Want to know whether Red Dead Redemption 2 satchel upgrades are worth it? They most certainly are. We found ourselves regularly running out of inventory space, but increasing the capacity of your satchel means no more valuable lootings get left behind.
Once you're introduced to the camp, you'll find Pearson, doubling as the camp cook and handyman – he'll be the one you interact with most at the campsite. You'll need to hand over your hunts for the camp stew and you can upgrade your camp with cosmetics such as antlers for your tent or a nice bear skin rug. One of the more practical upgrades is to your satchel which you can modify to increase the capacity for a range of inventory items.
You'll soon discover that upgrading your satchel in Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't made easy. You'll need very specific ingredients which require a lot of perfect animal pelts as well as requirements before you can ask Pearson for an upgrade.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Leather Working Tools
To upgrade your satchel at camp you'll need Leather Working Tools, which as you can see below, is a requirement for all satchel upgrades. To unlock Leather Working Tools, you'll need to complete a mission from Strauss. You can find him after the first five campaign missions in Chapter 2 and the quest is called Money Lending and Other Sins. Once you complete this mission, a ledger will unlock behind Dutch's tent in camp. You can purchase Leather Working Tools from this ledger for $225.
Red Dead Redemption 2 satchel upgrades
Here are all the satchel upgrades in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Satchel Upgrade Requirements Recipe Tonics satchel Increases carrying capacity for tonicsLeather Working Tools
Upgrade medicine wagon twice
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect buck pelt
Perfect elk pelt
Ingredients satchel Increases carrying capacity for edible ingredientsLeather Working Tools
Donate 5 animal carcasses to camp
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect badger pelt
Perfect squirrel pelt
Kit satchel Increases carrying capacity kitsLeather Working Tools
Donate 3 valuables to camp
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect elk pelt
Perfect panther pelt
Provisions satchel Increases carrying capacity for provisionsLeather Working Tools
Upgrade provisions wagon twice
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect bison pelt
Perfect raccoon pelt
Materials satchel Increases carrying capacity for materialsLeather Working Tools
Craft 3 recipes at the scout fire
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect boar skin
Perfect iguana skin
Valuables satchel Increases carrying capacity for valuablesLeather Working Tools
Donate $50 to camp
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect beaver pelt
Perfect rabbit pelt
Legend of the East satchel Increases carrying capacity of all itemsLeather Working Tools
Craft all other satchels
Perfect deer pelt
Perfect cougar pelt
Perfect wolf pelt
How to get a perfect pelt in Red Dead Redemption 2
To upgrade your satchel and for other camp upgrades, you'll need to know how to get a perfect pelt in Red Dead Redemption. Here are all the perfect pelts you'll need for your RDR2 satchel upgrades.
Animal Location Weapon Perfect deer peltRoanoke Ridge
New Hanover
Lemoyne
Long distance rifle/poison arrows Perfect buck pelt Forest areas Bolt-action rifle Perfect elk peltWest Elizabeth
Dakota River
Roanoke Ridge
Long distance rifle/poison arrows Perfect badger peltWest Elizabeth
Scarlett Meadows
Ambarino
Varmint rifle Perfect squirrel pelt Forest areas Small game arrows Perfect panther peltBolger Glade
Lagras
Long distance rifle/poison arrows Perfect bison peltBlackwater
Heartland Overflow
Sniper rifles/improved arrows Perfect raccoon pelt Rhodes Varmint rifles Perfect boar skinBluewater Marsh
Kamassa River
Rhodes
Rifles Perfect iguana skin Flat Iron Lake Varmint rifles Perfect beaver skinLake Isabella
Lake Owanjila
Bow headshot/repeater Perfect rabbit skin Everywhere Small game arrows Perfect cougar skinRoanoke Valley
Little Creek River
Rifles/poison arrows Perfect wolf skinGrizzlies East
Little Creek River
Rifles/poison arrowsAlthough these weapons are best for getting you that perfect pelt in RDR2, our guide to rare weapons in Red Dead Redemption will help you find all the weapons not available for sale at the general store.
As well as discovering 48 different weapons in RDR2, If you're looking to tick another item off the 100% list, you'll need to complete the exotics quest in Red Dead Redemption 2.
