Red Dead Redemption 2 - Chapter 2 - Mission 19 - The Sheep and the Goats - Part 24

Very late in Chapter 2, after completing most of the available missions, you will be able to find John in Valentine. Talk to him to start the mission. He seems to have some sort of mysterious plan involving goats and sheep, but he won't tell you what it is just yet. Lead your horse towards him, following him as he heads into town. Once you get into the main section of town, you'll need to hitch your horse and then follow John across the street. John wants you to buy a sniper rifle, so head into the gunsmith and open up the catalogue to get a good look at their guns. Go to the rifles section and pick the Rolling Block Rifle. It will be free this mission, for some reason, so don't worry if you're running low on cash. Buy the rifle, and then head back outside to talk to John.

Most your horse and then follow John as he leads you to the planes of New Hanover. John finally informs you of his plan along the way, and a rancher is leading a whole herd of sheep into Valentine for auction. With your sniper rifle you can "convince" the owner to hand over those sheep and collect the sale yourselves. You'll eventually find your way to the top of a hill, where you and John plan to watch the sheep come in.

Get off your horse, and the take aim towards the ranchers and the sheep coming in. Rather than shooting one of them, John reckons you can scare them off if you fire a warning shot close enough. He's (mostly) right, and a single shot will frighten off two of the three. Fire a second shot close to the third remaining ranch hand and he'll take off as well. You'll need to herd the sheep you managed to frighten off at the same time, so get back on your horse and ride down with John.

You first need to herd all the sheep together, so drive them towards a central area. You'll know which sheep are "herded" and which you still need to get by the color of their markers. Grey ones are already herded, while yellow ones are the stragglers you need to push towards the others. This part is fairly easy to do, and as long as you get close enough to them, they'll typically run towards the larger group. Get on the opposite side of them if needed to help motivate them towards the others, but a lot of these will be fairly easy to push together. Once you have them all in one area, you need to drive them towards town. Get behind them, so they are in front of you while heading towards town and hold the left trigger and press the indicated button to shout and them and get them to move a bit faster. Occasionally, you'll get stuck with a straggler who breaks off from the group. Get up behind them and shout at them to get the to speed up and move bak towards the rest of the group. You don't have to be perfect here, and as long as you stay behind them the sheep generally do a good job of moving towards Valentine. Keep shouting at them occasionally and riding close to them (without getting too close to the point where you trample them) and you'll make it back to town quickly.

Drop the sheep off at auction and you'll trigger a scene where the auctioneer haggles for his cut. The jerk. After, mount your horse and head towards the saloon to meet up with Dutch.

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