PAYDAY 3

This guide is more meant for solo players, but you can use this guide if you have more players, as it only makes things easier. To get things started I would recommend taking a very strong primary such as the Reinfield 880, SA A144, or the KU-59. If you are doing this solo I would also recommend bringing the zip line bag favor, armor bag and taking the "Armor Up" and "Extra Plates" perks in the tank tree. If your worried about ammo don't be if you take any of the weapons I recommended they all have great 1 shot head shot potential especially when you have edge, if your worried about ammo you could always bring an ammo bag favor but it is not needed the zip line bag will help traversing back and forth from the top floor but its not required if you don't want it.

Part 1. Now, once you load instead of immediately masking up and going loud, do the mission in stealth until you obtain the crypto wallet as this will make you life much easier. Attempting to do this solo loud from the start can be a pain as you have to shuttle a lot of bags by yourself and you can easily be overrun. If you are familiar with how to get access to the VIP room without the Fake VIP pass or messing with the DJ's speakers then feel free to skip to Part 4 if not then please read on.

Part 2. Go to where the 2 bouncer are located in front of the VIP room. The locked door to the left of them is a secure area (this is important and I will explain this shortly) go ahead and lock pick it, you can stand far enough back that you pick it without being spotted, the only person who can see you and will detect you is the bartender. If he does happen to be seeing you just stop the lock pick and wait for him to turn his back to you. Once you have done this you will now do a little bit of AI manipulation to completely bypass the the tasks of either A) Generating a fake VIP pass or B) creating a distraction with the DJ to gain access to the VIP room.

Guards, bouncers included, in this game only become alerted to your footsteps when you are sprinting in Secure Areas. If you sprint behind a guard that has his back to you in a private area he will not "hear" you but if you try the same in a Secure that guard and anyone standing near where you sprinted will be alerted. This is why you should generally never sprint in Secure Areas.

Part 3. Step inside that room but be aware there is a camera that spawns in that room be careful to not be spotted. You will then proceed to sprint out the door you just came in and just as you exit the door crouch and sneak around the curtains. The 2 bouncers will have be alerted to your noise and head over to inspect, take this opportunity to sneak behind the bouncer and steal the Blue Keycard, and just like that you are in the VIP room. After this point I am going to assume you know all the steps to obtain the crypto wallet.

Part 4. Once you have obtained the Crypto wallet DO NOT TURN IT IN feel free to go loud, you wont need to obtain anymore loot as the crypto wallet is all you need to escape. Also, don't worry about babysitting the Crypto wallet bag if the cops take it they dump it really close by to where you escape. I Personally found the area under the Accountants office to be the best place for me to hold out for the 4 waves (this is the room that can dynamically spawn as either the Security room, IT room, or the Vault) for the rest of this I will assume you chose the same spot. However, you can choose any area you prefer. Make sure once you have broken stealth that you get a few hostages and tie them up and stash them in the room under the accountants office. This will cause the Police to not swarm you and instead cause them charge in 1 at a time with pistols, and cause Naders to not throw their gas in the room. Feel free to put down you armor pack here as you will be holding out here for 4 full waves, and if your running low on ammo pick up the ammo drops from the enemies outside the door.

Note that in between waves there is chance that a FBI van will spawn if this happens you will have to sprint to the top and destroy the Antenna. I would also take the time in between waves to go up and assemble 1 or 2 parts of the cage/pick up overkill weapons (if you have HET-5 call it in as soon as possible and save them for Dozers, you can also pick up the Mamba GL but its very risky as you risk killing the hostages if you take it back downstairs with you).

Part 5. Finally, after surviving the 4 waves make your way to the top and ensure the cage is built and the skylight destroyed. If your Crypto wallet bag was somehow taken from you during the 4 waves you can find it right outside of the entrance of the club, not to far from the cage turn in point. Turn in the crypto wallet and hold out near the dance floor until the escape point appears. Upon Escaping the achievement should pop.

Good Luck!

This achievement can be accomplished solo on Very Hard during the Rock the Cradle heist. The quickest way to accomplish this is to get caught stealing the blue keycard and opening the VIP doo from the bouncers. Then, uncuff yourself, steal the crypto wallet, go loud for 4 waves, and escape to unlock the achievement.

Warning: Securing the crypto wallet will force the final wave and nullify the achievement if done too early.

Recommended Skills

• Infiltrator - Aced & Quick Fingers
• Tank - Armor Up & Last Man Standing
• Engineer - AP Turret, Cooling System, Spin Cycle, & Dual Sentries
• Slippery (Grifter)
• Hacker - Aced & Secure Loop

VIP Lounge

1. Head back to the VIP door, stand between the bouncers, steal the blue keycard, open the door, and wait to be cuffed while walking slightly into the VIP area.
2. When the bouncers calm down, uncuff yourself (putting on the mask), back away into the corner, and loop the camera.
3. Go down 1 floor and open the blue keycard door to access the switch room.
4. The crypto room will be in 1 of 3 locations.

Crypto Near Accountant’s Office

1. Open the grate and move along the duct work to the balcony of the accountant’s office.
2. Head part way down the stairs and open the grate to the IT room.
3. View the switch needed on the whiteboard. Once you have this, it won’t change if you restart from the pause menu.
4. Return to the switch room.

Crypto Near Bathroom

1. Open the grate and move along the duct work to the balcony of the accountant’s office.
2. Head part way down the stairs and open the grate to the vault/security room.
3. Open the door and follow the hall counter-clockwise to the next door.
4. Go through the door and immediately into the bathroom on the right.
5. Use the grate to view the switch needed on the whiteboard. Once you have this, it won’t change if you restart from the pause menu.
6. Return to the switch room.

Crypto Near Kitchen

1. Open the blue keycard room on the opposite side (stealth exit), and go through the vent in the back of the room.
2. Turn left and move to the end.
3. Then, drop down, go into the 1st door on the right, and use the vent to reach the crypto room. Make note of which switch you need as written on the whiteboard. Once you have this, it won’t change if you restart from the pause menu.
4. Head through the kitchen and out the door on the far end to access the stairs leading back up to the switch room.
5. Return to the switch room.

Loot & Go Loud

1. Flip the switch, go through the vent, and move along the duct work to the balcony of the accountant’s office.
2. Hack the computer to prep the crypto wallet.
3. Return to the room with the crypto wallet, take it, and go loud.

Prep the Cage

1. Run upstairs and toss the crypto bag to an AI teammate.
2. Then, go outside and throw 2 of the cage bags to the other AI teammates.
3. Grab the 3rd bag and assemble the cage, but don’t throw the crypto wallet in it.

Hunker Down

1. Use the Blue Keycard to open the stealth escape room across from the switch room.
2. Setup 2 turrets outside the room, and bring at least 1 hostage in the room before hunkering down.
3. Wait in the room until you have finished 3 phases of “Police Regrouping“.
4. While waiting, refresh turrets and keep your AI companions from getting put into custody.
5. When the FBI van shows up, run outside, shoot the dish on top, then return to your base of operations.

Move Upstairs

1. Once the 3rd “Police Regrouping” appears, grab the turrets and move upstairs into the room/hall adjacent to the dance floor with the loot cage.
2. Setup the turrets outside and inside the room and survive till close to the end of the 4th wave.
3. Then, run out and place the crypto wallet in the loot cage.
4. Once the helicopter arrives, shoot the skylight above the cage and escape.