How to Raid a Base in ROB RUN

What is a raid in ROB RUN?

A raid is how you take loot another player has stored, and it runs on one item. Kefir (Kefir Games) says a decoder used on a rival’s Security System opens their building for a limited time, and the owners can fix the system and shut the raider out. The Steam page lists organizing raids as something a clan or crime family does. In a September 24 developer post, before launch, Kefir called the desert lawless, a place where neighbors may try to break into your base.

Several players confirm the core rule: a house sits behind a security system, and you do not get inside until decoders bring it down. Two players add that settlements are full PvP and full loot, so a raider who dies there loses what they picked up. Treat a raid as a timed job with a real cost.

What do you need before you raid?

Mostly, more decoders than you expect. You cannot buy them, so your stack decides which houses are possible. Where they drop is in our decoder guide for ROB RUN; this section covers how many to bring.

Kefir said in its October 2, 2026 FAQ, before launch, that breach decoders are not sold off a shelf, so raiders must choose targets. Players report the same after launch: no cash purchase, though lower decoders can be bartered for better ones. Defense fuses, by contrast, can be bought. Two players report decoders turning up as loot in robberies and raided houses. One player got 10 from robbing two stores; another held five after about 12 hours on a server. The November 4 patch raised the decoder stack limit.

How decoders count

Rule	Who says it
One decoder per security level	Several players
Extra decoders for each extra system	Several players
Stronger security needs stronger decoders	Two players
Purple counts as three, green as one	One player
Item lowers defense by one	One player

Two players say you need more decoders than the target’s defense level, and they judge how many to pack from their own base’s defense. A different player says a target with fuses in its box can take 10 to 20.

How do you find a base worth raiding?

Getting to a house is easy: two players say you can open the map, click any tile and visit any property in any district. Finding one worth your decoders takes more care.

• Look through a window. One raider advises checking that money is actually inside. The same raider warns that a house with open windows showing millions being laundered still held out against 60 decoders.
• Read the tier. One player says wealthy raiders usually pass on small trailers and T1 players and aim for T2 and up. The same report adds that most houses in T3 zones are maxed out on defense.
• Check the door. Two players say some owners leave the door open, and a raider can then walk straight in.

A window check is free. An empty or fully fused house can eat your whole stack.

How does a raid work, step by step?

1. Find the security system. A property can have more than one, such as the house and the gate.
2. Use a decoder on it. One player reads a house with no fuses as level five, with each fuse adding one. A separate player showed a fence with four defense levels.
3. Repeat until the door opens. One player reports a timer after the first breach. If it runs out before the door opens, that house cannot be raided again for a long time.
4. Take what you came for. Kefir describes the access as temporary.
5. Leave before the repair. A repaired Security System locks raiders out.

The total varies widely. One group says no raid has taken more than 20 decoders and they hit 5 bases in a day; a separate report describes 60 used on one house with no entry. As of November 11, 2026, there is no fixed number, so count the target first.

What can raiders take, and what is out of reach?

Anything kept in the house is exposed. Players report that raiders can take money, weapons, jewelry, keys, robbery items and gold, safes included. A raider can also evict the owner or use an item that takes over the house and buildings. Two players tie eviction to beating the security first: one says every system must be hacked, the other names the house, the gate and an eviction notice.

Where it is	Can raiders reach it?
Cash and gear in the house	Yes
Contents of house safes	Yes
Laundered money in the bank	No, until the wipe
Cash at Lenny’s	Called safest, one loss claim
The entire base	Needs an extremely rare item

Per Kefir’s support center, a deposit in the bank stays beyond any thief’s reach until the next wipe, whereas cash on hand can be stolen or confiscated. Before launch, Kefir’s October 2 FAQ made a matching promise about laundered money and added that erasing a whole base from the map requires an extremely rare item you can only loot. According to players, no mechanic lets a raider break into a bank account. One forum post claims a friend lost a full house and the bank money, with the balance at 0; nothing in that thread confirms it.

One player calls the cash slots at Lenny’s the safest in the game. Another says all the money in a Lenny’s stash disappeared while the house still stood. Moving cash into the bank is covered in our money guide for ROB RUN.

What are the risks of raiding?

Raids usually go wrong in one of four ways:

• Trapped inside. Players report that once the gate of a fenced property closes, a raider stays in unless the owner opens it or the raider decodes the gate. Keep a decoder back.
• The owner returns with friends. Two players describe trapped raiders facing the owner plus friends or teammates who live there. Kefir says defense modules alert allies to an attack, and fuses make the hack cost far more time and resources.
• The base moves. Commenters in one Reddit thread say an owner can relocate a base mid-raid: one had the house move with them inside, and another says an alarm lets owners move instead of defending.
• Dying with the haul. Settlements are full loot, and the support center says dying in the desert always loses all loot. One solo raider filled a car with gold from a plot, was killed by cops before the fence and lost it all.

One player timed a raid on a solo player’s base at six minutes. Our base defense guide for ROB RUN covers the owner’s side, and the ROB RUN clan guide covers raiding as a group.