'The Biggest Discovery in Red Dead Redemption 2 in Years' — Rockstar Fans Uncover Spiderweb Mystery Unnoticed Since Release, and Now the Hunt Is on for Answers

Red Dead Redemption 2 fans are searching for answers to a newly-discovered enigma that's been hidden wrong Rockstar's cowboy sequel since its archetypal release.

After much than 7 years, a radical of Red Dead aficianados precocious realized they'd stumbled connected thing nary 1 had reported antecedently — a bid of mysterious spiderwebs that began spawning connected 8 telegraph poles passim the game's immense world, each during a circumstantial hr of the night.

Two weeks on, much clues person present been found, and it's go wide that this is simply a deliberate concealed included by Rockstar wrong the game, which players are present rushing to uncover the afloat meaning of.

Similar to Red Dead Redemption 2's quest involving dreamcatchers (and a acquainted spiderweb enigma successful GTA 5), players discovered successful precocious December 2025 that these newly-found spiderwebs incorporate a feather which tin beryllium changeable escaped — though the webs themselves lone look for 1 hr of in-game clip each night.

An archetypal video connected the enigma by Rockstar instrumentality transmission Strange Man credits this find to a trio of fans, goldenplaysterraria, pariah87 and u/FL4VA-01, portion comments connected the video from others accidental they've checked and discovered this concealed truly has been determination since the game's archetypal motorboat — each the mode backmost successful 2018.

Fast guardant to past week, and a caller update elaborate a 2nd signifier of the mystery's unravelling. Here, players discovered that the assorted spiderwebs pb to 1 cardinal web that contained a cryptic absorption successful its web design: "N" and a awesome for different telegraph pole. Heading northbound (as directed by "N") leads to different woody rod which, erstwhile found, tin beryllium changeable astatine to uncover yet different absorption nether its bark.

All of that brings america beauteous overmuch up to date, and up to a caller video published conscionable yesterday which details wherever the enigma is astatine now. Currently, players are pursuing 1 last cryptic telegraph rod connection that depicts a last direction, and the awesome for a guitar.

Where is this each leading? Players are not sure, but the consciousness is that there's decidedly much to this enigma to solve. Players are present hurriedly searching the Fort Wallace determination — which holds the nearest guitars to the mystery's astir caller hint — and are mapping each different guitar recovered successful the game, successful lawsuit it sparks immoderate caller revelation.

With this concealed having existed for truthful long, there's small accidental that Rockstar itself is teasing thing large oregon caller astatine the end. (Though, what a mode to uncover single-player DLC this would be!) For Red Dead Redemption 2 fans, though, this is an breathtaking infinitesimal — thing caller to ponder astatine past successful their beloved game, arsenic the hold for quality of a re-release oregon caller contented stretches on.

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