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Dirtwater jail
Dirtwater Jail
Area
Dirtwater

There are five quests given at the Dirtwater Jail, each with two different paths. Two bounties are unlocked to start and an additional one is unlocked for each you complete (up to 5).

Bounties[ | ]

The-House-in-the-Desert-Gang[ | ]

Look at the first poster to unlock the Desert House location. Sneak past or fight The-House-in-the-Desert-Gang there.

Alive: Find a bone, lock, and can of oil and use them to sneak up to the house and lock the gang inside, then choose the option to arrest them.

Dead: Let the gang hear you and then kill them in battle. Alternately, you can lock the gang in the house and then use a sulphur match to burn the house down (Ruthless perk required).

  • Reward: 500 meat and 30 - 33 XP.

Stripey Hat Gang[ | ]

Look at the second poster to unlock the Cavern Canyon location.

Alive: Open the spider door in the second cave area (a hammer or crowbar is required to enter this area). The spider will then cocoon the bandits, allowing you to arrest them.

Dead: Go into the third cave without opening the spider door to initiate combat and kill them in battle. Alternately, you can let the spider cocoon the bandits, then take the option to walk back out and let the spider finish its meal (Ruthless perk required).

Optional: rescue Doug from the kitchen.

  • Reward: 1000 meat and 30 - 33 XP

Potemkin Gang[ | ]

The third poster unlocks The Potemkin Gang's Hideout.

Alive: Lure the bandits in front of the fake jail (see the page for how to do this), then go "backstage" and cut the rope to drop the cutout building onto them, stunning them.

Dead: Lure the bandits in front of the fake sandwich shop, then go backstage and use the TNT barrel to blow them up. (Ruthless perk is not required, but if you have the Honorable perk, you can't choose to kill them.)

  • Reward: 1000 meat and 45 - 48 XP

Blackhat Bandits[ | ]

The fourth poster unlocks Old Millinery.

Alive: Solve all the puzzles to find the gang, then arrest them.

Dead: Do the above, but then choose to shoot them all in cold blood instead of arresting them (Ruthless perk required).

  • Reward: 1000 - 1500 meat and 75 - 80 XP

Gherkin Brothers[ | ]

The fifth poster unlocks Abandoned Pickle Factory.

Alive: Complete the puzzles in the pickle factory (see the page for how to do this) to get the gang's remains. The sheriff of Dirtwater will comment that there's still some life left in the bones, and the ghosts will be locked in a ghostly jail cell.

Dead: Attack the ghosts and kill them in combat.

  • Reward: 1500 meat and 60 - 66 XP

Notes[ | ]

  • Completing all 5 bounties by bringing in the thugs alive will give the Wanted: Alive achievement. Completing all 5 bounties by killing will give the Wanted: Dead achievement. Note you need Ruthless to get Wanted: Dead, but any alignment can complete Wanted: Alive.
  • Upon completing the 5 quests, you will get "Marshal" as your middle name, replacing your previous middle name if you already had one. If you killed all of the bandits instead of arresting them, you'll get the middle name "Killer" instead.
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