last

• Silently kill the Bounty Hunters by the river with Javier
• Shoot the rope to free Sean
• Get 10 Headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Blessed are the Meek?

• While escaping, kill all mounted Lawman within 55 seconds
• Get 15 headshots
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Who is Not without Sin

• Win 2 hands of poker
• Return reverend to camp within 2 minutes 5 seconds

Money Lending and Other Sins – III

• Complete within 2 minutes 10 seconds

The Spines of America

• Loot Everything from Carmody Dell
• Don’t get spotted
• Deliver the wagon to Emerald Ranch within 1 minute 10 seconds

Pouring Forth Oil – II

• Deliver the wagon to the drop off within 1 minute 45 seconds

Pouring Forth Oil – IV 

• Kill all the train guards before Sean fires a shot
• Clear the baggage car of loot
• Escape the Law within 1 minute 30 seconds
• Get 10 Dead Eye Kills
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

An American Pastoral Scene

• Headshot each of the mounted guards protecting the wagon
• Get 10 kills in Dead Eye
• Complete within 6 minutes
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

A Fisher of Men

• After arriving at the river, catch a fish within 1 minute 30 seconds
• Complete within 7 minutes 20 seconds

The Sheep and the Goats

• Herd all the sheep in to the pen in Valentine
• Get 25 headshots
• Complete with 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

A strange kindness

• Return the captive to this family within 1 minute 40 seconds
• Get 5 headshots
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Good, Honest, Snake Oil

• Stop Benedict Allbright falling
• Hogtie Albright within 1 minute 15 seconds
• Return Allbright to the sheriff within 1 minute 30 seconds

We loved them once and true – III

• Peacefully convince the Chelonians to let you take Jamie
• Return Jamie to Mary within 2 minutes

RDR2 Chapter 3 Story Missions and Gold Medal Objectives

The New South

• Knock out Anders without taking a hit
• Catch and return Anders to jail within 5 minutes 30 seconds
• Catch a fish with Dutch and Hosea

The Course of True Love – II

• Reach Penelope without getting spotted
• Complete within 3 minutes

American Distillation

• Win the race back to camp
• Complete the mission without taking damage
• Get 10 headshots
• Complete with 70% accuracy

Further Questions of Female Suffrage

• Fend off the Lemoyne Raider in less than 1 minute
• Get 5 headshots
• Complete with at least 85% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

The Course of True Love – III

• Complete within 4 minutes 15 seconds

An Honest Mistake

• Save Uncle when he is overpowered
• Get 20 headshots
• Complete with 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Preaching Forgiveness as he went

• Kill 10 Lemoyne Raider with a long scoped rifle
• Complete within 11 minutes and 30 seconds
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Advertising, the New American Art – II

•  Headshot 5 Lemoyne Raiders in the saloon
• Complete with at least 90% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Sodom? Back to Gomorrah

• Loot all the safes
• Headshot 5 mounted Lawmen during the horseback escape
• Get to Downes Rach within 1 minute 55 seconds
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Horse Flesh for Dinner

• Kill the stable hand showing you the horse
• Catch the stallion within 10 seconds
• Get 5 headshots

Magicians for sport

• Inspect all the clues in Trelawny’s Caravan
• While tracking, stay within 30 feet of Trelawny’s trail
• Kill 2 bounty hunters in the cornfields within 1 minute
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Friends in very low places

• Complete the mission without being spotted
• Complete within 8 minutes 10 seconds

The Fine Joys of Tobacco

• Silently kill the Gray Sean distracts in the wagon store
• Douse the fields within 2 minutes 20 seconds
• Kill 5 Grays during the escape
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Blessed are the Peacemakers

• Free yourself and perform self-surgery within 1 minute
• Recover your weapons from the O’Driscoll’s camp
• Kill the O’Driscoll gang members that beat and shot you
• Escape the O’Driscoll camp without being spotted

A Short Walk in a Pretty Town

• Kill 3 Lawmen in Dead Eye while saving Bill
• Complete using only sidearms
• Complete within 4 minutes 30 seconds
• Get 20 Headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern

• Headshot Gareth and Gerald Braithwaite
• Get 20 headshots
• Complete with at least 85% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

The Battle of Shady Belle

• Kill all Lemoyne Raiders in Shady Belle
• Clear two bodies from Shady Belle within 1 minute 40 seconds
• Complete within 11 minutes

RDR2 Chapter 4 Story Missions and Gold Medal Objectives

The Joys of Civilization

• Catch the street urchin before he reaches the market
• Complete within 4 minutes 30 seconds

Angelo Bronte, a Man of Honor

• Encounter the dog and the drunk
• Don’t get spotted by the law
• Complete within 10 minutes 40 seconds
• Get 4 headshots

The Gilded Cage

• While at the party, pour some drinks, compliment a guest’s atire, accept a gift and save a life
• Follow the servant without being detected

No, No and Thrice, No

• Kill both of the Foreman boys yourself during the chase
• Complete with at least 90% accuracy

A Fine Night of Debauchery

• Win the game of poker without Strauss’s help
• After your cover is blown, escape the boat in under 35 seconds
• Get 5 headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Horsemen, Apocalypses

• Shoot the O’Driscoll’s in the boat before they disembark
• Complete using only sidearms
• Complete with 70% accuracy
• Get 15 headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Urban Pleasures

• Rob all the customers in the trolley station
• Kill 10 lawmen while on the trolley
• Prevent any lawmen from jumping on the back of the trolley
• Shoot the dynamite that Lenny throws
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Country Pursuits

• Return Jules to the skiff within 1 minute 40 seconds
• Shoot the Bullgator 5 times

Revenge is a Dish Best Eaten

• Search every room in the Bronte mansion
• Carry Bronte to the skiff within 1 minute 30 seconds
• Get 20 headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

American Fathers – II

•  Infiltrate the factory by hiding in the wagon
• Reach Danbury’s office without being detected
• Kill all the horseback pursuers during the escape
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy

Banking, the Old American Art

• Crack the Safe without making any mistakes
• Complete using only sidearms
• Get 25 headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Help a Brother Out

• Find the captives without threatening the store owner
• Complete within 2 minutes 45 seconds

Brothers and Sisters, One and All

• Find the kid within 19 seconds

Fatherhood and Other Dreams – II

• Catch the wagon and take it to the secluded spot within 1 minute 45 seconds
• Take Mary to the theater

RDR2 Chapter 5 Story Missions and Gold Medal Challenges

Welcome to the New World 

• Do not fall behind while walking with the chain gang
• Get 10 headshots

Savagery Unleashed

• Release all the workers within 4 seconds
• Complete within 5 minutes 40 seconds
• Get 8 headshots

A Kind and Benevolent Despot

• Get Javier to safety in under 2 minutes
• Get 10 headshots

Hell Hath No Fury

• Prevent 4 boats from reaching the shore
• Destroy the naval ship without missing a shot
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy

Paradise Mercifully Departed

• Kill the first 2 sentries without being spotted
• Escort the captain to the boat within 1 minute 45 seconds
• Complete within 6 minutes 45 seconds
• Get 25 headshots

Dear Uncle Tacitus

• Leave Shady Belle without being detected by the Pinkertons
• Complete within 8 minutes

Fleeting Joy

• Kill 2 Pinkertons during the Dead Eye ambush
• Get 5 headshots with the Gatling Gun
• Get at least 70% accuracy with the Gatling Gun
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

A Fork in the Road

• Complete within 3 minutes 5 seconds

That’s Murfree Country

• Deliver Meredith to her mother within 2 minutes
• Get 15 headshots
• Complete with at least 85% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Chapter 6 Story Missions and Gold Medal Challenges

Icarus and Friends

• Keep the balloon at the correct altitude for the entire journey
• Get 5 headshots from the balloon
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Visiting Hours

• Get headshots on both Prison Guards when sniping from the tower
• Escape the boat within 2 minutes 45 seconds
• Complete within 9 minutes
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Just a Social Call

• Headshot 3 mounted enemies
• After killing Cornwall, reach the horses within 2 minutes 45 seconds
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

The Delights of Van Horn

• Headshot 5 soldiers with a long scoped rifle
• Complete with at least 85% accuracy

A Rage Unleashed

• Knock out 2 soldiers on the boat
• Round up the horses and reach shore within 1 minute 30 seconds

The Bridge to Nowhere

• Plant the dynamite within 1 minute 35 seconds
• Escape the oncoming train within 19 seconds

The Fine Art of Conversation

• Kill a pursuers horse during the escape
• Complete within 9 minutes 30 seconds
• Complete with at least 75% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Goodbye, Dear Friend

• Find Colm’s back up within 45 seconds
• Get 8 headshots with a long scoped rifle
• Complete within 6 minutes 30 seconds

Favored Sons

• Kill the soldier on the cannon within 45 seconds
• Get 35 headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

The King’s Son

• While infiltrating Fort Wallace, headshot every soldier blocking your way to Eagle Flies
• Kill 15 enemies while escaping in the canoe
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy

My Last Boy

• Save Paytak
• Get 30 Headshots
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Our Best Selves

• Get a headshot in Dead Eye after jumping from Dutch’s horse
• Complete within 11 minutes
• Fight through the train with at least 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Red Dead Redemption

• Get 7 headshots while covering Sadie from the lighthouse
• After Sadie is capture reach Abigail and Sadie within 1 minute
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Honor, Amongst Thieves

• Recover the vaccine without being detected
• Complete within 5 minutes

Do Not Seek Absolution – I

• Complete within 1 minute 20 seconds

Do Not Seek Absolution – II

Find Edith Downes within 1 minute 10 seconds

The Course of True Love – V

• Headshot 5 of the Braithwaites as they pursue the train
• Complete within 7 minutes 30 seconds

Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow – II

• Headshot the sniper in the barn
• Secure the barn without taking damage
• Complete within 5 minutes 30 seconds

Archeology for Beginners

• Recover the relics without being detected
• Recover the relics within 1 minute 30 seconds

RDR2 Epilogue Part 1 Story Missions and Gold Medal Challenges

The Wheel

• Reach Pronghorn Ranch without dropping any supplies
• Reclaim the wagon within 1 minute

Simple Pleasures

• When milking, fill a bucket within 10 seconds
• Complete within 5 minutes 15 seconds

Fatherhood, For Beginners

• Tire out Jeremiah within 45 seconds
• Feed Jeremiah a treat
• Teach Jack to ride without his horse bucking him off
• Win the race back to Pronghorn Ranch

Farming, for Beginners

• Fix the first section of the fence in 1 minute 30 seconds
• Avoid being hit by the bull

Old Habits

• Defeat the Laramie without taking a hit
• Defeat the Laramie within 25 seconds

Jim Milton Rides, Again?

• Get 10 kills while dual wielding sidearms
• Get 15 headshots
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Fatherhood, for Idiots

• Kill all three enemies in Dead Eye
• After the confrontation return to Pronghorn within 1 minute 30 seconds

Motherhood

• Complete within 1 minute 30 seconds

Home of the Gentry?

• Complete within 2 minutes 30 seconds

Gainful Employment

• After arriving in Strawberry, locate the bounty within 30 seconds
• After mounting your horse, catch and hogtie the bounty within 1 minute 15 seconds

Epilogue Part 2 Story Missions and Gold Medal Challenges

Bare Knuckle Friendships

• After arriving in Saint Denis, find Charles within 1 minute 50 seconds
• Kill all of Guido Martelli’s men within 10 seconds

Home Improvement for Beginners

• Complete within 18 seconds

An Honest Day’s Labors

• Kill all of Langton’s men during the horseback escape
• After choosing your approach, escape with Shane Finley within 5 minutes
• Complete with at least 70% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

The Tool Box

• Headshot all Skinner Brothers hiding up trees
• Find Mr Wayne within 2 minutes 15 seconds
• Complete using only sidearms
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

A New Jerusalem

• Hammer the nails in with 80% accuracy
• Complete within 3 minutes 35 seconds

A Quick Favor for an Old Friend

• Force Cortez’s men to fee from Rhodes within 30 seconds
• Get 5 headshots while covering Sadie with a long scope rifle
• Get 4 hip fire kills
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Uncle’s Bad Day

• Get 5 headshots using the bow
• After freeing Uncle, return to Beecher’s Hope within 3 minutes 10 seconds
• Complete with at least 80% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

Trying Again

• Catch a fish
• Complete within 5 minutes 20 seconds

A Really Big Bastard

• Shoot the beat 4 times as it charges
• Headshot both the rival bounty hunters in Dead Eye
• Complete within 7 minutes 15 seconds

A New Future Imagined

• Complete within 7 minutes 30 seconds

American Venom

• Help Sadie catch Cleet within 35 seconds
• Headshot the sniper who shoots Charles
• Complete with at least 85% accuracy
• Complete the mission without taking any health items

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