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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 9890535" data-attributes="member: 25818">I've made some progress on the skill challenges.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bandit 5: Amass a $250 bounty in one State. (Unchanged. As I said, when you break Micah out of jail, your bounty in West Elizabeth can easily exceed $250. And the sixth challenge isn't completable until chapter 3 when you unlock the Horse Fence, since you have to sell him stolen horses to do it.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Explorer Complete. (Once I acquired three treasure maps I spent an evening following them and completed these challenges.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gambler 5: Win three rounds of Dominoes without drawing any tiles against 2 or fewer opponents. (I did "Who is Not Without Sin" just to unlock poker so I could get started on these. I actually love the gaming animations and mechanics, it's just a pleasure to play poker or dominoes or blackjack in this game. This challenge is tricky; I've forgotten quite a bit of Dominoes strategy in the intervening time.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Herbalist 9: Pick one of each species of herb. (Blackcurrant, Wild Feverfew, Desert Sage, and Red Sage can be found only in New Austin where a sniper kills you, and Prarie Poppy is only found there and in the parts of West Elizabeth where Pinkertons spawn by the dozens to kill you. Those are the last ones I need.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Horseman  Complete.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Master Hunter  Complete.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sharpshooter 9: Shoot three people's hats off in the same Dead Eye use. (I'm pretty sure this one is impossible to do without getting the second level of Dead Eye targeting.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Survivalist 1: Catch three Bluegill fish. (Can't do this challenge until after the mission, "A Fisher of Men," which is among the last missions in Chapter 2. I stole a fishing pole and caught three Bluegill, but it didn't trigger the challenge.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weapons Expert 3:  Complete.</li> </ul>Dead Eye is your supernatural power in this game. All video game protagonists have at least one supernatural power to them, even if they claim they don't. In the Hitman franchise, you can detect targets through walls. In Assassins Creed, you can fall from great heights and survive unscathed so long as there is even the slightest pile of leaves or bales of hay to fall on. In Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, it's Dead Eye.When you enter Dead Eye mode, everything takes on a sepia tone and is drastically slowed down. You can then "paint" little Xs on things, and then when you pull the trigger you target each of those Xs with rapid-fire shots. Dead Eye has five general "levels" of usability. While you, yourself, don't move faster, you get to react to things far faster than anyone around you. It has 5 levels of usability.Level 1 lets you paint targets' vital spots only, which you do by passing the cursor over those spots. Level 2 lets you manually target spots. Your Dead Eye gets upgraded to this level when you complete the chapter 2 mission, "Pouring Forth Oil IV."I'm pretty sure you need level 2 Dead Eye to do the 9th Sharpshooter challenge. I'm trying to target vulnerable spots "behind" people's hats to knock the hats off, but it has be in the same Dead Eye use, and that's really proving impossible.</blockquote>

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