Schwoby's RDR2 Strategy Guide

Exotics (Algernon Wasp)

During The Gilded Cage mission in Chapter 4, you will have the opportunity to save Algernon Wasp. Regardless of your choice, you can later find him in located in a garden house north of Saint Denis. After some entertaining dialog, you will be tasked with finding some exotic items split between five rounds of missions. I suggest you obtain as many of the plumes and eggs ahead of time that you can. Any weapon will suffice as 3-star quality is not needed for any of the plumes. I’d also suggest not gathering any more than 60% of any specific Orchid until that Orchid type is requested (ex. do not gather more than 4 of the Lady Slipper Orchids until request #2). Personally, I find the dialogue better when completing all missions prior to the Epilogue, but you can also wait until the Epilogue to start any of the missions, if you’d like.

Exotic Request #1:
5x Snowy Egret Plumes
5x Little Egret Plumes
5x Reddish Egret Plumes
15x Lady of the Night Orchids
Exotic Request #2:
20x Heron Plumes
7x Lady Slipper Orchids
10x Moccasin Flower Orchids
Exotic Request #3:
25x Gator Eggs
3x Acuna's Star Orchids
7x Cigar Orchids
5x Ghost Orchids
Exotic Request #4:
30x Spoonbill Plumes
5x Night Scented Orchids
10x Rat Tail Orchids
5x Spider Orchids
Exotic Request #5:
5x Clamshell Orchids
5x Dragon's Mouth Orchids
5x Queen's Orchids
10x Sparrow's Egg Orchids

You can use this as a checklist and each column can be sorted by clicking on the column name.

Exotics (Algernon Wasp)
Item Type Quantity
Snowy EgretPlumes5x
Little EgretPlumes5x
Reddish EgretPlumes5x
Lady of the NightOrchids15x
HeronPlumes20x
Lady SlipperOrchids7x
Moccasin FlowerOrchids10x
GatorEggs25x
Acuna's StarOrchids3x
CigarOrchids7x
GhostOrchids5x
SpoonbillPlumes30x
Night ScentedOrchids5x
Rat TailOrchids10x
SpiderOrchids5x
ClamshellOrchids5x
Dragon's MouthOrchids5x
Queen'sOrchids5x
Sparrow's EggOrchids10x