Red Dead Redemption 2 Shoot 3 Hats Off Sharpshooter Challenge

Shoot 3 hats off in RDR2 is a Sharpshooter challenge in the game. Completing the RDR2 3 hats Sharpshooter challenge, you have to shoot three hats off of people’s heads in one Dead Eye, and without killing them. This is much more difficult than it sounds. For one, you have to unlock a specific Dead Eye special ability in Red Dead Redemption 2. With all of that in mind, here’s our Red Dead Redemption 2 Shoot 3 Hats Off Sharpshooter Challenge guide to show you the easiest way to complete the challenge, as well as which special ability you need.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Shoot 3 Hats Off Sharpshooter Challenge
Red Dead Redemption 2 Shoot 3 Hats Off Sharpshooter Challenge

How to Complete Shoot 3 Hats Off RDR2 Sharpshooter Challenge?

To complete this Sharpshooter challenge, you have to shoot three hats off of people’s heads, without killing them, all in one Dead Eye. Now, this sounds pretty simple on paper. In practice, it really isn’t. For one, you have to unlock the third Dead Eye Special Ability. For this, you’ll have to complete the mission “Banking, the Old American Art” in Chapter Four (for detailed info on this subject, check out our Red Dead Redemption 2 Dead Eye Upgrade – How to guide). Why is this necessary? Because this allows you to manually aim in Dead Eye without tagging targets. If you use tagging, then you’ll automatically headshot the target, leading to both murder and failing the challenge.

Now, any collection of three people with hats on is going to suffice to complete the RDR2 3 Hats Off Sharpshooter challenge. One such location is the post office in the southeast of Valentine. There are always two guys hanging out there, wearing hats. Yes, one guy doesn’t have a hat in our screenshot, but trust us on this one. Anyway, once there, all you have to do is wait for somebody else with a hat to walk by. Go into Dead Eye and manually aim for the hats, one after the other. Again, DO NOT tag the targets. Whatever happens, book it immediately. Things are gonna get plenty ugly real fast, and you want to be as far away as possible real quickly.

If you’re not sure how exactly to use Dead Eye, head on over to our Red Dead Redemption 2 How to Use Dead Eye guide. Or, if you need something else, we’ve got How To Retrieve Horse When It’s Too Far Away To Whistle, Mail Perfect Rabbit & Squirrel Carcass – Wildlife Art Exhibition, and many other guides for you.


If you end up getting stuck at another point, you might want to check out some of the other guides we have. We've written about mysteries like the missing person Gavin, the Rhodes Gunsmith prisoner, the locked door at Valentine doctor. We also have instructional guides that show how to rob stores without getting bounty or where to sell jewelry and gold bars. If it's collectibles or key items you're after, we've found all the Penny Dreadful comic books, Chick's treasure map location, or that famous pipe for Dutch. Finally, if you don't care to explore the map yourself, you could take a look at our Watson's Cabin and Catfish Jackson's Homestead locations guides. In the latest Red Dead Online Moonshiners Update you'll have a chance to find Navy Revolver and Best Shack Locations.


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