All Achievements TLDR

Do you have no idea how to complete an achievement? This guide will help.
Feel free to contribute in comments. Wanted: time needed to complete, what worked, what didn't work for an achievement.

Intro

How to use this?

• Look up achievement name in game overlay (compare with friends etc.)
  
• Search on this page for the name. If it exists: you're in luck! If it doesn't: comment below with info. It means I haven't made notes for the achievement myself.

Some achievements texts are worded ambiguously, where you don't know what exactly was meant, what is allowed, and what is forbidden. In this guide I will be writing down my own notes for such achievements to help you complete them on your first try.

Use page search (Ctrl+F) to find the achievements by name. Otherwise they will be sorted alphabetically.

See also

Achievement Guide and Trophy Guide By Unknown Knight - a more detailed and step-by-step guide, rather than a quick reference. Highly recommended.
(mostly) FULL PAYDAY 2 Achievement Guide - "This guide will explain how to do most of the achievements in the game up until the end of the 2017 updates."

"Detailed Achievements" mod[modworkshop.net], it shows internal data for some achievements like required difficulty etc.

Contributions

Submit comments below and I will add your notes! Thanks

Achievements A

A Horrible Seventh Nightmare

Safe House Nightmare Solo in 10-50 min: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2994764962

A Long Night of Horrors

This guide is in Russian. Need a translation? or try online translator
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792846364

A Moment of Silence

In the Breakin' Feds job, don't alert or kill any guards until Commissioner Garrett used the toilet on the OVERKILL difficulty or above.
Unlocked instantly when he enters the toilet.
You must lure Garret 3 times out of his office (lights off, phone). On the 4th time you'll bring him a poisoned food instead of calling by phone.
We didn't take his box until we lured him out the fourth time.
Hint: See "Stalker" achievement. Garrett will NOT return to his office until you have opened the door! (and stepped inside?) This activates his return timer.

A Rendezvous With Destiny

Unlocks instantly when you reach him.
You WILL need a saw + drill speed. When you reach the second part of the house, kill the enemies first, place drill second (briefcase room), protect Charon third. Don't forget to get a crowbar from the ammo room.
Recommended weapons: Sniper/Grenade Launcher+Saw

Recommended to complete with: "Apartment Sniper", "Pass the Ammo"

All The Gold In Chinatown

There are two artifacts inside the shop behind glass. More artifacts in the room where you turn on the light. None of them are behind glass, the "GenSec glass" are just level props. None are in the room next to it.
In the basement room with gate to the warehouse there sometimes spawns a box that you must open with a crowbar. One crowbar always spawns in the red room with the keychain civilian. There are more big boxes to open inside the warehouse.
In the vault you must open all the boxes, disarm their C4 for the loot.

I don't know if Tea Set counts as required loot.
Time: ~20min per successful run

Animal Kingdom

Need 4 masks, can be done with AI on Overkill+
- Alecs
- Canis Lupus
- Felis Lynx
- Ursus Maritimus

You need to complete "Obsessive Opening" and "All the Gold in Brooklyn" before to unlock the masks.

Another Way Out

Free all prisoners in Cell Block A before opening Bain (OVKL) - Only unlocks when you open Bain's cell, not before. Some cells dont open so you have to open them systematically or write down notes. 25-30min

Achievements B

Beacon of... nope

Shoot out light on lighthouse. After rescuing Bane on the roof, there will be a large lighthouse tower in the distance with a rotating white light. Just shoot the light when it turns to you. Unlocks instantly.

Beaver Team

Possible solo. Take note, the saw/C4 icons on trees only appear if you are close enough and are looking from the right side. Time: 5-10min total (incl. preparation)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=763201660

Billy The Kid

Do together with Tabula Railroad. If bots are a problem, make them stop (using a keybind) outside of enemy spawns. In the south-west of the map, there are a couple good spawn points with lots of enemies. If you can't land 5 headshots with 6 bullets, add some pistol skills.

Blood Diamond

Granted as soon as you secure its bag.

Blood In The Water

Go on Normal. You can't ECM Rush because the server room buttons are suppressed by ECMs. I suggest you kill all guards on the upper decks and leave them alive in the server room. After finishing the objectives, ECM and kill the guards in the lower decks & server room (there should be 3 guards on the server room deck).

Bloody Grinch

Mayhem+, Carol 2022 suit doesnt work. Lookup another guide with the correct outfits @TODO
BUGGED: I didnt have the right outfit, but my team member received the achievement upon job completion (with the right outfit).

Best done together with "A Moment of Silence" on "Breakin' Feds"

Blow-Out

time ~20min

Boom, Headshot!

Do this together with "Hack This!" and "The Red Button", "Hidden Secrets"


It is fastest to farm the correct room by restarting: it takes 1m30s from start to reach the first open room. It takes ~6m30s or more to reach the second room.
Can be done in a together in a team, all will receive the achievement.

https://youtu.be/U1fqEzHQZhk
If you can't aim for life, there's a spot to do it in one shot.
https://youtu.be/reRlBwDJO1k?t=683

Buzzbomb

While wearing the "Cable Guy" outfit, kill 200 enemies using electric melee weapons on the OVERKILL difficulty or above. Unlocks the "X1-ZAPper" Throwable Grenade.

Suggested Maps (Long-term):
Cook-off / Lab Rats / Santa's Workshop

Suggested Maps (Grinding):
Vlad/Santa's Workshop: ~20-30 kills/2min at the beginning
Scarface Mansion (stealth kills are one-hit): 15 kills/90s easy
Watchdogs (Day 1): ~16 kills but shields are annoying

Perk Deck: Stoic
Skills: Melee/Speed/Dodge + Fugitive/Swansong + Fugitive/Messiah

Achievements C

CAR vs. Car

Restart Hoxton Breakout on Very Hard (didn't try Hard) until a SWAT van turret appears around the first corner (right at the beginning: police car comes in, turn left = at the end of this street). You need to come closer for it to appear. I needed to kill it twice to destroy it. Time: 5-10min.

Cash Liquidation

Together with: "Seagulls Aren't Real" on Normal.
Unlocks instantly as soon as you pick up the last money bag by boat. There isn't too much time even on Normal, you have max 10s spare if you don't use Second Wind for team boosting.

Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2996012666

Cheerful Child

Just collect all the baby masks you see on the second floor before escaping. Suggested skills: 100% drill skilled so you can melee to restart it. Unlocks instantly.

Christmas Party

10 ziptied civs inside 4 pillars around the xmas tree, must escape the heist = 15-20min on Hard

Cloaker Fear

You must throw the first 6 bags into the vent to trigger the insider woman to open the door. ALL "ADDITIONAL" BAGS must be carried by foot. I don't know if the safe in the offices is required / whether a money bag can spawn in there. I assume not?

Close Shave

Time: 45-60min
The first part of Reservoir Dogs (Day "2") is easier for melee kills (because not the whole street shoots at you).
Skills:
Fugitive-Brawler tree: all except Berserker Aced. Most important here are Bloodthirst and Counterstrike.
Ghost: Run speed is needed, so Parkour and Second Wind. High-Value Target Basic too.
Technician/Lock n' Load would be cool, because to stack up Bloodthirst you must kill enemies (preferably while running towards the next special) enemy.
Enforcer: Armor recovery is good. Bullseye Basic. Underdog Aced for damage reduction too?
Mastermind: First Aid Kit and Uppers Aced. Converts are cool too, especially if you combine it with Crew Chief perk deck.

Execution: while headshot-killing enemies, you charge up Bloodthirst. 5-8x melee damage multiplier is enough to kill very fast, for dozers you'll want 10x and above multiplier.

Compact Confrontation

Don't modify the grenade launcher. At the start of Beneath The Mountain on Normal, there spawns one. Aim way up. You can come closer by about 10-15m (2 Screenshots)

Conspiracy Theory

Lost Tapes. You must not listen to the tapes in menu, just click each one of them and next.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3008065172

Crouched and Hidden, Flying Dagger

Only works on Overkill (10 guards) and above. You need to escape to unlock this. Your teammate can dominate guards (handcuff them) while ECM rushing in this step.

Crouching Bomber, Hidden Flamer

If you are in duo, begin the mission in stealth and then go loud before opening his door (idk when the requirement of going "loud" is checked). Don't use AI bots or they will shoot the boss and deny him from dropping the achievement mask. "Stopping" the AI won't help, because if you get downed, they'll rush to the downed player (near the boss). Note that the boss has a flamethrower himself, the best tactic is to peek-shoot-hide-regenerate. Unlocks instantly.
Time ~20min per run, if you made it to the top floor in stealth.
Checkout Unknown Knight's video.

Cutting The Red Wire

After hacking the doors, Bain will say "This place is booby trapped" - then you need to disable the C4 on the walls. Unlocks instantly

Achievements D

Dead Change

Time: ~10min, any difficulty in loud. Unlocks instantly for everybody.
Description:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1183365183
Screenshot:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1182547973

Death From Below

You really must kill them while midflight. You can do this on Big Bank solo on the roof, you must instruct the friendly AI to hold position behind boxes so they dont steal them. If you have a friend, let them clear enemies at the bank's floor, to free up spawn slots for enemies to spawn on roof. Unlocks instantly.

Demon Speed

Unlocks instantly when you press the third button. The 2min timer shows up in Vanilla HUD+

Doctor Miserable

Also check with the computer, it will say whether the given pressure value is LESS or MORE than the actual engine's barometer value.
Actually... I suggest you first try completing this mission for real to confirm you understand how to find the engine.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=226704596

Don't You Dare Miss

Arbiter Grenade Launcher: poor choice, the grenade sometimes takes 1s to land and explode, explosion range very small. The zeroing is totally off due to huge projectile fall off, it's like zeroed to 50m.
40mm China Puff: The grenade behaviour is better, but range is still small.

Trick: when doing in duo, let the first teammate acquire 400%+ accuracy and then they stop shooting for the rest of the mission. The other teammate needn't pay attention to own accuracy. 2 AI bots will do the rest.

Down payment

Unlocks instantly

Draganborn

Time required: 3min

1. You must go to the actual Safe House. "Play Online/Offline" then on the left "Safe House". If there's a "police raid" then click "Let the crew handle it" so you don't have to play and finish it.
2. You must upgrade Dragan's space at least once, this will cost 12 continental coins.
3. Go to the basement, it's after the vault on the left.
4. Charge the melee weapon to max and hit it.
Melee Weapon: Page 3/Kento's Tanto
Skills: Fugitive/Berserker and Frenzy Aced.

Guides:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1370612735
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1394518465

Tier 1 Fitness room - WITHOUT upgrades, without the punching bag.

Completed:

Ducking Awesome

For skills, see "Not Today" achiev. Also "Alaskan Deal" job, any difficulty where shields spawn in a row. Take a shotgun with AP ammo, mark any shield and kill them all with one shot from the side. Unlocks instantly with the quadra kill :)

Achievements E

Everything but the Patio Furniture

Unlocks instantly when you stash the final bag. Works on Normal.
Do together with "Sugar, Lard and Scorpions"

Expert Landing

In the Birth of Sky job, have all players land on the roof of any building, car or other structure and together get 200 kills before ever touching the ground on the Death Wish difficulty or above.
Completes immediately.
Only kills count that you've done WHILE on top of a building. Expect ~230-250 total, depending how many you killed on plane.

Achievements F

Farmer Miserable

Total time required: ~60min with a good team. 90-120min with a bad team (if all 4 people help assemble the cage on Day 2, it goes so much faster). Listen to Bain's call outs and run to the drop point before it appears.

Faster! Faster! I can do it faster!

Unlocks immediately when the 6th safe opens

Federal Assurance

Bulldozers don't spawn on loud Normal diff. Overkill = 2 bulldozers.

Field Test

Requires McShay Weapon Pack 2 DLC

"Volley shot" is the "single fire" mode that charges up and shoots 30 bullets at once. It can penetrate shields but not walls.
Skills:
- Mastermind,Sharpshooter/Ammo Efficiency, Aggressive Reload
- Enforcer,Ammo Specialist/Scavenger, Extra Lead, Fully Loaded
- Technician, Oppressor tree
Perk Deck: Gambler
AI Crew Abilities: Sharpeyed

Time: 90-120min. I managed 250 kills per run, with 2 ammo bags on Santa's Workshop Mayhem

For all you legends

Completes immediately, can restart/abort mission.
Suggested maps: Watchdogs (Day 1), Scarface Mansion
Suggested achievements: For all you legends, Gift Giver, No One Can Hear You Scream (+ side jobs)

For The Mad Hatter

Unlocks when you finish the 4th mission. Remember to throw tea sets as loot BEFORE you escape with it.
Remember to keep track of which missions you have collected the Tea Set from:

Dragon Heist: 
Ukrainian Prisoner: 
Mountain Master: 
Black Cat: 

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2776304191

Achievements G

Get Off My Property

Time 10min, unlocks as soon as Twitch arrives. We did it on Hard with 12 sentries. Very easy :)

Ghost Riders

You can equip AI with masks and it will count. Did it on Ukrainian Job, finished in loud (40s). Find an old pre-DeathSentence player, they'll likely have a few masks.

Gift Giver

Completes immediately, can restart/abort mission.
Suggested throwable: Ace of Spades
Suggested maps: Watchdogs (Day 1), Scarface Mansion, Hoxton Breakout Day 1.
Suggested achievements: For all you legends, Gift Giver, No One Can Hear You Scream (+ side jobs)
Suggested Safe House Trophy: True Ace (100 kills) with Ace of Spades.

See description for "True Ace" how to farm on Hoxton Breakout, not hard.
Time: 15min

Gilliam's Sweet Little Baby

See "Cheerful Child"

Global Warming

1-4 players. AI cannot be equipped with flamethrowers.
You MUST have the flamethrower on primary. Secondary is allowed to be used (please confirm) if it is also a flamethrower.
Unbind throwable, melee so you don't use them by mistake.
Sentries are OK.
For us it only worked on NORMAL difficulty. Unknown Knight showed it also works on HARD, but it didn't for us.

Time: 7m30s per run. Up to 30min if it doesn't work for some reason.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/14/3811783264377933050/

Goat in 60 seconds

I suggest to do it on Overkill because there are more goats (?) on this difficulty.
Best done with 2+ players so one player can be responsible for driving the car.

Suggested skills:
- Crew Chief perk deck for stamina
- Second Wind (Akimbo Judge shotguns with HE Ammo). The SW player should also have First Aid and Fugitive/Messiah and Feign Death.
- Drills, some shops must be drilled to be opened

Time: ~4min per run. Expect multiple runs (3-5) until you learn some of the locations.

Achievements H

Hack This!

Do this together with "Boom, Headshot!", "The Red Button", "Hidden Secrets"

The two turrets spawn on the ground at the very end before the escape. Normally you are allowed to hack two computers on left + right to disable them. In this achievement you must destroy them instead.
Skills: you can take basic Fugitive/Nine Lives to kill the turrets even when you are downed.

Haunted House of Heisters

Prison Nightmare DS+OD
Solo with bots pretty easy with an SMG Hacker build. Before you rush out to anywhere, sit in a corner to recharge pocket ECMs, to have 1-2. In the sky train there'll be A LOT of bulldozers with miniguns. Camp behind corners until you have a PECM ready. Use first aid kits to avoid getting downed.
Time: 10min.

AI Loadout:
Brenner-21 LMG
Abilities: Quick, Piercing, Inspiring
Boosts: Reinforcer (+HP), Healer (debatable), Invirogator (stamina boost for sky train).
Stop your AI in strategic places to defend the wheel and yourself.

He's Got Experience

- One character is Hoxton
- Everybody else (without AI) must equip and only use Nova's Shank (all the melee skills etc)
- Hard difficulty (makes it very easy)

Suggest to take double saws and deplete the blades on one saw such that you cannot attack anyone with it anymore (even if a taser tases you).

Time: 7min per run, ~10min if all well. Unlocks on finish

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1092052905
This guide is in Russian. Need a translation? or try online translator
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792846364

Heavy Metal

3 screenshots uploaded, must take the Blue civ in the vault room and lead him through the metal detectors (must not be turned off at the start). Jump on the table to not get through the metal detectors yourself. When the blue civ passes the metal detector, he will drop a wrench. You must pick it up to earn the achievement (unlocks instantly).

Hidden Secrets

Do this together with "Boom, Headshot!", "The Red Button", "Hidden Secrets".
See how to farm quickly this room in "Boom, Headshot!"
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1376391057

Headless Snowmen

Completes immediately.
4 Locations: Overview / Player screenshots

Heister Cocinero

There are 2 possible lab locations. It plays similar to Holdout, so taking a sentry is recommended.

Time: 60-90min. If the truck spawn rng (they contain ingredients) is bad, you will need 2 players to be cooking at max efficiency -- due to long distances to run.
Can be done together with "Heister With A Shotgun", "Field Test" or any other weapon-related achiev.

Heister With A Shotgun

VD-12 Mods:
Ammo: 000 Buckshot / AP Slug / Dragon's Breath as you like
Barrel: Long Barrel
Barrel Extension: Shark Teeth Nozzle
Boost: -4 accuracy ... maybe actually +4, the spread is a little too much, but makes it possible to double kill. New note: Team Boost makes it a good compromise accuracy vs pellet spread.
Custom: Auto Fire
Foregrip: none
Gadget: LED Combo
Grip: Ergo Grip or Contractor Grip
Secondary Sight: as you wish
Sight: Surgeon Sight, anything
Stock: Tactical Stock

Secondary weapon: anything. If no AP ammo, then "5/7 AP Pistol"

Skills:
Must-haves:
- Mastermind: Converts (and their heal) for high sustain.
- Enforcer: Shotgun tree and especially "Close By" basic. Tank: "Shock and Awe" basic, "Bullseye" at least basic. Ammo Specialist: I think Scavenger is enough if you have the Gambler Perk Deck
- Ghost: Parkour Aced for run and reload!
Now you have some skill points over, whatever you want.
Perk Deck: Gambler

This is my so-called "Hardcore Henry" build. Take Jimmy as character. Now you can run and gun without aiming :DDD Works well on Mayhem, didn't try on Deathwish or above.

Time: 90-120min depending on skill :) Santa's Workshop on Mayhem
Can be done together with "Heister Cocinero" or "Euro Bag Simulator"

Hostage Situation

Bugged, you can join the heist in progress (all guards down, civs killed) and secure bags 0-14+ to unlock the achievement. Must finish the mission.

Human Sentry Gun

You must add the bipod attachment to an LMG. Look up the hotkey to deploy the bipod in settings ("3" by default).
Heist: Hoxton Breakout on Very Hard. Jump on the car to the left of the armored van, deploy the bipod and keep shooting.
Skill: Technicial > Oppressor tree > Body Expertise for one-shots.
Time: 5 min

Human Torch

25-30min in loud, very easy with Minigun from Primary/Special tab.

Achievements I-N

I Feel Like Robin Hood!

- Must use only weapons of type bow, "firing secondary fails achievement"
- NOT crossbow!
- Plainsrider Bow, DECA Technologies Bow are OK
- Bow must have NO MODS whatsoever (just buy a new one)
- accidentally firing a throwable like the "Ace of Spades" and not hitting an enemy is OK
- Using melee on the taxman (hostage) is OK and required during the mission
- Converts (jokers) are allowed
- Sentries are allowed
- Barrels can explode without failing (and probably kill enemies too)
- You can do it 1-4 players

Discussion: https://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/8/2828702373006236231/

Imitations

Do together with "The Grinch".
See "The Grinch".

It's Nice to be Nice

Suggest to do this solo with bots. They won't shoot civs unlike the meatbags.
Time: ~20min

Can be done with: It's Nice to be Nice, Zookeeper, Patience is Key

Just Passing Through

8 ECMs are enough for 4 minutes.
You'll make your own life easier, if one of the players keeps Second Wind active for the team (don't kill civilians!)
May need Crew Chief to run faster (or, lol) drive players around in Golf Cart.

Players A, B do the lab objectives independently.
Player C takes C4 for safe, Player D together with player C does evidence and later goes to steal the Neo-4 (may need to close the curtains).
This is easier than Shacklestone's speedrun. I suggest to practice the heist on Normal once or twice.

Time: 5min per run, 20-30min

Keep Breathing That Fresh Air

Unlocks as soon as the vault door opens. Must start in loud.

Let Them Fly

Time ~30min with Big Bank that you open the vault in stealth.

A sniper killing achievement. I farmed it together with "Nothing Personal" on Big Bank (C4 Tunneling Escape) in a 2-man lobby on Overkill. It counts if they die from the explosion. Note that if you just shoot into the window, the explosion will be so far in the back - it won't hit the snipers. Just aim at the front walls and kill them with explosion damage. You will need at least 1 ammo bag for the grenade launcher alone.
https://youtu.be/UbyP3GeimLY

Look At These Pelicans Fall

When you hit a flamingo its destroyed. The achievement is completed immediately.
Follow this guide.

Making a Statement

Killing ground snipers (green camo) is OK, we ran without AI and converts (jokers) to get it. Either AI or converts count when they kill snipers.

FAILED:
1) We had AI enabled + Converted Enemies (did they kill snipers?) -> Fail

Lucky Streak

First is a good guide, second has missing examples. Care, their numbering is different.
Unlocks instantly for everyone, played on Normal.
Time: 23min
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2824044269
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2824098234

Masterpiece

Completes as soon as all bags are in.
Can be done on Normal: ~9 bags. Can ECM rush but beware of lasers. Cant throw bags through lasers anymore - triggers alarm

Matrix With Lasers

Killing green camo "ground snipers" does not count

Master Of Floatation

Unlocks as soon as you(r team) enter the exit zone WITH at least 8 bags thrown over board (you can manage to not finish and go loud there, lol). You must arrive there in stealth (ECMs are OK).
Full-black guards do not have pagers. White-sleeved guards have pagers. Both Xun Kang and his friend do not cound as civ kills. The guard at the PC does not count as civ (hacking the slot machine objective). It is possible to do solo by placing body bags in Preplanning.
Time per run: 20min. Expected runs: 1-2.

You can try to do this together with "Secret Sea Safecracker" and meanwhile secure a tea set for "For The Mad Hatter" (throw over board as with any bag to secure it).

No Gnome Left Behind

You must throw the gnome as loot bag in the escape helicopter.
Unlocks when you enter the escape zone & finish.

May start in stealth but will go loud until elevator power disabled but as soon as you open the car with gnome (alarm). The gnome is found in one of the trunks of cars in the basement parking.
You can take 1x C4 to blast open server room door // else drill upgrades

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2776304191

No One Can Hear You Scream

Please confirm: "Silent kills" seemingly counts all kills while the mission is still stealth, but civilians don't work.
Other than that you can sprint+jump+charge to kill a guard frontally before he even notices you in red. Required: good timing, max movement speed (level the correct skills).
Completes immediately, can restart/abort mission.
Suggested maps: Scarface Mansion, or other mission where guards start without a pager (like bikers)
Suggested achievements: For all you legends, Gift Giver, No One Can Hear You Scream (+ side jobs)

Not Invited

Go to Watchdogs job on Overkill with Fugitive/Frenzy+Berserker skilled. There spawn 10+ cops at the very start.

Not Today

Time: 5min, "Alaskan Deal" job. Make sure you skill Fugitive/Berserker (bonus: Enforcer/Underdog and Fugitive/Swan Song). Get to low HP with a molotov while in train. When the doors open, there's a VERY high chance there will be a cloaker on the outside (left or right side). Shoot him to lower his health. Then step outside the train, wait for him to jump and shoot the grenade launcher underneath yourself. Make sure to wait until he jumps at you, don't shoot too early when he is still running. Unlocks instantly.

Nothing Personal

Time ~30min with Big Bank that you open the vault in stealth.

A sniper killing achievement. I farmed it together with "Let Them Fly" on Big Bank (C4 Tunneling Escape) in a 2-man lobby on Overkill.
https://youtu.be/UbyP3GeimLY

Now Hit Me With The Music

Requires DLC melee (San Martin Bank Heist).

This is a personal achievement, only granted to the player who kills the musician at the fountain with the "El Ritmo" melee.
Time: 3min

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2365556860

Nyctophobia

You only need to get the power BACK ON within 5 seconds ONCE. Unlocks instantly.

Achievements O

Obsessive Opening

30 deposit boxes and all 3 ATMs - takes 5min with a saw, unlocks immediately. Need a keycard to open the metal doors

One Claw Beam Cutter

The saws are upgradable, that's at the money vault. You must blow up vault with C4 for the loud trigger and saws.
Time: 30min if you take the Helicopter entry (LOUD) to skip the first steps (that you could've done in stealth too).
Unlocks when you finish.

One Man Army

Disable Team AI, do it completely solo. Unlocks instantly when you finish the day.
Skills: Shaped charges to break open safes.
Heist: Ukrainian Job. Break the safe with the Tiara, get it and escape.
Time: 3min

Only For Us Naughty Heisters

Buluc's Mansion: Didn't spawn on one retry, are there more spots?

If a player collects a trophy, it counts for everyone else in the game. Unlocks immediately when everything was collected.

First one seems to have all spots:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2322941991
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2365573364

Original Heisters

- Dallas
- Wolf
- Hoxton (not Houston)
- Chains

- Reinfeld 880 Shotgun (we did NOT try the "Reinfeld 88")
- Bernetti 9 secondary pistol
- Weapons can be modded
- Throwable, Perk decks, armor etc don't matter
- Cannot be done solo because bots will not have the pistol equipped

Can be stealthed, time 15-20min

Out Of Bounds

We ran with sentries, one player (sniper) sat on the corner of the balcony (where the escape helicopter arrives) to guard three entrances (balcony, below balcony, street entrance). The enemies didn't seem to spawn there at all and didn't change their spawning pattern within a single run. Pretty easy.
Time: 30min total for both days.
Unlocked as soon as the 12th bag is secured onto the boat.

Achievements P

Pacifish

Go on Normal. They can't see anything that's open, including open fridge with money. You can't ECM Rush because the server room buttons are suppressed by ECMs. Do note that the door opens from the server room to the escape area (you don't have to run all the way around).

Painting yourself into a corner

Completes when you finish day 1 of Framing Frame. Can do an ECM rush - i.e. "without being seen" means stealth.

Pass The Ammo

You must place 8 ammo bags inside this room in the second building and finish the heist (I finished in custody).
Needs 4 people with 2 ammo bags each on Overkill = 13min. It isn't hard, but I suggest you to take a medic bag as a secondary just in case.

Patience is Key

Apparently you must wait 30min from the moment that the van objective activates (when you reach the crashsite). Very easy to do on Hard with bots, just hide next to the trash containers and let bots guard you.
Time: 40min

Can be done with: It's Nice to be Nice, Zookeeper, Patience is Key
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=898600595

Payday Kart 64

Explanation: the first part goes clockwise around the building. After the last sign there, you must drive under the building to part 2.
The figure of part 2 resembles an "8". First you drive down, then up the hill, to the left, return counter clock-wise and then up the hill again, meeting the last sign.

Either the host or someone with low ping to host should do it, else the cart driver (with high ping) will be stopped every time he touches the signs.
Hint: The golf cart has like a 1-1.5m range to the left and right where it will still hit the sign, without actually touching it. That's something you should exploit.
Hint 2: You cannot steer left or right while breaking (slowing down). Make sure you understand how car controls work before you waste time on attempts.

Time: 10-30min, depending on driver.
Unlocks for everyone in lobby (not just the passangers).

Plague Doctor

One-hitting enemies with poison arrows counts as a poison kill

Press [F] to Pay Respects

You must press the button under this exhibition piece.

Achievements R

Remember, No Russian

Takes 17min to complete on overkill. There are only 4 bodies and one power switch. Suggest trip mines and sentries with an ammo bag

Reputation Beyond Reproach

Time: 20-90min, depending on luck and skill
Difficulty Deathwish+
Required: 4 players
You cannot be downed, whether by cloakers, tasers or low health.
Untested: first aid kits recovery with Mastermind/Uppers ACED.

You can do day 1 in stealth (different loadout profiles). All you need to do is place the GPS tracker on one of the trucks with the same name, e.g. Hefty+Hefty = place on them. This will fail the day 1 and forward you to Plan C aka "Breaking Ballot" heist of the "Election Day" job.

You can't stealth Plan C fully. Just go loud. There will be a lot of cloakers in the room after you blow up the wall with C4. I highly suggest you to skill Fugitive/Counterstrike ACED to counter them.
There will be two vents on the ceiling where cloakers can spawn. Watch them. Cloakers can also spawn through windows.

Can be done together with: Funding Father / Reindeer Games

Riders on the Snowstorm

Reference to: Riders on the Storm

- Can be done solo with bots
- Deathwish+
- Each crew member must wear a different mask (tab "Normal"):
1. Krampus
2. Mechanical Santa
3. Mrs. Claus
4. The Strinch
These masks are unlocked by finishing White Xmas on different difficulties.

Time: 20min

Russian Arsenal

Ukrainian Job, Weapons (with suppressors): Primary "AK17 Rifle", Secondary "Tatonka Submachine Gun", Melee "Rezkoye" (page 2 bottom left)

Best done with "Sneaky Beaky Like"

Achievements S

Salem Asylum

Unlocks instantly when you reach the train. Tips: 2 players + 2 AI for interaction boost. Absolutely need Second Wind (Aced) + Molotovs for a speed boost. Yakuza perk optional. Possible setup: Yakuza + Hacker perk (Yakuza player runs with the keycard, Hacker helps with ECM). If the wheel inside the prison is in the basketball court, you can jump out through the big windows, saving ~5s. We finished in 4:30 on second run, there's very little time spare. If you are gonna play with more players: 1) AI interaction boost won't be available 2) There are only two zip lines (although they're fast). 3) The 3rd/4th players can wait at the prison door escape, while 1&2 activate the keycard and escape lever.

This guide is in Russian. Need a translation? or try online translator
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792846364

Say Hello to My Big Friend

If going full loud, ca. 30min. Note that 6 rocket shots (one full ammo) is not enough to kill him. You will need an ammo bag to refill. You can call bots so they dont kill him or if playing with a HUD shoot him down enough OR bring all the damage skills and boosts with you.

Say Hello To My Halloween Friend!

Cursed Killroom Masks. You must run complete Cursed Kill Room runs 7 times. Keep track of what masks you unlock at the end of a run (before you enter a new round). The achievement menu in-game shows progress but not which masks you've got
Works on Normal.

Seagulls Aren't Real

Do together with: "Cash Liquidation" on Normal.
Tips: A scope with good zoom, optionally Mastermind>Sharpshooter->Rifle Man ACED. For example CAR-4 can be with silencer and scope 3.25x results in 3/4 detection.

Pay attention, before you enter the Drill Area through the gated room:
"Drill Area
Make sure you have killed 8 seagulls BEFORE you enter the final area as the game will place only 2 seagulls in this area and you won't be able to go back until it is time to escape."

I have killed 9 seagulls before going in there and the last one spawned in the drill area.
Unlocks instantly.

Guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2996331951

Secret Sea Safecracker

Overkill, start in stealth, check the PC for Xun Kang's cabin. In the adjacent storage room get the thermite bottle (next to explosives). It doesn't matter if you continue in stealth or loud. Get the first mission bag, optionally the keys from the guy in spa (swimming pool).
Then go to the casino guy, let Vlad see him and jump on top of the lion statue in the middle, opposite to the window. On top of the lion, place thermite on the metallic line to burn it. Take Xun Kang as a hostage and lead him to the cabin. As soon as he is in front of the cabin, the achievement unlocks.
Time: 5min
Unknown Knight's video

Self Checkout

Possible on Normal, 2 people with Grenade Launchers and grenades in 02:52.

Shotguns 101

Any shotgun with AP Ammo (armor penetration) and skills on Santa's Workshop. Pretty easy, 10-15min. VanillaHUD Plus shows accuracy for each player.

Skill Shot

Unlocks instantly when you land the bag. You absolutely need +50% throwing distance skilled. Can be done on Normal. Remember, you can use the bags from the Safe (Jewelry). If you miss, the bags still count as a drop.

Sneaky Beaky Like

See "Russian Arsenal"

Snipe This

Go on Normal, Beyond The Mountain. Jump on trucks to reach the snipers.
https://youtu.be/UbyP3GeimLY

So Uncivilized

unlocks instantly while in inventory and modifying the weapon.

Speed Lizard

We needed 5:30 with 3 players, ECM rushing with Second Wind at the end.
I suggest you do it with at least 2 players, in this case you can efficiently split the objectives.

Phase 1, outside: one player goes left and another right to find the electrical box to disable alarms.
Phase 2, basement: ...

Spray Control

Pretty easy at the beginning of Hoxton Breakout (Very Hard). Skills like Mastermind/Ammo Efficiency could help. Other than that, default SMG Stealth build. 10min

Stalker

In the Breakin' Feds job, have Commissioner Garrett marked at all time after he left his office, until you have opened his safe.
Unlocked instantly when you open the safe.
Hint: best with 2+ players with laser mines for auto-marking. Technically possible solo if you know all spots where he can go (a single laser can keep him marked all the time).
There's also the "High Value Target" skill for +100% manual marking duration.

Staple Relationship

The achievement is only granted to the player who returns it.
Locations - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1370372920
Destination (the tiny crammed corner office in the left side): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368968110

Unlocks instantly. Destination:

Stolen Valor

Unlocks instantly. On 2nd floor they are on desks and on top of white shelves.

Sugar, Lard and Scorpions

Do together with "Everything but the Patio Furniture"

System Shocked

Special enemies do not die from the water. Normal enemies do.

Time: 15-20min

Achievements T

Tabula Railroad

Can use bots with their skills (equip them with Mosconi 12G). You can use mods on the revolver and shotgun.
Attention: It must be the "Mosconi 12G Shotgun" NOT the "Tactical" variant.
Time: 25min

Take care of Your Frenemies

Ukrainian Prisoner DS+OD on Stealth. Good guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2520450964

Temper Tantrum

See "Cheerful Child"

Texas Treasures, Part 3

Unlocks instantly. Don't blow up glass before you open the safe with the blueprint.
Time: 12min on Normal

Texas Tresures, Part 4

Must enter the Texan room and wait inside for a few seconds, unlocks instantly.
Time: 30min on Normal.

The End (Hidden Secret Achievement)

Time: 1-2h, depending on your puzzle solving skills, IF you have all the prerequisite achievements completed.

Story spoilers behind links, it has stuff related to the Payday 2 story and how it "ends". I avoided spoilers in my own text below.

First read the A Complete Walkthrough of the Payday 2 Secret guide by Sensei Tehminer to understand what needs to be done. In order to activate things around the safe house, you will need around 40 Continental Coins to upgrade the room with the piano. You don't need to redo the shown achievements again.
In the secret room it's easiest to follow these riddles -> images -> answers. All you need to do is to match characters in game to the screenshot characters. Note, that it reads from the end rather than the beginning.
https://github.com/r-pufky/payday2-secret#payday-2-secret

HOW TO PLAY THE HEIST
Some people managed to do it solo with bots, however they are playing stupid in the secret puzzle room: they don't revive/use inspire on you for a long time. Seems buggy, but it is what it is.
Duo is certainly possible with the following layout it was very easy. There will be no other enemies in the final room, and to play through the heist on Overkill should be easy.

Puzzle master:
- 2x Ammo bags
- Sentries as secondary
- Fugitive/Counterstrike seems to work. As a chargable melee choose Fists
- Fugitive/Feign Death is an option
- Perk deck: Burglar is an option, for faster interaction times (remember, interacting with Pistols equipped is faster due to weapon draw time)

The puzzle solver should come prepared. Either have both guides from above open on the second monitor or print out the screenshots and instructions.

After solving the puzzle, the guy with the pistol must be shot in the head without missing any shots.

Defender
- Sentries as primary
- Ammo as secondary
- Inspire
- Minigun (from Special tab)

Bots
Inspire, Interaction speed

The Fuel Must Flow

Completes immediately.

The Grinch

Do together with "Imitations"
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=258289639

Imitations locations:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=814648556

The One That Had Many Names

Unlocks instantly. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1164990086

The One That Survived

See "The One That Had Many Names"

The Only One That Is True

Enter The Gungeon Achievements (Trophies)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1164990086

The Purest Stuff

Time: 6min on Normal, otherwise you'll do this on any other heist run when you know how it works.

The Red Button

Do this together with "Hack This!" and "Boom, Headshot!", "Hidden Secrets"

On Mayhem this spawned 3 turrets. Shoot their bottoms for crits. Need to complete heist to activate for all players.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1376391057

There Was Room For Two

In the Alaskan Deal job shoot the SWAT that is hanging on to the door out in the water.
Completes immediately. Guide. (This is a reference to the Titanic scene)

They See Me Baggin', They Hatin'

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939439298

Farmed on "Transport: Harbor"
- 3rd try (Mayhem) = overpass escape
- 4th try (Mayhem) = garage escape

Hint for garage escape:
1) use doors, need to lockpick/saw or c4
2) you can throw bags from 1st to 2nd floor and then from 2nd to 3rd floor (outside) if you throw them from the center.

Possible solo, but pretty hard on Mayhem. Impossible if you dont throw bags between floors.

Thinking Ahead

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2518512527

This Calls For a Round of Sputniks!

The "Graze" skill for AoE damage doesn't count towards accuracy. So you must either double-kill with a sniper or use an explosive weapon and rely on teammates.

Achievements U-Z

UMP for me, UMP for you

Unlocks instantly

United We Heist

Failed attempt: with AI (Union Rifle equipped) and Melee weapon used once to hurt an enemy (not kill)

Successfull attempt: 2 AI (Union Rifle equipped) + Never even used melee or throwable (like Hacker)

Looking at game's code (requirements):

melee_used= false; weapons_used

Unusual Suspects

Should work with bots wearing masks too. The masks themselves are granted for doing their mask-specific tasks, check their descriptions in game.

Van Gogh To Hell

In the Art Gallery job, throw a painting onto a toilet.
It should be called "into the toilet", because the painting will vanish. Just throw it on top of a toilet in the WC.
Granted immediately, don't need to finish mission.

Victimless Crime

I suggest to take a saw to open the server room. Guards can be dominated, does not count as a kill (still works even after they've started shooting). A four man team with ECMs will help with not so stealthy failures.
Time: 10min per run, 20-60min.

Watch The Power Switch!

Need to complete the Day 2. Turrets + Mines are good (two equippables), ideally teammate with ammo bag.

Water Works

See "Cheerful Child"

We Expect You to Die, Mr Buluc

Yes, it's spelled without the dot: "Mr. Buluc" for searchability
You have to release the shark (enter the red button next to aquarium in his luxurious bunker room) before you enter his room. Then hit him once with melee, he will fall into the ocean. Wait for him to die now...

White House Heist

Taking the Oval Office in Style = DS OD
Do this heist together with: "A Heist to Remember", "President for a Day"

Stealth guides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGkkVzzFLuI
Guide only as a refresher for wire boxes: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2210587294

TLDR:

In Phase 1 (wire boxes) don't kill any guards, restart instead.

In Phase 2 (West Wing) don't kill the press conference room guard (entrance) or the camera guard. There'll be no more cameras after West Wing. You can kill one guard to make life easy, laser mines are very useful!

Phase 2.1: In the library there probably will never be a button on the wall with the door. Guards do not enter the library

In Phase 3 (POAC Bunker): The 3 guards never leave their route.

• Roams stairs/conference room
  
• Roams around vault entrance and PC
  
• Roams at the center

If you kill at least one guard, a random guard will enter the floor through one of the doors at the bottom. His route will be chosen randomly. This means you can clear the entire room if you have 4 pagers. If you have only 1 pager left, you gain nothing. You can hide behind the office desks from the PC guard. They don't notice the opened vault.

I suggest you kill the PC guard and the new one that spawns.

Witch Doctor

Any heist where you start with the mask on, like Watchdogs. Place bag, restart/terminate contract. Repeat until done.
Skills: Mastermind/Quick Fix, Mastermind/Combat Doctor, Technician/Jack of all Trades. Vanilla HUD Plus also has a setting to reduce the restart timer to 0 seconds. Unlocks instantly.
Time: 5-10 min.

Bug found with U273: AI revives seem to count towards host's revive count.

Why?

Unlocks instantly as soon as someone puts the bag on the grill

You Shall Not Pass!

Unlocks instantly once the escape vehicle arrives. In my opinion it's not too hard even without turrets etc. We did this in a 3-player lobby with a bot on Deathwish.

Zookeeper

Follow the guide and the descriptions precisely, it's good.
Unlocks when you finish the mission. Time: ~20min

Can be done with: It's Nice to be Nice, Zookeeper, Patience is Key
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=898647051

Holdouts

General Tips

8 converts (aka jokers; 2 per player) and 4+ sentries are going to make your life very easy. Otherwise you'll be required to shoot like a pro and hide worse than Hoxton Breakout DS+OD on Day 1.

Each holdout that goes for 9 waves takes half an hour (ends around 29m30s). If you are good at DS+OD, it will be great with the following team composition:

This team loadout felt like a breeze:
- Hacker+SMG (to take down bulldozers)
- Sentry
- Sentry
- Sniper (to take down shields and all enemies in waves 8-9)

a. 2 ammo bags are enough for two sentry players, except on Heat Street (conserve ammo).

Alesso

Hard. Suggest to place a sentry right by the hostage.

Big Bank

Hard. Converts and Sentries still draw attention to them, but snipers will destroy sentries. The gas on second floor and the tunnel leading down will make it very annoying to defend. 2 SWAT Turrets spawn outside, only relevant if you want to collect ammo.

Boat Load

Very Hard, sometimes there will be gas in either of the small rooms, rarely in the back of the big room.

First World Bank

Hard-Very Hard. Waves 2-3 seem bugged, spawned very few enemies. Wave 8 and 9 spawned A LOT on the upper floor/balcony was full.

Golden Grin Casino

The Very Hardest. We did it as duo. The only way you can manage (DPS+Convert builds) is if you keep the two AI bots in mid. Equipped with LMGs and Armor Piercing perk (that only applies to AI heister bots, not converts)

Heat Street

Medium. Don't use sentries until wave 5 (or later) else you will run out of ammo (2 full ammo bags +50% capacity).

Mallcrasher

Easy, sniper with Graze will be an ammo generator on the second floor.

San Martin

Easy, only sniper can shoot through yellow bars. Very easy if you camp

The Diamond

Hard. If playing with AI, set them to stop in the middle behind the hostage, closer to the vault entrance. This way they can shoot the center and both stairs. As a player you'll be blindsided the most by the stairs when enemies come down there.

Safe House Trophies

Big Daddy

i.e. Bulldozer farming.
Lab Rats on Overkill spawns one of: shields, tasers, cloakers, bulldozers. Different kind of bulldozers, depending on difficulty. For example, Death Sentence often spawns headless dozers.

Suggested skills: Fugitive/Brawler tree, Fugitive/Revenant such as Swan Song, Feign Death, Messiah to not fall down dead. Also Mastermind/Uppers ACED.

Time: 5-10min

True Ace

Kill 100 enemies with Ace of Spades throwable on Overkill or above.
This will also count towards "Gift Giver" achievement (needs 75 kills).

Heists:
- Scarface Mansion (DLC, with restarting. 10-15 per restart)
- Hoxton Breakout Day 1: dodge build and crits (Crook Perk Deck). Take First Aid Kits for yourself, either disable bots or make them stay in a corner.

Time: 15-20min if you're gonna farm it on Hoxton Breakout Day 1

Side Jobs

8th Anniversary Event

See this guide by Oreztov.
You must play all 8 missions, each mission has a unique statue. Each mission has multiple spots where a statue can spawn.

A trip down memory lane

Needs job completion. @TODO ach or job?

Bleeding Cash

U272: Only counts ONE TIME per shot. Even if you kill 8 shields at once at the beginning of Alaskan Deal.

Christmas Calamity

Mayhem with 3 bots on Santas Workshop (no OD) didn't trigger a win... that's because you actually need to finish all 3 jobs. White Xmas WORKED on Overkill no OD with guys

Constellation Prize

BUGGED as of Update 272. Only Cloaker Kills with the sniper count, the 500 kills DO NOT COUNT AT ALL!

Cop vs Cop

Ukrainian Job (Jewelry Store too?) spawns cops on the right very often on "Hard". Buy Expert Driver too. Need: C4/Lockpicking, ECM to suppress at first.

1) Go to the cops on the right, kill one, intimidate and handcuff the other
2) Open window and enter the shop at the back
3) Kill guards or ECM Rush the safes
4) Get the tiara, let it go loud and now you can convert the cop
5) Escape while the van is still waiting

Diamonds in the Sky

with the sniper rifle: Special Enemy Kills don't count!

Gage Spec Ops Missions

Chemical Weapons / War For Oil / Mic / Open Fire
Picking up an item counts for all other players. Unlocks instantly when completed.
All that you need is in this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=798297580

Aldstone's Heritage/Rapid Retribution

"Akimbo MP40 Submachine Gun" does NOT work, it must be the secondary weapon "MP40 Submachine Gun" SMG

Suggested: Vlad/Santa's Workshop with SMG-related skills and Swan Song + Messiah + A medic bag spawned on map

Rush B

While the "Side Job completed" appears when you place a mine, you must complete the heist to claim the reward.

The War Room

Kill 200 enemies with all players remaining inside the World War 2 exhibit room on The Diamond Heist on Overkill difficulty or above in one playthrough.


The Preplanning was not updated to show the WW2 room. It's the room that was previously under construction. In Preplanning: left-most floor shown, the bottom right room there. If you join in-game, it's a red room with WW1/WW2-like guns.

Execution: Just start it loud, go to the room and stay there. Don't exit the room. Most enemies will enter through the left door.
(Needs verification) Upon completing the 200 kills, you'll instantly see a popup notification.
(Needs verification) I think you can still kill guards on the way there.

War For Oil

Completes immediately on job @TODO ach or job?

Police Escapes

TODO: Find / find out the mechanics. Probably the chance increases with difficulty

Garage Escape

Rats day 2

Overpass Escape

Rats day 1

Street Escape

Ukrainian Job (Overkill)

Useful Links

Achievement List on Steam
List of Side Jobs[payday.fandom.com]

Unsorted Info

Prison Nightmare: Almir's Toast

Almir's Toast has a chance to spawn on Prison Nightmare at the train before the escape (happened on mayhem). But it's not worth, because the longer you stay there, the more enemies will spawn on that tiny open bridge.

VanillaHUD + Border Crossing

Does default VanillaHUD setting not work here, to NOT open the boxes with keycards? SLS opened one with one tap

Various sniper rifle achievements

Sniper Achievements: https://youtu.be/UbyP3GeimLY

Official links with free codes

Idk if it works, didn't try yet.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1179178134

Attribution

The "Notes" icon used was created by Smashicons, downloaded over at Flaticon[www.flaticon.com]. (This attribution notice is a license requirement)

[chrisandsamforlife08]

nice

[Sir Warren<still alive>]

@DerMetzler: this means I didn't personally complete any of the achievements starting with letter Q. I will think about adding links to foreign guides for non-personal achievements.

Almost all notes here are from personal experience. I started writing down notes at ~700 achievements completed. Now I am 100%

[DerMetzler]

letter Q is missing