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Into the wild blue yonder, Marston!
Charles Kinnear

Deadalus and Son is a Stranger side-mission featured in Red Dead Redemption.

Story[]

Charles Kinnear is found on a ridge in Mexico with his flying machine. He explains that flying is becoming popular out east, and that he's going to be the first to sail through these lands with his flying machine and take advantage of the strong updrafts of the region. Kinnear's flying machine is not ready, however, and he asks Marston to get him some materials: 5 beaver furs, 20 bird feathers (12 in the Game of the Year edtion) of any type, and in any combination, and 10 Red Sage.

Walkthrough[]

Mission Prerequisites[]

Before this Stranger will appear on the world map, the player must complete:

Mission Details[]

Talk to the stranger near Agave Viejo.

He is located in between Casa Madrugada and Agave Viejo, just South of Roca de Madera, on the cliff's edge.

Tips and Tricks[]

  • See the Beaver page for spawn locations.
  • A good place to collect Red Sage is in Rio Bravo (just above Plainview). There is also the Survivalist Map, which shows all herbs on your mini-map from longer distances for 20 minutes (40 if passed rank 5 of Survivalist Challenge). It is best to avoid the hollow overlooking Armadillo, however, since this area is frequented by a pair of fast-respawning Cougars and full of bushes and scrub that make them difficult to spot.
  • The Stranger can die. One known possibility for this is the wolves that inhabit the land close to the stranger. Shooting at these wolves will cause him to panic and run off the cliff to his death. In this situation, it was reported that the Stranger respawned approximately seven in-game days later.
  • Feathers can be found literally everywhere; large birds drop more than small ones, as a rule. A fast way to gain feathers is by clearing a gang hideout; a large number of Vultures will spawn when the hideout is clear. Chickens also drop a lot of feathers.
  • A good story mission to collect crow feathers is "Pestilence".
  • Duck feathers can easily be acquired through the Stranger mission "Remember my Family".
  • Various Random Encounter marksmen will challenge the player to shoot a certain number of birds within a time limit (mainly Hawks in New Austin, and Eagles in Great Plains), an easy way of gathering feathers.

Tips[]

After the crash, it is possible to get down the cliff and loot his body if an alternative method is used to get to the roads. This can be done by:

  1. To the left, notice a large indent in the cliffside with only about a 10 ft drop. Proceed to jump onto this section.
  2. Now look to the left on this platform and there is a much larger drop, aim to jump for the slight platform sticking out and John should tumble to the bottom damaged but alive.
  3. Walk over to Charles Kinnear and loot his body. Players find a Survivalist Map, but nothing more.

Alternately, relatively safer way of getting to Kinnear's body can also be done:

  1. First the player needs one Moonshine and optionally some Medicine just in case there are wolves at the base of the cliff.
  2. Next the player needs a stagecoach. There are usually plenty passing by the road where the player meets Kinnear, and there's always one nearby at Casa Madrugada (If the player's honor is high enough, carjacking this one won't count as a crime.) Since travelling too far from the body makes it disappear, the player needs to park the stagecoach on the top of the cliff before initiating the cutscene where Kinnear dies.
  3. Once Kinnear is dead, the player can now get back on the stagecoach and go full speed off the cliff (it is recommended the player tries to aim for the 10 ft drop mentioned above.) Be sure to equip your revolver.
  4. The moment the player falls, immediately use the moonshine, aim your gun, and activate Dead Eye. The player must keep dead eye active as long as possible because this makes Marston invincible to damage. (Not doing so and driving off the cliff will fling Marston off the stagecoach doing somersaults in the air before he hits the ground hard and dead.) The horses will die and the wagon will tumble down the cliffs but so long as Marston stays in dead eye he will stay on the stagecoach.
  5. Eventually, Dead Eye will run out and the player will fall off his seat, but by then, the protagonist is already a safe distance from the ground that Marston will roll a bit down the cliff but live. Wolves may try to attack Marston while he's on the ground but if the player survives until Marston stands up, they can use the Medicine and fend off the wolves, then they can loot Kinnear's body undisturbed.

Trivia[]

  • In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a great inventor who built wings out of wax and feathers with which he intended to escape from the labyrinth in which the king Minos of Crete had imprisoned him, together with his son, Icarus. While they were flying, Daedalus noticed that Icarus flew too close to the sun. The wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the sea.
    • Kinnear, however, appears unaware of this, as he exclaims to Marston "They doubted dear Icarus sir, yes they did!", although this may be foreshadowing to his own fate.
    • The fact that Daedalus' name is misspelled in the title of the mission as "Deadalus" provides a small amount of dark humor and hints at Kinnear's unfortunate fate at the end of the mission.
  • If you start the mission as John and give Kinnear the supplies as Jack, Kinnear might make a remark while you walk up to him saying: "Is that you? Oh, the years have been very kind."
    • Also if the mission is completed as Jack when you give Kinnear the supplies he will ask: "Did the kind man send you?"
  • After completion, the crashed flying machine will remain at the base of the cliff for the entirety of the game.
  • If you look carefully, you can see the crashed flying machine on your map, even before you start the mission.
  • Immediately after completing the mission, the player can scope in with a sniper rifle or binoculars and see Charles' body. It will normally have unspawned by the time the player reaches it if they go via the trail down to the bottom of the mesa, but with some luck it is possible to survive sliding down the cliff. Charles' body has only a Survivalist Map if looted.

Bugs[]

  • Upon completion of this mission, when Charles gives the player money, it can occasionally zero out the player's wallet.
  • There has been at least one occurrence of Charles jumping off the cliff in the cutscene while the flying machine remains where it was before the player approached him. This is followed by Charles hilariously hanging in the air briefly, as if he were still using the flying machine.
  • While delivering the materials, if your horse is attacked by wolves while you are talking to Charles, you will fail the mission.
  • When you're about to watch him fly, he can be replaced by a big, white horse.
  • If the player points a gun at him or kills him before starting the mission, he and his flying machine disappear entirely.
  • If you have 20+ feathers from different birds, he will take 20 of each feather. For example; if you start with 24 crow feathers, 26 hawk feathers and 22 songbird feathers, you will end up with 4 crow feathers, 6 hawk feathers and 2 songbird feathers.
  • Occasionally, when you give the materials to Charles, there is a bug that occurs after the task updates in the journal and the game autosaves. Your materials will be deducted from your provisions, but a rattlesnake can spawn at the position that Charles walks to at his glider. The snake can kill Charles, and fail the task for you. You then have to repeat the task of collecting materials for him, despite the journal having being updated, it reverts to its state before you delivered the materials.
  • If the player chooses to skip the cutscene of Charles' flight, and after the auto-save is performed, a dialog will state that "The Stranger has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Check back next time you are in the area." Despite this, the stranger side-mission will be complete.
  • Sometimes, after Charles crashes down below, his body will bug and fly all over the area before dropping somewhere entirely random. This can be quite humorous. It is possible to lasso him when he gets close but doing so will hurl you off the cliff and down below. This has only been seen on the Xbox 360 version of the game. Installing the game can fix this bug.

Gallery[]

Video Walkthrough[]

Achievements/Trophies[]

Aiding Strangers will contribute toward the following Trophies/Achievements:

Strangethingsareafoot
10 gamerscoregamerscore
Bronze bronzebronze
Complete a task for a Stranger.

Rdr people still strange icon
25 gamerscoregamerscore
Silver silversilver
Complete 15 tasks for Strangers.

Redeemed
100 gamerscoregamerscore
Gold goldgold
Attain 100% List in the singleplayer game completion list.
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