How To Equip Gloves Red Dead 2

Customisation is a big feature in Red Dead Redemption 2 and your appearance can drastically impact how people will interact with you.

Sure, you could wander about with long hair, dirty clothes and an unkempt beard like the run-down cowboy of your fantasies, but wouldn’t you rather wear a Ram’s Skull, a Viking helmet or a bear head hat?

You can buy a range of outfits that are suitable for different temperatures in Red Dead Redemption 2, though some outfits are reinforced and will give you significant bonuses. To craft the very best gear, you’ll want to head to the Trapper and it would be a good idea to start some of the challenges.

Other items have their own specific quests, so here’s our guide to the best outfits and gear in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Red Dead Redemption 2 best outfits, gear and equipment

There are a few different types of outfit and gear that you can acquire in Red Dead Redemption 2; there’s outfits you unlock as the game progresses, bits of gear you can find lying around, outfits you can buy from the store, and others you can purchase from the Trapper after an ample amount of hunting.

Here’s a full list of all the outfits you can get in RDR2 and how to get them:

Outfit How to get The Gunslinger Game progress The Summer Gunslinger Game progress The Winter Gunslinger Game progress Brawler’s Outfit Game progress The Ruffian Game progress The Rebel Game progress The Innocent Game progress The Pursuer Game progress The Winter Cowboy Game progress The Cowboy Game progress The Cowhand Game progress The Homesteader Game progress The Rancher Game progress The Legend Of The East Game progress Grizzlies Outlaw Outfit Store The Armadillo Store The Bretagne Store The Bulldogger Store The Calumet Store The Chevalier Store The Clairmont Store The Corson Store The Cowpuncher Store The Cumberland Store The Deauville Store The Dewberry Creek Store The Dolton Store The Donegal Store The Drifter Store The Drover Store The Earl Store The Estate Boss Store The Farrier Store The Faulkton Store The Gambler Store The Heartlands Store The Josiah Store The Leatherman Store The McLaughlin Store The Millesani Store The Ranch Hand Store The Roscoe Store The Saint Denis Store The Scrapper Store The Tumbleweed Store The Valentine Store The Vaquero Store The Death Roll Trapper The Bear Hunter Trapper The Dreamcatcher Trapper The Trophy Buck Trapper The Beast of Prey Trapper The Huntsman Trapper The Ghost Bison Trapper The Stalker Trapper The Desperado Trapper The Night Wrangler Trapper The Bounty Hunter Trapper The Mountain Man Trapper The Bronco Buster Trapper The Marauder Trapper The Wrangler Trapper The Rattler Trapper Nuevo Paraiso Gunslinger Outfit Included with Special and Ultimate Editions

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Thanks goes to the Red Dead Wiki page who sourced this list of RDR2 outfits.

If you’re looking for more details on the gear you can kit Arthur out in, then here’s what to expect when it comes to acquiring new outfits in RDR2.

RDR2 best animal outfits

To craft the best gear, you’ll need some high-quality pelts. The better the quality of animal pelt, the better your gear will be. To find some legendary critters to acquire necessary pelts from for outfits, check out our animal hunting guide as well as our guide on how to get perfect pelts.

You’ll then want to take your perfect and legendary pelts to a local Trapper, who can spin them into something nice for Arthur to wear in exchange for a fee.

A Red Dead Redemption 2 character wearing the Pagan Ram Skull Mask.
Image credit: VG247/Rockstar Games

One of the outfits, The Bear Hunter, comes complete with a bear head hat. You can also add Boar Riding Gloves into the mix if you want to really pull off the man-bear-pig aesthetic.

The majority of these pelt-made items are cosmetic only, offering no real perks for Arthur other than having more kills under his belt than Gaston. My personal favourite is The Death Roll alligator outfit which has a good mix of Clint Eastwood vs Crocodile Dundee.

There’s also a Pagan ram skull mask to be found in Blackwater which is just as cool as it sounds.

A Red Dead Redemption 2 menu showing crafting upgrades for the Satchel.
Image credit: VG247/Rockstar Games

RDR2 best reinforced outfits and equipment

Reinforced equipment is gear that Arthur can wear to carry more weapons and ammo in Red Dead Redemption 2. It includes bandoliers, gun belts, holsters, and an additional off-hand holster for wielding two small arms at once.

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You can access these items either by purchasing them at the Gunsmith or General Store or unlocking rewards from the Trapper through competing Challenges.

Reinforced gear offers the following perks:

  • Reinforced Bandoliers increase ammo capacity for repeaters, rifles, and shotguns.
  • Reinforced Gun Belts increase ammo capacity for revolvers and pistols.
  • Reinforced Holsters reduce the maintenance requirements for weapons.
  • Reinforced Off-Hand Holsters reduce maintenance requirements secondary weapons.

Gunsmiths in each town can sell you basic reinforced equipment to upgrade your weapon attributes if you don’t fancy doing any challenges.

Only the Trapper sells equipment with added bonus effects, but you’ll need to complete various challenges to unlock the gear.

We’ve also got details on what the challenges involve, just remember to go back to the Trapper afterwards to get your reward.

There are nine categories with 10 challenges in each one. In order to receive reinforced gear from the Trapper, you must complete the first, third, seventh and tenth challenges in each category.

Having a full set of gear will unlock additional bonuses to your stats, such as increased health, more ammo capacity or a reduced weapon degradation rate.

Attributes can also be improved by completing challenges. Once you’ve collected a complete set of gear, you get a permanent bonus tank to your main attribute bars. Complete all the sets and you’ll get a second bonus tank linked to that attribute.

Dead Eye, Health and Stamina are each tied to three different categories:

  • Dead Eye: Explorer, Herbalist and Survivalist
  • Health: Horseman, Sharpshooter and Weapons Expert
  • Stamina: Bandit, Gambler and Master Hunter
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A black and white picture of the Legend of the East outfit in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Image credit: VG247/Rockstar Games

Special outfits in RDR2

If you decide to go full hog and complete all of the challenges in Red Dead Redemption 2, you’ll be rewarded with the best outfit in the game: The Legend of the East. It comes with a bunch of attribute upgrades and bonuses, so it’s well worth your time and will be pretty useful if you acquire it early on in the game.

If being a cowboy just isn’t cutting it for you, there’s a pirate sword and tricorn hat you can go on a quest to find that leaves you looking like the down-and-out version of Commodore Norrington from the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

There’s also a mining helmet and a bone knife to be found which makes trawling through the darkest parts of the map a little easier.

Arthur Morgan riding a horse in Red Dead Redemption 2 while wearing the Morion helmet.
Image credit: VG247/Rockstar Games

There’s a Viking helmet, hatchet and comb hidden away in the Old Tomb near Annesburg if you want to pretend you’re playing Skyrim for a few minutes.

That’s it for our guide to the best equipment, gear and outfits in Red Dead Redemption 2. If you need more help with Rockstar’s Western epic, check out also our guides on where to find the best horse, how to get rich quick and the best RDR2 weapons.

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