Beginner Guide: Money, First Week and Rent
Learn how to open your shop, make money through a manageable trading or production loop, and reserve enough cash for the first rent in the Demo.
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Probably Stolen guides by task
Choose a starting career, keep the shop funded, identify an item or troubleshoot a production loop. Each guide keeps its own Demo version, source review date and verification limits.
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Getting Started
Careers: Starting Kits and Rock Bottom
Compare Apprentice, Rat Wrangler and Water Merchant starting specializations, Demo-locked careers, Rock Bottom constraints and separate difficulty options.
Perks Guide: Starting Traits and Point Builds
Compare positive and negative starting perks, point-valid build examples and recurring costs before choosing your Probably Stolen Demo traits.
Controls: Rotate Items, Sort and Use Toolbox
Find how to rotate and flip items, sort containers, equip tools and use Toolbox hotkeys. Check live hints for build-dependent inventory shortcuts.
Shop and Supply
Trading Guide: Bargaining, Budgets and Money
Plan buying and selling around customer budgets, bargaining and rent reserves. Check the live quote before relying on a reported profit margin.
Customers and Vendors: Signs and Stock Sources
Understand customer queues, visiting merchants, seller signs and route supplies. Treat reported weekday schedules as conditional Demo references.
Display Case: Attract Buyers and Hide Stock
Use display-case item tags to attract buyers, distinguish seller signs from buyer stock, and check hidden storage before upgrading the compartment.
Appraisal: Fake Immunivax and Inspection Tools
Use inspection tools to check Immunivax, Food Stamps and Ribwich. Learn the appraisal service workflow and compare suspicious goods with in-game references.
Scavenging: Scav Scanner and Dumping Grounds
Prepare a backpack and bandages for the Dumping Grounds, understand Scav Scanner limits and compare after-hours scavenging with other supply stops.
Joe Wild Guide: Starter Kits and Reputation
Compare Wild's water, rat and wine starter services, supplier referrals and faction benefits. Check contact requirements and unverified unlock conditions.
Water and Production
Water Merchant: Buyers, Purity and Containers
Build a Water Merchant routine: test water, choose containers, match buyers and check purity tiers. Troubleshoot rejected water and misleading labels.
Water Purification: HydraTech, Filters and UV
Match filters, HydraTech, UV and tablets to water contaminants. Use AquaScan and retest small batches instead of assuming every treatment raises purity.
Wine Making: BloomBerries, Yeast and Aging
Make a small wine batch by checking BloomBerries, water and yeast. Separate fermentation from aging and compare bottle value with actual buyer budgets.
Machines: Charging, Furnace and Keycard Fixes
Fix machines that stop working: check energy cells, Recharger and PowerBloc placement, inputs and output space. Find Furnace recipes and keycard encoding steps.
Machine Modules: Stats, Shapes and Nodes
Compare Quality, Performance and Efficiency by machine, fit module shapes and review Node limitations before spending on a configuration upgrade.
Health and Risk
Rat Wrangler: Feeding, Breeding and Prion Risk
Start rat farming with cages and feed, activate the Gene Scanner, separate breeding stock from meat production and avoid reported prion contamination.
Health Guide: Wounds, Bandages and Addiction
Check bleeding and wound limits, bandage use, reported addiction recovery and Immunivax risks. Keep player health separate from rat and customer effects.
Euphoria and Toxicity: Spiked Water Risks
Distinguish direct drugs from spiked water, compare reported customer effects and understand why dose, addiction and overdose claims depend on the build.
Security: Inspections, Evidence and Aug Scanner
Track investigations and evidence, prepare for inspections and use the Aug Scanner workflow without confusing ordinary implants with wanted Aug visitors.
Black Market: Contraband and Underground Exchange
Use the Underground Exchange sheet, submit and collect trades, check counterfeit output and protect contraband during storage upgrades and inspections.
People and Events
NPC Timeline: Visitors, Schedules and Factions
Find named visitors and reported appointments, with scenario and faction conditions. Do not assume every Demo start follows the same customer timeline.
Events Guide: Shortages, Surplus and Stock
Use market alerts to plan stock for shortages and surplus. Compare reported event effects and keep special requests separate from ordinary customer demand.
Game Information
Demo vs Full Game: Versions and Release Guide
Compare Demo scope with the planned full game, find version-specific guides and distinguish official release information from older Playtest reports.
Release Date: Launch, Unlock Time and Price
Check the October 28, 2026 release date and official sources. Exact unlock time, launch price and Demo save transfer remain unconfirmed.
System Requirements: Minimum PC Specs
Check Steam's Windows, processor, RAM, graphics, DirectX and storage minimums before installing. Listed minimums are not a measured performance benchmark.
Demo Limits: Shop Purchase, Saves and Fixes
Check Demo restrictions, shop-purchase uncertainty, missing stock and save precautions. Separate current-build troubleshooting from old workarounds.
Mods and Tools
Mods and Tools: Demo Compatibility Checks
Review external tools and Mod compatibility limits before using them with the Demo. Listed projects are not verified recommendations for every build.