RUNAWAYS

RUNAWAYS smuggling quest

What you get: Black-van briefcase quest flow — find → take → drag/attach → survive hunters → escape with the case. Distinct from the Smuggler class entity page.

Checked 2026-09-26 (before the Oct 3 Kyron update)

Run order

  1. Spot a parked black van (often filmed at an Exon / gas-station lot)
  2. Open the rear → fedora NPC → [E] Take the briefcase
  3. Drag / attach the large case (Hold click to drag) — any class can run the quest
  4. Expect Crop Kings / hunter pressure after pickup
  5. Escape to Mexico with the case for Briefcase delivered!! +5,000 Credz

Where this comes from

First-partyNone.
Multi-source≥3 independent how-tos / overviews (Kingkade · JP how-to · Update-5 overview stills) + comment corrections on spawn town / sell price / walk-through border.
Video capturesBlack van · [E] Take · Crop Kings line · drag prompt · Mexico barrier · escape results “Briefcase delivered!! +5,000” (CI3zc9P7RF8, 6gKdh-xkoGM, comments zMxE_4vxXew).
UnknownExact van spawn table · hunter spawn rules · whether every town can host the van.

What you get: Player-session flow for the black-van briefcase job — find → take → drag/attach → survive hunters → escape with the case.

This page is the quest flow. It is not the Smuggler class entity page. Marvel “Runaways” search noise is the wrong franchise.

Quick answer

  1. Look for a parked black van (often filmed at an Exon / gas-station lot in an early–mid town).
  2. Open the back → fedora NPC offers a briefcase job → [E] Take.
  3. Large case is drag-only (Hold click to drag) — attach to your car or drag/walk it; class choice does not gate the quest.
  4. Hostile pickup hunters / “Crop Kings” pressure can appear after you take the case — treat the rest of the run as higher risk.
  5. Complete by escaping to Mexico with the briefcase. Escape results show Briefcase delivered!! +5,000 Credz. Selling the case for about $1,000 cash is an alternate (you forfeit the delivery bonus).

How sure we are

Source type What it shows
First-party None
Multi-source reported ≥3 independent how-tos / overviews + comment corrections on spawn town / sell price / walk-through border
Creator-captured Black van · [E] Take · Crop Kings line · drag prompt · Mexico barrier · escape results “Briefcase delivered!! +5,000”
Still unknown Exact van spawn table · hunter spawn rules · whether every town can host the van

1. Find the black van

Scan parking lots as you push south. Multi-source comments + how-to film repeatedly place it at a gas-station lot (often called out as the second town / pre-Kansas-checkpoint area). The van is not a player-driveable escape car — it is the quest giver prop.

Black smuggling van parked at Exon gas station lot in RUNAWAYS
Independent JP how-to still during a smuggling-era southbound run with miles bar and Wanted stars

2. Take the briefcase

Go to the rear doors. A suited NPC in a fedora offers the job. On-screen take prompt: [E] Take. Dialogue on film warns that Crop Kings will kill to recover the case.

Fedora NPC in black van offering briefcase with E Take prompt and Crop Kings warning
Black van rear open showing fedora NPC holding the smuggling briefcase

3. Drag, attach, drive

UI flash: Large items are only draggable + [ Hold click to drag ]. Attach the case to the car when you can (same bulky-attach pattern as other large props). Comments from independent viewers: walking the case through the Mexico border also works; welding it to a truck that a tornado flings can fail the delivery — see Weather.

Hold click to drag prompt on smuggling briefcase behind a car

4. Survive the run, then escape with the case

Play the normal southbound loop. At the border you still face the usual Mexico barrier closing timer — keep the case on you (or on the car you bring through) when you cross.

Mexico barrier closing timer at 99.9 percent escape with five-star heat
YOU HAVE ESCAPED results showing Briefcase delivered plus 5000 Credz

Rewards (creator-captured)

  • Briefcase delivered!! → +5,000 Credz on the escape results screen (filmed).
  • Sell instead → multi-source comments + how-to ASR: about $1,000 cash at pawn — no delivery bonus.
  • Smuggler class is optional flavor — how-to film states any class can complete the quest.

Checklist

  • Spot black van → rear doors → [E] Take
  • Drag / attach case before leaving the lot
  • Expect hunters after pickup — keep meds / Sound Cannon ready
  • Do not sell if you want the +5,000 Credz delivery line
  • Cross Mexico with the case still present

Trap

This page is the briefcase quest flow. It is not /classes/smuggler. Do not merge quest steps into the class entity page.

Still unknown

  • Exact van spawn table / odds — Contested; do not hard-lock “always 2nd town”.
  • Hunter spawn rules — Unknown.
  • Whether every town can host the van — Unknown.

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