Robberies

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Introduction

One of the most lucrative ways of making money is by going to stores and robbing them.

It’s easy to do since you just need to aim a weapon at the clerk of the store, and wait until they give you all their money !

Rob a store solo

Robbing a store alone is easy: Go inside a store and point any loaded firearm at the shop clerk who will be manning the cash desk.

Once you start robbing a store, an “intimidation” bar will appear at the bottom-right of your screen: pointing your weapon at the shop clerk or shooting around the store will raise the intimidation and keep it steady until the robbery is over. The robbery will fail if the intimidation bar is emptied.

The money you currently have stolen will be shown just above the intimidation bar. You will only receive this money once the robbery ends (even if the robbery ends mid-way due to you failing it).

Once the robbery is over, you will receive the 2★ Armed Robbery or 2★ Attempted Robbery violent felonies, depending on if you failed or succeeded at it.

If you fire you weapons without any silencer attachments on them, you’ll immediately get the 2★ Armed Robbery violent felony, even if the robbery isn’t over yet.

Rob a store with multiple players

To rob a store with other players, all players must aim at the same clerk (there can be multiple clerks, but only one clerk works to join). To join an on-going robbery, go inside a store being robbed with a weapon, this will add you to the robbery.

The loot will be split into equal parts between players, and the health of your partners will be displayed below the cash status to keep track of everyone’s health.

Steal items

In some stores, you will be able to steal some items while one of your friend keeps the cash clerk busy : you will be able to see some yellow circles on some spots in the stores in which you can steal items from.

Go in the yellow circle → press B /

The items you will get are random, and can vary both in size and rarity: you will have to go sell them at a Pawn Shop pawn_shop to get money from them.

Safe cracking

Inside some stores, there will be a safe robbery_safe that contains additional money to the cash register money, but to get the money from the safe there needs to be at least 2 players in the robbery: one keeping the shop clerk intimidated, while the other cracks the safe open.

Go in the blue circle → press B /

Once somebody starts cracking the safe, they will get stuck in an animation: they won’t be able to move until either the safe cracking is failed, they cancel the safe crack (by holding B / ) or they empty the safe, so make sure they are protected.

Store guards

Some shops have some guards as protection around them: You will earn 20% more money from those stores compared to unguarded ones, and you’ll get the 2★ Armed Robbery felony directly at the start.

Reasons why you can’t rob

Sometimes it’s not possible to rob a store because of multiple diverse reasons :

The store has been robbed by somebody less than 5 minutes ago.
You already robbed this store before, without robbing a different store after that (can’t rob the same store twice in a row).
The shop clerk has been killed / is not spawned.

Types of stores

There are currently 10 kind of stores that can currently be robbed around the map, with each having different difficulties and rewards.

Without items

Those stores don’t have any items to steal or safe to crack, and give little money from robbing them : however, they are fast & easy to rob, especially alone.

Coffee shops
Food stores

coffee_shop All outside, these are quick and easy to rob but give very little money.

Time to rob: ≈30 seconds
No safe

With Items

Those stores don’t have any safe to crack, but they have instead some items that can be stolen from and sold at a Pawn Shop pawn_shop if you have multiple players.

They also give a bit more money, but take slightly longer and are a bit harder to rob.

clothe_store Clothes stores give decent money, you can steal some shoes & clothing from them from them, however they have no safe there.

Time to rob: ≈1-2 minutes
Spots to steal from :
- Discount clothing stores → 3
- Sub-Urbans → 5
- Ponsobys → 5
No safe

With Items & Safe

Those stores can be robbed alone, but are better being robbed with other players to get the best amount of money from both the cash register and the safe.

All of them (with the exception of Nightclubs) can also have item spots on which you can steal items from, which you will need to sell at a Pawn Shop pawn_shop to get more money.

They are also most likely to have some guards protecting them, especially the high value ones.

liquor_store These shops give a decent amount of money with the cash register, have a safe at the back of the store for additional money, and you can also steal some pack of beers, cigars and cigarettes from them to sell.

Time to rob: ≈1-2 minutes
Spots to steal from : 3
Safe

Jewelry Robbery

The Jewelry shop jewelry in Rockford Hills, Vangelico, can be robbed of its precious jewelry!

However unlike the other robberies, you will only be able to rob Jewelry items from it, which you will have to first safely store in a Safehouse (such as a Warehouse) to store them, then sell to a Pawn Shop pawn_shop for money.

Given the extra security and how precious & valuable this jewelry is, trying to rob it the regular way probably won’t work, you will have to find a special way to rob this place…

Tips & Tricks

Rob with multiple players: not only does it gives you more money with the safe, it also gives you additional protection against guards, cops or other players.
Steal items first before cracking the safe : that way even if the cash register is done, you’ll still have time to crack the safe before the robbery ends.
Always restock before robbing: buy essential items (armor, medkits, ammo) to make each encounter with guards or other players easier.
Kill the guards first before robbing: coordinate with your teammates to take down the guards as fast as possible, to focus more easily on the safe / cash register and other incoming players.
Don’t panic if store clerks kneel on the ground: they will always do so when you fight against the guards, you just need to point your weapon at them and wait for them to stand up to start the robbery.
Keep an eye on the store entrances: with the exception of Nightclubs & Hardware store, all stores only have one entrance so just watching it will make the robbery way easier.
Block entrances: For Nightclubs & Hardware stores, it’s best to “block” one entrance with a vehicle (and maybe use that vehicle as getaway too) and only keep watch on the other entrance. (to avoid getting assaulted from 2 sides)
Use silenced weapons for unguarded stores: it will make the robberies faster while also not warning the cops that you are doing the robbery.