Red Dead Online Monthly Bonuses Preview – available 1st August 2023

This month on the frontier, (expectant?) outlaws can find an assortment of bonuses on Free Roam Events/Missions, an opportunity to save their favourite towns from evil in Call to Arms, bonuses on A Land of Opportunities Missions, the Featured Series – and in theme for GTA Online’s Summer Racing Event – bring your horse to the Races for bonuses.

Much like the GTA Online posts, it is a preview so information may be subject to changes or corrections.

We understand that not every Event will be to everyone’s liking, some will certainly be more exciting than others, but anyway…

Let’s get started!

Hold your own in Free Roam Events and Missions

The frontier isn’t always the peaceful, beautiful place you might think it is. Distant or close-by gunshots will disturb your appreciation of the vistas, and you must go and see what’s going on. Someone with a telegram runs to your you as you reach a town, and you find out a Free Roam event is happening. Indeed time to see what’s going on.

This month of August, find an assortment of rewards for participating in Free Roam Events, and bonuses on those, and missions.

  • 2x RDO$, Gold and XP on Free Roam Events
  • 2x RDO$ and XP on Free Roam Missions
  • An assortment of rewards, on the calendar, for completing a Free Roam Event anywhere between those dates – find some of those in your camp lockbox or the post office: 
    • 1st – 7th August: 5,000 XP (character not role)
    • 8th – 14th: An O’Creagh’s Run Treasure Map
    • 15th – 21st: 20x Shotgun Explosive Slug Ammo
    • 22nd – 28th: 3x Potent Health Cures
    • 29th August – 4th September: Offer for 50% off a Stable Slot
       
  • In addition to the Free Roam Event bonuses, participate in the following specific Events for extra rewards:
    • “Day of Reckoning”: Receive an Offer for 30% off a Veteran or Prestigious Bounty Hunter role item.
    • “Salvage”: Offer for 40% off an Established or Distinguished Collector role item.
    • “Trade Route”: Offer for 40% off an Established or Distinguished Trader role item.

Miscellaneous Bonuses – Bring your horse to the Races, bonuses on Call to Arms and more

Present day Los Santos is vibrating with the Summer Racing Event, and interestingly on the other side of the frontier and in another time-space continuum rift, race organisers are giving every participant a bonus for bringing their fastest horse and winning races! Alongside that, there seems to be some turmoil in areas of each state, the towns need you in Call to Arms!

Outlaws who are looking for work can also earn some extra rewards by completing A Land of Opportunities story missions. As such:

  • 2x RDO$ and XP on Call to Arms
  • 2x RDO$, Gold and XP on A Land of Opportunities Missions
  • 2x RDO$ and XP on Races
    • Placing Top 3 in any Race this month has you winning a green pair of Vaquero Baroque Spurs, limited time item.
  • 2x RDO$, Gold and XP on the Featured Series
  • Complete a 5-day Daily Challenge streak this month to receive an Offer for 5 Gold Bars off one of these items:
    • Naturalist Sample Kit
    • Butcher Table
    • Bounty Hunter or Prestigious Bounty Hunter Licence
    • Moonshine Shack
    • Collector’s Bag

Discounts

Until the 4th September, find discounts on an assortment of weapons, ammo, horses, cosmetics and more.

30% off

  • Camp Tents and Dogs
  • Revolver and Repeater Ammo
  • Missouri Fox Trotter Horses

40% off

  • Greetings and Receptions Emotes
  • Special Horse Medicine and Reviver Pamphlets
  • Rifles
  • Pants

FREE

  • Fast Travel, Camp Setup and Relocation Fees

This Month’s Community-Inspired Outfit

As usual in Red Dead Online event months, Rockstar selects or is inspired by community created outfits all across the Internet – this time with an outfit by JillyBeany on YouTube, who creates both Red Dead Online and GTA Online outfits to get those creative juices flowing. Their creation inspired R* this month, and as such, check out the following items this month to emulate it:

A specialised image of this month’s Community Inspired Outfit will be available from R* themselves.

GTAForums Thread

Main article snap by @LolaClemntine (source)

As this is a preview, any information in this post is subject to change and any corrections or missing details will be added as found.