Turn water into stock
Test a batch, choose the right treatment and sell under the grade you actually made.
Run a water batch →Probably Stolen demo handbook
Probably Stolen guides: turn stock into your next working day
Keep the shop trading while your production earns its way. Start with the stock and tools you already own, finish one sellable batch, then decide what the next upgrade can actually return.
What needs doing in your shop?
Make the next purchase count
Cover the next bill and the inputs for another batch before tying cash up in a new machine.
Plan your next trading day →Put grapes to work
Inspect fruit before buying it, prepare the bottle and keep fermentation separate from aging.
Start a wine batch →Keep a useful rat colony
Separate breeding stock from meat animals and make cage space, food and maintenance part of the decision.
Manage rats and cages →A production chain starts and ends at the counter
Keep the supporting jobs close
- Machines, modules and overnight power — separate output quality, speed and energy cost.
- Buying, appraisal and suppliers — inspect before paying and choose the supplier for the stock you need.
- Water that stops improving — test the actual liquid, then check loading and the treatment limit.
- Display buyers and supplier signs — advertise the visitor your next cycle needs.
- Weekly supplier schedule — plan the missing bottle, berries or cage supplies.
- Negotiation — compare the current cash, risk and reputation preview.
- Toolbox and inventory controls — keep inspection tools and sale stock accessible.
- Bottles and printing · Water measuring and mixing · Moisture Farm · Battery charging · Rat butchering
These guides cover the free demo and its September 14 UPDATE 049 baseline. The full Steam release is scheduled for October 28, 2026; release mechanics may change.
All current shop tasks
Every published guide on this site, grouped by the job it helps finish.
Water
- Probably Stolen water purification: finish a sellable batch Test the water first. For an ordinary Basewater or Ghostwater batch, use UV if available, then pour through a filter fitted in a pitcher. Test the result and label the actual grade. Reserve the powered purifier for contaminants or quality targets the pitcher cannot finish.
- Probably Stolen bottles and Bottle Printer: get the right container The Bottle Printer starts with 450 ml bottles. The first three-electronic-part upgrade unlocks 750 ml; six more parts unlock 2 L, for nine parts total. The community record gives 4, 6 and 11 charge per print respectively. A pitcher, large jug and wine bottle have other sources and roles; buying a usable empty bottle can be better than funding a printer upgrade.
- Probably Stolen water measuring and mixing: keep the volume and grade you need Measure by filling a known vessel and pouring into another, keeping track of which one retains the desired amount. For a blend, multiply each tested purity by its volume, add the results and divide by total volume. Check that the receiving vessel holds the whole mixture, then test again: mixing changes concentration and can lower a grade.
- Probably Stolen Moisture Farm: set up output, modules and the next water sale Open the Moisture Farm, fit a usable charged battery and a water container with room, then let it run overnight. The community baseline is 1,000 ml of Ghostwater for 4 charge per day. Quality changes the produced water composition, Performance changes volume and Efficiency changes charge demand. Test the actual output before labeling or selling it.
- Probably Stolen Water Purifier not working: test the label, power and contaminants Test the water before replacing the machine. A current player waited a week for a Ghostwater label to change, then discovered the water was already good when tested. If the measured purity really has not improved, check charged power, the loaded vessel and last-night removal information. A working purifier can also reach a contaminant floor; more Performance does not automatically lower that floor.
- Probably Stolen water testing and grades: read the bottle before buying Test the liquid, then use the result to choose its grade and treatment. Pure Water starts at 99.9%, High-Quality at 99%, Basewater at 98%, Ghostwater at 96% and Rustwater at 90%; anything below 90% is Gutterflow. A bottle’s label can disagree with its contents.
Wine
- Probably Stolen wine production: one bottle from berries to sale For a straightforward ordinary batch, use an empty wine bottle, one sound standard BloomBerry, 750 ml of High-Quality water and normal yeast. The community demo recipe produces Production Wine after two days. Keep Synthetic Yeast out of this batch: it makes contraband Gloomberry wine instead.
- Probably Stolen wine recipes: choose a batch from the ingredients you have With one standard berry, 750 ml of High-Quality water and normal yeast, the reported demo result is Production Wine in two days. Two small berries with that water reach Master Vintage with or without yeast; yeast changes the waiting time. Use the ingredients you can fund; Synthetic Yeast makes a separate contraband product.
Rat farming
- Probably Stolen rat butchering: knife, weight and when to free the cage Current player replies say knives and the Meat Cleaver yield the same amount of meat; weight and health matter more than the tool’s appearance. Keep useful breeding stock first. For a meat rat, compare the next valuable cut with the extra feed and cage time needed to reach it. The corrected community research treats 400 g as a premium-cut target, not a universal profit optimum or a command to slaughter on a fixed day.
- Probably Stolen rat farming: breeders, food and cage space Start with a cared-for small colony, keep your useful breeders separate from meat decisions, and prefer faster Growth with lower genetic Hunger. Feed the animals properly. For meat, compare the next butcher bracket with extra feed and the cage space it occupies; 400 g is not a universal profit optimum.
- Probably Stolen rat breeding genetics: choose useful offspring A displayed genetic trait is the average of two alleles. Offspring receive one allele from each parent for each trait, so identical displayed Growth can hide different breeding value. Keep useful high-Growth or low-Hunger alleles for a breeding job; use the rest of the colony for a funded production cycle.
Shop & equipment
- Probably Stolen display case: get the buyers and suppliers you need Put merchandise in the display to attract buyers through its tags and value. Put supplier signs there to replace normal customers with the corresponding sellers. These are different pools: adding several signs does not create a separate new visit for every sign. Check their order in the clientele panel when a needed supplier keeps missing.
- Probably Stolen supplier schedule: restock before the next production cycle Use Friday for Dr. Jackson and the retired suppliers whose upgrades you own. Sunday brings the supply runner, merchant and landlord. Wild’s seller referral is a pool, so a farmer is not guaranteed every day. For an urgent shortfall, target the relevant display supplier and buy only what completes the next funded cycle.
- Probably Stolen negotiation: price, risk and reputation before you trade Click the speech bubble at the top right of an eligible price window once the tutorial has unlocked it. Hover an option to inspect its current outcomes and reputation effect before choosing. Barter and Dr. Jackson trades do not use that control. A better price for you can cost reputation or lose the customer; no single discount is always best.
- Probably Stolen battery charging: Recharger, PowerBloc and extra machine runs A Recharger charges batteries stored inside it; a PowerBloc charges touching batteries and batteries inside touching machines, excluding a Recharger. The community baseline is 3 charge per night inside the Recharger and 2 through the PowerBloc, doubled by the relevant Wild upgrade. Both need the paid overnight power service. An extra Turbo run still consumes the target machine’s normal charge and inputs.
- Probably Stolen Toolbox and inventory: equip tools and move stock faster After day 14, Dr. Jackson can sell the Toolbox. Put owned tools in its slots and use keys 1–9 to equip the corresponding tool. The player report describes scrap-expanded slots and hotkeys working while the box is inside a suitable container. Use official multi-select, Shift placement and sorting controls to move stock; they do not change testing, ownership or appraisal rules.
- Probably Stolen machines: modules, power and containers Before the next overnight cycle, check a machine’s battery, required input and output space. For a water business, a Moisture Farm makes source water and a Water Purifier treats a loaded container. Quality, Performance and Efficiency solve different constraints; buy the module for the constraint you actually have.
- Probably Stolen buying guide: inspect stock and find the right supplier Inspect what makes an item valuable before paying: test water, magnify berries and compare appraisal objects with their own guide. Then buy the missing part of a complete production cycle. A cheap item is still a poor purchase if the next bottle, feed, power or bill cannot be funded.