re: Finally giving RDR2 a playthrough; What can I skip?

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Is crafting necessary?

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Nope. You get enough tonics and ammo from bodies to not worry about it.

There's tons of side stuff in the game and it's really all optional. Hunting, fishing, gambling, crafting, camp activities, treasure maps, collectibles, etc.

The tangible rewards you get from doing them are pretty negligible. Do them if you enjoy them essentially, they are there to give the world depth and flavor. RDR2 is as much as sim as it is any other genre. So you can just rip through all the story missions if you want, or you can do all that side stuff and sorta see and experience the world they built.

The devs specifically said they didn't want any of the side activities to be that rewarding because they didn't any of it to feel mandatory.