(Secret Guide) How to Rob Trains the Right Way (Singleplayer, No Bounties)

The Guide tells you how to easily rob a train in single player netting around $400 without losing it all and more to bounties. A fun thing to try even if you don't need moneh

Requirements:

- At least 2 sticks of dynamite
- Bandana or a mask to cover the face
- Moneh to travel to Annesburg
- Having completed all the intro missions of chapter 2
- A crazy cool outfit to wear for the robbery

How to Rob Trains Without Consequences

This is the only way to rob a train without a bounty. It is the only long tunnel in the game and lawmen have x-ray vision and can see through your mask. Changing outfits doesn't help

I.

You have to purchase a ticket to Annesburg.



II.

Once you arrive stay with the train until it leaves. It's a good time to cover your face with a bandana Sometimes, if spotted by train personnel you can get a bounty for riding without a ticket.



III.

You may choose to remain inside or get up on the roof. Make sure you are not seen on the roof or you may get a bounty. You may want to whistle your horse to follow you or you won't be able to fast travel / use your horse to get out of there. In some cases the horse will not be able to follow the train like CJ couldn't follow the darn train


Assassin's Creed Style roofin'

IV.



Use this map to learn where the needed tunnel is. You need to stop the train in the second, long tunnel. Stop it right before the turn. When you kill the conductor the train won't immediately stop. It will keep going on inertia until you manually stop it. If you stop too early or too late you can just drive and position the train yourself. The exact spot is perfect to avoid detection as train is far enough inside for no lawmen to get there.

First two train wagons are manned with guards and they won't let you pass without a fight, they can spot you on the roof too. There should be 6 guards in total. The first two wagons have safes in them.

When nearing the designated stop attack the guards quickly, kill the conductor and stop the train

Since it is dark in the tunnel use your lantern and pair it with a handgun of your choice



V.

Time to rob the train. There are loads of goodies everywhere in cabinets from ammo to tonics to valuables sometimes. Make sure you don't have any unsold watches when you come to rob the train or any other valuables or you won't be able to take everything. Or just get the Satchel of the Legend of the West.

Loot the guards and the machinist, make sure you rob the passengers and then kill them and loot their bodies because those guys are holding out on you. I know it is brutal but it is the only way.

Finally, place the dynamite charges on 2 safes in the first two wagons. There is some cash and valuables inside. Just press fire button without aiming and Arthur will attach the charges to the safe's door then ignite and get away.

VI.

Time to get away from there. If you've had your mask on the entire time and parked the train where I told you there is going to be no bounty on your head.

If you got your horse inside then either ride it or get out of the tunnel on it and use fast travel from wilderness camp to the Fence of your choice: Saint Denis, Rhodes or Emerald Ranch.

If the horse got lost then you can use the train to drive out of the tunnel and then I suggest you hunt the roads for a wagon (because wagons unlike stolen horses have unlimited sprint and thus travel faster) and drive it straight to Emerald Ranch as it is the closest one and you can sell the wagon there too getting some cash as well as making your horse come back to you. There is also a train station nearby if you want to grind this method or fast travel via the station.



Sell all the stuff you've got and don't forget the pocket watches.



Conclusion.

As you can see I started with $2622 and ended up with $2977. I missed some guards and did not loot the machinist, I missed lots of miscellaneous items and didn't loot the watch as I already had it on me. A solid $400 dollar payout and lots of fun and the feeling of a mastermind. Try robbing a train alone, Dutch.

Hell, I think this deserves to be done at least once for the fun of it.

This game is an art form

I love this game, truly. I love robbing trains and robbing stores, and stealing horses, robbing banks, the story is great and there is just so much to do. Graphically it is really amazing. And it has so much hidden depth to it like being able to do things not intended by devs. And it doesn't force you to do things you don't like.

I hope you enjoy this game as much as I do! And have the bestest day!

[MJ7791]

I followed your advice and cleared the train with 0 problems. I waited until the train passed the first tunnel (small tunnel). Then I placed my mask on and jumped on to the roof. Made my way to the final car before the engine and waited. When the train entered the 2nd tunnel (big tunnel in pitch black) I jumped down and shot the engineer. Stopped the train and then jumped back onto the previous car's roof. I proceeded to shoot each guard as they came toward me while holding my lantern until they were all dead. I shot the safes with exploding bullets from my shotgun. It was easy picking after that. Thanks for the tunnel tip, pardner.

[Jellybean Warrior]

I still got wanted for over 500 dollars when i blew up the safes, was i too late on the tunnel?

[bruhswan]

train wont move after i robbed it twice

[skelesmith]

worked twice, on future attempts the train doesnt move after i stop at annesburg

[elyaco1133]

Wearing a mask doesnt help either. Except for GTAIV why is Law/Wanted system so fucked in Rockstar games?

[Enter_]

Thank you for this i'm going to try it

[Can]

Awesome guide. A few things I want to add tho,

You dont have to use dynamite to blow up the safes, you can also use explosive revolver ammo.

The only watches in the safes are the pocket watches, you can only carry 1 and you cant sell them. It's kinda annoying that you cant pick them up when you have one already.

Also if you want to do this, but dont want to lose any honor,

You can lasso and hogtie every guard and not rob anyone on the train. You can still loot the items in the train (but not the guards) and also blow up and loot the safes.
You will get a worse payout but you wont lose any honor.

[Atheryan]

@ZERO_K% Thanks! I tried again and went out the other end of the tunnel and didn't have any problems.

[1984]

@TortureKing you could've returned back into the tunnel and waited it out. They'd probably leave you alone.

The way bounties work is not consistent in game. Next time you can get luckier. Try parking the train in the middle of the tunnel so no cops see you and of course it is better if everyone inside the train dies so nobody can report you once you are leaving.

[Atheryan]

Worked pretty well, thanks for the guide! I did get a bounty after I stepped out of the tunnel due to a convenient NPC standing nearby but the entire robbery I had no bounty and no lawmen showed up.