Joe is a supporting character featured in Red Dead Redemption 2 and a stranger in Red Dead Online.

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Who are the associates of Joe in Red Dead Redemption 2?

Joe, a character in Red Dead Redemption 2, is part of the Van der Linde gang. His associates include notable characters such as Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Dutch van der Linde, and Micah Bell, among others.

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What is the significance of Joe's encounter at Osman Grove in Red Dead Redemption 2?

In Red Dead Redemption 2, Joe's encounter at Osman Grove is a pivotal introduction to his character. He initially confronts the player at gunpoint in his cabin but soon identifies them as a potential ally. He probes about their knowledge of Micah, Cleet, and Samson Finch, and reveals a recent murder. Joe's offer to pay the player for work sets the tone for subsequent missions and interactions.

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What does Joe reveal about his past during his encounter with the player in Red Dead Redemption 2?

In Red Dead Redemption 2, Joe, an associate of Micah Bell and Cleet, encounters the player in Osman Grove. Initially suspicious, he eventually recognizes the player's intent to find work. Joe reveals his recent involvement in a murder and proposes a job offer. In a separate incident, Joe Butler, a resident of Rhodes, shares insights about his past and the area's condition.

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What is the relationship between Joe and Micah in Red Dead Redemption 2?

In Red Dead Redemption 2, Joe is an associate of Micah Bell and they engage in outlaw activities together. The player can encounter Joe in Osman Grove, where he references Micah while discussing a potential job. Micah also has a past connection with an associate named Norman, involving a bank robbery.

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History

Background

Joe is an associate of Micah Bell, alongside Cleet. Not much is known about their backgrounds, though Joe sports a tattoo in French on his chest, "tout me fait rire". The tattoo was common amongst French criminals, sailors and Foreign Legionnaires in the late 19th century, alluding to their past connections or origins in France. The presence of this tattoo hints at Cleet and Joe's background of having been involved in the French criminal underworld, or having been prior convicts in the 'biribi', France's colonial penal battalions that were based in French North Africa. It is also possible that Joe and Cleet were Americans who were veterans of the French Foreign Legion, who also saw action in North Africa and throughout the French colonial empire.

Events of Red Dead Online

The player can encounter Joe in Osman Grove, where he will initially hold them at gunpoint when they enter his cabin unannounced, but eventually deduces that they are looking for work. He asks if the player knows Micah, Cleet, or Samson Finch, and begins talking about a man he had murdered recently, whom he barely even knew. Joe then offers to pay the player if they kill another man and his associates, who have been giving him trouble recently.

After this, Joe can be found again at his cabin, and will offer paid killings, coach robberies, thefts, and other assassination missions to the player. His missions give negative honor.

Blood Money

Joe appears in the Blood Money update as a member of Guido Martelli's criminal network, and offers new missions to the protagonist.

Events of Red Dead Redemption 2

Beaver Hollow Chapter

In 1899, Joe is recruited by Micah to aid the Van der Linde gang in their robbery of a US Army train, although he plays a minimal part in it. After Arthur goes to confront Micah for betraying the gang, Joe sides with Micah and the others during the ensuing standoff against Arthur and John. Joe and the others prepare to shoot the pair, but are interrupted when Pinkertons storm the camp and the gang are forced to flee. He can next be seen riding with Dutch, Micah and Cleet chasing after Arthur and John, although the pair manage to lose their pursuers in the woods.

After the Van der Linde gang is disbanded, Joe and Cleet join Micah in creating his own gang.

Beecher's Hope Chapter

Years later in 1907, John Marston, Sadie Adler and Charles Smith learn that Micah is still alive and journey to Mount Hagen after finding out that he was there, to kill him in revenge for his betrayal that ultimately led to the fall of the Van der Linde gang and the death of Arthur Morgan.

Alongside two other gang members, Joe encounters John as he makes his way up the mountain. After a brief confrontation, Joe and his allies are promptly gunned down and killed by John, who then resumes on his trek toward Micah.

Mission appearances

Red Dead Redemption 2

• "My Last Boy"
• "Our Best Selves"
• "Red Dead Redemption"
• "American Venom"

Red Dead Online

• Boat Theft
• Horse Theft
• Early Release
• Bushwhack
• Paid Killing
• Coach Robberies
• Blood Money missions

Trivia

• Joe has a tattoo on his chest that reads "tout me fait rire", a French phrase which translates to "Everything makes me laugh". Cleet has a tattoo in the same area, although it is partially obscured by his neckerchief.
• If Joe is antagonized enough in camp, he will shove Arthur, just like Dutch, Micah and Cleet.
• Joe never speaks during a cutscene in the single player campaign; he shares this distinction with Cleet. While Cleet does speak several times during "Our Best Selves" and "American Venom", Joe only has a few lines during his final appearance. One of them can be heard saying "Yup" during the opening cutscene of "Red Dead Redemption", although neither man's mouth can be seen moving. Both can also be interacted with around camp, between the missions "My Last Boy" and "Our Best Selves," although they never move past the table near Dutch's tent. They only sit at the table, lay on their nearby bedrolls or occasionally go to the mouth of the cave. During these interactions, Arthur notes that he doesn't talk much.
  • However, he does speak during his stranger activity in Red Dead Online. This interaction sees him speaking much more, often repeating himself. Also, he, Sadie Adler, Josiah Trelawny and Sean MacGuire are the only members to appear in the game, although Joe and Sadie are the only two to have not been involved with the gang at the time, having become members a year after the events of Red Dead Online.
• Although Joe is affiliated with Guido Martelli, he expresses distain for Italians to the Red Dead Online protagonist.
• Joe's facial features seem to have been based on a real-life person that appeared in the book titled "Face", which is a collection of portraits taken by photographer, Bruce Gilden, who is best known for his candid close-up photographs of people.

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