Payday: The Heist – Special Police Guide: Cloaker

Payday: The Heist is a four player co-op FPS developed by Overkill Studios (now a part of Starbreeze) which allows you and three of your friends to perform all kinds of stings and heists, ranging from stealing diamonds to printing counterfeit money. Reviews of Payday were widely positive, and is frequently compared to the likes of the Left 4 Dead franchise. There are many things that set Payday apart from other four player co-op games: the sheer amount of teamwork needed to pull off a heist, the variety of ways to successfully finish a heist (some may be done stealthily, rather than blasting your way through), the adrenaline pumping music playing as you gun down thousands of police offers, and many more things. The four protagonists (Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, Chains) work their way through heists usually wearing their trademark clown masks.

Since buying Payday when it went on sale a while ago, I haven’t regretted a single moment of it. With the ability to change load-out and play style so easily, it’s a game that I find myself going back to every week. Also, the randomly generated positions of objectives, guards and, in some heists, beginning spawn points, it’s safe to say that you will not play the same heist in the same way twice.

Thanks to the success of the original Payday, a sequel is being created and will be released in August – see this article for more details. To celebrate this, I have decided to help you out, with the ultimate Payday: The Heist guide. Through this guide, I’ll be running you through many things: special enemies, achievements, strategies for a heist, weapons and unlocks, and even more!

Cloaker

The Cloaker is the Sam Fisher of Payday – his night-vision goggles and quick moving speed make him a huge problem, especially since they can one-hit incapacitate somebody and usually arrive in groups of three or four. When a Cloaker knocks you down, you’re no use to your team, as the ability to use your pistol on the floor doesn’t exist. Thanks to the glowing of the green goggles, Cloakers are easy to identify from a distance, and it’s best that they stay far away. If a Cloaker begins sprinting at you, using a shotgun is probably the best tactic, as it stops them in their tracks – even if it doesn’t kill them, it makes them stagger a few steps before charging once again.