How the Paleto box drill works
It is the same drill as the Fleeca box drill, four times over. Hold Space, or hold the drill, and the bit bores into the box; four pins sit along the way, and the box opens when the bit clears the last one. A second later the next box slides in. Open all four to finish. On full tanks each box takes about nine seconds of drilling.
The tanks carry over from box to box, and so does the wear on the bit. Lubricant drains at a steady two percent a second. Coolant drains slowly at first and then fast: the longer one unbroken run goes on, the hotter the bit gets, and about twelve seconds of nonstop drilling boils it dry. Letting go cools the bit twice as fast as it heated. Low tanks slow the bit down, to two thirds speed with both empty, and an empty tank stops the drill outright.
Press Q to refill lubricant or E to refill coolant, or click the tank, then mash E, click or tap to fill the gauge. The tank pumps back up over three and a half seconds, and the drill cannot run until it is full. Condition wears slowly while you drill and fast while coolant is under a quarter tank; with four boxes to get through, running hot too often snaps the bit.
The score is the time from the start to the fourth box opening. There is a 120 second limit; running out of time or snapping the bit scores 150 seconds. In the Paleto job as players describe it, the boxes come after the thermite charge gets you through the inner door. Benchmento is not affiliated with Rockstar Games, NoPixel or any roleplay server. This is an original version built from descriptions of how the hack plays, for practice in the browser.
What counts as a fast drill
| Time | Standing |
|---|---|
| Under 65s | Exceptional |
| 65 – 71s | Fast |
| 71 – 78s | Solid |
| 78 – 89s | About average |
| 89 – 120s | Slow but open |
| 150s | Out of time or bit snapped |
Four boxes is about forty seconds of drilling on full tanks, so nobody gets through without two or three refills. The gap between a fast time and an average one is how quickly you mash them, and whether you plan them between boxes instead of having a tank run dry mid-pin.
How to drill faster
- Refill between boxes. The one-second pause while the next box slides in is free time. If a tank is low as a box opens, start the refill then.
- Pick a rhythm. One long hold boils the coolant dry in about twelve seconds, roughly a box and a third. Short pauses stretch a tank across more boxes.
- Never run it hot. With under a quarter tank of coolant the bit wears about seven times faster, and the wear carries into every box after.
- Keep both tanks up. The bit slows as the tanks empty. Over four boxes, that slowdown adds up to more than a refill costs.
- Mash the refill hard. The gauge drains while you fill it, so slow presses barely move it.
Frequently asked questions
How is it different from the Fleeca box drill?
The drill, tanks and refills work the same way. The Paleto version has four vault boxes in a row instead of one deposit box, each with four pins and about nine seconds of drilling, and the tanks and the bit condition carry over between them. The limit is 120 seconds instead of 90.
Is this the NoPixel 5.0 Paleto box drill?
It is an independent recreation built from descriptions of how the 5.0 Paleto vault box drill plays: drill a row of boxes through their pins while managing lubricant and coolant, refilling with a mash prompt. It is not connected to any server and is not affiliated with Rockstar Games or NoPixel.
Why did the drill stop on its own?
A tank ran empty. With no coolant the bit overheats and with no lubricant it seizes, and either one stops the drill until you refill it. Press E for coolant or Q for lubricant.
What does condition do?
Condition is the bit wearing down across all four boxes. It drops slowly as you drill and about seven times faster while coolant is under a quarter tank. If it reaches zero the bit snaps and the run fails.
What is the score?
The time in seconds from the start to the fourth box opening. 120 seconds is the limit; running out of time or snapping the bit scores 150 seconds.