Arcadia for Amateurs Red Dead Redemption 2 Mission
Group: Chapter 2 - Horseshoe Overlook
Category: Stranger Mission
To start this mission, find Albert Mason, the man who is trying to photograph wildlife. During the conversation the coyote will steal his bag and your task will be to get it back.
Albert Mason, a wildlife photographer, has his bag stolen by a coyote while setting up his camera.
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Albert Mason
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Objectives of Arcadia for Amateurs
1. Find the coyote
In pursuit of the "thief", go to the nearby sawmill. When you run over a hill, you should see a coyote.
2. Retrieve Mason's bag
You can try to shoot the coyote, then it should drop the satchel, but this is not necessary because at some point coyote will drop the satchel somewhere near the sawmill.
3. Return the bag to Mason
Pick up the satchel, go back to Mason and give him his property back.
4. Part II
When some time passes, Albert Mason will need your help again. This time he can be found northwest of Wallace Station.
Albert Mason needs some further help with his wildlife photography.
This time our brave nature photographer is trying to take a picture of the wolves.
Mason survives a scare while trying to take a picture of some wolves.
5. Wait with Mason
Crouch next to Mason and wait for him to take pictures of the wolves.
6. Defend Mason
In total, five wolves will gather around you, and after a while they will become aggressive and attack you, so you will have to shoot them all.
7. Go to Mason
Come to Mason. He will thank you for saving his life and this part of the mission will end.
8. Part III
For the third time you will be able to meet Mason when he tries to take pictures of wild horses north of Emerald Ranch.
Wild horses don't want to get close enough to him, so Arthur decides to help him.
Eager to get a shot of a Silver Dapple Pinto, Mason sets up his camera in the plains of the Heartland Overflow.
9. Mount a horse / Ride to the wild horses
Get on your horse and drive towards the herd of wild horses.
10. Herd the horses to the open plains
The rules are the same as for the sheep herding in The Sheep and the Goats mission. Try to keep the wild horses between yourself and the place where Mason is waiting (marked on the minimap), and slowly ride behind them. You can also shout to speed them up a bit, but since you don't have to hurry, it's not necessary.
When you bring the herd close enough to Mason, the wild horses will gallop towards him.
11. Wait for Mason to take the photos
The horses will ride right next to the photographer who will finally be able to take the desired pictures.
12. Go to Mason
Go back to Mason. He will thank you for your help and give you a small gift, a photograph of the wolves he took during your previous meeting.
13. Part IV
Once again, you can meet Albert on the shores of Lake Lagras.
This time he tries to take pictures of alligators. Together you will get on a boat to look for alligators and take close-up pictures of them.
In order to get close-up photographs of alligators, Mason needs help rowing into the middle of the Bluewater Marsh.
14. Search of alligators in the swamp
Three areas will be marked on your map. You will have to navigate to all of them and help Albert take pictures of the alligators there.
15. Get closer to the alligator
At the easternmost spot, you will take a picture of an alligator attacking animals that are too close to the water.
At the southernmost point, you will take a picture of an alligator floating peacefully in the water.
16. Row the boat to the photo location / Approach the aligator on foot / Get back in the boat
When you reach the westernmost point, the alligator on the shore will hide in the tall grass. Mason will ask you to stop the boat at a place from which he can take a picture and go ashore to coax the alligator out.
Come ashore and approach the alligator.
As soon as he wakes up, go back to the boat quickly.
17. Row to the shore
Go back to the shore. You will say goodbye and this stage of the mission will end.
18. Part V
The last time you'll meet Manson is when he tries to photograph eagles standing on the edge of a cliff.
Despite Arthur's warnings not to get too close to the edge of the cliff, he will slip and fall down. Luckily, at the last minute, he will grasp the root sticking out of the ground and Arthur will be able to save him.
Manson will give up taking pictures of eagles and decide to return to his home.
