Telegrams can be picked up from inside your virtual camp or at the various Post Offices scattered across the map. When you log in, you’ll notice that the Post Offices in particular have a unique glow to let you know there’s something important to be found there. There are currently three Telegram missions listed under the New Source of Employment subhead:
A One Horse Deal: Go to the waypoint marker on your map to intercept a trade for a White Arabian horse. Commandeer the horse and take it back to your handler while avoiding the guards on your trail. Rich Pickings: Break into a guarded mansion to steal some jewelry. Outrider: Protect a wagon full of precious cargo at all costs.
Like many missions in Red Dead Online, these offer varied payouts based on the difficulty one selects and potentially the time it takes to complete the job. By most counts, the missions offer about $11 and 0.8 Gold per standard completion. While quick to complete, they also operate on a 23-minute cooldown that prevents individual players from grinding too intensely to get the rewards.
In many ways, Telegrams are essentially a rebranding of Stranger Missions that are picked up at a different location. The tasks themselves call back to the same basic objectives used for side activities throughout Arthur Morgan’s campaign. With that in mind, these Telegrams aren’t going to drastically alter the Red Dead Online or Red Dead Redemption 2 experience as players know it, but any method that might increase one’s income is appreciated nonetheless.
As far as gameplay-focused features are concerned, today’s update is perhaps the biggest update to Red Dead Online since the Bounty Hunter occupation debuted in the beginning of December. Especially now that the game is offered as a standalone experience outside of the traditional campaign, Telegrams are an interesting way to keep different types of players interested in the game. They obviously don’t offer enough to be a sole source of income for anyone, but they may act as a fun way to kill an hour or two during times when your friends aren’t around.
This update arrives as part of the larger Weekly Update that includes an assortment of discounts for players to check out. Perhaps most noteworthy of all is the fact that the Naturalist occupation is on sale for 15 Bars and the Missouri Fox Trotter Mustang horse is being offered at a reduced price as well. If you’re looking for more missions to reduce the grind, now’s the perfect time to return to Red Dead Online.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is available now on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
What are your thoughts on Telegrams coming to Red Dead Online? Have you completed all of the New Source of Employment missions? Tell us in the comments section!
