In any%, we want to get enough money to obtain the Sayonara bike that costs $10000. These news stands can be robbed during Act 1 without losing time to obtain the money. There are seven (7) [or 8 depending on the RNG in Open Your World] news stands that can be robbed regularly during runs. Aside from these news stands, the gun shop in Foresight and pawn shop in Tools of the Trade are also robbed. Warning: Robberies can sometimes cause people to call the cops if they see you have your gun out.
If you still haven't obtained the Sayonara by then:
- During Not the Pizza Guy (A1M7) or after Tools of the Trade (Act 2) - You can rob the gun store if you are going for grenade launcher strats.
- Tools of the Trade (Act 2) - You should rob the pawn shop since you don't want to buy stuff there.
- End of A2M6 (Jury-Rigged) - You can rob the café or bar, but you have to be quick about it.
- A2M8 (Not a Job for Tyrone) - Rob the clothes store/use the ATM near the start of the mission. You can also rob two news stands within the area.
- In Uninvited (A2M9), you can rob two news stands in the area while waiting to hack Bedbug's phone if you arrive there with a bike (only one if you switch to a bike after arriving there). You can also rob the pawn shop after the mission (after you buy stuff from there first).
- In Breadcrumbs (A2M10), you can hack people and use the ATM. You may also be able to rob 4 news stands within the area while waiting for the briefcase at the start of the mission. Then you might be able to rob 2 more while following the boat/after leaving the marina.
Read the descriptions.
Big Brother (A1M2)
This one can be done near the end of the mission without losing time if you get an early bike or if you don't do the dialogue skips. You should not be doing this if you also do the "crank caller" call skip earlier in the mission. This news stand is probably one that should not be done and isn't needed in the run.
Hacking Contract (A1M3 to A1M4)
These are done after killing the hacker.
Backseat Driver (A1M4)
Done at the end of the mission.
Open Your World (A1M5)
Some combination of these is fine. You can do 2 if you get good scans, 3 (up to 5 if you get a early bike spawn) if you get bad scans, and 2-3 if you get hybrid/mixed scans. There might also be a couple more nearby that you can rob. Also, instead of robbing an extra news stand, you can use an ATM if you hacked a lot of money from people earlier.
Thanks for the Tip (A1M6)
Done at the end of the mission.
Not the Pizza Guy (A1M7)
Done at the end of the mission.
Before Hold On, Kiddo (A2M1)
You can rob the news stand next to the start of this mission if you got a Sayonara within the escape circle of the previous mission and got to this location quickly.
Jury-Rigged (A2M6)
During A2M6 (Jury-Rigged) if not making the CR at the Bar:
During A2M6 (Jury-Rigged) if making the CR at the Bar:
Not a Job for Tyrone (A2M8)
You can do these robberies while waiting for Bedbug to drive to the spot.
Uninvited (A2M9)
Can be done while waiting for Bedbug:
Before Breadcrumbs (A2M10)
Rob the pawn shop after buying items.
Can be done after doing a dialogue skip here near the mission marker.
Breadcrumbs (A2M10)
You can do a number of these (2-4) depending on whether or not you do the fast walking strat (manipulate NPCs to walk faster.
You can also rob news stands while tailing the boat.