Guides / Red Dead Redemption 2 / Stranger Mission

American Dreams

The mission involves investigating environmental clues left behind by the serial killer Edmund Lowry Jr. across three murder scenes and confronting him at his cellar hideout. It ends with bringing Lowry to the Valentine sheriff's office, where Lowry attacks Sheriff Malloy.

Type

Stranger Mission

Given by

No NPC gives the mission

Starts

The cellar of Lucky's Cabin, located southwest of Valentine

Rewards

• $20

Missable

• The letters from the killer's mother and other cellar documents must be picked up before leaving the hideout, as the cellar doors become permanently locked after finishing the mission

Choices

• The player draws their weapon and shoots Lowry before he kills the sheriff → Sheriff Malloy survives and rewards the player with $20
• The player hesitates or does not shoot → Sheriff Malloy overpowers and kills Lowry himself, and the player receives no cash reward

Parts

American Dreams

The cellar of Lucky's Cabin, located southwest of Valentine

1. Find a mutilated torso near Valentine under a railroad bridge and retrieve a map piece from the severed head
2. Piece the three map fragments together and inspect the assembled map
3. Travel to Lucky's Cabin, southwest of Valentine
4. Enter through the cellar storm doors outside the ruined cabin
5. Move inside the cellar and inspect a knife on a table
6. Break free from your bindings upon regaining consciousness and subdue Lowry in melee combat
7. Hogtie Lowry, stow him on your horse, and ride to the sheriff's office in Valentine
8. Carry Lowry inside and place him down before Sheriff Malloy

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Sources: powerpyx.com, thegamer.com, rdr2.org