One of the biggest things that make Red Dead Redemption 2 a good game is what seems to be an endless number of secrets that are waiting to be discovered by players. Although the game has been released for about two years now, fans are still uncovering mysteries, some of which remain unsolved today.
Now, adding to the long list of Red Dead Redemption 2 mysteries is a relatively new secret that can be found within the halls of the Saint-Denis theater. It is worth noting that this particular mystery is fairly difficult to uncover given that players must perform specific actions in order to trigger the events leading to the secret.
How to Trigger the Saint-Denis Theater Mystery
Upon entering the theater in the city of Saint-Denis, players can purchase a ticket to see a vaudeville type of performances playing in the venue. To trigger the secret, several fans revealed that players must visit the theater several times. Moreover, it is advisable that before embarking on this quest, players must first complete The Smell of the Grease Paint side mission in the game, which revolves around Arthur helping a woman named Marjorie, who is traveling the world to perform with her troupe. Now, it is currently unclear whether completing this side quest is mandatory to trigger the secret. However, several players revealed that it only worked after completing this particular quest.
After completing the quest, players must head into the Saint-Denis theater, purchase a ticket, and watch all of the performances. It is worth knowing that the performances in the theater would take about half an hour to complete, given that the show consists of several groups giving out different performances. Of course, while it may take a little bit of time to see the entire show, the performances are quite entertaining and is a testament to how Rockstar Games went to all the trouble into putting all these small details in the game.
The show will consist of several acts that include singers, dancers, some mysterious performances, and a magician whose act won't go as planned prompting the player to step in and save the day. After the performances, the show's host would appear on stage to close the event, and it is at this point that the lights would go dim, before coming back on again. At this point, several people from the audience would begin leaving the theater and the curtains on stage would open slightly.
What is the Saint-Denis Theater Mystery?
This is Arthur's cue to go up the stage and enter the slightly opened curtains. Entering the backstage would trigger the start of the mysterious events, and players would immediately hear some instruments playing within. However, upon checking the backstage, players will see several instruments lying around, but there are no people there. Interestingly enough, if the player looks out to the stage, they will see that there are still some people left inside the theater.
On the other side of the stage, players will see a dimly lit table and if players check it out, they will obtain a cigarette card. Now upon obtaining the card, a weird 'ta-da' sound would play, and upon checking the theater, the people that were just there have mysteriously disappeared. It is worth noting that the amount of time that has passed between obtaining the card and heading back to the theater is only mere seconds, which makes it mysterious as to how those people got out of the theater instantly.
Interestingly enough, the cigarette card reveals a photo of Robin Koninsky, who is one of the singers that just performed inside the theater. It is currently a mystery whether the person featured in the card has something to do with the weird disappearance of the audience. It is also currently unknown what the relevance of the secret is and how the audience left in the theater could simply vanish in a short amount of time.
Some speculate that the Saint-Denis theater could be an intricate puzzle that is still unsolved in Red Dead Redemption 2. Other fans even suggested that maybe opening some drawers backstage in a particular sequence would trigger another mystery event, but so far, it appears that no one has been successful in solving this mystery. As of the moment, it appears that this relatively new mystery discovered in Red Dead Redemption 2's Saint-Denis theater, remains unsolved.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is out now for the PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.