City Intel
First night protocol
Bank loose cash before risky jobs.
Watch heat and health before chaining actions.
Travel when markets or targets make the trip worth it.
New Operator Briefing
Learn the city before it learns you.
Darker Future is a persistent crime RPG about balancing money, heat, combat, travel, and reputation. Your best early loop is simple: earn, bank, recover, upgrade, then take bigger risks.
Stay alive by treating heat, health, cash, and travel as connected pressure systems.
Bank loose cash before risky jobs so attackers cannot take it from your pocket.
Stop chaining crimes when heat climbs or health drops. Recovery is part of progress.
Travel for opportunity, but remember travel locks and PvP flags can expose you.
Combat Balance
Training a single stat all day hits a soft cap and then a hard daily cap.
Specialist training gets more expensive and less efficient at higher levels.
Critical hits are possible, but the best kill windows come from wounded targets, stat advantage, gear, and good timing.