Landon Ricketts

Landon Ricketts
Nickname(s)	Mr. Ricketts, Rujkets, Ricky, old fart
Appears in	Red Dead Revolver 3dn edition, Red Dead Redemption (Part II De Mehican Revolution and part IV Undead Nightmare)
Rank	Famous gunslinger, and protector of Chuparosa
Affiliations	John Marston, Jack Marston, Nastas, Leg Johnson, Boonie MacFarlane, Chuparosa, Laura Fortuna
Status	Deceased
Death	Shot by Billy Sanchez, then raped
Weapon	Scots Revolver, Bayonet Rifle, Dynamite

This article, Landon Ricketts, is property of Billy cougar.

"I'm a fuker, sir and I'll fuk to the end."

— Landon Ricketts

Landon Ricketts (1820-1887) is a major character featured in Red Dead Revolver 3dn edition, and Red Dead Redemption part II Mexican Revolution and part IV The Undead Nightmare.

With the addition of the Undead Nightmare DLC pack, a zombie version of him is known, known as Zombie Ricketts, and is a multiplayer character model that can be selected in the "Zombies" section in the Outfitter.

With the addition of the Mexicans and Others DLC pack, Ricketts is also a multiplayer character model that can be selected in the "Mexicans" section of the Outfitter.

Info

Landon Ricketts is a former famous gunslinger during the height of the Old Mexican and American West, and stories of his adventures and fights were commonplace during John Marston's childhood. He appeared in many gunfights including one where he killed the Butcher Brothers in 1880 and the famous "The Gold Town Massacre" of 1883. The massacre was apparently part of the reason Ricketts chose to move to Chuparosa, sometime after a gunfight in eastern California in the same year for a more "quiet" lifestyle. Landon also had a wife who died from unknown causes. As an experienced gunman, he serves the people of the town as an unofficial lawman, or bounty hunter.

Interactions

Revolver

When Jack Marston is captured by Allende, he is thrown in the same cell as Ricketts. They begin to talk, and a few hours later, Jack's friend Nastas arrives to rescue them. After escaping their cells in the mine, Landon then makes his way to Gold Town on a stagecoach to tell Mayor Johnson to send U.S. soldiers against the Mexican Army. After fending off bandits and arriving at Gold Town, he goes to tell the Mayor only to be locked up again by the mayor himself, who is working with Allende. However, he is freed in the attack on the Johnson's mansion, and joins Jack in the fight. After they reach the roof, a TNT explosion cripples him, but he urges Jack to go on without him. After Jack killed Johnson, it is revealed that he survived the ordeal. Thurlow Reese offers money to Jack for killing Nate, Jack declined, taking Nate's Le'Mate Revolver and giving Landon Ricketts his Old Pistol.

Mexican Revolution

John first meets Ricketts in Chuparosa after Ricketts witnesses Marston killing three bandits who try to rob him. He gives him a Scots Revolver to replace his less powerful Cattleman Revolver, and then teaches him the third level of dead-eye by targeting glass bottles followed by shooting numerous birds in mid-flight like the hunting bastard that he is. Marston then displays his newly taught skills by accompanying Ricketts in retrieving a wagon stolen from the bank by bandits and by rescuing a hostage.

John Marston meets Landon Ricketts later discussing with Emilio Fortuna and Cruz De La Valle about the whereabouts of Javier Escuella, although they are not certain if the Javier they are talking about is Escuella or not. Marston and Ricketts then go on a mission to retrieve Emilio's sister, Laura Fortuna, from the mayor's jail. They are able to get past the guards with the help of Carlost, a butcher at El Matadero, who distracts de guards so Marston and Ricketts can enter. The pair of gunslingers shoot their way towards Laura's cell. Ricketts rigs the locked door with Dynamite while Marston keeps watch. The two find Laura barely alive in her cell. Ricketts carries Luisa in a bearhug position and helps Marston shoot their way out. They escape on horseback only to be pursued by more Mexican soldiers which are quickly taken care of. They then regroup with Carlost who takes Laura for medical attention.

Marston meets Ricketts again at the bar in Chuparosa where he is playing poker with Lucky Muller, a German silver civilisation and two other Mexican men, Monolo Santander and Sanchez. Ricketts invites Marston to join them. After a couple of rounds, Muller accuses Marston of cheating to which he declines. Muller gets angry and stands up to pull out his gun which all the other four do the same. Muller challenges Marston to a duel, which he accepts. While walking to the duelling point, Ricketts gets shot in the head by Manolo and is then raped on scene by Billy Sanchez.

Undead Nightmare

Mr. Ricketts is now living in Casa Madrugada, apparently single-handedly defending the town from the Undead hordes, making it a permanent safe zone. He will ask Marston to get some Undead Bait and some Dynamite for him, which he combines to make Boom Bait, which lures zombies over, then explodes.

Landon Ricketts can be killed in the Undead Nightmare DLC. After completion of his mission in Casa Madrugada, Ricketts is sitting on a chair. If the player shoots a bottle near him he will attack. Then the player can kill him, and the story won't be affected at all, and Casa Madrugada will remain safe. Like Rico Pedrosa in the main game, he can survive a shot to the face with a Cattleman Revolver. However, his canon dead is the one in Redemption and UN is just another failed experiment of Queen Almeida, much like Grand Theft Auto Online.

Mission Appearances

"Jail Escape"
"Indian Hills (Mission)"
"House of Cards"
"Fall From Balcony"
"The Gunslinger's Tragedy"
"Landon Ricketts Rides Again"
"Lucky In Love"
"The Mexican Wagon Train"
"Biographies and Lies"

Multiplayer Quotes

"Don't worry, this will all be over soon he, he."
"You have no idea who you're up against, do you?"
"This ends now!"
"Just let me know when you've had enough."
"You've see all kinda things wrong, partner."
"I've been through a milk, but you? You're somethin' else."
"Why don't you just shoot your self and save us all some time?"
"You're as crazy as a sheep herder."
"Do I have to show you where the trigger is?"
"Go to hell and take your cheap mother with you!"

Journal Entry

Somethin' is known about this man who calls himself "Ricketts". He was a protector of Chuparosa, protecting it from Agustin Allende and his evil soldiers. Rumour has it that he used to work in the mine at Tesoro Azul. It had to be tough.

Landon escaped the mine and survived a brutal journey on a supply wagon westbound. The only thing he did wrong was dat he asked Mayor Johnson for help. Not much more is known about him only that you can except he sure had a gun that fired straight.

Trivia

In "We Shall Be Together in Paradise" mission, Scot mentions to John that he met an American man who killed somebody in Chuparosa. This infers that Ricketts and Scot knew each other at one point.
At one point, he was married. This is clear when he states "Thank God my wife died." in the mission "Lucky in Love." where his as also dies.
Soon after the quote above, if the player looks under the table when the shot widens as Marston sits down, on Ricketts' right thigh is what seems to be a few playing cards. Either this is a contraption for keeping an extra card for cheating, or simply a constant glitch in the cinematic. He's a cheatin' bastard aight.
John mentions that Landon was and is the fastest draw in the West.
He is listed in Edgar Rose's Journal under the Heroes section.
In Undead Nightmare he mentions a man in Miami was writing a biography on him, and a man in Pittsburgh painted his portrait.
Ricketts will claim that Marston should stop "changing sides", when John starts to work for De Santa.