ROB RUN clans: 100-player limits, roles and server scoping

ROB RUN is a free-to-play, early-access online crime sandbox from Kefir where every cop and every criminal is a real player on a server that wipes on a weekly cycle. Clans are how players turn a seven-day server into a seven-day institution.

The numbers that matter

Roles and why they are not cosmetic

Kefir lists assigning roles, organising raids, taking territories, waging gang wars and negotiating truces as clan functions. None of those work if everyone has the same permissions. At minimum you need: someone who can invite, someone who can call a raid, and someone who can talk to the other clan without starting a war by accident.

• Recruiter — owns invitations and the roster. A 100-slot clan with 60 inactive members is a 40-player clan with worse morale.
• Quartermaster — runs storage, shipments and the laundering desk. This is the role that decides whether the clan survives a wipe week.
• Shot caller — runs raids and defences. One voice in a fight beats five opinions.
• Diplomat — the person allowed to negotiate truces. Kefir explicitly lists truces as a clan mechanic, which means somebody has to be trusted to sign one.

The server is the clan’s lifespan

Because clans are per-server, a clan is not a permanent identity. It is a seven-day project that ends with the Federal Raid. Kefir allows clan switching during a wipe cycle, which means the week boundary is when rosters reshuffle.

What clans actually unlock

District ownership requires a clan, and districts are where the passive income lives: a cut of taxes paid to settlement owners on its turf, plus faster money laundering. Above that, the clan holding the central Highlands district produces the single Shadow Governor in the game world, who taxes every other clan on the map.

Read that as a design statement: the top of ROB RUN is not a bigger gun, it is a tax base. The full ladder is in the power pyramid guide.

Joining a clan as a new player

• Join before you build. A plot inside a clan-controlled settlement is worth more than a nicer plot outside one.
• Bring a role, not a resume. “I will run the farms” gets you in; “I have 400 hours” does not.
• Check the server clock. A clan recruiting on day five is recruiting for a reset, not a campaign.
• Expect betrayal to be a mechanic, not an accident. Kefir’s own copy: “In a place where anyone can betray you, reliable allies are your most valuable asset.”