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First steps
Where do I start if I have nothing?
At first you live at Lenny’s Motel. You can order basic gear through his laptop: this is the Black Market, and it takes cash. The most direct way to earn:
- Drive to Looty Bay, hide and put on a mask to become a criminal. Until you wear a mask, dying in the city costs you nothing.
- Steal something valuable and get out of the city alive.
- Sell the loot to a Fence for cash.
- Save up for your first plot: it unlocks laundering, Shipments and your own car.
What's the difference between a Citizen, a criminal and a cop?
You choose a role only in Looty Bay, and you can choose it every time you enter the city.
- A Citizen explores the city safely, gets free healing and doesn’t lose items on death. Citizens can’t use weapons.
- A criminal puts on a mask and can rob. Everyone treats them as an enemy, and the loot has to be taken out of the city.
- A cop gets free gear and a car for the shift. Cops can only kill criminals.
Everyone in a group must have the same role in Looty Bay. More: Police and Prison.
How do I become a Citizen again after stealing?
Leave the city: criminal mode turns off on its own. Cops can make this harder: the police can temporarily block the way out of Looty Bay by closing the bridges.
What do I lose on death and arrest?
- Death in a mask: you lose your equipment and the contents of your bag.
- Arrest or voluntary surrender to the police: only the contents of your bag are taken, your equipment stays. Press Q to surrender.
- Death as a Citizen: you lose nothing.
- Death in a settlement: you lose your equipment and the contents of your bag, and there are no police there.
- A purchased car doesn’t disappear after death, and mods installed on it don’t drop.
An arrested criminal can offer the cop a bribe from their bank account. If it’s accepted, the bag and gear are kept.