OG Dark RP Manual

Player Guides

Short, player-facing guides for OG Dark RP systems, jobs, tools, criminal loops, government play, economy, transport, and support.

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Updated 2026-04-28
Start Here00

Welcome to Dark RP

The short version of what this server is and what to do first.

  • Pick a job, earn money, and roleplay around the city.
  • Use Tab for the main menu: jobs, shop, skills, waypoints, police, and guides.
  • Start simple: Citizen, Miner, Medic, Cook, or Gun Dealer are easy first roles.
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Basics10

Controls and UI

Menus, HUD elements, voting keys, voice, and the basic interaction loop.

  • Press Tab to open the main Dark RP menu.
  • Press E on doors, NPCs, machines, vehicles, and other interactables.
  • Use the weapon selector to swap tools and weapons.
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Basics20

Jobs and Roles

How jobs work, what categories mean, and how to choose a first role.

  • Open Tab, choose Jobs, then pick a role.
  • Read the job card before switching. It shows the role, limits, and restrictions.
  • Some jobs need a vote, like Mayor and high-level police roles.
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Basics30

Chat, Commands, and Voice

Local chat, OOC, private messages, group chat, law radio, and useful slash commands.

  • Normal chat is local proximity chat.
  • Use `/ooc message` for global out-of-character chat.
  • Use `/pm player message` for private messages.
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Basics40

Money, Banking, and Taxes

Wallet cash, bank balance, bank interest, payday, tax, treasury, ATMs, and death cash.

  • Your wallet is spending cash.
  • Your bank is safer long-term money.
  • A $100,000 bank balance earns at least about $5,000 per hour before banking skill bonuses.
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Basics50

Doors, Bases, and Access

Buying doors, locking property, sharing access, and protecting a base.

  • Look at a door and press E to buy, rent, lock, or unlock when allowed.
  • Use your keys tool for door and vehicle lock actions.
  • Buy a base before placing valuable machines inside.
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Tools60

Fading Doors and Keypads

How fading doors, buttons, and keypad codes work for bases.

  • Use the Toolgun Fading Door tool to convert a prop.
  • Set a bound key for the door.
  • Place a button or keypad with the same bound key.
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Basics70

Pocket and Storage

How to stash, drop, equip, sell, and recover pocketed items.

  • Equip the Pocket weapon.
  • Primary fire pockets a valid looked-at target.
  • Secondary fire opens the pocket menu.
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Basics80

Shops, Vendors, and Selling

How shop categories, job restrictions, NPC buyers, taxes, and sell paths work.

  • Open Tab, then Shop.
  • Pick a category and buy items your job can use.
  • If a shop looks empty, your job probably cannot buy that category.
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Law90

Law, Government, and Police

Wanted status, warrants, police tools, law radio, custody, and command review.

  • Police roles use the Police tab for wanted players, warrants, custody, requests, and roster.
  • Normal officers can request wanteds and warrants.
  • Law command can approve, deny, or auto-issue after validation.
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Law100

Mayor and City Tools

Tax, treasury, grants, laws, lockdowns, lottery, and mayor authority.

  • Mayor is a vote-backed government job.
  • The Mayor tab appears when you are mayor or staff.
  • Set city tax carefully. High tax affects the whole server.
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Crime110

Theft and Raiding

Thief tools, pickpocketing, lockpicks, keypad crackers, and raid basics.

  • Thief and Pro Thief are the main raid roles.
  • Use lockpicks on valid doors and fading doors.
  • Use keypad crackers on keypad-protected bases.
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Crime120

ATM Hacking

How the ATM Hacker role turns bank machines into risky cash.

  • Switch to ATM Hacker.
  • Equip the ATM hacking tool.
  • Find a valid ATM and start the hack.
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Crime130

Bank Robbery

Vault holdouts, robber crews, stolen gold, police response, and cash-out.

  • Thief or Pro Thief starts the robbery at a ready vault.
  • Robbers must stay near the vault until the timer completes.
  • Other eligible criminals can assist under the crew rules.
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Crime140

Hitman Contracts

How contract killing works without turning random damage into a job.

  • Switch to Hitman.
  • Open the hitman contract UI when available.
  • Accept or create valid contracts through the server flow.
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Production150

Weed Growing

Pots, lamps, strains, watering, harvesting, and selling weed.

  • Switch to Weed Grower.
  • Buy pots, lamps, and strain supplies from the shop.
  • Place plants in a safe base.
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Production160

Meth and Drug Machines

Meth Alchemist production machines, direct bundles, noise, collecting, and selling.

  • Switch to Meth Alchemist.
  • Buy a microwave or drug lab from the Drugs shop.
  • Place it somewhere defensible.
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Production170

Mining and Refining

Miner job, pickaxes, veins, ore, wafers, foreman, IT buyer, and ore refiner.

  • Switch to Miner.
  • Use your pickaxe on mining veins.
  • Pocket ore stacks when possible.
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Production180

Money Printers

Printer tiers, stored cash, upgrades, heat, fire, explosions, vaults, and radiants.

  • Buy printers from the shop when your job can use them.
  • Place them inside a protected base.
  • Press E to open the printer console.
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Production190

Bitcoin Mining

Personal bitcoin miners, generators, BTC price, upgrades, parts, heat, and cash-out.

  • Buy a Bitcoin Miner and Generator from the Misc shop when eligible.
  • Place the generator near the miner.
  • Press E on the miner to open its console.
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Production200

Health, Armor, and Ammo

Medkits, health labs, armor labs, vests, nanite ammo, and support production.

  • Medic roles can heal with medical tools.
  • Health kits and armor vests can be bought or produced through support systems.
  • Health and armor labs create pickups over time.
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Tools210

Weapons and Attachments

Buying weapons, shipments, ammo, black market tools, saved loadouts, and attachments.

  • Gun Dealer and Black Market roles unlock weapon shop paths.
  • Buy single weapons, shipments, ammo, or special tools when your job allows it.
  • Use shipments to supply other players.
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Law220

Combat and Police Tools

Tasers, cuffs, arrest sticks, weapon checkers, breach tools, and combat limits.

  • Taser disables a target briefly without normal weapon damage.
  • Handcuffs restrain players when the police flow allows it.
  • Arrest and unarrest sticks handle custody state.
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Transport230

Vehicles and Fuel

Car dealer, ownership, keys, passengers, fuel, gas stations, and refueling.

  • Use the Car Dealer NPC or vehicle shop flow to buy vehicles.
  • Enter a valid seat with E.
  • Drive with movement controls and use handbrake/turbo if the vehicle supports them.
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Transport240

Boards and Hoverboards

Skateboards, longboards, hoverboards, mounting, pocketing, boosts, jumps, and wipeouts.

  • Buy a board from the Misc shop when available.
  • Press E to mount.
  • Use movement controls to ride.
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Economy250

Casino and Coinflip

Casino owner machines, slots, poker, coinflip offers, fairness, and risk.

  • Casino Owner can place casino machines when allowed.
  • Slot machines and poker tables use their own interaction panels.
  • Coinflip is available from the Dashboard shortcut when synced.
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Social260

Cinema and Television

Cinema Owner, TVs, YouTube kiosk playback, ownership, range, and safe media use.

  • Cinema Owner can run public screenings.
  • TVs can be bought from supported shop paths.
  • Press E on your TV to open the remote popup.
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Social270

Organizations

Player groups, tags, ranks, treasury, shared chat, upgrades, and shared storage.

  • Organizations are persistent player groups.
  • Join one to get a tag, group chat, shared identity, and possible upgrades.
  • Leaders and officers manage invites, ranks, and treasury.
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Progression280

Skills and Progression

Skill XP, categories, points, ranks, bonuses, respecs, and fair-play limits.

  • Open Tab, then Skills.
  • Earn Skill XP through roleplay activities.
  • Level up to gain skill points.
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Progression290

Lootboxes and Radiants

Cases, keys, rewards, fragments, locker claims, permanent unlocks, and radiant upgrades.

  • Use the Lootbox Dealer UI when available.
  • Cases and keys stack on your player state.
  • Open cases for cash, fragments, inventory rewards, or permanent unlocks.
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Basics300

Waypoints and NPCs

How to find foremen, buyers, dealers, services, and active map targets.

  • Open Tab, then Waypoints.
  • Choose an available target.
  • Follow the compass and distance HUD.
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Basics310

Death, NLR, and Custody

What happens when you die, lose wallet cash, hit NLR restrictions, or get arrested.

  • Death can drop some wallet cash.
  • Respawn and do not rush back into the same conflict.
  • NLR can block returning to or interacting near your death area.
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Tools320

Building Tools and Signage

Physgun, Toolgun, props, fading doors, material tools, signage, save, and dupe basics.

  • Use the Physgun to move and freeze props you can control.
  • Use the Toolgun for constraints, material, fading doors, buttons, keypads, signage, and other build tools.
  • Build inside valid spaces and keep paths usable.
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Support330

Support and Staff Help

When to ask staff, how support surfaces work, and what information helps.

  • Ask in OOC for basic gameplay questions.
  • Use support/report surfaces when a staff issue needs attention.
  • Include who, what, where, and when.
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