If you’ve played Red Dead Redemption for a while now, you must have come across some wanted posters of criminals in the game. These are bounties that you need to catch, which will earn you money. If you want some quick bucks or want to enhance your bounty-hunting skills, wanted posters are all you need. But since you are reading this guide, chances are that you are unable to find the criminal featured in the wanted poster. This bounty bug in Red Dead Redemption has been prevalent in the game since its initial release on consoles, and unfortunately, the recent PC version also has the same bug. So, what can you do in this situation? Are there any workarounds for the same? If you’re wondering the same, consider reading this guide for all the information you need.
Well, there are certain circumstances under which this bug seems to get triggered. A player mentioned facing this bug when they started a bounty only to realize they don’t have a lasso to catch the criminal alive; a condition for the bounty. So, what they did next was complete a series of quests to get access to a lasso. However, upon returning to catch the criminal at the bounty mission area, they were unable to find him. Due to this, the bounty can’t be completed, and even the poster is missing, locking their access to more bounty missions. So, this bug can potentially render the bounty aspect of the game useless if triggered. That said, here’s how you can tackle it, or, to say, don’t trigger it in the first place.
Red Dead Redemption Bounty Mission Bug: Is there any fix yet
First things first, you need to try a bunch of simple workarounds, like returning to the area after a while at different time of the day/night to check if the criminal spawns. Chances are that he will. If not, try the next workaround.
Set Campfire
Set up a campfire in the wilderness to pass the time. Do this a couple of time and then return to the area to check. This should make the criminal spawn. Also, ensure you are looking for the bounty at the correct location.
Reload the previous save
Well, if the above two workarounds didn’t help, then there’s only one thing you can do. And that’s reloading a save prior to starting the bounty mission. Since this bug is related to the bounty mission, starting over from a point before you initiate the mission might be the key.
That said, these workarounds should help you get rid of the bounty not working issue in Red Dead Redemption. So, now that you know what to do to fix this issue, here’s some additional information about how to not trigger this bug in the first place.
Make sure you already have all the items you need before you start the bounty missions. It is possible that if you do additional quests or side missions while having an active bounty mission, the criminal despawns only to be never seen again. So, you should be solely focused on completing the bounty before diverting your attention to somewhere else. Don’t initiate any extra dialogue with the NPCs that may lead to certain side missions, and obviously don’t get into unwanted fights that might lead to your death. Also, keep manually saving your progress so that even if you encounter the bug again, you can simply reload a previous save and then start over without losing much progress.
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