How to Survive

Corky, a retired gunslinger camped by the wrecked stagecoach on the Salt Pan, is building a land yacht: a wagon with a sail. He needs two good wheels off the wrecked carts at the Broken Wheel Arch and the Boneyard (an axe pries them off), a sail sewn from cloth at a workbench, and a mast: one of the tall dead trees out on the pan, chopped down and carried back to him.

Steps

  1. Bring Corky two good wheels off the wrecked carts (an axe pries them off), a sail sewn at a workbench, and a tall dead tree off the Salt Pan for a mast
  2. Sail Corky's land yacht round his six flags on the Salt Pan, in order, and beat his time
  3. Tell Corky your time · The Salt Pan

Reward

400 gold and XP. The land yacht stays on the Salt Pan, for anyone who's run his course

Dialogue

Starting it

  1. “Well, howdy, partner! Name's Corky. Fastest gun in the territory, eleven years runnin'. Then I ran plumb out of fellas to outdraw.”
  2. “So now I aim to be the fastest thing on this here salt. A wagon with a sail on her. Wind pushes, I steer, and nobody gets shot. Mostly.”
  3. “Now, I'd fetch the parts myself. But every bounty hunter in the territory knows this face. One of 'em would try his luck. I'd win. But it slows a man down.”
  4. “I'm short three things. Two wagon wheels, a sail and a mast. You fetch, I hammer. That's a partnership.”
  5. “Wheels first. Two busted old carts out yonder, one by the Broken Wheel Arch, one in the Boneyard. Take an axe and pry a wheel off each.”
  6. “Mind, one wheel on each cart's cracked clean through. You'll see it. Pry that one and it falls apart like a drunk at a weddin'.”
  7. “The sail, you sew from cloth at a workbench. Here's the pattern. It's a triangle. Don't get creative.”
  8. “And a mast. Chop down one of them tall dead trees out on the salt and haul it back here. She's heavy. You'll walk like you just got off a horse.”
  9. “Bring it all back to this here stagecoach. I ain't goin' anywhere. Neither is the last fella who came lookin' for me. He's under the cow skull.”

Talking to them again

  1. “Six flags, in order, fast as she'll go. The wind does the work. You just point her and holler.”
  2. “She won't sail straight into the wind. Nothin' will. Zigzag across it, like you're runnin' from a fella with a rifle. You'd know how, I reckon.”

Handing it in

  1. “Fastest anybody's ever gone on this salt. Faster than me, and I've had a posse behind me.”
  2. “Here's your pay. And she stays right here. Anybody who's run the flags can take her out.”
  3. “Me? Nah, I won't race her. Fastest gun in the territory don't lose to a wagon. I'm retirin' undefeated. Again.”

After it is done

  1. “She's out there whenever you want her. Just bring her back in one piece. I still remember how to aim.”
  2. “Fella rode in askin' who's the fastest on the salt. I pointed at you. He left. Smart fella.”

When your bag is full

  1. “Your bag's fuller than a saloon on payday. Lighten up and come on back.”

build

  1. “Well, would you look at that. Stand back, partner. I swing a hammer like I used to swing a pistol. Fast, and at whoever's closest.”
  2. “There she is! A wagon with a sail. Ugliest thing on the salt, and I've seen my own reflection.”
  3. “Here's the game. Six flags out on the salt, round 'em in order. My watch starts at the first flag and stops at the last.”
  4. “Wind is free. You just can't argue with it. I've tried.”
  5. “I got a time in my head. Beat it, and you're the fastest thing out here. That used to be me. I'll allow it. Once.”

call back

  1. “Stuck out there, huh? Hold on. I'll haul her back in.”
  2. “Hung her up on somethin'? Happens. She's back at the park.”
  3. “Back she comes. Try steerin' around the rocks this time. They don't move.”

first run

  1. “Ha! Faster than a horse! And a horse'll throw you, bite you and eat your hat. This thing just sits there and waits.”

missed

  1. “Too slow, partner. Out here, too slow gets you buried. Today it just gets you another go.”
  2. “Close. But close only counts in horseshoes and dynamite. Go again.”

need mast

  1. “Still no mast. One of them tall dead trees out on the salt. Chop it and drag it here. I'd help, but I'm supervisin'.”

need sail

  1. “Where's my sail? Cloth, sewn at a workbench, in a triangle. Bring me a square and folks'll think we're surrenderin'.”

need wheels

  1. “Still need two wheels, off them old carts at the Broken Wheel Arch and the Boneyard. Bring an axe. Them wheels don't come off for askin' nice.”