Playing solo, duo or trio

What changes when you rob alone or with friends, and how to split the work in a crew.

the two modes

When you head into Looty Bay as a criminal, the game sets your starting Notoriety by how you play. Notoriety is the heat on you, and it is also what makes a robbery pay: the higher it is, the more the Fence pays for items, the more the Smuggler pays for cargo, and the better your odds of extra loot.

Solo (hard)

You start straight at Notoriety level 4, with better odds of extra rare loot. Higher risk, higher reward.

Duo

You start at Notoriety level 2 and earn more when you sell cargo and items. Easier to survive with a partner, with less heat at the start.

Trio and bigger

The game describes no special start for three. What a bigger crew gets is more hands: one to drive, one to loot, one to watch.

playing solo

Stay quiet. Lockpicking does not set off the alarm, breaking glass can. Break surveillance cameras before they trigger the alarm, and breach a building’s electrical panel where you can to shut down its cameras and alarm.
Handle the staff. Workers who see a criminal try to call the police. Aim at them to stop it. Killing them fills your wanted meter faster, and killing civilians can put a bounty on you that shows you to every player on the map.
Hide when it goes wrong. Cabinets, bushes and dumpsters hide you and your name. Wait out the threat.
Know when to give up. If it looks hopeless, surrender. The police take what is in your bag but you keep your equipped gear. If you die as a criminal instead, you lose everything you carry.
Make money while you play. Chargeable items fill up as you rob. An Action Camera costs $15,000 and sells full for $50,000, and it fills from what you would be doing anyway.
Carry a police radio if you can get one. It shows the nearest patrols on your map. It unlocks in Shipments at district level 2 after 60 years of jail time.

playing as a duo or trio

Get the party together first. To enter a location together, everyone has to be on the global map. In Looty Bay the whole party has to play the same role, so you are all criminals or all cops.
Split the jobs. One drives and keeps the car close, one loots, one watches the street and the police radio. Swap when the bag is full.
Pick people up. A knocked-out player can be revived before their timer runs out, so stay close enough to reach each other.
Watch your grenades. They hurt you and your friends too. A Flash Grenade is a safer way to break a fight, and so is smoke if you have looted one: the Smoke Grenade is no longer sold.
Take the big jobs. The Bank Vault drill tells the whole city, and so does an exhibit break-in at the gallery or a console breach at the Grand Hotel. That is a job for a crew that can hold the door.
Haul cargo together. You drop cargo if you draw a weapon while carrying it, so the carrier needs cover. Delivering cargo in bulk is risky but pays much more.
Share a car. Party members can use your vehicle. If you swap cars, things from the old trunk drop on the ground, so empty it first.

or wear the badge

If you would rather hunt than run, cop duty pays without risking your own gear, and it works solo or as a party. Going on cop duty

Where this comes from

ROB RUN in-game codex and loading tips Solo (Hard) and Duo modes, Notoriety bonuses, parties, stealth, surrender, cargo
Game files: item prices checked again after the 12 November 2026 patch