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Abigail Roberts/Hosea Matthews
Catherine Braithwaite pays Hosea and Arthur to head into Rhodes and hand out the stolen moonshine for free at the local saloon.
- Mission giver
- Abigail Roberts/Hosea Matthews
- Playable
- Not stated
- Location
- Rhodes Parlour House, Rhodes
- Target
- Not stated
- Unlocked by
- Not stated
- Unlocks
- Not stated
Player notes
At Clemens Point, Abigail tells Arthur that Hosea and John are waiting with the moonshine taken from the Braithwaites. Dutch has given John another task, so Arthur rides to the stash and joins Hosea. Hosea has no buyer for the liquor and decides to return it to Braithwaite Manor as supposedly recovered property. John leaves to investigate the Braithwaites' race horses.
At Braithwaite Manor, Hosea asks Catherine Braithwaite for half the moonshine's value as a reward. Her sons threaten the pair, but Catherine stops them and orders payment. She knows Sheriff Leigh Gray arranged the theft. For another ten dollars, she orders Hosea and Arthur to give the moonshine away at the Grays' saloon in Rhodes. On the road, Hosea casts them as brothers Melvin and Fenton, with Arthur assigned the foolish role.
At the Rhodes Parlour House, Hosea and Arthur announce free moonshine and serve the patrons until the saloon descends into drunken disorder. Lemoyne Raiders arrive, furious that the liquor intended for them has been handed out. Arthur and Hosea shoot their way through the saloon, slip upstairs, and jump into their wagon. They drive out of Rhodes under fire, killing the pursuing Raiders, then reach Clemens Cove.
Objectives
6 stepsIn the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.
- 1Deliver the moonshine to Braithwaite Manor
- 2Take the moonshine to the Rhodes saloon
- 3Collect the moonshine from the back of the wagon
- 4Go behind the bar in the saloon
- 5Follow Hosea upstairs to escape
- 6Jump into the wagon below
Trivia
- โArthur and Hosea were originally going to wear unique outfits during this mission for their roles of Melvin and Fenton, which consisted of blue stitched-up overalls, long fake beards and wide-brimmed hats. These outfits were cut from the final game, but can be found and restored from the game files.
- โThere is a typo in the subtitles for Part I, in which "looking" is spelled as "lookng".
- โIf they wish, the player can skip Part I by going straight to Hosea and John.
- โIf Arthur has completed "Preaching Forgiveness as He Went" before this mission, he will comment on the Lemoyne Raiders at the start of the gunfight, calling them "the bastards from Shady Belle".
- โThis is one of the few missions in the game where the player will not incur an Honor loss for killing horses, the other ones being "Urban Pleasures", "The Fine Art of Conversation" and "Our Best Selves".
- โThe train car that appears near the start of the mission only appears a few times throughout the game, featuring beds for passengers; although no passengers are present in it during the mission.
- โDuring the shootout in the saloon, there is a unique Lemoyne Raider with a full, yellow mask who is believed to never appear anywhere else in the game. Despite this, the appearance of this Raider is randomized and will spawn as one of thirty-three masked men everytime the mission reloads.
- โThe cut Rhodes Doctor and a fiddle player for Rhodes were originally intended to also be seen drunk in the saloon during this mission.
- โThe player will have unlimited ammunition during the escape from the saloon.
- โAfter this mission if the player goes back to the saloon, Arthur may get recognized as "Fenton".
- โIf the player alerts a witness, Hosea will react to it and command the player to prevent the witness from reporting to the law. The same applies in "The Spines of America".
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Last verified September 14, 2026
