Equipment & Gadgets

Equipment & Gadgets

Mastering your equipment and gadgets is paramount to success in Payday 2. The right tools can turn a chaotic heist into a smooth operation, while the wrong choices can lead to a swift downfall. This section will detail essential equipment, their strategic uses, and how to effectively integrate them into your heisting repertoire.

Deployable Equipment

These are your primary utility items, chosen before a heist and deployed strategically during the mission. Each offers unique advantages depending on your playstyle and the heist's demands.

• Ammo Bag: Indispensable for sustained firefights.
  • Strategic Use: Place in high-traffic areas or secure positions where your team frequently engages enemies. Consider placing it near objectives that require prolonged defense.
  • Placement Tips: Avoid open areas where it can be easily destroyed by enemy fire. Corners, behind cover, or in rooms with limited entry points are ideal.
  • Upgrades: Invest in skills that increase ammo bag capacity or allow for more deployments, especially for longer heists or those with heavy combat.
• Doctor Bag: Crucial for team survivability, resetting your "downs" counter.
  • Strategic Use: Deploy when teammates are low on health or have been downed multiple times. It's a lifesaver during assaults.
  • Placement Tips: Similar to ammo bags, place in a safe, defensible location. A common strategy is to place it near a choke point or an objective that requires constant attention, allowing quick access during critical moments.
  • Upgrades: Skills that provide additional charges or allow for faster interaction are highly recommended for medics.
• First Aid Kit (FAK): Provides quick, individual health boosts.
  • Strategic Use: Excellent for personal survival, especially when playing aggressively or needing to quickly recover health without consuming a Doctor Bag charge.
  • Placement Tips: Unlike Doctor Bags, FAKs are usually carried and deployed on the fly as needed. Consider placing one down if you know you'll be holding a specific position for an extended period.
  • Upgrades: Skills that increase the number of FAKs you can carry or boost their healing effectiveness are valuable.
• Sentry Gun: Provides automated suppressive fire and crowd control.
  • Strategic Use: Ideal for defending choke points, covering flanks, or providing an extra layer of defense for objectives like drills or vaults.
  • Placement Tips: Position them to cover blind spots or areas where enemies are likely to converge. Ensure they have a clear line of sight but are also somewhat protected from direct fire.
  • Upgrades: Skills that increase their damage, health, or allow for more deployments can turn sentry guns into formidable allies.
• Trip Mine (Laser Trip Mine/Explosive Trip Mine): Versatile for area denial, alarm triggers, or explosive traps.
  • Strategic Use:
    • Stealth: Use Laser Trip Mines to detect patrolling guards or mark entry points.
    • Loud: Deploy Explosive Trip Mines in doorways, hallways, or near objectives to damage or eliminate groups of enemies.
  • Placement Tips: For stealth, place them discreetly but effectively to cover patrol routes. For loud, place them where enemies will naturally funnel.
  • Upgrades: Skills can increase their damage, radius, or allow them to be converted into sensor mines for enhanced detection.
• ECM Jammer: Essential for stealth and disrupting electronics.
  • Strategic Use:
    • Stealth: Jam cameras, phones, and pagers for a limited time, allowing you to move undetected or disable security systems.
    • Loud: Can be used to open certain electronic doors or delay police assaults.
  • Placement Tips: For stealth, place them strategically to cover critical areas or to buy time for objectives. For loud, deploy them near electronic doors you need to open.
  • Upgrades: Skills can extend their duration, allow them to open certain doors, or even delay police response times.

Throwable Gadgets

These are secondary utility items, providing quick tactical advantages in various situations.

• Frag Grenade: Area-of-effect explosive.
  • Strategic Use: Clear out groups of enemies, especially shields, or flush out enemies from cover.
  • Deployment: Aim for clustered enemies or areas where you anticipate heavy resistance.
• Concussion Grenade (Flashbang): Disorients enemies, buying valuable time.
  • Strategic Use: Blind and stun enemies, allowing for easy takedowns or safe movement through dangerous areas. Excellent for dealing with Dozers.
  • Deployment: Throw into groups of enemies or at special units to create an opening.
• Molotov Cocktail: Creates an area of burning ground, denying enemy access.
  • Strategic Use: Block choke points, prevent enemies from advancing, or deal sustained damage to stationary targets.
  • Deployment: Throw at doorways, hallways, or areas you want to control.
• Throwing Axe/Knife: Silent, retrievable projectile for stealth takedowns.
  • Strategic Use: Ideal for silent elimination of guards and cameras in stealth-focused heists.
  • Deployment: Aim for headshots for instant takedowns. Remember to retrieve them after use.
• Shuriken: Similar to throwing axes/knives, offering silent takedowns.
  • Strategic Use: Provides a silent, ranged option for stealth.
  • Deployment: Aim for headshots. They are generally faster to throw than axes/knives.

Masks & Outfits

While primarily cosmetic, your choice of mask and outfit can subtly influence your psychological presence and team cohesion. Experiment with different styles to find what best represents your heister persona.

• Masks: Acquired through various means, including level-ups, achievements, and DLC. Customize their material, color, and pattern to create a unique look.
• Outfits: Offer different aesthetic styles, from tactical gear to more casual attire. While they don't provide direct stat bonuses, a cohesive team look can boost morale!