KingK wrote:So I apparently have a $180 bounty in one region and a "wanted dead or alive" in the neighbouring one. I have a yellow mission icon in the latter region which I presume is my main mission?
Trouble is, I have less than $100 (kept donating stuff to the camp) and now I'm getting chased down constantly by bounty hunters whenever I try to go near the yellow mission marker. Can't yet afford to pay off my $180 bounty, let alone the WDOA one (is that even possible to pay off?)
I need some money making tips pls. I'm crap at poker and any hunting I do results in poor quality pelt.
It's taking me ages to earn money.
If I'm thinking of the right one, that Wanted Dead or Alive bounty is part of the game's story. Before the game starts, the gang has messed up a robbery in the town of Blackwater, so you're extremely wanted in that state. You should be able to get to that mission marker without too much trouble though.
Hunting tips: You can check an animal pelt quality before you kill the animal. Target it and study it, and it should show you a 1-3 star rating down in the bottom right. You can use binoculars if the thing is too far away. So a perfect pelt needs a 3 star animal AND a clean kill. Hunting is not a great way to make money though.
Money making tips: Loot everyone and everything. When you unlock the fence you will be able to sell valuables like jewellery and that will be a big help. There are treasure maps out there that lead to gold bars. If you want, you can probably look up youtube videos for some easy gold bars. They sell for $500 a piece to the fence. Train robberies are a lot of fun. There's a particular spot to do that is sort of exploiting a little.
Buy a train ticket from Valentine to Riggs Station for just under $5, then get off the train at Riggs, quickly climb the water tower and jump onto the top of a carriage. May as well put your mask on at this point. You'll probably get a crime witnessed/reported message immediately but ignore it. Let the train leave the station, then make your way to the front, and when the train is on the very long, and very high bridge, hold him up and make him stop. There will be two armed guards on the train, so take them out as quickly as you can. They will come for you so you don't have to go looking for them. Now you have all the time in the world (because the lawmen can't get up to you) to make your way through the train, robbing from every passenger, and also looting from the mail cars. It would be a huge help at this point to have unlocked the fence as you're going to need to sell all the valuables to him, but also try and buy some dynamite before doing all this. There is usually a couple of safes in the mail cars. Equip dynamite, press R2/RT to set it on the safe, then ignite it and move back.
I make a run for it in the direction the train is facing when I'm done. Your horse won't be around, so you'll just have to run, and you need to avoid roads because the lawmen will be on horses and very, very fast. The best way I've found is to run to the end of the bridge, then turn left and just keep running, without going towards roads, until the 'investigating' bit is done. Before that, don't stop, even if you think you've lost them. You will have a bounty of around $50-$60 by this point, but between the cash looted and selling the valuables to the fence, I was making just under $200 per robbery, after paying off the bounty.
