Sheriff Boone has a poster for Dusty Pete, who leads what's left of the dead Dusty Pete gang out in the Sundown Barrens. Pete's dead and still won't stay put, and Boone and he have an arrangement. Ask around Last Chance where Pete holes up.
Steps
- Ask around Last Chance where Dusty Pete holes up · Last Chance
- Find Pete's widow, Hettie, at her homestead out past the salt flat, deep in the Sundown Barrens · the Dusty homestead
- Find Dusty Pete at whichever of his three camps he's at today
- Meet Dusty Pete at noon, out in the open by his camp. He won't draw before noon
- Tell Sheriff Boone in Last Chance that Dusty Pete's done · Last Chance
Reward
The bounty: 500 gold, a sheriff's badge and XP (and Pete's hat) (
accessory:sheriff_badge)
Dialogue
Starting it
- “Got a poster for you. Dusty Pete. Wanted alive or the other way. He's already the other way. I'd settle for the rest of the way.”
- “He runs what's left of the Dusty Pete gang. They all died out there years back. It didn't take. Out here dying's more of a suggestion.”
- “Now, I'd go myself. But Pete and me have an arrangement. He doesn't rob anything in town, and I don't go out there. Eleven years it's held. I've never been good at breaking up.”
- “Here's the poster. Good likeness. Hat, limp. He limps on both legs, so it's hard to say which one's the bad one.”
- “Thing is, nobody knows where he sleeps. Man's dead, and he still won't stay put. Ask around town. Somebody knows. In a saloon somebody always knows.”
Talking to them again
- “Dusty Pete. Hat, limp. Ask around town. The barkeep hears everything. He says he doesn't. That's how you know.”
- “I'd help, but I've got the arrangement. It's the only one I've got. I'm not throwing it away for justice.”
Handing it in
- “You found him. I can tell. You've got the look. And you've got his hat. Mostly the hat.”
- “Eleven years that arrangement held. I'll miss it. It was the most stable relationship I ever had.”
- “Here's the bounty. And this. A badge. You're not a deputy. Nobody's a deputy. But it's shiny, and folks stand up straighter around it.”
- “He'll get up again, you know. They always do out there. That's fine. Now he knows somebody comes.”
After it is done
- “Pete's back up, I hear. They always get up again out there. That's fine. Now he knows somebody comes.”
- “Quiet out in the Barrens this week. Quiet in here too. I miss the arrangement. It gave me something to not do.”
At the hand-in without the item
- “You haven't found him yet. I can tell. You've still got your hat and he's still got his.”
When your bag is full
- “Your bag's full. I'd hold the badge for you, but then I'd be wearing two. People would think I'm somebody.”
barkeep
- “Pete? Never drank here.”
- “Drank way out. Where his wife can't see him.”
- “Funny thing. She lives way out too.”
- “Ask Mose. He knows the way. He knows every way. Never takes one.”
barkeep again
- “His wife's out past the salt flat. Mose knows.”
gang last 0
- “Alright. You had your chance, and you spent it. Boys... dig another one.”
- “Nobody listens anymore. Fine. We'll do it the loud way.”
gang last 1
- “Six. Take them.”
- “Well, you can't say nobody told you. In a minute you won't be saying much of anything.”
gang last 2
- “Mule it is. Light them up.”
- “Should've gone home. Boys, this one isn't going home.”
gang warn 0
- “That's close enough. Folks who walk into this hollow don't walk out of it. Turn around while your legs still take orders.”
- “You lost, stranger? Lost is fine. Lost, you can fix. One more step this way and you'll be found.”
- “I've buried folks for less than standing where you're standing. Buried them right over there. Ground's still soft.”
gang warn 1
- “See that rock? Every fool who came out to look at that rock is under it now. Go look at something else.”
- “This is our flat. Our shade, our water, our business. You've got none of the three. Keep walking.”
- “I'm counting to ten. I never learned past six, so you'd best be gone by then.”
gang warn 2
- “Know why they call it Dead Mule Wash? The mule didn't leave when it was told. Don't be the mule.”
- “Way out here, nobody hears a thing. Not a shout, not a shot. You think about that, and you go on home.”
- “I don't know you, and I'd like to keep it that way. Back the way you came. Slow.”
hettie
- “One of Boone's posters. That's my husband. Good likeness. He hated it. Said it made him look dead. Then he went and proved it.”
- “Come along? No. If I see him, I'll have to talk to him. And we said everything there was to say back in eighteen seventy-one. It took all year.”
- “He keeps three camps out there. Never sits at the same one two days running. Says it keeps the law guessing. The law's Boone. Boone doesn't guess much.”
- “You'll know the one he's at. He can't sit still without boiling coffee. Awful coffee. You'll see the smoke a mile off. You'll smell it from two.”
- “Mind his boys, too. They don't talk to strangers. They tell you once to leave. Then they stop telling.”
- “And don't go at him before noon. He never drew on a man in the morning. Said mornings were for regrets. He had plenty. Most of them were me.”
- “One's in the low ground between the two long ridges, up north. One's under the rock that sticks up like a needle. And one's way out past the broken wagon wheel, where the land gives up.”
hettie again
- “Between the north ridges. Under the needle rock. Out past the broken wheel. Follow the smoke, mind the boys, and not before noon.”
- “If you see him, don't tell him I asked after him. I didn't ask. I'm just saying it out loud, near you.”
hettie full
- “Your bag's full. Come back when there's room. I'm not going anywhere. Nobody out here is.”
mose
- “Dusty Pete. Haven't heard that name in years. Well. Heard it last week. Before that, years.”
- “His missus is still out there. Hettie. Sets a plate for him every night. He never comes. Best-fed plate on the island.”
- “If anybody knows where he holes up, it's her. Wives always know. Mine knew where I was for thirty years. I never did.”
- “Go out past the salt flat, the big white patch, and keep on west. Her place is on the far side. Bring water. Bring more than water. She talks.”
mose again
- “Hettie's place. Past the salt flat, keep on west. Can't miss it. People do. But you can't.”
pete down
- “Tell Hettie... No. Don't tell her anything. She'll want to talk about it.”
pete draw
- “Whenever you're ready. I'm not. But whenever you are.”
pete early
- “Not yet. Noon. I keep a schedule. It's the only thing I kept.”
- “Still morning. Go regret something. I'll be right here.”
- “Noon. I don't care what your watch says. I care what the sun says.”
pete found
- “Boys. Sit down. Well. Boone finally sent somebody. Took him eleven years. He's thorough. Slow, but thorough.”
- “I know what you're here for. That's fine. But not now. I don't draw before noon. Mornings are for regrets.”
- “Noon. Out in the open. Come back then. I'll be here. Where else am I going to go? I'm dead.”
pete found noon
- “Boys. Sit down. Well. Boone finally sent somebody. Took him eleven years. He's thorough. Slow, but thorough.”
- “And it's noon. You've got good timing. I had good timing once. Then I got shot. Timing's not everything.”
- “Out in the open, then. Give me a minute. The leg's not what it was. Neither's the other one.”
pete late
- “Past noon. You missed it. Tomorrow. Somewhere else. Bring a watch.”