Airdrops
Everyone's racingThe Pilot's plane drops packages of drugs at sea or in the desert. Fish them out, bring them ashore, and the whole server comes after you.
The plan#
- Order from the PilotContracts app on your phone, reputation level 5. You and your crew know the zone before anyone else. One extra package per crewmate online.
- Find a rideAt sea: a boat or a helicopter. No boat? The Pilot lends you a Dinghy at the nearest dock. In the desert: a helicopter or an off-roader.
- Be there when the plane passes2.5 min after the call, it drops the packages under parachutes, scattered over the zone.
- Fish them outE next to a package, by boat, on foot, or from a hovering helicopter. No more than 6 packages on you. They sit in your inventory.
- Land themAt one of the Pilot's 6 guys on the coast and in the fields. On foot, out of your vehicle, and not while you're wanted.
Once the packages hit the water or the ground, the whole server sees them on the map. You too, as long as you're carrying any. From then on you can't cancel: fish them out or leave them to others. Whatever is still in the zone after 20 min is lost.
If you die, your packages stay on your body: the first one to search it helps himself. And whoever lands your packages in your place keeps them.
Keep it or sell it#
When you land, two options:
Keep the drugsto sell
- You leave with the product, to move on the street or through your dealers.
- What you can't carry (drug stock full) is bought at 45% of street price.
Sell it allcash
- The Pilot takes everything, paid at 55% of street price.
- Cheaper, but right now and no risk.
Cash gets your reputation bonus. Either way, you get a bounty: 10% of what the packages would sell to the Pilot for, at least $50.
Each package holds a single product. A contract never drops anything above your level.
| Product | Per package | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Weed | 25 | – |
| Meth | 12 | – |
| Coke | 10 | – |
| Ecstasy | 8 | 8 |
| Heroin | 6 | 18 |
The big drop#
Every 50 – 80 min or so, with 3 players online or more, a drop for the whole server: 8 – 10 packages, announced by text 4 min ahead. First come, first served. No level here: any product can fall. The packages stay 15 min after the announcement.
As soon as someone gets close to the landed packages, a rival cartel shows up to fight for them: 3 shooters, by boat or by SUV.
The coast guard only spots you ; after that, they leave you alone for this drop. From a helicopter, you can grab a package from up to , but not while moving faster than . A carrier who disconnects .