PAYDAY 2 – Dragon Pack Update & Achievement Guide

 

Heist information

Job Class: 30

Diff values:

• 0.50 – 60s after alarm
• 0.75 – End of assault wave 1
• 1.00 – End of assault wave 2

Additional spawn points are enabled upon 0.75 and 1 diff, most likely closer to the store.
#Details TBC#

Stealth bonus: +15%

Experience

• Common: 1000 per non-mission loot secured
• Stealth:
  • 1000 on alarm cut
  • 1000 on alarm cut and basement door found
  • 1000 on keycard picked up and basement door found
  • 1000 on warehouse entered
  • 500 on vault found
  • 2000 on keycard used on vault*
  • 3000 on keycard used on vault and auction hall visited*
  • 1000 on timelock completed
  • 1000 on lasers disabled (cut wires)
  • 1000 on warehouse PC hacked or dragon artifact picked up, whichever happens first
  • 1000 on vault gate opened
  • 1000 on dragon artifact picked up
  • 2000 on dragon artifact secured
  • 1000 on escape
  • *Can be skipped by entering vault code without keycard (keypad glitch)
• Loud:
  • 1000 on store computer hacked
  • 1000 on picking up forklift keys
  • 500 on warehouse entered
  • 2000 on picking up thermal drill
  • 1000 on starting thermal drill
  • 1000 on gas attack disabled or vault opened, whichever happens first
  • 3000 on vault door opened
  • 2500 on auction room alarm box hacked
  • 1000 on cutting open the vault gate
  • 3000 on escape

Alarm Triggers:

• Damaging, breaking or opening any alarmed glass or door, before the alarm is disabled
• Entering wrong code on the vault keypad
• Touching lasers on vault gate
• Cutting the wrong wires
• C4 in crate going off

Uncool Triggers: Warehouse computer hack
ECM-blocked: Keycard reader and vault keypad. Vault keypad can be enabled via glitches: 1) After 30 seconds reboot when last ECM ends. 2) Using keycard while under ECM effect.
Cameras: No investigations when broken. Titans on Mayhem+. Security room in warehouse, SW or SE corner.

Enemies:

• Guards:
  • Tea store
  • Alley. An extra guard may spawn on OVK+ (see extra)
  • Basement landing front
  • Basement landing rear and auction hall entrance, 1 on MH+ (see extra)
  • Auction hall, 1/2 (VH/OVK+)
  • Warehouse, 1/2 (N-VH/OVK+). An extra guard may spawn on MH+ (see extra)
  • Camera guard
• Triads (no pager):
  • Auction hall, 2. Moves to auction display room shortly after display room light is switched on
  • Warehouse, idling in front of warehouse window (2 positions), has keycard
  • Basement landing rear, 1 on N-OVK (see extra)
  • Pair of triads having a conversation, either in alley or warehouse (see extra)
• Extra:
  • Always 1 enemy at basement landing back. Depending on difficulty either a static triad or guard.
  • Depending on the location of the conversing triads, extra guards will spawn. Triads in warehouse = extra alley guard on OVK+, triads in alley = extra warehouse guard on MH+. For stealth on MH+, it’s best to restart if we see the triads in alley to avoid the extra warehouse guard.

Civilians:

• Storekeeper
• Tea store, 1/2 (N-VH/OVK+)
• Walking down the street, 1/2/3 (N+H/VH+OVK/MH+). If any of them are prevented from completing their path (tie/kill), they will never respawn
• Static street civilians, 3 different groups; 1 individual and 2 pairs. Spawn 2/3 groups (N+H/VH+)
• Auctioneer and 4 guests in auction hall.

Storekeeper can be shot in the leg with non-shotgun weapons and have her head clip into the ground without bagging.
When light in display room is switched on, auctioneer moves to backroom, guests and triads to display room.
When auction room civilians, storekeeper or store civilians (except Caucasian female variant) is tied, the auctioneer will not close the door when entering the backroom.

Escape: The escape van location is tied to the player spawn. Left player spawn = alley escape, right player spawn = main road escape.

Tea store door: The door behind the storekeeper is closed on MH+ difficulties.

Warehouse shutter lever (stealth): The shutters when open, will attract the guard without a cap to lower the shutters. Can be used as a distraction to sneak into the warehouse from the back of the basement landing.

Warehouse office PC (stealth): The PC can be hacked to display the correct crate. Knowing the last 2 digits is enough.

Mission items:
Crowbars: 1 in 3 possible locations in auction backroom, 1 in 5 possible always in warehouse, from the big office window across to the wall where the SE guard room can be.

Blowtorch: 1 in 3 possible locations in auction backroom.

Keycard (tea store office): 10% chance to spawn on a coat or in the opened filing cabinet, 90% chance to spawn in one of the lockers.

Keycard (warehouse): One always on the idle triad, another in the office.

Wireboxes: Warehouse area, excluding office. 8 possible locations.

Achievement – All the Gold in Chinatown

All the Gold in Chinatown

In the Dragon Heist job, collect all the loot and escape without triggering the alarm on the OVERKILL difficulty or above.

1. loot to secure (not carry into escape). Safest to secure the dragon artifact last to prevent accidental escape.

Locations:

• 2 in tea store
• 4 in auction display room
• 1 in auction backroom safe
• 1 coke crate in the basement landing back area
• 2 coke crate in the warehouse
• 4 gold in the vault
• 1 dragon artifact

Credits to blinya, here’s a sure-fire strategy on Overkill difficulty.

Clear out the tea store (guards, civs, cameras), then the street civilians, including the civilians walking about (they don’t respawn). Take out the basement landing guard as well as the 2 warehouse guards. The auction room guards will have to be sneaked past. This ensures a clean and secure path from the warehouse all the way to the escape van.

Achievement – Keep Breathing that Fresh Air

Keep Breathing that Fresh Air

In the Dragon Heist job, do not let the cops start trigger the gas attack.

We must go loud without cutting the alarm, which is as good as loud from the start. There are 2 possible gas vent locations, both in the alley along the wall. Cops will only attempt to gas when the drill is started on the vault. The achievement is awarded when the vault door is opened.

No difficulty required so go for Normal. We can prepare by placing sentries at the gas vents, start the drill and then defend the gas vents. AI can hold position to defend the drill while we return to the vents, but we’ll still have to repair the drill.

Achievement – Speed Lizard

Speed Lizard

Complete the Dragon Heist job in 6 minutes or less on the OVERKILL difficulty or above.

Achievement hunter need not play from start, so players good at stealth can invite friends in just before escaping for the achievement.

The surefire way to get this achievement is to ECM Rush. ECMs jam the initial keycard reader as well as the vault keypad. However, the vault keypad can be re-enabled (even while under ECMs), by inserting a keycard. So after the basement door is opened, go ahead and rush. This can also be applied to Death Sentence.

Otherwise, here are some tips:

• The alley escape is enabled when the left player spawn is used and can save a little bit of time.
• The PC in the warehouse can be hacked to display the correct crate number to save time in the vault. Remembering the last 2 digits is sufficient.
• 1 crowbar is always in the auction backroom, grab that instead of searching for the one in the warehouse.
• The keypad can be glitched to be used without keycard (just like Diamond Heist), by using an ECM or pocket ECM. After a 30 second reboot, the keypad is re-enabled.

 

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