RDR2 Treasure Maps: Every Hunt, Location and Reward
Red Dead Redemption 2 has five treasure hunts in every copy, 16 maps in all, and together they pay 16 gold bars, about $8,000 at a Fence. Landmarks of Riches is the richest with 6 bars; The Elemental Trail can only be done as John in the Epilogue. On top of those, the Torn Treasure Map leads to Otis Miller's Revolver, the Sketched Map to a gold ingot, and pre-order copies have a sixth hunt, Le Tresor des Morts. Every map is below in order, with where it leads and what it pays.
All RDR2 Treasure Maps at a Glance
| Hunt | Maps | How it starts | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hall Gang Treasure | 3 | Chapter 2, bought from Maximo | 2 gold bars |
| High Stakes Treasure | 3 | From Chapter 2 or 3, a fleeing treasure hunter | 3 gold bars |
| Poisonous Trail Treasure | 3 | Chapter 2, Cairn Lodge | 4 gold bars |
| Landmarks of Riches | 4 | Chapter 2, the Obelisk | 6 gold bars |
| The Elemental Trail | 3 | Epilogue, New Austin | 1 gold bar and the Crow Beak trinket |
| Torn Treasure Map | 2 halves | Chapter 2, two hermits; chest in the Epilogue | Otis Miller's Revolver |
| Sketched Map | 1 | Chapter 2, Reed Cottage | 1 gold ingot (about $300) |
| Le Tresor des Morts | 1 map and a riddle | Chapter 2, pre-order bonus copies only | Gold bars |
Gold bars sell for $500 each at any Fence. Landmarks of Riches and The Elemental Trail arrived with the PC version in November 2019, then on PS4 in December 2019 and Xbox One in January 2020, which is why older guides count 14 bars instead of 16.
RDR2 Treasure Map Locations on the Map
Every step of every hunt on Rockstar's own map of the five states: the spot where you pick up the first map, then each stash it leads to. Pins read JH1, JH2 and so on, in the order you do them. Filter by hunt, type a code to jump to it, and tick the steps you have done: your progress stays in this browser. Most pins are accurate to a few hundred metres; the exact spot for each step is in the tables below.
Jack Hall Gang Treasure: 2 Gold Bars
The first hunt most players find. From Chapter 2, Maximo Cristobal Valdespino, a self-styled explorer on the ridge near Flatneck Station, sells the first map for $10, or $5 if you refuse once. If you miss him, a Fence sells it later.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bought from Maximo Cristobal Valdespino, a self-styled explorer on the ridge west/north-west of Flatneck Station, north of Bard's Crossing (near the Horseshoe Overlook camp). He asks $10 and drops to $5 if you refuse once; you can also rob him. If you miss him, any Fence sells the map later. Show on map | The rock outcrop of Caliban's Seat just south of Valentine: climb it, follow the ledges down the side and search a small hole in a patch of white granite. Inside: a small valuable plus Map 2. The Heartlands, New Hanover Show on map | Map 2 and a small valuable (pearl necklace reported) |
2 | Found in the Caliban's Seat stash. | Cotorra Springs, the geyser field in Ambarino: search the central stack inside a small ring of rock piles on the west side of the springs. A Legendary Wolf roams nearby. Grizzlies, Ambarino Show on map | Map 3 and a little cash (about $15) |
3 | Found in the Cotorra Springs stash. | The small rocky island in the middle of O'Creagh's Run lake, north of Emerald Ranch: lift the loose rock on the island. Grizzlies East, Ambarino Show on map | 2 gold bars |
High Stakes Treasure: 3 Gold Bars
The first map belongs to an old treasure hunter who hides it and runs when you approach. He turns up at random, most often in the hills around Strawberry and between Riggs Station and Diablo Ridge; some players only meet him from Chapter 3. Knock him over, hogtie or rob him and pick up the map. If he gets away several times, a Fence stocks it.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Random encounter with an old treasure hunter studying a map, who hides it and runs. Reported spawns: the hills between Riggs Station and Diablo Ridge, near Strawberry and toward Valentine. Hogtie, rob or kill him (or knock him over with a sprint, which keeps your honor) and pick up the map. If you let him go several times, a Fence stocks the map. Show on map | Behind the waterfall at Cumberland Falls: climb the fallen tree beside the falls and search behind the curtain of water. Cumberland Forest, New Hanover Show on map | Map 2 and a few dollars (about $5) |
2 | Found behind Cumberland Falls. | Barrow Lagoon, the frozen lake between Lake Isabella and Widow Rock: the stash sits in the knot of the log that bridges the island and the shore. Grizzlies West, Ambarino Show on map | Map 3 and a little cash (about $15) |
3 | Found in the Barrow Lagoon log. | The tall rock ridge just north-east of Fort Wallace, toward Bacchus Station: go through the saddle between the two peaks, then drop from ledge to ledge down the cliff and crouch under a low overhang. Easy to slip here. Grizzlies East, Ambarino (edge of Cumberland Forest) Show on map | 3 gold bars |
Poisonous Trail Treasure: 4 Gold Bars
Nobody sells this one: the first map sits in a lockbox under the bed at Cairn Lodge, the cabin at Cairn Lake in the far north-west of Ambarino. Bring a lantern for the last step, a cave behind the Elysian Pool waterfall.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lockbox under the bed next to the door of Cairn Lodge, the cabin at Cairn Lake in the far north-west of Ambarino (also the home of gunslinger Flaco Hernandez). Show on map | Face Rock, the head-shaped rock on the road north-west of Hill Haven Ranch, north of Rhodes: head right past a tree and down the slope to a withered trunk and search the hole at its base. Scarlett Meadows, Lemoyne Show on map | Map 2 |
2 | Found in the hollow trunk near Face Rock. | Serpent Mound, a snake-shaped rock geoglyph in lower Roanoke Ridge, west of the Van Horn Trading Post: climb the nearby tower to see it, then search the rock mound in the round end at the west side. Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover Show on map | Map 3 |
3 | Found in the Serpent Mound. | A cave hidden behind the waterfall at Elysian Pool. Bring a lantern: keep right, drop into the pit, crawl through the gap, jump the chasm on the left and search the rock pile at the end. Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover Show on map | 4 gold bars |
Landmarks of Riches: 6 Gold Bars
The richest standard hunt, and Arthur can finish it from Chapter 2 since no step is in New Austin. The first map is inside the Obelisk north-west of Lake Owanjila: inspect the plaque to open it.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Inside the Obelisk, a landmark north-west of Lake Owanjila near the western edge of the map: inspect the plaque to find a hidden opening. Show on map | The Tiny Church standing alone in the swamp east of Lakay: climb onto the roof and search the bell. Bayou Nwa, Lemoyne Show on map | Map 2 and jewelry (earrings reported) |
2 | Found in the Tiny Church bell. | The Mysterious Hill Home near Bacchus Station and Donner Falls, the house with a turtle painted on its roof: climb up and search the broken window. Grizzlies East, Ambarino Show on map | Map 3 and jewelry (gold bracelet reported) |
3 | Found at the Mysterious Hill Home. | Bolger Glade, the old Civil War battlefield south of Rhodes: search the tree stump ringed by trenches, near the broken cannon. Scarlett Meadows, Lemoyne Show on map | Map 4 and jewelry (silver bracelet reported) |
4 | Found in the Bolger Glade stump. | The stone sundial on top of Mount Shann, within sight of the Obelisk: lift the rock in the 7 o'clock position. Big Valley, West Elizabeth Show on map | 6 gold bars |
The Elemental Trail: 1 Gold Bar and the Crow Beak
Every step is in New Austin, so this hunt waits for the Epilogue and John Marston. The first map hangs on a body at the end of a rope over the Sea of Coronado, south-west of Tumbleweed: shoot the rope, then loot the body.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | On a body hanging by a rope from a cliff on the Sea of Coronado shore, south-west of Tumbleweed: shoot the rope and loot the corpse. Show on map | Greenhollow, a ruined homestead by the San Luis River: search the fireplace and chimney. Hennigan's Stead, New Austin Show on map | Map 2 |
2 | Found in the Greenhollow chimney. | Benedict Point, where a trough on stilts runs from a water tower to the railway: get on it from the hillside end and search about halfway along. Rio Bravo, New Austin Show on map | Map 3 |
3 | Found on the Benedict Point trough. | Coot's Chapel, south-east of Armadillo: in the cemetery on the left of the chapel, lift the rock on the grave with a wooden cross under a tree. Cholla Springs, New Austin Show on map | 1 gold bar, the Crow Beak trinket (+10% looted ammo) and horse medicine |
Torn Treasure Map: Otis Miller's Revolver
Two halves, each in the home of a hostile hermit: a woman with three dogs near the source of the Little Creek River, and a man in a fenced house at Manito Glade, north of Annesburg. Whichever you loot first becomes Torn Treasure Map 1. The two combine into the Mended Map, which points to a cave in Cholla Springs that only John can reach, in the Epilogue. The reward is Otis Miller's Revolver, a unique weapon, and a stack of photographs; no gold.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Drawer in the cabin of a hostile hermit woman with three dogs, near the source of the Little Creek River, far north-west of Wallace Station. Whichever half you find first is named Torn Treasure Map 1. Show on map | Points to the other hermit's house at Manito Glade, north of Annesburg. Big Valley, West Elizabeth Show on map | First half of the map (the hermit's double-barreled shotgun can be taken too) |
2 | Drawer in the fenced house of a hostile male hermit at Manito Glade, north of Annesburg (he also drops the Rare Shotgun). | The two halves combine into the Mended Map, which points to a small cave in the hills of northern Cholla Springs, west of Twin Rocks and north-west of Armadillo. Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover (half) / Cholla Springs, New Austin (chest) Show on map | Otis Miller's Revolver plus a stack of erotic photographs (5 or 6 depending on the guide); no gold |
Sketched Map: 1 Gold Ingot
A single map stuffed in the fireplace of Reed Cottage, north of Annesburg. It is filed under Maps, not Treasure Maps, and does not count for the Explorer challenges.
| Map | Where you get it | Where it leads | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stuffed in the fireplace of Reed Cottage, a small cabin north of Annesburg. Show on map | A tree with an X carved in it on the north-west ridge of Elysian Pool: walk 20 steps north, then 5 steps east, and search the rock. Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover Show on map | 1 gold ingot (about $300) |
Le Tresor des Morts: the Pre-Order Hunt
Only on copies that came with the pre-order bonus. The map lies in the unburnt jail cell in Limpany; it leads to a riddle note in a tunnel under the Saint Denis freight yard, then to a mausoleum in the Saint Denis cemetery, where gold bars wait. A separate gold bar sits in a lockbox in the Limpany sheriff's office in every copy.
How Do You Know Which Treasure Maps You Have Done?
Open the satchel and go to Documents: every treasure map you picked up stays there, but a finished hunt drops off the list of active maps. The other check is Progress, then Challenges, then Explorer: finding a treasure map is rank 1, and every intermediate map or final chest after that adds a rank.
Do Treasure Maps Count for 100% Completion?
Not by themselves, but the ten Explorer challenges do, and treasure hunts are how you clear them. Intermediate maps count, so three or four hunts are enough to max out the challenges. The Torn Treasure Map and the Sketched Map never count toward them.
Treasure Maps in Red Dead Online
Online treasure works differently. Maps come with rank-ups every five ranks from rank 10, and at random from gang hideouts, from maps pinned to trees at night and from roaming treasure hunters. Opening a map shows a yellow search zone, and the chest appears at a random point inside it: use Eagle Eye to spot it. Madam Nazar also sells Collector maps, which mark zones for collectibles rather than treasure.
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