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Bank vault, BIG EGG #53 and the Buletti

How to build the barter tools for ROB RUN’s grand heists, what each one really costs, and what comes out of the vault.

Updated 15 Nov 20266 min readGame build 26615022
Short version
Each grand heist needs a tool you can only get by barter. The bank vault needs a Drill: 1 filled Action Camera, 2 filled USB Hacking Tools and $50,000. BIG EGG #53 at the Art Gallery needs a Glass Cutter, which costs 3 filled Code Tablets, and the egg sells for $550,000. The Buletti at the Grand Hotel needs a Jammer, and nobody can get one yet. The police armory needs an ID Card, which costs 20 Evidence. All four tools tell the whole city what you’re doing, so bring a full crew of 3.

You need

Cash cost from zero: about $245,000 for the Drill (research, purchases and the $50,000 barter fee) and $90,000 for the Glass Cutter. Code Tablets and USB Hacking Tools are tier II, so you need a plot in a level-2 district to buy them.

The four big jobs compared

Grand heists compared
HeistToolTool would sell forPayout L1Payout L5
Bank vaultDrill$450,000 + $50,000 cash$716,000+$999,000+
Art GalleryGlass Cutter$225,000$550,000$825,000
Grand HotelJammern/a$4,000,000$6,000,000
Police armoryID Card$80,000Exotic weapons—

“Tool would sell for” is what the barter ingredients are worth if you just sold them, which is the real cost of the job. The bank figure counts only the fixed spawns: 8 Gold Bars at $52,000 and 5 Bank Money Bags at $60,000. The 6 cash spawns, the deposit boxes and the bank safes come on top.

Bank vault: step by step

  1. Build the Drill parts. Research the Action Camera ($5,000), then the Code Tablet ($25,000), then the USB Hacking Tool ($50,000). Buy one camera ($15,000) and two USB tools ($50,000 each).
  2. Fill them. The uncommon camera needs 40 points of criminal actions done at Notoriety 2 or higher. Each USB tool needs 5 points from hacking computers in locked rooms. The Art Gallery has a computer worth 2 points per hack, so three hacks fill one tool.
  3. Barter for the Drill. Hand in the camera, both USB tools and $50,000 at a barter point (the suspicious doors).
  4. Scout as a Citizen. Walk the bank and the roads around it. Pick your exit and park facing it.
  5. Split roles. One player places and guards the Drill, one hauls, one covers the door. The Drill is slow and very loud, the whole city gets a notice, and cops can pull it off the door.
  6. Loot in value order. Gold Bars stack 5 to a slot and are worth $52,000 each. Bank Money Bags are cargo you carry in your hands ($60,000 each to the Smuggler). Drawing a weapon drops them, so the hauler shouldn’t be the one shooting.
  7. Get out and sell. Sell gold to a Fence at your highest Notoriety and the bags to the Smuggler.

Bank safes open with a Mini Drill ($100,000 research, $18,000, tier II). The gold vault door needs the ID Card you get by bartering a filled Deposit Box Keys. You fill those by hacking deposit boxes (60 points). They’re tier III, so you need a Highlands plot to buy them.

Unconfirmed
Which bank spawns sit behind the Drill door and which sit behind the gold-vault door hasn’t been mapped publicly. Plan for the gold to need both tools.
  1. Research the Action Camera ($5,000), then the Code Tablet ($25,000). Buy three tablets at $20,000 each.
  2. Fill each tablet by cracking 4 safes in Looty Bay. Safe keys work, and so does a Mini Drill, which opens safes all over the city.
  3. Barter the 3 filled tablets for a Glass Cutter.
  4. Cut the display at the gallery in Parkside. Kefir cut the cutting time on 4 Nov but raised the barter price to 3 tablets.
  5. Carry the BIG EGG #53 (2×2) out and sell it to a Fence. It’s $550,000 at level 1 and $825,000 at level 5.

Three filled tablets sell for $225,000, so the egg nets you $325,000 to $600,000 more than just selling them. While you’re inside, look for the Painting ($21,936) and the Stone Maiden Statue ($27,420), which sometimes spawn.

The Buletti at the Grand Hotel

The exhibition Buletti Soltempra needs a Jammer. You install it, wait for access and drive off. Its key is worth $4,000,000 to a Fence at level 1 and $6,000,000 at level 5. The Jammer isn’t in loot or barter yet, and gold bars no longer trade for the car (that recipe was cut at release). Cops can confiscate a Jammer mid-hack.

The only legal route right now is buying one: $2,000,000 research after the Longhorn Wild, then $10,000,000 on a tier III laptop. It has 0 cargo slots, so it’s a trophy, not a work car.

Unconfirmed
A player found a gold keycard in a jewelry store on 9 Nov and thinks it’s for the Buletti job. Not verified.

Police armory

Collect 20 Evidence from random safes, cabinets and search spots. It stacks 10 and sells for $4,000 each. Barter them for the armory ID Card. The armory holds weapons like the LM 249 Mk2 (Exotic, $83,840). The station also has 3 Weapon Parts Box spawns worth $120,000 each to the Smuggler and 3 safes. You’re robbing the cops’ own building, so expect company fast.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Going in with two people. The Drill needs a guard, a hauler and cover at the same time.
  • The hauler drawing a weapon. That drops the money bag on the floor.
  • Selling the filled tools by habit. A USB tool sells for $200,000, so it’s easy to sell one and forget the Drill needed it.
  • Killing every guard. Each NPC kill raises your wanted level. At 3, everyone sees where you are.
  • Selling gold at Notoriety 1. Eight bars are worth $416,000 at level 1 and $624,000 at level 5.
  • Hanging around after the timer warning. When the 40-minute city timer runs out, a Criminal loses their gear.