Walkthrough for the mission American Distillation in the game Red Dead Redemption 2. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the mission smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.
Quest Group: Chapter 3 - Clemens Point
Category: Story Mission
Prerequisites: To play this mission, you must first complete the mission The New South.
You will be able to begin this mission shortly after The New South mission has been completed. To do this, go to the Rhodes Sheriff's Office where you will meet Dutch, Bill and Sheriff Gray. The sheriff will ask you to destroy the moonshine camp in the woods and will temporarily make you his deputies.
Arthur, Dutch and Bill become temporarily deputized citizens of Scarlett Meadows County as they help Deputy Archibald shut down a moonshine distillery and steal a wagonload of the Braithwaites' moonshine.
Rhodes
World Map
Get on the wagon driven by Deputy Archibald, waiting for you on the street. Dutch and Bill will follow you on the horses.
Along the way, Archibald will spot a damaged carriage next to the road and stop to examine it.
Get out of the wagon and come up to the damaged coach.
Archibald will examine the damaged coach and the body lying next to it, and then he will return to your wagon.
Return to your wagon and continue your journey until you reach the final destination. This time it will be you who will drive the wagon.
Get off the wagon. Before following Archibald and others, look into your horse's saddlebag and take long-range weapons. You'll soon find them useful, especially if you want to win a gold medal in this mission.
Then crouch and follow Archibald.
Choose a left or right path and then sneak slowly along with Bill to the moonshiners. Watch your minimap to see the cones of vision of your enemies. Choosing the right side seems to me to be a little easier.
Take one of the moonshiners from behind and quietly knock him down.
Stay crouching until the other moonshiner stops looking for his colleague.
Tie up the guy you knocked down. In the meantime, Bill will knock down the second one of the moonshiners.
If you choose the left side, the first opponent standing on the car can be knocked down by Bill (you have to tell Bill to do it). The only thing you can do is to go from behind and knock down the guy standing next to the distillery. You can also stun both of them yourself.
Pick up the moonshiner, carry him to the wagon and place him with the other captives next to the wagon.
Wait till Archibald tells you what to do. Next, go to the distillery, select the dynamite from the weapon wheel, place the dynamite, ignite it, and quickly move away to a safe distance to avoid any damage from the explosion.
You can also lay down a stick of dynamite, move back to a safe distance and then shoot it to explode.
As soon as the explosion occurs, Lemoyne Raiders will appear. They are in a camp south of where you are. Go there.
Since this mission requires you to have a high accuracy, head shots and NO personal damage, you should stay away from your opponents and use a long-range weapons.
Stay back and use all kinds of covers. Luckily, there are a lot of barrels, crates, etc. in the area. Let Bill go forward and take damage, and you concentrate on headshots. In this mission you can use Dead Eye renewing mixtures without any limitations so use this opportunity.
When it's safe, carefully come a little closer, e.g. from the side. Watch your opponents' positions on the minimap at all times.
Once you've eliminated your last opponents, get back to the wagon.
Dutch will offer Archibald that you will destroy the remaining illegal alcohol, but of course he has no intention of doing so. Bill will drive away with a moonshine wagon and you and Dutch get on your horses to get back to the camp.
At some point Dutch will offer you a horse race to the camp. Accepting and winning this race is one of the requirements to earn a gold medal. You don't have to go the same way as Dutch. You can follow a straight line to your camp.
After completing this mission, you will be able to play the missions An Honest Mistake, Advertising, the New American Art.