Why solo works
ROB RUN is built around clans, but nothing in the first week requires one. A solo player decides alone when to risk and when to leave, takes less space on the map and is less visible to raiders. A clan can be found later: you may join or change one at any moment of the cycle.
What solo does not forgive is a fair fight. Police respawn and call backup; a criminal does not respawn in place. Everything below follows from that.
Day 1–2: first money
Scout as a civilian, rob small shops, sell to the nearest fence. Aim for one bag and a clean exit rather than for the bank. Where each shop keeps its safe and which key opens it is on the building pages and on the map.
Fill the cumulative tools along the way: an Action Camera, a USB hacking tool and a Code Tablet gain points from objects in buildings and are later traded in barter — a full camera is worth a Decoder, three tablets a Glass Cutter.
Day 3: make the money safe
Open an account at the Looty Bay Bank as a civilian. Cash is stolen and confiscated; money on the account cannot be taken by other players until the wipe. Laundering through Lenny costs his cut; laundering on your own plot does not, and it continues while you are offline.
Day 3–4: land
Rent a plot in a settlement with an owner. The first plot is paid in cash, the trailer is free. Choose a settlement on the world map and mark your plot there so you do not lose it.
A trailer has 5 points of base protection and 9 fuse slots. Without fuses it is opened by five common decoders, or by a single legendary one. For a solo player the cheapest real protection is tier I fuses.
| Purchase | Research | Price | What it gives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Fuse (tier I) | 10,000 $ | 20,000 $ | +1 protection point per slot |
| Alarm system (tier I) | 15,000 $ | 30,000 $ | Alerts everyone at the location; needs a 105-year term |
| Luggage bags | 20,000 $ | 1,200 $ | +1 trunk row |
| Longhorn Van | 50,000 $ | 180,000 $ | 8 trunk rows, 6 cargo slots |
| Fukurou Tensa | 50,000 $ | 200,000 $ | 2 trunk rows, 1 cargo slot |
Nine tier I fuses raise a trailer from 5 to 14 points for 180 000 $ plus 10 000 $ of research. The full table of buildings and decoders is in Base defence and raiding.
Day 5–6: production
Now the plot starts to earn. Put up workbenches, open the first production chain and build the order of unlocks in the supply planner: it shows the total research cost before you spend anything. Production keeps working while you are offline — for a solo player this is the only income that does not need you in the city.
During a raid on your base traders, the black market and shipment unlocks are blocked, and you cannot move while the raid block is active. Do not keep everything in one place: sell regularly.
Day 7: cash out
On the last day build nothing. The Federal Raid turns your property into a prison term: one year per 500 000 $, up to 40 years per state. Sell the stock, check the raid time in the calculator and read what the wipe takes and what it leaves.
Good to know when you play alone
- Surrender keeps the equipped gear; a bribe of up to 200 000 $ from the account keeps the bag too.
- Any car trunk can be opened with a lockpick — a locked trunk is a delay, not a safe.
- Safes and cage shelves inside buildings are not opened by decoders: they need a Master Key.
- Leaving a foreign settlement keeps you vulnerable longer than usual.
- Larger plots and settlements of levels 2–3 need documents from Larry’s tree.