ROB RUN wipes and death: what you lose, what stays and how to check missing progress

First identify the kind of loss

A missing weapon after a death, a missing base after the Federal Raid, and an apparently empty account require different checks. Start with the last event you remember: did you die, surrender to a police officer, or return after a reset? Then check your role and where the event happened.

The Federal Raid is the recurring reset. It does not use the same rules as an individual death. Moving money into a bank protects it from theft during the current cycle; it does not carry that money into the next one.

What the Federal Raid removes and preserves

Kefir’s current wipe FAQ sets a seven-day interval and describes the reset as converting plots, bases, weapons and cash into jail time and authority.

Removed in the reset	Explicitly carried over
Plots and bases	Cosmetics and player name
Weapons	Tutorial progress and settings
Cash	Accumulated jail time

These are the categories named in the official policy. They are not a promise about an unlisted item. If a later patch adds a new progression system, check its own rules before treating it as persistent.

The FAQ does not provide an exact clock time for your server. Do not plan around an assumed universal midnight or an hour calculated solely from the game’s release date. Use the current information shown for your server and official announcements. A seven-day policy alone does not establish the time zone or exact next-reset timestamp.

Death rules depend on role and location

Situation	Official consequence	What to check before your next trip
Criminal dies in Looty Bay	Inventory is lost	Decide what you can afford to carry before entering danger
Death in the desert	All loot is lost	Treat that expedition’s haul as exposed until it is brought back
Civilian dies in the city	Bag contents and equipped gear are kept	Confirm that you were a Civilian and that the death happened in the city
Police Officer dies	Department-issued gear is lost; personal items and equipment remain	Separate issued equipment from your own possessions
Surrender to police	Bag contents are confiscated; equipped gear is kept	Do not mistake surrender for protection of everything you are carrying

Kefir describes a Criminal’s city loss as losing their inventory. Its surrender FAQ separately guarantees equipped gear when surrendering. The table preserves that distinction instead of extending the surrender guarantee to a death.

An accepted bribe is a further exception: the police FAQ says you keep your loot if the officer accepts. Acceptance is conditional. The money and banking guide explains the bank requirement and the limits of laundering.

For example, start with the most recent event if your bag is empty and your base is still present. A Criminal death in Looty Bay points to the death rule. If you surrendered to an officer and your equipped gear is still there, the missing bag fits the confiscation rule. If you return to the same server and your base and cash are both gone, check the Federal Raid before planning a new haul.

Check server timing before investing in a base

Kefir’s November 4 announcement scheduled fresh EU servers at 17:00 UTC and fresh US East servers at 8 p.m. ET daily at launch, with additional capacity if needed. Those times describe new servers opening. The seven-day Federal Raid FAQ covers the recurring reset.

Write down the exact server before budgeting for a base or inviting friends. Use any current reset information available for that server. If you cannot verify how much of the cycle remains, keep the next purchase small enough to use immediately. Check the current plot requirements or confirm the group’s destination server before committing.

Check unexpected missing progress in this order

1. Check for a Federal Raid. Compare the missing categories with the reset policy above. Keeping your name and tutorial while losing a base can be consistent with a wipe.
2. Check the Steam account. Kefir explicitly asks players to confirm they are signed into the correct one before reporting lost progress.
3. Record the event. Write down your role, location, what disappeared, and the approximate time. Distinguish a missing bag from missing account progress.
4. Copy your UID. Press Esc and look on the right below your character name. Copy UID puts it on your clipboard.
5. Send support the UID, player name and approximate time. Include the circumstances and a screenshot if they explain what changed. Do not post account credentials or login codes in a public discussion.

Success means either identifying the documented loss rule or giving support enough information to investigate an unexplained loss. This is not a restoration procedure, and submitting a report does not guarantee that deleted possessions will be restored.

Plan the next cycle around the right protection

Banking, base security and role-specific death rules protect against different events. None replaces the wipe policy. Store and defend physical goods with the base and security guide, then use the banking workflow for cash you want protected from theft during the current cycle.