How I Level And Grind Infamy Quickly In Payday 2! (Whilst Retaining My Sanity)

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[@TheReturnOfSak]

I wait for safe house raids before I ding the next infamy. On mayhem, the bots can handle the entire thing. 14 minutes will bring you to level 53. Then, I do Hoxton Breakout, followed by Boiling Point, will get me to 73. Then, No Mercy will get me to 80 (or close to it). Ukrainian Prisoner and Black Cat will get me well into the 80's and from there it's whatever I want to change things up. I can get from 0 to 100 in slightly longer than 2 hours. All of this done on mayhem. Sure, DW would net me more experience and can get me there faster, but whatever.

[@joehickey3183]

Ur not good enough for dw

[@thekillerfox5810]

Imma try dis

[@MayoneighsRB]

Probably should just do deathwish. The skill jump is pretty small compared to death sentence.

[@pato2435]

@@joehickey3183 why does he have to?

[@xLatinAssazzin]

I just came back to payday 2 after a few years what happened to death wish and mayhem pro job wasn't there

[@HinokasArabfan1]

The first 5 infamy level is hell. Getting that 100 million and paying in cash is hell.

[@officeridiot4806]

Hard agree. Ive barely made it to infamy 2 lol

[@sniper321fire]

@@officeridiot4806 it's pretty easy at least on Xbox with Cook off I play with my friend and he has his 2 AI with AA-12s and he cooks and I pretty much AFK since the bags on console anyway gets so much money a solo run on the difficulty above overkill I got like 20 mil offshore and like 10 mil spending for 13 bags. But again not sure if same on PC

[@MyUsersDark]

200 million actually.

[@pappo666]

i thought they removed that shit a long while ago o.o

[@ilovewizard]

@@pappo666 the first 5 imfamies cost 200m each, after imfamy 5 it is only 100 XP levels

[@smomps]

Tip: When in diamond store you kill the guard on the cameras and find a safe, you can drill it and the guards in the store can hear the drill (if you don't have the Hardware Expert skill upgraded.) They will shortly come to inspect and you can get easy kills from there and they wont bother you any more. Also it saves body bags.

[@officeridiot4806]

What do you think about doing a challenge run where you play as individual characters for each heist? So you use their associated perk deck and weapons? Not really a huge challenge I just think it could be a neat thing to do between big challenge videos.

[@fiyahquacker2835]

You definitely could make it a big challenge with jiro/yakuza on goat sim.

[@jamesbryan558]

I dont know if it was you but I saw someone mention a nuzlocke with this idea aka if you get downed/into custody you can't use them again. But it would require pretty much every perk deck maxed so it'd take some time

[@leoharper3888]

@@jamesbryan558 dudes got 3k hours he prolly got every perk deck maxed ngl. i had them all maxed at like 500ish

[@paydaydallas6615]

@@jamesbryan558 I'm trying out the payday 2 nuzlocke rn, so far it's going fine on a new profile

[@snewp_e2139]

@@paydaydallas6615 how’s it going now?

[@h3llcruizzer739]

Moom, get the camera! That's me at 1:27

[@bruvbeott6063]

congrats!

[@thiagod_3312]

lmao

[@moth4434]

Thank you for getting me back into payday. I dropped the game about a year ago but you reminded me of all the good time I had on it, thank you

[@scrungofan3]

I think it's worth mentioning that on election day day 1 you can be more efficient with getting the normal day 2 by seeing which containers are open. For example if a red container is open then red colored trucks will lead you to the other day 2. There is, however, a really small chance of opened container showing the right truck color (the container will have vote signs in it).

[@Cereal251]

Dont the open cons means thats not the color truck?

[@scrungofan3]

@@Cereal251 That is what I meant, some containers rarely signify that the truck with that color is correct.

[@Shiftry87]

​@@Cereal251 On the lower difficultys up to Overkill i think it is, the cargoship isent docked so u can se the name and color of each truck from spawn and that can very quickly eliminate several trucks and most often it reveals the correct truck right away.

[@jennyxj-9296]

You (seemingly) mentioned variable loot on diamond store at 8:37, but the loot for that heist is actually a consistent 18 bags per run resulting in 20,000 heist xp before bonuses which is about 1M after. Unless you mean the positioning variability but had some odd phrasing? Per 10:06, I'm 55 infamies in, using Marc's faster method. I'll see you at the top. :)

[@antler96]

Might have meant the bags of cash that can spawn in the safes on diamond store. I usually go for those when doing the infamy grind. I'm pretty sure they give exp.

[@jennyxj-9296]

@@antler96 I mean, sure I guess. But you could do an entire second diamond store in the time it takes to drill the those.

[@nykxssss]

You can do a 14-16bag diamond store in 7min. 10min if you are carefull and playing it safe. If there is a safe in the camera room.. drill it. Same with upstairs. But if the upstairs breaks more than once its not worth it. Im also sure that looking for all packages is not worth. Grab only the ones that are on your path. You can do 2 of those for every 100% cleared Diamond store.

[@jennyxj-9296]

Diamond store has 18 bags guaranteed on DS, which can be cleared out pretty quickly (sub 1 minute with a full team) and all give xp. Taking any less would hurt your xp gain. While you *can* drill a safe during the 7 minute run, my point was it you *shouldn't.* It just isn't worth the time setting up the drill or fixing it repeatedly for a *chance* at a money bag that I'm not even sure gives any xp to begin with. It's more efficient to just secure all of the diamond bags and then start another.

[@loan20000]

Safes on diamond store are always a gigantic waste of time. So is the loose loot. Grab the bags and move onto the next heist to maximize efficiency.

[@sarminder4357]

It's easier to start with a Murky Station on DS or any other difficulty. You can finish the heist in under 7 minutes and the +15XP stealth modifier is overkill when it comes to fast leveling. Head to a holdout with that and you're going to get a pretty fast infamy grind.

[@MyUsersDark]

Oof, i can't even complete Murky Station normally...

[@sarminder4357]

@@MyUsersDark It's going to get easier after 10-20 attempts, trust me. It's worth the pain for that +15 bonus.

[@TheTundraTerror]

@@MyUsersDark It's honestly pretty easy once you learn how the heist works. Once you do, it's really a matter of clearing out the underground tunnels and being mindful of guards.

[@CyanMedic]

I'm a fan of a quick DS Shadow Raid, myself, but that's mostly because I have that heist memorized back to front.

[@hamton6096]

The question is how many waves in holdout

[@billy65498]

I love that every time he talks about election day he just brute forces it even though the pc only takes like an extra 20 seconds to get through

[@amicosayshi865]

Previously an infamy 25 on console, I recently switched to PC and I'm nearly infamy 2 after about 5 days. I'm looking forward to the grind again. As an achievement hunter, the achievements have been very satisfying to get

[@BlazeStorm]

Yep same. While I am not the type to grind, all these achievements are so amazing to go for

[@haitamalaoui4940]

Yo wtf ? I been playing on console for months now the regular way and I'm only like level 90, any like tips for me on the crimewave edition no dlc ? Any OP guns ? Any loud or dodge builds with the hacker perk ? Or a burglar stealth build ?

[@amicosayshi865]

@haitamalaoui4940 First of all, difficulty. Death Wish reliably for Loud, Death Sentence for stealth. At this time, a Lion's Roar Anarchist build is all you'll need for Loud, I used Yakuza in stealth for the sake of being quick. Since this comment, I'm nearing infamy 80 now, but you'll definitely want to get the dlc for console, Jimmy heists are what I used on console. Jimmy hiests, Hoxton Breakout and Holdout if console has it. Look up a build for holdout

[@haitamalaoui4940]

@@amicosayshi865 Yeah unfortunately there is no holdout on console

[@rileysmith7763]

Horde shooters, especially hold out kinds, have always been my absolute favorite kind of game. I’m still crossing my fingers and hoping that someday we get Holdout mode for payday 2 consoles

[@meechtree5795]

I’m still crossing my fingers and hoping that someday we get ______ for payday 2 consoles

[@juakoko7880]

lmao

[@NeonTheWolf]

I would love to see the full build for Holdout, with the current build I use for Holdout it's almost always a struggle to progress past wave 7 and i'm not good enough at build making to be able to figure it out myself

[@valentine9586]

same!

[@Tikithekitty]

i know this is a while back >.> but i just got my first infamy and it has been a good journey, this guide is lovely and pretty detailed, easy to follow and i actually started playing holdout for the very first time because of it

[@SiCSpiT1]

Grinding infamy is the way I choose play Payday 2, with a few pauses here and there at lvl 80+ for some of the lower exp heists to break things up. My way is slower than Kknowley's since I prefer how the game plays at Mayhem difficulty and I don't bother with the other modes. I stealth two missions(Sometimes Bank, First World Bank, or Four stores) (Death Sentence, obviously) until level 50+ then I have a loud saw build ready to go for Big bank, then to Hoxton's Breakout and then to Golden Grin. Those three will push me over level 80 and then I'll play the game based on my mood from there until I hit 97+. Once at level 99.5ish I'll do another stealth mission so I can get a stealth bonus at level 0. Making low level loud builds that will work with randoms while tailoring builds for specific heists is what I find to be the most fun part of payday 2. It can be the trickiest thing to master early on. My go to level 50+ loud build: Anarchist Perk Deck: Mastermind: Uppers basic Enforcer: Resilience aced, Die Hard and Transporter basic, Bullseye aced, Iron Man basic, and Portable Saw aced Technician: Jack of All Trades aced, (because I use ARs) Lock n' Load, Surefire, Fire control all basic. Ghost: Duck and Cover and Parkour basic, and Shockproof aced Pair that with a suit & tie, your AR of choice, saw, first aid kits, and an ammo bag and you can solo Big Bank if you have to. The best ARs to pair with the saw are: Union 5.56 AK17 on single fire(if you can click heads and probably the other AKs too) Queen's Wrath Lion's Roar maybe the AK5 (it's been a while) and last and probably the best AR at the moment the Gecko 7.62

[@hometimemayhem928]

holdout bug: a sentry gun on the shelf to the left of the hostage ( the door is forward) on 1st world bank will cause enemies to get stunlocked trying to shoot it down from the other side of the wall in the other room, so if you keep your ammo topped off it's a free win as only 25 enemies get in the entire half-hour

[@supersonicbros23]

My grinding method involves a bit more roleplay, and Tailor packs have been crucial for the fun factor. Each infamy I make a new outfit, new loadout, and try different things, usually retracing as many fun heists as possible pretending its someone else this time. Still wind up doing Hoxton Breakout a bajillion times but it gets the job done. So far I've made over 40 personas in Payday. I just wish they would add a replay story function or at least "Start Heist" buttons in the Career mode even after you've cleared story mode, as it would make it easier to simply replay the lore point of the game without having to write anything down. Replaying the story is inevitably going to get you to 100 and seems less likely to burn you out than irresistibly choosing the same high-xp heists over and over.

[@PaperHatLad]

I am here having not a single infamy level, just wanted to get to 100

[@purplemax5140]

I'm on the verge of going infamous for the first time and this video comes out, Great Timing Kknowley!

[@michalw0292]

I really like holdout so I will definitely try this quick level up method

[@gregmcgraver4487]

How do I create the contract?

[@michalw0292]

@@gregmcgraver4487 in the server selection menu, find the "dial" on the left side of the screen and there you can select the map or enter the game search options and click from heist to holdout

[@abysmalist4761]

btw by equipping 2 granede launchers and never shooting them, you can abuse the game's mathematics and become an infinite source of sentry ammo (as long as it stays above 40%)

[@employeeofanticringeassoci4821]

you edited your com and still made a minor spelling mistake

[@abysmalist4761]

@@employeeofanticringeassoci4821 sory im drunk

[@suckanegg69]

​@@abysmalist4761does this still work?

[@abysmalist4761]

@@suckanegg69 i haven't played for a while but i think yes

[@sinful9347]

Awesome job on the last video! Love to see your content!

[@mtkmaster7736]

Thank you man for the video! I was leveling so slowly!

[@garybaldo8822]

Hey man! I just discovered your channel, and I find your content to incredibly good, keep up the good work!

[@azazel5188]

I played the game for about 500 hrs now, and I'm only infamy 3, mostly because I don't like going infamous. I like to hunt for achievements (e.g. all the One-Down-Achievements) and it's waaaay easier to just stay at Lvl100 for that. I don't like losing all my skill points, because you really need them all to make a good build.

[@MrBlueSky77]

you know if you go to infamy 5 you'll unlock more usable skill points by the time. Like yes, it's hell going through first 5 infamy but in the end its worth it for more skill points

[@Markoman98]

I kinda use a same strat where after lvl ~55 I repeat Ele-day stealth bonus into holdout. Before I infamy I do Ele -day just for the 20 bonus that carries over through infamy for an extra level. After infamy: Either AFK safe house raid w/ bots on Mayhem (14 min lvl0 > lvl53) OR I stealth Ukrainian Job DS OD > I ignore store since ONLY the tiara gives exp. (5 min lvl 0 > 41) (imo both of these are better than 4 stores) After that I either do ELE day if I'm cocky or 1 more stealth: Diamond Store (kind of like you) for a quick boost or Murky Station ALL LOOT within 10-15 min for a fat amount of EXP. After that I'm guaranteed level 55+ one way or another and I just begin my Ele-day > Holdout > Repeat cycle. For holdout I make a neat lil sentry build, place 'em in ambush spots where they fire infrequently and get targeted even less frequently, basically using them to scare/slow the Cops A.I., so my bot crew has an easier time while I afk. REMEMBER - Your sentries are more efficient screwing with the enemy A.I. & saving ammo than they are dumping ammo to just sometimes kill them!

[@monsoon7034]

this vid is what convinced me to used anarchist and I managed to get wave 5 on holdout for golden grin even though I basically had no idea what I was doing. perfectly balanced

[@coconutdog3440]

What mods did you use on the Grimm and Lions roar, also would it be possible for us to get your full loud build after the 2 hours?

[@Tanksnstuffs]

Is there any simular guide to people completely whitout DLCs?

[@psychic_beth]

I have a different method of solo infamies, usually takes about 2hrs 10 mins. I infamy and then run the following rotation of heists to avoid heat penalties. 1: Diamond Store DS. Even at level 0, I can reliably finish it in under 8 mins, sometimes faster than that. With skills under 6 mins is possible, and it gets you roughly 1m-1.1m XP (level 49 or 50 depending on previous stealth bonuses) 2: Murky Station DS. This one is one of the best for getting stealth bonuses, depending on RNG you can finish it in under 4 mins for 1m-1.1m XP, and if there's a train car full of weapons next to the boat escape and you get the boat escape, it's some easy extra XP. 3: Election Day DS. I usually rush day 1 as usual, but I make sure to finish day 2 in 5 mins since you get more XP and it makes it a much more reliable stealth, whereas if I were to rush it in 3-4 mins, I would fail it more often which would cost overall time and be more stressful. 4: Golden Grin Casino (DW) This one's by far the best XP/min heist in the game for solo players. If you stealth up until stealing the civ's keycard and then go loud, you can get about 4 mil XP on DW (75k base XP) in roughly 16 minutes. I use a Hacker dodge build with Izhma/HE Judge to do this, and sometimes do the first run of this heist on Mayhem if I'm feeling rusty. I end up having to play each heist 3 times and then I do one or two other stealth heists to set up a bonus for the next infamy (usually Scarface Mansion). Also, I ALWAYS use the Yakuza perk deck for stealth, with the only exception being the initial level 0 run of Diamond Store. UPDATE: Now using a new strategy, I do Murky Station -> Golden Grin (full stealth not pseudostealth like before) -> Election Day -> Big Bank (stealth with loud bus escape)

[@Frabor96]

Excuse me, how does Murky Station give 1M? As infamous lvl 1 I usually get around 300k, doing all 4 trains with no loot obviously and still under 8 - 10 mins

[@diewott1337]

@@Frabor96 A bit late but more Infamy, up until 25, give more XP bonuses.

[@ZreaperOfficial]

Infamy 66 and I've been doing basically the exact same thing as you. Something easy like Ukranian Job to get my first few levels > Diamond Store until I can make a loud build > Election Day on any difficulty just for the 20% stealth bonus > Holdout on something easy like Alesso Heist and relying on a perk deck like Stoic or Leech to stay alive

[@Pengin596]

I'd just like to add, in a recent update the level locked weapons glitch HAS BEEN FIXED at least from what I have experienced.

[@Shockw4ve0]

Yea they mentioned that in patch notes

[@Shiftry87]

Even so the Judge is unlocked before lvl 30 anyway if i am not mistaken so just do a 2nd 4 store ECM if needed to unlock it.

[@moonlordmeow3431]

So I'm a semi-new player to the game who didn't know how infamy worked. I assumed, like an idiot, that you would only have to reset a couple of times over the course of the journey to 100. How wrong I was. Thanks for this video, I think I would've gone mad without a method to gain quick infamy.

[@SomethingBoutEclipse]

I have an idea for a payday 2 challenge. “Can you beat payday with every heister with their canon build?” such as Dallas with a leader build, Joy with a hacker build, etc.

[@Nothingforever192]

Man that has a lot of potential, I would love to see the jacket run through. Stealth missions and loud.

[@oak_w00d89]

My route is doing election day on easy at lvl 100 for quick boost, then do diamond store and get to lvl 50, then first world bank for a little more stealth skills and after that keep spamming boiling point, big bank and rats. Its much better then doing holdout

[@tyler9923]

i got the game on pc 2 weeks ago after playing it on ps4 years ago. I am about to reach infamy 2 and was having trouble finding a good grind method that wasn't 50 Ukrainian jobs or something like that, so thanks for the video. It helps a lot.

[@qmalamos]

Once you get used to it, golden grin casino can be done under 10 minutes or so, rewarding around 2.3 million XP, wich can be a good bonus xp boost

[@satan5377]

I started playing payfay 2 not so long ago and if u are only starting i would recomend playing stealing xmas and slaughterhouse. They are relatively easy and can be done with basic guns

[@jacehackworth6413]

I find stealth boring so I always just use anarchist with a dragons breath predator and that usually allows me to keep up on mayhem lobbies.

[@2Poco2Loco]

Always thought solo-ing holdout was a pain in the ass. Always got to wave 7. Maybe this would push me to actually finish 9 waves of it.

[@jigorkij]

Just go straight for diamond store, doable solo on level 0, you'll end up at lvl 48-52

[@TheGateShallStand]

Quite happy to know about the first weapon slot trick, I'll be sure to fuck around and bring over my Over9000 Saw in my secondary to cheese lockboxes galore

[@Frost_Winterfall]

after I hit infamy I tend to do a DS Murky Station since it shoots you up to lvl 53 for an easy and cheap stealth, then I do just about whatever I want, typically though, I'll respec my hacker build and do some Mayhem heists, play with friends (lots of mine are just getting into the game, so its fun to teach them stuff,) or I do some achievements. Keeps me engaged and before I know it I'm already getting close to 90. Once at 90, I'll do some Mayhem heists I find fun or do some fun stealth heists like San Martin. Takes a bit longer, but its so much fun for me that it flies by in no time

[@DrakePlatinum]

im on infamy 2 rn im def considering to try these methods even tho im trash at stealth.

[@thatoneleaf9895]

tip: the first weapon in slot wont be removed rule does not apply to console, i just went to infamy 2 and now im stuck with the amcar and chimano (accidentally sold kurz pistol thinking it was chimano, idk how) and now im stuck with this shitshow of weapons, though two four stores will easily get me to lvl 22, which is required level for the Raven and for Judge is lvl 35 edit: but it does apply for bots, so if they have the raven in first slot equipped they will have it after progressing infamy Edit 2, this is now an in-depth guide or an attempt at one: Before progress Infamy: Buy suppressors for AMCAR and Chimano before progressing Infamy After progressing Infamy: I recommend Ukrainian Job or Four Stores on Overkill, easily stealthable and hard to fail Also attempt to grab all Packages, if there is people blocking the Parking Lot permanently, its ok Have Hacker Perk Deck for all stealth heists, this is obvious though At infamy 2 Ukrainian Job on Overkill gets you: - Lvl 28 3/4 - $215k spending cash - 32 skill points - Possible continental coin I don't know the XP or Money output of Four Stores at Lvl 0 sorry After doing this, with the Skill Points available, get: Mastermind - Nothing Enforcer - Resilience (to get Transporter after 2nd heist) Technician - Hardware Expert, Drill Sawgeant Aced Ghost - Chameleon, Cleaner, Sixth Sense, Nimble Aced, ECM Overdrive Aced, Second Wind (to get The Professional after 2nd heist) Fugitive - Nothing Have Raven Shotgun (mods are 000 Buckshot, Short Barrel, The Silent Killer Suppressor, and Compact Laser Module) and Mark 10 Submachine Gun (mods are Low Profile Suppressor and Compact Laser Module) for when you finish Ukrainian Job as it provides good concealment (fully modded Raven gives 26 concealment and fully modded Mark 10 gives 27 concealment, with no armor and a weapon butt as melee, overall concealment equals to 10) Do another Ukrainian Job on DS to get Judge available (Overkill isn't enough on any heist at this infamy level and Four Stores has no ATM's above Overkill) After I did Ukrainian Job on Overkill, then Ukrainian Job on DS, Ukrainian Job on DS will give/get you to: - Lvl 38 1/2 (Lvl 9 3/4 added) - $300k spending cash - 10 skill points - Possible continental coin After doing this, with the Skill Points available, get: Mastermind - Forced Friendship Enforcer - Underdog, Shotgun CQB Aced, Transporter Technician - Nothing Ghost - The Professional Fugitive - Nothing Equip Judge Shotgun (mods are Flechette, The Silent Killer Suppressor, and Compact Laser Module), full modded allows 27 concealment, again resulting in 10 total concealment (still with no armor and weapon butt melee) Do Diamond Store on DS (I am now following this video's guide, I am just giving my personal path) On Diamond Store it gets you to/gives: - Lvl 47 1/2 (Lvl 9 added) - $543k spending cash - 9 skill points - Possible continental coin With the Skill Points available, get: Mastermind - Nothing Enforcer - Nothing Technician - Nothing Ghost - Cleaner Aced, Sixth Sense Aced, Duck And Cover, and Inner Pockets Fugitive - Nothing Before Election Day, buy the OVE9000 Saw (mods are Silent Motor and Durable Blade, these are REQUIRED) for Day 2 On Election Day Day 1, don't rush When on Day 1: Go right and jump over fence, from there check containers (don't forget the ones in the very northwest of the map if you haven't fully narrowed it down to one truck, if it is still vague enter the room that has the computer using ECM, either in the north building of map or the west building, in west building don't try to look through windows as you will be spotted by guards, causing a possible restart if you don't stealth, by the way, on the computer, the three logos that appear are the invalid ones, the logo that doesn't show up on the computer screen is the correct logo. On Day 2: Equip OVE9000 Saw On Day 2: Enter left side of map, grab crowbar (search for the locations on google or youtube before going into heist, they are complicated to explain), find camera operator and kill him, if he is left side of map, in the little room, go to the room right of the camera operator and place it in the northeast corner of room on the plant, so the corner facing the corner of the entire room, if he is right side, go to the very end of hallway where the windows are, go to left room and place bag behind the second table, kill guards that patrol the ground floor, not the ones on walkways, but watch out for them when killing ground floor guards, after that just saw open all the tarp covered rooms when the walkway guards aren't in the room, after hacking all Voting Machines, leave, grab the Gold from the truck beside the getaway van (if alarm hasn't been sounded) On Election Day, it will give/get you to: - Lvl 53 (I got 2 extra levels bc I had to terminate contract 1 time after failed attempt. Lvl 3 1/4 added) - $1.3mil spending cash - 3 skill points (I got 2 extra bc I had to terminate contract 1 time after failed attempt) - Possible continental coin With the Skill Points available, get: Mastermind - Nothing Enforcer - Nothing Technician - Hardware Expert Aced and Kickstarter Ghost - Parkour Fugitive - Nothing FROM THIS POINT ON: Run Ukrainian Job/Diamond Store/Car Shop over and over if you are short on skill points, run the Story Line missions to get more continental coins Holdout isn't available on console so the heist to run is Cook Off I'll use Lion's Roar Rifle (mods are Silenced Barrel, Auto Fire, Military Laser Module, and Acough Optic Scope), Grimm 12g Shotgun (mods are HE Round, King's Crown Compensator, Single Fire, LED Combo, Big Brother Magazine, and Speculator Sight), Weapon Butt Melee, no armor, Rogue Perk Deck (fully upgraded), HEF Grenade, First Aid Kit as Primary Equipment and Doctor Bag as Secondary Equipment The Skill Deck I made was: Mastermind - Combat Medic, Quick Fix, Combat Doctor Aced, Forced Friendship, Confident Aced, Joker Aced, Partners In Crime Aced Enforcer - Nothing Technician - Third Law, Eco Sentry, Jack Of All Trades Aced Ghost - Second Wind and Optical Illusions Fugitive - Nine Lives Aced, Up You Go Aced, Feign Death Aced The Crew will be: Loadout 1 - Raven Shotgun, Quick, Distractor Loadout 2 - Lion's Roar Rifle, Sharpeyed, Protector Loadout 3 - RPK Light Machine Gun (no mods necessary), Piercing, Healer For the very last inventory setup (character, weapon, and ability tab setups) the base lvl to have max efficiency is lvl 58 On Cook Off: When you are moving Meth Bags to the van, have First Aid Kits ready, they are life savers Meth Lab is downstairs - Board the two windows right on the Meth Lab up, board the window thats left to the kitchen counter up, have two ai in the middle of the room and one AI in the entrance to the bathroom, hide in the bathroom, when you want to move bags: If the van is left side of map - Throw the bags to the right window in front of the bathroom, throw the bags left of the outside shed, then to the ramp then bolt for the van If the van is right side of map - Throw bags to staircase right of the Meth Lab, then towards the broken down car, then bolt for van Meth Lab is upstairs - Board the right window in closet up, have two AI by staircase and one in the entrance of the closet, board the middle window thats behind the Meth Lab to prevent snipers from getting you, hide in the closet, when you want to move bags: If the van is left side of map - Throw the bags to the right window in front of the staircase, throw the bags left of the outside shed, then to the ramp, then bolt for the van If the van is right side of map - Throw bags to the left window in the closet, then throw it as close to the staircase as possible, then the broken down car, then bolt for the van The amount of meth bags is your choice, you can go for 10 or for 100, just remember: When you run out of Doctor Bags, ESCAPE, the amount of First Aid Kits doesn't matter this took a while T-T edit (3 weeks later): On Cook Off, I do Overkill as DS pisses me off as i can barely manage to secure the first three bags, get downed three times just going in and out the house xD I believe 25 bags gives around 4.7mil XP which increased my level from 60 to 80, so normally I would say about 12.5mil-15mil total is needed to fully get to Lvl 100, so about 60-70 bags? By the way I actually recommend DW, I haven't personally attempted it but it seems like a good margin if you find Overkill a little too easy but DS too hard :)

[@thedootlord]

Perfectly timed i just bought the game

[@yihadistxdl951]

just hit infamy 30 today and i seriously dont want to give up that XXX-100 level, but the grind calls

[@dooderman8361]

Currently infamy 1 and now that the infamy pool is out would it be a good idea to just do an election day --> holdout rinse and repeat without resetting level? Because that way you keep lvl 100 the whole time and with the stealth bonus from election day you just have to do one extra cycle to make up the extra 7 mill xp needed for the infamy bank route?

[@nukesdabomb5704]

Just a heads up for users going for kills to get the robbedacop statue, incendiary rounds dont count as kills.

[@Shiftry87]

For those looking to copy the holdout build he is using know that the stats shown on the left in hes caracter stats for some reson are not accurate. It shows after weapon and skills have been selected that there is 0% crit and a detection of 43 this is not accurate. Why i have no ide but your detection should be closer to 22 and your crit should show 30%.

[@sundiehessel2664]

To be honest I just do cook off

[@oz_jones]

"Jesse, we need to -cook- infamy."

[@arcoxo1152]

finally i can do the lazy way of leveling up this video will make me grind now for this ty for this video knowley much love

[@ponivi]

Man I just use Cook off. Set up a Muscle or Rogue for bag delivery, get a couple stoics with LMGs to defend, and anyone for cooking, preferably the person power leveling

[@imanassole9421]

I use to hide behind the AI in 1 down, (or it's modern equivalent) Cook off all the time.. I forget what My top amount of bags was.. way past 100. Possibly 2 or 3 hundred. I forgot, bit if you strategically place your AI, hide in the right corner of the kitchen downstairs, and use poison ninja stars. You only have to guard that window for the most part. Dozers are really the only threat. You just stack up the bags in that corner and sprint as many bags as you can to the van every time he shows.

[@clay_knight1493]

What load out did you use with the lions roar

[@andymurray5045]

Amazing guide, thank you

[@justas423]

This video reminded me why I'm not grinding infamy. The Executioner Suit and Gold And White Weapon Color might be cool, but not good enough for grinding.

[@Lummox874]

I have no idea of what infamy is, I can’t remember the last time I paid attention to it. I simply grab the flamethrower and Jacket and the dopamine flows in.

[@CaveyRockz]

I dont know if it's a change but you really cant afk holdout. The ai seems to ignore enemies releasing the hostage. Hilariously only got to wave 3 truly afk on alesso. Hell, even when im actively playing Ill have runs ended on wave 7 or 8 due to this whilst im stuck reloading. Ignoring AFK strat - The fact that I can get nothing for 20+ mins of playing is just bad. They need to rework holdout, either give us the option of half the rewards instead of retrying OR add a mechanic to recapture the hostage or something. So a big nope on holdout, it's just not viable Solo if Ai are going to be so useless in protecting the hostage.

[@Zelody]

I start off with Ukrainian Job on Death Sentence stealth finish it about 5-7 mins and I get level 32-33. Then, I do hoxton breakout on mayhem which will me in the 60-70's followed by Black cat, and after im done I do hotline miami to the 80's then from there I just freestyle and do whatever mission usually crime spree missions.

[@darthrevin8230]

Any substitute for Black Cat for console players?

[@brickpuncher1429]

I got a lot of exp when grinding Vlad's infinite heists.

[@bige2576]

Saw a guy with letter d on ds hoxton breakout tonight. Damn can’t imagine the grind.

[@colin-chaikulan6394]

So I just failed Election Day D1 24 times when doing the 50/50 strat. Lovely!!!!

[@cherryking9571]

Btw, in Election Day if you wait till the 5 minute mark on day 2 you’ll receive a lot more XP same goes for using all the available keycards

[@supermomandj]

Knowley what was the exact lions roar setup your used?

[@Random-ness]

You can level up quickly if you do 4 stores on death sentence

[@BakedPotato288]

I’m currently infamy 0, and level 94. Can’t wait to get my first infamy!

[@wyguysecondary]

gigachads play holdouts on dsod, a few of my friends taught me how to play it recently

[@FreeFragUK]

Infamy 3 at the moment, left the game back around mid-2015 but recently returned due to friends. I'll have to re-watch this video for ideas on how to build my infamy up. Admittedly I think my Krink is in the first secondary slot, it's irritating that you can't move items around in your inventory to better organise them.

[@sweetdippers2199]

My personal hardest thing about imfamy is having the amount of cash to do it do you have any recommendations

[@claytopolis]

I was never into prestige systems in games as i hated losing progress and having to start off weak again. even if i get an xp boost so it lasts shorter. I only got to infamy level 1 purely to get the perk discounts to make a proper build. I ended up doing Rats so many damn times trying to level up. at the end i was just a sliver away from ranking up to 100 and finally finish grinding, so i decided to repay hector's many instances of having me cook meth by doing a low level hoxton revenge and ending him for good.

[@MrBlackTLP]

6:32 I tried doing it while being hidden, police would damage no problem because they would come to me, ai weren't good at controlling police so hostage would get freed very easily. all in all, I should probably get good if I want to play holdout

[@nguyenvanquang876]

Part of the problem might be in where you position the bots or what weapons you give them. Try placing them next to the hostage like in the video and give them the Stakeout shotgun, arguably one of the best weapons for bots in close range situations.

[@MrTailson1]

I've played Holdouts constantly while grinding for levels, but have never gone past Wave 5 at most, usually just end it at 3. How can you casually just state you go through all 9 waves?

[@solarexitt]

On the alesso holdout map my bots keep getting downed then another bot runs over to revive them cause of their AI and then I have to move them back to their spot causing me to almost die, anyway to stop them from getting downed so much? (happens on other maps too)

[@TubbyLumps]

I'm at infamy 69-40 right now, got here from abusing the fwb holdout sentry glitch. Don't know if I should continue infamying tbh

[@spookyjohn6543]

Nothing is better than hearing about how good the pc version is while i play the ps3 version.

[@taxa1569]

'As all are eventually hard coded to do' not the other day for me! :'( I had one glitch stationary in the corner of the store for 5 mins. Then left it at that though and ECM rushed. First day back soo I wanted a chill heist to come back too :P

[@VoidTraveler1]

10:24 that ad is danish lmao didnt expect that

[@pancakeswithbutter4767]

Can you make a full build video for what you ran in this video Looked like you were bulletproof

[@nooblangpoo]

You can glitch FWB hold out by the way, make that of what you will.

[@TubbyLumps]

Sentry glitch op af

[@tare104ka]

Didnt they fixed it?

[@TubbyLumps]

@@tare104ka as of 2 weeks ago, it still works fine. Just smash the monitors and place em as close to the wall as possiblr

[@Bun_McByuun]

I never knew about the weapon saving trick. I'll have to check it out next infamy, but my current strat of doing Mayhem Firestarter with a primary saw + MP7 and running antichrist has been doing me solid, albeit, repetetive. Gets me into the mid 50s by doing this, and can be done with bots or players.

[@jamesbryan558]

The weapon saving thing was literally only found out about and wasn't able to be done before before the last patch

[@marcelobk1000]

Try a seven bags overkill Rats, by the end of the 3 days you are in the 60s and it takes about 35 minutes

[@Griffers]

ive been at Infamy 10 since 2.0 because the X by itself looks the coolest tbh

[@Gl00Tech]

What are the raven and judge builds? As just the stats were flashed for a split second, I'd like to know what I should have in my pocket for the long run :p

[@MistaSpencer]

What’s your setup for lions roar and shotgun? Like the build/perks to make them so OP

[@-Dragon-Master-]

I got payday for the ps3 yes it's still active and playable but I was super low level and joined a overkill FBI heist to kill a single enemy I used all my mag I was lvl 7 I actually helped a lot with the drill and stuff and now I'm I think level 21 in just a single game well it was a 3 day game but still

[@TheRangerDanga]

Did they fix the holdout strats? I feel like i can only make it to wave 7

[@obi_wanshinobi]

6:40 currently doing this while watching this video again. 2 converted heavy cops, ai teammates, and hiding under the table in holdout. Haven’t touched my mouse in about 15 minutes lol.

[@eriemaxson3290]

Do you have like an exact build guide for this? Like when to get an upgrade at what level?

[@sjirko]

Very informative, thanks bro

[@steeldreemurr9792]

Do you have any suggestions for replacement heists instead of Holdout? I play on Switch and it doesn't have Holdout, or honestly, it doesn't have a good amount of the heists or weapons available that other platforms have. If not, I guess I'll just replace it with Cookout or something similar.

[@shen0993]

I would appreciate it if you show the loadout builds for each weapon

[@JaedenRyanW]

Yeah the death sentence missions are the best as long as you play smart and don’t die constantly lol

[@therealkoolhero2762]

considering getting the game on switch (because that's what i have! lmao) and i wanna knowa few things: A) is it crossplay? B) what can and can't i use in terms of perk decks? characters? weapons? C) what's the best heist for leveling up early? (level 1, no infamy, shit at stealth.)

[@manicrhymes9552]

I'm fine at infamy 12. Been on other games really

[@fgp0032]

I tried out your holdout strat and it didn't work, but I think I might be doing it wrong :(

[@Cereal251]

All i did was alleso holdout and afk but in wave 9 you want to get in the fight

[@fgp0032]

@@Cereal251 I tried hiding where Kknowley said, but the cops can still down me, even in wave one. Is the positioning of the AIs important? Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[@Cereal251]

@@fgp0032 position of the bots help alot there a bind thats say stop al that make then stay still and a good build can do ggood for you and good weapon for bots like the non dlc lmg i forgot the name of the lmg

[@aussiehighlands2715]

When do console players get weapon skins outfits and gloves?

[@arnegraphics3380]

Marcmb with enough ECMS could part seas and steal from the shipwrecks.

[@OneAndee]

I run Diamond Heist Deathwish, Election Day for the 20% bonus then Boiling Point death wish or death sentence and then repeat.

[@JPG.01]

60 hours played, still infamy 0. I do not enjoy the stealth gameplay in this game at all. If stealth is optional on a heist, I simply go full on Steiner Scout Lance(a battletech joke) on them. Nobody can say I wasn't stealthy, if nobody is left alive to say so. That's my approach. But also, the game only recently really clicked for me. So maybe I can soon start leveling quickly by playing easy heists on high difficulties. I also don't enjoy playing the game in public lobbies. I either go solo or with my group of friends. I tried one of the tips when I wanted to go infamous and played a crime spree. But the game did not let me raise infamy with an active crime spree.

[@ComissarYarrick]

I have infamy 200 right now. Tho, truth be told, I benefited a bit form mod that adds extra 5% exp bonus per Infamy after XXV. It's not that much at first, but after dozens of Infamies, it really adds up :D !