The Heist - Keeping Your Weapons - Spoilers!

[Jmmh1440]

Start The Heist mission and you can't take any weapons with you, but when you get to the end of the long mission (back in your apartment) you seem to get **MOST** of your stuff back, but not everything?

I did a bunch of missions before starting The Heist and managed to collect a couple of iconic and legendary guns that were fully modded and upgraded. I very much want to KEEP those. So before getting in the Delamain I summoned my vehicle and put them in my stash (trunk). Played through The Heist and acquired a new iconic and a bunch of random weapons.

When you get back in the Delamain there was a glitch shooting the air drones. First time I tried it there was no gun in my hand when I was supposed to shoot them. Tried it again later but unequipped all weapons before getting in the Delamain and then bingo I had a gun when I was supposed to shoot them. That's clearly a bug.

When this mission finally wraps up and I was back in the apartment I checked my stash and my iconic & legendary weapons were GONE! Instead there were a couple other weapons that I don't remember putting in there. Its kinda like they got swapped with other random weapons. That seems like a bug. But I did still have the new iconic that I picked up during The Heist mission. If you played this mission you know what happens, if I can keep weapons I acquired during the mission there is no reason I should lose weapons from before the mission.

I WANT MY WEAPONS. I'll replay The Heist if needed to make sure I keep them. But its a long mission and I don't know what to do that will ensure I keep them. Various things I could do with them before getting into that Delamain, but which of those will result in getting them back?

Anyone have any knowledge / insight? Anyone else have one or more good weapons that they got back? If so, what did you do with them before getting in the Delamain?

[Jmmh1440]

I haven't tested / verified this yet. But I did some researching looking at saves just before / just after this mission. The weapons I had in my character inventory (equipped or backpack) are all present in the backpack after the mission. Weapons that were in my stash, though, all seem to be missing. Actually there are new weapons I don't recognize in my stash.

Seems like there might be a bug in the mission that changes the weapons in your stash. Definitely not correct behavior.

[zpc]

There is definately something fishy with the Heist quest. I lost my stash inventory too, noticed it after Act 1. I'm trying to reproduce on when that happened, and found this:

I went back to the point where I have to enter the Delamain and checked my appartement to verify the items present - they were already gone at that point. All I have there is the inventory from the very start - so a Katana & some bonus items (clothes like Wolf shirt etc.)

So there seems to be something messing with the stash once you finalize preps for the Heist - right before entering the Afterlife the stash is still intact.

//edit: not sure if it s connected with the new patch or something I did - but I do have another (pre patch) char who went to Act 2 without missing stash items.

[Jmmh1440]

I found a work around.

Went back just before walking into Afterlife and starting The Heist. Did a careful analysis of my inventory & stash before / after. Came to the conclusion that the stash of all things seems to be the problem. I had several weapons that weren't awesome on me when I started The Heist just in case. After that mission those items were once again in my backpack along with everything I picked up during The Heist. However all of my best weapons that were in my stash were now gone.

How weird, you'd kinda expect to lose everything on your person when being dumped for dead in a landfill. But you'd expect the stuff in your apartment to still be there. Oh well.

WORK AROUND #1

When I tried The Heist a second time I put dismantled all weapons I didn't care about and put ALL OTHER WEAPONS IN MY BACKPACK. Then I started The Heist and played it normally.

WORK AROUND #2

When you're making the escape, before you get in the Delamain for the getaway UN-EQUIP ALL WEAPONS. Make sure all 3 weapon spots are empty then get into the car. Otherwise when you have to shoot at the drones you'll have a empty hand to shoot with. The game apparently gives you a pistol at that point, but it glitches if you already have one equipped.

SUCCESS!

On my second time through, after completing the mission and back in my apartment I checked my backpack and EVERYTHING WAS THERE! My iconic / legendary weapons were all present along with everything I picked up during the mission. So zero loss this time through.

Its a long mission with a lot of cut scenes / story interaction to have to play through a 2nd time. Wish there was a way to get the word out to people about how to do this. Or better yet, to CDPR so they can fix it for the future.

EDIT: For clarification neither time did I seem to lose stash items that were not weapons. I had a bunch of clothing / armor and other random stuff in there and that all *seems* to still be there. I say seems because I can no longer find one particular clothing item. So maybe there are larger issues with the stash than just weapons.

[KorenoGamer]

The problem is that the tutorial of the stash LIES!... They are not linked. Open the stash at your trunk and your weapons will be there.

[LukanGamer]

ya its a new apartment complex that just seems to be 100% the same. (aka game maybe spawned a new instance or w/e).

[Jmmh1440]

Originally posted by KorenoGamer:

The problem is that the tutorial of the stash LIES!... They are not linked. Open the stash at your trunk and your weapons will be there.

Oh? The apartment and the car trunk stash aren't the same? Interesting. Problem is you don't have access to your trunk stash after The Heist. Well, at least not for a long while. I *just* got it back so maybe I'll do a test to see about this.

On a related note, when I bought a couple other vehicles I was very surprised to find out they didn't have a stash in their trunks. I mean, this would be much more real-world because you can't access storage magically from multiple locations. But the game gives the impression they are linked and that is a typical contrivance in many games.