ROB RUN cargo guide: what the Smuggler pays and how to repack Contraband Cargo

CargoNovember 13, 2026By robrungame.com

What is cargo in ROB RUN?

Cargo is the big loot you carry out by hand, from a crate of car parts to a golden statue. The game’s files list 81 kinds, and 68 of them are carried in your arms.

You turn it into cash in one of two ways. A Smuggler pays a set price for each kind as it is, or you take it home and open it on a workbench for whatever’s inside. Some cargo needs work at home before it’s worth much, and the table below shows what each kind is for.

How much does the Smuggler pay for cargo?

From 10,000 to 500,000 a piece at Notoriety level 1. Each kind of cargo has its own price, and your Notoriety level adds a bonus that reaches 25% at level 5. Looty Bay adds no bonus of its own. The game works the bonus out for each kind of cargo in a delivery and rounds it to a whole dollar.

Identical kinds share a row, like the 14 Collection Crates. Golden Statues can’t be opened or worked on, so selling is all they’re for, and at 250,000 each they pay the most of anything outside a collection crate.

The game also pays police an arrest reward for cargo caught waiting at a Smuggler, from 2,500 to 125,000 a piece depending on the cargo.

What do you do with Contraband Cargo?

Repack it. Raw Contraband Cargo is worth 10,000 to a Smuggler, as little as any cargo pays. A Contraband Workbench repacks it in 30 minutes, and it comes out as Premium Cargo worth 35,000. The game describes Premium Cargo as “Cheap booze in nice packaging. Can be sold in Looty Bay for more than it's actually worth just because it looks presentable.”

You can also buy the raw cargo. The game’s seller list has a smuggling seller asking 10,000 and a settlement seller asking 5,000, so one repack turns 5,000 into 35,000 before Notoriety. The workbench costs 20,000 on the laptop after 20,000 of research at Tier 1, and its description reads “Allows you to repack contraband cargo from Looty Bay, Lenny’s Motel, or the Distribution Center into more expensive cargo for sale.”

Rarity Cargo is the better result, worth 40,000. The files list it as the improved repack, and the Black Market, a special site in Highlands on the World map, gives settlers there “More profitable contraband repacking.” That’s most likely how you get Rarity Cargo, but the files we decoded don’t spell out the rule.

The workbench takes two kinds of upgrade. The Tool Box adds slots so you can repack more at once, and the Label Printer’s internal name marks it as a speed upgrade. The game’s text doesn’t put a number on either one.

How do you open cargo in ROB RUN?

On a Cargo Workbench at your base. It costs 15,000 on the laptop after 5,000 of research at Tier 1, and it opens every crate and safe in the game’s list. Most take 30 minutes. Safes take an hour, while collection crates need only 15 minutes.

Money bags open there too. The Bank Money Bag’s description says it needs a special workbench so the dye pack doesn’t go off, and the game’s files list the Cargo Workbench for it, at 30 minutes. Hard Crystals go on a Lab Table instead, which packages them in 10 seconds.

How much faster or bigger the upgrades make a bench isn’t in the game’s text, and neither is what’s inside an opened crate. Both live in tables we haven’t decoded, so a Smuggler’s price is the only payout you can plan around. A fourth Cargo Workbench upgrade, the Plasma Cargo Cutter, is in the files with no shop price and no research step. The shipment planner adds up the research for any of this kit.

Where do you find cargo in ROB RUN?

Mostly lying around Looty Bay. The city has 170 spots where cargo can spawn, and the game picks what turns up. Five Bank Money Bags and three Legendary Weapon Parts Boxes have fixed spots of their own, and our bank heist guide covers getting into the bank.

Some of it you can buy. Besides Contraband Cargo, the seller list has a weapon seller at the Bunker offering the Legendary Weapon Parts Box for 35,000, and a Smuggler pays 120,000 for it. We haven’t checked in game who can buy there or how many it holds.

Collection crates come from collections. Their internal name marks them as collection rewards, and their description says a complete collection is worth more than its items one by one.

Plants and chemicals get worked on at home. A Growing Bush goes on a Grow Table and a Mature Bush is harvested there, while Reagent Canisters go into a Chemical Reactor. Where the first bush or canister comes from, and how long each step takes, isn’t in the files we decoded.

Why do some cargo share a name?

The game gives each rarity its own entry, and 11 cargo names come in more than one. Most crates have an Uncommon and an Epic version, and the Weapon Parts Box comes in three, worth 25,000, 40,000 and 120,000 to a Smuggler. If two pieces of cargo look alike, the rarity tells you which one you’ve got.