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The governor's offering $20,000 in gold for your heads, boys. Now that's what I call incentive!

–Soldier, to Jack and Red


House of Cards is a mission in Red Dead Revolver.

Story[]

After Jack Swift successfully jimmied the lock on the front door of the governor's mansion, he, Red Harlow, and Annie Stoakes are making their way inside to find the corrupt official and bring him to justice. Annie also plans give the governor a taste of his own medicine in revenge for him burning down her ranch.

Walkthrough[]

Mission Objectives[]

To complete this mission, the player must:

Mission Details[]

The mission opens with a cutscene where the three protagonists are entering the front door of the mansion into the large foyer. As enemies appear and the player takes control of Red, Annie heads off in search of the governor, the gold, and whatever havoc she can wreak on the mansion. Jack and Red fight the enemies in the foyer, then work their way through the kitchen and into one wing of the mansion.

Continuing upstairs and past the governor's bedroom, Rhidian Cornet appears down a corridor along with other enemies. The player can choose to simply run from the foyer up to this point, ignoring enemies at the expense of losing a little health. Rhidian must be defeated before proceeding, however.

Once Rhidian is dead and the player enters the room at the end of the corridor, the message "Something looks odd about these walls" appears on-screen. Moving towards one of the walls triggers a cutscene where Red finds and opens a hidden panel. Jack stays behind to deal with more approaching enemies while Red heads through the secret door.

Proceeding down a corridor leads to a set of stairs going down, with enemies at the bottom. After defeating them and additional enemies in a room around the corner, a cutscene triggers in which Annie busts through a door on the other side of the room. She tells Red that she's been busting the place up and has found keys to the whole mansion, but hasn't found the governor yet.

Annie and Red head off together and encounter two more Cornet brothers - Russ and Mark. The player should be careful moving in front of Annie during this section as she will occasionally fire the special blast from Faith and the player can be hit. After defeating the two Cornets and other enemies, heading upstairs and around a corner will trigger a cutscene where Annie finds Buffalo Soldier. Annie tells Buffalo and Red to go on to find the governor while she stays there to find Jack Swift. Note that the player can run ahead to this area from the previous area, but the cutscene will not trigger until the Cornets have been killed.

Buffalo Soldier and Red enter the governor's office to find a man sitting in a chair, facing away from them. It is not the governor, however, it is Jason Cornet who chides them for not making an appointment first, then gets up to duel Red. Cornet is a very fast duellist. Once he is killed, the mission ends and proceeds directly into the weapon selection screen for the final mission.

Mission Dialogues[]

Main article: House of Cards/dialogues

Mission Failure[]

The mission will fail if:

  • The player dies.
  • Annie or Jack die.

Objectives for Excellent Rating[]

  • None

New Game Elements Introduced[]

  • None

Mission Complete Unlockables[]

  • None

Shop Items[]

  • None

Bounty Hunter Mode[]

This mission is not available in Bounty Hunter Mode.

Video Walkthrough[]

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House of Cards - Chapter 26 - Red Dead Revolver

Trivia[]

  • The governor in this mission is offering to the US Army a sum of $20,000 in gold to whoever kills Red Harlow, Jack Swift and Annie Stoakes. This quantity would amount to "5,462,749.51" in today's money.
    • There is a discrepancy in regards to the bounty offered by the governor. At first, a soldier says it's "$20,000", but then later during the same mission, Rhidian Cornet says that the governor is offering just "$5,000", meaning that it would be $5,000 per head and another $5,000 on top as a bonus. Either that or a developer oversight.
  • The governor's mansion draws influences from Lionel Starkweather's Estate, a location featured in Rockstar's 2003 title Manhunt: the gardens area, the main entrance, and the secret passageways filled with hidden paramilitary soldiers, are all taken from that game.
  • The chimney located in the dining room is not actually well-placed in the wall, as it has no effect on the other side of the wall since it is merely a 2D texture.
    • The candleholder sitting on top of the chimney and in front of a mirror was made into the reflection of the room by placing a copy of the candleholder within the mirror.
  • A scouple of soldiers are having a small conversation while guarding the mansion, which foreshadows their upcoming demise:

-Up until now, this has been the easiest duty I've ever had.

-Yeah, but I wish I was back at Fort Apache now. I've got a bad feeling about this.

-Sure would be a laugh to die in this fancy Palace, after all the places we've been!

-Huh, some joke... You just keep an eye out!

  • The soldier mentioning a "Fort Apache" could be referring to the real-life military outpost Fort Apache, which is located in Arizona, however it was previously known as "Camp Apache" when in 1870 US Army troops established the outpost.
  • The piano present inside Griffon's mansion plays a note each time the player shoots it. This detail was also featured in Red Dead Redemption.

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