Like many open-world games these days,Red Dead Redemption 2has a day-and-night cycle. So, while roaming the Old West, you will see the time of day change. In fact, you can evencheck your pocket watchto see the time as it progresses.
You cannot stop it, though, as time keeps moving forward, like in real life. And this isn’t Fallout, where you’re able to wait on the spot, or Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain, where you can smoke the time away. However, there is still a way to skip forward several hours. Here’s how you do it.
How To Advance Time
In Red Dead Redemption 2, you canadvance in time by sleeping. To do so, go back to camp, head to your assigned bunk, and hold down the ‘sleep’ button.
Alternatively, if you’re out in the wild, you canset up a small campsite.To do this, open up youritem wheel, head to the ‘item’ tab, andselect ‘camp,‘which is on the bottom segment of the wheel. Once you’re kneeling at your camp, you’ll see the option to sleep.
Whether you’re sleeping at your standard camp or a little camp you made, you canchoose what time of day you want to advance to. Your options are morning, noon, evening, or night. Next to each one, you can see how many hours the game will skip.
Time also moves forward while fast-traveling, but you can’t choose exactly how much time passes.
Why Advance Time
The world in Red Dead Redemption 2 is meant to feel like a real place. As such, when it gets to nighttime,shops and other establishments close until the morning. Therefore, one of the main reasons to advance time is when you’re waiting for places to open.
However, shop openings aren’t the only thing affected by time. There arespecific interactions that only happen at a certain part of the day.For instance, if you want tomeet the Saint-Denis vampire, it must be dark outside. Also, to do Henri Lemieux’s missions, he usually wants you to meet him at night. Therefore, these are other reasons to change the time of day.
