Starbreeze Studios’ PAYDAY 3 is a first-person shooter game, which takes take where PAYDAY 2’s story ended. This is the third game in the PAYDAY series launched on September 21, 2023. It was released on GeForce Now, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.
In Rock The Cradle which is a Vlad heist in Payday 3, the player must enter a nightclub and take a cryptocurrency wallet worth millions of dollars. This level is significantly more difficult than the previous two stealth missions. Completing this heist in stealth can be very tricky.
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The player needs to use the best stealth build in the game to make their time in the Neon Cradle a bit easier. It’s important to keep in mind that this heist has a number of variations based on the level of game difficulty, so the experience of the player may change in a number of ways.
Complete Rock the Cradle with stealth
The first goal is to gain access to the VIP Floor, which is off-limits. The player needs to enter the nightclub and make their way to the DJ immediately as the heist loads. Two bouncers manage the door and deny access to the player. On easier levels, there are two ways to reach the VIP Floor, however on harder difficulties, only one of these can be used.
Making a fake invitation to the VIP Room is the first step. There is a door whose locks can be picked across the room from the bouncers. The player needs to gain some rush by sprinting close to a civilian and can pick the lock covertly if they have Social Engineering skills from the Grifter skill line.
The next step is to reach Cassandra Rifkin’s office. The player needs to go upstairs and across the hallway past the DJ booth. They need to pick the lock here, out for the camera, and break into the PC. Next, they need to head back downstairs and look for the profile of a civilian i.e. Rifkin. After locating her, they need to break into her phone. She will begin at the club’s entrance and patrol both the open and restricted areas.
The player can interact with Rifkin’s phone when they get closer to her. The trick here is to stick close to her because this will start a hack. Before the hack is finished, the player cannot leave the area surrounding her, or else they have to restart.
After this, the player needs to return to Rifkin’s office and use the QR code reader by the display cabinet. They need to take the VIP Invitation by opening the exhibit cabinet. The only remaining step is to authenticate it, which can be done using an RFID reader which can be found either in the Meet Hall or in a ground-floor office. After this, the bouncers will accept the invitation.
Messing with the DJ’s speakers is the second way to obtain entry to the VIP Room. The player needs to use the stairs or a vent in an adjacent storage room to get to the speaker area on the floor near Rifkin’s office. The player needs to interact with the four speakers there.
They then need to return to the DJ booth and interact with the console. A guard will respond to this and proceed to the second floor to investigate while using the stairway. The player needs to take advantage of the situation to kill him, retrieve the keycard he drops, and enter the VIP Room.
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The Crypto Wallet (mission objective) will be in the IT area of the VIP Room. There are two ways to get the wallet from there. The player first needs to follow the steps down and turn right into the poker table room. An accountant will give his business card to the player here.
The player then needs to take the business card and move around to the other side of the VIP room. They need to keep in mind the security officer manning the IT room. Shade will mention fooling the accountant into unlocking the crypto wallet storage, but she requires access to a phone.
The player needs to enter the room close to the IT Room, which is on the opposite side of the restroom. The phone here needs to be used to call the accountant.
The accountant will walk over to the IT Room from the poker room. The bouncer will prevent the player from entering through the front entrance, so they need to go inside the restroom next door and open a wall vent which will give them access. The accountant will open the storage once he gets there, giving the player a chance to get in.
If the player can’t get the accountant to the IT room, they can directly go upstairs to the Accounting Room. There will be a red keycard and a code which will give access to the IT room. This keycard can be used to gain access to the Crypto Wallet. The player finally needs to take the Crypto Wallet over to the loot drop which is on the far side.
The mission is now completed. Completing the Rock the Cradle heist in stealth is the best option in the game, for the player to get the maximum payout.