Boot Hill Bounties Compendium

A list of the sidequests and other interesting tidbits you'll encounter over the course of the game

Newspaper Sidequests

This section will detail the sidequests you can find by reading the Bronco County Sunrise that aren't detailed in other sections, such as Quiz Master or Riddles.

Swellsville

Bootsy the Cat

Leena Applewhite has lost her cat and is offering a reward to anyone who finds her. There are several cats around Bronco County, but you need to find the one with gray fur and violet eyes.

Check the bottom right corner of Swellsville
Reward: Handkerchief
Effect: Revive yourself in battle in half the time


The Crop Thief

There is a crop thief who is stealing crops during the night.

Camp outside of Swellsville and she will be walking around. Talk to her










Reward: You can hire her on your farm to collect your crops for you


Bigfoot
Available after arresting "Stampede" Sally Little after the San Gonzalez storyline

Bigfoot is attacking people by the bridge above Snake River. Talk to the Talmadge family for details. Go to Bumblebee Junction and check the Safari to learn of the missing gorilla and receive the doll. Return to Snake River and defeat Mambo. Talk to Bongo to collect your reward.
Reward: Snapcracker (whip) - Atk+40, no innate effects


Rabies Outbreak
Available after arresting Burning Crow

There is a rabies outbreak in Swellsville's farms. Exterminate a raccoon, goat, pig, and dog on the neighboring farm. Then speak to Dudley Brown about Patient Zero. Go to the Howl Family Farm and exterminate the Mountain Lion. Afterward, speak to Old Bill Crawford for your reward.
Reward: Spurs
Effect: Once per battle, when your HP falls below 25%, return to full HP

Chepakwik Forest/Village

Silver Spring Auction
Available after arresting Burning Crow

Nathanial Courtright purchased a Chepakwik artifact from Silver City. Take Moon to his house to examine the artifact on the table. Go to Chepakwik Village and speak to Dreaming Lark. Return to Swellsville, sneak into the Courtright home from the shed, evade Mr. and Mrs. Courtright, bypass the guard in the hall and speak to Eli for a clue regarding the combination to the safe in the library.

Answer: 4280

Take the Ketoh to Dreaming Lark and make a decision. You can pay Courtright $50 for it now ($70 later if you don't have the cash now), keep it and provoke his wrath (you can pay him $100 later for forgiveness), or return it to him.


Item: Ketoh
Effect: All bow vantages have Repeater effect

Tiger Squirrels
Available after arresting Burning Crow

Locate the 5 Tiger Squirrels in the forest, then confront them at their base
Reward: Thunderbolt (bow) - ATK+40, no innate effects

Cyprus Flats

Gumbo
After defeating Scorpion Saint, read the ad then talk to the cook (Gumbo Guru) in the bottom left corner of Cyprus Flats. Then speak to Jim Flowers in the Saloon kitchen. Go into the basement and defeat the henchmen to get the sheet music. Give the music to Windom Ivory in the Saloon so you can view the sheet. Read what the notes spell out to get the ingredients. Then confront the Gumbo Guru with the information about the ingredients to learn the recipe. If you can't read sheet music, speak to Riley Hackett in the Gumbo Guru's line and he will translate the first part, which you can use to decipher the rest.
Reward:Grisly Atonement
Effect: Doc's ultimate weapon, ATK+50, no imbuements
Note: To get the Gumbo Recipe, you must still buy one from the Guru
Answers: Cabbage, Meat(Beef), Egg

Prospect Bluffs

Lost Goats
After defeating Creed Little, read the ad in the Bronco County Sunrise. Go to Wan's Restaurant and speak to Hank Wisehart. Enter the mine and at the mine cart area, you will have 2 minutes to rescue 5 goats
Reward: Rifle Scabbard
Effect: Big gun attacks cost 1 less action point to use







Raccula

Hint: Something in the mine is attempting a ritual that must not be interrupted to summon Raccula
Answer: The Nocturnal Screechers in the mine cart area are attempting the ritual. Sit idle in the battle or whittle them down, but don't kill them. Eventually they will summon Raccula and you can then kill them.
Drop: Raccula Blood Treasure (sells for $4.50)
Reward: Cattleman Revolver (small gun) - ATK+25, no innate effects

San Gonzalez/Fort Chatahasee

The Ghost of Andreo Franco
After arresting "Stampede" Sally Little, a story about a ghost will appear in the Bronco County Sunrise. Go to San Gonzalez and camp out. There will be a piece of paper on the right side of the fire. Collect the map to meet the Ghost. Speak to Andreo's wife in the Cantina and set out for Fort Chatahasee.



The map starts at the railroad crossing. Go through the fort and over by the camp site and on the left side of the right-most plateau will be where you need to search to find the chest. You will be ambushed by Tuco's gang and must fight.





Reward: Bandolier
Effect: As long as you have 1 action point, you can take action. This can leave you with negative Action Points

Question Master Safes

Swellsville

Hint: Enter the number of letters of each member of the McSween family's first name in order from Youngest to Oldest
Answer: 4547
Explanation: You can find 3 members of the family on the east side of Swellsville, however, on your way to Swellsville, you passed a grave for Jane McSween that some people may have overlooked.


Reward: Slim Jim
Effect: Holster that makes small gun vantages cost 1 less power point

Chepakwik Forest

Hint: Examine the stump closely
Answer: 9037
Explanation: Examine the stump in the picture in the paper






Reward: Bear Trap
Effect: Paralyzes enemies at the start of battle

Cyprus Flats

In the Alley
Hint: Enter Question Master's birthday
Answer: What date are you playing this on?
Explanation: It is looking for the date in the form of month, then day. December 15th would be 1215, March 14th would be 0314, etc.





Reward: Leather cuffs
Effect: Heals user for 10% of their HP for each AP spent








In Impostor Valentine's office
Note: Technically not a Question Master safe
Answer: Written on the wall of Valentine's office in the flashbacks








Reward: Gattling Gun (BigGun)
Effect: Atk+40, Repeater x5

Prospect Bluffs

In the Maze
Hint/Explanation: Solving the maze in the newspaper will reveal a 4 digit combination
Answer: 1525







Reward: Butterfly Boots
Effect: When not using a stance, you will automatically attempt to Dodge when attacked









In the Cave
Hint:
Answer:
Explanation:
Reward:
Effect:

San Gonzalez

In the sacristy
Hint: Find time in the train station
Answer: 0330
Explanation: The clock in the train station is broke.







Reward: Essence Bottle
Effect: Doubles imbued effects on weapons

School House Riddles

The hooligans that we put into their places after arriving in Swellsville in the first game have given up on trying to crack our skull with force but instead are attempting to crack it with math and logic.

For this section, I will not list the riddles in their entirety, but I'll list the math behind them as well as the answers.

1. Start of Game
Bobby Clobber: (1.57-0.02)-(1.50+0.02)
Answer: 3
Freddy Hurtz: (4/2)+4
Answer: 6
Georgy Roughhouse: Number of times the letter "H" appears on screen
Answer: 9
Tommy Pincher: Pay attention to the first letter of each number
Answer: 1
Reward: Suspenders
Effect: Removes the power point cap in battle








2. After first boss
Bobby Clobber: (x/2)+1=2
Answer: 2
Freddy Hurtz: 6+4-1
Answer: 9
Georgy Roughhouse: Geometric sequence of a limit to 1
Answer: 1
Tommy Pincher: 2^3
Answer: 8
Reward: Sight Scope
Effect: User cannot miss








3. After second boss
Bobby Clobber: 1+0.5x=x, what is 2x? (x=2)
Answer: 4
Freddy Hurtz: How many letters are in the word "nine"
Answer: 4
Georgy Roughhouse: Annoying statistics
Answer: 90%
Tommy Pincher: 2+3+4
Answer: 9
Reward: Chewing Gum
Effect: Perks do not wear off after battle








4. After third boss
Bobby Clobber: M+H=22, 4H+2M=72, solve for H
Answer: 8
Freddy Hurtz: 2(0.5x+5)=2x+5, solve for x
Answer: 5
Georgy Roughhouse: 4 sets of different colored socks, how many must be pulled to make a pair?
Answer: 5
Tommy Pincher: A cat kills a mouse in 3 minutes. How long will it take for 100 cats to kill 100 mice?
Answer: 3
Reward: Dreamcatcher
Effect: You cannot be damaged while sleeping








5. After fourth boss
Bobby Clobber: Train is moving 0.833 miles per minute, how many WHOLE minutes to travel a mile
Answer: 2
Freddy Hurtz: x-1=y+1, x+2=2y, solve for x
Answer: 7
Georgy Roughhouse: 12-(6-3+4-3+3)
Answer: 5
Tommy Pincher: Cutting 4 chains to make 1 loop (not sure how you get this one)
Answer: 3
Reward: Dime Novel
Effect: Double VP gain from battle

Reagent Guide

Here is a table with an alphabetical list of effects. Specifics on the effects will be listed alphabetically below.

Reagent	Attribute 1	Attribute 2	Attribute 3
Antler	Burn	Leech	Disarm
B. Feather	Blind	Repeater	Hunter
Beak	Confusion	Blind	Accuracy Up
Bone	Fear	Hunter	Death
Cactus	Burn	Leech	Blind
Claw	Attack Up	Sleep	Repeater
Electrocyte	Stagger	Paralysis	Disease
Eyeball	Accuracy Up	Sleep	Fear
Fang	Attack Up	Critical Up	Disarm
Fin	Slow	Critical Up	Hunter
Flint	Burn	Critical Up	Attack Up
Gossamer	Confusion	Paralysis	Attack Up
Hoof	Stagger	Critical Up	Paralysis
Horn	Disease	Critical Up	Burn
Larva	Poison	Confusion	Death
Mane	Fear	Disease	Critical Up
Needle	Hunter	Poison	Fear
Oil	Burn	Slow	Death
Pelt	Hunter	Repeater	Accuracy Up
Photophore	Paralysis	Leech	Attack Up
Quill	Accuracy Up	Poison	Leech
Rawhide	Slow	Hunter	Disarm
Scale	Stagger	Disarm	Attack Up
Shell	Slow	Sleep	Disarm
Stinger	Attack Up	Repeater	Poison
Tongue	Fear	Leech	Stagger
Venom Gland	Poison	Blind	Disease
W. Feather	Accuracy Up	Sleep	Stagger
Whisker	Stagger	Confusion	Sleep
Wiry Tail	Burn	Leech	Hunter

Accuracy Up	Improves accuracy by x%
Attack Up	Improves weapon attack power by 10%
Blind	x% chance to blind the enemy
Burn	x% chance to burn the enemy
Critical Up	x% increased chance to hit the enemy for bonus damage
Confusion	x% chance to confuse the enemy
Death	x% chance to instantly kill the enemy
Disarm	x% chance to disarm enemy (Human only)
Disease	x% chance to inflict disease, a more advanced type of poison
Fear	x% chance to terrify the enemy
Leech	x% of damage inflicted is returned to user as healing
Paralysis	x% chance to paralyze the enemy
Repeater	x% chance of using a vantage twice
Poison	x% chance to poison the enemy
Sleep	x% chance to lull enemy to sleep
Slow	x% to slow the enemy
Stagger	x% to stagger the enemy, making them unable to take a stance

Kid's Farm

There are a few additions to the farm you can pick up beyond just the plants and livestock to make your farming life a little easier.

Horace Westbrook
How to Hire: Talk to him in town and he will offer his services. He is the old man by the carriage outside the train station.
Cost: $20
Effect: He will transport you to various places, allowing you save on train fare. He is also the only way to enter Fool's Feast Desert
Note: He will not take you to Fort Chatahasee or Prospect Bluffs




Josie Trotter
How to Hire: Complete the Crop Thief sidequest
Cost: $10
Effect: She will gather all of the harvestable crops on your farm for you







Leon Barker
How to Hire: Read his ad in the paper, then talk to him in the refugee house
Cost: $10
Effect: He will gather all of the materials from your livestock for you







Bongo
How to Acquire: Complete the Bigfoot sidequest
Cost: None
Effect: None (other than rewarding Rosie)

[malcolmxsj16]

The safe in the cave is indeed tied to the optional boss. First off, as far as the safe combination is concerned; I am to believe the numbers differ from playthrough to playthrough--or rather--are generated from the beginning of a new game. The snakes --more specifically the enemies known as chypers , hold the key to obtaining the player's individual 4 digit code. The green cypher in Prospect Bluffs is located in the mines where you would go on to confront Creed Little--more specifically; the third room near the mine cart. The red cypher can be found commonly amongst enemies encountered in Fool's Feast. The gold cypher is in the wine cellar of the church in San Gonzales. The blue cypher stands alone in an alley nearby Dr. Sawbone's "office" in Cyprus Flats.

[malcolmxsj16]

Each cypher's body is contorted to resemble a number and in my playthrough--as well as the very few I've seen on YouTube, they normally come in the shapes of 3, 8 and 9. It may be possible that they come in even more numbers, but this is not something I can confirm. As for the order of these four digits; that is based on the order in which the player claimed their respective bounties. For example, if Creed was the fourth bounty claimed by the player then whatever number the cypher in Prospect Bluffs is shaped like will be the fourth digit of the safe's code. It could also be plausible that the colored picture of the snake carving in Rusty's doghouse takes this possibility into account. Rusty's doghouse is made available for 100% completing the game. The picture I'm referring to depicts the same snake carving except, each section of it is colored differently--matching the four colors of each cypher.

[malcolmxsj16]

In my playthrough the colors matched from head-to-tail in the order of which I encountered them. However, I'd have to say this lends little credence to the idea that the cyphers' colors (number order) are undoubtedly set in stone. Now moving on to explaining how this ties into the optional boss. In the beginning  of the game--going through the Boothill cemetery, there is one gravestone that prompts some very intriguing dialogue. Later in the game, during a camping session, there is a cutscene in which Doc and Rosy tell a ghost story. This retelling may prompt the player to recall the mysterious, aforementioned  gravestone at the cemetery. This is all I'm willing to say on the matter, but hopefully it points gamers in the right direction. And as a helpful hint for those struggling with finding recipes: 3 or 4 are tethered to NPCs in the Chuckwagon Competition and 6 are from an NPC near the Howl family farm.

[ZMMX]

There is no place to rehear the story, but I do have it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/LmeiiqMNatk

It's right at the beginning, so you don't have to scroll through the video to find it.

I'm wondering if the safe contains the Fool's Gold that we're looking for. Otherwise, the only mention of the stuff was in Creed's scenario where he stole some from Blaze for Kipp's Apparatus.

[Victorian GentleByrd]

I noticed that tomb, but since I wasn't able to find another mention of the silent rider I didn't think of it.
Is there a place to rehear that story?
All I can remember from it is that their fools gold was taken from them and their horses hooves were chopped off.
I could buy 4 hooves, but I haven't been able to find any fool's gold

[ZMMX]

The secret boss of the game is the Silent Rider, Davey Babcock. You see his grave near the start of the game and he mentions he is still looking for what was taken from him. I've been going around talking to NPCs for clues and I found the one who spoils the story before anything related to the Silent Rider.

[Victorian GentleByrd]

First, thanks for the guide.
I would never have guessed that meta question master safe without this

Secondly I have finished almost all of the game (I still have the chuckwagon competitions to complete and getting every hat and lvling them), yet I still can't figure the "In the Cave" safe out.

I thought since there there was a snake the clue would be at snake tail river.
after a lot of guesses with logs, that snake at the circus, and those buffalo skulls I couldn't find any working solutions.

If that optional boss you were mentioning was racculla , then I don't know how they connect since the boss in questioning doesn't use any numbered attacks or stuff that could be extracted as a code.

So any help with this would be much appreciated.

[ZMMX]

That one I am a little on the fence about. When you beat the game, Ralph Ewing will be there and warns you that this is not a Question Master safe, describes it as the hardest thing in the game, and due to it being in Prospect Bluffs, I suspect it has to do with the game's optional boss. Either that is your reward for beating him, or that is the item that will summon him, I'm suspecting.

[Voxwave]

Good guide; thanks for taking the time to make it! Will the "In the Cave" combination from Prospect Bluffs be put in later?