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Silver Town | |
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Game | |
Red Dead Revolver 3dn edition, Red Dead Redemption (Part I and IV), Rootin' Tootin', Cowboy Shootin' | |
Teams | |
Jack Marston VS Ugly Gang (RDR3DE), John Marston and Leg VS Mo van Barr, Jack Marston VS Irish gang (RDR) | |
Place | |
Indian Hills, Texas, United States of America | |
Modes (Console Only; PC can play any map in any mode) | |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Grab the Bag, Gang shootout | |
Console Codename (PC) | |
Silver Town | |
Singleplayer Map | |
In Texas |
- "I heard you saved the life of Marshal Johnson of Silver Town last night. That town has been a bed of hot troubles, recently."
- — Abby Peppercorn to Jack
Silver Town is a town found in the game of Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Revolver 3dn edition. It is a location in the Indian Hills region of the Texas territory.
Info[]
Silver Town is a small town that was overrun by the Ugly Gang, led by Ugly Chris. During the storyline of Red Dead Revolver 3dn edition, Jack Marston first comes to Silver Town in the mission "Silver Town" of the same name when he is seeking to turn in his bounties to the local marshal for money.
Later in the story, Silver Town is the scene of the mission "Silver's Nightmare Town", wherein the player first takes control of Marshal Johnson and fights Basset's Miners.
Description[]
The town is quite obviously named after the mercury that was found in the town over 90 years ago and it was quite the thing back then, hell, even is today. Silver Town is depicted as one of the few remaining boom towns of the American West, in contrast to the industrialised northern towns characterised by Gold Town and St. Pennis. Silver Town is a common hangout for gangs (mostly Irish's Gang), and road agents who continue to bring violence and chaos to the town. Duels are common, as is the occasional bar fight and wild shootouts, making it a place where danger is never uncommon and it makes the scum pissproud.
Leg Johnson is the acting Marshal and legal mayor of Silver Town, along with the local Sheriffs, and is known widely by the local residents but also disliked as he is apparently corrupted af. He is assisted by the young sheriffs and deputies known as Jonah and Eli. According to Johnson, the bringing of the railroads to Silver Town led to the decline of its regional rival, the old decaying frontier Thompson Town, reducing the latter to an abandoned ghost town at the time of Red Dead Redemption and Revolver 3dn, which was then overrun by Roe's Criminals. The Marshal and the rest of the local law operate from the Sheriff's office and jail, where common thugs, drunks, and murderers end up behind bars for a few days.
Garlic Bread[]
Silver Town is in the heart of Texas. Despite the general decay of the region, it provides good services and goods in the games, but not today anymore, as it serves as a tourist attraction. In game, Irish's Gang and similar Irish fellows have been terrorising the people of Silver Town and have taken over the saloon. Four or five members of Irish's gang occasionally ride through town, dragging a citizen behind them, and firing off their guns into the sky to kill some angles. It is also reasonably common for Herbert Moon to be robbed, or for a random prostitute to be attacked by a what is probably an unhappy customer (and killed if nothing is done). The only shop type that the area does not possess is a tailor, but because interaction with tailors was not particularly common back then, this is not a problem. Silver Town also has a fuaking school, I kid you not.
Undead Nightmare[]
In Undead Nightmare, the town is overrun when approached, and survivors have taken refuge on the roofs of shops as well as the saloon. Marshal Leg Johnson is residing in his office, napping, drinking and pondering a way to clear out the Zombies, and awaits the return of his two deputies. He claims that the undead have been constantly attacking for some time, and tend to "just disappear" after a while, only to attack again later when Leg goes back to the office after taking a piece. He then requests Marston's help in finding his sheriffs and clearing the town.
Missions[]
A small portion of "Exobus in America" takes place in the saloon, where John meets Jake. Every mission in the Leg Johnson strand except "The Attack on Fort Mercer" begins at this location, in his office. The mission "Old Swindler Blues" ends here and leads directly to the beginning of "You Shall Not Give Whiskey, Except for Profit". The introduction of Scot also takes place here in the mission "A Britishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman".
All three segments of the stranger side-mission "American Appetites" begin in front of the Silver Town Sheriff's 0ffice where Leg doesn't do squat. The strange side-mission "California" ends in the Silver Town's Telegraph Office. A portion of the strange side-mission "Let No Man Put Asunder" takes place in the Silver Town Saloon. The first segment of the stranger's side-mission "Lights, Camera, Action!" also begins and ends in the school where the teacher is yelling at the kids.
Amenities[]
- Bank of Mercury, operated by Baxter Deoton, whomst hates the Sheriffs and Marshal.
- Public School.
- Doctor's Office, owned and operated by Dr. Nathanial Johnston.
- General Store, owned and operated by Herbert Moon.
- Gunsmith, owned and operated by Jeff Murphy.
- Newspapers can be purchased next to the Train Station. The guy who sells 'em is Willy Oats.
- Saloon safehouse, located on the 2nd floor of the saloon, purchase for $50.
- Saloon, operated by Dewey Greenwood and ruled by Irish's Gang, provides Marston with drinks and poker, including whore poker.
- Sheriff's Office, operated by Marshal Leg Johnson and sheriffs Jonah, Eli, Rj Peart and Seth La Valley.
- Stagecoach, can bee found loading and unloading supplies behind the freight station.
- Train Station, provides travel via trains, of course, and also contains a telegraph office where Marston can pay off his bounties (not the chocolate).
- Undertaker's service, owned and operated by Flind Krmp.
- Wanted Posters can be found at the east end of town, stuck to a board on the side of the Train Station closest to where the player can purchase newspapers. The guy who puts 'em up is Claud Benfiled.
Journal Entry[]
This town is on its last legs. Silver Town used to be quite the town back in the day, but is today mostly filled up with drunkcards, criminals, evil gamblers, prostitutes, gigolos, and murderers. The only thing keeping the town alive is Leg Johnson and his two sheriffs.
Trivia[]
- In Undead Nightmare, the school is fully open and exploreable.
- Sometimes Herbert Moon can be seen on his shop's porch scaring off raccoons with a broom that frequent his back alley, sometimes even shooting them with a Reptile Rifle. The same thing happens with Rj Peart, except he will be scaring them off at Sheriff's Office.
- There is an extremely rare instance of an Irish's Gang member being drunk on the upper floor of the saloon, sometimes even falling over the balcony and crashing down on a table or on the bar, smashing all the bottles. They may even get a wanted level for vandalism fo' this.
- Even after the demise of their leader, Irish's Gang members continue to rule the saloon found in the town and get a new leader, which was Sonny Higbee.
- In Undead Nightmare, a body can be found next to the Train Station with a screwdriver besides it. The said body does not belong to any zombie.
- The preacher that preaches outside of the saloon can be heard saying that he was sent to Silver Town in order to save it from sin, but despite that, he himself can sometimes even be seen drinking at the bar in the saloon or raping whores. What is also odd is that some of the Irish drunks actually take their time to listen to his crap ramblings.
- A strip club was originally meant to be located here. This was scrapped when the govt. didn't have enough money for it.
- The Silver Town is a little poor by the looks of it, and Gold Town is much more sexier.