ROB RUN friends on another server: the Prison transfer and invite checklist

Agree on the destination before anyone surrenders

An invite that specifically says your friend is on another server calls for Kefir’s server-transfer route. Repeatedly sending the same invite does not perform that transfer.

Before using it, have the person staying put send the exact server they are playing on. Decide who will move, and read the game’s warning about surrender and transfer before confirming. Do not treat this as a way to carry a developed base to another world.

The Surrender to Feds action here is not the same instruction as surrendering to a police officer during an arrest. In particular, do not borrow the police rule about keeping equipped gear and assume it applies to this server change. Likewise, the Federal Raid carryover list describes a wipe, not a transfer guarantee.

Follow the official route in order

If both players can already enter the same server, send a fresh invite there first. If one friend has a working base and the other has just started, check the cost of moving the new player before asking the base owner to leave. Anyone asked to move should read the surrender prompt with their own current inventory and investments in mind.

1. Open the global map.
2. Select Prison.
3. Choose Surrender to Feds, after reading and accepting the consequences displayed by the game.
4. Once inside the prison, switch to the server your friend is using.
5. Send a new party invite after the switch.

The success check is that the new invite works on the destination server. If it still reports another server, compare the selected destination again before assuming it is a connection problem.

Kefir’s support article specifies the Prison workflow, but does not name every submenu or publish a complete transfer-inventory table. Follow the current prison prompts rather than an old screenshot of a menu, and do not confirm a forfeiture warning expecting that a wipe guide overrides it.

Match the fix to the actual failure

What you see	First action	What that action addresses
Invite says the friend is on another server	Use the Prison route, then resend the invite	The mismatch identified by Kefir’s party FAQ
E-0301 / E-0302	Close the game, restart Steam and update ROB RUN	An outdated game version
E-0201	Check the connection and restart the game	A connection lost during a running session
E-0401	Check Steam online mode and the signed-in account, then restart Steam and the game	Steam authentication failure
Loading or freezing without a clear code	Check the connection; restart the game and Steam; check graphics drivers and verify files	Kefir’s general loading troubleshooting

For file verification, open the game’s Steam Properties → Installed Files → Verify integrity of game files. Do this for the appropriate loading or file problem; verifying files is not a replacement for joining the same server.

Avoid changing several things at once. First resolve the message you can identify, launch again, and then try a fresh invite. That makes it easier to tell whether the server mismatch is fixed or a separate error remains.

A clan has a different purpose from a party invite

The developer describes parties of up to three players. Its clan FAQ allows up to 100 members, with clans tied to the player’s chosen server for now. A fourth person needs a different group arrangement; repeatedly retrying a full three-person party does not increase its capacity.

The Clan tab is in the side menu. The developer describes clans as groups that contest desert districts and city businesses, and says founding one requires laundered funds in a bank account.

Creating a clan is therefore a progression decision, not the published fix for an invite that names another server. First complete the meet-up. Then use the banking guide if your group wants to meet the founding requirement, or the base guide before investing in storage and production.

If the invite still fails after matching the server

Record the exact message, whether both players can enter the game independently, and which step fails. Include a screenshot or short video showing the problem when contacting support, as Kefir requests for bug reports.

To collect your UID, press Esc and look below your character name on the right. Use Copy UID. Describe what happened just before the failure and include the game version and server you selected. This gives support a specific failed action to investigate instead of a general “multiplayer does not work” report.