How to Buy a Settlement in ROB RUN

A ROB RUN settlement takes a Black Market Settlement Title, $300,000 in total, and a free hexagon on the map. On launch states, every settlement had an owner by day two, and the owner taxes every resident until the wipe. Check the map for a free one before you pay, or the title buys you nothing.

Level 1 settlement, total

$300,000

Plots in one settlement

10

Settlements per player, max

5

What is a settlement in ROB RUN?

A settlement is one hexagon on the global map, with 10 plots for player bases inside. The map has 10 districts of 51 hexagons each, at level 1, 2 or 3. Highlands, the district in the middle, is level 3.

You can live in a settlement two ways, and each needs its own document from the Black Market:

A title's level must match the district's level. A level 1 title won't work in a level 2 district.

How much does a Settlement Title cost?

$300,000 at level 1, paid in two steps. Unlocking the title in Shipments costs $100,000, and only lets you buy it. The title itself is another $200,000 at the Black Market.

You also need to live in a level 2 settlement before you can unlock the level 3 title. Higher levels cost far more:

These prices went up on November 5, so older videos showing $150,000 to $200,000 in total are out of date. Titles also drop from loot with a small chance, so check what you find before you sell it.

Carry it carefully. Die with a title in your bag and your killer takes it.

How do you buy a settlement?

Look at the map first: a title doesn't reserve land. On an older state (the game's word for a server), every hexagon can already be taken. Dark hexagons are free, lit ones have an owner.

The owner screen checks two things: you own fewer than 5 settlements, and the title is in your bag. If either fails, the Buy button won't work.

The van box is set apart because it isn't a buying step: you repeat it every time you log in.

Every hexagon already owned? Don't buy the title. If you already have one, a Fence pays back only $80,000, a $220,000 loss.

Rent a plot in someone's settlement instead, or move to a fresh state. To switch, surrender to the Feds, escape prison and pick it on the State Selection screen. New states open daily at 17:00 UTC in Europe and 20:00 ET on US East.

Should you buy a settlement or rent a plot?

Rent first, unless the state just opened. A Land Plot Title costs half as much at level 1. It gives you the same unlocks: a base, laundering, new Shipments and your own car.

The owner's extra $150,000 at level 1 buys two things: the tax and a free plot for your own base.

Fresh state, $300,000 in your bag? Buy. Free hexagons go fast, and the sooner you own it, the longer your residents pay tax.

Day 5 of a 7-day state? Rent or wait. Your tenants would need to launder $6,000,000 in two days to pay back the title.

How do you rent a plot and get a house?

You rent in a lit settlement, one that already has an owner. Without an owner, you can't even enter it. A level 1 Land Plot Title costs $50,000 to unlock and $100,000 to buy.

A fence and a Trailer appear on the plot, and the Trailer is free with your first plot. It's your base: a Laundering Desk, storage and a Trade Laptop that sells everything the Black Market does.

The next house up is the Small House. It costs $200,000 to unlock and $600,000 to buy. The game data says you must live in a level 2 settlement first.

You swap houses on the Plot Plan table, under Modification. You get one plot. Renting a new one moves your whole base there and frees the old plot.

Settlement behind a wall with a star nearby? That star is an Abandoned Checkpoint. It walls in the settlements next to it, and renters there often hit "No Access" at the gate.

Players say the owner controls who gets in. The game doesn't explain it.

Your fence slows raiders down but won't keep them out. Cars can jump it, though getting over doesn't open your buildings. Making plots harder to breach on foot or by car is planned, with no date yet (Steam FAQ, November 13).

Since November 11, you also need a plot to write in general chat.

How do settlement taxes work?

You get a cut of the money your residents launder and spend at the Black Market. At level 1, the game data puts the cut at 5% of what they launder. The devs raised the tax for level 2 and 3 settlements on November 5, but never said by how much.

Taxes don't land in your account. You collect them in person, as cash, at the Debt Collectors' Van in the center of your settlement. Take it home and launder it before someone takes it.

Settlements have no police. Anyone who sees you at the van can kill you and take the money.

The game data also says no new tax builds up until you collect the last batch. The devs haven't confirmed it.

The math for a level 1 owner:

An empty settlement pays nothing. Residents who launder a lot make you money. Residents who only sleep there don't, and the $6,000,000 doesn't count your cut of their Black Market spending.

Owners pay a cut too. The clan that controls a district takes a share of every owner's taxes there. The clan holding Highlands taxes every other clan, and its leader is the Shadow Governor, one per game world.

What happens to your settlement at the wipe?

It goes, like everything else you own on that state. Every state lives 7 days. Then the Federal Raid confiscates clean money, items, cars, land and settlements, and turns them into jail time.

Until then the settlement is safe. Nobody can seize it before the wipe, and the game data shows no button to give it up. Our wipe guide lists everything you keep.

So buy on day one of a fresh state, and walk to the van every time you log in.

FAQ

How many settlements can you own in ROB RUN?

Up to 5. The owner screen counts them, and the Buy button stops at five. You still get only one plot for your own base.

Can someone take your plot in ROB RUN?

Possibly. The game files list an Eviction Right, bartered for 50 Epic decoders at Lenny's Motel. It works only after every security system on your base is hacked, and takes the plot and all on it.

An earlier official FAQ called this a rare loot-only item, so treat it as unconfirmed.

Can you sell a Settlement Title?

Yes, to a Fence for 40% of its price. That's $80,000 at level 1, $800,000 at level 2 and $2,400,000 at level 3. The game data adds up to 50% for higher Notoriety, untested in the game.