Nearly eight years after its 2018 release, Red Dead Redemption 2 has revealed a new hidden puzzle involving spider webs and glyphs on telegraph poles. Players, guided by YouTuber Strange Man, have uncovered webs that appear only during specific in-game nighttime hours, leading to clues pointing toward guitars at Fort Wallace. The mystery remains unsolved, with theories linking it to similar secrets in other Rockstar titles.
Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games' expansive open-world Western released in 2018, continues to surprise players with its depth of secrets. In late December 2025, a group of players—goldenplaysterraria, pariah87, and u/FL4VA-01—stumbled upon a spider glyph etched on a telegraph pole, as documented in videos from the Red Dead YouTuber Strange Man.
The discovery escalated when players noticed a spider web appearing exclusively between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. in-game, adorned with feathers that can be shot off, reminiscent of the game's dreamcatchers quest. Overlaying the glyph onto the game's map revealed additional hidden webs on other telegraph poles, forming a pattern. A ninth web, located in the puzzle's center and hidden inside a tree, contains a message directing to a utility pole with further clues, ultimately connecting to acoustic guitars at the military outpost Fort Wallace.
This elaborate setup had evaded detection for nearly a decade, despite extensive community exploration of RDR2's mysteries. Investigators are currently focused on Fort Wallace, where two guitars sit as potential next steps, though no one has deciphered their role yet. Some speculate a link to an obscure spider web mystery in Grand Theft Auto V, but this remains unconfirmed.
Strange Man's follow-up video highlights the one-hour window for each web's visibility during the in-game night cycle, emphasizing the puzzle's time-sensitive nature. As players theorize—some wildly—about resolutions, the find underscores RDR2's enduring appeal, especially with Grand Theft Auto 6 slated for later in 2026.