Payday 2 - Perk Deck Descriptions and Details

This guide details the new perk decks that have been added to PayDay2, along with how to earn points to unlock them.

Introduction and General Information

Perk decks are a new feature that replace the skill tier bonus system. A perk deck has active and passive bonuses that can apply to you and your crew. Note, bonuses do not stack.

Experience points gained after a completed heist translate to an amount of perk points that can be used to level up perks. Every 10 levels increases the ratio of experience points to perk points.

Conversion Rates by Player Level:
1 - 10: 100 experience to 1 perk point
11 - 20: 200 experience to 1 perk point
21 - 30: 300 experience to 1 perk point
31 - 40: 400 experience to 1 perk point
41 - 50: 500 experience to 1 perk point
51 - 60: 600 experience to 1 perk point
61 - 70: 700 experience to 1 perk point
71 - 80: 800 experience to 1 perk point
81 - 90: 900 experience to 1 perk point
91 - 100: 1000 experience to 1 perk point

You can pick one of the four perk decks to level. Your perk deck points will stay with you through your infamy levels. To gain a perk, click the plus icon on the perk deck you want to level up. Perk points can be re-invested if a deck is not fully unlocked.

Points to Unlock a perk
Tier 1: 200 Points
Tier 2: 300 Points
Tier 3: 400 Points
Tier 4: 600 Points
Tier 5: 1000 points
Tier 6: 1600 points
Tier 7: 2400 points
Tier 8: 3200 points
Tier 9: 4000 points

For further information and discussion, visit Discord's post on Reddit here: http://www.reddit.com/r/paydaytheheist/comments/2jt7ob/the_guide_to_perk_packs/

Crew Chief

1. Brute Strength - you gain 10% more health

2. Helmet Popping - Increases your headshot damage by 25%

3. Marathon Man - You and your crew's stamina is increased by 50%. Increases your shout distance by 25%. Note: Crew perks do not stack.

4. Blending in - You gain +5 increased concealment, when wearing armor your movement speed is 15% less affected. You gain 45% more experience when you complete days and jobs.

5. Wolf Pack - you and your crew gains 15% more health. Note: Crew perks do not stack.

6. Walk-in Closet - Unlocks an armor bag for you to use. The armor bag can be used to change your armor during a heist. Increases your ammo pickup to 135% of the normal rate.

7. Testudo - You gain 10% more armor and your crew gains and additional 5% mroe armor. Note: Crew perks do not stack.

8. Fast and Furious - You do 5% more damage. Increases your doctor bag interaction speed by 20%.

9. Hostage situation - You and your crew gains 2% max health and 4% stamina for each hostage up to 10 times. Note: Crew perks do not stack.

Deck completion bonus: your chance of getting a higher quality item during a Payday is increased by 10%

Muscle

1. Brute Strength - You gain 10% more health.

2. Helmet Popping - Increases your headshot damage by 25%.

3. Meat shield - you are 15% more likely to be targeted when you are close to your crew members. You gain 10% more health.

4. Blending in - You gain +5 increased concealment, when wearing armor your movement speed is 15% less affected. You gain 45% more experience when you complete days and jobs.

5. Giant Strength - you gain 30% more health.

6. Walk-in Closet - Unlocks an armor bag for you to use. The armor bag can be used to change your armor during a heist. Increases your ammo pickup to 135% of the normal rate.

7. Disturbing the peace - you can now use light machine guns, submachine guns and sniper rifles to spread panic among your enemies. Panic will make enemies go into short bursts of uncontrollable fear.

8. Fast and Furious - You do 5% more damage. Increases your doctor bag interaction speed by 20%.

9. 800-pound Gorilla - You gain an additional 40% more health.

Deck completion bonus: your chance of getting a higher quality item during a Payday is increased by 10%.

Armorer

1. Type I Armor - You gain 5% more armor.

2. Helmet Popping - Increases your headshot damage by 25%.

3. Type II Armor - You gain an additional 5% more armor.

4. Blending in - You gain +5 increased concealment, when wearing armor your movement speed is 15% less affected. You gain 45% more experience when you complete days and jobs.

5. Type III Armor - you gain an additional 5% more armor.

6. Walk-in Closet - Unlocks an armor bag for you to use. The armor bag can be used to change your armor during a heist. Increases your ammo pickup to 135% of the normal rate.

7. Reinforced Armor - your armor recovery rate is increased by 10%.

8. Fast and Furious - You do 5% more damage. Increases your doctor bag interaction speed by 20%.

9. Liquid Armor - You gain an additional 5% more armor. Reduces the armor recovery time for you and your crew by 10%. Note: Crew perks do not stack.

Deck completion bonus: your chance of getting a higher quality item during a Payday is increased by 10%.

Rogue

1. Subtle - Your chance to dodge is increased by 10%.

2. Helmet Popping - Increases your headshot damage by 25%.

3. Elusive - You are 15% less likely to be targeted when you are close to your crew members.

4. Blending in - You gain +5 increased concealment, when wearing armor your movement speed is 15% less affected. You gain 45% more experience when you complete days and jobs.

5. Evasive - Your chance to dodge is increased by an additional 10%.

6. Walk-in Closet - Unlocks an armor bag for you to use. The armor bag can be used to change your armor during a heist. Increases your ammo pickup to 135% of the normal rate.

7. Shadow Warrior - Your chance to dodge is ncreased by an additional 10%.

8. Fast and Furious - You do 5% more damage. Increases your doctor bag interaction speed by 20%.

9. Killer Instinct - All your weapons have a 25% chance to pierece enemy armor. The time between swapping weapons is reduced for you by 80%.

Deck completion bonus: your chance of getting a higher quality item during a Payday is increased by 10%.

[luckz]

Do Hitman and Crook still give 75% more ammo while the other perk decks only get 35% more?

[Rokit]

Anyone know if the Blending In exp from all the decks stack?

[40 Percent Pwnamite]

I've been out of town for a bit, I'll see if Discord can update the guide with the new decks that have been added.

[[Cash.net]♣Durandil♣]

And yeah, concealment bonuses are bugged, I'm not even sure those armor bonuses work as well....

[[Cash.net]♣Durandil♣]

Oh thanks for the tip God Helix, I didn't figure this out, and I thought the system wasn't working, actually. Thanks.

[God's Helix]

However, what I would like to know is, does the aced "Fully Loaded" skill (increases ammo pickup to 175%) stack with the "Walk-in Closet" perk (increases ammo pickup by 135%).

[God's Helix]

I am assuming you guys figured this out already, but the armour bag requires you to wear the armour you want. For example, you bring the armour bag, and the Iron Man suit with you to a stealth heist. As long as you have the armour bag with you, you will be wearing nothing but a suit until you activate the bag, at which point you will put on the Iron Man suit. It's actually written in the description of the bag itself, but it fooled me at first, too, so I can't blame anyone.

[paulcd2000]

The Muscle deck doesn't even give +5 concealment; it says it does, but it's actually +1. I tested it out.

[Quidranae]

As of the Wick Update the 'Blending In' perk only grants +5% concealment to the Muscle Deck, all other recieve +1%.

[B4nn3dB4]

this conversion rate just mite trigger me to retire