Wanted Stars and Heat
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Wanted stars
| What raises it | Detail |
|---|---|
| Equipping a weapon near a federal agent | Instant. This is the single most common route — 8.4 million players have the badge for it. |
| Getting caught with contraband at secondary inspection | The scanner flags the item and you go wanted on the spot. |
| A failed immigration check | An officer running your name on the tablet can turn a past illegal crossing into a live star. |
| Leaving secondary inspection by the exit without clearing | Reported as one star after the 29 August rebuild. |
| Bank robbery and burglary | The fast route to a serious level. A five-star wanted level has its own badge, awarded 1,067,608 times. |
A star is not a fine, it is a permission slip. Police can arrest you, and — the expensive part — they can get a warrant and take everything in your apartment. Successfully escaping pursuit awards the Clean Getaway badge, which 3.1 million players hold, so evasion clearly works often enough to be worth attempting.
Farm heat
| Property | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| What raises it | Every farm shipment you deliver |
| Threshold | 50% or above makes the farm raidable |
| What is at risk | The product, not the house |
| How it clears | Slowly, on its own, over time |
Because heat rises per delivery and falls with time, it punishes tempo rather than volume. The pattern that beats it is a burst of shipments followed by a cooldown spent somewhere else — at the apartment with the printers, which need no attention and generate no heat at all.
Why the two meters matter differently
Wanted stars
Maximum exposure: your whole printer build, up to $1,000,000. Avoidable entirely by crossing legally and not carrying a weapon near agents.
Farm heat
Maximum exposure: one crop. Unavoidable if you farm at all, because deliveries are the only way to get paid — the goal is managing it, not avoiding it.
That difference is why every money page on this site says the same thing: keep your record clean, run the farm at a pace, and the only meter you ever really fight is the one whose worst outcome costs you an hour.
FAQ
How does heat work in San Diego Border Roleplay?
Heat is the beach house farm meter. Each shipment raises it; at 50% or above police can raid the farm and confiscate your product. It decays on its own over time.
What is the maximum wanted level?
Five stars. The game awards the Serious Criminal badge for reaching it, and 1,067,608 players have.
How do you lose a wanted star?
Evade pursuit successfully — the Clean Getaway badge exists for exactly that, and 3.1 million players hold it. Being arrested also ends the pursuit, at a price.