California

Part 1

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have completed the mission “Women and Cattle” to unlock.

LOCATION:

WALKTHROUGH:

You'll encounter a traveler named Sam Odessa in the desert of Gaptooth Ridge.

Approach him, sat by a rock playing his harmonica, and press Circle to "Talk to the traveler".

He's happy to see another face out here. He has been on the road to California for quite some time - his exact origin unknown, although his family has gone from the Black Sea to New York City to here in three generations. Sam's horse became lame somewhere along his journey and he has been walking ever since.

Sam is advised about the gangs in the Gaptooth region and he decides to get a coach to continue onward. He walks off.

The game will explain "Though you've completed part of this encounter, the story is now over. Odds are you will encounter him again in the future".

Part 2

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have completed "California" Part 1
• Roughly 2 days must have passed in-game after completing the previous part.
  • Try saving and reloading your game to encourage the next part to appear instantly.

LOCATION:

WALKTHROUGH:

A week later Sam is found again in Cueva Seca.

He is noticeably not as well as the previous meeting. He was going to get a coach but it wasn't to his liking. He finds nature the better choice.

Sam is advised to get another horse at least. He begins ranting about a horse that can do math and how such a steed would take him to California.

Sam is told to simply follow the setting sun to go West and he walks off again - in the wrong direction but cliffs block him from going West at this location.

Part 3

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have completed "California" Part 2
• Roughly 2 days must have passed in-game after completing the previous part.
  • Try saving and reloading your game to encourage the next part to appear instantly.

LOCATION:

WALKTHROUGH:

Another week later a mentally broken man is found in the canyon northeast of Tumbleweed.

From the start he rants about random things and refuses to return to civilization.

Attempting to coax him results in a gun being drawn from his side.

He hurries away saying he will find California.

Part 4

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have completed "California" Part 3
• Roughly 2 days must have passed in-game after completing the previous part.
  • Try saving and reloading your game to encourage the next part to appear instantly.

LOCATION:

WALKTHROUGH:

Yet another week has gone by. Along the road south of Tumbleweed a body is found.

A feasting vulture will fly off as you approach.

Examine Sam's corpse to find a letter and some money.

You're then told to "Deliver Sam's letter to Armadillo".

If you open up your "Kit", you'll find Sam's letter.

If you're feeling particularly nosey, you can open it up to read it.

Sam's Letter

My Darling Wife,

Not a day goes by when I don't think about you and our beautiful baby boy. It is now many weeks since we parted. Precisely how long, I don't know. Time, once so predictable and reliable, has slipped away from me. I know how callous my abrupt departure in the dead of night must have appeared, and for that I am truly sorry, but I hope you will find it in your heart one day to forgive me. For it was not a choice to leave, but rather an obligation. My grandfather came to this country with a dream; a dream that was passed down to me, that is in my blood, in my very soul. I always believed it was my duty to realize that dream, to complete a journey that started in Odessa, by the black sea, three generations ago, but I have lost sight of what it is, if I ever knew at all. I am headed West towards the ocean, but I'm not sure why anymore. Day after day, the Sun beats down on me in this godforsaken desert, relentless and mocking. Every step I take forward, I seem to get further away. I thought this was my destiny, and perhaps it is. Maybe we are condemned to walk in circles, chasing the skyline. Maybe it is all a lie. Oh, this is a terrible land of broken promises.

I had everything and gave it up in the pursuit of nothing. I fear I have made a terrible mistake, but there is no way back now.

Forever yours,

Sam

Part 5

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have completed "California" Part 4

LOCATION:

WALKTHROUGH:

Take the letter to Armadillo.

Walk into the freight station...

And deliver the letter at the counter.

California complete.