ROB RUN Solo Guide: Affordable Loot Runs and Money Progression

A nearly full camera is still at risk if you cannot finish the trip. Start with an accessible target and one sale, then increase the money carried only after the entire loop works for you.

If you cannot afford replacements yet, basic Police duty is an alternative way to begin: no badge is needed and duty supplies equipment and transport. Civilians and Police retain inventory on death under their role rules; Criminals lose carried inventory. Exact Police salary is not listed, so this is a lower-exposure starting option rather than a quoted income rate.

For the criminal route, first repeat the tutorial-sized loop: enter Looty Bay, mask up, steal a small haul, sell to the Fence and return. Learn an accessible buyer and a way out before adding a valuable filling item.

Lenny provides Trade Laptop access until you own a plot. Research is paid once, while Black Market purchases are paid for each replacement. The proposed kit below combines both kinds of spending and totals $44,399.

Do not wait for every optional purchase to learn a simple sale. The kit gives a progression budget; it does not make every target accessible. Found matching keys and eligible lockpicking open different targets, while a basic weapon does not replace an opener.

Start with the east jewellery store marked below. Before entering, choose a Fence and a city exit on the city map. Bring a mask, carrying space and a weapon you can replace with its ammunition. The jewellery displays do not need a safe key or Mini Drill, so leave expensive access tools behind for this first example.

Equip the mask to enter Criminal mode, then check the shop and street before taking jewellery from the displays. Watch the worker and cameras: aiming at a worker interrupts a Police call, but broken glass and cameras can still raise an alarm. If the shop is contested, skip it. This target choice does not guarantee an uncontested run.

Take the small haul to your chosen Fence, select the items you intend to sell and check the offer. Choose Complete Deal, then collect the cash from the counter. Leave Looty Bay and use the storage or laundering setup you have available. If the buyer is occupied, reconsider another mapped buyer instead of forcing the sale.

Check the bag before committing to another room. Ordinary items need inventory space; cargo needs its own handling and vehicle capacity. The recording below uses a larger loadout than the starter budget, so copy the space check rather than its spending or expected haul.

The starter Action Camera needs 40 qualifying crime points at its required Notoriety level. Progress changes it into the full-camera variant. Check those requirements before repeating an action that may not qualify, and remember that carried progress can be lost on Criminal death.

At base prices, $50,000 sale minus $5,000 research and $15,000 purchase leaves $30,000 before other costs. On later cameras the research is already paid: $50,000 minus another $15,000 purchase leaves $35,000. These are camera-stage differences, not whole-run profits.

Solo Hard mode starts at Notoriety level four and improves additional rare-loot chances. That does not establish a universally safest or fastest route; choose it for the rules you intend to play.

Rent a vacant plot in an owned settlement using the matching Land Plot Title. The first title lists $50,000 research and $100,000 purchase before buildings and equipment. Check the plot and existing structures before buying a Trailer; an older cash-rental description does not match the launch document requirement.

Open a Looty Bay bank account as a Civilian before laundering. Home laundering avoids Lenny’s commission. Process cash at the desk, then use “Transfer to my account” and check the bank balance. Account protection against player theft lasts until the wipe.

Research Code Tablet after Action Camera, then USB Hacking Tool after Code Tablet. District progression also controls access to tier-II and tier-III stock. Code Tablet needs four fill points from eligible safe actions; do not convert those points into a fixed safe count.

USB Hacking Tool needs five points. Major listed computers give two and many smaller ones give one, so choose an accessible set of interactions rather than assuming five identical computer visits. Sell a full tool or keep it for a specific barter: using it for equipment gives up its sale value.

Deposit Box Keys are useful for the gold-vault ID Card barter, rather than simple resale alone. Higher Cargo Sheets introduce substantial lifetime-jail requirements; a large sale number is not automatically your next usable goal.

The comparison below assumes you extract and sell. Its stage costs do not automatically include every earlier prerequisite, room opener or replacement. If a stage requires equipment you have not bought, add it before choosing the target.

After you have a reliable sale-and-launder loop, compare collections, growing or laboratory production. They need a base, more capital and delivery protection. Bigger output is useful only when you can complete the whole chain.

Suppose your first camera is sold full for the listed $50,000. Its own $5,000 research and $15,000 purchase leave a $30,000 camera-stage difference. The next camera costs another $15,000, not another research payment. A later full sale therefore leaves $35,000 at this stage, before ammunition, transport and any losses.

If that $15,000 replacement would empty your cash reserve, repeat a small inventory run first. If access is the bottleneck, buy the opener for the next target before a more expensive weapon. A stronger gun does not satisfy a safe, room-key or computer requirement.