How do I get rid of a WANTED tag?

ronin677 · Jan 5, 2016

Hi all,

So I have been bounty hunting in the Kremainn system and accidentally shot a a Fed ship, and picked up a Wanted status for my trouble

I flew to both stations in the system hoping to be able to pay either a fine or a bounty to clear my status. I looked under contacts and nothing!!! I don't seem to have any way to clear this Wanted tag.

What should I do other then avoid that system (which I don't want to)

cheers

StuF · Jan 5, 2016

Buy a sidewinder, leave station, get scanned by authority ship, let them destroy you, rebuy screen - wanted gone
Get back in old ship and carry on! Works for massive wanted bounties too!

SGT TickleFight · Jan 5, 2016

Kill yourself...

...no seriously - buy a sidewinder, fly out the station and self-destruct. With rebuy and selling the sidewinder it only costs about 1500 creds.

sbdags · Jan 5, 2016

Or just carry on as normal.

The wanted tag will clear in what ever time frame it says next to it. Go to another system for a few days

God chance to go exploring

ronin677 · Jan 5, 2016

Sidewinder it is then and a temporary death wish. Thanks guys

Nick87 · Jan 5, 2016

Keep in mind that just blowing yourself up, can result in a dormant bounty over your head. You won't have the Wanted status, but authority ships will still try to kill you after they scan you.

ronin677 · Jan 5, 2016

But I have no bounty to pay off so getting killed in a sidewinder should work, yes?

Argus Leadhead · Jan 5, 2016

If you just negligently shot a ship once or twice, the bounty should only be for a few minutes (6-10). You can just go putz around in a neighbouring system for that (incredibly short) amount of time. When you get back after the timer has expired, you can then pay the meagre assault fine. If you get scanned and killed, you'll still have to pay the fine at the insurance screen anyway.

If you KILLED a non-wanted ship, your bounty timer will be days instead of minutes.

If you just nicked another ship, you can choose to jump to another system for 10 minutes. Or you can spend a comparable amount of time docking, buying a sidewinder, undocking, baiting authority ships to scan you, then committing suicide by cop.

Or you could just live with it. It's not like being wanted is the end of the world. I have to go at least 3 jumps in any given direction from "home" to find a system that I'm not wanted in. I make money and enjoy myself just fine.

StuF · Jan 6, 2016

Argus Leadhead said:
If you just negligently shot a ship once or twice, the bounty should only be for a few minutes (6-10). You can just go putz around in a neighbouring system for that (incredibly short) amount of time. When you get back after the timer has expired, you can then pay the meagre assault fine. If you get scanned and killed, you'll still have to pay the fine at the insurance screen anyway.

If you KILLED a non-wanted ship, your bounty timer will be days instead of minutes.

If you just nicked another ship, you can choose to jump to another system for 10 minutes. Or you can spend a comparable amount of time docking, buying a sidewinder, undocking, baiting authority ships to scan you, then committing suicide by cop.

Or you could just live with it. It's not like being wanted is the end of the world. I have to go at least 3 jumps in any given system to find one that I'm not wanted in. I make money and enjoy myself just fine.

Guess you are playing in solo then or the bounty hunting/pirating/policing winged up CMDRS would be having a pop at you everywhere you travelled!

Argus Leadhead · Jan 6, 2016

StuF said:
Guess you are playing in solo then or the bounty hunting/pirating/policing winged up CMDRS would be having a pop at you everywhere you travelled!

I play open mostly; I'd say I'm a little off the beaten path though. Not many commanders that I've seen in my neck of the woods. I'd welcome the attention at least

. I've had a few attempts at my life but not many where I reside.

d8veh · Jan 6, 2016

Don't get yourself killed by the cops in a Sidewinder. To me, that's not a good suggestion at all - as you'll find out if you do it! The bounty only becomes dormant and will be reactivated as soon as you go near any cops. The best thing to do is move on to another system. Nobody will care about the bounty in any other system. You can go back when it's expired. Only when it's expired can you pay it off.

Sapyx · Jan 6, 2016

I'm pretty sure that if you commit suicide with self-destruct (or by ramming the station), it doesn't remove the bounty completely - the bounty just turns "dormant". With a dormant bounty, the cops won't shoot you on sight and bounty-hunters won't pick it up with a KWS. But iIf the cops in Kremainn scan you with a Dormant Bounty, the bounty re-activates and the timer resets.

You have to get a CMDR to kill you to get rid of the bounty permanently without it turning dormant. And even then, I believe it turns into a Legacy Fine which you can repay.

MadDogMurdock · Jan 6, 2016

I've waited out a 5k bounty with a 6 day timer with no real issues.
Just stay out of the system until the time is up and then go and pay your legacy fine.
Probably a good idea to avoid places with bounty hunters as well like Haz Res or Comp. Beacons.

ronin677 · Jan 6, 2016

So flew to a different system last night and logged back on today. Wanted status gone

Neo Mjolnir · Jan 6, 2016

Elite: You don't get rid of wanted tag. wanted tag gets rid of You

ronin677 · Jan 7, 2016

Neo Mjolnir said:
Elite: You don't get rid of wanted tag. wanted tag gets rid of You

Unless your profile is Boba Fett, then it doesn't apply

haha

Whiterose · Jan 7, 2016

Just ignore it. I have loads of them in a lot of systems. By the time the keystone cops have scanned you, you can boost away, or dock before they have called for support. Life goes on with a wanted tag.

Oogie Boogie · Jan 7, 2016

Switch to a sidewinder and attack a station where you are wanted. In open you could be easy attacked and killed with a wanted tag by players. In PVE nobody cares.

OLd_Sarg · Jan 8, 2016

Really that is the solution for a wanted tag, kill yourself?
I was bounty hunting and had an NPC fly in front of me and I shot him once "WANTED" tag on the way back to a station to pay it off I get interdicted and nearly loose my only ship, then find out I cant pay the fine and now I need to buy a ship and kill myself????
I like the game and have invested cash into it so this is not a rant/hate thing;
Someone needs to get there head out of the "prudy" vistas for just a little while (and beautiful they are) and make an understandable system that works, something like a court to pay and clear fines but hidden bounty's really? So you just randomly get killed by the game? If this is true this part of the game needs work. my 0.02

dementia · Jan 8, 2016

OLd_Sarg said:
Really that is the solution for a wanted tag, kill yourself?
I was bounty hunting and had an NPC fly in front of me and I shot him once "WANTED" tag on the way back to a station to pay it off I get interdicted and nearly loose my only ship, then find out I cant pay the fine and now I need to buy a ship and kill myself????
I like the game and have invested cash into it so this is not a rant/hate thing;
Someone needs to get there head out of the "prudy" vistas for just a little while (and beautiful they are) and make an understandable system that works, something like a court to pay and clear fines but hidden bounty's really? So you just randomly get killed by the game? If this is true this part of the game needs work. my 0.02

Your bounties and Wanted status will expire. Check your transactions panel and it will tell you exactly how long you've got. Just avoid that system for the time. Of course commanders with a KWS can still detect you but those are likely to be rare.