Pouring Forth Oil III
Red Dead Redemption 2
Mission 15 of 24
Started by 
Horseshoe Overlook, New Hanover
Available after Pouring Forth Oil II, or after Pouring Forth Oil I if part II is skipped; can be played in a different order
"Pouring Forth Oil III" is a story mission of Red Dead Redemption 2 in Chapter 2: Horseshoe Overlook. It is given by John Marston at the Horseshoe Overlook camp. It follows Pouring Forth Oil II, or Pouring Forth Oil I when part II is skipped. This guide lists it fifteenth of the chapter's 24 missions, which can be played in a different order.
Arthur Morgan and John check that everything is ready for the train robbery. Arthur asks for a third man, Charles Smith. John goes to fetch him, and Arthur heads for the oil wagon at Old Trail Rise, where Pouring Forth Oil IV starts.
- Location
- Starts at the Horseshoe Overlook camp; ends at Old Trail Rise, where the oil wagon is hidden, Scarlett Meadows, Lemoyne
- Unlocks
- Pouring Forth Oil IV, one in-game hour later; with A Quiet Time, it is required for A Fisher of Men
Story
Back at camp
When Arthur has hidden the oil wagon at Old Trail Rise himself, in Pouring Forth Oil II, he goes back to Horseshoe Overlook to tell John it is in position. "John." John asks how it went; Arthur says it went well and asks him the same. John: "Got everything we need." At the end of Pouring Forth Oil I, he had left to get the supplies.
Arthur: "Good. I think we need another man. Charles?" John: "I'll go get him. Meet us at the wagon when you can." "Sure", answers Arthur.
John adds: "See, Arthur... I ain't that dumb." In Pouring Forth Oil I, Arthur had called the oil wagon idea brilliant for John and joked that a wolf had eaten half his brains. Arthur answers: "Next time, let the wolves eat all your brain... then you'll be a genius."
To the wagon
John leaves to find Charles, and Arthur rides to the oil wagon at Old Trail Rise. It is the starting point of Pouring Forth Oil IV, the train robbery itself.
Choices and variants
If John took the wagon
If Pouring Forth Oil II was skipped, the conversation is different. John: "You never got us that oil wagon did you?" Arthur: "Ah, I'm sorry. I clean forgot." John tells him not to worry: it has been taken care of, otherwise they would miss the train. "Thank you", says Arthur.
John asks whether he is still interested in the job. Arthur says yes, but they will need another man: "I like Charles Smith for this kind of thing." John will get him, and tells Arthur where to meet them: "There's an old burnt out shack up near the border... north of a place called Dewberry Creek. We stashed it there."
Arthur thanks him again. John: "See, Arthur... even you make mistakes sometimes." Arthur: "Sometimes..."
Trivia
- Charles, chosen here as the third man, is the one Arthur sends to deal with the engineer in Pouring Forth Oil IV.