How to beat Cougar Creek Railroad using “My Little Phoney” and “Hooked On You.”

This guide is for the mission Cougar Creek Railroad, and shows how to get the keys “My Little Phoney” and “Hooked On You.”

Intro

Hey there.

I am Elcidthehero, and today, I am going to show a couple of ways that you can beat the mission Cougar Creek Railroad for The Escapists 2 while getting the keys “My Little Phoney” and “Hooked On You.”.


Cougar Creek Railroad is the first “Transport mission”, a mission type new to The Escapists 2, and one that can be a lot of fun. In this mission, all the guards will attack you as soon as they see you, and none of them have anything you need on their person, so best bet is to simply avoid them, and try and stealth it.

What is a transport missions?

The main goal of this type of a transport mission is to find a set of items, use them to craft another item, and then reach a point on the level where you can use that item to escape. As such, if you have the items you need to escape, you can stop searching desks, and just make your way to an exit asap. To the right, just below the mini map, you can see blue “Time left” bar that shows you how much time you have left. If it runs out, you lose, so try not to do that.


“My Little Phoney” requires you to get the following items

• Handkerchief
  
• Orange Pen
  
• Green Pen

As shown here


If you’re going for “Hooked On You.”, then you’re going to need to find these items.
Two Crowbars
Rope
Duct Tape


You will find these items in desks placed around the train. Where these items spawn are random, so the only way to win is to keep looking till you get them..

Where are the desks?

You start off in one of these two cells, close to the back of the train. Nearby are a few notes on the wall, that will give you a hint as to how to beat this mission.


]A guard will walk back and forth from each exit to the carriage, wait till he’s walking the other way, before moving to where you need to go. Starting from this area, I recommend going to the left first, as it has less distance to cover before you need to backtrack.


This is what I like to call the horse carriage, as it has the horse you need to get “My Little Phoney” as soon as you make the fake carrot. There is also a desk to the north, which you should search.


The next carriage to the left is a small one, with a desk you need to search close to the entrance. Just wait for the guard to be at the back, search it and take anything you need, and then make your way back to the cells where you started, then continue to the right. There is also another escape that can be unlocked here, but since it is multiplayer only, I am skipping it.


Up next are the solitary cells, that as far as I know, do nothing and can be ignored.


Next carriage is the control area, with a guard patrolling around it. This is also the place where your stuff will get taken if you get knocked out. Nothing ever spawns in it otherwise, so if you don’t get knocked out, ignore it.


The next one is the medical carriage, where any guards that get knocked out will be taken to, before making their way back to their post. There is also a deck that will always contain 3 Medkits and an Adrenalin shot. Nice, but not essential.


Now it’s the carriage where one guard walks around in a figure of eight, so if you can get behind him, he should never see you, just remember that this carriage has no doors, so don’t hang around the entrance. The desk is just by the way you entered, just top left of the carriage. Search it and move on.


Now it’s the food carriage, with one guard patrolling the area. He never enters the left door however, so just wait till he’s out of your way before going past him. The desk is right in the small room, so just quickly search it, and then move on.



Next carriage is divided into two, with the guard never entering the left half. Search the desk, and take anything you need. To the north is a ladder that will take you above the train, and lead you to the place to escape if you are going for “Hooked On You” If you need to continue on, just wait till the guard is outside the room looking away, and leg it past him


Now, if RNG has not been your friend, this carriage will be where the last items you need to get are. There is co-op only area at the left entrance, but ignore that, and move on to the desk on the right side.

Now, you should have what you need to craft the item to escape. Just simply backtrack to where you need to do, and get out of there.


Congratulations on beating your first Transport mission.