Easiest 70 Gold Medals

[NaseemJohn]

As promised here's all the 70 gold medals I got. I went for most of the easy and short ones so if you follow this you shouldn't have too much trouble getting them. Also anyone having trouble with headshots when you're out of deadeye, consider practicing the sharpshooter technique. For this all you need to do is click L2 to lock onto an enemy and you'll notice that the reticle always aims for the chest after this you'll want to give R a subtle flick upwards and then immediately press R2 and you'll basically always pull off headshots. Takes some getting use to but works very well. 

 

Here's a link to the spreadsheet with all the easier gold medals and their requirements made by @Akrioz

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A-KDkbLHjXM3aRYcidsHNF9MqgObj08RJkcAwgNp990/edit?ouid=115112967549370358311&usp=sheets_home&ths=true

 

- Chapter 1

 

Outlaws from the west (Stick behind cover, pop out and fire 1 or 2 shots and don't miss a single shot)

 

Enter pursued by a memory (Run back towards your horse and switch to your pistol or else wolves will hit you easily) 

 

The aftermath of genesis 

 

Eastward bound 

 

- Chapter 2

 

Polite society valentine style (Immediately run upstairs the saloon to find Karen)

 

Good honest snake oil 

 

Americans at rest (don't hit him too much just focus on counters as they do a lot of damage)

 

Exit pursued by a bruised ego (run straight to the bear location)

 

Paying a social call (try to kill as many guards as possible stealthily with headshots by using the bow so then you don't have to worry about 12 headshots too much)

 

A quiet time (old rival is right behind you at the table once you get back control) 

 

Money lending and other sins 3

 

Who is not without sin 

 

The spines of America 

 

We loved once and true 3

 

Blessed are the meek? (Sharpshooter technique when you're out of deadeye and try to move as fast as possible or else Micah can die and will void without taking health item goal)

 

The first shall be last 

 

Pouring forth oil 2

 

A fisher of men (very easy but took me three attempts as you can be late by a couple seconds)

 

Pouring fourth oil 4 (remember to get 10 dead eye kills before killing all enemies as there isn't a lot of them)

 

A strange kindness (if you replay like I did you'll have a shitty horse, all you need to do is tap x along with your horses rhythm and you should get him back to his family in time)

 

- Chapter 3

 

Further questions of female suffrage 

 

The course of true love 2 

 

The course of true love 3

 

An honest mistake (use dead eye to get as many headshots as possible when you're being chased by horse riders at the start) 

 

Advertising the new American art 2

 

Horse fish for dinner (pay attention to the brown stallion on the right as it will escape from John, have your lasso ready and throw it the moment It breaks free)

 

A short walk in a pretty town (can be a bit tricky but use Sharpshooter technique when your dead eye meter is low and stay behind cover cause they seem to have snipers and can kill you easily)

 

Blood feuds ancient and modern (deadeye and Sharpshooter technique but once you're above the balcony take cover behind the pillars and you'll be in a pretty good position to dish out headshots while being safe from getting hit)

 

The battle of shady belle (don't allow the old man in bed to commit suicide) 

 

- Chapter 4

 

The joys of civilization (when the kid hops on the bus you will pass by the bar where your horse is at, simply jump on your horse and follow the bus, when the kid jumps off follow him and immediately sprint towards his position then tap to grab him)

 

Help a brother out (go in instinct mode to see the traces on the floor near the bookshelf then interact with it to find them)

 

Brothers and sisters one and all (immediately sprint towards the kid's location)

 

No no and thrice no

 

Fatherhood and other dreams 2

 

High and low finance 

 

American fathers 2

 

Horsemen apocalypse (boat will spawn when you go to save your companion in the back)

 

Urban pleasures (the moment you get on the trolley go into dead eye and near the building you'll see 4-5 guards you can instantly kill)

 

Country pursuits 

 

Revenge is a dish best eaten 

 

Banking the old American art 

 

- Chapter 5

 

Welcome to the new world

 

Paradise mercifully departed (once upstairs and Micah plants the bomb you will have time to loot 1 or 2 dead bodies and you'll most likely find dead eye potions so use that to your advantage and save one for the part where you need to bring the captain back to the boat in under 2 mins)

 

Dear uncle tacitus (as soon as you get into the house the letter will be on the table downstairs, read it then you'll be placed leaning against a wall, look behind you once the guard passes by then crouch sprint out the back door literally right next to you)

 

Fleeting joy (use deadeye with the gatlin gun to fire 1 bullet)

 

A fork in the road (there's a lady that can block you on the sidewalk and when this happens it basically screws you over so restart until she isn't in your way or try to squeeze past her) 

 

- Chapter 6

 

Do not seek absolution (run towards the waypoint and when you get into a fight just focus on the guy with the brown jacket. Remember to use parry and once he's done the fight will be over so no need to focus on the second guy)

 

Do not seek absolution 2

 

Just a social call (can be a bit tricky but just sprint and use deadeye for quick headshots)

 

The course of true love 5 (use parry on both the guys to knock them out quick, depending on how long it takes you to beat the two guys will dictate wether or not you make it in under 7 minutes)

 

A rage unleashed 

 

Honor amongst thieves (as soon as you see the wagon, go on your horse and pull up alongside it then jump onto the cart to steal the medicine quietly)

 

Goodbye dear friend (run up the stairs in front of you quickly to find the sniper)

 

The delights of van Horne

 

Mrs Sadie Adler widow 2 (might seem hard but just stay behind the big rock at the start and pick them off with deadeye then quickly headshot the sniper as he comes out the barn)

 

The bridge to nowhere (die if you think you didn't do the objectives fast enough and it will reset the time)

 

- Epilogue part 1

 

The wheel 

 

Simple pleasures

 

Farming for beginners  (hide behind something when the bull tries to charge you)

 

Fatherhood for beginners (quickly tap square to jump and tire out the horse fast then feed him an apple by going into your inventory)

 

Old habits (use parry to knock him out fast)

 

Jim Milton rides again?

 

Fatherhood for idiots (can be a bit tricky as you tend to be late by 2 seconds but stick to the grass on the right side of the waypoint then as you're about to reach the farm just go back onto the path. Took me several tries despite being easy)

 

Motherhood 

 

Home of the gentry 

 

Gainful employment (run directly into the saloon then upstairs to locate him. Once he's on his horse you'll have a very small amount of time to lasso him once you get past the chopped down trees)

 

- Epilogue part 2

 

Bare knuckle friendships (run into the bar and ask the bartender where he's located. Once at the dock enter deadeye then kill the two guys on the left then exit deadeye and repeat the same thing for the two guys on the right. If you feel like you didn't make it in 10 seconds simply jump into the water and you can retry as many times as you want)

 

Home improvement for beginners 

 

A new Jerusalem (tap x when John is about to land a hit on the nail and you should get the 80% accuracy easily just pay attention to his hands)

 

Trying again 

A new future imagined (skip when you're at the movie theatre with her)

 

A new future imagined 

 

Sorry if it has some spelling mistakes or if it's way too long, i just didn't want to half ass it. Hope this helps those who need it

Edited November 13, 2018 by NaseemJohn

[HusKy]

I was waiting for a list of 70 easy missions. Congrats on getting the trophy.

 

Did you use the replay feature on all of these missions?

[NaseemJohn]

Just now, HusKyCode said:

I was waiting for a list of 70 easy missions. Congrats on getting the trophy.

 

Did you use the replay feature on all of these missions?

Yeah replay on all of them. There's enough dead eye to get the job done. 

[Sergen]

I have 52 Golds now and the most difficult one for me so far has been "A Short Walk in a Pretty Town", the 4 minute, 30 seconds requirement is a bit unfair when you need 80% accuracy and 20 headshots. After doing that one, the other ones I've done have been a bit of a breeze. I don't know if everyone has 3 Snake Oils in their inventory when they play the missions through the replay option, or whether that's part of the Outlaw Survival Kit content. What I've basically been doing for headshots myself is aiming at an enemy, then activating Dead Eye on that one enemy to mark their head and shoot them, I can get about 6 headshots per Snake Oil so there's almost always more than enough for me to use for any headshot requirement.

 

I see that you don't include Archaeology For Beginners as one of the 70 Golds you got, but I've just recently done that one and it's really easy once you know what to do, I'd recommend people to do that one instead of A Short Walk in a Pretty Town. You can manually reload the checkpoint that requires you to infiltrate the camp, so if you do get caught, press , then click on the mission name and abandon the mission, then restart that checkpoint. 

 

Below is a video from the checkpoint of the Gold Medal objectives for Archaeology For Beginners, bear in mind that I keep looking to see if the objectives are ticked off, but they are only ticked off once you complete the mission: 

 

Edited November 7, 2018 by Sergen

[NaseemJohn]

12 minutes ago, Sergen said:

I have 52 Golds now and the most difficult one for me so far has been "A Short Walk in a Pretty Town", the 4 minute, 30 seconds requirement is a bit unfair when you need 80% accuracy and 20 headshots. After doing that one, the other ones I've done have been a bit of a breeze. I don't know if everyone has 3 Snake Oils in their inventory when they play the missions through the replay option, or whether that's part of the Outlaw Survival Kit content. What I've basically been doing for headshots myself is aiming at an enemy, then activating Dead Eye on that one enemy to mark their head and shoot them, I can get about 6 headshots per Snake Oil so there's almost always more than enough for me to use for any headshot requirement.

 

I see that you don't include Archaeology For Beginners as one of the 70 Golds you got, but I've just recently done that one and it's really easy once you know what to do, I'd recommend people to do that one instead of A Short Walk in a Pretty Town. You can manually reload the checkpoint that requires you to infiltrate the camp, so if you do get caught, press , then click on the mission name and abandon the mission, then restart that checkpoint. 

 

Below is a video from the checkpoint of the Gold Medal objectives for Archaeology For Beginners, bear in mind that I keep looking to see if the objectives are ticked off, but they are only ticked off once you complete the mission: 

 

I wasnt aware that you could reload checkpoint on that one. Main reason I didn't bother with it is because there's a whole 5 minute part at the beginning where you're just riding around with rain falls so restarting that every time you failed would of been tedious whereas a small walk in town can be done in 3-4 minutes. With that method you just showed though I would recommend switching a small walk in town for archeology for beginners.

[Noirlingua]

I have 71 Gold medals now but still no trophy, anybody know if some of the story medals don't count towards the trophy?

 

Update: After one gold medal more the trophy popped.

Edited November 7, 2018 by Noirlingua

[NaseemJohn]

11 minutes ago, Noirlingua said:

I have 71 Gold medals now but still no trophy, anybody know if some of the story medals don't count towards the trophy?

Check social club it's the best way of finding out how much you got missing. 

[Noirlingua]

25 minutes ago, NaseemJohn said:

Check social club it's the best way of finding out how much you got missing. 

Great idea! I just did that and it showed 71 gold medals but the trophy progress was at 98 I guess I get one more

[CookeKeyes]

I hate the replay feature in this game. I’m convinced some missions are absolutely impossible to get a gold rating with the crappy weapons, stats and horse they force you to play with. I’m trying to get gold on my first attempts so I don’t have to deal with that bullshit.

 

Oh, and can anyone clarify something for me? If you do a mission and get 3/4 objectives the first time, then replay the mission and get the 4th one you missed, does that carry over and give you 4/4 after completing the replay? I could have sworn that was how it worked, but I had some previously completed objectives disappear on me when replaying a certain mission one time.

 

Anyway, thanks for the list.

Edited November 8, 2018 by PoisonJam7

[NaseemJohn]

4 minutes ago, PoisonJam7 said:

I hate the replay feature in this game. I’m convinced some missions are absolutely impossible to get a gold rating with the crappy weapons, stats and horse they force you to play with. I’m trying to get gold on my first attempts so I don’t have to deal with that bullshit.

 

Thanks for the list.

I only came across one mission that seemed impossible while replaying and that's "An American Pastoral Scene" in chapter 2. Everything else was very doable but some required one or two retries.

[gernboes]

17 hours ago, Sergen said:

I have 52 Golds now and the most difficult one for me so far has been "A Short Walk in a Pretty Town", the 4 minute, 30 seconds requirement is a bit unfair when you need 80% accuracy and 20 headshots. 

Correct me if im wrong, but i assumed you dont have to meet all requirements in one go? So you could do the mission twice, once taking your time and going for accuracy and headshots and once just doing it quick? 

[Alex_R-13]

4 minutes ago, gernboes said:

Correct me if im wrong, but i assumed you dont have to meet all requirements in one go? So you could do the mission twice, once taking your time and going for accuracy and headshots and once just doing it quick? 

No, you have to get all requirements in one go

[gernboes]

 

44 minutes ago, Alex_R-13 said:

No, you have to get all requirements in one go

Damn, ok! And there i thought i have allready done half the work... 

[ryoonz]

Epilogue part 1 and chapter 4 are the easiest for me. Got all gold in that 2 chapter.

[Akrioz]

@NaseemJohn

Made it into a spreadsheet for easier use. Maybe someone will find it helpful. Also have links to powerpyx guide, well, the missions that he made the guide for already.

Edited November 8, 2018 by Akrioz

[Sergen]

On 08/11/2018 at 5:10 AM, PoisonJam7 said:

Oh, and can anyone clarify something for me? If you do a mission and get 3/4 objectives the first time, then replay the mission and get the 4th one you missed, does that carry over and give you 4/4 after completing the replay? I could have sworn that was how it worked, but I had some previously completed objectives disappear on me when replaying a certain mission one time.

 

 

No, you do need to do all the requirements within the same run of the mission to get a gold medal at the end. 

[XjaegerbombX]

On 11/8/2018 at 4:16 AM, Akrioz said:

@NaseemJohn

Made it into a spreadsheet for easier use. Maybe someone will find it helpful. Also have links to powerpyx guide, well, the missions that he made the guide for already.

 

 

thank you!!! I saved this spread sheet, and will go back to these missions after I beat the story.

[CookeKeyes]

4 hours ago, dokkanexpert said:

 

 

thank you!!! I saved this spread sheet, and will go back to these missions after I beat the story.

I would HIGHLY recommend going for the Golds the first time through. As others have said, it’s much more difficult when you use the replay feature due to the crappy weapons and resources. You’re much better equipped and prepared when you play normally.

 

Even though it’s time consuming, I make a manual save before starting each mission and reload if I don’t get the gold on my first attempt. It’s annoying, but it saves a lot of hassle and frustration by avoiding the (awful) replay feature.

[Rio__HUN]

The health, stamina, deadeye level is carried over via replay? Or you got a full stock Arthur?!

[Shiperzz]

1 hour ago, Rio__HUN said:

The health, stamina, deadeye level is carried over via replay? Or you got a full stock Arthur?!

 

Stock Arthur. Its much easier to get all the golds during your playthrough.

[NaseemJohn]

1 hour ago, Rio__HUN said:

The health, stamina, deadeye level is carried over via replay? Or you got a full stock Arthur?!

I did all my gold medals via replay, the only downside was the garbage horse and somewhat low deadeye level but it's still very doable even with the low level stats. You can either replay which is a quicker way to get the trophy or do another play through which takes a lot more time.

[Valbiro]

THANKS 

[MercureUnleashed]

11 hours ago, NaseemJohn said:

I did all my gold medals via replay, the only downside was the garbage horse and somewhat low deadeye level but it's still very doable even with the low level stats. You can either replay which is a quicker way to get the trophy or do another play through which takes a lot more time.

 

"still VERY doable", dude, you should consider that not everyone is as good as you. Doing the gold without stock Arthur is a pain, that's a fact. So you shouldn' let ppl think it's easy AF so they would try with replay and keep tryharding/failing most part of time. 

[lilpain97]

11 minutes ago, MercureUnleashed said:

 

"still VERY doable", dude, you should consider that not everyone is as good as you. Doing the gold without stock Arthur is a pain, that's a fact. So you shouldn' let ppl think it's easy AF so they would try with replay and keep tryharding/failing most part of time. 

Dude calm down, he never once mentioned his skills anywhere and he's right... It's VERY doable. Infact he doesn't even say easy AF  

 

He went out his way to make a list of 70 doable missions and you moan about it because he says its doable? Is it doable? Yes so he ain't wrong.

Edited November 12, 2018 by lilpain97
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[MercureUnleashed]

2 minutes ago, lilpain97 said:

Dude calm down, he never once mentioned his skills anywhere and he's right... It's VERY doable.

 

He went out his way to list 70 and you moan about it because he says its doable? Is it doable? Yes so he ain't wrong.

 

You shouldn't reply before even reading and understanding correctly, he said twice "very doable", you understand what does it mean, don't you? (rhetorical question, idc much tbh), yes it's doable and his list ain't much useful as each one has his own way to play (he puts in missions i made 4-5 tries, while he didn't put missions I did first try, so w/e), but it's silly to say such things as "you have enough dead eye in replay" or "it's very doable" etc, so people think "if he says so, i can do them on replay" and tryharding 4-5 times on a mission because someone else said "lol easy peasy". 

Now end of discussion, I'm right, and either my way to arg' pleases you or not, if you bring nothing to the topic, just stop talking, really. thanks.
Whiteknights nowaday, sigh.

Anyway, as I said, it's easier to do it with a stock Arthur and you shouldn't rely on replays to make golds if u're an average player like me. And passing this trophy with "full replays" doesn't mean everyone can do it, that's a point, get over it.