Red Dead Revolver Cheats and Unlockables

Red Dead Revolver has no cheat codes to type or button sequences to enter. Its seven cheats are rewards: each one unlocks when you complete a chapter's challenge in Bounty Hunter mode, the mode you get after beating the game once.

This works the same on PlayStation 2, Xbox and the PS4 re-release. Below: the challenge behind each cheat, what the cheats really do, every Showdown character and how to get it, the hidden shops and the PS4 trophies.

The 7 Cheats

Finish the story once, then replay these chapters in Bounty Hunter mode. The challenge comes on top of the mission: you must meet it and finish the chapter.

How the Cheats Work

Once earned, each cheat is switched on and off from the pause menu.

Invincibility has limits. It does not protect you in duels, where you can still die, and it does not protect allies or the vehicle you escort, so a mission can still fail.

Bite the Bullet or Golden Gun? Both make nearly every enemy fall in one shot. Bite the Bullet also raises the damage you take, to about two bullets; Golden Gun does not.

On PS4, cheats do not block trophies, unlike in Red Dead Redemption.

Bounty Hunter Mode

Bounty Hunter replays 20 of the 27 chapters, in any order: start with Fall from Grace to get Invincibility first. If you fail the challenge, the mission stops at once. The 13 chapters without a cheat reward a Showdown character or arena instead:

Mission Ratings and Rewards

In the story, each chapter is rated on four points: Accuracy, Damage Taken, Time and Best Combo. Three out of four gives an Excellent. Ratings unlock weapon upgrades, permanent health and Deadeye boosts, and Showdown characters:

Showdown Characters and Arenas

Showdown is the local multiplayer mode, for 2 to 4 players, human or AI, with three modes: Bounty Hunter, Sundown and High Noon (duels). 8 of its 48 characters are playable from the start: Red, Jack Swift, Annie Stoakes, "Hedgehog" Thornton, "Whiskey" Treadwell, "Gigolo" Hancock, Chicken and Christina. Of its 13 arenas, Twin Rocks and Desert Fortress are open from the start. Seven characters are only unlocked by buying an item:

Mr. Kelley cannot be bought: only an Excellent rating on Battle Finale (ch. 24) unlocks him. Purchases stay on your profile from one playthrough to the next.

How to Unlock Manny Quinn

Manny Quinn, the wooden training dummy, is unlocked in Showdown itself: link your character to your profile (Options, on the character select screen), stay on fire for 6 minutes in total during one match, and win that match. The method the guides agree on: Sheriff O'Grady, who carries fire bottles, on The Ranch arena, whose barn burns for a long time, in a 15-minute Sundown match. He then appears at the top right of the roster.

In Red Wood Revolver, unlocked by finishing the story on Hard, you replay the story as Manny Quinn instead of Red. His Deadeye is replaced by a power: he sets himself on fire without taking damage and burns the enemies he touches.

Secret Shops and Hidden Upgrades

Several upgrades are sold outside the normal shop, and some can be missed for good: there is no chapter select after the game ends.

PS4 Trophies

The PS4 re-release (October 2016, a PlayStation 2 classic) adds 13 trophies: 11 bronze, 1 silver and 1 gold, with no platinum. The ones tied to modes and cheats:

Modes You Unlock

Beating the story opens Bounty Hunter and Hard mode. Beating it again on Hard adds Very Hard and Red Wood Revolver.