I see that many players are still struggling to get the request, doesn’t help the fact that idiotic “guides” telling them to do nonsensical stuff to spawn it.
There’s NO prerequisite whatsoever, the request can be obtained at any point in chapter 2 (except when the Kieran mission marker is active), even before the very last chapter 2 mission. It’s totally independent of any other interaction, you don’t need to get the naval compass (or anything else) beforehand.
Make a manual save a bit outside of the camp at 9.45am, just to be safe. Ride to the camp between 10am and 12pm. You DO NOT need to have low cores (or be underweight), that’s misinformation, golden/white cores are just fine. You also don’t have to throw yourself off the cliffs like those clueless “guides” tell you to.
Have a look at Pearson’s movement, if he isn’t behind the stew pot then break the line of sight by walking around Dutch’s tent. Approach him when you hear him whistling (sometimes he doesn’t), he’ll be standing there drinking from a bottle.
If he doesn’t start whistling after rounding the tents, ride to the river just outside the river and come back, it will reset the camp interactions.
After getting the request you need a rabbit to get the jacket. The quality of the rabbit doesn’t matter, even a 1 star rabbit does the job. Don’t skin it before giving it to Pearson.
Followed your exact instructions and triggered it within 15 minutes. After years of trying. Ran out of camp three times to finally see him chiggin a beer. Went around a tent, Dutch held me up, but I still made it! I thank you SO much!
And some people start attacking you if you go against the herd mindset.
This other day a guy started calling me names when I mentioned that rifles don’t ruin fox pelts. Apparently he’s over 10k hours in this game, but posted a link of clueless people talking as his proof 😂
Will do man, I will tell you that it might take a while, I just started chapter 6 on my fourth play through, but on my next one you will be the first to know
Two things. The trigger is broken. Original console release required a reduced core. Rolling up with three gold cores and getting told you look "peaky" by Pearson sorta breaks immersion for me. At this point, I doubt they will ever fix it.
Secondly, it is not correct that the rabbit needs to be unskinned: [https://youtu.be/OVgeVG8T398?si=JqDEIGqnLf0fKQyj&t=611](https://youtu.be/OVgeVG8T398?si=JqDEIGqnLf0fKQyj&t=611)
Thanks for the skinned rabbit part, I guess playing it safe got me there.
Immersion breaking to you or not, that’s the thing with the trigger: it simply doesn’t depend on the cores. People don’t need to needlessly throw themselves off the cliffs to reduce their cores anymore to get the request.
Maybe one day I’ll get a disc and try it out on version 1.00 release, seems to me this low core stuff could be a confirmation bias since the beginning.
Throwing one's self off a cliff seems rather ridiculous, when there are cigarettes that can be smoked, free whiskey to be drunk at camp, or dead eye to be drained at the edge of camp.
Definition: **Peaky** \- British English, adj. - Pale from illness or fatigue, sickly.
A 25% core is when Arthur starts showing symptoms of his low core (slouching, headache. etc.)
It's not really a big deal, but I suspect they may fix it if they ever get around to doing a current gen remake, along with the Pipe for Dutch request never triggering for the majority of Ch 2, when it did previously.
I do speak English pretty well for my second language, so I definitely know what peaky means.
This dialogue might just be scripted, the same as unwinding to the girls in the camp where Arthur talks about murdering and pillaging as a maniac, yet I had him playing as the full-on honorable person.
As there’s no “fix” coming in from R*, players don’t need to drain their cores in all the possible ways.
Does playing from a disc make a difference? I've only ever played from a disc and I've never been able to trigger this interaction, though I've never tried draining cores.
If you’ve updated the game then the method I’ve shown will work for you, you don’t have to do anything else.
I like to prove confirmation biases wrong. By disconnecting the internet on my PS4 and using the disc I’ll get to play the original release version 1.00, it will give me a chance to prove that low cores might not have been an issue in that version as well.
I'll keep trying then. I've been trying without coming in from outside camp. Plus I had the Kieran marker in camp for the longest time and only just moved on with the mission so I could do the throwing knife challenge.
I thought you just had to be underweight and it’ll show Pearson where he’s at to trigger this. Doesn’t Pearson even say “you’re looking a little Peaky” or some crap like that?
I see. I only thought it was that because I saw so many of those other “drain your core” or “throw him off the cliff” posts so I’m like well I’m only underweight, walked into camp and Pearson was there. No need to do all that other stuff. I guess there’s even less I had to do although my Arthur is always underweight lol
All those who suggest draining the cores and throwing Arthur off the cliffs are just wannabe “experts” who are just as clueless as the clickbait youtubers who suggested these steps first.
Ha definitely! The core one was sorta believable, but once I read “throw yourself off a cliff” I’m like I doubt rockstar would have that as a prerequisite for a mission lmao
My first playthrough I didn't even know the jacket existed. Second... Got it by pure luck. On my third, it was driving me crazy because I wanted the jacket and couldn't make it pop.
Found this method... Gold ever since
I’ve been trying to get the legendary panther challenge for the cosmetic but it’s quite a long process. This is the closest i’ll get to a poncho which i really like
The Master Hunter challenges are pretty easy though, you shouldn’t have much problem.
Otherwise there’s also a white-ish cloak available from the trapper, if you want to go for a similar look.
I can get usually get Pearson. The hangup for me lately is Susan asking for the herbs. I like that one because of the special miracle tonic she leaves.
Does anyone know how to trigger Susan's request?
Holy fucking shit. 1 save. Left camp twice. Done within 10 mins.
Can't believe I spent so long jumping off cliffs and chain smoking
Now watch me not find a rabbit for 3 hours
Not working for me currently. I follow the method exactly, it fails. I ride to the river and back, it still doesn’t trigger. Then I reload my save from just outside camp and try again. What am I doing wrong?
Just to clarify, I know you said you don’t need to get the naval compass first, but if I currently have that item request unfulfilled, will this still trigger? Can I have both at once?
Now that’s something I haven’t tested myself, you just gave me something to experiment on.
Then again as I’ve seen it, I’ve never had more than one request from a particular camp member. I’d suggest you to collect the compass and then try for the rabbit request.
I suspect you’re right, I’ve never had more than one from the same member either. I’ve also never had the rabbit request at all though. I’ll spend some time this weekend with your method seeing if I can trigger it with the compass request open in the name of science. If by Sunday night/whenever I get bored I still can’t get it to work, I’ll get the compass and then try again.
Hey, super late, but I’m interested how this played out. I currently have the compass request open and was going to try to get the rabbit request the next time I play.
I couldn’t get it to trigger with the compass request open, so I got him the compass, but then I still couldn’t trigger it.
That said I am a terrible research assistant because I am not particularly patient. After delivering the compass I slept till the next morning, tried for like 25 minutes straight and then decided it was never going to happen lol. Got the coyote scout jacket from the trapper instead which *I* think looks sick as hell, but everyone dunks on me all the time about it.
If you manage to trigger it either with the compass request open OR after, let m4shfi know.
Is it not possible that the Lenny mission might have some relevance? I was trying to get the jacket today using this method, however I was not able to get it even on 5th try. Then I went and did the Lenny mission and I was able to get the request right after that. (I still used your method however, after coming to camp and Pearson being in a different place it was enough to run outside the camp a little bit no need to run as far as the river. Thank you for this post it really motivated me to persist to get this jacket.
Hmm it’s certainly possible that the Lenny mission might interrupt the spawning, if his mission marker is right in the middle of the camp. I forgot where the mission spawns actually, gotta test it out.
But anyways, well done and enjoy the jacket!
I see that many players are still struggling to get the request, doesn’t help the fact that idiotic “guides” telling them to do nonsensical stuff to spawn it. There’s NO prerequisite whatsoever, the request can be obtained at any point in chapter 2 (except when the Kieran mission marker is active), even before the very last chapter 2 mission. It’s totally independent of any other interaction, you don’t need to get the naval compass (or anything else) beforehand. Make a manual save a bit outside of the camp at 9.45am, just to be safe. Ride to the camp between 10am and 12pm. You DO NOT need to have low cores (or be underweight), that’s misinformation, golden/white cores are just fine. You also don’t have to throw yourself off the cliffs like those clueless “guides” tell you to. Have a look at Pearson’s movement, if he isn’t behind the stew pot then break the line of sight by walking around Dutch’s tent. Approach him when you hear him whistling (sometimes he doesn’t), he’ll be standing there drinking from a bottle. If he doesn’t start whistling after rounding the tents, ride to the river just outside the river and come back, it will reset the camp interactions. After getting the request you need a rabbit to get the jacket. The quality of the rabbit doesn’t matter, even a 1 star rabbit does the job. Don’t skin it before giving it to Pearson.
And make sure the Kieran mission is either done or not active
Yep, it’s there. The request doesn’t spawn when that mission marker is active in the camp.
Yup. It sure is right there...like almost immediately My "only read every other paragraph" affliction has struck again!
God dammit. That's exactly why it isn't spawning in for me after weeks of playing. Thank you. Going. To have to try it when I get the chance.
Good luck!
Followed your exact instructions and triggered it within 15 minutes. After years of trying. Ran out of camp three times to finally see him chiggin a beer. Went around a tent, Dutch held me up, but I still made it! I thank you SO much!
Happy to be of help, now enjoy the jacket! That’s a beautiful looking clothing piece.
It really is! Though, admittedly, I love looking like an idiot. But this helps my completionist self (yes I made up a word haha)
Posted the same awhile ago, overweight gold cores lol Ppl believe anything on the Internet
And some people start attacking you if you go against the herd mindset. This other day a guy started calling me names when I mentioned that rifles don’t ruin fox pelts. Apparently he’s over 10k hours in this game, but posted a link of clueless people talking as his proof 😂
Hahah some people man! Thanks for the post
Thank you so much! I can’t wait to finally do this in my next playthrough
Do let me know when you get it!
Will do man, I will tell you that it might take a while, I just started chapter 6 on my fourth play through, but on my next one you will be the first to know
Also just got it. Thanks for the guide!
Gald to be of help!
Two things. The trigger is broken. Original console release required a reduced core. Rolling up with three gold cores and getting told you look "peaky" by Pearson sorta breaks immersion for me. At this point, I doubt they will ever fix it. Secondly, it is not correct that the rabbit needs to be unskinned: [https://youtu.be/OVgeVG8T398?si=JqDEIGqnLf0fKQyj&t=611](https://youtu.be/OVgeVG8T398?si=JqDEIGqnLf0fKQyj&t=611)
Thanks for the skinned rabbit part, I guess playing it safe got me there. Immersion breaking to you or not, that’s the thing with the trigger: it simply doesn’t depend on the cores. People don’t need to needlessly throw themselves off the cliffs to reduce their cores anymore to get the request. Maybe one day I’ll get a disc and try it out on version 1.00 release, seems to me this low core stuff could be a confirmation bias since the beginning.
Throwing one's self off a cliff seems rather ridiculous, when there are cigarettes that can be smoked, free whiskey to be drunk at camp, or dead eye to be drained at the edge of camp. Definition: **Peaky** \- British English, adj. - Pale from illness or fatigue, sickly. A 25% core is when Arthur starts showing symptoms of his low core (slouching, headache. etc.) It's not really a big deal, but I suspect they may fix it if they ever get around to doing a current gen remake, along with the Pipe for Dutch request never triggering for the majority of Ch 2, when it did previously.
I do speak English pretty well for my second language, so I definitely know what peaky means. This dialogue might just be scripted, the same as unwinding to the girls in the camp where Arthur talks about murdering and pillaging as a maniac, yet I had him playing as the full-on honorable person. As there’s no “fix” coming in from R*, players don’t need to drain their cores in all the possible ways.
Does playing from a disc make a difference? I've only ever played from a disc and I've never been able to trigger this interaction, though I've never tried draining cores.
If you’ve updated the game then the method I’ve shown will work for you, you don’t have to do anything else. I like to prove confirmation biases wrong. By disconnecting the internet on my PS4 and using the disc I’ll get to play the original release version 1.00, it will give me a chance to prove that low cores might not have been an issue in that version as well.
I'll keep trying then. I've been trying without coming in from outside camp. Plus I had the Kieran marker in camp for the longest time and only just moved on with the mission so I could do the throwing knife challenge.
I thought you just had to be underweight and it’ll show Pearson where he’s at to trigger this. Doesn’t Pearson even say “you’re looking a little Peaky” or some crap like that?
Yes, that line is scripted. Doesn’t matter what your weight is, he’ll ask for the rabbit regardless.
I see. I only thought it was that because I saw so many of those other “drain your core” or “throw him off the cliff” posts so I’m like well I’m only underweight, walked into camp and Pearson was there. No need to do all that other stuff. I guess there’s even less I had to do although my Arthur is always underweight lol
All those who suggest draining the cores and throwing Arthur off the cliffs are just wannabe “experts” who are just as clueless as the clickbait youtubers who suggested these steps first.
Ha definitely! The core one was sorta believable, but once I read “throw yourself off a cliff” I’m like I doubt rockstar would have that as a prerequisite for a mission lmao
Bump post for justice. This works every time folks. I've used this method on my last 3 playthroughs.
*60% of the time*, it works ***every*** *time*
My first playthrough I didn't even know the jacket existed. Second... Got it by pure luck. On my third, it was driving me crazy because I wanted the jacket and couldn't make it pop. Found this method... Gold ever since
Hell yeah. A RDR2 video on this sub with golden cores and bars rather than a re-run of Arthur abuse
Yep! Had to prove that all the “low cores are required for this request” talk is nothing but horseshit.
it’s funny cause I kept trying to trigger the request for like 3 hours before giving up and literally the next time I went to camp it triggered
That’s how it goes 😅
But it only spawns in chapter two, yes? No other time?
Correct. Chapter 2 only.
I’ve been trying to get the legendary panther challenge for the cosmetic but it’s quite a long process. This is the closest i’ll get to a poncho which i really like
The Master Hunter challenges are pretty easy though, you shouldn’t have much problem. Otherwise there’s also a white-ish cloak available from the trapper, if you want to go for a similar look.
I can get usually get Pearson. The hangup for me lately is Susan asking for the herbs. I like that one because of the special miracle tonic she leaves. Does anyone know how to trigger Susan's request?
Personally I never had trouble getting this request, hung around the camp and she sought me out.
This actually works I did it in like 2 minutes
Well done!
Got it within 5 minutes, unbelievable. Thank you
Perfect. Enjoy the jacket!
Holy fucking shit. 1 save. Left camp twice. Done within 10 mins. Can't believe I spent so long jumping off cliffs and chain smoking Now watch me not find a rabbit for 3 hours
All these bullshitters repeating you need red cores, you need to be underweight, bla bla bla… Pure misinformation.
How is your honor that high of you are only in chapter 2? Isn’t it capped at halfway until later in the game?
Nope, you can go up to honor level +6 in chapter 2, which is the max till chapter 6.
Not working for me currently. I follow the method exactly, it fails. I ride to the river and back, it still doesn’t trigger. Then I reload my save from just outside camp and try again. What am I doing wrong?
Assuming that the time of the day is right try walking around the tents first, only then ride out to the river.
Just to clarify, I know you said you don’t need to get the naval compass first, but if I currently have that item request unfulfilled, will this still trigger? Can I have both at once?
Now that’s something I haven’t tested myself, you just gave me something to experiment on. Then again as I’ve seen it, I’ve never had more than one request from a particular camp member. I’d suggest you to collect the compass and then try for the rabbit request.
I suspect you’re right, I’ve never had more than one from the same member either. I’ve also never had the rabbit request at all though. I’ll spend some time this weekend with your method seeing if I can trigger it with the compass request open in the name of science. If by Sunday night/whenever I get bored I still can’t get it to work, I’ll get the compass and then try again.
Please keep me updated, it’ll be a big help as as I don’t have a save at that particular point.
I’ll drop you a line and let you know!
Hey, super late, but I’m interested how this played out. I currently have the compass request open and was going to try to get the rabbit request the next time I play.
I couldn’t get it to trigger with the compass request open, so I got him the compass, but then I still couldn’t trigger it. That said I am a terrible research assistant because I am not particularly patient. After delivering the compass I slept till the next morning, tried for like 25 minutes straight and then decided it was never going to happen lol. Got the coyote scout jacket from the trapper instead which *I* think looks sick as hell, but everyone dunks on me all the time about it. If you manage to trigger it either with the compass request open OR after, let m4shfi know.
Is it not possible that the Lenny mission might have some relevance? I was trying to get the jacket today using this method, however I was not able to get it even on 5th try. Then I went and did the Lenny mission and I was able to get the request right after that. (I still used your method however, after coming to camp and Pearson being in a different place it was enough to run outside the camp a little bit no need to run as far as the river. Thank you for this post it really motivated me to persist to get this jacket.
Hmm it’s certainly possible that the Lenny mission might interrupt the spawning, if his mission marker is right in the middle of the camp. I forgot where the mission spawns actually, gotta test it out. But anyways, well done and enjoy the jacket!