Home Improvement for Beginners is the 99th main story mission in Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of Home Improvement for Beginners Main Quest including all Gold Medals for 100% completion.
Home Improvement for Beginners is unlocked after completing Bare Knuckle Friendships
Quest Giver: Uncle
Chapter: Epilogue – Part 2
Region: West Elizabeth
Gold Medal Requirements:
- Complete within 18 seconds
Starting Location: Beecher’s Hope, West Elizabeth
Talk to Uncle
- GOLD MEDAL: Complete within 18 seconds
Skip the opening cinematic where Uncle convinces John to tear down the ramshackle hovel he’s been living in and actually build something.
Hold 
and hammer 
/ 
to pull the shack down in under 18 seconds.
That’s it! Easiest gold in the game.
This finishes Home Improvement for Beginners main mission in Red Dead Redemption 2. Now the next quest An Honest Day’s Labors starts.
Next Up: An Honest Day’s Labors
For more Walkthroughs with all gold medals, check out the complete Red Dead Redemption 2 Story Walkthrough.
Dan says
Hey I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m struggling with the “home improvements for beginners”.
This mission is so short it really doesn’t leave you much time for failure…but no matter how many times I retry I can’t get a gold…leaving me to believe it has to be a bug? Has anyone else came to you for this problem?
God Of War says
Hey.
I struggle with this too. Skipped the cinematic and was definitly faster than 18 seconds. Doin it right now for the 5th time. Seems to be a bit bugged.
God Of War says
Ok. A guy on YouTube wrote that you HAVE TO watch the cutscenes.
I just tried it and it worked on first try. Don’t skip the cutscenes. Have fun.
bekulambo says
Did it work for you on 1.05 patch?
BR_Darkwarrior says
Just as simple that Just don’t skip all that cutscenes so you get gold done for it now
strazzmann says
Can confirm watching the cutscenes is essential to getting the gold medal.
FatEd6186 says
Yep, watching the cutscenes worked for me. Was wondering why I was having such a hard time getting gold on this. First try without skipping the cutscenes and got my gold.