Gear and progress
Challenges
Nine sets of ten ranks each make 90 challenges, and all of them count toward 100% completion. Rewards include core XP, cash and equipment pieces that add bars around your cores. Here is every rank in plain words.
Checked Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: CommunityCGN

How challenges work
- Nine sets, ten ranks each. Do them in order within a set. You can work on several at once.
- What you earn. Early ranks give cash and core XP (health, stamina or Dead Eye). Several ranks give equipment: bandoliers, holsters, off-hand holsters and gun belts.
- Bars around cores. Buying a full set of the gear adds an extra bar around one core. The trapper sells the upgraded versions after you complete the right challenges.
- The big reward. Finish all nine sets and you unlock the Legend of the East outfit.
Where it gets awkward
- Some ranks use parts of the map that open late in the story, such as Blackwater or New Austin.
- The Horseman and Survivalist sets include timed rides and a catch of every fish: plan them around where you are.
- Master Hunter rank 10 asks for the legendary panther. Legendary animals
Source: Community checked Sep 30, 2026. Tasks are rephrased, not copied.
Bandit
10 ranks
Crime as a career: robberies, stolen goods and train jobs.
- 1Hold up 5 townsfolk.
- 2Rob any 2 coaches, or return any 2 stolen coaches to a fence.
- 3Rob the register in 4 shops in one day.
- 4Rob 3 coaches, or return 3 stolen coaches to a fence, in one day.
- 5Build up a $250 bounty in a single state.
- 6Steal 5 horses and sell them to the horse fence at Clemens Cove.
- 7Take $50 in cash and valuables from townsfolk and travelers.
- 8Steal 7 wagons and sell them to the fence at Emerald Ranch.
- 9Hogtie someone and leave them on the railroad tracks, three times.
- 10Complete 5 train robberies without dying or being caught.
Explorer
10 ranks
Treasure hunting, and nothing else.
- 1Find a treasure map.
- 2Find a treasure.
- 3Find a treasure.
- 4Find a treasure.
- 5Find a treasure.
- 6Find a treasure.
- 7Find a treasure.
- 8Find a treasure.
- 9Find a treasure.
- 10Find a treasure.
Gambler
10 ranks
Poker, blackjack, Five Finger Fillet and dominoes in town.
- 1Win 5 hands of poker.
- 2Double down in blackjack and win the hand, 5 times.
- 3Win 3 games of Five Finger Fillet.
- 4Bust the poker table out in each of three towns: Flatneck Station, Saint Denis and Valentine.
- 5Win 3 rounds of dominoes without drawing any tiles, against two or fewer opponents.
- 6Beat the blackjack dealer in Rhodes and in Van Horn.
- 7Beat the Five Finger Fillet player in Strawberry, Valentine and Van Horn.
- 8Win three hands of blackjack with three hits or more.
- 9Win three games of dominoes in a row.
- 10Win three hands of poker in a row.
Herbalist
10 ranks
Plants, tonics and cooking.
- 1Pick 6 yarrow.
- 2Pick and eat 4 species of berry.
- 3Craft 7 items using sage as an ingredient.
- 4Pick 5 mushrooms and feed them to your horse.
- 5Craft 9 items using Indian tobacco as an ingredient.
- 6Pick 15 different species of herb.
- 7Craft and use 5 special miracle tonics.
- 8Use oleander to craft 6 poison weapons.
- 9Pick one of every species of herb.
- 10Season and cook all 11 types of meat.
Horseman
10 ranks
Riding fast, riding far and fighting from the saddle.
- 1Kill 5 rabbits from horseback.
- 2Jump over 3 obstacles in 15 seconds.
- 3Ride from Valentine to Rhodes in under five minutes.
- 4While mounted, drag a victim 3,300 feet with your lasso.
- 5Trample 5 animals on horseback.
- 6Ride from Strawberry to Saint Denis in under 9 minutes without touching any water.
- 7Kill 7 enemies from horseback without dismounting.
- 8Kill 9 predators from horseback.
- 9Ride from Van Horn to Blackwater in under 17 minutes without touching any water.
- 10Break every wild horse breed.
Master Hunter
10 ranks
Hunting skill, ending with a legendary animal.
- 1Skin 3 deer.
- 2Collect 3 perfect-quality rabbit pelts.
- 3Track 10 different animal species with your binoculars.
- 4Call an animal and get a clean kill, 5 times.
- 5Skin 3 black or grizzly bears.
- 6Kill 5 cougars with your bow, then skin them.
- 7Use bait to lure and kill both a herbivore and a predator.
- 8Catch 3 small fish without using a fishing rod.
- 9Kill an opossum that is playing dead.
- 10Find and kill the legendary panther Giaguaro.
Sharpshooter
10 ranks
Aim: birds, headshots and distance.
- 1Kill 3 flying birds.
- 2Kill 2 different species of animal in the same Dead Eye use.
- 3Kill 5 flying birds from a moving train.
- 4Kill someone 80 feet away with a tomahawk.
- 5Kill 6 animals without switching or reloading your weapon.
- 6Kill someone at least 660 feet away with a long scoped rifle.
- 7Get 7 headshots in a row.
- 8Disarm 3 enemies without reloading or switching weapons.
- 9Shoot 3 people's hats off in the same Dead Eye use.
- 10Kill 3 flying birds with 3 consecutive long-scoped rifle shots.
Survivalist
10 ranks
Fishing, crafting and small game.
- 1Catch 3 bluegill.
- 2Hand 5 animals in to camp or the trapper.
- 3Kill 5 animals with a varmint rifle.
- 4Craft a dynamite arrow, a fire arrow, an improved arrow, a poison arrow and a small game arrow.
- 5Catch a fish in the bayou from a riverboat, and another while standing on train tracks.
- 6Kill a scavenging animal while it feeds on a corpse, 5 times.
- 7Kill 8 small game animals with consecutive shots, using small game arrows.
- 8Craft a homing tomahawk, an improved tomahawk, volatile dynamite and a volatile fire bottle.
- 9Catch a fish that weighs at least 19 lbs.
- 10Catch one of each type of fish in the world.
Weapons Expert
10 ranks
Knives, tomahawks, dynamite and the bow.
- 1Kill 3 enemies with a knife.
- 2Kill 3 enemies in 10 seconds using only throwing knives.
- 3Kill 3 birds of prey using only a tomahawk.
- 4Kill 10 enemies with a shotgun using crafted ammo.
- 5Kill 5 mounted enemies, using 1 throwing knife per kill.
- 6Kill 4 enemies at the same time with a single stick of dynamite.
- 7Kill 4 consecutive enemies by throwing and retrieving the same tomahawk.
- 8Kill 15 enemies using a long-barreled sidearm.
- 9Kill 9 unaware enemies from behind, using the bow.
- 10Kill a grizzly bear without taking damage, using only throwing knives.