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Deadalus and Son, Charles Kinnear

Deadalus and Son

Charles Kinnear

Given by
Charles Kinnear
Starts at
On top of a mesa near Agave Viejo
Locations
between Casa Madrugada and Agave Viejo
Rewards
+~$25, Expert Hunter Outfit scrap (DLC and Game of the Year Edition only), +50 Fame

Player notes

John Marston finds Charles Kinnear beside an unfinished flying machine on a mesa between Casa Madrugada and Agave Viejo. Kinnear believes the region's rising air currents will carry him across Mexico, and he intends to become the first man to fly there. His contraption still needs materials before it can leave the ground, so he asks John to bring him bird feathers, beaver furs and Red Sage.

John gathers twenty feathers from birds, five beaver furs and ten Red Sage, then returns to Kinnear on the mesa. Kinnear accepts the supplies and sets about finishing his machine. John leaves him to his work and returns after one or two days, when Kinnear is ready to attempt his flight.

Back at the cliff edge, John watches Kinnear launch the completed glider into the air. For a brief moment, the machine catches the wind and carries its inventor away from the mesa. It then loses control and plunges to the ground below. John remains at the top of the mesa near Agave Viejo as the wreckage lies at its base.

Trivia

  • โ—†In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a great inventor who built wings out of wax and feathers with which he intended to escape from the labyrinth in which the king Minos of Crete had imprisoned him, together with his son, Icarus. While they were flying, Daedalus noticed that Icarus flew too close to the sun. The wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the sea.
  • โ—†Kinnear, however, appears unaware of this, as he exclaims to Marston "They doubted dear Icarus sir, yes they did!", although this may be foreshadowing to his own fate.
  • โ—†The fact that Daedalus' name is misspelled in the title of the mission as "Deadalus" provides a small amount of dark humor and hints at Kinnear's unfortunate fate at the end of the mission.
  • โ—†If you start the mission as John and give Kinnear the supplies as Jack, Kinnear might make a remark while you walk up to him saying: "Is that you? Oh, the years have been very kind."
  • โ—†Also if the mission is completed as Jack when you give Kinnear the supplies he will ask: "Did the kind man send you?"
  • โ—†After completion, the crashed flying machine will remain at the base of the cliff for the entirety of the game.
  • โ—†If you look carefully, you can see the crashed flying machine on your map, even before you start the mission.
  • โ—†Immediately after completing the mission, the player can scope in with a sniper rifle or binoculars and see Charles' body. It will normally have unspawned by the time the player reaches it if they go via the trail down to the bottom of the mesa, but with some luck it is possible to survive sliding down the cliff. Charles' body has only a Survivalist Map if looted.

Objectives

  1. 1Gather 20 feathers from any combination of birds.
  2. 2Gather 5 beaver furs.
  3. 3Gather 10 Red Sage.
  4. 4Return these items to Charles Kinnear.
  5. 5Wait 1โ€“2 days for Kinnear to complete his glider.
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Last verified September 14, 2026