Planning and implementing heists will always have a scope for improvement. Well, especially when the provided challenge is as good as the ones in Payday 3. While there have been a lot of famous heist challenges and quests offered to gamers lately, Payday 3’s Rock the Cradle challenge might have just topped the list. For the given Neon Cradle heist in the game, you’ll have two approaches to follow. If you are willing to go stealthy and beyond the blind shooting at the bar, this guide has you covered.
The release of Payday 3 marks an end to a long run of anticipation. Being the sequel of the most popular shooter co-op games in eSporting history, a lot of fans had speculated new spicy innovations. Fortunately, all the early signs of Payday 3 keep up with the existing expectations. Undoubtedly, the bar of detailing has been raised significantly. Thus, implementing a stealthy heist is harder than ever in the third edition. But no worries, this guide will help you ace one of the toughest executions in the early hours of the game, ‘Rock the Cradle’.
Payday 3: Breakdown of the Neon Cradle Heist
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Rock the Cradle is a Vlad heist that requires the players to visit a club and steal a crypto wallet that costs up to millions of dollars in the international market. Of course, with the worth that the crypto wallet accounts for, the execution of the robbery isn’t going to be a cakewalk. But an easy task isn’t fun anyway!
There are two ways you can approach to crack the heist. One is the aggressive action-packed no-brainer that would involve a lot of blind shooting and blood. The other alternative is to go all ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ at the nightclub. Basically, executing a step-by-step robbery to sneak out of the wallet without even getting noticed by an eye. Smart? Remember, this particular quest is harder when compared to the previous two heists you have already done until this point of the game. Here are all the steps you need to follow.
Firstly enter the nightclub and you will be able to access the public area. Well, that isn’t what you’re in for. The first thing that you have to do is to sneak into the VIP area. The two bouncers guarding the gate of the VIP area wouldn’t let you in without an invitation. Thus, to start with your robbery objective in the Neon Cradle Payday 3 heist, you need a VIP invitation.
How to get the VIP invitation?
Move to the gate located opposite the VIp area and head to the second floor. There you’ll have to look for the owner’s office. The owner of the nightclub, Rifkin has a brand new invitation that lays in her office unguarded. However, the invitation is incomplete until you hack Rofkin’s phone. Rifkin’s phone is used as the invitation’s form. To hack her phone, you’ll need to find her and gain access to it.
Near the club, Rifkin is dressed in a red skirt and a black jacket. Make sure no one can see you, scan the side for cameras, and keep your distance from her. You will have the necessary QR after that is 100% finished. To receive the invitation, go back to your office and enter the code in the showcase. The verification of your VIP pass comes next. Go to the conference room that is outside of her office. Find a machine and engage with it to verify it. Obtain the blue card from a security guard; it will be useful. Now, you’ll be able to enter the VIP area and it’s time to move to the next phase of the plan.
Getting the Crypto Wallet
Initiate the second phase with the most obvious step, getting rid of all the nightclub cameras. To implement this camera hacking, you need to access the maintenance area through the Electrical facility and storage room. Once you are done getting rid of the cameras, it’s time to finally get one-in-one with the million-dollar possession.
Move into the computer room where the ultimate target is present. You can take a red access card from the accounting room or use the bathroom’s ventilation duct. The serial number will be written on the accountant’s chair as a great reminder.
Go to the computer room once you have the red card. To get inside, you’ll need to divert the guard. You can enter the area using a nearby pyrotechnics machine to divert his attention. You can locate a lockable biometric scanner inside the computer room. Find a board with a color and a 4-digit code to unlock it.
The classic Payday 3 escape
You’re almost through with your heist, but you cannot afford a screw-up at the climax of the plan. For your escape, move out with the help of ventilation ducts located in the closest bathroom to you.
Bonus: Who would mind some extra rewards from such an intense heist? To get your bonus, take your character to the vault and use the code from the accountant’s chair.
Alternatives for hard mode in Payday 3
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If by any chance you’re playing with the hard mode for the heist, the above-mentioned guide isn’t all that would work for you. There are some changes in strategies and plans that need to be observed for the execution in the hard-specific mode. At the start of the Payday 3 hard mode, you’ll need to plan to sneak into the nightclub. Avoiding the cameras and guards, you may access a secret door to the nightclub located around the stock trucks standing just adjacent to the building.
Once in, to sneak into the VIP room, you will need to create a distraction. Players can do this by disrupting the music by interacting with the DJ’s console. Simple, just sneak to the second floor, and you’ll notice four speakers. Avoid the guards patrolling and camera supervision while you interact with the four speakers.
Following this step, you just need to access the DJ console and this would lead to the guards coming to check onto the speaker. Once you have them in the staircase, make a stealth kill, and steal their access card. Every step post-the-kill remains the same for both modes.
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Hopefully, this guide will help you ace one of the most detailed heists in Payday 3.
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