ROB RUN base, plots & settlements

How to rent your first plot

1. Find an owned settlementYou can only build in a settlement that already has an owner, either you or another player. Unowned districts can’t be claimed.
2. Get the right documentsSince the Nov 4 patch, tier 1 plots cost documents instead of cash. Plots in level 2 and 3 districts need special documents from the Black Market.
3. Pay rent at the plot signPick a vacant plot and pay rent at the sign right next to it.
4. Place your structuresBuilding is item-based: deploy houses, fences, garages, safes, workbenches and more straight from your inventory.

Sources: Official Dev post Patch Dev post

Documents and the “Land Plot Title”

Official wording first: plots in level 2 and level 3 districts require special documents from the Black Market. Official Then the Nov 4 patch: tier 1 settlements and land rentals now cost documents instead of cash, to make early progression easier to follow. Patch The Black Market is reached through Lenny or the laptop at your base. Official

Players call these documents the Land Plot Title (for renting a plot) and the Settlement Title (for buying a whole settlement), and report that a title must be bought, not just researched, and must match the district’s level. Players Prices change with patches and district level, so check the item in game before you buy.

Districts, levels and where to settle

All player bases on a server share one global map in the desert, split into districts made of settlements. Dev post A schematic is on the map page.

• Levels. A district’s level decides which features are available and which items you can buy. Dev post The criminal contacts you can reach depend on your home territory’s level. Dev post
• Special structures near some settlements give extra defence, business bonuses or discounts, sometimes several at once. Dev post
• Central hubs. Each district has a hub that buys stolen loot, often at much better prices than Looty Bay. Dev post
• The desert is lawless. Anyone can kill you there, and death costs all your loot. Dev post Official

What renting unlocks

Becoming a Settlement Resident is tier 2 of the power pyramid. It unlocks: Dev post

• your own base and businesses,
• new Shipments that motel dwellers can’t get,
• selling at the Sales Center,
• contraband at a discount.

Building: item-based, from your inventory

Everything is deployed from your inventory: houses, fences, farms and garages, and functional objects like safes, racks, workbenches, vises, garden beds and cooking pots. You can buy them, loot them or take them from someone’s bag. Dev post

• Main building: comes with a laptop, a first-aid kit and a few cabinets. Everything else you place yourself.
• Workbenches can be upgraded with modules to add functions.
• Garage for more cars, helipad for a helicopter, and a lift to swap car modules yourself.
• Farms, warehouses, laboratories for production.
• Your base is also a respawn point.

All from Kefir’s Base Management post: Dev post. To own a car you need a plot with a house or garage. Official

Buying a whole settlement

Once you have enough, buy a settlement with rentable plots. You get a cut of the money your tenants spend and launder, and you have to collect it in person. Official Owners also get free base placement on their own turf, collect taxes on tenants’ laundering and Black Market buys, and can’t have the settlement seized before the wipe. Dev post

Moving your base

You can move the whole base and everything in it at any time: to group up with friends, dodge hostile neighbours or grab better land. Dev post Players report that moving is blocked while a raid is under way. Players

Sharing a base with friends

Kefir hasn’t documented any way to give other players permissions on your base. A Steam forum thread asks for exactly that, and community guides say the base belongs to whoever rents the plot. Players To live next to your friends, rent plots in the same settlement or move your base beside theirs.