Not by someone hopping in and driving off. Kefir’s FAQ post answers this exact question for ROB RUN: another player can take your car “only if you take their whole house with it”, through a raid that wipes the base and needs an ultra-rare item.
What can happen any time is a trunk raid. The same post says any player can lockpick your trunk and loot it “at any time, anywhere in the city”. So the car is safe in nearly every case, and what you leave inside it is not. Prices below are as of the November 7 build.
What Other Players Can Take
| What | Can it be taken? | How |
|---|---|---|
| The car itself | Only in one rare case | A full eviction from your plot, covered below |
| Whatever is in the trunk | Yes, at any time in the city | A lockpick on your trunk |
| Installed trunk upgrades | Not when you die | The game says they “will not drop upon death” |
| A free rental | Not worth worrying about | You can rent another for free |
Trunk Raids: The Real Risk
A lockpick is cheap and easy to get. Kefir’s help center says to buy one on the Black Market “to crack into other players’ vehicle trunks, including cop cars”. The game’s item text says it unlocks doors and containers without setting off the alarm, “as well as unlock someone else’s trunk”. It costs about $99 on the laptop after $5,000 of research, or about $297 from a city trader with no research.
That means a car parked in Looty Bay with a full trunk is an invitation. To keep what you carry:
- Unload at your base. Kefir’s stash advice is to store stolen goods at your base, and cash at Lenny’s.
- Do not park and wander. If you have to leave the car on a job, keep a partner with it. Our friends guide covers running heists as a group.
- Sell fast. If the trunk is full of cargo, our cargo guide lists who buys it, so it spends less time sitting in a car.
The One Way to Lose the Car Itself
A personal car lives on your plot. Kefir’s help center says you need a plot with a house or garage to own one, and you keep its key in your key locker.
The car goes only if the whole base goes. The FAQ says a raid that totally wipes a base lets the attacker seize what is on the property, “including furniture, structures, and rides parked inside”. The item that does it in the game is the Eviction Right, and its text sets a high bar:
- Every lock first. “To evict a player, you must hack all security systems at their base.” Each one takes decoders to break.
- A huge barter. As of the November 7 build it is traded for 50 epic decoders.
- The attacker keeps part of it. The text says the evicting player “can keep a portion of the assets” from the plot, so a parked car is at risk but not guaranteed to change hands.
How to Protect Your Car
- Fuse your Security System. Kefir’s defense advice is fuses plus defense modules that alert your allies. Since an eviction needs every system hacked, each fuse makes the price climb.
- Build a garage. The game’s Car Garage holds a parking place and extra storage, about $25,000, and the Large Car Garage holds two cars, about $70,000 at Tier 2.
- Keep your money laundered. A raid takes goods and unlaundered cash, not your bank balance, so deposit what you earn and a lost car is easier to replace.
What Happens to Your Car at the Wipe
Every seven days the Federal Raid wipes plots, bases, weapons and cash. Kefir’s wipe page says your cosmetics, name, tutorial progress, settings and jail time carry over, and a car is not on that list. No thief takes it, but the cycle does, so a pricey car bought late in the week has little time to pay off. Our house guide covers getting the plot a car needs on the next cycle.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can someone drive away in my car in ROB RUN? Kefir’s FAQ says no: the only way to take another player’s car is to take their whole house with it in a base-wiping raid.
Can players rob my trunk? Yes. Any player with a lockpick can open your trunk at any time in the city, so do not leave loot in a parked car.
Where do you get a lockpick? On the Black Market. It is about $99 on the laptop after research, or about $297 from a city trader.
Can I lose my car in a raid? Only if the attacker evicts you, which needs every security system on your base hacked and an Eviction Right traded for 50 epic decoders.
Do I keep my car after the wipe? No. Kefir’s list of what carries over through the Federal Raid covers cosmetics, name, tutorial progress, settings and jail time, not cars.