I captured a Ethanol truck and followed the arrows back to one of my outposts. The problem is nothing happened. I didn't get any extra Ethanol, nothing. What am I missing?
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I captured a Ethanol truck and followed the arrows back to one of my outposts. The problem is nothing happened. I didn't get any extra Ethanol, nothing. What am I missing?
It happened to me also. My solution was - driving Ethanol trucks to Prosperity.:D Not too close.... but always worked!
I had that happen one time in 10 play thoughs..... I had to drive the truck out and back into the post slowly until the get out of truck popup just in the gate came.. then it gave it to me.. has never happened since.. that play through was at the falls end outpost..
Ah, so it's some sort of bug then? This happened at the outpost closest to the settlement, can't remember what it's called. Shame I left the truck there and went of doing missions, I doubt it will still be there next time I log on.
At least I know for next time, thanks.
I've never driven them anywhere but Prosperity and I get the reward every time. I like to keep outposts on scavenged status to be able to replay them and keep the map more hostile to travel through.
You drive the ethanol truck into the outpost until the message pops up press E to exit. (PC)
You always get 75 Ethanol regardless where you hijack the truck or drive it to. Since you can get basically the same with just two supply drops, which happen frequently, always land nearby, and can usually be taken quickly with little to no combat, it begs the question why go to the bother of hijacking the ethanol trucks.
One can get tonnes more ethanol by retaking outposts. One can become skilled at even the highest level outpost retaking the same one over and over again because the guards are in a similar location each time. Ethanol bonanza!!!
However, I find the ethanol trucks most exciting and challenging because
--you have to capture it without blowing it up
--you have to get it to your outpost without getting blown up
As per capture bounty, yes 75 eth and perhaps one time in twenty the truck did not give up its booty.
Agree. Any BONANZA spoils the game. Easy money, easy skills....there should be no gold mines. Every possible opportunity of it should be cut off by developers. No possible cheating. People are looking for the maximum effect with minimal efforts. This is our psychology. And having found a loophole in the game they will cheat....spoiling the game for themselves....even if they understand it.
That's why I always get the torch perk instead of lock picking because it's handy for repairing vehicles.
The funny thing is though, once when I drove it all the way to Prosperity, it was leaking when I got out, no doubt from a bullet fired at it. I whipped out the torch to start a repair, mind you from the back of the truck, not near the leak.
The damn thing blew up in my face though. I'm pretty sure it was from the torch, not the leak. So be forewarned, if you don't see the "Repair" prompt, don't try repairing an Ethanol truck. And definitely don't hold the torch anywhere near an Ethanol truck leak either. These trucks CAN be repaired though, done it many times after being attacked hijacking them to avert disaster.
lol yeh only safe place to use repair torch is from the front of the truck .... I always have to after I stop them as I stop them by shooting the tires.
Actually I've done it from the back before on an Ethanol truck while out on the road in between waves of attackers, while hijacking one back to home base. I like to be on the end the attackers are coming from to take them out as quickly as possible. As long as I have a Repair prompt it works, but ever since that one blew up at home base, I usually aim the torch at that blue plate on the back, and never at the tank itself. Honestly I really think it was the lack of the Repair prompt though. Apparently the truck didn't register as damaged despite the small leak. The torch sure damaged it though. LOL
yeh.. LOL
Got it off to a fine art. I capture near every ethanol truck I come across, and yeah, it's pretty exciting getting it home in one piece.
If you're having trouble getting the ethanol at an outpost (like I was) jump back into the truck and manouevre it around a little. Job done.
I know at The Chop Shop I kept get'n riped off. I was pulling the truck all the way into the complex. I didn't notice the first couple of times the message saying something akin to, Jump out of vehicle, that had been popping up at the top of the screen as soon as to pull up out front of the complex. Somehow by pulling all the way into the complex I was driving back out of the mission-complete trigger point? So da, now bailing out along the front of the complex entrance it triggers every time. All that time and the game had been trying ta tell me the whole all along. Holmes got nut'n on me. I 'member something similar to this happen'n at the Watering Hole complex also. When approaching a complex, keep an eye out that "get out" message. haha...
Hello,
First you'll want to liberate an Outpost, then stand on a street near that Outpost until an Ethanol Tanker Truck drives by. Shoot the driver, steal the truck and drive it to the Outpost. The spawns are random but they should spawn within a few minutes.
Regards,
Mika Hawkins