If you are trying to crack safe locks, the ROB RUN Mini Drill is the best option. It is compact, precise and quickly cracks safe locks. I’ll tell you where you can find it, how to unlock and use it effectively.
What You’ll Find Here:
How to Get the Mini Drill in ROB RUN
The Mini Drill is a purple (epic) tool that takes up 2 x 2 slots in your inventory. In order to get it, you have to do these two things first: research it, then buy it. The purchase price is 18,000 cash, and you need a tier II or level 2 settlement (or higher). Where you buy it depends on who you ask. Some databases say the Black Market through the trade laptop, and one says you buy it straight from Shipments. I’d check both.
It’s worth knowing that the Mini Drill is a free reward on pages 2 and 3 of the Season 1 “Pure Chemistry” battle pass, until December 4.
How to Unlock the Mini Drill in Shipments
First you have to research it in Shipments, and that costs you 100,000 cash. Settlement residents unlock Shipments that motel guests can’t, so you need to live in a settlement. Open Shipments (Lenny’s tab), go to Gadgets, and look for the Mini Drill.
You also need Lockpick unlocked first which costs you 5,000 cash. Starting from zero, that’s 123,000 cash total: 5,000 for Lockpick, 100,000 for the Mini Drill research, and 18,000 for one Mini Drill. If you already own Lockpick, it’s 118,000.
How to Use the Mini Drill on Safes
Using the Mini Drill is very easy. After you got it, just follow these steps:
- Have the Mini Drill in your inventory.
- Reach a compatible safe.
- Interact with the safe to place/set the Mini Drill on it. (It should take only about 2 seconds)
- The drill then runs by itself for a fixed duration: (For easier safes (many shops/hotels) around 60 seconds and for harder safes (Looty Bay Bank safes) about 120 seconds.)
- You can walk away and do other things while it works.
- Once the timer finishes, the safe opens and you can loot it.
Police (or other players) can remove a placed drill (cops can yank it in roughly 4 seconds). Another thing that confuses players is that they expected an “equip and use” style interaction like a weapon but it works more like a placeable heist gadget.
Don’t forget to bring Mini Drills before using purple+ keys, otherwise you open the room for nothing.
All ROB RUN Mini Drill Safe Locations
I found 17 buildings with Mini Drill safes in Looty Bay. Adding up the listed safes gives 32, but another database says 33, so treat the total as close, not exact.
| Area | Location | Safes |
| Loraine Hills | Cottage No. 3 | 2 |
| Loraine Hills | Cottage No. 5 | 1 |
| Sunny Beach | Grand Hotel | 2 |
| Sunny Beach | Convenience Store | 1 |
| Sunny Beach | Equipment Store: West | 2 |
| Sunny Beach | Gun Shop: West | 2 |
| Sunny Beach | Pharmacy | 1 |
| Sunny Beach | Reef Hotel | 2 |
| Sunny Beach | Strip Club | 2 |
| Parkside | Police Station | 3 |
| Parkside | Art Gallery | 2 |
| Downtown | Looty Bay Bank | 3 |
| Downtown | Convenience Store: North | 1 |
| Downtown | Gas Station | 3 |
| Downtown | Pharmacy | 1 |
| Downtown | Gun Shop: East | 2 |
| Downtown | Equipment Store: East | 2 |
Mini Drill vs. Drill: What’s the Difference?
Be careful not to confuse these two item. The Mini Drill is the epic safe-cracker. The Drill is a separate legendary tool, and it’s the one used on the main bank vault door.
