How to Make Money in ROB RUN

Money drives everything in ROB RUN: better gear, land, a house, a car, and a bigger cut of the power pyramid. Kefir lists five ways to earn it: collect and sell loot, haul and flip cargo, produce goods at your base, join the police, or own a settlement or territory and collect taxes. Here is how each one works, starting with what a brand-new player can do.

How do you make money with nothing?

Small robberies. Stores and houses in Looty Bay are the starting point. Reddit user Front-Bird8971 suggests a smash-and-grab style: take the cash registers when you are low, because register cash doesn't need a fence, and get out fast. The same post says dumpsters without a lid pay around $150–300. Kefir increased the cash in dumpsters on November 4.

Cabinets and keys. Creator This is Shran, playing solo from zero, focuses on cabinets inside shops because they can drop keys, and calls keys "the real deal" for money. Steam forum user innocent angle, who plays solo, says much the same: loot only safes and key rooms, take purple items and up, and be out in about 15 seconds. See the keys guide.

Selling. Sell valuables to a fence at the vans marked with a dollar sign. Take the cash off the counter immediately, or it can be stolen or confiscated. Your Notoriety level (it rises as you rob more places in one trip) gets you better prices from fences.

What is cargo and contraband worth?

Cargo can be sold at a smuggler's van or opened at a cargo workbench. Since the November 4 update, dismantling and selling shipments pays much more, but they drop less often and take longer to dismantle. This is Shran's beginner guide sums it up: need cash now, sell it; can wait, open it at your base.

Reddit user stormbow_osrs describes a contraband loop at the Cargo Trading Zone: contraband costs $5,000, can be opened about every 25 minutes, and returned $10,000–20,000 profit when they sold the contents. They recommend a van and a storage rack at home, and note that the trading zone itself is dangerous. These numbers are one player's report, not official figures.

How do base businesses work?

Once you have a base, you can build farms, warehouses and laboratories. Bushes found as loot can be grown at your farm, and chemical reagents go into a lab. Kefir says profits from base businesses (farms, labs, contraband and more) were massively increased on November 4.

Creator SwoleBenji, who plays solo, prefers the grow room over the chemical lab:

• Grow tables keep producing once set up, while chemicals are used up.
• The lab processes slowly, so he sees it as better for long offline periods.
• He calls a grow room full of purple plants the best money he has found.

Treat this as one experienced player's view. Exact costs and yields are to be confirmed.

Is being a cop good money?

Cops earn a paycheck from arrests and seized contraband, plus bribes. They don't risk their own equipment on shift, which is why Kefir says their rewards are "noticeably lower". This is Shran says his best as a cop was about $300k in half an hour, against similar money in minutes from robberies. Cop work is safer, not richer. Full details in the cop guide.

How do settlement taxes work?

At the top end, money comes from other players. Settlement owners get a cut of what their tenants spend and launder, and clans that control territory collect taxes too. See settlements and clans.

Roulette: is it worth it?

Roulette is in the bar, which Kefir describes as a neutral hub where you can meet players, make deals or "just take a break from all the action and play roulette". The Steam store notes that the game includes in-game gambling: a roulette mechanic that uses in-game currency only, not real money.

What we know from players:

• You bet with chips. This is Shran found betting chips as loot and bet on black and red.
• He hit a 200k limit per bet in his video.
• Steam forum user Dalphat mentions people dropping two 100k chips a round.

The payout odds and the exact rules are to be confirmed; we found no official numbers. Kefir's own launch post jokes that you can "gamble your whole cut away in minutes". In This is Shran's video, $300k became $600k and then dropped back to $300k. If you play, set a limit and leave the table.

Keep what you earn

Cash on you can be stolen or confiscated. Money you launder into your bank account is safe from theft until the next wipe. Read money laundering before you carry a big pile around.

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