Hair Tonic is indeed the easiest and the best item that you could acquire from the beginning of Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook. But, if you do not know how to find items then go through this guide to get what you want and how to use it in Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2).
RDR2 Hair Tonic: Where to Buy, Get & How to Use
The certain Hair Tonic is excellently unlocked in Red Dead Redemption 2 as early as you enter Chapter 2. So, there are almost 4 main ways to use and get Hair Tonic in RDR2 mentioned as follows:
- Buy for $3.75 from shelves in general stores
- Buy for $3.75 from any store catalog
- Loot from enemies (free)
- Pick up from different locations on the game map (free)
The moment you have the Tonic, you could utilize it by choosing it from the Satchel. For this purpose, open Satchel>go to the Kit tab>click on the Hair Tonic icon.
Some may find it useful that the beard of te hcharacter will not grow anymore at Level 6. But you can use tonics to grow and even double the hair growth. Following are the in-game details of hair growth levels:
| RDR2 Hair Growth Rate | |||
| Hair Stages | Beard Stages | Days in Game | Real-Time |
| Hair Stage 0 | Beard Stage 0 | – | – |
| Hair Stage 1 | Beard Stage 1 | 2 days | 1.6 hours |
| Hair Stage 2 | Beard Stage 2 | 2 days | 1.6 hours |
| Hair Stage 3 | Beard Stage 3 | 4 days | 3.2 hours |
| Hair Stage 4 | Beard Stage 4 | 8 days | 6.4 hours |
| Hair Stage 5 | Beard Stage 5 | 12 days | 9.6 hours |
| Hair Stage 6 | Beard Stage 6 | 20 days | 16 hours |
| Hair Stage 7 | Beard Stage 7 | 20 days | 16 hours |
| – | Beard Stage 8 | 16 days | 12.8 hours |
| – | Beard Stage 9 | 16 days | 12.8 hours |
| – | Beard Stage 10 | 26 days | 20.8 hours |
How to Use Hair & Beard Tonic in Red Dead Redemption 2
As stated earlier, you need to open the satchel using the right D-Pad to use Hair Tonic in Red Dead Redemption 2. You can consume 2-3 bottles to increase its effects. Enhancing the effects allows the hair on the face and head to grow faster than ever. But hair growth also requires some activities such as respawning, sleeping, staring missions and more.
It is pertinent to mention that if the level of your beard is less than 5th, you should be careful by collecting 3 tonics at least. But you need to keep striving for acquiring the Tonis frequently.
