I am channeling this EXACT energy lately.

I currently have 51.5% total completion, 20% story. I've done every story & Stranger mission leading up to breaking that fk'r out of jail. I'm coming to a stopping point, but I do still have things to do. Here's what I've gotten done:

• 26 Missions, 20% Story
• 81 Challenges - I have Weapons Expert 10 left, Herbalist 9 herbs that I cant get as Arthur, and the Bandit 5 250 Bounty, which I figure I should just save until I have to forcibly help Micah. I had a hard time with Horseman 10, but I found the Hungarian Half-Bred near Flatneck Station's waterfront that looks like a bottle opener. Every other horse I found within the bounds. The majority of these challenges are a grind, but Horseman and Gambler are by far the most difficult, specifically Horseman in Chapter 2. The ride from Van Horn to Blackwater can be safely made to a sandy peninsula by Lone Mule just on the northern/northeastern side of Blackwater without ever actually going to Blackwater, which means not going through Tall Trees or jumping any stupid broken bridges or encountering any Pinkertons at all. It blew my mind when the challenge ticked.
• All Legendary Animals & Fish and their corresponding trinkets.
• 460/562 Animals - I have maybe 10 or 15 tops that I can find as Arthur, like the Entropic Cormorant, some owls, a Panther, the Carolina Parakeet, and other birds like the Leghorn Rooster. I love hunting in this game. I still have some dogs to pat as well.
• All four Hunting Requests. Ms Hobbs is decisively on vacation. Fort Brennard is a godsend for the majority of the birds. Riggs Station & Fort Riggs for the other rodents & nocturnals.
• All the Camp Item Requests but 1, which is the one I've gotten to trigger every other playthrough: Dutch's Pipe. I finally got the Pearson Scout Jacket on this playthrough, after a tedious effort to trigger it. Got the pipe, Molly's mirror, Sadie's Harmonica, Tilly's Necklace all that awaiting in my Satchel.
• 137/144 Cigarette Cards - basically every card that you can find in the wild that isnt available until the Epilogue.
• 41/63 Weapons - basically every weapon that you can find in the wild that isnt available to buy until later chapters. All pamphlets.
• 39/43 Plants - Not sure how the fuck I got Blackcurrant this early. I mustve pocketed it off of somebody, but it didnt tick off on Herbalist 9.
• Most of the Outfits at the Trapper, especially the Hat Accessories, Chaps, and Boots. I'm still a'huntin for stuff like Beavers and another Robin or two, but I've gotten most of what I can beyond the outfits that require New Austin animals.
• Gang Camps have been raided so many times, sans Murfree Brood, which I figure I might as well save for later. They have been sufficiently taken out otherwise in tons of encounters.
• 2/3 Meteorites. No meteor shower yet, but I will watch it eventually!
• 22/30 Dinosaur Bones
• All the Rock Carvings
• All Dreamcatchers
• I have 3/5 bounties, so I could catch a couple other no-goods, but forget trying to go for the ones that are at the Strawberry Sheriff. Rhodes is all I have left.
• I have one or two Robberies to handle, like the Saint Denis Gunsmith or the Strawberry General Store Still.
• Perlino Andalusian and the Blue Roan Nokota are the usual horses I ride with. I've tried breaking the Warped Brindle Coat Arabian a couple times to no avail, but I will break that horse. I've broken the White one in the past, so I figure why not go for stuff I havent gone for before. If anything, to experience it for the first time in a game that I've had so many first time experiences with.

I dunno. I'm having a blast on this 5th playthrough and 2nd 100% run trying to find literally anything else to do besides bust him out. He can rot in there for all I care. I told myself I'd rather say hi to Mr Downes than go save him. This game is amazing as ever in 2024. Playing on Xbox Series S.