And so, the 9 year anniversary celebration comes to an end. We hope you guys enjoyed yourselves as much as we enjoyed watching you work together to feed the pig to excess. The effort you guys put in, the jokes and videos, you guys make it all worth it. Even to the point of inspiring us to create two stretch goals and even extending the event.
The original plan was for the event items to be unlockable only during the event, but we heard your feedback and are adding a side-job that lets anyone who couldn’t participate unlock the items later. The side-job will prove more difficult than if you had participated in the event, but the piggy demands sacrifices in lieu of food.
Due to its popularity during the event, we decided to immortalize the golden piggy as a weapon charm, available for everyone.
Fixed an issue where the monitor's interaction & default state were wrong
Fixed a roof on Boiling Point missing impact collision
Event
Removed the 9th-anniversary event mechanics
Added side-jobs to unlock event items outside of the event
Added golden piggy weapon charm, cuz you deserve it
Any mods you have installed may interfere with the update, so please disable them to avoid crashes until the modders have had time to update their mods. If you are experiencing crashes please read this thread for more information.
The PAYDAY 2 Discord server is now available in French!
Hello Heisters.
While the 9th Anniversary celebrations are still going strong thanks to the extended event, we have one more thing we’d like to share with you. Our community is one of the strongest out there, and it’s also incredibly diverse. This means that while a lot of you speak English, there’s also quite a lot (maybe even more) who don’t. Because of this, we’ve decided to launch a second PAYDAY 2 Discord server, specifically aimed towards our French speaking heisters out there.
If you speak French and want to hang out with your fellow French speaking heisters, then make sure to join the French PAYDAY 2 Discord server today!
And for everyone else, I’m sure you’re all asking “But what about [insert other language here]?”. As of now, we’re trying this out with the French community only. If this server ends up being successful, we’ll look at expanding it for other popular languages as well. So keep an eye out for that. And keep those helmets flying!
Much love, OVERKILL_Elisabeth
PAYDAY 2 Anniversary Event Extension!
Hello Heisters!
First of all, we'd like to thank everyone for joining us in celebrating the 9th Anniversary of PAYDAY 2. We've had a great time watching you fatten the golden pig, and we hope you've enjoyed doing so as well.
We've seen a lot of feedback about the time span for the event, both from people who were unable to participate due to vacations or other reasons, or simply those of you who had so much fun that you want more. As a result of that, we've decided to extend the event until Wednesday, the 24th of August. This is nearly a full extra week, and more importantly an extra weekend, of golden piggy bucks and the cash blaster. This should also give you the extra time needed to reach that last stretch goal of 20 million piggy bucks to unlock the 9th Anniversary Mega Mask. Our talented team has already finished making these, so please don't make us put the mask back on the shelf if the milestone isn't met :(
If you haven't already, check out the 9th Anniversary website to see how the event is progressing and get a closer look at the stretch goal items. The original three milestones are already ready to claim in-game once you reach your personal challenges, while the stretch goal items will be added once the event ends.
Whether you’ve been with us from the beginning or joined at any time in the past 9 years, we’re here because of you. To give you a small show of our appreciation for your continued support, we have put together an event that we hope you’ll enjoy.
So grab your mask, rally your heister friends being kept from their criminal calling by family or work and let’s get rambling!
This year's anniversary celebrations will center around a massive golden Piggy Bank, and our job is to fill the Piggy Bank with those sweet Piggy Bucks!
Defeating enemies will grant you a bag of Piggy Bucks; headshots or Cash Blaster kills will grant you the Piggy Bucks bags faster than normal kills. As you throw bags into the Piggy Bank it will grow in size. You can choose to cash out by breaking the Piggy Bank at any time and get away with what you collected. The Piggy will need more and more bags to grow the higher the stage you are on. You’ll be able to claim a reward for breaking the Piggy once the heist is completed, there is also a 3-tiered community challenge with awesome cosmetics to work towards as well as 4 personal challenges with additional XP rewards to unlock. You may work on these challenges across several runs of the 35 heists available in the event. Get out there and collect some Piggy Bucks, but be fast about it, don't leave the bags on the ground too long. Can you persevere to see the piggy’s ultimate form?
Community Challenges
It’s time again to work together and unlock some sweet-ass threads. The heisters need some new bling and the Piggy needs more Piggy Bucks. There is only one thing to do. Bring the Piggy Banks lots of bags. The Piggy is feeling generous and will give you a new set of gloves for a mere 100,000 bags of Piggy Bucks. But if you want the suit then you need to provide the Piggy with 1,500,000 bags of Piggy Bucks. No heister can leave an event without a sick new mask. This mask has been hand-assembled by Locke himself from hundreds of flawless diamonds that sparkle as the light dance on the surface of the mask. This mask can be yours for the bargain price of 3,000,000 bags of Piggy Bucks.
Note: This outfit is only unlockable during the 9th Anniversary event (though might show up again in the future) so make sure you participate or at the very least join in to claim the outfit.
Gloves: Magic Touch Masks: Nine Lives Outfits: Money Laundering, Dress for Success
Cash Blaster
The long-awaited return of a favorite! The Cash Blaster functions kinda like a very expensive flame thrower, even with fuel prices being what they are. Blast your foes with wads of cash and they’ll be too busy collecting the crips bills you launch at them to fight back. Once you have played at least 2 heists in the event and given the Piggy a total of 10 Piggy Bucks bags, the Cash Blaster will once again be available for use.
XP Boost
Along with the Cash Blaster, we’ve enabled an XP boost. Simply play the game and you’ll see increased rewards from pretty much anything. We did just add a new way to go infamous, so maybe now is the time?
Fixed a graphical issue that appeared in first person when equipping the Track Suit Outfit.
Fixed a graphical issue that appeared when equipping the Impresario outfit.
Fixed a crash that could occur when loading an old save file that was incompatible with the newest versions of Payday 2.
Any mods you have installed may interfere with the update, so please disable them to avoid crashes until the modders have had time to update their mods. If you are experiencing crashes please read this thread for more information.
You need to be a special kind of hard-ass to wear black leather in Texas. These drabs ain't for quitters. It’s time to bring the heat in every sense of the word. In order to hide our upcoming activities and cast some of the blame on a local biker gang, Gemma has provided some new outfits for the gang that they can use in the next heist. Some subtle subterfuge is never a bad thing, right?
We kick off the next chapter in the Texas Heat saga in style with the High Octane Tailor Pack. In addition to the weapon pack and heist, the Lost in Transit Bundle also contains a music DLC containing songs created for the 2020 campaign 'Silk Road'.
This bundle contains 4 DLCs, the first of which, the High Octane Tailor Pack, is now available alongside the bundle. The other three DLC’s, Tijuana Music Pack, the McShay Weapon Pack 2 and the Lost in Transit Heist, will be released on August 31st, September 21st and on October 19th respectively. Picking up the bundle will net you a 44% discount (may vary based on your Steam currency) for purchasing now, and guarantee you immediate access to the DLC’s when they’re released.
In this new Tailor Pack, it’s all about the freedom of the open road and the smell of grease and gasoline. Are you the leader of the pack? The wild one, feared by the local law? Maybe you’re just trying to get closer to Rust? Then this is a must-have tailor pack.
In this DLC we have some awesome kit for you, “Hell on Wheels” some good old-fashioned Leathers that anyone riding the big fives would be happy with. If your style is more to show off your ink from your Chopper as you weave between the cages then you might want to put in the “Road Rage”. Just don’t have a spill or you’ll be switching those tatts for road rash.
Hell on Wheels: Route 66, Black Magic, Bad to the Bone, Fast Lane
Road Rage: Reckless, Arsonist, Royal Pain, Screw Loose
Of course, we got the full gear in this pack with two new gloves in red or black leather. Perfect for not leaving fingerprints at the scene of a heist or not burning your hands during an emergency repair when your pipes fall off.
Gloves: Chrome and Crossbones, Red Handed
And last but not least, don't ride without your lid on. It helps avoid unwanted attention before a heist or unwanted identification after. These 6 new helmets will help with both, to various degrees. As all know, the ultimate statement of who you are sits in your helmet so choose wisely.
Top Row: Daredevil, Way of the Texan, Speed FreakBottom Row: Funny Guy, Chrome Dome, The Reaper
Zeal Marksmen
In response to the tactical efficiency of the Marshal Marksman unit, the Department of Homeland Surveillance has decided to update its own ZEAL Marksmen with Marshal traits.
The ZEAL Marksman will employ semi-auto rifles with armor-piercing rounds, dealing low damage but at a faster rate of fire. Replacing heavy rifle units, ZEAL Marksmen will return to Holdout and Crime Spree missions with damage that no longer scales based on wave or rank. Their new armor better protects their bodies from harm, but makes them more susceptible to headshots.
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PAYDAY 2: Update 224 Changelog
Update 224 Changelog
Update size: 548.6MB
Midland Ranch Heist
Added an outline for converted first responders
Fixed an issue that allowed the laptop beeping SFX to still be heard when the laptop had already been picked up
Fixed an issue that would cause extra weapon crates to spawn into the level
Fixed an issue that would cause the number of extra weapon crates to be uneven
Fixed a collision issue that allowed players to fall through the floor
Changed some props in the level located on the workbenches
Fixed some graphical issues in the environment where the players could see through the world
Fixed a graphical issue on the grill where players could see through the prop
Fixed an issue where standing in certain areas prevented enemy AI from attacking the player
Fixed an issue next to one of the workbenches where the player could get stuck or fall indefinitely
Fixed an issue that would allow enemy AI to despawn in front of the player
Fixed an issue with the escape van's idle SFX not looping correctly
Fixed an issue with water tower collapse SFX being inaudible in certain places
Refined Esteban's pathing during the objective to obtain his voice samples
Marksman/Sniper Units
Increased the health of the Marshal Marksman to the intended value
ZEAL Marksman
They will now miss their first shot
Changed the voices to use the same filter as SWAT units on Death Sentence difficulty
They will now deal the same damage as a heavy assault rifle on OVERKILL difficulty, and they will still pierce armor
Increased their fire rate, will still shoot one shot at a time
ZEAL Marksman health and headshot multiplier will scale based on difficulty
Crime Spree and Holdout
ZEAL Marksman has been readded to Holdout
ZEAL Marksman damage will no longer scale in Crime Spree
Sniper damage will no longer scale in Crime Spree
ZEAL Marksman will now only replace the spawn of a heavy rifle units
Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any issues with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.
If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the steam library; right click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...". The process may take some time to finish.
We bring a hotfix for some issues found in last week's heist release.
Midland Ranch
Fixed some Ai navigation issues
Fixed visual issues where items disappeared from view
Fixed an issue where players could skip the C4 objective if securing loot bags early
Fixed an issue where achievement icons were missing ingame
Fixed a VO issue where Locke would repeat himself
Fixed a crash when players connected to a game while the turret was firing
Fixed a visual issue where windows that can't be lockpicked didn't spawn glass shards when shot
Fixed an issue where two AI could spawn on top of each other
Fixed an issue where there was a scared civilian on higher difficulties on the right path from spawn
Fixed an audio issue where the turret sound played 2D audio
Twitch Drops
Potential fix for Twitch Drops not working until 3/3 items were claimed on twitch.
Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any issues with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.
If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the steam library; right-click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...". The process may take some time to finish.
The ZEAL Marksman will employ semi-auto rifles with armor-piercing rounds, dealing low damage but at a faster rate of fire. Replacing heavy rifle units, ZEAL Marksmen will return to Holdout and Crime Spree missions with damage that no longer scales based on wave or rank. Their new armor better protects their bodies from harm, but makes them more susceptible to headshots.