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Infamous Bounty Hunter Missions Guide
By c o m a
This guide intends to gather information on the infamous bounty hunter missions and the collecting areas in order to optimise mixing bounty hunter and collector roles in Red Dead Online.
   
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Introduction
Guide's Purpose
This guide intends to gather information on the bounty hunter missions and the collecting areas in order to optimise mixing bounty hunter and collector roles and make the gameplay less monotonous. The idea is to combine infamous bounty missions (as they are among the most interesting and rewarding missions within its role) and collecting, by getting the collectibles during and in between the bounty hunters missions. Another advantage of infamous missions in comparison to the legendary missions, is that your moonshine and trader production do not stop during your infamous missions. So you can also combine iinfamous bounties with moonshiner and/or trader roles. In addition the guide contains few tips and tricks relative to any particular bounty hunter mission (check tor the "General Tips & Tricks" and the end of the guides index).

Method
The collectors map of Jean Ropke [jeanropke.github.io] allows you to see all the collectibles' spawns. So you'll be aware of the collectibles you can grab in your surroundings before you choose a mission on any bounty board.

Pick your Bounty mission
Use this guide's index to find a certain mission in the desired location. Due to this guide, you'll know in advance the locations any bounty mission may bring you to. Choose your mission according to the location you want to collect in. In my example below, I chose the Part 2 of the Hoare (you know the Part by looking at the number of crosses on the poster), Roache and Gault in Saint Denis, my objective being to collect in all Saint Denis and near Lakay.


Jean Ropke Collectors Map
Pressing Shift & Tab, open the collectors map. On the left tab of the site, select all the collectibles you're interested in.


Marking the collectibles on your ingame map
As soon as the bounty mission starts, add the markers according to the collectibles you may want to collect on your way.


Collect the items
Collect the marked items using your dead eye/eagle eye. Check for the comments in the guide concerning your chosen mission, to know if you have time to collect at a certain time.


Annesburg
Tobin Anderson's Wreckers

Part 1 - Wrecker (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Free the hogtied captive, search for clue, capture and deliver the Wrecker into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Clues: Inspect the bottle between the two houses in Van Horn
  • Delivery: Annesburg or Saint Denis
Collecting Area: Elysian Pool > Van Horn > Annesburg or Saint Denis

1 Elysian Pool

2 Van Horn

3 Inspect the bottle between the two houses

4 Delivery into custody


Part 2 - Wrecker (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Steal the Wreckers' delivery wagon, pose as a gang member, allow the wrecker to board the wagon. capture him on the road and deliver him into custody
  • Collect: shortly before intercepting the wagon
  • The wagon drives from Bluewater Marsch to the hideout in the village West of Van Horn, make sure to intercept the wagon before its destination
  • Delivery: Annesburg or Saint Denis
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Annesburg > Van Horn > Annesburg or Saint Denis

1 Intercept the wagon driving from Bluewater Marsch

2 Pose as a gang member and drive peacefully to the hideout West of Van Horn

3 Delivery into custody


Part 3 - Tobin Anderson (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clue at the Foreman's House, get into the mine, capture and deliver Anderson into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Annesburg or Saint Denis or Rhodes
Collecting Area: Elysian Pool > Van Horn > Annesburg or Saint Denis or Rhodes

1 Foreman's House

2 Annesburg Mine

3 Delivery into custody


Armadillo
The Butchers of Benedict Pass

Part 1 - Butcher (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search the hideout to track the butcher, capture and deliver him into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Clues: Inspect the suitcase behind the north wall of the house for the trail (leading up the hills in north direction)
  • Delivery: Armadillo or Tumbleweed
Collecting Area: Armadillo > Twin Rocks > Armadillo or Tumbleweed

1 Twin Rocks Hideout

2 Suitcase clue behind the north wall of the house

3 Butcher's location

4 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Butcher (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Inspect clues at the Venter's Place, catch up with the target going in direction of Mercer Station, capture and deliver him into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Clues: There are four clues that you can inspect at the Venter's Place: outside - a book and a basket, inside the house - a corpse and a suitcase. Inspect any three of these four clues in order to trigger the trail to the target near the Mercer Station.
  • Delivery: Armadillo or Tumbleweed
Collecting Area: Armadillo > Venter's Place > Mercer Station > Armadillo or Tumbleweed or Blackwater

1 Venter's Place

2 Mercer Station

3 Inspect any three of the four clues in order to trigger the trail to the target

4 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 3 - Butchers (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Capture four butchers and deliver them into custody
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Four bounties. Bolas and wagon recommended. You could also get a second horse if you go for delivering two bounties
  • Delivery: Armadillo or Tumbleweed
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Armadillo > Fort Mercer > Armadillo or Tumbleweed

1 Fort Mercer

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Benedict Point
Los Pasajeros

Part 1 - El Pasajero (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Inspect clues at the Gaptooth Ridge Hideout, capture the target at the train ambush site and deliver him into custody
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Clues: Inspect the documents on the table upstairs
  • Delivery: Armadillo or Tumbleweed
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Benedict Point > Gaptooth Ridge Hideout > Mercer Station > Armadillo or Tumbleweed

1 Gaptooth Ridge Hideout

2 Mercer Station Ambush Location

3 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - El Pasajero (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Cause damage at the Riley's Charge Hideout to lure in the the target, then capture and deliver him
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Armadillo or Tumbleweed
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Benedict Point > Riley's Charge Hideout > Tumbleweed or Armadillo

1 Riley's Charge Hideout

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 3 - Los Pasajeros' Leader (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Los Pasajeros are approaching Armadillo by train, block the rails with a wagon,
    then capture and deliver the leader
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Watch for the turret on the train. The leader will shoot at you as soon as you'll approach
  • Delivery: to the prison wagon near the San Luis River coast
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Jorge's Gap > Armadillo > San Luis River coast

1 Armadillo first location

2 Complete the blockade to stop the train

3 Delivery to the prison wagon


Blackwater
Thaddeus Walter's Men

Part 1 - Walter's Men (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Stakeout the area undetected and wait for Walter's Men to arrive, capture and deliver them
  • Collect before getting to the first area and right before delivering the targets
  • Two bounties. Bolas and wagon recommended. You could also get the Walter's men horse for the second bounty. Hogtie and place the targets on the horses unseen, quit the Thieves Landing quickly to avoid a n unending shootout
  • Delivery: Blackwater or Armadillo
Collecting Area: Southern Side Blackwater > Thieves Landing > Blackwater or Armadillo

1 Thieves Landing

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Walter's Man (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search the area for the fleeing target, catch the train and capture the target before delivering him into custody
  • Collect: before getting to the search area and right before delivering the target
  • Clues: at the search area inspect the suitcase
  • Watch for the turret at the end of the train. You can leave the train at any suitable moment, depending on the sheriff's office you want to deliver to.
  • Delivery: there are several possible delivery locations around depending on your timing (Blackwater or Strawberry or Valentine or Rhodes)
Collecting Area: Blackwater > Northern Side Blackwater > Blackwater or Strawberry or Valentine or Rhodes

1 North Blackwater Camp

2 The outlaw fleeing on the train

3 Delivery to the closest sheriff's office


Part 3 - Thaddeus Walter (three crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Approach the wagon, help the bounty hunter to escort Walter into custody
  • Collec:t before getting to the wagon and right before delivering the target
  • You can stop on the way to loot the outlaws chasing you
  • Delivery: Blackwater
Collecting Area: Southern Side Blackwater (near Quaker's Cove) > Lower Montana River > Blackwater

1 Wagon's location near Lower Montana River

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Emerald Ranch
The three widows

Part 1 - Cassie Brady (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Free the hogtied stranger, track and deliver Brady
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Rhodes, Saint Denis or Van Horn
Collecting Area: Emerald Ranch > Bluewater Marsch camp > Pleasance Settlement > Rhodes or Saint Denis or Van Horn

1 Bluewater Marsch camp

2 Pleasance Settlement

3 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Perez (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clues and capture Perez at her hideout
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Clues: inspect both clues at the site
  • Delivery: Saint Denis
Collecting Area: Junction (south Emerald Ranch) > Bluewater Marsch Hideout > Saint Denis

1 Junction

1 Bluewater Marsch hideout

1 Delivery to the Saint Denis police station


Part 3 - Mae Stanton (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Steal the stagecoach, pose as a gang member, pick up Stanton and deliver her
  • Collect before getting to the stagecoach and right before delivering the target
  • Enter the hideout peacefully on the stagecoach. Otherwise you can also storm the hideout and capture Stanton right away
  • Delivery: Valentine
Collecting Area: Moonshine Pond > Hideout (close to Heartland Oil Fields) > Valentine

1 Moonshine Pond

2 Hideout

3 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Rhodes
The Bellingham Brothers

Part 1 - Tobias (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search areas for clues to track and capture Tobias
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Clues: At the third search area, by the house, follow the right trail
  • Delivery: Rhodes or Valentine
Collecting Area: Rhodes > Southfield Flats & North-West Rhodes > Dewberry Creek > Rhodes or Valentine

1 Rhodes search areas

2 At the third area follow the right trail

3 Tobias's location

4 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Ned (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Destroy the moonshining equipment to lure and capture Ned at the hideout
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Fire bottles recommended to quickly destroy the equipment
  • Delivery: Saint Denis or Rhodes
Collecting Area: Rhodes > Bolger Blade > Lannahechee River hideout > Saint Denis or Rhodes

1 Lannahechee River hideout

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 3 - Patrick and Dan (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Intimidate the bootlegger at the Parlour House and get the Bellingham brothers off their boat
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • As soon as you see the moonshine operation on your map, act quick and kill the outlaws on the coast before they may kill the brothers
  • Two bounties. Bounty wagon and bolas recommended
  • Delivery: Rhodes
Collecting Area: Rhodes Parlour House > Clemens Cove > Rhodes

1 Rhodes Parlour House

2 Clemens Cove

3 Delivery to the Rhodes sheriff's office


Riggs Station
Bartholomew Brown's Gentlmen

Part 1 - Brown's Gentleman (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Help the bounty hunters to escort the prison wagon to Strawberry Sherriff's Office
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Strawberry
Collecting Area: Riggs Station > Dakota River > Strawberry

1 Bounty hunters' location near the Dakota River

2 Delivery to the Sheriff's office


Part 2 - Brown's Gentlemen (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Kill the gang members, track, catch and deliver the Gentlemen into custody
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Clues: At the southern side of Blackwater inspect the blood on the porch of the house
  • Two bounties, bounty wagon and bolas recommended
  • Watch for cougar
  • Delivery: Blackwater or Strawberry
Collecting Area: Riggs Station > Blackwater > Southern Side Blackwater > Blackwater or Strawberry

1 Kill the gang members in this area

2 Search area in the southern side of Blackwater

3 Inspect the blood trace on the porch of the house

4 Bounties' location

5 Delivery to the Sheriff's office


Part 3 - Bartholomew Brown and the Gentlemen (three crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Speak with an informant, then follow him to the Gentlemen's location, capture and deliver them into custody
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Four bounties, bounty wagon and bolas recommended
  • Delivery: Saint Denis or Rhodes
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Saint Denis > Saint Denis or Rhodes

1 Speak with an informant at the Saint Denis Market

2 Brown and Gentlemen's location


Saint Denis
Hoare, Roache and Gault

Part 1 - Gault (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Inspect clues, follow the trail, track Gault and capture him
  • Collect: ar any time during this mission
  • Make sure to have your horse close to you (for the chase) before the outlaws get to see you
  • As soon as your location is revealed, Gault may escape quickly, don't loot for too long
  • Delivery: Saint Denis
Collecting Area: East Saint Denis > Lakay (optional) > Saint Denis

1 East Saint Denis

2 Location of the first clue

3 Location of the second clue

4 Gault's location

5 Delivery to the Saint Denis police station


Part 2 - Roache (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Get intel from stranger, track Gault and capture him
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • You can accomplish this mission without firing a bullet
  • Delivery: Saint Denis, Rhodes or Valentine
Collecting Area: Shack near Lakay > Saint Denis or Rhodes or Valentine

1 Shack near Lakay

2 Roache's location in Saint Denis

3 Delivery into custody


Part 3 - Hoare (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Kill the gang members, release, hogtie and deliver Hoare
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Careful for outlaws with machetes
  • Delivery: Saint Denis or Rhodes
Collecting Area: West Saint Denis (Cornwall Co. Freight Station) > Saint Denis or Rhodes

1 Cornwall Co. Freight Station

2 Deliver the target into custody


Strawberry
The Initiates

Part 1 - Initiates (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Catch up the stolen wagon and capture the initiates
  • Collect: before getting to the wagon, not too long. And right before delivering the target
  • Two bounties. Bolas and bounty wagon recommended
  • Delivery: Strawberry or Blackwater
Collecting Area: Strawberry > Upper Montana River area (optional) > Strawberry or Blackwater

1 Strawberry-Upper Montana River

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Initiate (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Destroy the stolen wagons at the hideout to lure and capture the initiate
  • Collect: before getting to the area and right before delivering the target
  • Dynamite or fire bottles recommended to destroy the three wagons. Sometimes there's a bug when the wagon are destroyed but are still marked on your map. In that case destroy their wheels by shooting them with your shotgun.
  • As soon as the initiate appears, catch him quickly before he gets into fire and burns to death
  • Delivery: Strawberry, Blackwater or Armadillo
Collecting Area: Tall Trees > Strawberry or Blackwater or Armadillo

1 Tall Trees Hideout

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 3 - Initiate (three crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search the area to track the initiate, kill the Skinner Brothers, release, hogtie and deliver the initiate
  • Collect: before getting to the search area and right before delivering the target
  • Watch for bear or elk before killing the Skinner Brothers and releasing the initiate, you can get the animal pelt into the hunting wagon before releasing the target and pursuing the mission
  • Watch for bears and enemies with machetes
  • Many enemies to loot. Make sure to loot before releasing the target. After releasing the bounty, you will be chased by many men
  • Delivery: Blackwater or Strawberry
Collecting Area: Montana River > Blackwater or Strawberry

1 Montana River search area

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Tumbleweed
Addison Wye's Jailbreakers

Part 1 - Jailbreaker (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: inspect dead bounty hunters at a camp near Mercer Station, hide the bandit in the fort and wait for the Jailbreaker's arrival,
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Watch for cougar at the inspecting area
  • At Fort Mercer, as the bounty arrives with his outlaws, make sure to kill the bounty's horse
  • Delivery: Armadillo, Tumbleweed or Blackwater
Collecting Area: Tumbleweed > Mercer Station > Fort mercer > Armadillo or Tumbleweed or Blackwater

1 Camp near Mercer Station

2 Inspect dead bounty hunters at the camp

3 Fort Mercer

4 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Jailbreaker (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Get to the wagon, release, hogtie and deliver the target into custody
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Armadillo or Tumbleweed or Blackwater
Collecting Area: Armadillo > Road between Armadillo and Macfarlane's Ranch > Armadillo or Tumbleweed or Blackwater

1 Wagon's location on the road between Armadillo and Macfarlane's Ranch

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 3 - Addison Wye (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: defend Tumbleweed and fight off the Jailbreakers until Wye arrives, capture and deliver him to the prison wagon
  • Collect: before speaking to the lawman and before delivering the target
  • Similar to Calls to Arms, take a good position with at least one cover, preferably on a roof. Take at least one long distance weapon on you (repeater, rifle or a sniper)
  • There are few waves of shootouts. When only one outlaw remains, profit to run around and loot all the fallen enemies. Get back to your cover before killing the last man standing
  • When Wye arrives in Tumbleweed, watch out for the turret on the main road and the unleashed dogs
  • Delivery: Rio Bravo
Collecting Area: Tumbleweed > Rio Bravo

1 Talk to the lawman in Tumbleweed

2 Holding position in Tumbleweed

3 Delivery to the wagon in Rio Bravo


Valentine
Allen, De La Mare and Fitch

Part 1 - Obadiah Fitch (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search Fitch's followers, wait for his arrival and capture him
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Rhodes or Valentine
Collecting Area: Flat Iron Lake (near the Flatneck Station) > Gill Landing > Rhodes or Valentine

1 Flat Iron Lake

2 Gill Landing

3 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Part 2 - Bethanie De La Mare (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for signs to track and capture De La Mare
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Watch for wolves and close range combat. De La Mare may kill you with a knife
  • Delivery: Cotorra Springs. Collect before delivering De La Mare and eventually around the Wapiti Indian Reservation (you can then fast travel from there)
Collecting Area: Ambarino hills (close to Donner Falls) > Cotorra Springs > Wapiti Indian Reservation (optional)

1 Ambarino hills camp

2 Delivery to the wagon near the Cotorra Springs


Part 3 - Cavendish Allen (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Approach the bounty hunter and help escort Allen into custody
  • Collect: any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Valenine
Collecting Area: Dewberry Creek camp > Valentine

1 Moonshine Pond

2 Delivery to the sheriff's office


Van Horn
Bradshaw, Colt and Penn

Part 1 - Bo Bradshaw (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clue in a house in west Van Horn, then hide in the mansion south of Van Horn and wait for Bradshaw to arrive, capture and deliver him into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Clues: loot the outlaw to get the information about the mansion
  • Delivery: Annesburg, Saint Denis or Rhodes
Collecting Area: Van Horn > Annesburg or Saint Denis or Rhodes

1 House west of Van Horn

2 Mansion south of Van Horn

3 Delivery into custody


Part 2 - Owen Colt (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clue in West Roanoke Ridge Hills, capture and deliver Colt into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Clues: Inspect the notes that are on a wardrobe inside the bedroom
  • You can time it to catch Colt while he robs the campers. Watch for timing, if you act too early, make sure to kill the campers that are being robbed by Colt, before they could kill him
  • Delivery: prison wagon near O'Creagb's Run
Collecting Area: Van Horn > West Roanoke Ridge Hills > Prison Wagon near O'Creagb's Run

1 Cabin in the West Roanoke Ridge Hills

2 Inspect the notes that are on a wardrobe inside the bedroom

3 Col'ts Location at the camp

3 Delivery to the prison wagon near O'Creagb's Run


Part 3 - Mary Penn and Associates (two crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clue an trail the targets, capture and deliver Mary Penn and her gang into custody
  • Collect: before getting to the first area and before delivering the targets
  • Four bounties. Bounty Wagon and bolas recommended. If you don't want to bring all targets solo, bring in Penn, and collect for the remaining time of the mission
  • Cross the waterfall to enter the tunnel, where the targets are located
  • Delivery: Annesburg
  • Bonus: Broken 2X/3X Rewards
Collecting Area: Van Horn > Elysian Pool > Annesburg

1 Inspect at the Camp near Elysian Pool

2 Delivery to the Sheriff's Office


Wallace Station
Theodore Xavier's Hunt

Part 1 - The Poacher (no cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Free the caged animals, capture and deliver the poacher into custody
  • Collect: at any time during this mission
  • Delivery: Strawberry or Valentine
Collecting Area: Wallace Station > Big Valley > Strawberry or Valentine

1 Little Creek Area in the Big Valley

2 Caged animals' locations

3 Delivery into custody


Part 2 - Xavier's hunters (one cross)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clues, track, capture and deliver the hunters into custody
  • Collect: before getting to the first area and right before delivering the hunters
  • Two bounties. Bounty wagon and bolas recommended
  • Watch for Grizzly Bear. It may either kill you or the hunters
  • Delivery: Strawberry or Valentine
Collecting Area: Wallace Station > Grizzlies West > Strawberry or Valentine

1 Grizzlies West search area

2 Inspect both clues at the search area

3 Hunters' Location

4 Delivery into custody


Part 3 - Theodore Xavier (four crosses)
Comments:
  • Mission: Search for clues, track, capture and deliver the hunters into custody
  • Collect: before getting to the first area and right before delivering Theodore
  • Clues: loot the poachers for clues
  • Watch for Grizzly Bear. It may kill either you or Theodore
  • Delivery: Strawberry or Valentine
Collecting Area: Ewing Basin > Lake Isabella > Southern Side of Ewing Basin

1 Poachers' Camp near Lake Isabella

2 Theodore's Camp Location

3 Delivery to the prison wagon


General Tips & Tricks
Bringing the target into custody
Infamous bounties have a 48 minutes real time cooldown on their respective bounty board. Meaning you can't run two infamous bounty missions back to back on the same board. But instead of delivering your bounty to the same location where you selected the mission, you can bring it in another sheriff's office. (The exception is when your delivery destination is set to a prison wagon. In this case, you can only deliver to the wagon). Make sure to check the location of your whereabouts at the moment of bringing the bounty into custody, and organize your route accordingly. Any viable delivery alternatives are written in the comments of each infamous mission.


Knockout your bounty
By knocking out your target, they'll have less chance to flee after being hogtied. To properly knockout, hogtie your target, equip a lasso (to avoid shooting at your target), and kick it until the knockout. Usually, female characters get knocked out after one to two kicks, while male characters will need three to four kicks. Avoid to kick your target after the knockout, at the risk of killing it. Some male characters get knocked out after one kick only, be careful and watch for the knockout xp award on your screen.


Waiting for the timer before delivering the target
You can check BANSHEE's guide for timer and payout information. The infamous payouts are mentioned in the "Time multiplier" section in its index:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2298261033
If you consider not having enough time to collect before delivering the target, althought you want to deliver at an optimal time for the reward, the safest way is to throw the target in your bounty wagon and park the wagon near the delivery location (most optimal being 12 or 9 minutes).

If you afk more than 15 minutes, open up your catalogue to avoid being kicked for inactivity.

If you don't have a wagon, take the target on your shoulder.


Broken 2X & 3X Bounty Hunter Bonuses
During Bounty Hunter monthly events, there may be a 2X or 3X reward for bounty hunter missions. Be aware that some of the infamous bounties are "broken" and do not grant you the promised 2X or 3X rewards, but instead only usual payout (which was never fixed by R*, and probably never will). Therefore during those events, if the bonus rewards are relevant to you, you may prefer not running the "broken" missions. Here you'll find the list of those broken missions:

Board Location
Part
Crosses
Annesburg
Part 2 - Wrecker
One cross
Armadillo
Part 3 - Butchers
Two crosses
Benedict Point
Part 1 - El Pasajero
No cross
Benedict Point
Part 2 - El Pasajero
One cross
Benedict Point
Part 3 - Los Pasajeros' Leader
Two crosses
Riggs Station
Part 3 - Bartholomew Brown and the Gentlemen
Three crosses
Van Horn
Part 3 - Mary Penn and Associates
Two crosses

Bounty Hunter Role Award
After reaching level 30 on your bounty hunter role, you'll unlock an additional award that you'll be able to grant indefinitely. You'll be able to trade in 10'000 Bounty Hunter role XP for 0.5 gold, $100 and 500 XP. To do so: menu > progress > awards > bounty hunter > press space tp trade in. Make sure to keep an eye on this award to get some extra gold.



Jean Ropke Collectors Map Tips
As you collect the items, make sure to remove them on the Collectors map.

You can also mark some items as important (by right clicking), according to the priority you attach to them. Those items will be outlined in red color.


Recommended Investments for beginners
Horse
If you're a complete beginner, a horse should be your first investment. Any War / Multiclass horse will do the trick for bounty hunting. The stats do not matter. All that matters is that you bond with it to level 4 as soon as possible. Later on (rank 54), I'd recommend hooded stirrups for a stamina drain rate reduction.

Weapon
Buy yourself a good weapon. I'd recommend to also have at least one long range weapon, a Rifle (is also handy if you cross the path of an animal you might hunt) or a Repeater.

Reinforced Lasso
After being hogtied by a reinforced lasso, a target will need more time before untying himself. A must for a bounty hunter. Grab it as soon as you can.

Bounty wagon
Very practical when you have several bounties. Plus, the targets cannot escape after being placed in a bounty wagon.

Bolas
Bolas are mandatory at first but may be very handy when you deal with several bounties. You can grab three bolas at a time at the gunsmith. At the fence you may buy additional bolas as well.

Looting and collecting
Looting is one of the most lucrative means for a collector, especially while looting bounty targets and outlaws. You'll be able to scavange tarrot cards, alcohol bottles, jewelry items. If you have a shootout with many outlaws, make sure to loot some of them before killing the last ennemies (to avoid some of the bodies to disappear). Regarding collecting, if the time at your disposal is restricted, I'd focus on cards and alcohol bottles. as these are the most commun items that you'll also loot on the outlaws.

As you launch your infamous bounty hunter mission, you have some time to collect. Although try to get to the first demanded area at around 10 minutes mark. In some missions a countdown appears at around 11 minutes and something and if you don't manage to get there at time, the missions aborts.

Random Encounters
If you notice any random encounters (a grey blinking dot would spawn nearby on your mini map) on your way to your bounty, don't pass by. A dog may bring you to a chest with a collectible.

If you see an agonizing animal, finish its pain to get an arrowhead.


Predators
During your missions, you may encounter various animals like cougars, bears, wolves. I'd recommend to take a rifle with express ammo with you. If you manage to get a predator in good condition, you may call in your hunting wagon, stow the animal's pelt in the wagon, and go on with your bounty mission.


Conclusion
Final Remarks
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Thank you for reading! I hope the guide did help you,
coma

Links
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Notes
All comments and screenshots were made by myself (state: February 2025).

Credits
Some tips and information used in this guide I acquired thanks to PVP Cat: https://www.youtube.com/@PVPCat/videos

2 Comments
Koragan 23 Mar @ 4:16am 
nice
xDraul 9 Mar @ 8:32pm 
thanks