These are reported values, not live shop quotes
The November 6 Power Up Gaming equipment guide is the source for the armor and bag prices on this page. The task research marks these secondary figures as unverified. We have not compared them with an in-game shop, a specific world’s age or a later balance patch. Use them to recognize the scale of the reported costs, not as a guarantee that a vendor currently offers the same item at the same amount.
The source names several armor classes and three sports-bag price points. It does not provide a complete armor-stat spreadsheet, capacity for every bag, weight penalties or a universal recommendation. We do not invent those missing fields or convert a price ordering into a performance ranking. Expensive equipment and appropriate equipment are not necessarily the same thing for a short beginner run.
Reported armor prices · secondary · 6 November 2026
Power Up Gaming describes armor as using plates. Protection values, durability and current vendor availability are not verified here.
| Reported armor | Reported price |
|---|---|
| Light | $4,000 |
| Medium | $15,000 |
| Assault | $70,000 |
| Heavy | $140,000 |
| Bastion | $350,000 |
Reported sports-bag price points
The research gives three prices without verified capacity or item-tier names. We label them as price points rather than inventing Small, Medium and Large specifications.
| Reference entry | Reported price | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Sports bag · price point 1 | $5,000 | Not verified |
| Sports bag · price point 2 | $15,000 | Not verified |
| Sports bag · price point 3 | $40,000 | Not verified |
Budget for what can actually be lost
games.gg and Power Up Gaming distinguish civilian and criminal deaths in Looty Bay: civilians keep their bag and equipped gear, while criminals lose both. The official surrender description says police take the bag but leave equipped gear. These role differences change the practical risk of a purchase. They are more relevant to a beginner’s budget than an unsourced claim that one armor class is always worth buying.
The desert is a different setting. Secondary guides report losing everything on death there regardless of role, and Kefir calls the global map a lawless PvP area. Do not assume a city-specific protection follows you all the way home. A larger bag may make an expensive run possible, but the research does not establish a measured expected return after losses. This page therefore makes no payback-time promise.
Cash in hand is not the same as secure progress
The official October 2 FAQ says a base Laundering Desk turns cash into money safe from thieves. That protection is not a promise that funds survive a wipe. The November 7 games.gg guide says bank funds reset alongside cash and bases. Treat laundering as protection during the current cycle, rather than permanent savings across all future servers or updates.
The November 4 official changes also replaced cash with documents for Tier 1 settlement and plot costs. games.gg points players to the Black Market for those documents. This matters when comparing older guides: advice about saving a specific cash amount for your first plot may describe an earlier build. Check the actual item, currency and seller shown in your game before paying for equipment or land. Our prices and routes are dated reference material, not a live shop feed.
Utility matters, but exact prices are missing
The same equipment guide names bandages, painkillers, medkits, mechanical drills, smoke and flash grenades, lockpicks, vehicle repair tools and decoders. It does not supply a verified complete price table in the task material. We leave those prices unknown. A list of useful item categories should not become an invented shopping total for a bank robbery or base raid.
The official FAQ says breach decoders are not ordinary off-the-shelf purchases, and their exact acquisition sources remain unverified. The November 4 notes increase decoder stack limits without documenting a universal shop route. If a guide combines these items into a precise loadout, check its source and date. Our weapons page separately records disagreements between two publishers, illustrating why apparently precise equipment advice still needs qualification.
Before buying an upgrade
Check the current item name, displayed cost, currency and vendor in your own game. Compare the purchase with the objective and the risk of losing it. This is editorial budgeting advice, not a tested menu path. Do not buy merely because a guide uses a higher-tier adjective: the source set does not establish a universal return for that upgrade.
Keep enough context to recognize an outdated guide. November 4 changed the economy, starter weapons and land costs, while server age affects police equipment. Future changes may alter more. This site offers no item sales, deposits or checkout; all listed amounts are in-game references. For corrections, provide a dated official source or a clearly labeled current observation through Contact rather than assuming that a different number automatically proves either guide dishonest.