Payday 2 essentials guide and walkthrough

Ghost

The Ghost skill tree is for players who want to keep moving - get in, grab the cash, get out. Skills here are all about movement. Good ones to unlock include...

...Sprinter. This is a solid upgrade to your stamina, lessening its cool-down time and quickening its regeneration speed. It gets you moving faster, quicker. Does that make sense...?

...Cleaner. This allows you to deal additional damage to special enemies. This skill tree is the least damage-dealing, so any damage boosters you can get - especially against tougher enemies - is helpful.

...Chameleon. With this skill, civilians are less suspicious of you. It's handy for setting up before springing into heavy action.

...Shinobi. This increases your all-around movement speed. Doesn't need much explanation, eh?

...ECM Specialist. This gives you a second ECM jammer. Just like the Doctor Bag and Ammo Bag, having an extra tool will always come in handy.

...ECM Overdrive. This will extend the ECM jammer's duration - that's handy. The big thing here is acing this skill. Doing so will upgrade the ECM jammer to be able to open certain keycard doors.

Freelance Writer

Tony lives in Maryland, where he writes about those good old-fashioned video games for GamesRadar+. His words have also appeared on GameSpot and G4, but he currently works for Framework Video, and runs Dungeons and Dragons streams. 

Latest in Action
Assassin's Creed Shadows screenshot showing Yasuke kneeling and praying while wearing a traditional purple robe
Ubisoft reaches deal with Tencent to create $4.3 billion mini-Ubisoft subsidiary to "spearhead development" on new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six games
Assassin's Creed Shadows Belly of the Beast Ise Sadaoki sending Naoe to get papers
How to retrieve the papers in the Assassin's Creed Shadows Belly of the Beast quest
Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot
Assassin's Creed Shadows shoots past 3 million players and 40 million hours played with the "second-highest day 1 sales revenue in Assassin's Creed franchise history"
A cartoon woman catches a tomato while cooking in Rhythm Heaven Groove
Rhythm Heaven Groove has one of Nintendo's longest-suffering fandoms absolutely feasting: "AFTER 10 YEARS WE FINALLY WON"
Assassin's Creed Shadows The Killing Field executioner boss fight
How to find and kill the executioner in Assassin's Creed Shadows
The Forgotten Cellar door beneath St. Katherine's Church in Atomfall.
How to open the Forgotten Cellar door in Atomfall
Latest in Guides
Assassin's Creed Shadows Belly of the Beast Ise Sadaoki sending Naoe to get papers
How to retrieve the papers in the Assassin's Creed Shadows Belly of the Beast quest
Assassin's Creed Shadows The Killing Field executioner boss fight
How to find and kill the executioner in Assassin's Creed Shadows
The Forgotten Cellar door beneath St. Katherine's Church in Atomfall.
How to open the Forgotten Cellar door in Atomfall
WWE 2K25
The best WWE 2K25 CAWs you have to download right now
The player reloading a revolver in Atomfall.
The best Atomfall Skills and how to unlock them
InZOI Money
How to get more money in InZOI