Reputation is tracked per faction: Lower Levels, Upper Levels, Security, Black Market and Revolution, plus the Sector 13 Cartel on chemist runs. Trading with a faction's customers and doing their requests raises it; reporting, refusing and crimes against them lower it. Hitting −100 with any faction except the Black Market ends the run (Lynched, Assassinated, Framed, Bombed, Retired). Security is the easiest to max for the Diplomatic achievement — report wanted criminals (+5 each) and take Model Citizen.
Ordinary station residents — food, water, household goods
Lynched
Upper Levels
The rich — bigger budgets, high-tier display buyers
Assassinated
Security
Officers, inspections, bounties
Framed
Black Market
Fences, smugglers, the Loan Shark
No ending
Revolution
Rebels — requests, weapons buyers
Bombed
Sector 13 Cartel
Chemist runs — weekly Dream Dust quotas
Retired
Endings from allthings.how ⚠️; the five main bars are on the official screenshot above.
What moves reputation
Raises it
Lowers it
Trades with that faction’s customers (Diplomatic perk: +33%)
Refusing or cheating their customers
Offering a markup when bargaining
Demanding discounts
Story choices (e.g. Serpico’s documents: +12 with the faction you give them to)
Reporting their people — reporting can cost Revolution rep, and James Bailey reportedly costs Lower Levels rep
Reporting criminals (+5 Security)
A false report (−8 Security and a 50-credit fine)
Perks: Well Connected (+15 all), Model Citizen (+30 Security), Revolution Sympathizer (+25), Sycophant (+15 Upper)
Perks: Convict (−30 Security), Public Enemy (lower with everyone)
Since patch 1.0.0.1, reporting Lou no longer costs Black Market reputation (Lou).
Security’s case against you
Selling contraband builds a case. From a 1.0 chemist guide ⚠️:
Each sale adds its price to the case, scaled by faction — Cartel 0, Revolution ⅓, Black Market ½.
The case drops by 20 a night while investigation progress is under 80.
Outcomes (allthings.how): under 300 a fine, 300–1,499 arrest, 1,500+ execution.
Liquid extract is never contraband — finish drugs right before you sell (chemistry).
Wild’s Fixer (350/450/550) and Evidence Removal (500, +100 per use) clean things up.
FAQ
How do you get max reputation in Probably Stolen?
Pick one faction and feed it. Security is the easiest: report wanted criminals (+5 Security each, +50% bounty with Model Citizen, which also starts you at +30). Maxing any one faction unlocks Diplomatic (14.7% of players on Nov 1).
What happens at −100 reputation?
The run ends: Security −100 = Framed, Lower Levels = Lynched, Upper Levels = Assassinated, Revolution = Bombed, Cartel = Retired. The Black Market has no −100 ending (allthings.how).
Does high Security reputation help?
Yes. Inspection bribes get cheaper as Security rep rises, and a Steam guide reports that at 100 Security rep thieves stop robbing you, so you can drop insurance.
Which faction should I sell contraband to?
Each contraband sale adds to Security's case against you, scaled by who you sold to: Cartel deals add nothing, Revolution about a third, Black Market about half (from a 1.0 chemist guide that cites the crime-system data). The case falls by 20 a night while the investigation is below 80.
Checked against the current version on · Medium confidence — consistent community reports, not officially confirmed. Spotted something outdated? Tell us.
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