Every Red Dead habit GTA 6 has already confirmed: a scorecard, 18 days out

Twelve Red Dead habits, and the short answer is that five are confirmed, three are half there, and four are pure guesswork. That is the scorecard. The rest of this piece is the working.

Bama made the case last week that Leonida is the closest thing to Red Dead 3 we will get this decade, and he was careful to mark his guesses as guesses. We went back through everything Rockstar has shown or said, plus the Edge preview, and gave each habit one of three marks. Confirmed means Rockstar showed it or said it. Not shown means Rockstar has named it but we have not seen it played. Our guess means nobody official has said a word.

1. A conscience that remembers

Confirmed. The Extended Look showed the Criminal Profile, a rating of how you commit crimes that does not reset when the wanted stars fade. Petting a dog nudged it one way; a devil icon flashed during a brutal act. Edge reports it runs from Professional to Irredeemable and affects how the story unfolds. This is Red Dead's honor meter with a rap sheet, and it is the most Red Dead thing in the game.

2. Crimes need a witness

Confirmed. In Red Dead 2, a crime nobody saw was a crime that never happened. GTA 6 works the same way: the wanted level only lights when someone witnesses the crime or an alarm trips. Rob Nelson's words were that the system "requires that someone witness the crime."

3. A description, not a magic radar

Confirmed. Red Dead's lawmen hunted a description. GTA 6's police track four leads: your vehicle, your clothes, your face and your partner. Edge adds weapons and security camera footage. Change clothes, swap the car, split up, and they lose you. GTA V's all-seeing police are gone.

4. Wildlife with a tier system

Confirmed. More than 170 species, with some sorted as rare, discoverable or legendary, and tracking for some, per Game Informer's cover story written with Rockstar. Alligators, deer, a Florida panther-like cat, dolphins and the invasive species Florida is famous for. "Legendary" is Red Dead's word, and Rockstar chose it.

5. Eating changes your body

Confirmed. Nobody has to eat, but food changes Jason and Lucia's bodies and snacks give temporary boosts, as Eve went through in the food piece. Red Dead's weight system, without the nagging.

6. Hunting

Not shown. Rockstar names hunting for Mount Kalaga and describes the wildlife tiers, but no official footage shows a rifle raised at a deer, a pelt, or a sale. We expect something simpler than Arthur's version. That is our guess, not Rockstar's.

7. Fishing

Not shown. Fishing is in the Extended Look's list of things to do, alongside kayaks, airboats and scuba, and Rockstar names it for Mount Kalaga. We have seen a man cast a line in a Fan Vault film, not in Rockstar's footage.

8. A slow, heavy brawl

Not shown, mostly. Melee is confirmed: Lucia put a heel through a man's eye in the showcase, and there is a backyard wrestling ring. Whether fights have Red Dead's weight, where every punch lands like a sack of feed, is not something a 26-minute montage can tell you.

9. Horses

Our guess. No horse has been shown, ridden, mentioned or stood in a field. Bama thinks a ranch or a trail ride is likely given Florida's horse country. We think he is probably right about the country and probably wrong about the horse, and we will both find out on the 19th.

10. A camp or homestead

Our guess. Rockstar mentions cabins and off-grid living in Mount Kalaga, Jason and Lucia have an apartment they decorate, and the Ultimate Edition includes a safehouse. None of that is Beecher's Hope. Building or running a place of your own is unconfirmed.

11. A prison you go back to

Our guess. Lucia starts the story fresh out of Leonida Penitentiary, so the prison exists in the story. Whether it exists as a place on the map, with a yard and a fence line, Rockstar has not said.

12. Bounties and the law coming to find you

Our guess. Red Dead's bounty system meant a crime followed you for days. GTA 6's leads clear when you lose them, and nothing shown suggests a lasting bounty. The Criminal Profile remembers how you behave, not what you owe.

The scorecard

• Confirmed: conscience meter, witnessed crimes, description-based police, tiered wildlife, food and body.
• Not shown: hunting, fishing, heavy melee.
• Our guess: horses, a homestead, a prison on the map, bounties.

Five out of twelve on November 1, with three more waiting on footage Rockstar has not released. If the November 18 reviews cover hunting and fishing, this scorecard moves to eight. We will update it the day they land.

Everything above is labelled, and the sources are below. The full list of what Rockstar has shown is on the facts ledger.