I do have a bit of a miss-leading image within this guide since it was made within a matter of a day after the heists release, however MasonatorRoblox recently looked through and discovered a fault with my image and corrected it.

You spawn in the map next to your team of AI and body bags if you brought them.
First step is to find barriers.

Second step will be to find a certain whiteboard in the area. This whiteboard has info on it displaying the location of a laptop you need to hack in order to get past the barriers you just saw.
It's location should be easy to find, just thoroughly take your time looking through the area and you should find a whiteboard with fairly colourful red and blue text on it...
ON THE OTHER HAND, you can avoid doing this all together and actually hack any computer you come across, it will still only be one of the pc's that works, which is specified by the whiteboard. Most of the time, I find it faster by hacking all computer I come across rather than locating the whiteboard.

Third step will be to locate the area the whiteboard has mentioned. I'll make it easy for you and just say, the "Training Room" and "Kitchen" are both downstairs in the area you are currently in, the rest are somewhere on the highest floor. - A map is down below to help...

Once you find your computer, you will start a hack that will last 30 seconds in which you need to get back to the barriers you went to in the first place where now you can open the barriers, but this must be done before the hack time runs out. - If you fail, you can try again, over and over.

- Safe Zones are places where guards wont walk and are also places you can (in some places, it depends on where the guards are) be out of site.
- Spawn points are also Safe Zones.
- Please note that civvies can spawn in Safe Zones.

Once you've done the first part. Garretts office can be found in 1 of 2 locations when you pass the barriers, which is on the left or right side of the map from where you pass the barriers. Each side has 3 guards roaming around. You can have an extra guard turn up if you kill one.
- This only happens once for each side.
- A camera guy will be on the side Garrett is on. - You can use this to your advantage by finding the camera room which in turn tells you Garrett is on that side.

Once you find his office, you have 3 options to distract him with depending on what locke tells you.

- Urgent email (A.Valentine / Brown / Chloe / Taylor)
All those names are the only desk names Locke points out in the heist. AND only one of them spawns on the side Garrett is on. - You can use this knowledge to find the correct PC before Locke even mentions sending an Email.










- Turning off the lights










- Phone call











There is a fourth option which is different from the rest because it removes Garrett from the map entirely and is the only distraction options to happen last. - So you wont need to worry about him coming back to his room if you mess up the code.

Now into his office. There is plenty of "post its" and a board around to hint towards his code. - Don't worry, Locke basically gives you the code if you understand what code is linked to Locke's Hint. You can always click on my dedicated guide to tell you what code is linked to whatever Locke hints.
How to Find the Code:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1369291005


He will proceed to tell you the beginning number of the code. (e.g. 1 or 2...) You've got unlimited tries HOWEVER, if you are still within the first 3 distractions Locke tells you to do before the 4th... Garrett can return back to his room, so don't stick around in his office, leave it after trying a code once. - If you went into Garrett's room after distracting him via Email, it's best you find the safe and then leave as soon as possible. He doesn't go too far away from his room so your window to do whatever you want in his room is VERY SMALL.

Left Side of the map when enterting past the barriers:
Right Side of the map when enterting past the barriers:
- The Evidence Room will be on the opposite side of the map from where Garrett is.
- The Evidence Room also classes as a Safe Zone.
- (On The Right Side) The Evidence Room, will be replaced by a "Training" room.
- Only 3 Fuse Boxes (Needed to open Garrett's Room) will spawn on each side of the map. My Map above shows you all the spawn locations for each side of the map.
- Camera Room affects all cameras on the map and is always on Garretts side.

Once you've finally gotten the correct code, you should either get a keycard or box.










If you got the box, 1 of 2 escapes can spawn.
- 1 at the elevators near the middle of the map - The escape will make twitch blow up a wall to the escape vehicle, making the heist go loud and have an escape timer.
- 1 at the beginning of the heist where you spawned in. - Once you've deployed the zipline, you can (with extra loot like Money but not the box) throw the loot up and through the skylight and secure it that way.

HOWEVER, if you get a keycard, Locke proceeds to point you in the direction of the Evidence Room where the box will be behind a door requiring the keycard. Don't worry about wasting the keycard because the only door on the map that is keycard usable is the door the box is behind. - NOTE the keycard is for the door on the inside the storage room and not the one leading to the room.

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The Bill Board spawns in 1 of 5 locations:
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- 1 Downstairs next to the staircase which is also next to the Kitchen and Training Room.
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- 2 In the "Operations" room next to windows where you can see outside.
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- 1 In the "Storage Room."
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- 1 In the "HR" room. (Human Resources)
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The Hackable computers spawns in all these locations:
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- "HR" room. (Human Resources)
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- "Kitchen" room
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- "Training" room
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- "Storage Room"
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- "Server Room"
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Garrets Office, Fuse Boxes, Evidence Room and Security Room Spawn locations.
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Distractions you have: (First 3 will be randomised, (e.g. It could be email going first or lights) but the fourth is always the fourth - Which is the food)
- Turn off the lights (Never Randomise Location)
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- Send an "urgent" email (Randomises across a plethora of computers on Garretts side of the building - Only computers which are named by Locke for this distraction is A.Valentine / Brown / Chloe. AND only one of these names spawns on Garretts Side)



- Phone him (Randomises across the plethera of computer desks on Garrets side of the building)
Fourth:
- Get food (Which makes him go to the toilet.) (NOTE if garrets on the left side, the toilet will take the Evidence Rooms place and from what I've found, the Evidence Room will always spawn on the opposite side of the building)
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Staple: (I give this guy full credit for doing this part for me)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1368968819

Civvie Locations: (Civvies never end up in the guard pathing... They can spawn in Safe Zones I've marked so be sure to check)
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I will just keep this short and sweet.

This is my first ever guide I have ever made for any video game.
I also made it within a matter of a single night of the heist releasing.
So mistakes will surely still be seen to this day.

So why don't I simply revise or fix mistakes pointed out.
I do tend to revisit this guide, but unfortunately it was made for Payday 2.

Payday 2 used to be a much greater game before the poor re-balancing.
Since this game is dead to me, I lack passion for it.
So if I don't make a fix, it's that I just have no passion for the game it was made for anymore.

Respect for the game has been thrown out the window.