I can't find any of these treasures.

[DJ_Ichabod]

I've been playing RDR2 for 2 weeks. Before I dove into it I played the first one again and I remember loving the hidden treasures and understanding that with a little bit of map studying, you could find them without looking them up. Which makes me feel accomplished and proud.

RDR2 however, well I'm just now into chapter 4. I've only found 1 third of the serial killer maps. I bought another one off some stranger. To conclude these individual statements, I have no idea where any of these are.

To add on I've only found 1 dinosaur bone too and it was the one by the oil Derrick which is right next to the women you meet.

The point and question I'm trying to get across is, has anyone ever naturally found any of these treasures without looking them up?

Is there any advice you could give me?

Is it worth it?

Thank you.

[Gabriel]

The Rock carvings and the Dinosaur Bones are a pain. I've found them by just riding around. If you really want to find them all you will need to designate the time to each. There are maps out, but you feel good knowing you found them yourself. The murder maps are easier then you think. Just keep a close eye out on the side of roads when you get of the main paths there not easy to miss. Finally, I found the treasure maps this time around easier then in the original. As you ride around you will notice the main land scape easily after you look at the maps. Hope you find them.

[ChrisCr0ss]

It takes a while as Gabriel mentioned. I can't recall how long it took me but I did it when I was going around collection different items I had needed to complete some odds and ends missions/tasks. 

[Kormath]

On 12/29/2018 at 10:17 AM, DJ_Ichabod said:

I've been playing RDR2 for 2 weeks. Before I dove into it I played the first one again and I remember loving the hidden treasures and understanding that with a little bit of map studying, you could find them without looking them up. Which makes me feel accomplished and proud.

RDR2 however, well I'm just now into chapter 4. I've only found 1 third of the serial killer maps. I bought another one off some stranger. To conclude these individual statements, I have no idea where any of these are.

To add on I've only found 1 dinosaur bone too and it was the one by the oil Derrick which is right next to the women you meet.

The point and question I'm trying to get across is, has anyone ever naturally found any of these treasures without looking them up?

Is there any advice you could give me?

Is it worth it?

Thank you.

Yes, i found all of the serial killer clues by just exploring and using the provided maps and jack hall gang treasure with just the maps.  The more you explore and become familiar with the surroundings the easier they are.  It's just a much bigger world than RDR, takes more time and observation.

Definitely worth it.  you get 1-4 gold bars for each treasure found, 10 treasures total you can get easily before the end of the game.  I finished the explorer challenge in chapter 3.

Edited December 31, 2018 by Kormath

[Truth]

23 hours ago, Kormath said:

Yes, i found all of the serial killer clues by just exploring and using the provided maps and jack hall gang treasure with just the maps.  The more you explore and become familiar with the surroundings the easier they are.  It's just a much bigger world than RDR, takes more time and observation.

Definitely worth it.  you get 1-4 gold bars for each treasure found, 10 treasures total you can get easily before the end of the game.  I finished the explorer challenge in chapter 3.

I really don't think I could have gotten all of them without the guide. Same with the dinosaur bones and rock carvings. No way in hell would I have found them all without it. 

[Kormath]

2 hours ago, Truth said:

I really don't think I could have gotten all of them without the guide. Same with the dinosaur bones and rock carvings. No way in hell would I have found them all without it. 

Not all no, there's no way.  I used Google for the rock carvings. I would have never found any on my own.  I thought they were statues or figurines or something.

Haven't done much with the bones yet, I have 5 maybe 6 found so far just from exploring.