Payday 3: How to stealth Houston Breakout Starbreeze StudiosA familiar face returns to Payday 3, with the Houston Breakout heist bringing the gang to a New York courthouse to free their old friend. Here\u2019s how to complete the level in stealth. Originally titled The Land of the Free, Houston Breakout is the third DLC for Payday 3 released as part of its Year 1 roadmap. With the release of this heist, only one DLC remains left in Starbreeze\u2019s first-year plan. A spiritual successor to Payday 2\u2019s Hoxton Breakout mission, this heist has different objectives for loud and stealth approaches. Here\u2019s how to complete it while in stealth. Guard placements Firstly, make sure you\u2019re running our recommended Payday 3 stealth loadout which has been optimized for the latest patch. As you\u2019ll be spending a large portion of this heist unmasked, using the Grifter and Hacker skill lines is essential here. Here are all the guard locations we\u2019ve found so far, but be aware that the exact number will change depending on the difficulty you\u2019re playing. Four guards in the lobby, two by the metal detectors and two patrolling – One guard in the underground parking lot in the gate control room – Three guards in the underground holding cell, two in the surveillance room, and one by the metal detector – Three guards patrolling upstairs wings of the courthouse, plus one who moves between floors – Two guards near the courtroom entrance – Two guards inside the courtroom – One guard in the court clerk\u2019s office near the conference room – If Lead Guard is active, a Lead Guard will spawn in the lobby and patrol the entire map – Due to the amount of guards on this map, we recommend staying unmasked for as long as possible to avoid any unnecessary complications. It\u2019s even possible to complete the entire heist without masking up once. Disable the metal detectors When you begin the heist, you\u2019ll start in the lobby area of the courthouse. As his trial is still ongoing, Houston is being held in the courtroom which is currently in recess. Look ahead and note the metal detectors in the lobby. You\u2019ll need to deactivate these first before moving on. Interact with the circuit breaker located on the wall to your left and take note of the four switchboxes you\u2019ll need to flip. Each switch box has four different color switches. The color currently being shown on the circuit breaker corresponds to the switch you need to flip next. You can flip each switch box in any order you like, but it must be done in the correct color order as shown on the breaker. For example, if the first color is Blue, you can flip the Blue switch on any of the four switch boxes to start with. Then you must head back to the breaker and repeat with the next color in the sequence. For colorblind players, a visual symbol is also available. There are two switch boxes in the lobby, as well as two in the underground parking lot. As the parking lot is a Private Area, make sure you avoid being detected by cameras down here. Once you\u2019ve flipped all switches, head back to the circuit breaker and interact with it to disable the metal detectors. Head through to the rotunda and the entrance to the courtroom is located to the right. You\u2019ll need a Press Badge to enter the courtroom. These can be found on the backs of two NPCs located in the main rotunda area. Make sure you\u2019re not being observed when pickpocketing one. When you have the Press Badge, go back to the courtroom entrance and enter the room. Due to violent behavior, Houston can be found in a locked room to the left during the trial. From here, the heist can divert into two possible objective paths depending on the type of evidence being presented at the trial: Digital Evidence and Physical Evidence. Check the board at the front of the courtroom to see which you\u2019ll need to go after. But before you go after the evidence, you\u2019ll need to get the Judge to send Houston back to the holding cells. Blackmail the Judge To begin blackmailing the Judge, you\u2019ll need a QR Code. You can find one by searching through phones that are laying about. One can be found upstairs in the viewing balcony above the courtroom. At least two QR codes can be found later: one in Judge Green\u2019s safe and another in the clerk\u2019s office. To go to the upper floor, flights of stairs are located at the end of each hallway. Once you have the QR code, head downstairs and find the Judge\u2019s office. It\u2019s located down a hallway behind the courtroom. Be sure to hack the camera on a loop so it doesn\u2019t spot you. Enter the Judge\u2019s office using the code and hack his PC. While that\u2019s taking some time to complete, crack the safe in the wall to grab another QR code and a USB drive. Once you\u2019ve hacked the PC, Shade will ask you to insert the USB drive to get some dirt on the Judge. Next, you\u2019ll need to head down to the clerk\u2019s office, located near the metal detectors from earlier. There are two possible entrances here. We recommend taking the right-hand entrance behind the clerks. If you can trigger Rush from Grifter Basic and combine it with Social Engineering, you\u2019ll be able to move through this area undetected so long as you avoid the guard. Find the desk with the employee\u2019s name and hack into their PC. This computer will have the blackmail Shade needs. Keep your eye out for any guards that move through this room, and be sure to retrigger Rush by moving close to the employee who walks around. Once you\u2019re done with the PC, leave the office area and head back to the area with the desk clerks. If you\u2019re going for Digital Evidence, read on. Otherwise, skip down to Physical Evidence. Digital Evidence Hide behind the middle island counter and crack the two safes located against the wall. In here is a code that\u2019ll allow you to enter the server room where the Digital Evidence is being stored. With the code, go back to the rotunda and head upstairs. In the central upstairs area, you can find a room with a keypad lock securing it. Enter the code when a guard is not around and unlock the door. Inside the room are two rows of server racks. You\u2019ll be able to pick up four servers here, with one of these having Houston\u2019s evidence on. Take each server over to the PC in the corner of the room. The computer will start to decrypt them one at a time. Do this until you decrypt Houston\u2019s evidence. Physical Evidence If you\u2019re going for Physical Evidence, you\u2019ll be prompted to find the Evidence Room. It\u2019s located on the first floor, just across from the clerk\u2019s office. A notepad by the door will indicate where the code for the keypad can be found. The code will be located in a meeting room on the second floor. Head upstairs and find the room with a whiteboard to see the code. Write it down or memorize it and go back to the Evidence Room. Punch in the code to get access. Next, you\u2019ll see rows of shelving units that are filled with physical evidence. One of these boxes is Houston\u2019s, so we\u2019ll have to narrow it down a little to find the correct box. Note the calendar on the wall near the computer. Each day of the week has a certain letter assigned to it, and one letter will be circled. This is where Houston\u2019s evidence is located. Find the shelf that matches the circled letter and pick up the evidence box. Since each shelf has several boxes, you\u2019re going to need to narrow it down further. Pick up any of the pieces of evidence and throw them onto the barcode scanner. Wait for the computer to do its magic, and it\u2019ll eventually tell you if this is Houston\u2019s evidence or not. If it is, you\u2019ll be able to continue with the heist. If not, scan another evidence box until you find the correct one. Free Houston Once you have the evidence you need, pick it up and leave it in the room somewhere safe. You\u2019ll be coming back for this at a later time. For now, we need to free Houston. Shade will now put the blackmail to good use. Follow the objective marker and head to the nearby office with a phone to have her call the Judge. He\u2019ll suspend the court and leave the room. Houston will also be escorted back to the holding cells underground. Before you head to the underground, you need two items: a Blue Keycard and a Box of Donuts. Blue Keycard location The Blue Keycard can be found on a guard in the upper east wing of the rotunda. The correct guard will be highlighted for you. Make sure you interact with it when nobody else is looking at you, or else you\u2019ll alert the guards. Box of Donuts location The Box of Donuts can be found in the clerk\u2019s office. It\u2019s on a desk in the conference room. Be careful in this area, as it\u2019s a Secure Area being patrolled by a guard. If caught, you\u2019ll have to mask up and kill him before he arrests you. With both the Blue Keycard and Box of Donuts, head back to the hallway where the courtroom entrance is located and enter the basement stairwell on your right. Holding cells In the basement, it\u2019s a good idea to hack the various cameras and put them on a secure loop so you won\u2019t be spotted by surveillance. Enter the first hallway directly ahead of you and use the Blue Keycard on the door to your left. In here, there will be two guards ahead of you with their backs turned. Move forward past the wall and look left. There will be a spot to place the Box of Donuts. Put them down here and leave the room the way you came \u2013 but don\u2019t run. After leaving this room, turn right and wait for the third guard to enter. All three will now be preoccupied with eating donuts to watch Houston. Re-enter the room with the surveillance guards and look to the left wall to see four buttons labeled Cells 1-4. Pressing each button will open the corresponding cell door. Check which cell Houston is being held in and hit that button before leaving the room. Follow the hallway around and you\u2019ll meet up with Houston at the metal detector. Here you can either disable the metal detector or open the basement counter. Either way, Houston will be able to enter the parking lot from earlier. We\u2019re almost done. Lastly, you need to open the gate by pressing a button. Head to the guard room on the far side of the parking lot and lockpick the door. There\u2019ll be a guard in here, but if you\u2019re still unmasked you\u2019ll be able to easily press the button from behind him. If not, you can use a nearby lure to get him to leave the room. Now all that\u2019s left is to go back up to the server room and grab Houston\u2019s server. If you\u2019re unmasked, it\u2019s as easy as heading up through the lobby and back through the rotunda. If you\u2019ve masked up by now though, the best way to get up there is by sneaking through the holding cells and going back upstairs that way. Once you\u2019ve secured Houston\u2019s server and any additional loot, you\u2019ll be free to escape and complete the heist. This will complete the mission and give you your payday. Now you\u2019ll be ready for Payday 3\u2019s next DLC heist, Fear and Greed, when it launches. To see all the other heists you can play in Payday 3, check out the full mission list. Be sure to also check out the best heists to make some fast cash, as well as how the new solo mode works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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