Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare Trophies
Stage 1: Main Playthrough
Work your way west out of Blackwater, completing all Survivor and Stranger missions (don’t worry about missing souls yet) and saving all available areas in West Elizabeth before moving on to New Austin. Do the same thing in New Austin before moving on to Mexico. After you finish the American Imperialism mission and move into Mexico, concentrate on getting 
Spinning Plates done.
Stage 2: Clean-up
Go back and do anything you need to do to finish up all of your Ambient Challenges, Missing Souls and Outfits.
Stage 3: Multiplayer
Grab a few friends and tackle the Undead Overrun game. You should be able to get to wave 15 in 10+ minutes to get Smoke that Skinwagon, and then work on finding a full free roam or a large group of friends for Kingpin.
TIPS & STRATEGIES
- There are no gunsmiths or merchants available during Undead Nightmare, and you start with a very minimal group of weapons. Try to use the torch and other weapons acquired during the game and be sure to search the corpses of all the undead you kill by pressing
to stock up on ammo. Anyone who is carrying an ammo belt will give you a decent amount of bullets of one kind or another. You can also get quite a bit of ammo by completing challenges and opening chests in towns you have saved. - Do what you can to keep your original horse or one of the Four Horses of the Apocalypse once you get them. If your horse dies and you have to whistle for another one, you’ll typically get an undead steed; they are really fast, but also really annoying because they like to run off in random directions, regardless of which way you tell them to go. If one of the Four Horses dies, you cannot get it back until you finish the single player campaign.
- The key to combat during Undead Nightmare is to keep moving. Since the undead don’t have guns, they need to be close to you to kill you. Even the Retchers, who spit acid at you, can’t hit you if you keep moving. If you find yourself surrounded, spam to run away and give yourself some space, then turn around and start shooting again. Casual targeting is also a big help if you find yourself struggling, as it will basically give you a headshot with every bullet you fire if you use it correctly.
- The game refers to all missions as “Survivor” missions, but they are listed below as Survivor missions and Stranger missions. They show up differently on the map and serve different purposes. Survivor missions are marked on your map by letters, like Story missions were in the original game, while Stranger missions are marked with green question marks.
to stock up on ammo. Anyone who is carrying an ammo belt will give you a decent amount of bullets of one kind or another. You can also get quite a bit of ammo by completing challenges and opening chests in towns you have saved.
to run away and give yourself some space, then turn around and start shooting again. Casual targeting is also a big help if you find yourself struggling, as it will basically give you a headshot with every bullet you fire if you use it correctly.
