PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION

OFFLINE SOLO GUIDE

Hey all. So I was one of the unfortunate people to have this achievement bug on me, which means that the only way to unlock it is to play OFFLINE SOLO.

You'll want two Saws with at least one attachment that'll allow you to one tap the ATMs to open them, as having to tap them twice would take too much ammunition and time.

My build (or the essential skills needed):

Enforcer
Underdog (Aced)
Resilience
Die Hard
Scavenger
Portable Saw (Aced)

Ghost
Chameleon (Aced)
Duck and Cover (Aced)
Parkour (Aced)
Inner Pockets (Aced)
Second Wind
Optical Illusions (Aced)

Everything else in skills is pretty much up to you, but I think this is all that's needed.

Gear
Two Piece Suit
Primary Saw (Fast Motor)
Secondary Saw (Sharp Blade)

Again, these saws only had these attachments, and they each were able to one tap ATMs

The trick is getting down cutting the bolts in the ATMs, and reloading when running for the jewelry so when you get back to that final ATM, you can just go nuts with a full clip to open it quickly. BreezyPath0 has confirmed in the comments that you DO NOT need to finish the mission, and can simply quit out after you've felt you've earned the achievement (as no achievement unlock prompts appear offline).

Good luck guys, and let me know if there's anything I'm not really clear on that I can add to the guide.

On mallcrasher there is 8 atm's which you need to saw open. 2 players with primary + secondary saw combo take around 40-50 seconds to open all of them. More players make this even easier than it already is.

This achievement (in my opinion) is one of the more discouraging ones to glitch out, because it's much easier to do this with a group online. This guide is designed for you to run this Solo Offline. If you do not know how to do that, go into your Xbox Settings > Network Settings > Go Offline, before launching Payday 2. When you have satisfied the requirement, you will close out the game in full and return to settings to Go Online.

Note that your achievement may not unlock right away. One trick I learned is by hitting "Start" while hovering over the Payday 2 card, going to "Game Card" and then going to check your Progress from Social Club will tend to unlock it for you. This is something I have used for other games when tracking isn't working as intended. Many of the DLC achievements in Payday 2 have glitched for me, which is why I have been forced to use the above methods to unlock them upon completion.

Skill Trees
These are the skills you will need at minimum in order to do this successfully.

Enforcer Skill Tree
Portable Saw - Aced
Saw Massacre - Basic

Ghost Skill Tree
Chameleon - Aced (Note: Without this, the value of each ATM will be $230,000, not $299,000)
ECM Overdrive - Aced
ECM Specialist - Basic

Inventory

This is a breakdown of the equipment you will be bringing with you (all managed from Inventory).

Two OVE9000 Saws - one primary, and one secondary.
Important: You need a Durable Blade attachment on at least one of your saws. As of the most recent update, you can now purchase attachments using Continental Coins. They can be procured from natural play, or earning them via increased difficulty in Crime Spree mode, which is a much faster method to attain them. You will need six Continental Coins in order to buy a weapon attachment you do not have.

Two ECMs - which are provided to you as part of your skills above.

Crew Management

As with many time-based achievements you have to run offline, there is one benefit to the AI. One of your AI party should have the "Quick" skill set as one of their Crew Abilities, to assist with your fast procurement of cash in the ATM's. You can purchase abilities for your AI crew using Continental Coins. Coins can be procured per the steps mentioned above.

Method

It is strongly advised that you locate the ATM's in my guide before attempting, in order for this to make more sense and have it mapped out in your head as you go through it.

There are seven ATM's we need to hit. Six will only land us $1,794,000, putting us $6,000 shy of the requirement. If you're running solo, there's not enough time to hit cash registers or pull jewelry from upstairs. This is going to require precision, patience, and most importantly, practice.

Load up Mallcrasher on Overkill. Skip the intro dialogue and hold the button to mask up and move forward before the screen moves in. If you're fast enough you're already through the mall doors by 0:05 seconds, resulting in a time slowdown due to the cops/security seeing you right away.

You're going to saw your first ATM on your right, and then turn around to hit the second ATM tucked in a hallway to your left. At my best speed, I was already done with both of these and hitting the escalators at 0:16 seconds.

Your third ATM is immediately to your left up the escalators. At this point your first saw is about to break, so you'll want to switch and rush to your fourth ATM, which is straight ahead and to your right by a shop. This is where the ECM's are going to come in, because diagonally across from this ATM is a small alcove with two ATM's directly next to each other. Pop those ECM's on and pull that cash. If you're on target, you are around the 0:40 mark and about to hit the final ATM.

Your seventh and final ATM is continuing up the main concourse, tucked away to your right (similar to the fourth ATM). This is one I used a saw on and grabbed the final cash bundle just shy of 0:50 seconds. I simply quit the mission, closed out my game, and followed the steps above to unlock this achievement. I did not need to finish the entire heist, as this is one of the few where you just have to satisfy the requirement to unlock (minus the extra steps due to glitches).

If you're like me trying to get these done before Payday 3 releases, I wish you the best of luck. Happy heisting!