How to Rob the Bank Vault in ROB RUN
To rob the Looty Bay Bank you need a Drill for the Bank Vault, an ID Card for the gold vault and a Mini Drill for the bank's safes. The vault holds seven Gold Bars worth $52,000 each and six $10,000 cash stacks, but the whole city is told the moment your Drill goes down.
Where the bank is
The Looty Bay Bank is in Downtown. The game calls it the city's largest bank, with a massive vault behind its doors. There is an ATM inside and a bank employee who opens bank accounts, but the bank won't serve you while you're wearing a mask.
Our map also shows two metal detectors right next to the bank. The game text doesn't explain what they do.
What you need
| Item | What it does | How you get it | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | The only way into the Bank Vault. Slow and very noisy. | No shop sells it. Barter a full USB Hacking Tool for one. | $32,800 |
| ID Card | Opens the bank's gold vault. | Barter full Deposit Box Keys for it (see below). | $8,200 |
| Mini Drill | Cracks safe locks. It must be in your inventory to open the bank's safes. | Trade Laptop at tier II for $18,000, after you unlock it in Shipments. | $7,200 |
| USB Hacking Tool | Fills up as you hack computers in locked rooms. Needs 5 points. | Trade Laptop at tier II for $50,000, or the Electronics Dealer at three times the price (Citizens only). | $5,000 empty, $200,000 full |
| Deposit Box Keys | Fills up as you crack the bank's deposit boxes. Needs 60 points. | Trade Laptop at tier III for $100,000, after you unlock it in Shipments. | $10,000 empty, $20,000 full |
All bartering happens at the Suspicious Door in Lenny's Motel, which trades your finds for heist gear such as drills and keys. In Shipments, the Deposit Box Keys sit at the end of a chain: Action Camera, then Code Tablet, then USB Hacking Tool, then Deposit Box Keys.
The computers in these buildings add points to the USB Hacking Tool. The Grand Hotel, Strip Club, Police Station and Gas Station give 2 points each. Most convenience stores, pharmacies, gun shops and equipment stores give 1.
A full USB Hacking Tool sells for $200,000 on its own. Only trade it for a Drill if you're confident you can get the vault loot out of the city.
Getting the ID Card
Players disagree on where the gold vault ID Card comes from. Here is what the game data settles, and what it doesn't.
What the data settles:
- The game text describes one route. Both versions of Deposit Box Keys say that once the item is full, it can be bartered for the ID Card that opens the bank's gold vault.
- You don't find Deposit Box Keys. You buy the empty item from the Trade Laptop and fill it by cracking the bank's deposit boxes.
- No shop sells the ID Card.
What the data doesn't settle:
- How many points each deposit box adds. The item needs 60 points and the bank has 12 deposit boxes, but the game never says how much one box is worth, so we can't tell you how many trips it takes.
- Whether the ID Card can also drop as loot. Our data lists no place where it is found, but it lists none for the ordinary safe keys either, and those are found around the city. So the missing entry proves nothing either way.
- Whether the barter costs anything beyond the full Deposit Box Keys.
Inside the bank
| Spot | How many | What opens it | What's inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vault gold | 7 | Vault | 1 Gold Bar each |
| Vault cash | 6 | Vault | $10,000 Cash each |
| Deposit boxes | 12 | Cracked by hand, 1.5 seconds each | Points towards Deposit Box Keys. Our data doesn't list any other loot. |
| Safes | 3 | Mini Drill, 120 seconds | Not listed |
The bank's safes take twice as long to drill as the 60-second safes in hotels and shops. A Ruby in Case can also appear in the bank. Turn on the vault, deposit box and safe layers to see every spot.
The game uses two names. The Drill breaks into the "Bank Vault", and the ID Card opens the "gold vault". The text never says whether these are the same room behind two locks or two different rooms, so the game data can't tell you whether you need one tool or both.
Who gets alerted
- As soon as the Drill is set up, everyone in Looty Bay is told. The game shows "Bank Vault is being cracked" while it works and "Bank Vault has been cracked" when it's done.
- Breaching the gold vault has its own warning, "Attention! Gold vault breached!", and the game lists it as a Special Job. The text doesn't say who sees it.
- A placed Drill or Mini Drill can be confiscated, so someone has to guard it while it runs.
- The bank employee warns that everyone will hear the drill and the police won't be the first to arrive. Expect other Criminals as well as cops.
To keep what you take, you have to get out of Looty Bay. If the police arrest you, they confiscate your bag but you keep your equipped gear.
The payout
| Item | Sells for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Bar | $52,000 | Stacks to 5 and takes a 2 × 1 space. Can also be bartered. |
| Cash | $10,000 per vault stack | Dirty cash. Launder it to keep it safe. |
| Ruby in Case | $20,000 | May appear |
A full clear of the vault spots is 7 Gold Bars ($364,000) plus $60,000 in cash: $424,000 at base sell value. What the Fence actually pays depends on your Notoriety Level. Our money and laundering guide covers how to turn dirty cash into credits.
For every other safe and room key in the city, see every safe key and room key in ROB RUN.
