Red Dead Redemption 2 followers have made progress in the direction of fixing the sport’s newly-discovered spiderweb thriller, and now consider they’ve reached its last clue.
Earlier this week, consideration was thrown on a significant new discovery inside Rockstar’s epic cowboy sequel, dubbed the most important uncovering of hidden content material in years.
An intricately-placed breadcrumb path of spiderwebs was discovered and plotted, main to an additional set of marked telegraph poles. These then pointed to a set of guitars throughout the recreation’s Fort Wallace location, the place the path briefly went chilly. Now, nevertheless, followers have pushed forwards — to what looks as if a last clue past the sting of Red Dead Redemption 2’s map, and a way of what this entire thriller would possibly truly be about.
As soon as once more, progress on the invention has been brilliantly chronicled by YouTube channel (*6*), who picks up the path again at Fort Wallace by exhibiting that these guitars acted as signposts, guiding gamers to the roof of the situation’s tower.
On this roof, two tiny engravings of flying birds have been then noticed, pointing within the course of Large’s Birds, proper on the very north of the sport’s map inside Calumet Ravine. Heading right here and utilizing binoculars permits you to see a tiny, faint, however unmistakable “?” image on a mountain within the distance. The design of the query mark throughout the far hillside is such that it’s only seen from this specific location.
As soon as once more, it is a sensible set of clues — which is probably why this thriller has taken over seven years to be found — and as soon as once more, progress has stalled. However there is a sense now, with this newest clue method past the boundary of the map, that the path has reached its last stage. As Unusual Man suggests, it now appears seemingly that the thriller’s denoument is correct right here, although the set off stays elusive.
“Let’s clear up this earlier than GTA 6 arrives!” Unusual Man wrote, asking for additional concepts from fellow followers.
Whereas the anticipate a solution continues, there may be at the least a rising sense of what this entire breadcrumb path is likely to be about. With the hunt for clues main to Calumet Ravine, it has been famous that that is within the Wapiti reserve, amplifying earlier strategies that earlier steps within the thriller have been an obtuse reference to Wapiti tribe member Eagle Flies. (Feathers could possibly be shot out of spiderwebs, with 5 coloured black and three coloured purple. Eagle Flies seems in 5 story missions, earlier than three extra which chart his seize and eventual dying.)
Might all of it lead nowhere? Presumably, however earlier this week IGN’s earlier story on the thriller was shared by former Rockstar developer Adam Butterworth, who offered the primary official acknowledgement that the sport had included this path of clues. “Completely wild individuals have discovered this,” he wrote on social media. “I keep in mind listening to about this and considering it could by no means be found.”
As issues stand, this advanced and multi-stage thriller has left followers on the sting of Wapiti territory, and has hinted at its tribe member Eagle Flies. What will likely be found subsequent? Here is hoping we aren’t ready till GTA 6 to discover out.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You’ll be able to attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social