Hello and welcome to my guide

Some heists are only stealth and some can be done in both loud and stealth. each heist you complete offers a bonus to your next heist as long as you complete it in stealth. some have multiple days which offer bigger boosts to your next one. but take into account that if day 1 goes loud so does day 2 and 3 if there is one.

you can only kill 4 pager guards on each map anymore and the alarms will go off. so be warned make sure to kill the right ones so you can complete it. This is where things like Wolfhud come in handy. it shows you how many pagers guards there are and how many are none pager guards as well. wolfhud shows an icon on your hud with an icon of a guard with a circle with an i in it for pagers. it will also tell you how many pagers you have used so far. how many civs and the loot that is on the map. many make the mistake of rushing in head first take your time more so the first time you play a heist. I've been teaching my friends stealth for about 3 or 4 years and i really like it. i have a very relaxed flow of things and like to take my own time and offer it to others. like writing this guide from years of stealth experience. im happy to help where i can and since the game seems like its back up and running and more and more content is coming to it why not.

as you read on you will get more and more info on what to except. where camera rooms are what skill points you will need for it, what loadout and even preplanning advice.

stay tuned for more to come as and when i get the chance to play all of these stealth heists and add the information to this in depth guide. all i ask in the mean time is that you give me some feedback and grant me a little patience while completing it.

here i explain in great detail different ways to run your stealth heists they are a few ways to do this make sure to check out the video and take all the info given in for yourself and play towards your playstyle and try them all out to see what works best for you

Stealth strategies video

So it is very possible for you to level during any part of the game, stealth, loud, crime pree etc. i found the best way to level quickly believe it or not is through stealth. quicker heists with less risk of losing your cc's if you need to restart.

if you start off with a very simple easy stealth heist or 2.

Ukranian job or jewelry store to start you off with simple very easy and you do not need any points to start off with.

then moving onto some of those more hard to do heists where points come into play.
diamond store, shadow raid, bank jobs, art gallery etc etc

moving up the list of 5%, 8%, 10%, 15% and 20% bonuses you can get an infamy within 20 to 30 heists depending on what infamy level you are. of course the higher your infamy the less work you need to get a full infamy without losing any Continental coins. lets be fair if you fail a crime spree mission you will need ccs to start again where as normal heists no ccs are needed. okay so yes you have bigger rewards that keep growing but you need around 480 points in crime spree to get there. now not being a total genius and using basic maths it would take depending on the jobs you choose

4 for stealth 10 for both and 14 for loud is my understanding it would take around 20 to 30 heists to get a fully infamy. if you where to do them all in stealth you'd take all day if you do them in loud you'd be there all day for a solid day or 2 depending of course how good you are. so that being said its very easy to level in stealth and very quickly depending on which heists you pick and of course how good you are at running them.

New leveling System
They is now a new way to level up so that you can keep your rep points but you will need to go up a level firstly to use it. get to 100 rep and then you need 30 million in exp but they is of course a down side to this 30 million over a normal 23 million for a level.

so here is my plan if you do a run of all heists in stealth you can achieve 2 levels at once. so here are the heists in order of % bonus with the exp from your last infamy you get a big boost to your first one since you did your last heist and went up with a 20% bonus depending. these numbers are if you have all the exp bonuses on and 3% team bonus boost

List of heists and they experience with bonus stealth exp bonus from last heist

5%
Ukranian Job - 676'620
Jewellery Store - 338'310
Four Stores - 337'365
Diamond Store - 1'245'020
Shadow Raid - 1'240'470

8%
Art Gallery -

10%
Bank Job - 670'950
Nightclub - 1'063'260
The Alesso Heist - 3'071'640
Transport Train Heist - 2'126'520
The Diamond Heist - 720'654
Golden Grin Casino - 2'299'069
Shacklethorn Manor - 3'012'570
Yacht Heist - 915'585
Hoxton Revenge - 1'417'680
Whitehouse - 1'823'498
Breaking Feds -
Go Bank -
Car Shop -

15%
Murky Stations - 2'099'670
Midland ranch - 2'220'075
First World Bank - 2'297'020
The big Bank - 3'600'960
Boarder Crossing - 2'531'955
Breakfast In Tijuana - 1'351'020
Mountain Masters -
Buluc Mansion - 1'945'282
Black Cat -
San Martin - 1'898'362
Dragon Heist -
The Ukranian Prisoner -
Scarface Mansion -
The Diamond -
The Bomb Dockyard -

Linked Heists - idea here is to link these with your big exp heists
(some may needs mods like fire starters to stealth day 1)
5% - 20% - Election day - The Alesso Heist
5% - 20% - Firestarter - Shacklethorn Manor
3% - 25% - Framing Frames - Big Bank

Optional Mods Downloads - bonuses & experience - ones i personally use
15% - More Loot The Diamond - linked with Election Day -
40% - The Bomb Dockyard - Linked with Framing frames -
15% - Avalon Shadow (add this to your 15% bonus section heists)

now all you need to do is work out which heists to run to get a fully infamy per go or run a load of heists to get a full infamy and then run some more to get 30 million while 100 rep to get 2 infamys per turn. knock back to this is that you need an extra 7 million exp for your next level rather than 23 million. choice is yours you could go up an infamy get to 100 rep and then use heists to carry you into your next level and stay 100 rep at all times. but like i said you need 30 million rather than 23 million. does mean you can just run big experience heists than the small ones.

Here is how i do it
run a load of heists to get to 100 rep and then run a loads of heists at 100 rep to get the exp meter to fill and once full go up two infamys. rinse and repeat

Main hand

Akimbo Pistols (Customs/glock 22c (wolfhud) or Ove9000 (when dealing with most bank jobs but not the go bank heist).

Akimbo pistols upgrades
Roctec suppressor
team boost
micro laser
ergo grip
extended mag
long slide.

ove9000 upgrades
silent motor
durable blade
concealment boost.

Second hand

you will need 2 pistols one from level 0 and from level 22 if you use the custom/glock 22c(wolfhud)
Pistol

Pistol Upgrades
Roctec suppressor
team boost
micro laser
ergo grip
extended mag
skold red dot
long slide.

Judge shotgun upgrades
AP ammo (for shooting through walls),
Buckshot (for opening wooden doors)
silent killer suppressor
concealment boost
compact laser
custom reinforced frame
the professional choice.

Weapons i personally use - (no wolfhud)



Weapons i personally use - (with wolfhud)




Personally i never take the saw as a secondary weapon, i always prefer to take it as a main hand weapon and use a pistol instead. dual pistols 2 shot each time you click, single pistol and 1 round per click.

Tools

Trips mines are your best friend and i highly suggest them on heist. just be careful when picking locks that you dont place one on a door or safes. if the laser is blue its a trip mine, red and anyone walking through it well they go boom boom.
ECM's - would recommend in most cases
Body Bag cases - would take when ecms are really not needed.
Ammo Bags - for jobs where you need to take the drill with you.
Throwable - ace of spades or Pocket ECM's depending on perk deck.

What ECM do
Ecm's are a real handy tool to have on you for many reasons. say they is a guard that you wish to take out yet you cant make the shoot use the ecm and take him out. take into note that if you use the ecm specialist aced skill the pager will be delayed by the ecm. the ecm is a perfect tool for those cameras in your way that you just cant reach while a guard is right in front of it. some camera happen to be high up so you cant loop them, like with big bank. so the computer you need to hack is in a room full of civs and a guard lay the ecm take him out and the civs bag them up and hack the computer just make sure you also lay a body bag case as well so you have enough.

Body bags
press tab at anytime to see how many body bags you have before taking out a guard. same with any civ on the map all dead bodies need bagging up too and then either throwing into the water, or dumping in a bin. some maps dont offer bins so make sure to hide them where guards and civ wont be.

Both Ammos bags and body bags can be placed on maps where ecms and trips mines cant take that into account.

Perks Deck

Burglar - it allows you to bag people up quicker, answer pagers faster and even lock pick faster. hands down a perfect choice for a starter in stealth

Hacker - hacker gives you a pocket ecm that last for 6 seconds. it is used instead of a throwable and can be handy for all to have. the pocket ecm has a cooldown time of 100 seconds with each kill reducing it by further 6 seconds.

I would recommend to try both perk decks and see which works best for you and your playstyle. what works for one wont always work for everyone.

Video running you through the same thing as in this section

Perk Decks Video Update

Mastermind
Controller - Forced Friendship, Confident and Stockholm Syndrome.
Sharpshooter - Stable Shoot

Enforcer
Ammo Specialist - Scavenger, Portable (ace) and Extra Lead (aced)

Technician
Engineer - Third Law, Eco Sentry and Jack of all Trades (ace)
Breacher - hardware except and drill sawgeant (ace)
Oppressor - Steady Grip (ace)

Ghost
Shinobi - Chamelon (ace), sixth sense (ace), Cleaner (ace), nimble (ace), ECM (ace) ECM specialist
Artful - Duck and Pakour
Silent - Second wind, Optical (aced) and The Professional (aced)

Fugitive
Gunslinger - Equilbrum (aced) Akimbo (aced), Gun Nut and One handed talent (aced)

Its knowing what skills are needed for what heists as you go up the list of heists to complete. that will come over time and with practice.

what you are going to cover is all heists from the list of stealth jobs. Each one grants a bonus to your next heist and those bonuses start from 5% to 25%.

5% stealth bonus
Jewelry Job
Ukrainian Job
Four Stores
Diamond Store
Shadow Raid

8% stealth bonus
Art Gallery - 8,

10% stealth bonus
Bank Heist - (Cash, Goid deposit and random) do one between each 10 heist until you complete all 4 of them)
Nightclub
Car shop
Go Bank
Hoxton Revenge
Yacht Heist
Shacklethorn Manor
Diamond Heist
Alesso Heist
Whitehouse
Transport - Train Heist
Breaking feds

15% stealth bonus
First World Bank
Murky Stations
scarface mansion
The Diamond
The Bomb - Dockyard
San Martin
dragon heist
the ukranian prisoner
Boarder Crossing
breakfast in tijuana
black cat
Buluc Mansion

linked heist with big stealth bonus for experience
Election Day - 5/20 (2 day heist)
The Big Bank - 15%
Framing Frames - 5 - 25 (3 day heist)
Golden Grin Casino - 10%

Other Heist's
Mallcrashers - is dependable there are 5 guards in this and can only be done in stealth if you use mods so take that in mind.
Firestarters - again dependable on weather or not you use mods there is a mod that the first day doesnt go loud.

(if using mods i would suggest either playing along side those who dont care or by yourself just set your heists to private or friends only)

The reason ive placed these together is they have the largest output of experience and bonuses to completing them in stealth. Please note that if you do not complete each day of the heists in stealth you will lose some if not all of your stealth bonus. So if you have a single day heist and set off the alarms you will not gain a stealth bonus. Where as if you complete one day in stealth and the other not you will only lose that day of stealth bonus. Also note that if day 1 goes loud day 2 goes loud as well.

Now as you go up an infamy you can remove some heists from the list personal i removed whitehouse, breaking feds, murky station, breakfast in tijunana, boarder crossing, the train heist and even san martin. But choice wisely you still need to make your 23.3 million exp to go up an infamy.

Tips - get a sheet of paper and track each heist exp count. then you know what heists to complete in your list and which ones can be missed or removed.

This will be covered via my videos at the bottom of the guide be sure to check them i do this at the start of all the videos before we get started.

Ukrainian Job
Room at the back of the store to the right to get to it do not go though the front door, you will need to access it from one of the sides of the building. left of building head down the alley way to the left of the store be careful not to alert the civ by the boxes if they is one and the guards that tend to patrol the back of the building. id like to also point out the civ in the window so go easy and avoid alerting her. then head through the window to reach the guard on the cams. if you cant go left the head right of the building through a door and down the alley way mask up and head through the window. on both i would crouch to open the window shot the guard then head inside.

Jewelry Job - Doesnt have one

Four Stores - doesnt have one

Diamond Store
always in the same just depends on the access to it if you dont get the door to the camera room just reload the heist until you do. be sure to loop the camera feed if the camera is at the door. camera room is located to the left after you start the heist you will see an allay way leading to the back of the store and you may see a civ or two down there again if they isnt a door by the time you get to the back of the building just restart.

Shadow Raid
this is the same for diamond store it doesnt ever change and is locate on the top floor of the warehouse building where the two cages are is the camera room.


use this side door to gain access.


Art Gallery & Framing Frames Day 1 (3 possible locations)

Bank Heist - Cash, Gold, deposit and random (2 possible locations)

Go Bank - doesnt have one

Nightclub - doesnt have one

Yacht Heist - doesnt have one

Hoxton The Revenge

Shacklethorn Manor (2 possible locations)

Diamond Heist (3 possible locations)

Alesso Heist (3 possible locations)

Whitehouse

Transport The Train Heist - doesnt have one

First World Bank (2 possible locations with 2 second camera once you head to the vault)

Murky Stations - doesnt have one

San Martin (2 possible locations)

The Diamond

Breakfast In Tijuana only ever one location

Boarder Crossing - america

Boarder Crossing - mexico

Buluc Mansion

The Bomb Dockyard (2 camera rooms that never change 1 on each side of the dockyard)

Election Day Day 2 (only camera room on day 2 which has 2 possible locations)

The Big Bank (3 possible locations all at the bank towards the vault area of the map)

Golden Grin Casino (camera room isnt accessible and is part of the missions objectives once you gas the room the cam room is down. its locations never changes)

trip mines are a really handy tool to use in any heist as civs or guards walk through the mine they will show up in your hud with a red outline. useful to know where they are so you dont end up running into one. best route is use them on doors and on paths that guards and civs walk. just take your time to place them down and dont waste them.

Please note with trip mines that if you dont have a blue beam of light they no longer a trip mine and will become a bomb. this will be shown by a red beam of light instead just tap the trip mine again to turn it back to a blue beam of light and walk away.

This is a skill i dont tend to take on any of my heist and ill explain why but it can be handy to have as well.

The skill delays the pagers from the guard while the ecm is active. Depending on your skill point picked depends on how long that goes on for. It can be a right pain in the butt to have it as a skill and they are places where i would highly suggest to use it.

Go Bank is a good example of where this skill can be handy to have delaying the pagers by 25 seconds while your taking the camera out and getting civs on the floor or just killing them and then answering the pagers.

I will explain more in my video guides on when and where to take this skill in the loadout screen

Find yourself a group of players who your on the same wave length with in game . its a big game and they are plenty of people to play along side. just hit the discussions thread im sure you will find the ones you want to play along side.

I host alot and i teach stealth and have done for a long time, when i first came to payday 2 i struggled alot and came across a guy who spent a large amount of his time teaching me how to do each map. i then followed his good values and started doing the same thing myself. to this day i still host and teach payday 2 stealth and i welcome anyone to give me a shout if you need a hand im happy to assist. that or just watch my many videos on how to do the heist and give me a thumbs up sub and a comment same with the guide

Normally i wouldnt suggest to use mods or maps but i have found some pretty good ones and feel the need to share them with you.

ive been playing the game many moons now and ive played with and without mods. i teach with and without them on and sometimes i find players who prefer me to run my heist with them rather than not. its each to they own so im going to add the mods and its up to you to make your own opinion on weather or not to use them. (but please note in any way am i telling you to use mods or not to use them these are just some suggestion to help you along the way)

Must have for Stealth

1 - Hostage Tweaks - fixes hostage movement

2 - Wolf-Hud Master - is a info hud

3 - Suis Cable ties - more cable ties if you pick skill point for cable ties

4 - Disable sharped charges in stealth -

5 - Sensor mode lock in stealth -

One's to use solo only or in a group that dont care.

1 - carry stackers reloaded - weather you like to admit it or not this mod can be useful when your solo just a time saver and can be the difference between having to start again or not.

2 - drill unable to jam - again a solo tool just means drills wont break all the time and you can crack on with other stuff in the mean time.

3 - drag not bag - a handy piece of kit for solo and team jobs mean no use of body bags.

4 - silent assassin - again for solo jobs and for teams that have literally no care in the world for using it. if you kill a guard without alerting him he is dead and no pager tripped happy days.

Not a map but goes into mods rather than maps......

1 - more loot - the diamond heist - gives you more loot to pick up in the diamond great for solo or team play just make sure you all have the mod

Maps - all of these need to be placed i maps folder

1 - avalon's shadow

2 - election funds

3 - hardware store

4 - save the situation

5 - the bomb dockyard plus

6 - shadow raid plus

7 - turret takedown

8 - harvest & trustee - south and north - be warned mind these can be slightly tricky to play on your own

9 - underground bargains

Other's

1 - outline masters - this mod has lots of outlines to help you it needs to be placed in assets/mod overrides

Thank you for taking the time to read through my guide it has taken me a long time to put all of this together for people just like you. Im not excepting anything back from it and im happy to lend a hand in game with this guide. i have over 800 odd hours in game playing stealth and i love it. so im now sharing my experience with you and i really hope you enjoy the guide.

Many thanks
Wes Hu Hale - Goodbye be thou well (healthly)