A Fistful of Dollars

**A Fistful of Dollars** is the sixteenth mission in Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. In this mission John Cooper and his team decide to break in to Carlos's bank.

## Overview

In this mission, the group has to sneak into the secret stairway hidden beneath the statue in order to steal Carlos's money.

## Cinematic

John looks at the note found in Carlos's safe. The note shows a date and a meeting place. He deducts that the map in the paper is where El Diablo and Carlos will meet. Sanchez confirms this by saying the gang leaders have to pay EL Diablo every month in exchange for information and protection. Sanchez rushes the group to go to the meeting place. However, John asks the group to wait. He has one final plan for Carlos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V\_PsBGBL4Kk

## Story

Carlos notices someone broke into his office. He is furious with this and promptly orders his henchmen to catch whoever break into his office. After this, the scene turns to John and the rest of his team (except Kate). John explains that since there is no money in the safe, Carlos must have hidden all his loot in the bank. If they manage to steal all of Carlos's money, he will not be able to pay El Diablo, and thus Carlos will suffer severe, potentially fatal consequences.

Luckily, Pablo remembers a secret tunnels hidden beneath a statue that leads directly to the bank. When asked by McCoy on how does he knows all of this, Pablo answers he does not remember how. Despite this critical information, the group needs Kate's help in order to safely traverse the town. Unfortunately, three of Carlos's henchmen stop Kate from escaping the hacienda and reaching the groups.

The group decides to rescue Kate first before getting to the statue. Even with increased security around the town, they were able to help Kate escape from the two henchmen. After that, the groups open the statue, and enters the bank through the secret tunnels hidden beneath it. Inside the bank, there were many guards. However, with Kate's distraction and McCoy Gas tubes, they were able to knock out all the guard. The groups steal all Carlos's loots in the bank, and move on to the next destination.

## Characters

### Playable Characters

* John Cooper
* Samuel Williams
* Doc McCoy
* Kate O'Hara
* Pablo Sanchez

### Other Characters

* Carlos
* 49  Armed Gunmen + 12  Armed Gunmen in the bank
* 9  Civilians

### Animals

* 5  Horses
* 2  Dogs

## Objectives

* First, help Kate out of her predicament, so she can move freely around town and help you break into the bank.
* Sanchez is strong enough to push the statue in the park aside the reveal the secret passage.
* As soon as you have broken into the bank and put the guards out of action, you must get the money to the rendezvous point.

## Quotes

**Cinematics**

* + *We can be on the right track. Look like the meeting place. (Pointing at the note)* - **John Cooper**
	+ *!Caramba! This must be where they hand over all the money! Once a month, all the gang leaders have to handle the part of their loots to El Diablo! In return, he gives information and protection!*  - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *Then that's being blackmailed by a bandit. Hmph, that's some news.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *Boy, at least we know where we can get hold of this crook, let's get out of here! (patale??)*  - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *Wait a minute! I've just thought of something...* - **John Cooper**

**Intro**

* + *¡Maldito! Someone's been in my office!* - **Carlos**
	+ *¡Miguel! ¡Iñigo! ¡Idiotas malditos! What the hell do I pay you for?* - **Carlos**
	+ *You are supposed to guard my house, not sit around all day drinking and chasing the señoritas!* - **Carlos**
	+ *Find the dogs who have dared to sniff about in here!* - **Carlos**
	+ *Bring me their heads on a silver platter! At once!* - **Carlos**
* ***Camera goes to Cooper***
	+ *What exactly do you intend to do, John?* - **Doc McCoy**
	+ *You saw that there was no money in the safe?* - **John Cooper**
	+ *Yeah, so what?* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *I'll bet Carlos keeps all his loot in the bank* - **John Cooper**
	+ *¡Sí! In fact I know he does!* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *And what if Carlos was there with his pockets empty next time he had to hand over the money?* - **John Cooper**
	+ *You mean...* - **Samuel Williams**
	+ *Exactly* - **John Cooper**
	+ *¡Caramba! El Diablo would skin him alive!* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *Now I like the sound of that....* - **Doc McCoy**
	+ *And I know how we can get into this place!* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *Is that a fact?* - **John Cooper**
	+ *¡Sí! In the west... or was it the east... In any case, somewhere in this city is a park with a statue.* - **Pablo Sanchez**
* ***Camera goes to the statue at the center of a park maze***
	+ *Under the statue is a secret passageway leading straight into the bank!* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *How the hell do you know that?* - **Doc McCoy**
	+ *Hmm... I've forgotten! Caramba!* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *Anyhow, we'll need Kate's help.* - **John Cooper**
* ***Camera goes to the Kate leaving the hacienda***
	+ *¡Hola, boníta señorita! ¿Dónde va?* - **Unnamed Carlos henchman**
	+ *Let me through, you halfwits!* - **Kate O' Hara**
	+ *Not so fast!* - **Unnamed Carlos henchman**
	+ *Come on, do a dance for us!* - **Unnamed Carlos henchman**
* ***Camera goes back to Cooper***
	+ *She's gotta distract the guards inside the bank.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *As long as everyone thinks she's working for Carlos, She can go anywhere with no questions asked.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *As soon as we take out the guards, Doc can crack the safe.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *We grab the money and rendezvous here.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *Ok, let's go!* - **John Cooper**

***After all the loots are stolen***

* + *That's got it!* - **Doc McCoy**
	+ *Well now. Carlos is going to get quite a surprise tomorrow. HE HE HE...* - **Samuel Williams**
	+ *Ok, let's get to the silver mine.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *Silver Creek is a few days' ride west of here, at the foot of a mountain near a city called Grants.* - **Pablo Sanchez**
	+ *Good. We can rest half way in an abandoned staging past.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *I know the owner, an old Chinaman, with a daughter as pretty as a picture.* - **John Cooper**
	+ *He owns me a favor.* - **John Cooper**

## References

1. ↑ Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive – Guide and Walkthrough by NVarkovsky https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/369650-desperados-wanted-dead-or-alive/faqs/12486