The three roles in Looty Bay
| Civilian | Criminal | Cop | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How | Default when you enter | Put on a mask | Pick cop on entry or accept an invite |
| Weapons | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ (only against criminals) |
| Die → lose | Nothing (hospital respawn) | Gear + bag | State gear only |
| Ends | — | When you leave the city | When your shift ends |
Outside the city — the desert and settlements — there are no cops and no protection: die there and you lose gear and bag.
Your first hour
- Lenny’s Motel is your safe hub (no shooting). Buy basic gear from Lenny’s laptop (the Black Market). Players’ tip: don’t rush to pay off what you owe Lenny.
- Scout Looty Bay as a civilian: bank, fences, the smuggler car parks, two exits. Look at the barter suspicious door next to the motel (tools).
- Open a bank account — 5,000 cash at Looty Bay Bank (bank & laundering).
- First job: a dumpster run or a small store. Alarm box first, cameras, hold the clerks, lockpicks (heists).
- Leave the city, re-enter as a civilian, check for campers, mask up in the car, sell to the fence, grab the cash pile (selling loot).
- Stash or launder: Lenny’s stash holds 150,000 safely; Lenny also launders for a cut.
- Save for land: a Land Plot Title on a fresh server → trailer → laundering desk → garage → cargo workbench (land, bases).
Mistakes that cost new players everything
- Carrying big cash. Launder it. Players reported losing hundreds of thousands in server restarts on Nov 6.
- Selling keys and tablets to the fence — the barter door wants them.
- Fighting cops you can’t beat — press Q to surrender and keep your gear (jail).
- Joining an old server — land is gone and you’ll be wiped soon. Fresh servers: EU 5 PM UTC, East US 8 PM ET (wipe schedule).
- Deleting items: holding X and clicking deletes an item outright, it doesn’t drop it ⚠️ (launch-week video).