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Paying a Social Call, Kieran Duffy
Chapter 2 โ€“ Horseshoe Overlook

Paying a Social Call

Kieran Duffy

Under the threat of torture, Kieran leads Arthur, John and Bill out to Six Point Cabin where he claims Colm O'Driscoll is holed up.

Mission giver
Kieran Duffy
Playable
Not stated
Location
Six Point Cabin, Cumberland Forest
Target
Not stated
Unlocked by
Not stated
Unlocks
Not stated

Player notes

Arthur Morgan questions Kieran Duffy, still tied to a tree at Horseshoe Overlook, about the O'Driscolls. Dutch van der Linde and Bill Williamson join him, and Dutch has Bill prepare hot tongs to geld Kieran. Kieran breaks under the threat, claiming that Colm O'Driscoll is staying at Six Point Cabin in Cumberland Forest. Arthur takes Kieran there with John Marston and Bill to check the lead.

Bill tells Arthur that he has left throwing knives in Arthur's saddle. At Kieran's direction, the group leaves its horses and approaches Six Point Cabin on foot. They find O'Driscoll guards in the woods, including one relieving himself beside a tree. Arthur's group quietly removes the men on the perimeter, but the killing soon brings the rest of the gang out and starts a gunfight.

Arthur, John and Bill defeat the O'Driscolls around the cabin. Arthur enters the building to look for Colm, only for a surviving O'Driscoll to rush him and knock him down. Kieran follows Arthur inside and shoots the attacker dead. Colm is absent, and Arthur turns his gun on Kieran, convinced that the former O'Driscoll has led them into a trap.

Kieran argues that he would not have saved Arthur if he had set the group up, and Bill backs him. Arthur releases Kieran, but Kieran says Colm's men would kill him if he went alone and asks to remain with the Van der Linde gang. Arthur lets him stay and sends John and Bill back to camp with him. Left at Six Point Cabin, Arthur searches the chimney for the money Kieran mentions and finds a Double-Barreled Shotgun above the fireplace.

Objectives

12 steps

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

  1. 1Follow Kieran
  2. 2Mount your horse
  3. 3Follow John
  4. 4Follow Kieran
  5. 5Take out the O'Driscolls
  6. 6Search the cabin
  7. 7Take the Shotgun (if the chimney is searched first)
  8. 8Hold [TAB] (PC)/ (PS4)/ (ONE) to open the Weapon Wheel
  9. 9Use [MOUSE] (PC)/ (PS4)/ (ONE) to select the Double-Barreled Shotgun
  10. 10[MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON] (PC)/ (PS4)/ (ONE) Maintain the Double-Barreled Shotgun
  11. 11[R] (PC)/ (PS4)/ (ONE) Clean the Double-Barreled Shotgun
  12. 12Search the chimney (if the Shotgun is taken first)

Gallery

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Screenshots from Paying a Social Call, mirrored from Red Dead Wiki.

Paying a Social Call (1/5)
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Trivia

  • โ—†As with the mission "The First Shall Be Last", the player should not waste time in looting everything from the Cabin when the mission ends, as they will receive a WANTED status, prompting Lawmen to arrive and investigate. Instead, it is advised to loot the bodies and the hideout right before entering the cabin.
  • โ—†When the gang starts fighting, Bill can be seen using his custom Schofield Revolver. This is one of the only times Bill is ever seen using his sidearm in the game.
  • โ—†During the ride to Six Point Cabin, the player has the option to talk to either John or Bill. John will talk about Abigail, and Bill will talk about the previous bar fight in Valentine.
  • โ—†If neither option is chosen, John and Kieran will talk about how bad Kieran smells due to being tied up to a tree for a month. The topic of conversation will then shift to Colm killing Annabelle, John rebuking Kieran for riding with a "woman-killer", either forgetting or ignoring Dutch's recent murder of Heidi McCourt.
  • โ—†If Arthur sends Bill or John to execute an O'Driscoll instead of taking the lead himself, but proceeds to take a gang member out himself, they will make comments about the intervention.
  • โ—†Shooting any of the girls at the O'Driscoll camp will not result in an Honor loss.
  • โ—†The O'Driscolls found here are exclusive to the mission and cannot be seen if the player visits the hideout in free roam.
  • โ—†It is possible to acquire two of John's Cattleman Revolvers during the mission using a bug.
  • โ—†It is possible to get the Double-Barreled Shotgun before the mission by doing the Catfish Jacksons robbery or visiting the Hermit Woman. Various Murfree Brood members also drop it during some random encounters (woman in the back of a cart, 2 Murfrees looting a campsite, etc.) albeit in a worn state.
  • โ—†After this mission, Kieran will be reluctantly accepted into the gang. He will spend most of his time tending to the gang's horses.
  • โ—†During the ride to Six Point Cabin, Bill will tell Kieran that should he turn on the gang, he'll die but he'll "lose his balls first". This foreshadows how the O'Driscolls gouge Kieran's eyes out before killing him in Chapter 4.
  • โ—†According to IGN 's playthrough of the game a few months prior to its release, Kieran was originally going to be captured just before the mission. This would explain the plot discrepancy wherein Kieran happens to know Colm's exact location after being held hostage for nearly a month, and explains why the gang is so quick to move in and subsequently threaten to shoot Kieran for "setting them up".
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Last verified September 14, 2026