A Tempest Looms
Bonnie MacFarlane
- Mission giver
- Bonnie MacFarlane
- Location
- MacFarlane's Ranch
- Starts at
- MacFarlane's Ranch
- Ends at
- MacFarlane's Ranch
- Unlocked by
- complete the previous mission
- Unlocks
- The Burning
Player notes
At MacFarlane's Ranch, Bonnie MacFarlane and the ranch hands struggle to bring a frightened horse into the barn as a storm gathers over New Austin. John Marston joins them outside, where Bonnie explains that the cattle must be brought in before the weather breaks. John mounts up with Bonnie and rides out from the ranch toward the first herd.
John and Bonnie reach a small group of cattle in the fields. John works behind the animals, steering them across the open ground to an old oak tree while Bonnie keeps pace nearby. Once the first herd is in place, they move to the rest of the cattle and bring the animals together. The growing herd suddenly panics and stampedes toward a cliff.
John races ahead of the cattle and turns them away from the drop before they can run over the edge. With the immediate danger past, he rejoins Bonnie and the ranch hands to collect the scattered animals into one herd. John then drives the cattle through the worsening storm and back to MacFarlane's Ranch, where the ranch hands take them in.
Objectives
4 stepsIn the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.
- 1Ride with Bonnie to the first cattle herd.
- 2Drive the first herd to the old oak tree.
- 3Stop the stampeding cattle.
- 4Drive the full herd back to MacFarlane's Ranch.
Gallery
06Screenshots from A Tempest Looms, mirrored from Red Dead Wiki.
Trivia
- ◆Strangely, the spooked horse trying to be sheltered in the barn in the opening cutscene appears to be an American Standardbred, a breed not obtainable by the player until much later in the story (and one which only spawns in West Elizabeth, not New Austin). Interestingly though, when the player approaches the mission the horse is a Cleveland Bay rather than an American Standardbred, likely done to prevent the player from acquiring such an impressive horse so early on.
- ◆For GOTY players, when pursuing the Gold Medal for this mission it is recommended that you use the War Horse rather than other breeds. Although the Kentucky Saddler gifted to you by Bonny is a good alternative, it doesn’t possess as much stamina and isn’t as fast. If you wish to keep the Kentucky Saddler, simply complete the mission normally and then replay it through the ‘Stats’ page; if you have the GOTY Edition, the horse given to you in all mission replays will be the War Horse, thereby allowing you to fulfil all Gold Medal requirements more easily.
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Last verified September 14, 2026