PAYDAY 3

PAYDAY 3

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Spec Ops

Spec Ops

Complete Touch The Sky in stealth without killing a single guard on Overkill.

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How to unlock the Spec Ops achievement in PAYDAY 3 - Definitive Guide

General Info
- If you just restart the seed for the codes and rooms are staying the same
- For this, I would recommand that you Quite/new Match until you got the room with QR code on the Top floor
- Guards will always have the same routes. So remember it
- Don't run/slide if possibly most of the time the Guards will hear it
- Optional: You could also try every combination out, so you don't have to repeat step 1-3 or just do Step 4, whatever suits you.

Equipment/Abilities
-Basically the Hacker tree, except for the last one, are quite useful for this. Use the Loop Ability and Glitch Protocol wisely
- also the menacing ability under Manipulator is useful, so a Guard is surrendering by pressing up (credit to Healtti)
- The Motion Sensor ore cameras are also quite nice to have, Tipp you can also place them on Guards

1. Hack the bedroom
Basically just stay on the circles on the top floor and also the circle on the bottom near the stairs/on the red key card side are quite safe to use. Just remember the Pattern of the Guards and use the sensor/microcameras.

2. Hack the Lead Guard's Phone
After the bedroom is completely hacked, the lead Guard will also Patrol there (takes 3–8 minutes until he's there). Loop the camera near the bedroom door. Then go inside the bedroom and go to the Bathroom on the left side. Wait until he arrives, then hack this phone. Also hack his radio to get a little bit of time.

3. Get the red Key card.
Open the room with Qr Code on it and open the lockers for it until you find it.

4. Grab the dark Skinned Guy for the eye Scanner and get the code
Note, you can try the Poison step but if you're messing up somehow, immediately search for mason for the eye Scanner. So you don't have to try it on your next run.
Basically, there's a crowd of people. Grab the dark skinned one and go to the room with the red key with him. Screenshot/remember the Codes.

5. Restart and do step 1-3 again

6. Open the Safe in the bedroom and get the drive in the second Safe
After you get the code from your previous run, you can just tip it in the bedroom.

7. Decrypt the File
Just go to the room with the Red Key card and decrypt it on the Pc

8. Escape
First put a loop in the front entrance by switching to the Camera. Then open the door for it. After it, hack the distraction and sneak into the escape area.

If you want a Video Guide, here is one from Make91, just remember there the Qr Code room is, you want to have this spawn in your Game.
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23 Sep 2023 07:32

21 Comments
So is this unobtainable or not?
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By HighT3chR3dn3ck on 23 Sep 2023 14:27
It's a little buggy. Got it after my 6th try.
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By Claypool64 on 23 Sep 2023 14:28
Good summary! However, on my run I didn’t have to do anything with the eye scanner. Just opened the vault, grabbed the drive, open the office with the red key card, decrypted the drive, then exited through the first set of doors and out the elevator.
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By Came Too Fast on 23 Sep 2023 19:47
Yeah, to open the vault normally you need a code for it, and it's possibly just to find it out by random guessing/ brute forcing it.
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By Claypool64 on 23 Sep 2023 20:43
Oh true true true, sorry I had a brain fart haha.
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By Came Too Fast on 24 Sep 2023 00:59
Skipping the poison is such a valuable strat. I wonder if RNG not resetting is a bug or a feature. Either way you should take advantage while you can.

I also recommend equipping the intimidation perk (forgot the name) so you can subdue a guard or if you get spotted.
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By Healtti on 24 Sep 2023 16:19
Added the menacing ability
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By Claypool64 on 24 Sep 2023 19:39
Is the best strat to intimidate the security cam guard to shut off all cameras for the entire run?
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By Maka91 on 27 Sep 2023 05:00
Just grabbed it, decided to skip the security cam room as going downstairs proved to be not worth the payoff. Looping the corner cam and just timing was more than enough. This way you can still use intimidation if you are about to get caught as a last resort!
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By Maka91 on 28 Sep 2023 02:37
If you're gonna do a restart upon learning the vault code, then doing step 1 is not necessary. Ideally, do an information run that hack lead phone, gets red key card, earns vault code. Then restart. tl;dr skip step 1 on your first run
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By Maka91 on 28 Sep 2023 02:40
You can also brute force the combination as someone suggested above. There are only 24 possible vault codes if you know the 4 digits.
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By Maka91 on 28 Sep 2023 03:01
@Make91 I'm just leaving Step 1 here, so it's easier for people to hack the lead Guard in the bedroom.
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By Claypool64 on 28 Sep 2023 10:00
@Claypool64, that makes sense. Best case scenario, someone attempting this should have a good idea of the mechanics within the level, and would figure that out on enough restarts. I have a video if you're interested in adding it to your solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuhBJ42ybfQ
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By Maka91 on 28 Sep 2023 16:33
@Make91 good video, I would just add in the Video that you want to have Qr room on the Top floor.
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By Claypool64 on 28 Sep 2023 18:54
Got spotted right at the end but was luckily able to manipulate the last guard before the alarm went off and escape. Nerve racking to say the least.
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By Flex Mode ON on 29 Sep 2023 06:03
Just want to point out when i decrypted the drive the lead guard came in and ruined it for me the first time so after that i waited for him to come in and then leave to decrypt
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By Tjena Kexet on 01 Oct 2023 12:25
Overkill is talking about making the RNG be random in overkill difficulty later on so you guys better use the awesome guide as soon as possible
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By GAEL ALEJANDRO on 02 Oct 2023 18:39
What am I missing here? Have completed this 3 times with a friend. I didn't mask up at any point, just controlled the lobby cam. On overkill, partner was never detected by guard or civilian, didn't even subdue a guard or civilian. Literally just traversed the level, took the SSD, and left. No achievement in 3 separate instances. Gotta be bugged, right?
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By MAJORPOOPY on 19 Oct 2023 05:00
Yes also got one bugged
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By Claypool64 on 19 Oct 2023 10:51
@Make91 It's possibly I Just didn't want to bother to go to the bottom left room. in the top floor there are only 3–4 cameras to worry about and if you have menacing you can take out 2 guards, so the top floor can be easy controlled.


Another Plan would be if you have teammates, that you just make the Guard in the front entrance Surrender, then hide him in the stairs. Then your teammates can just open the door and can help you unmasked, because in private areas they just being escorted out of the area, then detected (in secure area/the top floor they are being instantly cuffed).
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By Claypool64 on 27 Sep 2023 12:17
Got good RNG on my first run, Maka's Vid is great for pointers. It took me 4 goes, first 2 were getting a feel for the map as I never played it. 3rd run was getting the QR code and Keycard and going loud and using the eye scanner and took note of the codes. 4th run was the final run. 2 additional pointers, get the guard and the civilian in the room where you drop down and tied them up so you can use the hallway on the right. Once you have the Wi-Fi the lead guard makes a route to the bedroom, wait and spot him before he goes in and wait for him to leave, go in as soon as he leaves and that will give you plenty of time. Just be patient!
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By Not Jonni on 05 Oct 2023 21:22
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Quit to main menu and requeue if you QR code room is on the ground floor, it's makes life 100x easier.

This guide will show you how I stealth Touch the Sky to get the Spec Ops achievement:
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27 Sep 2023 15:00

General Info
- If you just restart the seed for the codes and rooms are staying the same
- For this, I would recommand that you Quite/new Match until you got the room with QR code on the Top floor
- Guards will always have the same routes. So remember it
- Don't run/slide if possibly most of the time the Guards will hear it
- Optional: You could also try every combination out, so you don't have to repeat step 1-3 or just do Step 4, whatever suits you.

Equipment/Abilities
-Basically the Hacker tree, except for the last one, are quite useful for this. Use the Loop Ability and Glitch Protocol wisely
- also the menacing ability under Manipulator is useful, so a Guard is surrendering by pressing up (credit to Healtti)
- The Motion Sensor ore cameras are also quite nice to have, Tipp you can also place them on Guards

1. Hack the bedroom
Basically just stay on the circles on the top floor and also the circle on the bottom near the stairs/on the red key card side are quite safe to use. Just remember the Pattern of the Guards and use the sensor/microcameras.

2. Hack the Lead Guard's Phone
After the bedroom is completely hacked, the lead Guard will also Patrol there (takes 3–8 minutes until he's there). Loop the camera near the bedroom door. Then go inside the bedroom and go to the Bathroom on the left side. Wait until he arrives, then hack this phone. Also hack his radio to get a little bit of time.

3. Get the red Key card.
Open the room with Qr Code on it and open the lockers for it until you find it.

4. Grab the dark Skinned Guy for the eye Scanner and get the code
Note, you can try the Poison step but if you're messing up somehow, immediately search for mason for the eye Scanner. So you don't have to try it on your next run.
Basically, there's a crowd of people. Grab the dark skinned one and go to the room with the red key with him. Screenshot/remember the Codes.

5. Restart and do step 1-3 again

6. Open the Safe in the bedroom and get the drive in the second Safe
After you get the code from your previous run, you can just tip it in the bedroom.

7. Decrypt the File
Just go to the room with the Red Key card and decrypt it on the Pc

8. Escape
First put a loop in the front entrance by switching to the Camera. Then open the door for it. After it, hack the distraction and sneak into the escape area.

If you want a Video Guide, here is one from Make91, just remember there the Qr Code room is, you want to have this spawn in your Game.

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29 Sep 2023 00:00

One of the most difficult trophies. I recommend that you study the map well, know how to hack the commander’s phone and how to get out
Some tips:
1. Immediately find out the code using a reset to enter the safe in the bedroom. For what? Without this, you will have to escort the owner of the house to his office, but this is difficult to do, do not waste extra time
2. Look for a good spawn room with a QR code (at the top of the elevator). If it's from below, you won't get through, because there are too many guards and civilians.
3. It is not clear whether it is possible to kill civilians, but you will not meet them on the way if you do everything as in the video below
4. To hack the commander's card, there is an excellent life hack - go into the bedroom after hacking and stand on the right side of the door - the guard will come there after a while. All you have to do is follow him and wait for the hack. I haven't found an easier way yet
Video guide (en).
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29 Sep 2023 00:22

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And it’s even easier to do with a teammate who also wants to get this achievement. The mask wearer opens the entrance for those without a mask wearer, then the mask wearer helps to hack Wi-Fi on the second floor, and does the rest without a mask wearer. On the first floor they won’t arrest you anyway, but at most they will take you out, but on the second you don’t really need to move around. Be sure to throw a motion sensor on the main guard's ass. It’s extremely easy for someone without a mask to hack into a security guard’s phone; you just catch the guard’s eye and while he’s taking you out, you break his phone. Of course, everything written above applies to the restart method, since the password must already be known, or by guessing, sometimes you’re lucky.
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By pahomerr on 17 Jan 2024 00:28