ROB RUN tips
Every tip from the ROB RUN codex, explained in plain words.
Base and housing
Plot Plan
Use the Plot Plan on your home territory to place a house and other buildings.
Structure Plan
Place furniture boxes on the Structure Plan to add functions to your base.
Attacking and Defending Bases
Fuses protect your base. Decoders hack an enemy base. Fully hacking the security system gives limited access to the building.
First Aid Cabinet
Extra First Aid Cabinets at your base let you heal and choose where you respawn if you die in your settlement.
Buying a Plot
A Land Plot Title lets you rent land for a house. The title level must match the district level. After buying it, go to a player-owned settlement and use it on a free plot.
Buying a Settlement
A Settlement Title lets you buy a whole settlement. Find an unclaimed one of the matching district level on the global map and use the title. Once claimed it opens to residents. As owner you reserve a plot for free and earn tax whenever residents launder cash or trade on the Black Market.
Vehicles
Vehicle Selection
Put a car key in an empty slot of the Key Locker to make that vehicle appear in your garage. If you left it somewhere outside, interact with its garage spot to bring it back.
Rent Vehicle
No car of your own? Rent one at your base from the Parking Terminal or the Key Locker. When you get your own car the rental is taken back and anything in its trunk drops on the ground.
Trunk
Car trunks carry cargo and other items. Trunk size depends on the car model and its upgrades.
Vehicle Modification
Upgrades improve a car's performance and are not lost when you die.
Map
Leaving the Location
Cross the border of the current location to open the global map.
Global Map
The map of the whole state. Pick a location for details and zoom in to look at its settlements up close.
Roles
Roles in Looty Bay
Looty Bay has three roles. Civilians explore safely and keep their items when they die. Police officers earn confiscated items by protecting the city and also keep their items on death. Criminals rob and steal, but lose their inventory when they die. You pick the side.
Criminal Mode
Criminal mode lets you commit crimes, and the police will hunt you. Leaving the city turns it off.
Money and selling
Black Market
Buy items with cash on the Black Market. More items appear with new shipments or when you move to a higher-level district.
Cash Laundering
Put cash in the Laundering Desk to keep it safe: money in your personal account cannot be stolen. Laundering runs on its own and the desk can be upgraded to go faster. Withdraw cash at ATMs.
Collection Completion
Pack stolen items into collections and sell them for a good price. Upgrading the Collection Table unlocks new collections.
Notoriety
Criminals gain Notoriety by breaking the law. More Notoriety means bigger bonuses.
Roulette
Bet chips on numbers or sectors. The more precise the bet, the bigger the win. Swap winning chips for cash.
Fence
The Fence buys stolen goods for cash. The price depends on your Notoriety level and the value of the loot.
Shipments
Shipments unlock new weapons, vehicles and other gear, which then appear on the Black Market.
Cash Withdrawal
Withdraw money from your bank account as dirty cash at bank employees or ATMs.
Police
Police Duty
Officers earn money to their account for lawful actions. At the end of a shift that amount is paid out as confiscated goods. Arresting a criminal alive pays extra.
Arresting a Criminal
Officers can arrest criminals who surrender or are knocked out, and get an extra reward for it. The criminal loses their bag contents but keeps their equipment.
Police Backup
When the police department asks for backup, accepting gives you a salary bonus for a limited time.
Cargo and production
Cargo Opening
Open stolen cargo at a Cargo Workbench to get what is inside. Upgrades make it faster and add cargo slots.
Contraband Purchase
Buy contraband from Lenny or at the Sales Center and repack it at a Contraband Workbench. Repacked cargo is worth a lot more.
Contraband Sale
Sell contraband and other cargo to the Smuggler for cash. The payout depends on how much cargo you bring and its value.
Laboratory
Pour reagents into the Laboratory to start producing cargo with the substance. Smoke above the building shows the lab is active.
Stolen Cargo
Stolen cargo can be sold as contraband or opened at a Cargo Workbench. Move it in a car trunk or store it at home on racks.
Grow Room
Set up a Grow Room to grow rare plants and sell the harvest to the Fence. Better equipment speeds up growth.
Prison and jail time
Jail Time
Jail time measures your standing in the criminal world. The more jail time you build up, the more rewards you unlock, including tattoos.
Prison Break
Use escape points to get back out. You can pick which available state you escape to.
Violation and Detention
Officers and civilians can be locked up at the police station for traffic violations. Behind bars you cannot use personal items or switch roles.
Confiscation
Federal agents are investigating and will take all ill-gotten assets. The more of your belongings get confiscated, the longer your jail sentence and the greater your authority. Residents of Highlands can move to a new state and keep their property, but will face the toughest criminals there.
Clans
Control
Clans can take control of districts and businesses. Their claim has to win the conflict, and they must beat rival clans in a showdown.
Tax Collection
Settlement owners collect a laundering tax from residents at the Debt Collectors' Van. Clans collect taxes from businesses and districts they control.
Heists
Bank Vault
Place a Drill to break into the Bank Vault. As soon as it is placed, everyone in Looty Bay gets a notification.
Keys
Keys for small safes and locked doors are scattered around the city. Picking one up marks its lock on your map. Only criminals can use keys.
Barter
Behind a suspicious door at Lenny's Motel you can swap items for heist gear like drills and keys.
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