Locations
Rocco
Location Type	Town
Previous Town	04 - Audrey (Dog System & Transfertron)
Next Town	06 - Freeza (Dog System & Transfertron)

Rocco is the fifth town of Metal Max Returns. This is the first accessible town to introduce the first accessible tank modding, namely tank chassis modification, relative to the facilities offered in the previous towns. This town is located beyond Audrey, and before Jizo's Passageway.

Location Data

Rocco's Appearance in the Oveworld.	Location of Rocco in the World Map.

Facilities

The town of Rocco is divided by an eastern, tank-friendly section, while its western section is accessible only by foot.

West Section

The West Section of Rocco contains buildings for a Inn (with a Bar inside ,) then a Transfertron, and a Hunter Items Store.

Inn

Located east from the entrance of the Rocco Bar-Inn building. It offers the following room rates for HP recovery. The more affordable the room rate, the higher the chance of mosquitoes being present to sap the HP of the player character and their party members. The rates (per party member) are as follows:

🛏️ Rooms
Bedroom Name	Price (in G)	Location after Rest
Plum Room	10 G (Per Party Member)	Small North Bedroom, Plum Room, 1F Rocco Bar-Inn
Bamboo Room	30 G (Per Party Member)	Northeast Twin Beds Bedroom, Bamboo Room, 1F Rocco Bar-Inn
Pine Suite	100 G (Per Party Member)	Pine Suite, 2F Rocco Bar-Inn

This facility also features a massage therapist, (located just outside the 1F Plum Room) for healing the paralysis status effect from the player's party members.

💰 Loot Locations
Pine Suite, 2F Rocco Bar-Inn
Item Type	Icon	Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Ability	Location
Tools		Pine Slippers	30 G	Slippers taken from the Pine Suite. No known uses.	Northwest Pine Suite Drawer, 2F Rocco Bar-Inn
Tools		Pine Towel	88 G	(Target self) Used to protect from Gas Attacks. Multiple uses.	North (Central) Pine Suite Drawer, 2F Rocco Bar-Inn
Tools		Pine Soap	88 G	When used in front of a sink, any character washes their hands.	Northeast Pine Suite Drawer, 2F Rocco Bar-Inn

🍺 Bar

Located west from the entrance of the Rocco Bar-Inn building. Sells the following drinks:

🍸 Drinks
Drinks Name	Price (in G)
Paradise Punch	9 G
Flattopper	9 G
Cross Counter	15 G

This is the only type of facility where ingredients (items dropped by monsters that are not human tools, equipment, on-board tools, and parts) can be sold.

Transfertron

Serves to provide teleportation capabilities centers in locations with a Transfertron facility. Only accessible on foot, this facility is an alternative means of utilizing fast travel aside from the On-board tank tools of the Dog system. It is accessed as a separate building north of the Rocco Bar-Inn.

Hunter Equipment

In Rocco, the Hunter Equipment store is inside a blue-roofed building (with a stick figure in the square sign) that is located west of the Bar-Inn. This store is located east of the Hunter Tools store, and its store attendant wears a red cap in the same building.

Equipment Shop
Item Type	Icon	Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Description	Attributes
Weapon		Exploding Saw	1,150 G	"A light and portable chainsaw."	Equip: Soldier Only Targets: One Power: 58
Weapon		Flame Gun	1,500 G	"A gun-like flamethrower."	Equip: H/M/S Targets: One Power: 70
Weapon		Laser Rifle	2,980 G	"An assault rifle that uses lasers."	Equip: H/M/S Targets: One Power: 86
Glove		Mechanic's Gloves	150 G	"Gloves that boost the efficiency of repair work."	Equip: H/M/S Defense: 11
Suit		Heavy Leather	600 G	"Battle clothes made of many layers of leather."	Equip: H/M/S Defense: 40
Boots		Rivet Cleats	260 G	"Cleats with anti-slip rivets."	Equip: H/M/S Defense: 16
Protector		Barrier Seal	160 G	"A small protector that's easily attached and detached."	Equip: H/M/S Defense: 10

Hunter Tools

This store is located east of the Hunter Equipment store, and its store attendant wears a blue cap in the same complex.

Tool Shop
Item Type	Icon	Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Description
Medicine		Healing Capsule	10 G	"Drinking this recovers approximately 50 HP. - It has no effect on corpses."
Battle Item		Hand Grenade	20 G	"If you pull the safety pin and throw it at a monster, it will explode and cause damage."
Battle Item		Nitro Beer	60 G	"A bottle that holds oil. - If you throw it at a monster, it can cause flames to spring up in that area."
Medicine		Neutralizing Cream	20 G	"A skin cream that neutralizes acid. - It can only be used once."
Tools		Gas Mask	110 G	"If you're wearing this during battle, you won't inhale any gas."
Tools		Repair Kit	80 G	"A tool used to repair tank parts. - It breaks easily."
Tools		Delicious Water	200 G	"It's really yummy water, just like the name says - It's only sold in Freeza."

Eastern Section

The East Section of Rocco contains buildings for a Tank Chassis Modification Tent, then a Repair Garage (with the Hunter Office and Memory Center inside,) and a Tank Item Garage (with a Tank Ammo and a furniture store inside.)

Tank Parts

This store is located immediately northwest of the Trader Tent's Tank Chassis Modification service, and is southeast of the Rocco Inn. Inside the Rocco Tank Items Garage, is a store attendant that is identifiable by the red cap that they are wearing. Inside said Tank Items Garage, this Tank Part Store is located in the southeast corner.

Tank Parts Shop
Item Type	Icon	Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Description	Attributes
Main Gun		95mm Gun	2,600 G	"A main gun with a short range."	Defense: 48 Power: 230 Targets: One Ammo: 10/10 Weight: 2.20 t
Main Gun		105mm Gun	3,200 G	"A long-range main gun with a flash suppressor attached."	Defense: 50 Power: 300 Targets: One Ammo: 10/10 Weight: 2.50 t
Auxiliary Gun		9mm Vulcan	1,075 G	"A machine gun with multiple barrels. - Cannot be used to ambush."	Defense: 32 Power: 80 Targets: Group Ammo: ∞ Weight: 1.40 t
Auxiliary Gun		11mm Machine Gun	1,210 G	"An anti-tank machinegun. - Cannot be used to ambush."	Defense: 28 Power: 100 Targets: One Ammo: ∞ Weight: 1.00 t
Auxiliary Gun		Flame Thrower	1,000 G	"An oil-burning flame thrower. - Cannot be used to ambush."	Defense: 20 Power: 180 Targets: One Ammo: ∞ Weight: 2.40 t
S-E		TNT Grenade	1,500 G	"A launcher that shoots huge napalm bullets. - Cannot be used to ambush."	Defense: 28 Power: 440 Targets: One Ammo: 3/3 Weight: 1.80 t
Engine		Wozniak II	2,000 G	"Included Program: - Withdrawal System."	Defense: 40 Hit%: 2% Evade: 2% Weight: 0.20 t

Tank Tools

This store is located in the same Tank Items Garage as the Tank Parts Store. in Rocco. Its store attendant is easily identified by wearing a blue cap in the same garage. The Tank Tools store is adjacent to the Tank Parts Store, as it is located in the northeast corner of the garage.

Tank Tools Shop
Item Type	Icon	Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Description
Tiles		40-Plate Pack	60 G	"40 armor tiles ready to be attached."
General Tools		Dog System	350 G	"Allows you to return to any town you've already visited, like a dog. - Use in a dungeon to go to the entrance."
Support Systems		Electromagnetic Barrier	4,000 G	"Flip the switch to raise an electric barrier."
Support Systems		Ventilation System	1,075 G	"Flip the switch to ventilate your vehicle."
Support Systems		Cooler	700 G	"Flip the switch to cool your vehicle."

Tank Ammo

The Tank Ammo store is a green soldier carrying two gray shells, and is located relatively adjacent to the Rocco Furniture Store (located in the Tank Items Garage in Rocco.) This ammo attendant carries four types of shells in their stock.

Tank Ammo Shop
Ammo name	Price (in G)	Ability
Acid Shell	30 G	Regular-type ammo, has a chance to inflict the acid status debuff on a selected target.
Piercing Shell	30 G	Armor-Piercing ammo, deals more damage than regular shells. Chance to disable enemy weapon parts, and to break protectors equipped by the enemy target.
Rocket Shell	99 G	Regular-type ammo, has a chance to inflict slightly increased damage against aerial targets. Requires the Spark Main Guns to fire.
Spare Shell	30 G	Regular-type ammo, serves as extra munitions for Main Guns.

Furniture Store

Rocco's Furniture Store is located inside Rocco's Tank Items Garage, and is adjacent to the Tank Ammo Store. The furniture bought from this store, is immediately transported to the 2F of Hunter's Mechanic Dad's Leorad Repair Garage. All of these furniture items can be only purchased once.

Furniture Store
Furniture Type	Price (in G)	Furniture Name	Visual Description	Placement
Furniture	4,000 G	English Bureau	A regular, light brown drawer.	Placed relatively to the west of Hunter's Sister's Drawer, Hunter's (and Sister's) Bedroom Bedroom, 2F Leorad Repair Garage. (Provides a Sister's Apron once opened)
Furniture	8,000 G	Stylish Table	A small glass table next to Hunter's Sister's Bed.	Hunter's (and Sister's) Bedroom, 2F Leorad Repair Garage.
Appliance	2,000 G	Jukebox	A dark-brown music player present in most bars.	Placed directly on the east side, by the door to the Hunter's (and Sister's) Bedroom, 2F Leorad Repair Garage.
Appliance	5,000 G	Refrigerator	A regular, light gray 2-door fridge.	Placed directly west of the Kitchen Sink, 2F Leorad Repair Garage. (Provides a Top-Off Drink once opened)

Tank Chassis Modification Services

Located in the Southeast Tank Trader Tent, the Tank Chassis Modification Service is operated by an independent Rocco mechanic who specializes in down/upgrading all tank chassis, except the tank parts that can be equipped. Each tank chassis' mod cost varies among them all, with the affordable parts costing fewer Gs than the lategame tanks that are priced relatively expensively. These mods include the closing/opening of various weapon slots, the decrease/increase of spare shell ammo storage, and the decrease/increase of the tank's defense stats.

Repair and Refill shop

Operated by the independent mechanics of Rocco, the repair service of Rocco features paid repairs, with commissions being paid in respect to the degree of damage per vehicle component.

The Refill shop is directly north of the Rocco Repair Garage, west of the Hunter's Office, and relatively adjacent to the position of repair mechanic in the same garage, and offers to refill the protagonist's tank armor tiles, main cannon ammo, and S-E ammo either partially or completely. The rate for the armor tile refill is 10 SP per 1 G. The rate for the main cannon ammo refill is 1 ammo per 5 G. The rate for the S-E ammo refill varies per S-E equipped, where 1 S-E ammo may cost 75 G and up.

Hunter Tools Vending Machine

Hunter Vending Machine (Tools)
Prize Item	Value (in G)	BS-Con Description
Baddie Promo (Dos Pirahanas)	100 G	A Picture of Dos Pirahanas.
Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Quantity	Abilities / Notes
Healing Capsule	10 G	x 1	Recovers approximately 50 HP.
Healing Capsule	20 G	x 2	Recovers approximately 50 HP.
Healing Capsule	40 G	x 4	Recovers approximately 50 HP.
Repair Kit	80 G	x 1	Restores damaged tank parts out of battle only.
Hand Grenade	20 G	x 1	Deals medium explosive damage.
Smokescreen	50 G	x 1	Allows instant escape from battle encounters. May not work with certain bosses.

Tank Tools Vending Machine

Tank Vending Machine (Ammo)
Prize Item	Value (in G)	BS-Con Description
80-Plate Pack	120 G	80 armor tiles ready to be attached.
Item Name	Price (in G)	Item Quantity	Abilities / Notes
Spare Shell	10 G	x 1	Provides spare main gun ammo.
Spare Shell	70 G	x 7	Provides spare main gun ammo.
Blast Shell	10 G	x 1	Deals slight explosive damage.
Blast Shell	100 G	x 4	Deals slight explosive damage.
Hypno-Gas Shell	30 G	x 1	Has a chance to inflict the sleep debuff.
Poison Gas Shell	30 G	x 1	Has a chance to inflict the poison debuff.

Hunter's office

Features the bounty targets:

📰 WANTED
Fugitive Name	Bounty Reward (in G)	Fugitive News	Fugitive Location
Mad Muscle	5,000 G	The fugitive Mad Muscle has turned an old building that used to be a hospital into his base. Rumors say that he's conducting experiments on live subjects in the pursuit of ultimate physical beauty.	Peerless Hospital, West Rocco
Mammoth Tank	10,000 G	The fugitive Mammoth Tank is somehow living beneath the surface of Freeza Town! Now the town is frozen, the buildings are sinking... This is too much!	1F, Main Building, Freeza

This office sells Signal transmitters for 50 G, and feature "Weekly targets" against monsters for additional Gs. It is located east of the Tank Parts vendor, and northwest to the Memory Center.

Memory center

Serves to save the progress of the protagonist at any given three save slots present in-game. South of the Hunter Office, one of the few facilities to allow the game to be saved when driving a tank.