Maude Eccles — Bail Bonds
Client: Maude
For: Trevor Philips
Unlock: finish the story mission Mr. Philips.
Start: meet Maude at the question mark (?) in Grapeseed. Maude asks you to catch someone who skipped bail.
Unlocks: leave the area and Maude is added to Trevor’s contacts. She also unlocks in Director Mode.
How it continues: after a while Maude emails a profile and a satellite photo of the next jumper. If you ignore them, she sends a nagging email.
Pay: bring the jumper to Maude alive for $10,000. Killing the jumper is allowed, but then the pay drops to $5,000 and part of Maude's email changes.
The Special Bonds mission cannot be replayed.
The four bail jumpers can be hunted after the Special Bonds cutscene. In-game they count as jobs, not missions, and a jumper you deal with does not come back.
The four bail jumpers are not required for 100%. Bringing in the first jumper alive unlocks the achievement Wanted: Alive Or Alive.
1. Bail jumper — Quarry (Ralph Ostrowski)
- Overview
- Unlock: some time after you meet Maude, she emails you.
- Goal: catch Ralph Ostrowski, who ran to the quarry.
- Location: the quarry near Trevor’s hideout.
- How it plays
- He is alone at the quarry, on the phone. He does not fight, he only runs, so grab him before he gets away.
- How to drop him: he notices you up close. Shoot his legs with a weak gun, use the stun gun, or yank him out of the car as soon as he gets in.
- A suppressed pistol is a good weak gun.
- A light tap with your car makes him put his hands up.
- Finish: put him in your car and drive him to Maude.
- Pay: $10,000 if you bring the jumper in alive, $5,000 if you kill the jumper.
- Unlocks after you finish
- Some time after you hand Ralph to Maude or kill him, she emails you about the next jumper, Larry Tupper.
2. Bail jumper — Farm (Larry Tupper)
- Overview
- Unlock: some time after you hand Ralph to Maude or kill him, she emails you.
- Goal: catch Larry Tupper, who ran to an old barn.
- How it plays
- Who is there: Larry and his crew. Three are in the truck right beside him, and one more stands next to him.
- They shoot as soon as you get close. Clear the crew, then take Larry.
- Larry runs during the fight.
- Finish: catch Larry and drive him to Maude.
- Pay: $10,000 if you bring the jumper in alive, $5,000 if you kill the jumper.
- Unlocks after you finish
- Some time after you hand Larry to Maude or kill him, she emails you about the next jumper, Glenn Scoville.
3. Bail jumper — Mountain (Glenn Scoville)
- Overview
- Unlock: some time after you hand Larry to Maude or kill him, she emails you.
- Goal: catch the banker Glenn Scoville.
- Location: near the cable-car station on Mount Chiliad, the cliff Franklin jumps from after he first meets Dom Beasley.
- How it plays
- Getting there: fly straight to the summit, or ride the Pala Springs Aerial Tramway.
- Two people are filming on the cliff by the cable-car stop. One is the cameraman. The other is Glenn.
- If you get too close or keep watching, Glenn jumps with a parachute.
- Chase by parachute: follow him with one you brought, or one you pick up nearby.
- Chase by helicopter: fly to Glenn, then follow slowly when he jumps.
- Chase by bike: the mountain bike parked right in front of Glenn and the cameraman can take you down the mountain after him.
- Go down the way that bike is pointed and follow the ridge. Everywhere else is a sheer cliff.
- A fast jump off a rise will bounce you. Brake instead of accelerating, then accelerate once the slope flattens near the bottom.
- This is much harder than the parachute or the helicopter.
- Finish: after he lands, drop him on the ground and drive him to Maude.
- Pay: $10,000 if you bring the jumper in alive, $5,000 if you kill the jumper.
- Watch out
- If you shoot or stun Glenn as he jumps, he collapses and falls off the cliff to his death.
- Unlocks after you finish
- Some time after you hand Glenn to Maude or kill him, she emails you about the next jumper, Curtis Weaver.
- Fail if
- The chase fails if you fall too far behind Glenn.
4. Bail jumper — Trailer camp (Curtis Weaver)
- Overview
- Unlock: some time after you hand Glenn to Maude or kill him, she emails you.
- Goal: catch Curtis Weaver, an old man in the trailer camp.
- How it plays
- Get close and Curtis notices you and starts shooting. His crew does not attack. He fires a pistol a few times, then runs.
- Finish: catch him like the others and drive him to Maude.
- Pay: $10,000 if you bring the jumper in alive, $5,000 if you kill the jumper.
- Unlocks after you finish
- Bring Curtis in and Maude retires with a goodbye. Her missions are done.
- Kill Curtis and she says goodbye by email.