Post: ~~ Wanted Level / Bounty Discussion Thread ~~
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07-27-2010, 09:24 AM
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Liam
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Breaking the Law:
Wanted Level & Bounty System
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Wanted Level & Bounty System
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Most towns and settlements have some form of lawmen. Be it sheriff, a marshall, or the army. If a crime you committed (See List Of Possible Crimes Below) is reported to the law, you obtain a Wanted Level and a Bounty is placed on you.
Your crimes will be reported by an eyewitness. If civilians see you commit a serious crime, or several minor crimes in a short period of time, one will become a "witness"and attempt to report the crime to local law enforcement. You can stop eyewitnesses, they show up as an eye icon on the minimap, from reporting your crime by bribing them or killing them. If they succeed in reaching lawmen, or a lawmen sees you commit any crime, you will gain a Wanted Level and have the appropriate bounty added to your list of fees.
The higher the bounty, the more lawmen join the pursuit. You remain Wanted, actively pursued by law enforcement, as long as lawmen or civilians can see you. Their vision range is represented by a red/black circle in the minimap. When you are Wanted the meter in the top right corner, inside the word Wanted, will be filled red. You can lose your Wanted Level by breaking the lawmen's line of sight and hiding. As soon as you lose the pursuit, the meter slowly drains. Allow it to drain all the way you you are no longer actively pursued by the law. You may also kill them all to lose your Wanted Level or Bribe them (scroll down for how to do this) But remember any crime committed thereafter results in a response equal to your total bounty value, picking the chase right back up.
Even if you manage to escape the law and lose your Wanted Level, deadly bounty hunters that consist of posses will come after you every so often, every 30-40 minutes of real time on average. They will be greater in number depending on your bounty amount; 3-4 members for $150+ Bounty, 6 and one dog for $1,700+, 8 and 2 dogs for $3,700+, 10 and 3 dogs for $5,000+, and 12 and 4 dogs for $7,000+. They may be Special Forces: US Marshals/Mexican Army (see below for more on these) as well.
This is because the Bounty System tracks your criminal behavior in a more permanent fashion. Pedestrians and law in town treat you differently, depending on how large your bounty is. A bounty itself does not generate aggressive behavior from local law. You have a different territorial bounty value for buth US and Mexico. You may view your current Bounty anytime in the Pause Menu right below your current money amount.
You can get rid of your bounty in a number of ways:
- You can pay off the amount you owe at any Telegraph Office in various train stations in the different towns around the world.
- You can submit to pursuing law enforcement officers by surrendering. You may surrender if you are within 22 meters of a law officer by holstering your weapon and standing still, do not touch the controls for one second. John will put his hands in the air and the law officers will ceasefire and take you to jail. Where you serve time in for your crimes and also pay your fines, up to the full amount of the bounty.
- If you wish to work off your bounty by an alternate method you may lower the amount you owe by doing Bounty Hunter missions, the payment you receive is applied to reduce your total Bounty.
- Lastly, if you don't want to spend money nor work it off you can also use a Pardon Letter to clear the full amount of your Wanted Bounty for FREE. Turn in the Pardon Letter to the aforementioned Telegraph Office. Pardon Letters are found in chests, usually within a Gang Hideout.
Gang Hideout Chests
Exploring a Gang Hideout AFTER it has been cleared spawns reward chests scattered throughout the area. Each of these chests has a 4% chance to give a Pardon Letter, in addition to one of the following:
Exploring a Gang Hideout AFTER it has been cleared spawns reward chests scattered throughout the area. Each of these chests has a 4% chance to give a Pardon Letter, in addition to one of the following:
- 30% chance to give extra money
- 5% chance to give pistol ammo (or revoler ammo if you don't have a pistol)
- 5% chance repeater ammo (rifle ammo if you don't have a repeater, and shotgun ammo if you have neither of the above)
- Every footlocker has 2% chance to give away a Pardon Letter, except for the gang hideout exploration footlockers, those have the aforementioned 4% chance.
- Money received from footlockers will be increased if you're in combat.
- Having a rabbit's foot will increase the rewards you receive from footlockers.
Chests Per Hideout
Gang Hideout - #of Chests
Twin Rocks - 3
Gaptooth Ridge - 7
Solomon's Folly - 2
Tumbleweed - 6
Pike's Basin - 8
Fort Mercer - 5
Nosalida - 3
Tesoro Azul - 4
Special Forces:
They are called into pursuit in place of posses or bounty hunters if you have murdered 20 or more law officers. There are always four members in a special forces squad. Don't mistake their lower numbers for weakness though, they have higher individual skill then the normal posses that are sent out after you. They can be killed or just outran but NOT bribed.
Bribing
If you are within 10 meters of a law officer or eyewitness, with your gun holstered, you can bribe them to leave you alone or not report your crime.(Special Forces:US Marshal/Mexican Army may not be bribed). The Bribe amount starts at 50% of your current bounty. (25% when reached Buckaroo Fame level.) When you bribe the law, your bounty reverts to the value it was before this law response began.
Bandana:
The Bandana is available at the Tailor in Thieves' Landing and the General Store in Escalera. This piece of cloth hides your identity and while wearing it, your Honor and Fame will not change. due to your actions. Your Wanted Level will also decrease more rapidly if you remove it after you commit a crime.[/SIZE]
CRIME | BOUNTY |[/B]
- Vandalism |$1
- Assault on an animal |$5
- Assault on livestock |$5
- Assault to a horse |$5
- Murder of an animal |$5
- Property destruction |$5
- Threatening lawmen |$5
- Trespassing |$5
- Vandalism to a vehicle |$5
- Property destruction (vehicle) |$10
- Robbery |$10
- Arson |$20
- Assault |$20
- Assault of a lawman |$20
- Horse theft |$20
- Kidnapping a civilian |$20
- Murder of a horse |$20
- Murder of livestock |$20
- Vehicle theft |$20
- Cheating |$25
- Kidnapping a lawman |$30
- Murder |$40
- Murder of a lawman |$50
- Safe cracking |$50
Thanks for reading.
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Liam ; 07-27-2010 at 02:14 PM.
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