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Bare Knuckle Friendships, Uncle
Epilogue, Part 2 โ€“ Beecher's Hope

Bare Knuckle Friendships

Uncle

Uncle tells John that he has heard that Charles Smith is alive and in Saint Denis. John and Uncle go to Saint Denis to track him down.

Mission giver
Uncle
Playable
Not stated
Location
Saint Denis, Bayou Nwa, Lemoyne
Target
Not stated
Unlocked by
Not stated
Unlocks
Not stated

Player notes

At Beecher's Hope, John finds Uncle idling in the shack and scolds him for avoiding work. Uncle answers with news that Charles Smith is alive and has been seen in Saint Denis. John agrees to go with him, and they take the train east. In Saint Denis, Uncle proposes searching the saloons while John checks the poorer districts, but John sends Uncle to the slums instead and asks around at either a saloon or the Fence. He learns that a large man fitting Charles' description has been fighting at Saint Saturnines.

John meets Uncle at the fighting venue and spots Charles speaking with the organiser. Charles is startled to see John alive, then has little time to talk before placing money on himself and entering the ring as "Lone Wolf" against Simon of Wales. The bookie accepts a wager from John if he chooses to place one. Charles controls the bout and defeats Simon. He collects his winnings, changes clothes and leaves with John, while Uncle excuses himself to handle errands.

Charles leads John towards the docks to collect his bag. Along the way, they speak of Arthur, of Micah's betrayal, and of Leopold Strauss dying after the Pinkertons arrest and torture him for information. At the waterfront, men working for Guido Martelli confront Charles because he was meant to lose the fight. John and Charles shoot them, seize a wagon and escape Saint Denis. Charles explains that Martelli controls the Police Chief, making capture dangerous. They meet Uncle outside the city and ride back to Beecher's Hope together.

Objectives

9 steps

In the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.

  1. 1Follow Uncle .
  2. 2Ask about Charles at the Saloon or the Fence .
  3. 3Find Charles at the Saint Saturnines.
  4. 4Watch the fight .
  5. 5Follow Charles to the docks.
  6. 6Take out Martelli's men .
  7. 7Get on the wagon with Charles
  8. 8Meet with Uncle
  9. 9Ride with Uncle

Trivia

  • โ—†The conversation that John and Charles have about Arthur depends on what Arthur's Honor was. If Arthur's Honor was high, Charles says that Arthur "was a good man" and that his sickness gave him "some kind of understanding... what his life was really all about." Conversely, if Arthur died with low Honor (and if this mission is replayed by default regardless of his Honor), Charles says that Arthur "wasn't a good man" and that his sickness gave him "something to cling on to."
  • โ—†Additionally, Arthur's choice in either going back for the money or helping John to escape in the mission "Red Dead Redemption" is referenced by John in his conversation with Charles.
  • โ—†In regards to Arthur's death, Charles says: "He's where he would've wanted to be - on a pretty hillside, facing the evening sun", likely referencing the location of his grave.
  • โ—†There is an unused cutscene found in the PC files of the game, where John and Uncle were supposed to ride to Riggs Station and wait for the train instead of the final version where the game instantly switches to a cutscene of them riding a train.
  • โ—†The train ride cutscene features two different train assets. A Pacific Union Railroad train with an empty flatcar immediately following the locomotives appears on the first scene while a Southern and Eastern Railway train with its accompanying flatcar carrying a boiler appears upon arriving at Saint Denis.
  • โ—†For the fight, the player should bet on Charles to win. If they do, then the player will receive money at the end of the fight, whereas if they donโ€™t, the player will not be rewarded with anything, effectively losing money.
  • โ—†During the fight, if John cheers Charles, he might shout "Pretend he's Micah", even though Charles was, at that point, unaware that Micah had betrayed the gang.
  • โ—†However, Charles did hate Micah for his racism.
  • โ—†This is the only epilogue mission where the player will gain a bounty.
  • โ—†During the shootout, the Italians use Mauser Pistols which surprises John, and Charles tells him about how invention moves quick. This doesn't make sense since the Mauser Pistol is purchasable during the main storyline in 1899.
  • โ—†Also, Angelo Bronte uses a Mauser Pistol as his personal sidearm.
  • โ—†Coincidentally, Charles happens to be named "Lone Wolf" as his ringname. Noshir Dalal, Charles' voice actor, would go on to do the English voice acting for the protagonist of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, whose name is also "Wolf". Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was eventually released 5 months after the release of Red Dead Redemption 2.
  • โ—†When escaping Saint Denis with Charles, a remix of 'The Outlaw's Return' from Red Dead Redemption can be heard in the background. The original version of this song was used as the Blackwater Wanted theme in the first game.
  • โ—†After this mission, the player can encounter Daisy at the bar in Saint Denis as John Marston.
  • โ—†John will ask the barman or fence about "a boxer," but it was never mentioned on-screen before that Charles was a boxer. It's possible Uncle told John off-screen.
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Last verified September 14, 2026