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Most Wanted

Most Wanted

Become a Public Enemy for 10 minutes and escape alive in a public Free Roam session.

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How to unlock the Most Wanted achievement in Red Dead Redemption - Definitive Guide

So, a friend and I discovered what has to be the absolute easiest way to get this achievement. Is completely doable solo, of course the only concern are other players coming after you. I managed to get into a game solo.

Go to the town of Escalera in the bottom left of the map. At the top of a hill is a hacienda/mansion. Go through the gates, on the front corner of the wall is a tower with a ladder going up into it. Climb up here and take cover against a wall. Now, start shooting the law officers in the area and keep doing it until you receive $1000 Bounty / Public Enemy status. Now just sit here for 10 min. Occasionally a guard will try the ladder, so you need to watch that, but that's all.

Now the best part...typically you have to escape to get the achievement, but for some reason, because they can't see you on top of the tower, after a few moments you'll lose your wanted status and the achievement will pop.

In summary, climb tower, become public enemy, wait 10 min. Done.
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23 May 2010 09:38

108 Comments
Excellent solution. It worked like a charm. I had a guy come in and fended him off long enough that we ended up playing together after we both got the achievement. :-D
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By misfit119 on 27 May 2010 00:54
This solution is plain awesome. First try succesful. I was on top of that tower waiting, went away, when I came back a mexican lawman was standing right next to me when the achievement popped. Great. Thanks alot for this solution.
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By Onkel B on 27 May 2010 17:44
Wow, and right after sent my previous comment the lawman shot me haha.
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By Onkel B on 27 May 2010 17:46
Also if you have friends in the game with you and you get into a small public free roam and vote to kick your non-friends. Majority is needed to kick.

To Kick go to the players menu and click the player you wish to kick, everyone must do this to kick.
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By Shinwasha on 29 May 2010 07:01
BULLSHIT. . . .getting away is not the easy part.
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By DEVIANTX407 on 04 Jun 2010 00:58
@DEVIANTX407
Uh, yeah, actually, it is. Seeing as all you have to do, is sit there. You don't even have to move, just stay in cover and the the wanted level disappears, and you're done. Just make sure there aren't any lawmen up on a hill within line of sight and you're golden.

Easy.
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By M4EOzzy on 04 Jun 2010 01:25
+1 from me. did it in escalera like the guide said. while waiting the 10m. the mexican army found me, but they lost my trail inmediately again and shortly after the chievo popped.
oh and this spot is perfect against other players too. tho i was lucky and in the free roam i got it only 1 guy tried to kill me and i scared him off.
i prefer to do chievos without glitching so this guide is perfect. thanks.
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By Phoenix C64 on 07 Jun 2010 06:18
That sniper nest is a great place for any bounty related challenges or achievements.
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By risseless on 12 Jun 2010 05:58
The guide worked great for me, but man I kept getting unlucky with the players I was getting in Free-roam. Took me about an hour to get this due to would be bounty hunters coming after me every time I became the public enemy.
frustrating.
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By TrueDevilHunter on 12 Jun 2010 06:33
I hear ya TrueDevilHunter... I'm still trying to find a public match that doesn't have someone that kills me anytime I try.
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By JaySten on 14 Jun 2010 20:07
I did it. Hid on top, sometimes they'd lose sight of me. Does this reset the timer? Do you have to be in the red the entire 10 minutes? Either way I was up there for 10min then hid and the Wanted level disappeared but no achievement :(
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By dropK1CK ninJA on 20 Jun 2010 20:36
This worked great for me, I was in a full public free roam session, luckily everyone in the session was in Blackwater trying to gun down everyone else, I ended up being the only one in Mexico at all. Went up there, built my wanted lvl up to public enemy status lost the wanted lvl as described but the achievement didn't pop, but stayed there, shot some more law officers to bring the wanted lvl back and lose it again because they couldn't see me, still no achievement but I now had a 1500 bounty, they sent 3 Mexican army soldiers after me, cleared them out, still nothing, then a few minutes later as I was walking around the achievement popped, I think you need to keep the public enemy status for 10 real time minutes not game time minutes before the achievement will unlock. I didn't have a wanted level the entire 10 minutes, but, I did have public enemy status until it unlocked.
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By JCKellner on 22 Jun 2010 21:07
Biggest problem for me was finding people to shoot! Went in and it was like the land that feared sundown. Eventually got it done: used the roof in Blackwater to achieve the same end. Good guide!!
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By WookieKiller247 on 23 Jun 2010 12:44
Worked perfectly, Nice guide, thanks.
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By Knuckles Maloy on 25 Jun 2010 13:29
Worked perfect thanks : )
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By xMrJaredx on 07 Jul 2010 16:45
Got this last night in Blackwater. Simply sat on the roof of the red brick building opposite the station after shooting enough people from the area on top of the first ladder.
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By Kherith on 08 Jul 2010 12:20
This guide kind of worked for me. I didn't have any trouble with players as luckily there wasn't anyone around Escalera at the time i decided to do this achievement.

I found that after a while the "law men" stopped spawning as often as at first so i found i lost my WANTED level alot sooner then the 10 minute timer.

I found that running around to the rear of the mansion and shooting in the general direction of "Law men" was enough to keep my wanted meter full.

I waited 10 minutes behind a box and shot whenever i was loosing my wanted level, when i had lasted 10 minutes i ran to the stables at the rear of the mansion and got on a horse and ran round the mansion and out of the gate and away.. to victory .. or the achievement at least.

** I am not claiming that this achievement will work all the time / everytime and for everyone so please don't comment saying this method doesn't work.**
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By Unlikely Potato on 27 Jul 2010 17:52
the best guide of the bunch...thanks a lot
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By cwing302 on 18 Aug 2010 22:34
I wish it went so easy for me, it took me hours. loads off times i got killed by a stupid mistake from myself. Loads off times i got killed at the last minute by some asshole who likes to fuck people up. Sometimes my wanted bar did not went away and when i tryed to make a run for it i got killed again. And when i finally got it it was a close call cause i got nearly killed by a doucebagg when i took my horse and make a run for it.
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By Hyp3rNova NL on 17 Sep 2010 10:41
worked 3rd time I think I only killed the officers in the first 2 attemp but when I only killed civilians it worked fine. thx
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By ParanoidRob on 02 Dec 2010 16:50
spent over an hour on this 3 times i know i got past ten minutes and every time the guys would climb the ladder as soon as the wanted went down to the letter A. without fail. it is almost as if they patched this recently. but that would be silly right. i am out of site. behind the wall. crouched down. looking up looking down. not shooting at anyone. but still whenever the wanted status gets to the letter a it sends guys up the ladder just to refill the status but then they dropped back down and hide again. well i don't know what else to do for this then. thx for the solution anyways. i just can't get it to work :)
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By Saft Und Kraft on 27 Dec 2010 06:27
this is not working for me, for some reason no matter where I am on the tower my wanted level does not go down. It does during the early stages but not when I reach $1000. Then after 10 mins it wont go down and no matter where I hide people find me before the wanted level has gone
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By COTTERS3000 on 31 Dec 2010 18:40
^ same
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By StarshadeFPS on 06 Jan 2011 00:59
Got it after many tries at the mansion, left pillar by the stairs (shoot mexican army when they enter the gate). Luckily the army got stuck outside and no players bothered me.
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By StarshadeFPS on 06 Jan 2011 06:56
does anybody know if this can be done in friendly free roam?
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By COTTERS3000 on 12 Jan 2011 08:25
i got this in friendly free roam, but in escalera. When a friend and i tried the OP suggestion we were both public enemies for 15 min (going for the $5000 bounty challenge too) then hid and our wanted level went all the way down but would never disappear, after 5 minutes it was still jsut grey with flashing enemeies around us.
In escalera i stayed in the fort behind boxes shooting everyone who came in the gate, then after 10 min called my horse and booked it out of town no problem.
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By Evil Darth Sion on 17 Jan 2011 10:35
Massive tip that most people forget is that exiting out to the outfitter counts as an escape and the achievement will still unlock
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By ReelBigFreak on 31 Jan 2011 15:32
I can confirm that this achievement unlocks in Friendly Free Roam.
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By Phil the guy on 25 Feb 2011 17:03
Had a LOT of trouble with this method. First: method was not clear if you had to be active (red) wanted for the whole ten minutes. Second: When I was trying to lose my wanted level there was a constant stream of guys trying to climb the ladder. After about 30 minutes I finally got lucky and nobody came up the ladder. Quite frustrating but I finally got it.
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By ANDROSMERE on 04 Apr 2011 07:33
Quiting to outfitter confirmed.
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By DaShAg on 10 Apr 2011 16:46
Method works perfectly, and i can also confirm it works in friendly free roam too, which is good because the last thing you want is some knobhead gunning you down when you've just made it to nine minutes!
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By Brasshande on 01 May 2011 12:36
Both the Friendly Free Roam and quitting to outfitter work. These both make the achievement so much easier that it would be regularly.
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By io roboto on 01 May 2011 16:24
Quiting to outfitter after having been on RED "wanted" for 10 minutes still works as of 6/25/2011
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By Foxxdie on 25 Jun 2011 19:30
Friendly free roam + outfiter = WIN.
Just got it that way (06/27/2011)
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By Wicelow on 27 Jun 2011 21:43
frendly free roam to outfitter.. and done
as of July 03 2011
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By Im Anto on 03 Jul 2011 06:43
PUBLIC friendly free Roam to Outfitter, Confirmed multiple times!
July 20/11
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By KhayosKiller on 20 Jul 2011 04:57
Worked the first time. Thanks for the help!
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By Potatoman80 on 23 Jul 2011 17:14
Worked like a charm, thanks you so much!
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By wingdisc on 25 Jul 2011 14:28
You just need to become Public enemy then escape and stay alive for ten doesn't need to be in the wanted the whole time. :)
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By sonnyliston1 on 25 Oct 2011 20:18
Perfect solution, thanks for posting!
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By Knifetotheeye on 24 Nov 2011 06:38
Worked like a charm (1st try), even for a noob like me :)
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By Yaum Guigui on 02 Jan 2012 01:14
Worked fuckin awesome man, thanks for the guide
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By caliguy3285 on 12 Jan 2012 19:15
I decided I was going to work on gatling kills in a friendly free roam, but found after a few minutes that every other player had left the game, so I went after this achievement instead. Easiest thing I've done in multiplayer thus far. Funnily enough, I went down the ladder and stood there as I upvoted this guide, and as soon as the game said the Mexican Army picked up my trail, one of them immediately slid down the ladder, knocked me over by landing on me, and domed my ass point blank with a Henry repeater.

I see some call for clarification, and I had personally kept the "search" circle red by mowing down the Mexican Army for the entire ten minutes, making sure to keep one crippled guy (leg shot so they hobble) alive the entire time so I could peek out and have him see me. Once the te minutes were up, I killed the cripple and just sat there until the achievement popped.
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By Mobius Evalon on 22 Jan 2012 21:20
Just got this: friendly free roam, and exit using outfitter. Still works as of 1/26/12
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By BrokenKnght on 26 Jan 2012 18:02
Took me quite a few attempts due to idiots in "friendly" free roam deliberatley hunting me down from the other side of the map, and also a few other things that didn't go according to plan. However I got it eventually thanks to this guide :) Thanks! Couldn't see myself having got it without reading this.
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By CASS190684 on 23 Feb 2012 01:04
Also, you should add to your solution to shoot the guard in the town and not the guard in the villa area, when you're the most wanted, cover on the wall and don't move. The achievements will pop within the next ten minutes.
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By DamTheLad on 26 Apr 2012 17:36
Qutting to outfitter works as of 24/07/12
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By ModalGumble on 23 Jul 2012 23:17
Outfitter method just worked for me. :)
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By bosoxdanc on 29 Jul 2012 07:04
Genius, thanks
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By Beesq on 04 Sep 2012 15:16
Just tried it, by quitting to Outfitter, it no longer seems to work.
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By EarthboundX on 22 Oct 2012 03:35
You just have to wait for 10 minutes after you get the "Public Enemy" status (1000$ bounty). You don't have to keep the Wanted level active/red and it really works on Friendly Free Roam. I did this on a rooftop across from the train station in Blackwater and it worked like a charm!
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By Nordegarde on 24 Jan 2013 20:23
Still works even three years later.
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By Methew on 29 Jan 2013 08:04
Just tried this in Friendly Free Roam using the outfitter method, works like a charm.
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By pure spartan27 on 09 Mar 2013 23:59
Got this in Escalera as the guide says but I had to move down the stairs and crouch behind the wall there. For some reason the on the upper area the wanted wouldn't completely disappear. Maybe they could see my hat over the ledgesmile
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By CrAzEdCaNuCk18 on 31 Mar 2013 04:52
Two colossal failures (on another profile). First attempt, targets ran dry when I reached $750. My wanted level did completely disappear as you said it would, but I felt short of the $1,000. Fired shots into nowhere to try to spawn enemies and that seemed to keep the wanted level red, but like I said, on this first attempt enemies stopped spawning. So I strayed from the spot and then got butchered instantly by guys that spawned when I went to ground level.

2nd attempt, had the opposite problem - targets never ran dry, and the wanted level never went away. Got over $1,500 as there was always some guy running around the bend and down the hill, and another spawning on the opposite side of the tower. On top of the tower, whether crouched or in cover against any of those walls, I could not find a spot where the wanted level would die down. Nine minutes after having reached Most Wanted, I decided to move to ground level and walked a bit down the path the tower entrance faces since I wasn't shaking wanted status in the tower. The wanted level started going down but then that guy on the other side of the wall must've magically hopped the wall or something, because I was quickly shot in the back of the head. Infuriating.
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By z 4assed monkey on 23 May 2013 12:56
quitting to outfitter still works, thanks for this.
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By Samba on 08 Sep 2013 10:32
Outfitter and Friendly free roam still work as of 1/2/2014
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By boomer turkey on 03 Jan 2014 00:45
*As of 1/18/2013
1.) Go to Escalera tower mentioned in the guide above.
2.) Raise Bounty to $1,000
3.) Wait for 10 minutes.
4.) Click Select, then go to Outfitter.

You don't have to "Escape". Simply exit to Outfitter and the Achievement will unlock.
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By I SOV I on 18 Jan 2014 16:42
Stills works as of 29th of January 2014 (I earned it by escaping using the outfitter trick by pressing select then x to go to outfitter)
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By Raw Sauce Ross on 30 Jan 2014 00:18
Does going to Outfitter still work?
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By iTz SaW x on 13 Mar 2014 17:52
Outfitter trick still worksclap
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By My Name is BaRt on 08 Apr 2014 19:14
Yep, I can confirm that. Had some issues with non-spawning NPC's at first (used that to get to level 50 in half an hour ^^) but the mansion tower works like a charm.
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By on 14 Apr 2014 06:40
I tried today 4 hours and the cities are deserted. No people to kill = no lawmen = can't get most wanted...
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By CuteAzz on 04 May 2014 16:07
@CuteAzz i suggest you setup a session for this for next weekend, surely you'll get enough ppl
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By Phoenix C64 on 04 May 2014 18:53
By "people" I meant NPC's. I tried again yesterday after few hours and NPC's started to show up. I was sitting on this tower as Most Wanted person for ovcer 10 minutes and then some random shot me in the head. It is soooo frustrating...
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By CuteAzz on 05 May 2014 09:27
Outfitter trick still works!
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By Clutch Rino on 11 Jun 2014 18:59
Still works as of September 2014. Even though my wanted level faded away long before the 10 minutes, the achievement still popped when the time expired.
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By HyruleBalverine on 10 Sep 2014 04:21
Oktober 2014. Can confirm that this works on friendly free roam, diddent need to use the outfitters.
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By Stoiss on 25 Oct 2014 00:32
Outfitter still works, got it 5 mins ago. Just wait 5-10 seconds looking at your horse to make it pop.
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By Zatouroffski on 10 Nov 2014 07:57
10.11.2014 outfitter still works. Just wait 5-10 seconds looking at your horse to make it pop.
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By Zatouroffski on 10 Nov 2014 08:01
This just worked for me. 14 Apr 2015. Like Zatouroffski and others above, I exited to the outfitter, and a few seconds after being in that menu the achievement popped. Great solution, thanks!
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By Zatosan on 14 Apr 2015 11:33
Didn't work for me, they just see me and they never stop seeing me. They can't get to me but I can also not lose them. Also when I try the outfitter trick it just freezes... I hate this glitched game... It would be awesome if it actually worked
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By Davis 888 on 28 May 2015 21:45
Wow. It took me tons of tries due to all the glitches and stuff. I finally got a CLEAN friendly server. I went to El Presidio, as shown in the walkthrough. After waiting a (LONG) 10 minutes, I quit to the outfitter. The achievement popped on the loading screen, which is good because the outfitter never loaded, just stuck on the loading screen forever. PHEW.
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By Ryn0 L on 23 Jul 2016 06:50
To find a clean friendly server load up the single player mode first then in the menu select multiplayer private lobby. After that select friendly lobby and the switch to public multiplayer. This is how I got the cheevo, el presidio just like in the walkthrough.
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By DefiniteAle86 on 27 Jul 2016 12:04
Just a further tip: There were no NPCs to kill in El Presidio for me, but there were exploding cans in some of the carts. Blowing them up started the bounty, leading to a continuous stream of lawmen to kill.
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By Ryn0 L on 27 Jul 2016 15:32
Thanks!!! Achievement popped after outfitter loaded
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By princit on 30 Sep 2016 01:59
Go ducks
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By on 29 Dec 2016 06:34
This is for those who can get into a game but get no npc.
I went to El Presidio and went inside the building. Once inside climb up the ladder on the left and head back the direction of the entrance until you reach the cannon at the end of the path. turn the cannon towards your left where your firing on the wall. You'll see your most wanted going up every 20 dollars. Once each reaches 1000 dollars stop firing and wait the 10 minutes. Achievement will pop up with having to leave.
I wouldn't go above 1000 due to the possibility of the guards appearing. Got this on my second try.
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By AZIANDRAGON on 10 Jan 2017 11:28
I used AZIANDRAGON ' method (the comment above) due to the fact I couldn't find a free roam with NPCs. After aquiring Public Enemy I waited a little over 10 minutes and went to the Outfitter. Achievement popped and I was a happy camper.
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By OneMore Redhead on 13 Aug 2017 23:23
Chuparosa is the way to go for this. Just camp on the balcony of the town hall (big building with ‘El Alcalde De Chuparosa’ written on the front of it); super simple. As well as that, Friendly Free Roam and exiting to the Outfitter make this achievement a joke.
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By Ethigy on 14 Dec 2017 08:09
escalera tower method works a treat, rack up $1000 bounty and just sit in cover at top of tower for 10 minutes, lost the wanted level pretty quickly so had no trouble for 10 minutes and it popped right away
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By Edgify on 08 Oct 2018 20:40
Has anyone gotten this in any other way? I tried this method, but no npc's are spawning, and I tried AZIANDRAGON's method above and it wouldn't give me a bounty..not sure what to do. Every lobby I'm in is broken
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By Seitzz on 30 Oct 2018 18:41
worked great. searched a friendly lobby and found one with only one player.
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By RarRadragonX on 03 Jan 2019 14:59
I finally got this after many hours of joining new lobbies. I had a lot more luck in Blackwater getting 1 NPC to spawn. That's all you need, kill them, wait for sheriffs and don't lose your wanted level before they get to you, then camp the roof with the ladder. It does work in Escalera but NPCs never ever spawn there. Also a good sign for a lobby to try in is one where your horse comes when whistled. I seemed to have a better chance of an NPC popping up in Blackwater with this.
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By Seitzz on 03 Jan 2019 19:48
Outfitter trick still works as of 2-1-2020!
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By IconoclasticGod on 02 Feb 2020 07:51
My god, players are coming after me all the time. This is a really annoying one...
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By ProjectOasis on 03 Mar 2020 19:43
I'm hunger for the 100% and I’m looking for someone to boost this and all the other online achievements... if anyone else intend to do it, just message me and we help each other!
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By LukzillaX on 13 May 2020 01:04
I’ve done this 5 times and the guards just stop coming around $800 and after most wanted so this guide doesn’t really work.
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By Scenic Route 16 on 15 Dec 2020 07:49
Great solution
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By Vitality Gauge on 20 Dec 2020 01:22
looking for people to boost with dm me on xbox
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By Defolit56 on 17 Aug 2021 10:02
nice
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By Made in Vienna on 17 Mar 2022 21:35
Friendly Free Roam, get to $1,000 bounty, wait 10 minutes then Press back & hit X to exit to Outfitters. The achievement will unlock after that.
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By iDuL on 04 Apr 2022 15:46
Thank you for this guide, thumbs up! It worked perfectly (although I find it hilarious that law officers won't find you there lol). Oh BTW, @iDuL is right! I got it after 10 min and exiting to Outfitters
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By iShaddow GV on 09 May 2022 03:43
+1 in 2022
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By Efford on 11 Jun 2022 19:52
Still works. Exiting to Outfitter as well.
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By Rileymesh on 10 Nov 2022 13:20
Can't seem to get this to pop. I've done this for normal Free Roam, Hardcore Free Roam, and Friendly Free roam. Still don't have it. I'm playing it from my Xbox one so maybe i need to do it on the 360.

Edit: I tried it on my 360 and it finally worked.
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By KTB x Beautiful on 14 Aug 2023 20:54
Even if you didn't have the enemies disappear while on top of tower due to other players nearby gunfiring or so many npcs near the wall to the tower or Escalera walls, the hills at the gate of Escalera mansion is pretty easy to escape the area once theres only a few npcs left as they will miss when you escape, go along the road deeper and the wanted level will disappear for achievement
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By meyerparkX on 21 Aug 2023 01:33
Would be very easy if you didn't have modders/hackers spawning snakes and dynamite on you every time your about to get the achievement.

EDIT: Go into a Hardcore Free Roam session if you're having randoms kill you. You won't have auto-targeting but it's better then having people trying to kill you like flies on shit.

Also, FORGET the "sniper tower", the guards won't climb the ladder and will just stand at the bottom, you won't be able to get an aim on them, so you won't be able to escape. Get on the big red roof of the building, plenty of more cover and you can shoot people from all angles. Get to $1000 and then just crouch and wait the 10 minutes, whistle when your wanted level starts dropping.
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By afrek on 22 Oct 2023 04:13
Still works in friendly free Roam (it's not on the guide and in last comments). Some users suggest to switch to Outfitter to exit the Most Wanted. I first tried in a public session, and was killed by a random player after 10 minutes. :/
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By Moe GZ on 12 Feb 2024 00:30
Or u can just get ur wanted level up to $1000. Press start, go to multi-player, go in out fitter, an then go make sandwiches for 10 mins.
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By I Aint A ShoOk1 on 11 Apr 2024 06:07
Getting most wanted and switching to outfitter works a treat
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By Lord Erekose on 21 Jun 2024 11:51
Thanks a ton! This worked like a charm. I also got lucky and two guys left after I became Public Enemy and the other two were on the other side of the map. But I never had anyone come through the gate, they all just hung out around the town below.
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By Amedeus8 on 15 Jun 2010 06:14
Whenever I tried this method, I left Escalera and the Mexican army caught me. I went to Chuparosa, and after two failed attempts, the achievement unlocked.
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By LP Tato BR on 13 Sep 2010 23:32
I kinda of doubt it, as that sort of defeats the whole purpose of the achievement, but I suppose it's possible.
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By M4EOzzy on 16 Jan 2011 17:05
Alright, just got it in Friendly, found a good spot in the tower after the 10 minutes, and the lawmen couldn't see me.
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By EarthboundX on 22 Oct 2012 03:55
Did my sheriff killing in Escalera, waited about 12 minutes to be safe, then went to Outfitter and it worked. Thanks!
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By Solario32 on 09 Mar 2013 15:07
Outfitter method still works 7/10/16!
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By LAZY SHIKAMARUX on 11 Jul 2016 03:42
Confirmed to work in 2023 as well.
I'll add that I didn't even need to exit to Outfitter, had a timer going on phone and the achievement popped right at 10min mark while still ducking behind wall at the top of the tower.
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By GorillaBuddha on 28 Apr 2023 23:27
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So, a friend and I discovered what has to be the absolute easiest way to get this achievement. Is completely doable solo, of course the only concern are other players coming after you. I managed to get into a game solo.

Go to the town of Escalera in the bottom left of the map. At the top of a hill is a hacienda/mansion. Go through the gates, on the front corner of the wall is a tower with a ladder going up into it. Climb up here and take cover against a wall. Now, start shooting the law officers in the area and keep doing it until you receive $1000 Bounty / Public Enemy status. Now just sit here for 10 min. Occasionally a guard will try the ladder, so you need to watch that, but that's all.

Now the best part...typically you have to escape to get the achievement, but for some reason, because they can't see you on top of the tower, after a few moments you'll lose your wanted status and the achievement will pop.

In summary, climb tower, become public enemy, wait 10 min. Done.
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Perfect solution, thanks for posting!
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By Knifetotheeye on 24 Nov 2011 06:38
Excellent solution. It worked like a charm. I had a guy come in and fended him off long enough that we ended up playing together after we both got the achievement. :-D
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By misfit119 on 27 May 2010 00:54
This solution is plain awesome. First try succesful. I was on top of that tower waiting, went away, when I came back a mexican lawman was standing right next to me when the achievement popped. Great. Thanks alot for this solution.
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By Onkel B on 27 May 2010 17:44
Wow, and right after sent my previous comment the lawman shot me haha.
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By Onkel B on 27 May 2010 17:46
Also if you have friends in the game with you and you get into a small public free roam and vote to kick your non-friends. Majority is needed to kick.

To Kick go to the players menu and click the player you wish to kick, everyone must do this to kick.
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By Shinwasha on 29 May 2010 07:01
BULLSHIT. . . .getting away is not the easy part.
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By DEVIANTX407 on 04 Jun 2010 00:58
@DEVIANTX407
Uh, yeah, actually, it is. Seeing as all you have to do, is sit there. You don't even have to move, just stay in cover and the the wanted level disappears, and you're done. Just make sure there aren't any lawmen up on a hill within line of sight and you're golden.

Easy.
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By M4EOzzy on 04 Jun 2010 01:25
That sniper nest is a great place for any bounty related challenges or achievements.
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By risseless on 12 Jun 2010 05:58
The guide worked great for me, but man I kept getting unlucky with the players I was getting in Free-roam. Took me about an hour to get this due to would be bounty hunters coming after me every time I became the public enemy.
frustrating.
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By TrueDevilHunter on 12 Jun 2010 06:33
I hear ya TrueDevilHunter... I'm still trying to find a public match that doesn't have someone that kills me anytime I try.
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By JaySten on 14 Jun 2010 20:07
Worked perfect thanks : )
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By xMrJaredx on 07 Jul 2010 16:45
I did it. Hid on top, sometimes they'd lose sight of me. Does this reset the timer? Do you have to be in the red the entire 10 minutes? Either way I was up there for 10min then hid and the Wanted level disappeared but no achievement :(
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By dropK1CK ninJA on 20 Jun 2010 20:36
Biggest problem for me was finding people to shoot! Went in and it was like the land that feared sundown. Eventually got it done: used the roof in Blackwater to achieve the same end. Good guide!!
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By WookieKiller247 on 23 Jun 2010 12:44
Worked perfectly, Nice guide, thanks.
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By Knuckles Maloy on 25 Jun 2010 13:29
the best guide of the bunch...thanks a lot
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By cwing302 on 18 Aug 2010 22:34
Whenever I tried this method, I left Escalera and the Mexican army caught me. I went to Chuparosa, and after two failed attempts, the achievement unlocked.
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By LP Tato BR on 13 Sep 2010 23:32
I wish it went so easy for me, it took me hours. loads off times i got killed by a stupid mistake from myself. Loads off times i got killed at the last minute by some asshole who likes to fuck people up. Sometimes my wanted bar did not went away and when i tryed to make a run for it i got killed again. And when i finally got it it was a close call cause i got nearly killed by a doucebagg when i took my horse and make a run for it.
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By Hyp3rNova NL on 17 Sep 2010 10:41
worked 3rd time I think I only killed the officers in the first 2 attemp but when I only killed civilians it worked fine. thx
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By ParanoidRob on 02 Dec 2010 16:50
spent over an hour on this 3 times i know i got past ten minutes and every time the guys would climb the ladder as soon as the wanted went down to the letter A. without fail. it is almost as if they patched this recently. but that would be silly right. i am out of site. behind the wall. crouched down. looking up looking down. not shooting at anyone. but still whenever the wanted status gets to the letter a it sends guys up the ladder just to refill the status but then they dropped back down and hide again. well i don't know what else to do for this then. thx for the solution anyways. i just can't get it to work :)
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By Saft Und Kraft on 27 Dec 2010 06:27
this is not working for me, for some reason no matter where I am on the tower my wanted level does not go down. It does during the early stages but not when I reach $1000. Then after 10 mins it wont go down and no matter where I hide people find me before the wanted level has gone
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By COTTERS3000 on 31 Dec 2010 18:40
^ same
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By StarshadeFPS on 06 Jan 2011 00:59
Got it after many tries at the mansion, left pillar by the stairs (shoot mexican army when they enter the gate). Luckily the army got stuck outside and no players bothered me.
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By StarshadeFPS on 06 Jan 2011 06:56
does anybody know if this can be done in friendly free roam?
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By COTTERS3000 on 12 Jan 2011 08:25
I kinda of doubt it, as that sort of defeats the whole purpose of the achievement, but I suppose it's possible.
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By M4EOzzy on 16 Jan 2011 17:05
i got this in friendly free roam, but in escalera. When a friend and i tried the OP suggestion we were both public enemies for 15 min (going for the $5000 bounty challenge too) then hid and our wanted level went all the way down but would never disappear, after 5 minutes it was still jsut grey with flashing enemeies around us.
In escalera i stayed in the fort behind boxes shooting everyone who came in the gate, then after 10 min called my horse and booked it out of town no problem.
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By Evil Darth Sion on 17 Jan 2011 10:35
Massive tip that most people forget is that exiting out to the outfitter counts as an escape and the achievement will still unlock
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By ReelBigFreak on 31 Jan 2011 15:32
I can confirm that this achievement unlocks in Friendly Free Roam.
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By Phil the guy on 25 Feb 2011 17:03
Had a LOT of trouble with this method. First: method was not clear if you had to be active (red) wanted for the whole ten minutes. Second: When I was trying to lose my wanted level there was a constant stream of guys trying to climb the ladder. After about 30 minutes I finally got lucky and nobody came up the ladder. Quite frustrating but I finally got it.
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By ANDROSMERE on 04 Apr 2011 07:33
Quiting to outfitter confirmed.
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By DaShAg on 10 Apr 2011 16:46
Method works perfectly, and i can also confirm it works in friendly free roam too, which is good because the last thing you want is some knobhead gunning you down when you've just made it to nine minutes!
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By Brasshande on 01 May 2011 12:36
Both the Friendly Free Roam and quitting to outfitter work. These both make the achievement so much easier that it would be regularly.
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By io roboto on 01 May 2011 16:24
Quiting to outfitter after having been on RED "wanted" for 10 minutes still works as of 6/25/2011
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By Foxxdie on 25 Jun 2011 19:30
Friendly free roam + outfiter = WIN.
Just got it that way (06/27/2011)
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By Wicelow on 27 Jun 2011 21:43
frendly free roam to outfitter.. and done
as of July 03 2011
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By Im Anto on 03 Jul 2011 06:43
PUBLIC friendly free Roam to Outfitter, Confirmed multiple times!
July 20/11
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By KhayosKiller on 20 Jul 2011 04:57
Worked the first time. Thanks for the help!
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By Potatoman80 on 23 Jul 2011 17:14
Worked like a charm, thanks you so much!
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By wingdisc on 25 Jul 2011 14:28
You just need to become Public enemy then escape and stay alive for ten doesn't need to be in the wanted the whole time. :)
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By sonnyliston1 on 25 Oct 2011 20:18
Worked fuckin awesome man, thanks for the guide
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By caliguy3285 on 12 Jan 2012 19:15
Just got this: friendly free roam, and exit using outfitter. Still works as of 1/26/12
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By BrokenKnght on 26 Jan 2012 18:02
Took me quite a few attempts due to idiots in "friendly" free roam deliberatley hunting me down from the other side of the map, and also a few other things that didn't go according to plan. However I got it eventually thanks to this guide :) Thanks! Couldn't see myself having got it without reading this.
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By CASS190684 on 23 Feb 2012 01:04
Also, you should add to your solution to shoot the guard in the town and not the guard in the villa area, when you're the most wanted, cover on the wall and don't move. The achievements will pop within the next ten minutes.
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By DamTheLad on 26 Apr 2012 17:36
Qutting to outfitter works as of 24/07/12
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By ModalGumble on 23 Jul 2012 23:17
Outfitter method just worked for me. :)
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By bosoxdanc on 29 Jul 2012 07:04
Genius, thanks
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By Beesq on 04 Sep 2012 15:16
Just tried it, by quitting to Outfitter, it no longer seems to work.
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By EarthboundX on 22 Oct 2012 03:35
Alright, just got it in Friendly, found a good spot in the tower after the 10 minutes, and the lawmen couldn't see me.
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By EarthboundX on 22 Oct 2012 03:55
You just have to wait for 10 minutes after you get the "Public Enemy" status (1000$ bounty). You don't have to keep the Wanted level active/red and it really works on Friendly Free Roam. I did this on a rooftop across from the train station in Blackwater and it worked like a charm!
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By Nordegarde on 24 Jan 2013 20:23
Still works even three years later.
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By Methew on 29 Jan 2013 08:04
Did my sheriff killing in Escalera, waited about 12 minutes to be safe, then went to Outfitter and it worked. Thanks!
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By Solario32 on 09 Mar 2013 15:07
Just tried this in Friendly Free Roam using the outfitter method, works like a charm.
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By pure spartan27 on 09 Mar 2013 23:59
Got this in Escalera as the guide says but I had to move down the stairs and crouch behind the wall there. For some reason the on the upper area the wanted wouldn't completely disappear. Maybe they could see my hat over the ledgesmile
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By CrAzEdCaNuCk18 on 31 Mar 2013 04:52
quitting to outfitter still works, thanks for this.
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By Samba on 08 Sep 2013 10:32
Outfitter and Friendly free roam still work as of 1/2/2014
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By boomer turkey on 03 Jan 2014 00:45
*As of 1/18/2013
1.) Go to Escalera tower mentioned in the guide above.
2.) Raise Bounty to $1,000
3.) Wait for 10 minutes.
4.) Click Select, then go to Outfitter.

You don't have to "Escape". Simply exit to Outfitter and the Achievement will unlock.
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By I SOV I on 18 Jan 2014 16:42
Stills works as of 29th of January 2014 (I earned it by escaping using the outfitter trick by pressing select then x to go to outfitter)
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By Raw Sauce Ross on 30 Jan 2014 00:18
Does going to Outfitter still work?
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By iTz SaW x on 13 Mar 2014 17:52
Outfitter trick still worksclap
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By My Name is BaRt on 08 Apr 2014 19:14
Yep, I can confirm that. Had some issues with non-spawning NPC's at first (used that to get to level 50 in half an hour ^^) but the mansion tower works like a charm.
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By on 14 Apr 2014 06:40
I tried today 4 hours and the cities are deserted. No people to kill = no lawmen = can't get most wanted...
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By CuteAzz on 04 May 2014 16:07
@CuteAzz i suggest you setup a session for this for next weekend, surely you'll get enough ppl
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By Phoenix C64 on 04 May 2014 18:53
Outfitter trick still works!
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By Clutch Rino on 11 Jun 2014 18:59
Still works as of September 2014. Even though my wanted level faded away long before the 10 minutes, the achievement still popped when the time expired.
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By HyruleBalverine on 10 Sep 2014 04:21
Oktober 2014. Can confirm that this works on friendly free roam, diddent need to use the outfitters.
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By Stoiss on 25 Oct 2014 00:32
Outfitter still works, got it 5 mins ago. Just wait 5-10 seconds looking at your horse to make it pop.
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By Zatouroffski on 10 Nov 2014 07:57
10.11.2014 outfitter still works. Just wait 5-10 seconds looking at your horse to make it pop.
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By Zatouroffski on 10 Nov 2014 08:01
This just worked for me. 14 Apr 2015. Like Zatouroffski and others above, I exited to the outfitter, and a few seconds after being in that menu the achievement popped. Great solution, thanks!
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By Zatosan on 14 Apr 2015 11:33
Didn't work for me, they just see me and they never stop seeing me. They can't get to me but I can also not lose them. Also when I try the outfitter trick it just freezes... I hate this glitched game... It would be awesome if it actually worked
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By Davis 888 on 28 May 2015 21:45
Outfitter method still works 7/10/16!
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By LAZY SHIKAMARUX on 11 Jul 2016 03:42
To find a clean friendly server load up the single player mode first then in the menu select multiplayer private lobby. After that select friendly lobby and the switch to public multiplayer. This is how I got the cheevo, el presidio just like in the walkthrough.
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By DefiniteAle86 on 27 Jul 2016 12:04
Just a further tip: There were no NPCs to kill in El Presidio for me, but there were exploding cans in some of the carts. Blowing them up started the bounty, leading to a continuous stream of lawmen to kill.
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By Ryn0 L on 27 Jul 2016 15:32
Thanks!!! Achievement popped after outfitter loaded
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By princit on 30 Sep 2016 01:59
Go ducks
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By on 29 Dec 2016 06:34
This is for those who can get into a game but get no npc.
I went to El Presidio and went inside the building. Once inside climb up the ladder on the left and head back the direction of the entrance until you reach the cannon at the end of the path. turn the cannon towards your left where your firing on the wall. You'll see your most wanted going up every 20 dollars. Once each reaches 1000 dollars stop firing and wait the 10 minutes. Achievement will pop up with having to leave.
I wouldn't go above 1000 due to the possibility of the guards appearing. Got this on my second try.
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By AZIANDRAGON on 10 Jan 2017 11:28
I used AZIANDRAGON ' method (the comment above) due to the fact I couldn't find a free roam with NPCs. After aquiring Public Enemy I waited a little over 10 minutes and went to the Outfitter. Achievement popped and I was a happy camper.
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By OneMore Redhead on 13 Aug 2017 23:23
Chuparosa is the way to go for this. Just camp on the balcony of the town hall (big building with ‘El Alcalde De Chuparosa’ written on the front of it); super simple. As well as that, Friendly Free Roam and exiting to the Outfitter make this achievement a joke.
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By Ethigy on 14 Dec 2017 08:09
escalera tower method works a treat, rack up $1000 bounty and just sit in cover at top of tower for 10 minutes, lost the wanted level pretty quickly so had no trouble for 10 minutes and it popped right away
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By Edgify on 08 Oct 2018 20:40
Has anyone gotten this in any other way? I tried this method, but no npc's are spawning, and I tried AZIANDRAGON's method above and it wouldn't give me a bounty..not sure what to do. Every lobby I'm in is broken
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By Seitzz on 30 Oct 2018 18:41
worked great. searched a friendly lobby and found one with only one player.
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By RarRadragonX on 03 Jan 2019 14:59
I finally got this after many hours of joining new lobbies. I had a lot more luck in Blackwater getting 1 NPC to spawn. That's all you need, kill them, wait for sheriffs and don't lose your wanted level before they get to you, then camp the roof with the ladder. It does work in Escalera but NPCs never ever spawn there. Also a good sign for a lobby to try in is one where your horse comes when whistled. I seemed to have a better chance of an NPC popping up in Blackwater with this.
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By Seitzz on 03 Jan 2019 19:48
Outfitter trick still works as of 2-1-2020!
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By IconoclasticGod on 02 Feb 2020 07:51
My god, players are coming after me all the time. This is a really annoying one...
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By ProjectOasis on 03 Mar 2020 19:43
I'm hunger for the 100% and I’m looking for someone to boost this and all the other online achievements... if anyone else intend to do it, just message me and we help each other!
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By LukzillaX on 13 May 2020 01:04
I’ve done this 5 times and the guards just stop coming around $800 and after most wanted so this guide doesn’t really work.
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By Scenic Route 16 on 15 Dec 2020 07:49
Great solution
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By Vitality Gauge on 20 Dec 2020 01:22
looking for people to boost with dm me on xbox
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By Defolit56 on 17 Aug 2021 10:02
nice
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By Made in Vienna on 17 Mar 2022 21:35
Thank you for this guide, thumbs up! It worked perfectly (although I find it hilarious that law officers won't find you there lol). Oh BTW, @iDuL is right! I got it after 10 min and exiting to Outfitters
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By iShaddow GV on 09 May 2022 03:43
+1 in 2022
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By Efford on 11 Jun 2022 19:52
Still works. Exiting to Outfitter as well.
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By Rileymesh on 10 Nov 2022 13:20
Can't seem to get this to pop. I've done this for normal Free Roam, Hardcore Free Roam, and Friendly Free roam. Still don't have it. I'm playing it from my Xbox one so maybe i need to do it on the 360.

Edit: I tried it on my 360 and it finally worked.
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By KTB x Beautiful on 14 Aug 2023 20:54
Even if you didn't have the enemies disappear while on top of tower due to other players nearby gunfiring or so many npcs near the wall to the tower or Escalera walls, the hills at the gate of Escalera mansion is pretty easy to escape the area once theres only a few npcs left as they will miss when you escape, go along the road deeper and the wanted level will disappear for achievement
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By meyerparkX on 21 Aug 2023 01:33
Still works in friendly free Roam (it's not on the guide and in last comments). Some users suggest to switch to Outfitter to exit the Most Wanted. I first tried in a public session, and was killed by a random player after 10 minutes. :/
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By Moe GZ on 12 Feb 2024 00:30
Or u can just get ur wanted level up to $1000. Press start, go to multi-player, go in out fitter, an then go make sandwiches for 10 mins.
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By I Aint A ShoOk1 on 11 Apr 2024 06:07
+1 from me. did it in escalera like the guide said. while waiting the 10m. the mexican army found me, but they lost my trail inmediately again and shortly after the chievo popped.
oh and this spot is perfect against other players too. tho i was lucky and in the free roam i got it only 1 guy tried to kill me and i scared him off.
i prefer to do chievos without glitching so this guide is perfect. thanks.
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By Phoenix C64 on 07 Jun 2010 06:18
Thanks a ton! This worked like a charm. I also got lucky and two guys left after I became Public Enemy and the other two were on the other side of the map. But I never had anyone come through the gate, they all just hung out around the town below.
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By Amedeus8 on 15 Jun 2010 06:14
This worked great for me, I was in a full public free roam session, luckily everyone in the session was in Blackwater trying to gun down everyone else, I ended up being the only one in Mexico at all. Went up there, built my wanted lvl up to public enemy status lost the wanted lvl as described but the achievement didn't pop, but stayed there, shot some more law officers to bring the wanted lvl back and lose it again because they couldn't see me, still no achievement but I now had a 1500 bounty, they sent 3 Mexican army soldiers after me, cleared them out, still nothing, then a few minutes later as I was walking around the achievement popped, I think you need to keep the public enemy status for 10 real time minutes not game time minutes before the achievement will unlock. I didn't have a wanted level the entire 10 minutes, but, I did have public enemy status until it unlocked.
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By JCKellner on 22 Jun 2010 21:07
Got this last night in Blackwater. Simply sat on the roof of the red brick building opposite the station after shooting enough people from the area on top of the first ladder.
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By Kherith on 08 Jul 2010 12:20
This guide kind of worked for me. I didn't have any trouble with players as luckily there wasn't anyone around Escalera at the time i decided to do this achievement.

I found that after a while the "law men" stopped spawning as often as at first so i found i lost my WANTED level alot sooner then the 10 minute timer.

I found that running around to the rear of the mansion and shooting in the general direction of "Law men" was enough to keep my wanted meter full.

I waited 10 minutes behind a box and shot whenever i was loosing my wanted level, when i had lasted 10 minutes i ran to the stables at the rear of the mansion and got on a horse and ran round the mansion and out of the gate and away.. to victory .. or the achievement at least.

** I am not claiming that this achievement will work all the time / everytime and for everyone so please don't comment saying this method doesn't work.**
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By Unlikely Potato on 27 Jul 2010 17:52
Worked like a charm (1st try), even for a noob like me :)
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By Yaum Guigui on 02 Jan 2012 01:14
I decided I was going to work on gatling kills in a friendly free roam, but found after a few minutes that every other player had left the game, so I went after this achievement instead. Easiest thing I've done in multiplayer thus far. Funnily enough, I went down the ladder and stood there as I upvoted this guide, and as soon as the game said the Mexican Army picked up my trail, one of them immediately slid down the ladder, knocked me over by landing on me, and domed my ass point blank with a Henry repeater.

I see some call for clarification, and I had personally kept the "search" circle red by mowing down the Mexican Army for the entire ten minutes, making sure to keep one crippled guy (leg shot so they hobble) alive the entire time so I could peek out and have him see me. Once the te minutes were up, I killed the cripple and just sat there until the achievement popped.
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By Mobius Evalon on 22 Jan 2012 21:20
By "people" I meant NPC's. I tried again yesterday after few hours and NPC's started to show up. I was sitting on this tower as Most Wanted person for ovcer 10 minutes and then some random shot me in the head. It is soooo frustrating...
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By CuteAzz on 05 May 2014 09:27
Friendly Free Roam, get to $1,000 bounty, wait 10 minutes then Press back & hit X to exit to Outfitters. The achievement will unlock after that.
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By iDuL on 04 Apr 2022 15:46
Two colossal failures (on another profile). First attempt, targets ran dry when I reached $750. My wanted level did completely disappear as you said it would, but I felt short of the $1,000. Fired shots into nowhere to try to spawn enemies and that seemed to keep the wanted level red, but like I said, on this first attempt enemies stopped spawning. So I strayed from the spot and then got butchered instantly by guys that spawned when I went to ground level.

2nd attempt, had the opposite problem - targets never ran dry, and the wanted level never went away. Got over $1,500 as there was always some guy running around the bend and down the hill, and another spawning on the opposite side of the tower. On top of the tower, whether crouched or in cover against any of those walls, I could not find a spot where the wanted level would die down. Nine minutes after having reached Most Wanted, I decided to move to ground level and walked a bit down the path the tower entrance faces since I wasn't shaking wanted status in the tower. The wanted level started going down but then that guy on the other side of the wall must've magically hopped the wall or something, because I was quickly shot in the back of the head. Infuriating.
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By z 4assed monkey on 23 May 2013 12:56
Wow. It took me tons of tries due to all the glitches and stuff. I finally got a CLEAN friendly server. I went to El Presidio, as shown in the walkthrough. After waiting a (LONG) 10 minutes, I quit to the outfitter. The achievement popped on the loading screen, which is good because the outfitter never loaded, just stuck on the loading screen forever. PHEW.
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By Ryn0 L on 23 Jul 2016 06:50
Confirmed to work in 2023 as well.
I'll add that I didn't even need to exit to Outfitter, had a timer going on phone and the achievement popped right at 10min mark while still ducking behind wall at the top of the tower.
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By GorillaBuddha on 28 Apr 2023 23:27
Would be very easy if you didn't have modders/hackers spawning snakes and dynamite on you every time your about to get the achievement.

EDIT: Go into a Hardcore Free Roam session if you're having randoms kill you. You won't have auto-targeting but it's better then having people trying to kill you like flies on shit.

Also, FORGET the "sniper tower", the guards won't climb the ladder and will just stand at the bottom, you won't be able to get an aim on them, so you won't be able to escape. Get on the big red roof of the building, plenty of more cover and you can shoot people from all angles. Get to $1000 and then just crouch and wait the 10 minutes, whistle when your wanted level starts dropping.
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By afrek on 22 Oct 2023 04:13
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HAVE NOT TESTED - BUT REPORTED TO NO LONGER WORK, SORRY :(

Keeping the solution up here incase maybe people want to do it offline? not sure if that will work either?

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DOES NOT WORK

Here is an even shorter solution explanation :P

DOES NOT WORK

watch the clip. took me 1 time to do it, but in the comments it seems people are having problems losing the "wanted" under the house.

DOES NOT WORK

my one comment about the end of the solution: you don't have to run away. you can find a spot under the house where they can't see you and will lose your "wanted" you just have to find the right spot according to where the enemies are. I never left under the house once I glitched in.

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HAVE NOT TESTED - BUT REPORTED TO NO LONGER WORK, SORRY :(

Keeping the solution up here incase maybe people want to do it offline? not sure if that will work either?

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DOES NOT WORK

Here is an even shorter solution explanation :P

DOES NOT WORK

watch the clip. took me 1 time to do it, but in the comments it seems people are having problems losing the "wanted" under the house.

DOES NOT WORK

my one comment about the end of the solution: you don't have to run away. you can find a spot under the house where they can't see you and will lose your "wanted" you just have to find the right spot according to where the enemies are. I never left under the house once I glitched in.

DOES NOT WORK
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My method for Most Wanted is a little different from everyone else.

Head over to the beautiful town of Armadillo. Go in the saloon and instead of having a drink kill everyone instead. This will raise your Wanted level. Go upstairs the saloon and exit out the upstairs double doors and go left outside on the balcony. From here there will be a low portion of the roof right above John Marston's single player Armadillo safe house. Jump/Climb up onto the roof and continue to shoot the lawmen that are coming after you. The best place to avoid being shot at is behind the Armadillo Saloon sign. Crouch behind the center portion of this sign so they lawmen can't get a shot on you. Keep popping your head out and try to get a high kill combo. Doing so will make your bounty go up faster.

Once you have been branded as Most Wanted you will need to lose your wanted level. For this you have two options. One is while camping behind the Armadillo Saloon sign bring up the map and set a waypoint for Coot's Chapel. It is a little south of Armadillo. Call your mount and make sure no one is south of you. Carefully drop down to the second floor balcony of the saloon, and then drop to the ground. Get on your mount and ride to the chapel. Lose your Wanted level on the way so there is no longer a red circle on your radar/map. Once the word WANTED is grayed out on your screen just chill inside that chapel for 10 minutes. Being that it is a public Free Roam session you may want some buddies to protect you for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes of staying alive you will have your achievement.

An alternate way that you may find that works out very well is to stay on the roof after you have been branded as PUBLIC ENEMY MOST WANTED. What sometimes works is just stay completely still crouched down behind the Armadillo Saloon sign. Make sure you holster your gun and don't move. What this does is since you are unseen by the lawmen your status will go down to the gray and they will stop trying to shoot at you. At this point once you lose that initial WANTED status you will keep your bounty and you just need to stay alive/public enemy for 10 minutes.

What is really cool say you lose the WANTED status and it goes all the way to the gray you are pretty much good to go. Even if the red WANTED letters come back up you still got the achievement in the bag as long as you stay alive for the full 10 minutes.

So as long as you are a public enemy and get rid of the red WANTED status once all you need to do is just hide somewhere for 10 minutes.

So head on over to Coot's Chapel and atone for your sins! Tell them The Great Legend Shemp Howard sent you!

*EDIT*
MilitantCactus recommends that you enter a Friendly Free Roam. See the second comment for more details. Thanks Militant!
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3 Comments
For a long while I thought that you had to be the Public Enemy AND Wanted by the law for 10 minutes before you could escape and win this achievement. I'd been trying it that way and had A LOT of trouble with it.

Well this solution showed to me that just isn't the case. And safe in the knowledge that I didn't have to be Wanted - just be the Public Enemy - for 10 minutes, I got it first time.
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By Perkinator 3000 on 01 Oct 2010 10:31
Camped behind the sign for the achievement, griefers turned up after I got it and tried to dynamite me, so I thought I'd point out that in Friendly Free Roam other players can't kill you for the bounty, but they can drop dynamite nearby and force a suicide.
Oh, and another great solution from The Great Legend.
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By MilitantCactus on 31 Oct 2010 19:13
Exactly what I did (though your guide wasn't actually what got me to do it). Of course, I was stupid enough the first time that I forgot that I was supposed to escape.
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By Helmaroc on 26 Apr 2011 23:54
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My method for Most Wanted is a little different from everyone else.

Head over to the beautiful town of Armadillo. Go in the saloon and instead of having a drink kill everyone instead. This will raise your Wanted level. Go upstairs the saloon and exit out the upstairs double doors and go left outside on the balcony. From here there will be a low portion of the roof right above John Marston's single player Armadillo safe house. Jump/Climb up onto the roof and continue to shoot the lawmen that are coming after you. The best place to avoid being shot at is behind the Armadillo Saloon sign. Crouch behind the center portion of this sign so they lawmen can't get a shot on you. Keep popping your head out and try to get a high kill combo. Doing so will make your bounty go up faster.

Once you have been branded as Most Wanted you will need to lose your wanted level. For this you have two options. One is while camping behind the Armadillo Saloon sign bring up the map and set a waypoint for Coot's Chapel. It is a little south of Armadillo. Call your mount and make sure no one is south of you. Carefully drop down to the second floor balcony of the saloon, and then drop to the ground. Get on your mount and ride to the chapel. Lose your Wanted level on the way so there is no longer a red circle on your radar/map. Once the word WANTED is grayed out on your screen just chill inside that chapel for 10 minutes. Being that it is a public Free Roam session you may want some buddies to protect you for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes of staying alive you will have your achievement.

An alternate way that you may find that works out very well is to stay on the roof after you have been branded as PUBLIC ENEMY MOST WANTED. What sometimes works is just stay completely still crouched down behind the Armadillo Saloon sign. Make sure you holster your gun and don't move. What this does is since you are unseen by the lawmen your status will go down to the gray and they will stop trying to shoot at you. At this point once you lose that initial WANTED status you will keep your bounty and you just need to stay alive/public enemy for 10 minutes.

What is really cool say you lose the WANTED status and it goes all the way to the gray you are pretty much good to go. Even if the red WANTED letters come back up you still got the achievement in the bag as long as you stay alive for the full 10 minutes.

So as long as you are a public enemy and get rid of the red WANTED status once all you need to do is just hide somewhere for 10 minutes.

So head on over to Coot's Chapel and atone for your sins! Tell them The Great Legend Shemp Howard sent you!

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MilitantCactus recommends that you enter a Friendly Free Roam. See the second comment for more details. Thanks Militant!
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For a long while I thought that you had to be the Public Enemy AND Wanted by the law for 10 minutes before you could escape and win this achievement. I'd been trying it that way and had A LOT of trouble with it.

Well this solution showed to me that just isn't the case. And safe in the knowledge that I didn't have to be Wanted - just be the Public Enemy - for 10 minutes, I got it first time.
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By Perkinator 3000 on 01 Oct 2010 10:31
Camped behind the sign for the achievement, griefers turned up after I got it and tried to dynamite me, so I thought I'd point out that in Friendly Free Roam other players can't kill you for the bounty, but they can drop dynamite nearby and force a suicide.
Oh, and another great solution from The Great Legend.
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By MilitantCactus on 31 Oct 2010 19:13
Exactly what I did (though your guide wasn't actually what got me to do it). Of course, I was stupid enough the first time that I forgot that I was supposed to escape.
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By Helmaroc on 26 Apr 2011 23:54
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Here's the quickest,easiest, and safest way to do this:

Go to Cochinay. Its way up at the top of your map, North of Tall Trees.
In single player this area is not accessible until after a mission is completed.

This is a Native American camp, with NO people in it. There is a pen with some livestock not far inside the camp entrance. Kill the animals.
Suddenly the Mexican Army will show up, way outside of their jurisdiction.Kill the 5 or so men that show up.

Then while still inside the camp, run as far south as you can until you run into the fence. Then go back to the pen, and if the animals re spawned, kill them again. If they have not re spawned just run back to the fence and wait a minute and go back.

After you've done this two or three times, you will become public enemy without even having a bounty. You will know you were successful, because the announcer will say you are now public enemy.

In ten minutes you will have the achievement.

One thing you can do to hide from other players trying to hunt you down once you've been named most wanted:
Go to the back of the camp and start climbing up the ladders into the cave in the mountain. This place is huge. You will have plenty of warning if someone is trying to sneak up on you as they must stand up to climb a ladder, therefore showing up on your radar.
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Worked well thanks, only issue i had was with the animals respawing slowly so had to leave the hideout and come back. Mine popped up as some bandits were trying to ruin it all for me... lucky timing haha
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By InsaneFlame on 03 Sep 2010 15:58
Thanks man, worked well! Wierd glitch about the mexican army caring about dead farm animals in Cochinay. :P
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By TrickNumb on 11 Feb 2012 05:04
This must be the best solution for getting this achievement. Two thumbs up! Got it on my first try :)
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By Srfsmurf on 04 May 2012 01:10
I'm glad, and I'm glad this still works.

I do wish people that neg voted would tell me why, this solution clearly works, y u no like?
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By BSimmons4Prez on 04 May 2012 01:12
Worked great! Did this in friendly free roam and no players bothered to show up (apparently there's a possibility they could kill you with dyamite...).
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By Kez001 on 12 Jun 2012 18:43
Wow, I don't know how you found this but thanks a million! Worked perfectly!
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By DadIsAZombie on 13 May 2013 22:18
honestly? I was really bored. I stayed up there for a few hours one day.
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By BSimmons4Prez on 20 May 2013 23:42
Perfect solution. Took a little messing around, but worked like a champ.
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By PINKE1842 on 29 Jun 2014 18:43
I'm in Cochinay and i can't find any cattle around...Glitch maybe?
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By WickedWitchWest on 19 Jul 2015 10:39
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It's worth noting you don't have to flee or escape. I did this on top of the roof of the building opposite the rail station in Blackwater. There's two ladders to climb to get there, the first leads to a flat roof/ledge 1st floor area and the second ladder takes you from there to the main roof. In my experience no lawmen climb this second ladder to reach you as they do on some of the smaller 1 level buildings. Once you become Wanted, crouch and stay in the middle of the roof area for 10 mins. and you're done. Couple that with the report above that you needn't keep the Wanted meter filled and it's a cinch. If you'd rather keep the Wanted meter active just to be sure (I did) then just fire a shot every so often - you don't have to shoot anyone to refill the meter as long as there's some lawmen near (they hang around the bottom of the building). The only obstacles would be ammo running short and other players coming after you, as usual.
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15 Jul 2010 12:57

Another option on top of the ones mentioned here is El Presidio.

As long as no-one else is in there firing cannons, you can go in and easily get your bounty up, and even better, easily escape.

Don't go in the front door of the fortress. Go to the left and you'll see a chunk taken out of the wall. CLimb up and in. Run along the top of the wall until you can run no further. Turn to the right, jump up over and down onto roof tiles. Slide down carefully.

Run to the opposite end and you'll see a door on the bottom floor of a tower. Go in, and climb the ladder.

From here you can snipe any guard/police who enters in either of the two entrances to El Presidio. Importantly, you can also hit any lawmen who camp over on the hill to your left and let fly with shots. You must kill them, as they can hit you from that range.

Once you have your bounty to $1000, pick you time to make a run for it. Don't climb down the ladder - instead, go around and drop over the wall on the other side of the ladder to get onto an internal pathway. Then run.

Run to the other end from whence you originally came. It should be no problem if there is no-one in the Presidio. If there are, either shoot them or dodge and weave. You'll eventually get behind a large building where no-one can shoot at you. You'll see a tower with a cannon on top. Get up there, go to the other side and drop down (but call your horse beforehand).

Now, you may get stunned by the fall, but you should be OK if your horse is close by as it is very rare for there tobe anyone pursuing you here. SImply get on your horse and trot away - well, maybe a bit quicker than a trot.

The best thing about this is that no-one (and I've done this method 3 times) has ever pursued me from El Presidio. It is as if you are in a blind spot and the law can't see you. All you have to do is get away.

Once you have survived 10 minutes out in the wilds (and dodging other players maybe), your achievement will pop.
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12 Jun 2010 13:10

Heres how I did it, It's pretty much impossible to fail.

Enter a friendly free roam and head over to blackwater. Climb the ladders to the top of the red brick building opposite the train station. From here just pick off civilians and law men untill you get your bounty up to over $1000. Now all I did was every now and again shoot somebody or just fire a weapon to keep my wanted level untill 10 minutes had passed. Once they have passed simply crouch down out of sight and wait for your wanted level to simply dissappear. As your in friendly free roam other players will not be bothering you so as long as you dont get killed by the law men its plain sailing.

Just a note when I did it when the red had completely dissappeared from my wanted level it stayed grey for about 30 seconds with the stars on my radar (representing law men) flashing. After about 30 seconds my wanted level went completely and the achievement popped.

Hope this helps.
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14 Jan 2011 09:37

This is how I got the achievement:
Get in a public Free Roam session with only a few other players, get to Blackwater(the city in the north east) and kill everybody you see until you have a bounty of 1.000$(because then you are a Public Enemy). Then get on your horse and ride like a mofo to, for example Escalera, try using roads because then you can move at full speed.

In the beginning you are still in the red zone but when you ride out of the red zone the WANTED indicator starts getting white and eventually it will go away and then you only get: "Bounty: $1,000". But after awhile that will disapear also(But this doesn't mean you lost your bounty!! You are still displayed like a skull on the map.)!
Then just keep riding because I had the problem that they "tracked" me again.

Just keep riding and after 10 min the achievement will unlock! :)
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30 May 2010 13:52

I did this at McFarlane Ranch. Go upstairs in the barn, shoot a farmhand or some of the livestock to get your bounty, and then take cover behind the hay-bales at the back right on the first floor. The only way for the marshalls to shoot you is by climbing the ladders, and it's simple to shoot them while they're doing this. Some marshalls will stay on the ground floor, but again, it's easy to shoot them from your position.

When you get most wanted, wait until there are no marshalls in the close vicinity, whistle for your horse (or there may still be some in the barn for you to take) and hightail it away from the ranch and marshalls. You should be able to lose them fairly easily. Then it's just a case of avoiding other players and any other marshalls who find your trail.

I was lucky to be in a game with just three other players. It'll likely be more difficult if there are more about.
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12 Jun 2010 14:16

There are a lot of different ways to get this one. When I tried it with some friends, our biggest problem was the ammo and getting away. After some tries, here's how we did it:

Complete the gang hideout with the mine (forgot the name). At the end, there is a stagecoach. Don't shoot the horses, or you can't get in! And you need to complete the hideout, else you can't drive with the stagecoach.
Everyone get in, but place someone who's a good driver behind the horses. Start making your way to Armadillo, waiting at every ammo crate you come across.
Once in Armadillo, start shooting. Thanks to the stagecoach you get a lot more cover and if you are with enough people, you can cover a lot more ground.
Once everyone is public enemy (depends a lot of how good your group shoots, and how good the driver is), start driving away as fast as possible. We went to the swamps, off-road, did everything to lose the wanted. You don't have to keep the wanted level on you for the hole 10 minutes. If you lose the wanted level, you keep the bounty. If you get killed, you lose both.
Once you've lost the wanted, keep driving because from time to time there will be bounty hunters coming for you.

I recommend that the posse leader is not the driver, so he can place markers for the driver which makes it easier to escape. I can't say how important it is that you have a good driver. If the stagecoach gets stuck behind a rock or a tree, the npc's/players get a good shot at you and the stagecoach.

That's how we did it, I was the driver of the stagecoach. The driver and the player riding shotgun have to most chance of being shot, since they are outside the stagecoach.
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I disagree with most of the strategies that have you holed up in one place to build up your bounty.

The problem with this method is the exit strategy. You are vulnerable as Hell when you finally make a run for it.

I suggest going to Blackwater and just riding around town on your horse shooting the cops/pedestrians. You can easily track the cops on the radar and make sure you don't run into more than 1 or 2 at any given time.

Once you hit the 1000 dollar mark you don't have to risk anything to "make a run for it", because you are already on your Horse. You just have to take off and keep riding.

If you keep moving and stay away from towns, gang hideouts, and other fast travel locations, you shouldn't have a problem with other players, either.

Worked like a charm for me the first time I tried it.
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02 Jun 2010 18:37

There are a lot of different ways to get this one. When I tried it with some friends, our biggest problem was the ammo and getting away. After some tries, here's how we did it:

Complete the gang hideout with the mine (forgot the name). At the end, there is a stagecoach. Don't shoot the horses, or you can't get in! And you need to complete the hideout, else you can't drive with the stagecoach.
Everyone get in, but place someone who's a good driver behind the horses. Start making your way to Armadillo, waiting at every ammo crate you come across.
Once in Armadillo, start shooting. Thanks to the stagecoach you get a lot more cover and if you are with enough people, you can cover a lot more ground.
Once everyone is public enemy (depends a lot of how good your group shoots, and how good the driver is), start driving away as fast as possible. We went to the swamps, off-road, did everything to lose the wanted. You don't have to keep the wanted level on you for the hole 10 minutes. If you lose the wanted level, you keep the bounty. If you get killed, you lose both.
Once you've lost the wanted, keep driving because from time to time there will be bounty hunters coming for you.

I recommend that the posse leader is not the driver, so he can place markers for the driver which makes it easier to escape. I can't say how important it is that you have a good driver. If the stagecoach gets stuck behind a rock or a tree, the npc's/players get a good shot at you and the stagecoach.

That's how we did it, I was the driver of the stagecoach. The driver and the player riding shotgun have to most chance of being shot, since they are outside the stagecoach.
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I disagree with most of the strategies that have you holed up in one place to build up your bounty.

The problem with this method is the exit strategy. You are vulnerable as Hell when you finally make a run for it.

I suggest going to Blackwater and just riding around town on your horse shooting the cops/pedestrians. You can easily track the cops on the radar and make sure you don't run into more than 1 or 2 at any given time.

Once you hit the 1000 dollar mark you don't have to risk anything to "make a run for it", because you are already on your Horse. You just have to take off and keep riding.

If you keep moving and stay away from towns, gang hideouts, and other fast travel locations, you shouldn't have a problem with other players, either.

Worked like a charm for me the first time I tried it.
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02 Jun 2010 18:37

I used UnHoly One's method. I went in a circle around black water. I stayed ahead of them and shot backwards. That way the lawmen are close to each other. Once I got the $1000 bounty, I high-tailed it to Nekoti Rock. I went all the way to the top inside the cave. That way you will know the intentions of anyone getting anywhere near you. Luckily I was the only one in the session. I just waited and the achievement popped up.

BTW, this worked the first time.
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19 Jun 2010 11:59

I used UnHoly One's method. I went in a circle around black water. I stayed ahead of them and shot backwards. That way the lawmen are close to each other. Once I got the $1000 bounty, I high-tailed it to Nekoti Rock. I went all the way to the top inside the cave. That way you will know the intentions of anyone getting anywhere near you. Luckily I was the only one in the session. I just waited and the achievement popped up.

BTW, this worked the first time.
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19 Jun 2010 11:59

An easier place to get this is in Rathskellar Fork. On the north end of town is the saloon. Jump on to the roof, and kneel down in the southeast corner. This will give you a clear field of fire on both of the entrances to the town, while giving you ptotection from being shot.
After ten minutes, jump off the north end of the saloon, then hop over the wall. This will put you outside the town, with the law looking for you eslewhere. Ride away and the achievement will pop!
Good luck!
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15 Aug 2011 03:20

Right my solution is Co-op meaning have atleast 2 people but the more the easier, Right goto El Paradiso in mexico which is located to the right side of the map (on Undead nightmare this is the Safe Haven in Mexico) werll...this is how you do it once in the location.

Step 1: located inside the the el paradiso is two carts filled with TNT shoot atleast one of them and it will set of your bounty going.

Step 2: At the main gate there is a mini gun get on and start mowing down the LAW! :D

Step 2 Pt2: well while your on the mini gun mowing the law down, your friend or posse needs to watch the back door since the LAW will storm that area since this why i say you need atleast 2 people.

Step 3: once you reach $1000 bounty and become "public enemy" you need to hold out for 10 minutes this best to use a timer in ym opinion.

Step 4: Once 10 minutes is up, this takes team work pretty much now but....one person in the posse with the best horse calls it in..it should come through the back (it doesnt matter if it doesnt) once it comes your posse needs to clear the back once this is done u need to quickly jump onto the horse and escape via the back entrance, stick to the right road since this should take you down a hill where the LAW has a blind spot and you WANTED! will disappear.

Step 5: Enjoy your Achievement
**TIP** Play in Friendly Free Roam so that random players cant attack you or try and stop you from getting this achievement
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An easier place to get this is in Rathskellar Fork. On the north end of town is the saloon. Jump on to the roof, and kneel down in the southeast corner. This will give you a clear field of fire on both of the entrances to the town, while giving you ptotection from being shot.
After ten minutes, jump off the north end of the saloon, then hop over the wall. This will put you outside the town, with the law looking for you eslewhere. Ride away and the achievement will pop!
Good luck!
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15 Aug 2011 03:20

Right my solution is Co-op meaning have atleast 2 people but the more the easier, Right goto El Paradiso in mexico which is located to the right side of the map (on Undead nightmare this is the Safe Haven in Mexico) werll...this is how you do it once in the location.

Step 1: located inside the the el paradiso is two carts filled with TNT shoot atleast one of them and it will set of your bounty going.

Step 2: At the main gate there is a mini gun get on and start mowing down the LAW! :D

Step 2 Pt2: well while your on the mini gun mowing the law down, your friend or posse needs to watch the back door since the LAW will storm that area since this why i say you need atleast 2 people.

Step 3: once you reach $1000 bounty and become "public enemy" you need to hold out for 10 minutes this best to use a timer in ym opinion.

Step 4: Once 10 minutes is up, this takes team work pretty much now but....one person in the posse with the best horse calls it in..it should come through the back (it doesnt matter if it doesnt) once it comes your posse needs to clear the back once this is done u need to quickly jump onto the horse and escape via the back entrance, stick to the right road since this should take you down a hill where the LAW has a blind spot and you WANTED! will disappear.

Step 5: Enjoy your Achievement
**TIP** Play in Friendly Free Roam so that random players cant attack you or try and stop you from getting this achievement
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This really isnt as difficult or complicated as some people like to try and make it! For me, the simplest way of obtaining this was to head to one of the main towns, doesnt really matter which one, and kill/injure enough people to get the required $1000 bounty, preferably on horseback for ease of escape but by no means essential. As has been stated previously, doing this in a friendly free roam will mean that no other human can try and gatecrash your party by killing you, so just ride off into the sunset and enjoy the scenery for 10 minutes!
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Go on to friendly free roam, get full ammo for all your weapons, and head to El Matadero, go up the ladder onto the roof of the building which is possibly your El Matadero safehouse in single player, there is a Maxim gun on the roof. Shooting civilians and leading the Army/Federales to El Matadero may be needed.

Take cover and shoot the enemies, be wary of them flanking from behind of the building, fortunatly they dont seem to be able to climb the ladder, after you reach 10 minutes as a public enemy shoot enemies in the town and when the enemy reinforcements are in the distance jump down from the building and get on your horse (preferably a fast one with good endurance like the Hungarian Half-Bred) and quickly flee westward, westward is open plains where you can lose the Army, then you will get the achievement.
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04 Jul 2013 18:32

Best way down right is mcfarlene ranch small bank next to the barn with access to the roof by stairs leafing up, become public enemy camp stairs wait ten min call horse then run away did first try with idiot community trying to get me. Pump shotgun helps a lot
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23 May 2010 10:29

Best way down right is mcfarlene ranch small bank next to the barn with access to the roof by stairs leafing up, become public enemy camp stairs wait ten min call horse then run away did first try with idiot community trying to get me. Pump shotgun helps a lot
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23 May 2010 10:29

Enter into Friendly Free Roam and head to Chuparosa. Once there, you’ll see a big building with “El Alcalde de Chuparosa” written on the front of it, there’s also a fountain in front. Go inside and up the stairs, through the door, and out onto the balcony. This is where you’ll be getting your kills.

Start killing all the civilians and you’ll become wanted (if there are no NPCs, head out the back gate and kill one of the cows in the holding pen). Sheriffs should start coming for you, keep killing them (they should net you $50 a kill towards your bounty). The two main areas they’ll attack from are through the front gate and outside the town from behind you. You should be able to stay on the balcony the whole time. Occasionally, they may come into the building but you’ll always see their location on your mini-map.

After you’ve killed enough and reached a $1000 bounty, you’ll see “You are now a public enemy” emboldened in white pop up on the screen; now you just need to wait out 10 minutes. While waiting, if your wanted status starts decreasing (red starts to fade and become grey on top right “WANTED”), simply shoot or let the sheriffs see you.

Once the 10 minutes is up, press Back on your controller and press X to enter the Outfitter. After the loading screen the achievement will pop. That simple!
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15 Dec 2017 03:35

I found this very difficult at first, it took me about 3 or 4 tries until I was successful.
At first what I was doing was running around escalera like a mad man until I thought of a gold idea. *To become a public enemy you have to get a $1,000 bounty*
What worked was going to Armadillo and rack up a 1,000 dollar bounty and then head over to where the doctor is in single player and took cover behind the desk, usually only one or two came at once for me while I set a timer.
What you have to do next is escape alive, so what i did was ran into an alley and called my horse and spammed A until the law was off my ass.
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08 Apr 2020 23:59

The best place to do this is in the saloon in Armadillo. Make sure you are doing this in a Friendly Free Roam Session, that way no one can kill you when you're the Public Enemy. Climb the stairs to the second floor of the saloon and go outside to the balcony. Go to the East side of the balcony and climb onto the roof of the saloon. Shoot anything in sight like horses, civilians and sheriffs. Once you've reached the $1000 bounty you will be the Public Enemy. Hide by the sign and crouch. It's impossible for anyone to kill you. If your wanted meter is going down, make sure to shoot someone. Do this for 10 minutes and hide behind the sign until you lose your wanted level. I found it best to look at the time right after you become the Public Enemy and wait at least 11 minutes just to be safe.

Also see this quote from GoTp:

Once you become a Public Enemy you don't need to keep your Wanted Meter full, it's about staying alive 10 minutes as a Public Enemy and not 10 minutes as a Public Enemy with a full Wanted Meter.

This is how I did it by getting to $1000 and becoming a Public Enemy and escaping the wanted area. Once 10 minutes went by the trophy popped and there was no need to exit to the outfitter.

There is another solo method on how to get this trophy by staying alive for 10 minutes and exiting the outfitter afterwards from the main menu. Credit goes to Eternal21 for the find.

Here is a visual walkthrough: credit goes to Pesico:

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This has to be completed in a public match.

In theory this isn't too difficult, but it depends on the odds of being killed by another player. You can do this just about anywhere you can hide from the law, such as hiding on top of a building, or in an area where the AI can't reach you. There is a large red brick building across from the train station in Blackwater. You can hide on top of this building for 10 minutes and pick off various civilians and law enforcement. Raise your bounty to $1,000 and you will become a public enemy. You can now just sit and wait for 10 minutes (real time). Once the 10 minutes are over you need to get on your horse and escape the law enforcers. If they don't spot you when getting down from the building you will get away with little effort.

If you are having difficulty with this on your own have a friend or posse back you up. Once you have your horse keep running until you outrun the law enforcement.

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