How to increase reputation in Red Dead Redemption

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How to increase reputation in Red Dead Redemption

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Red Dead Redemption comes with a unique Fame mechanism that measures how famous John Marston and Jack Marston are throughout the Wild West. Their actions, whether good or bad, affect their level of Fame. One of the achievements in the Red Dead Redemptiontitled Man of Honor/Chivalry's Dead is unlocked after you have reached the highest Fame rank. Since it is not clear exactly what makes Fame, we have written the best way to increase fame with Red Dead Redemption in this detailed guide.

John Marston rides his horse through a valley overlooking a river in Red Dead Redemption

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How to increase reputation in Red Dead Redemption

To increase your character's Fame rating Red Dead Redemptionyou can complete missions, side quests, and challenges, help strangers, and win duels and games. If that's not enough, you can try the following actions:

Wearing the Elegant Suit and then trying to cheat at poker results in a fight. If you manage to eliminate the opponent in a duel, you will increase your reputation quickly.
Saving an enemy's life instead of killing them, when given the option, rewards Marston with twice the amount of Fame.
Eliminating an opponent in battle awards 100 Fame, while killing them only awards 50. You can repeat this as many times as you like.
Looting civilians and prostitutes is a way to earn 50 Fame points. However, remember that you will lose Honor every time you do this.
Throw away the Bandana Red Dead Redemption. As cool as it may seem, wearing the Bandana will keep you from getting famous.
For players with the Golden Guns pack, using guns to kill enemies will increase reputation at a higher rate than normal.

Unlike Honor, reputation cannot increase and cannot decrease. There is no way to lose reputation except by using cheats. Remember that high Honor and high Fame will make you a famous hero, while low Honor and high Fame will make you a famous outlaw.

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The table below lists all Fame ranks Red Dead Redemptionwith results occurring when the player earns the title.

Title	result
Not available	No reputation, no one knows who Marston is.
Greenhorn	More opportunities arise to help people in need.
Buckaroo	The cost of corrupting legislators has dropped by 25%.
a mercenary	Lawmen and bounty hunters chase Marston less often, once every 48 hours instead of 24.
Gunslinger	Marston does not become “Wanted” for stealing or tampering with horses and gets free drinks at the saloon.
Maribolana	The bounty value for all Marston's crimes has been reduced by 50%.