Nov 5, 2026 — Police & economy balance patch
⚠️ This patch isn’t on the Steam news page (the last Steam post is Nov 4). The notes below match across three independent write-ups — robrun.info’s updates page, a Russian Steam guide and This is Shran’s launch-week video — and were most likely posted in the official Discord.
Police
- At most 4 cops per city.
- On a fresh server, patrol cops are pistols-only for the first 30 minutes.
- Cop pay raised; only 25% of it is paid in items (keys, badges, gear), the rest in cash. Pay above 30,000 converts back into badges.
- Legendary badges removed from barter.
Economy
- Documents for settlements and plots, houses and cars cost more; owners of Tier 2 and 3 settlements collect higher taxes.
- Cargo repriced: opening it at your own workbench now pays more than selling it unopened.
- Gold safes are rarer but worth more.
- Season currency cap 350 → 1,000.
Fan data from the Nov 4–5 client also shows the laundering-desk cash cap raised (trailer 2M → 5M, small house 20M → 50M), top cars repriced to 10M, and the Art Gallery getting a second USB-hacking computer ⚠️.
Nov 4, 2026 — Launch: first changes and server schedule
Cops
- Longer respawn time, with an even longer delay after each consecutive death.
- Cops can buy police badges; what’s offered depends on the district they live in. Badges from looting and salaries significantly reduced.
- On a fresh server, patrol cops only have pistols; better gear unlocks as the server gets older.
Economy & progression
- Tier 1 settlements and land rentals cost documents instead of cash.
- Base businesses (farms, labs, contraband and more) earn massively more.
- More cash in dumpsters.
- Dismantling and selling shipments pays much more, but they drop less often and take longer to dismantle.
- Some Tier 2 and Tier 3 settlement items cost more to unlock and buy.
- Basic pistol cheaper, more starter weapon spawns in the city. (Kefir decided against a free pistol on every death: “working your way up from nothing is an important part of ROB RUN”.)
Items & other
- The Buletti can no longer carry shipments.
- Fabergé Egg cracks faster, but trading for a glass cutter needs more tablets.
- Laundering desk holds massively more cash.
- Bigger stacks for decoders, gold bars and other items.
Servers — two regions, EU and East US; at least one fresh server per day: EU 5 PM UTC, East US 8 PM ET; extra servers open automatically (server status).
Nov 4 — ROB RUN is out
Early Access launch on Steam.
Nov 1 — Playtest wrap-up
Playtest ended Nov 2 at 08:00 CET. Kefir promised bigger base-business payouts, clearer land buying/renting, and a cop progression system (slower respawns, pistols-only at server start, buyable badges) — all delivered on Nov 4, except the free pistol on spawn.
Before launch
- Oct 30 – Nov 2: public playtest (random access requests).
- Oct 28: power pyramid explained → power pyramid.
- Oct 16: base management → bases.
- Oct 2: FAQ — seven-day wipes, clans of 100, cosmetics-only shop.
- Sep 24: the global map → map.