Crimes

Commiting crimes is an active gameplay mechanic that allows the player to train their stats and potentially earn money. The player can attempt to commit crimes by visiting ‘The Slums’ through the ‘City’ tab (Keyboard shortcut Alt + w). ‘The Slums’ is available in every city.

Basic Mechanics

When you visit the ‘Slums’ you will see a list of buttons that show all of the available crimes. Simply select one of the options to begin attempting that crime. Attempting to commit a crime takes a certain amount of time. This time varies between crimes.

While doing crimes, you can click “Do something else simultaneously” to be able to do things while you continue to do crimes in the background. There is a 20% penalty to the related gains. Clicking the “Focus” button under the overview will return you to the current task.

Warning

This section contains spoilers regarding Augmentations.

It is possible to get an augment to remove the penalty for not focusing on a task such as working on a job or working for a faction

Crimes are not always successful. Your rate of success is determined by your stats (and Augmentation multipliers) and can be seen on the crime-selection page. If you are unsuccessful at committing a crime you will gain EXP, but you will not earn money. If you are successful at committing the crime you will gain extra EXP (double of what an unsuccessful attempt would give) and earn money.

Harder crimes are typically more profitable, and also give more EXP.

Crime details

Available crimes, and their descriptions, which all begin with “attempt to…”

Shoplift …shoplift from a low-end retailer

Rob store …commit armed robbery on a high-end store

Mug someone …mug a random person on the street

Larceny …rob property from someone’s house

Deal Drugs …deal drugs

Bond Forgery …forge corporate bonds

Traffick illegal Arms …smuggle illegal arms into the city

Homicide …murder a random person on the street

Grand theft Auto …commit grand theft auto

Kidnap and Ransom …kidnap and ransom a high-profile-target

Assassinate …assassinate a high-profile target

Heist …pull off the ultimate heist