ROB RUN Wipe Explained: When the Federal Raid Hits, What You Lose and What You Keep
ROB RUN only launched in Early Access on November 4, 2026, and the free-to-play crime sandbox from Kefir is already one of the most played games on Steam. With thousands of players fighting over plots, settlements and districts, one question keeps coming up: what happens at the ROB RUN wipe? In ROB RUN, the wipe is called the Federal Raid, and it resets your server every seven days. This guide explains when the ROB RUN wipe hits, what you lose, what you keep, how your jail time works and how to prepare before the Feds arrive.
What Is the ROB RUN Wipe (Federal Raid)?
The Federal Raid is ROB RUN’s version of a server wipe, a system survival fans know from games like Rust. According to the official ROB RUN help center, every seven days all plots, bases, weapons and cash are wiped and converted into jail time and authority. The idea is to give everyone a level playing field for a brand-new power struggle. In its official Steam FAQ, Kefir sums it up like this: “With every server wipe, a new exciting story is created.”
That means a ROB RUN wipe is not a total reset of your account. It is closer to the end of a season: your empire on that server is gone, but part of your progress lives on.
What You Lose and What You Keep
Here is the official breakdown from Kefir’s help center:
- Wiped: all plots, bases, weapons and cash. They are converted into jail time and authority.
- Kept: your cosmetics, player name, tutorial progress, settings and accumulated jail time.
Cosmetics are safe because they are the only thing you can buy with real money. Kefir states that B-Coins can only be spent on cosmetic items and do not affect stats, balance or progression, so nothing you pay for disappears in a wipe.
How Often Does ROB RUN Wipe?
Right now, each wipe cycle lasts seven days. Kefir has said in its Steam FAQ that the length of the cycle could change later, so keep an eye on the official announcements during Early Access, which the developer expects to last roughly six to twelve months.
The store page sums up the intended rhythm: in one week you can climb from small-time thug to the boss of the biggest organization on your server, and then start over with new experience and allies.
When Is the Next ROB RUN Wipe?
Kefir has not published one fixed wipe date for the whole game, and there is a good reason for that: new servers keep opening. In its launch-day server schedule, the developer confirmed two regions, EU and East US, and plans to open at least one fresh server per day in each region:
- EU: 5 PM UTC
- East US: 8 PM ET
Additional servers open automatically when needed, also outside these times. Kefir scheduled the launch servers to go online on November 4 at 5 PM UTC. If those servers follow the seven-day cycle, their first Federal Raid would land around November 11, 2026. Please treat that as our own calculation, not an official date. Kefir hasn’t confirmed whether every server runs on its own clock, so the safest approach is to note the day your server opened and watch the official channels for wipe announcements.
Tip: If you want an even start, join a fresh server. Since the November 4 changes, patrol cops on a fresh server only have access to pistols, and better police gear unlocks as the server gets older.
When the Feds arrive, your wealth turns into jail time, and that sentence follows you into the next cycle.
Jail Time and Authority: Why Getting Rich Still Pays Off
Losing everything sounds harsh, but the Federal Raid doesn’t simply delete your wealth. Kefir explains that the more wealth you have built up by the time the wipe hits, the longer your prison sentence will be. And that sentence matters, because accumulated jail time carries over between wipes.
Jail time is also tied to progression. According to the help center, you unlock new goods in the Shipments tab, which you open with H or through the side menu in the desert, at Lenny’s Motel or in Looty Bay. Some items there require your base to be in a settlement of a certain level, others require you to rack up jail time. In other words, a long sentence works a bit like a prestige system for future cycles.
Authority is the second thing your property turns into. Kefir hasn’t explained in detail yet what authority does, so we will update our coverage once the developer shares more.
The Power Pyramid: What You Are Racing For Each Cycle
Every ROB RUN wipe restarts the race up the Power Pyramid. Kefir described the five tiers in its Power Pyramid post on Steam:
- Hobo: Everyone starts here, fresh out of prison with no cash, crashing at Lenny’s motel.
- Settlement Resident: Renting a plot gives you a base, new Shipments, access to the Sales Center and cheaper contraband.
- Settlement Owner: Buy a whole settlement, rent plots to others and collect taxes on their laundered money and Black Market purchases.
- District Owner: A clan that controls a district takes a cut of the settlement owners’ taxes there and launders money faster.
- Shadow Governor: The leader of the clan that controls the central Highlands district. Kefir calls it a title only one player can hold.
One important detail for owners: Kefir states that no one can seize your settlement before the wipe. Once you own it, it stays yours until the Federal Raid. Note that since the November 4 changes, Tier 1 settlements and land rentals cost documents instead of cash.
From Hobo to Shadow Governor: every Federal Raid starts the climb from scratch.
How to Prepare for the ROB RUN Wipe
Based on the official rules, these are the most useful things to keep in mind during a cycle:
- Launder your cash: Cash in your pockets can be stolen or confiscated. Open an account at the Looty Bay Bank as a Civilian, then run your money through the Laundering Desk at your base. Banked money is safe from theft until the next wipe, and you can withdraw it at any ATM.
- Don’t panic at the end of the week: Since your wealth is converted into jail time and a longer sentence carries over, there’s little point in throwing everything away right before the Federal Raid. Holding on to your empire until the end is part of the reward.
- Plan your clan around the server: Clans hold up to 100 players and, for now, only exist on the server you chose. Founding one requires laundered funds. You can switch clans during a cycle.
- Join your friends on the same server: If a party invite says your friend is on another server, open the global map, select the Prison location and click “Surrender to Feds”. Inside the prison, switch to your friend’s server and resend the invite.
- Protect your base: Install fuses in your Security System so raiders need more time and resources to hack it, and use defense modules to alert your allies.
Also keep in mind that only official servers are available at launch, so there are no community servers with custom wipe schedules for now.
Weapons from the Black Market are part of what the Federal Raid takes, so use them while the cycle lasts.
Our Verdict
The ROB RUN wipe sounds brutal at first, but it is the heart of the game. Every seven days the Federal Raid clears plots, bases, weapons and cash, while your cosmetics, name, settings and jail time stay with you, and that jail time helps you unlock more in the next cycle. If you enjoy the weekly race of Rust-style survival games, you’ll feel right at home, and if wipes are new to you, our Rust blueprint guide shows how another wipe-based game handles progression. This guide reflects ROB RUN’s Early Access version and Kefir’s official help center as of November 9, 2026. Wipe lengths and rules may change with future updates.
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