RDR 2 Online - Trader Rank 10 to Rank 15 in 2 hours (grinding Small Local Deliveries)
1448:55 - 1000 Trader XP from 4 fast Small Local Deliveries in 6 minutes
1:12:54 - by this point, it was 2375 Trader XP in 21 minutes
With luck I could get 2000 Trader XP (a new Trader Rank) in as fast as 12 minutes but it usually took about 20 minutes.
It's because Trader XP from Delivery Sales are always the same based on Wagon size -- not on # Goods.
e.g. Small Local Delivery of 25 Goods, 10 Goods, or even 1 Goods, is always 250 Trader XP and 200 Rank XP.
With a good Camp location, I was usually doing about 4 Deliveries (1000 Trader XP) every 15-20 minutes.
This video is at this Camp:
- https://youtu.be/hcsttbXwVnc?t=2938
- I used the San Luis, Gaptooth Ridge, New Austin camp location
Other video (Rank 5 to Rank 10) was at a nearby camp in the same area:
- https://youtu.be/FPfV8SmZcBw?t=13531
- here I was using the South Gaptooth Breach, Gaptooth Ridge, New Austin camp location
The XP variance mostly depended on which drop-off location I got (one took seconds to reach and the other a couple minutes) and also the 50/50 chance to get a shootout at the drop-off location.
In both sessions, there was sometimes other sources of Trader XP. Cooking the prime stew gives 325 Trader XP. I was consistently maxing out Materials, too, and donating perfect pronghorn or bighorn sheep that I'd find between deliveries.
But the main source was the constant Small Local Deliveries that sometimes took seconds and otherwise took just 2-5 minutes. Resupplies usually took less than 5 minutes, too, as both 'steal the wagon' type missions spawn very nearby, and I never once got another type.
Other Camp locations could work but I found south-west Gaptooth Ridge to be especially reliable because the one spot near the mine was about 30 seconds and 2 minutes away from the Delivery locations, and the San Luis river location was also about 2 minutes but barely 10 seconds away from those same locations.
Main point is that doing constant Small Local Deliveries (even with 1 Goods) was netting me a conservative 2000 Trader XP (a full Trader Rank) every 30-45 minutes, but every 20 minutes was doable with efficiency and in theory 12 minutes with luck.
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