Good, Honest, Snake Oil
Uncle/Curtis Malloy
Following a tip from the Valentine Sheriff, Arthur attempts to capture and turn in Benedict Allbright, a wanted criminal, out near the Dakota River.
- Mission giver
- Uncle/Curtis Malloy
- Playable
- Not stated
- Location
- The Heartlands, New Hanover
- Target
- Not stated
- Unlocked by
- Not stated
- Unlocks
- Not stated
Player notes
Following Uncle's suggestion, Arthur Morgan visits Sheriff Curtis Malloy at the Valentine's Sheriff's Office. Malloy directs him to a wanted poster for Benedict Allbright, a travelling snake oil seller whose remedies have killed people. The sheriff wants Allbright brought back alive, and sends Arthur north into the Heartlands, near the Dakota River.
Arthur finds Allbright on a ledge above a gorge. When the salesman suspects he is facing a bounty hunter, Arthur claims to need medicine for his sick mother. Allbright hands over a bottle, but Arthur tosses it into the water and draws his revolver. Allbright calls himself a healer and refuses to surrender. He tries to flee, loses his footing at the cliff edge, and Arthur hauls him back up before he can fall.
Allbright then leaps into the river and is swept away by the current. Arthur follows the river on horseback, catches the fugitive with his lasso, and binds him. He carries Allbright back to Valentine and delivers him to Sheriff Malloy at the Sheriff's Office, where Allbright is placed in a cell and Arthur receives the bounty.
Objectives
4 stepsIn the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.
- 1Investigate the gorge
- 2Confront the bounty
- 3Pickup the bounty
- 4Return the bounty to the Sheriff's Office
Trivia
- ◆Right after the first cutscene with the sheriff and deputy, if you have not robbed the Doctor’s Office Backroom (or else the soon-to-be-mentioned door will not budge), the player can nudge the aforementioned metal door and enter, gaining a free Schofield Revolver. A random townsperson will be back there, too, which is a good opportunity to rob him for the first Bandit Challenge. If you look through the backroom window right before doing everything mentioned, and it must be the first time doing so, or you won’t be able to do it again, then do everything above. The money counting/bookkeeping O’Driscoll will be in the backroom as well. You won’t be able to rob him, but you can get a second Cattleman Revolver from him, which will give you access to two pistols for nothing.
- ◆Allbright resembles Nigel West Dickens, another snake oil salesman from Red Dead Redemption. Both men dress sharply, sell snake oil, and claim to be medical men and healers, but are in fact charlatans who engage in quackery. The only difference is that West Dicken's Elixir doesn't kill people, while Allbright's medicine does.
- ◆This is the only bounty mission that cannot be done by John Marston.
- ◆If the player's horse is not near them, Arthur will mount Albright's Hungarian Half-bred, which may result in it becoming your temporary horse.
- ◆A different cutscene will play out if the player isn't able to pull Albright in time.
- ◆Using this mission, the player can explore the Great Plains region as Arthur and get journal entries and items that aren't supposed to be obtained until the Epilogue, but the player won't be able to go in New Austin.
- ◆You can also use the mission to get horseman challenges without the interference of random encounters along the way.
- ◆Albright will remain in the jail cell for the rest of the game, even in the Epilogue, but you can't interact with him.
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Last verified September 14, 2026