First heists: shops and houses, step by step

You don't start with the bank. You start with the gas station.

Good early targets: the gas station, the pharmacy, the corner store with a back door, the café, the liquor store. Houses are considered the best target if you play solo.

The routine of a clean heist

1. Scout without the mask. As a civilian you're safe: you can see the exits, the patrols and the $ van.

2. Find the alarm panel / fuses (usually on a side wall or outside) and press `E`.

3. Break the cameras, otherwise the alarm can still go off.

4. Go in through the back door with a lockpick and close it behind you. Smashing windows draws attention.

5. Hold the employees at gunpoint so they don't raise the alarm. The effect wears off, so threaten them again when you change rooms. Houses usually have 2–3 people.

6. Hold `E` to pick up whole containers.

Tips

• You only become a robber when you put the mask on. Taking it off doesn't make you a civilian again, only leaving the city cleans you.
• Your first source of money: dumpsters! Kefir increased the money in them, and inside you'll find laptops, toasters, necklaces.
• Shops restock after a while, so one robbed by someone else may be empty.
• If you work as a team, split the jobs: one breaks in, one carries, one keeps watch.