Probably Stolen Wanted Criminals: How to Report Them Safely

Where the wanted list lives

The shop has a wanted poster, and the game expects you to use it. The poster is the reference list; the customer in front of you is the match candidate.

Report matching customers with the counter alarm; the wanted poster is the in-shop reference for who is on the list.Player-tested

If you report without checking the poster, you are gambling on a fine. The poster exists specifically to remove that gamble.

Recognise, do not guess

• Check the poster first. Names and faces are the reliable signal.
• Do not report on vibes. A nervous customer, an odd line or a threatening posture is not a wanted match.
• One customer at a time. Confirm the match, report, then deal with the next customer.
• Remember Leroy. A fake security inspector is himself a wanted criminal; the uniform is the disguise, not a reason to stand down.

The three-step report

1. Confirm the match against the wanted poster;
2. Use the counter alarm to report the customer to Security;
3. Let Security handle it. Do not improvise a second action on the same customer.

A correct report gives +5 Security reputation; a false report costs −8 and a fine.Player-tested

The asymmetry is the point: one mistake erases nearly two correct reports. That is why the poster check is not optional.

Rewards and costs

Reporting to Security lowers Lower Levels reputation, and false reports are fined.Player-tested

Ten correct reports is the achievement. That is also ten Lower Levels hits, which is why the order matters more than the count.

Order of operations

If you are chasing Diplomatic or the Lower Levels 15% discount, do that first.

Perks such as the 15% discount unlock at 100 reputation, but the reputation track and the Diplomatic achievement cap at 200.Player-tested

1. Earn 100 Lower Levels reputation and lock in the discount;
2. Push toward 200 if you want Diplomatic in the same save;
3. Then start reporting, because every report digs into the same pool;
4. Stop before you drop below the threshold if you still need the discount for the rest of the run.

Reporting and Lower Levels reputation pull in opposite directions. Doing both at once is how players end up with neither.

Leroy: the report that pays

From day 14 onward — day 5 if you skip the prologue — a wanted criminal named Leroy arrives once at random, disguised as a security inspector and demanding a "spot check".Player-tested

He is the best single report in the game: 300 credits plus 5 Security reputation, on top of the achievement progress. Compare his face to the poster before acting; the disguise is designed to make you hesitate.

Reporting is not Aug Hunter

These are two different systems and players confuse them constantly:

Reporting a wanted criminal does not advance Aug Hunter, and shooting an Aug does not advance Snitches Get Riches. Plan separate saves or separate phases.

Common mistakes

• Reporting before reading the poster. The fine is larger than the achievement progress is worth.
• Chasing 10 reports while farming Lower Levels. Do the reputation goal first.
• Shooting the wanted customer. That is the Aug Hunter action, not the report action.
• Ignoring Leroy because he looks like security.
• Assuming reports are free. Every correct report still costs Lower Levels reputation.

Open questions

Checked on 4 November 2026:

• The exact Lower Levels reputation loss per report;
• The exact false-report fine;
• Whether the reported customer is removed immediately or finishes the current interaction;
• The precise Clean Hands interaction.

The +5 / −8 figures and the 300-credit Leroy payout come from our faction and ending pages and were checked earlier in 1.0; the pending items above are the ones we could not confirm.

Read next

• Protect the reputation you are spending: Factions & Reputation
• The full achievement list: All 21 Achievements
• Leroy's full route: Endings, Security & the Eleanor Route
• The 1,500-credit wanted criminal: Lou Guide
• The 450-credit wanted merchant: Butcher Guide