This is a complete solo stealth walkthrough of the No Rest for the Wicked heist in Payday 3 on Overkill difficulty. This method is designed for consistency, safety, and achieving maximum loot. While it’s not the fastest route, it prioritizes stealth integrity and a high success rate with minimal risk.

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🔹 Pre-Mission Knowledge

Multiple attempts will help you memorize spawn patterns and objective locations. This guide assumes familiarity with general stealth mechanics and Rush activation through bumping civilians.

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🔸 Step 1: Pull the Lever

• Locate and pull the power lever, usually behind the teller counters.
• Use Rush (triggered by bumping a civilian) to lockpick the teller door instantly.
• Pull the lever and prepare to retrieve essential items.

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🔸 Step 2: Grab Key Items

• Blue keycard: Found on the downstairs security guard.
• QR Code Phone: Can spawn in the following spots:
  • On a table in the basement
  • Inside the meeting room on the first floor
  • With the technicians
  • In the locked room requiring lockpicking
• Grab the keycard and QR code quickly while avoiding detection.

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🔸 Step 3: Tag the Lead Guard

• Tag the lead guard with a motion sensor on his back. This allows for full tracking during the heist.

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🔸 Step 4: Open the Upstairs Door

• Use the QR code on the scanner to open the upstairs.

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🔸 Step 5: Red Keycard & Control Room

• Retrieve the red keycard from the roaming upstairs guard.
• Locate the control room (can spawn on the rooftop, first floor, or side opposite the lobby).
• Interact with the control room computer to call out power switch colors (used later for vault access).

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🔸 Step 6: Disable Cameras

• Use the blue keycard to open the security room.
• Take down the camera guard and answer the pager.
• Once done, cameras are disabled, dramatically improving mobility and safety.

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🔸 Step 7: Clean the Basement (Optional but Safe Strategy)

• Clean out all civilians and guards in the basement:
  • Subdue the downstairs security guard.
  • Tie up all roaming civilians.
  • Use the bathroom area to stash bodies and hostages.

This step is not mandatory but offers total freedom for later loot hauling.

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🔸 Step 8: Secure an Executive

• Executives can be found upstairs, often in rooms near the vault office.
• Before grabbing them, clear nearby civilians to prevent alerting others.
• Use Rush or stealth to take them as a human shield, then tie them up.

Note: Going through the long hallway route avoids two NPCs near the couch and reduces detection risk.

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🔸 Step 9: Vault Access

• Bring the executive to the retina scanner outside the vault.
• After access, you can:
  • Leave them in the corner near the vault
  • Or carry them into the vault or bathroom for total security
• Access the office computer to reveal possible vault codes.
• Match the digits on the keypad with the code shown on the computer.

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🔸 Step 10: Disarm Dye Packs & Prep Loot

• Immediately disarm dye packs after vault opens.
• It is possible to disarm all 8 packs solo, but the usual yield is 6–7.
• Open all lockboxes in the vault using Quick Fingers or Rush-perks.
  • Contains: loose cash, jewelry, 2 baggable money stacks, and a document

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🔸 Step 11: Loot Hauling & Escape

• If van spawns on the right-side parking lot, it’s much easier to transport bags.
  • This side has fewer patrolling civilians and just one roaming security guard.
• Use the rear route, behind the civilians and guard, to stay hidden.
• Optionally stash the executive and other hostages in the bathroom for peace of mind.

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🔸 Final Tips

• Use AI teammates if necessary by tossing bags to them.
• Use motion sensors to track guards reliably.
• Clear civilians near key computers and escape routes to prevent last-minute detection.

This strategy is slower but significantly safer than high-speed methods. If you’re after a clean, high-IP solo clear with minimal reloads, this method is ideal.

Happy heisting!