Small store runs
Convenience stores, cafes and pharmacies. Cheap tools, low risk. The Golden Jaguar Bottle alone is worth $27,700.
Unofficial community guide · Build 0.7.0.4005 · Early Access
Escape. Rob. Get out of Looty Bay.
Everything a new player needs: where to start, what sells for the most, how to unlock the barter recipes, every location and what it holds.
38locations
4barter recipes
7heists & events
7 daysper server wipe
Your first hour
Do these in order, ideally in the first two days of a wipe cycle.
Finish Lenny's intro
You start as an escaped prisoner with a sports bag, no cash and no home. Lenny explains the loop and gives you a $1,000,000 debt for the breakout. Don't pay it yet. Spend your first million on tools and a plot.
Grab the free car
A Parking Terminal gives you a free Fukurou Spark (76 km/h, 12 trunk cells) if you have no active vehicle. It can't be modified and is recalled when you buy your own car.
Pick a role
You choose each time you enter Looty Bay. Start with one Civilian trip to learn the streets, then mask up.
Rob one small store
Pick a convenience store, cafe or pharmacy: one large safe, three cabinets, one computer. Buy a lockpick and one Mini Drill from the Black Market on Lenny's laptop.
- Turn off the alarm, then shoot the cameras
- Keep every employee under threat
- Drill the safe, take the cabinets, skip the computer unless you have a USB Hacking Tool
- Leave the way you came in
Sell straight away
Sell at a van with a dollar sign on the map and pick up the cash at once, or it can be stolen or confiscated. Chaining two stores before selling is worth more because Notoriety boosts the Fence price.
Open a bank account
Walk into Looty Bay Bank as a Civilian. One visit unlocks laundering, bribes and clans. Bank money is the only money that survives the week.
Launder, then rent a plot
Use a Laundering Desk on your plot, or Lenny's service (he takes a cut). Tier 1 land now costs documents instead of cash.
What to buy
| Item | Price | Why |
|---|
Don't do this in your first hour
- Don't buy a gold weapon. A $103,500 gold DRM-14 is lost in your bag on death.
- Don't carry a full bag into the desert. Dying there loses all loot.
- Don't pay Lenny early. The $1,000,000 is better spent on a plot and a van.
- Don't fight police as a fresh Criminal. They outnumber you and bring service rifles.
Ways to earn money
Listed fence values. The Fence pays 40% of base value plus a Notoriety bonus, so check the in-game price before you sell.
Reagents and the Chemical Lab
Find reagents around Looty Bay, sell them raw for $20k-$30k, or process them into crystals worth up to $75k each.
Heists
The bank vault, Art Gallery exhibit and city events pay the most but need barter items and a plan.
What sells for the most
Reagents and crystals
Reagents are large blue containers around Looty Bay. They are cargo: carry them to a vehicle trunk. There are no confirmed fixed spawns. Try convenience stores, gas stations, restaurants, bars, hotels and storage rooms. Quality Reagents (Epic) are often in locked storage rooms and need a Room Key.
| Item | Level 1 price | Buyer |
|---|
Money tips
- Cluster nearby commercial buildings and search them in order.
- Bring a vehicle, park close and move canisters to the trunk fast.
- Reagents are contraband, and drawing a weapon makes you drop one.
- Never sell barter inputs: Code Tablets, Purple Action Camera, USB Hacking Tools, Decoders, Sergeant's Badges.
- Get a Longhorn Van ($180,000, 48 trunk cells) as soon as you can for the best hauling value.
- Barter items don't survive the Federal Raid wipe, so spend them before the week ends.
Locations and loot
All 38 map entries. Tap a card for what it holds and tips.
The map
Looty Bay
The city. Districts include Downtown, Sunny Beach, Palm Side and Loraine Hills. Key places: Looty Bay Bank, the Police Station, the Sales Center, the Parking Terminal and sales vans.
The Desert
Ten districts, with Highlands as the central one. Dying here loses all your loot, so don't carry a full bag.
Interactive map
Click a pin to see what a building holds and what it can earn. Switch to Earnings to colour pins by their best known item. This is a schematic map, so pin positions are approximate except where marked with a ring.
Barter recipes
At Lenny's Motel, through the unmarked door on the right (the "Barters" counter). It trades items, not cash. These are the four confirmed recipes. The dealer may show more, so check the counter.
Never sell these
Chemical Lab production chain
Needs a plot and a house. Research in Larry's Tree (Production), buy via the Trade Laptop, then place it on your property.
- Chemical ReactorDrain Reagents, collect Crystalline Concentrate. Rarity is set here.
- Industrial FreezerFreeze the trays into Hard Crystals. Slots: 4 / 6 / 8 by tier.
- Lab TableBreak Into Crystals for bags of Crystalline Powder.
| Station | Research | Purchase |
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Heists and events
City events can't be started. Wait for the alert. Major heists need items from the barter dealer.
Any robbery, in five stages
Customise your run
Your base, your lab, your ride and your loadout. Customisation data is still being mapped by the community, so only confirmed items are listed.
Plot and house
Rent a plot at the sign next to a vacant plot. Tier 1 costs documents. Level 2 and 3 plots need Black Market documents. A Land Plot Title is $100,000. Add a Laundering Desk and the Chemical Lab.
Pick your wheels
The free Fukurou Spark can't be modified. Buy your own vehicle to customise it. The Longhorn Van has 48 trunk cells for hauling.
Weapons and cosmetics
There are 46 weapon variants and 285 cosmetics in the database. Gold weapons look great but are lost on death, so wait until you can afford to lose them.
Lab upgrades
| Upgrade | Research | Purchase | Effect |
|---|
Upgrade order
Start with the Industrial Engine for quality. Add the Thermometer and Converter (all three stack), then the Freezer tiers and the Evaporator and Refrigerant to cut freezing time.
Good to know
Wipe cycle
Servers opened on 4 November 2026. Each server lasts 7 days, then a Federal Raid begins. Everything you built is gone, so plan around the clock.
Notoriety
Rises from break-ins and boosts Fence prices. A solo player starts at level 4 and a full crew at level 1.
Clans
District conflicts repeat every 24 hours and business conflicts every 4 hours. Opening a bank account unlocks clan founding.