Become A Bounty Hunter

Go to the yellow "A License for Bounty Hunting" marker showing an Sheriff's Star Badge in Rhodes or select "Online - Bounty Hunter" when starting the game. You will then spawn next to the Sheriff's Office in Rhodes. Meet the Legendary Bounty Hunter and purchase the Bounty Hunter License for 15 Gold. If you don't have enough gold, you can always return to a Bounty Board and purchase the license later.

The Prestigious Bounty Hunter License adds 10 Ranks of progression atop the 20 from the Bounty Hunter Role Ranks with high level items and skills to acquire, weapon variants and horses, Infamous Bounty targets on the Bounty Boards and more. The Prestigious Bounty Hunter License cost 15 Gold. You can buy the license together with the Bounty Hunter License or at a later moment.

Bonuses And Tokens

You earn Role XP and Game XP as you complete Bounty Hunter activities. Role XP counts towards your progression through the 30 Role ranks. You will reach a new tier of distinction every 5 ranks: Novice, Promising, Established, Distinguished, Veteran and Prestigious.

Unlocking a Role Rank (2,000 XP) earns Role Tokens (two Tokens per level) and at certain ranks you'll unlock new skills. Each tier has a kit of items that are unique to the Bounty Hunter Role and can be unlocked to purchase using Role Tokens.

Role Progression

Progression will unlock items and skills.

Equipment

Carry weapons for long range and close to medium-range with a high "overall rating" score:

• Close Range: Reinforced Lasso (rank 1), Bolas (rank 10), Cattleman Revolver (level 1), Schofield Revolver (level 9)
• Medium Range: Bolt-Action Rifle (level 7), Repeating Shotgun (level 11), Lancaster Repeater (level 12)
• Long Range: Rolling Block Rifle (level 13), Carcano Rifle (level 50)

Have a maximum bonding level with your horse. Some horses will become agitated if they feel threatened or hear loud noises.

Bounties Boards

There are two types of bounties: a normal bounty and a legendary one. Normal bounties are easier and are initially accessible. The number of dollar signs on the wanted posters on the Bounty Boards is indicative of the amount of profit you can make, $$$ pays the most.

The bounties are Free Roam missions. Everyone pictured on the $ posters is hunted at the same time. Infamous Bounties are splitted into three different missions. When you turn in one you'll see a "X" on the poster. Bounties can be hunted down and delivered to the nearest sheriff's office or bounty hunter's wagon. Living targets are worth slightly more money than those brought in dead. The "cool-down-period" between two infamous bounty missions is 48 minutes.

Legendary Bounty	Location	Base XP	Base $
Barbarella Alcazar	Gaptooth Breach	1000	100.00
Carmela "La Muñeca" Montez	Hanging Dog Ranch	1000	150.00
Cecil C. Tucker	Fort Brennand	1000	100.00
Etta Doyle	Saint Denis	1000	150.00
Gene "Beau" Finley	Shady Belle	1000	125.00
Nikolai "Yukon Nik" Borodin	Fort Riggs	1000	125.00
Owlhood Family	Rio Bravo	1000	125.00
Philip Carlier	Swamps of Lemoyne	1000	125.00
Red Ben Clempson	New Austin	1000	150.00
Sergio Vincenza	Roanoke Ridge	1000	125.00
"Shepard" Virgil Edwards	Roanoke Ridge	1000	150.00
The Wolf Man	Lake Isabella	1000	100.00
Tobin Winfield	Thieves' Landing	1000	150.00

Legendary Bounty missions loads you into single player mode. Legendary bounties are more difficult to capture than regular bounty targets, but also more rewarding. Each target has its own mission, with a short opening cutscene that explains their backstory and where they can be found. You start the mission near the target's location and must find them; the target is usually protected by gang members, wild animals, or other enemies. The missions increase in difficulty after each completion, up to a maximum of 5 stars. The "cool-down-period" between two legendary bounty missions is 48 minutes.

Player Bounties

Reaching Bounty Hunter Rank 12 will open up the opportunity to take down other players with bounties of $5 or more. You will be notified through an invite about the opportunity to hunt down the wanted player when they’re nearby in a structured pursuit. The wanted player must escape (or surrender) within the allotted time and if captured, they’ll also have opportunities to escape and flee. If you bring the target in alive, you’ll receive an award while the criminal serves time. Be aware that most players will leave the session as you try to take them down.

Bounty Hunting

• Buy the Reinforced Lasso at Rank 1. Unlike a regular lasso, a reinforced lasso makes it harder for a bounty to escape. Even you equip the reinforced lasso before a mission, it can happen that you only see your normal lasso in the weapon wheel. Chance the lasso for a couple of times or before starting a bounty mission will fix this problem.
• Missions with multiple bounties are designed to be done by posses or by players with a bounty wagon. Join a posse or wait till you are able to buy a bounty wagon before you start a multiple bounty mission. If you want to use the Bounty Wagon, wait until you are at the location and ready to load the targets. The less driving with the wagon decreases the chance it gets wrecked.
• Stand in front of a hogtied enemy and hold a Lasso. When you press to hit, you will kick them until they are knocked out. Now they won't talk or run away. You can also knock them out while transporting them by horseback.
• Prevent enemies from spawning while you're transporting a bounty by putting the bounty on your horse and ride an NPC horse. As soon as you share a horse with the bounty, enemies spawn.
• Capture the Player Bounty by hogtying and throwing them in a Bounty Wagon. Players can't escape if you hogtie and carry them on foot. They will on horseback. They can surrender at any time and you will be teleported to the nearest jailhouse.
• The "Unblinking Eye" ability card will help you track Bounties longer. Tracking Arrows give Bounties green scent trails that last longer. The effects of the Tracking Arrows last for about two minutes.
• Cripps will shoot at your bounties if you take them to Camp. Even if they're hogtied to your horse.

Bounty Payout

Either wait out the mission timer for the highest reward before turning in the last bounty or start a new Bounty Mission as soon as you can. The base payout is 600 XP and $30. The Gold reward depends on the time you spend for the mission. The longer you take, the higher your reward.

Hunting bounties in a posse gives you a bonus compared to single player. The bonus increase the larger the posse. The leader is getting more than the posse members but everyone get more than they would have gotten single played.

Turning in dead targets is slightly less rewarding than turning them in alive.

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