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The Real Deal trophy in Red Dead Redemption 2

The Real Deal

Red Dead Online: Achieve MVP 3 times (in a round with at least 4 players).

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How to unlock the The Real Deal trophy

  • ParamountPayne91ParamountPayne91
    02 Aug 2021 23 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2021
    Quick & Easy MVP, I've helped many players doing it simply in Call to Arms, Using the Blackwater map.

    Designate a player to be posse leader, set up the posse and invite 3 others. There will need to be another player to leave and rejoin the posse after each match. (It bypasses the cooldown timer, on the Call to Arms mode).

    Soon as you are all in the posse, the leader will start the match. To start Call to Arms, Press right on d-pad, to open the Satchel, so it's: Satchel > Documents > Telegrams > Call to Arms. (If you don't have call to arms mode available. go to the post office or lockbox to pick up the telegram. (Must open it whilst on foot, not on horse).

    After the Introduction cutscene has ended, everyone holds CIRCLE to skip the preparation timer, have the player who is going for MVP, kill ONE enemy then die. The other 3 die immediately after wave 1 starts, - There are red explosive boxes / barrels around the map, just run up to one and shoot.

    When all players are dead, ONLY the posse leader presses the button on the "Failed" screen. Posse leader holds SQUARE on the "Abandon with Posse" option. You will then see the outro play and the person with one kill gets MVP.

    After you load back into the map, the designated leave and rejoin player, quits posse then rejoins immediately. (Tap left on d-pad go to posse, find the settings and select abandon.) - Ideally to make it easier the player leaving posse should count to 10 then do it so it gives time for the leader to navigate to the telegrams page, if the page is still greyed out, have the designated player leave and rejoin again, whilst posse leader is on the map selection page. Repeat the same steps till everyone has the trophy.

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    Quick Summary

    1 host
    MVP gets 1 kill then dies
    Other 3 die immediately
    Only leader presses button on failed screen
    1 player quits posse and rejoins - to bypass cooldown
    Repeat above steps

    Hope I made it clear for you guys.

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    LoomingLuckLooks like the cool down timer has been patched. I was not able to replicate your method.
    Posted by LoomingLuck on 24 Dec 23 at 01:07
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  • kintariskintaris
    04 Dec 2018 04 Dec 2018
    To unlock The Real Deal trophy in Red Dead Online, you need to be the most valuable player in a Series event three times. It doesn't have to be consecutive rounds.

    If you're a good shooter this won't be a problem to achieve in a Showdown Series, but if you aren't too hot with the shooting mechanics you can take advantage of the fact that there are MVPs in the Race Series as well. It seems that the MVP is always awarded to the race winner though there may be some rare circumstances where this isn't the case.

    There are two modes here: Race and Open Race. While you may be able to win a round of Race, in which you can pick up boosts and weapons along a point-to-point route, the problem is that once someone gets ahead of you it's hard to catch up. Your best chance is in the Open Race, in which you need to pick up all of the checkpoints in a large area -- but you can collect them in any order. Get a lay of the land and aim to collect the "outer" checkpoints in a wide circle before spiralling in to the checkpoints near the centre of the map. The reason for this is that you will need to race to a finishing square after collecting your last checkpoint, and this is almost always near the centre of the map.

    I found that the Tumbleweed map was the easiest to consistently win. From the starting point turn your horse immediately left and get the nearest checkpoint, then 180 and head for the furthest checkpoints to the right of your starting point. From here you should head uphill and work your way around the outskirts anti-clockwise, until you get to a sharp bend left and down hill into town. From here it should be fairly obvious how to mop up the remaining inner checkpoints.

    Keep trying and learning the routes; at this early stage of the Beta you will likely find that the majority of other players are either unfamiliar with the mode (or horse riding in general) or they are rubber-banding at the starting line by walking their horses in circles, presumably in an effort to level up while they idle. Because of these two factors this trophy is currently a lot easier than it perhaps will be when the idlers disappear and the more skilled players take to the tracks.
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    kintarisHmm, that sounds like a bug. I have had a few events glitch out on me after completing them and they have not added to my counter on e.g. the Free Roam Events trophy. I can only think something similar is happening there for you. Unfortunately it might just be a case of continuing to get MVPs until it triggers :(
    Posted by kintaris on 04 Dec 18 at 23:03
    caubreyI’ve had MVP more than 3 times on throwing knives only and it didn’t unlock for me either
    Posted by caubrey on 31 May 20 at 13:46
    ItsMeBiscuitThere has to be 4 players left in the game at fin otherwise MVP isn’t awarded to the winner I’ve won 3 of those today only 1 counted as mvp
    Posted by ItsMeBiscuit on 21 Feb 22 at 22:02
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