Grand Larceny event and Stolen Goods mode welcome surprise for R6: Siege fans

The Siege community has been up in arms recently, with everything from server troubles, to rampant cheating, and persistent tinkering of the game's Operators in a way that radically changes the meta. 

It's all been a bit of a disaster for the game's developer, Ubisoft, but some goodwill could be coming their way with the release of a new event and game mode. The Grand Larceny event with its accompanying Stolen Goods game mode looks to bring some of the fun back to the game and put a smile on player's faces.

The two-week event has a wild west theme and will see players restricted usually only shotguns - with some characters who can't equip them excluded.

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Players will jump into a reworked version of the Hereford Base map and duke it, 5v5 with attackers tasked with finding and opening a number of safes. Defenders will have to stop them.

The operators not available in the mode are as follows:

Attackers

• Kali 
• Nomad
• Lion
• Blackbeard
• Buck
• Montagne
• Twitch
• Blitz
• IQ
• Glaz

Defenders

• Tachanka
• Mozzie
• Clash

How to unlock the Grand Larceny cosmetics

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There will be 31 cosmetics to unlock in the Grand Larceny event with uniforms for Amaru, Echo, Fuze, Gridlock, Hibana, Kaid, Maestro, Maverick and Warden with the most valuable being a Legendry outfit for Wumai.

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There is also The Roaring Riches Bundle, containing the Deco Artistry weapon skin and Crafted Six charm giving your weapons a distinctly western feel.

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Players can earn these event packs through playing The Grand Larceny playlist, or by buying them from the in-game shop for 12,500 renown (300 R6 Credits).

The Grand Larceny event runs from 5th-19th May.