Night Watch
Locations: MacFarlane Ranch, Chuparosa, Blackwater
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At night you can entertain yourself by patrolling a location with a dog. These
jobs are indicated by the crescent moon icon on your map. They're pretty simple
in reality - walk around with the doggy and get rid of any undesirables the two
of you come across. The main difference is what you run across and how you
decide to handle it. There are various crimes:
- A fist fight.
- Horse theif.
- An attempted break-in.
- A robbery.
- A hold-up.
- A gang harassing a lone woman.
If you choose to subdue the men by beating them up or shooting your gun in the
air above them then they will often run off and you gain honor. Of course if
you take the quick way through this and just shoot them you still complete the
mission but you gain no honor for it. You'll also earn a good bit less money
for your efforts so keep that in mind.
You only need to do this once for each location to get credit towards 100%
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Horse Breaking Jobs
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Location: Ridgewood Farm, Chuparosa
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These require almost no effort to actually complete. Go to the location and
just break-in one of the horses. You'll be taught how to do this doing missions
for Miss Bonnie early in the game so just keep your balance and ride the pony!
Uh, I mean ride the horsey. You only need to complete one in each location to
gain credit towards 100%
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Gang Hideouts
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Started: Clear the hideout as part of the main story and then wait 24 hours.
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When you complete a gang hideout during the storyline you will be able to come
back after 24 hours to find a new mission that can be undertaken there. These
are all pretty simple - speak to the person indicated on your map, kill all of
the bandits and complete the objective. There are seven hideouts, five in the
United States and two in Mexico.
United States Hideouts
- Pike's Basin
- Twin Rocks
- Tumbleweed
- Gaptooth Breach
- Fort Mercer
Mexico Hideouts
- Nosalida
- Tesoro Azul
None of these are terribly hard to complete and don't really call for any sort
of special strategies to clear. After completing the main game you wil be able
to unlock an outfit, the U.S. Marshall's Uniform, by clearing the five U.S.
hideouts within 24 in-game hours.
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Master Hunter Challenge
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Started: Kill and skin a coyote.
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For the most part these Master Hunter Challenges are easy but made difficult
by how damn frustrating it can be to find the animal you're looking for. Try
your best to use the map that came with the game, or the one in the menus, to
find them. They're clearly labeled on them and those are the general areas to
located them although sometimes you will run across them outside of the area
that they're supposed to roam. Listed below are the more troublesome legs of
this journey along with tips on how to clear them.
MH 5: Kill 2 cougars with your melee knife and collect 2 cougar pelts.
Animal Locations: Try going north of MacFarlane Ranch and searching around.
This is one of the harder challenges in the game and requires some very quick
actions on your part. People have succeed with various strategies:
- Lasso the cougar and then rush in to stab it twice.
- Wait for it to charge, roll out of the way and then chase after it. As
they turn slowly you can try to stay behind them stabbing their flank.
- Ride around on your horse and try to chase after them. This will often
cause them to miss their attack on your horse and get stuck partially
under it. Quickly take your knife and stab them.
- NOTE: Regardless of how you do it bring along medicine, just in case.
MH 8: Kill a bear with your melee knife.
Animal Locations: Look at your map, they're located in Tall Trees.
This is actually surprisingly easy. The hard part is finding just the one bear
since they usually move in pairs, in the least. When you do locate it shoot it
once in the face with the Henry Repeater and then stab him. All it will take is
those two hits to put the big boy down. Just remember to bring medicine and be
ready to use it from the ground as he knocks you around.
MH 9: Search Ojo Del Diablo for "Khan", the legendary jaguar and collect his
pelt.
Animal Location: Ojo Del Diablo
Killing Khan is actually pretty simple as jaguars are basically just a bit
faster than your average cougar. Finding the pecker is actually the hard part.
Look at your map for Ojo Del Diablo and make a marker to the left of the words,
on the other side of the road. In this area Khan will often spawn after you run
around for a little bit. Shoot him down, skin him and move on with your day.
MH 10: Search Aurora Basin, Stillwater Creek and Nekoti Rock for "Lobo", the
legendary wolf, "Gordo", the legendary boar and "Brumas", the legendary
bear and collect their pelts.
Animal Locations: All over the place.
For this one you're going to have some fun trying to track these three down so
we will cover them one at a time.
- Gordo: Found in Stillwater Creek. He's most often hanging out just south of
the words Mason's Bridge on your map. He's a tough thing and takes a
few shots to bring down. Get his hide and get out of there before a
cougar or Gordo's boar buddies turn you into paste.
- Lobo: Found in Aurora Basin. Look on your map for the words Aurora Basin -
just north of them is a crossroads. Search around that area to find
Lobo but stay alert. He's really freaking fast and if you don't shoot
him quickly he can kill you with ease. One shot of the Bolt Action
will handle him.
- Brumas: Found atop Nekoti Rock. Head over to the words Nekoti Rock on your
map and head up the trail there. Here you will find the bear moving
around, waiting for you to show up as dinner. One shot to the head
with the Buffalo Rifle will end this as well as wrapping up the
final stage of your Master Hunter Challenge.