Lists Game
Red Dead Redemption 2
tracking their Red Dead Redemption 2 achievements.
Click here to track your progress.

Friends With Benefits achievement in RDR 2

Friends With Benefits

Complete a Companion Activity in each camp.

Friends With Benefits0
Hide ads

How to unlock the Friends With Benefits achievement

  • InfiniteBoydInfiniteBoyd
    03 Nov 2018 27 Oct 2018 06 Jun 2020
    Minigames such as poker or dominoes do not count toward the achievement.

    *Many people are saying this achievement is glitched for them and that their progress tracker isn’t changing so in case this happens to you, make a save at least once in every chapter so you’ll be able to go back to that point if nessecary.*


    Just leaving this here so a lot of people don't get screwed over. This achievements description is super misleading, what its asking you to do is to complete a companion mission in chapters 2, 3, and 4.

    *Update: It has been confirmed that you must do this in one pl aythrough. Going back to a previous save to do one a mission in a chapter you missed will not work.

    *Companion activities will not start showing up until after completing the chapter 2 main quest Blessed are the Meeks?.

    It only requires one activity for each of those chapters, hence why it is unlocked during chapter 4. The other camps are not required, just the main.

    Below are some of the activities you can do during each chapter, shoutout to PowerPyx for finding these out. If some of the missions aren't available (which sometimes show up on your map as white icons) try progressing the story a little more or by sleeping until the next day. if you're going to progress the story however be careful as to not finish the respective chapter.


    Chapter 2:

    Any Random Gang Member – Dominoes or Poker: sometimes a random gang member sits at the tables and wants to play (mostly in the evening or at night). *TheOatmeal specifies that you need to completely finish the mini games in order for them to count. *you don’t to win the games, they’ll still count as long as you finish them.
    Lenny – Five Finger Fillet: sometimes Lenny sits at a table and wants to play Five Finger Fillet (most in the evening or at night).
    Javier – Home Robbery: Talk to Javier at camp, he wants to do a home robbery with you in Valentine. This can still be available in Chapter 3.
    Charles – Hunting: Talk to Charles at camp, he wants to hunt a Bison with you.

    Chapter 3:

    Sean – Coach Robbery: Talk to Sean at camp, he wants to rob a Stagecoach.
    Bill – Coach Robbery: Talk to Bill at camp, he wants to rob a Stagecoach.
    Tilly – Dominoes Minigame: You can play Dominoes with her at camp when she’s sitting at the tables (usually at night).
    Javier – Fishing: Talk to Javier at camp, he wants to go fishing.
    Kieran – Fishing: Talk to Kieran at camp and go fishing together.
    Micah – Five Finger Fillet: You can play the FFF minigame with Micah in camp when he’s sitting at the tables (usually at night).
    Javier – Home Robbery: If you haven’t done his robbery in chapter 2, it may show up again in chapter 3.

    Chapter 4:

    Charles – Bank Robbery: Only available if you have the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition of the game. This is an exclusive bonus mission, not available with Standard Edition of RDR2.
    Micah – Coach Robbery: Talk to Micah at camp, he wants to go rob a stagecoach.
    Lenny – Coach Robbery: Talk to Lenny at camp, he wants to go rob a stagecoach.
    Pearson – Hunting: Talk to Pearson at camp, he wants to go hunting.
    Uncle – Robbery: Talk to Uncle at camp, he wants to go steal some cows with you.
    Showing most recent comments. View all comments.
    mikeazzo
    "Javier – Home Robbery: Talk to Javier at camp, he wants to do a home robbery with you in Valentine. This can still be available in Chapter 3."

    If I finish this in Chapter 3, will it count towards the companion activity of chapter 2?
    I also would like to know the answer. I have started chapter 3 with no other saves.
    Posted by mikeazzo on 18 May 20 at 15:24
    WeisGuy9It appears, at least for me, that gaming activities do not count for this achievement. Only the robbery and hunting type missions counted.
    Posted by WeisGuy9 on 20 May 20 at 19:35
    VfV SaviorCan confirm that minigames do not count. Only the "white symbol camp missions" (hunting/fishing/robbing) count.
    Posted by VfV Savior on 25 May 20 at 06:46
    vegansound
    *Companion activities will not start showing up until after completing the chapter 2 main quest Blessed are the Meeks?.
    I can confirm the opposite of it. I did the bison hunt with Charles two days ago, and the progress bar marked it as one activity done. And only yesterday I broke Micah out of jail ('Blessed are the Meek?' mission). So I did the activity before doing the quoted mission.
    Posted by vegansound on 02 Jul 20 at 14:26
    EmperorBelloIf you have at the top that the mini games don’t count why do you include chapter 2 minigames.
    Posted by EmperorBello on 20 Jul 21 at 00:01
    brat trashone of the mini games definitely counted towards my progress. i think it was five finger filly when the other was already sitting at the table waiting to play
    Posted by brat trash on 08 Jul 22 at 02:14
    beastman rulesWhat do i do?
    Posted by beastman rules on 14 Oct 22 at 23:45
    SchwarzioLenny's 5-finger fillet definitely counted for me.

    Hunting with Charles didn't. Can you only do one from each camp?
    Posted by Schwarzio on 23 May 23 at 19:39
    Dread ReaverThis unlocked for me after replaying the very first mission, hundreds of hours after already completing the game :-|
    Posted by Dread Reaver on 09 Jul 23 at 10:16
    Nickson69420I noticed my progress bar on the console had not updated to 66% when I completed multiple companion activities in chapter 3, but when I checked the progress bar on my phone through the Xbox app it is updated to 66%.

    If you think the achievement is bugged for you, I would check the Xbox app on your phone to see if the achievement’s progress bar has updated there.

    I still yet have to get to chapter 4 to confirm if I get the achievement or not.

    Edit: Somewhere in chapter 3 the progress bar on the console updated to 66%. I’m in chapter 4 and just did the mission with Uncle. Once it was over the achievement popped.
    Posted by Nickson69420 on 16 Feb at 10:43
  • Have you got any tips or tricks to unlock this achievement?
    Add a guide to share them with the community.

    Add a guide
Do you have a question about this achievement? Please post it in the Red Dead Redemption 2 Forum