Factions and reputation: every perk threshold and penalty

Your store has a separate reputation with five factions, from −200 to +200. Perks switch on at every 20 points, and −100 with the Lower Levels, Security or the Revolution ends the run the next morning. Most reputation comes from trading: each trade with a faction’s customer adds about its value before bargaining ÷ 400 (a 400-credit trade gives 1 point), with Lower Levels trades at 0.66× and Upper Levels at 1.2×.

How reputation moves

Action	Effect
Trading with a customer	About value ÷ 400 with their faction; Diplomatic perk +33%
Trading stolen goods or contraband	Extra reputation: ×1.5 at 25% Heat up to ×3 above 75%
Reporting a seller of stolen goods or contraband	−8 with the seller’s faction, then 2 more each time, up to −20
Clean routine inspection	+3 Security
Shooting an Aug	+8 Security; +2 Lower Levels, Black Market and Revolution
Shooting a real person	−15 Security and Lower Levels; −10 Black Market and Revolution
Wrong counterfeit accusation	−2 with the customer’s faction

Difficulty scales everything: gains ×1.5 and losses ×0.5 on Cozy, gains ×0.75 and losses ×1.25 on Hard, gains ×0.5 and losses ×2 on Challenge. Black Market losses are always ×1.5. Each Lower Levels point you gain also gives 40 Wild’s Favor.

Lower Levels

Reputation	Perk
+100	Pillar of the Lower Levels: 15% off Joe Wild and Dr. Jackson
+80	Tight Lips: contraband sold to Lower Levels customers leaves half the evidence
+60	Word on the Street: tips about upcoming events
+40	Rare Goods: customers offering rare and contraband goods start visiting
+20	Referral: one extra customer a day
−20	Poor Reviews: one fewer customer a day
−40	Mistrusted: Lower Levels customers stop selling you contraband
−60	Marked: more thieves, insurance costs double
−80	Shunned: suppliers refuse calls; Dr. Jackson stops visiting
−100	Mob Justice: the run ends (Lynched)

Security

Reputation	Perk
+100	VIP: no thieves, no inspections
+80	Reliable Vendor: better Security Surplus wares; Security customers have 50% more credits. Weapon Permit III is delivered here.
+60	Trusted: fewer inspections, investigations progress at half speed, warning before operations
+40	Security Protection: thieves less likely
+20	Security Surplus: a surplus merchant visits. Weapon Permit I is delivered here (Permit II at +50).
0	Requisition Order: an officer buys Food and Medical Supplies
−20	Watchlist: investigations ×1.2
−40	Must Be The Wind: Security ignores your alarms
−60	Most Wanted: investigations ×1.5
−80	No Stone Unturned: only thorough inspectors, more often
−100	By Any Means: immediate arrest (Framed)

Upper Levels

Reputation	Perk
+100	Rave Reviews: Upper Levels customers have 25% more credits
+80	Household Name: 20% chance of an extra Upper Levels customer daily
+60	Gossipmonger: notice of Upper Levels events
+40	Upper Level Charity: a benefactor occasionally donates goods
+20	Pourboire: +15% when selling to Upper Levels customers
0	Discerning Taste: a Luxury Item in the display case can bring a luxury buyer (once every 5 days)
−40	Tourist Trap: fewer Upper Levels customers
−60	Petition to Security: Security reputation lost twice as fast, investigations 150% faster

Black Market

Reputation	Perk
+60	Underground Network: notice of Black Market events
+40	Safe Hands: a thief visits once a week with better wares
+20	Small Time Broker: more petty thieves, better wares as reputation rises
Always	Honor Amongst Thieves: reputation lost ×1.5
−40	Blacklisted: no contraband from Black Market sellers, barred from the Underground Exchange, janitorial service doubles
−60	Uninsurable: no insurance

The Revolution

Reputation	Perk
+80	Raid Loot: Revolution members sell raid loot
+60	Friend of the Revolution: notice of Revolution events
+40	Revolution Quartermaster: Materials at a discount
+20	Revolution Marketplace Request: requests from Revolution cells
−40	Blacklisted: Revolution sympathizers visit less
−100	Hit list: a hit squad ends the run (Bombed)

Diplomatic: maximum reputation

The achievement needs 200 with any one faction. Upper Levels trades count 1.2×, so a store selling luxury goods, wine and clean water to Upper Levels customers climbs fastest; Pourboire (+20) and Rave Reviews (+100) raise their spending along the way. Security is the other practical choice: clean inspections (+3), Aug kills (+8) and Requisition Officer trades all add to it. Take Diplomatic (+33% from trades) and Well Connected (+15 with every faction), and play on Cozy for ×1.5 gains.

The starting scenario also sets reputation: Fence starts at Security −30 and Black Market +30, Gunsmith at Security +25, Chemist at Security −15. See starting scenarios.