What changed in PAYDAY 2 in 2025

Fixed a bug that led to the creation of invalid weapon mods in the weapon customization menu.

Medics can no longer heal other medics and cannot heal while electrocuted.

Fixed slow-motion effect not resetting properly when dying and reviving quickly.

Akimbo weapon skins have received visual improvements.

Reworked civilian hostage path finding to follow heisters more accurately.

Improved the hair physics on Clover to reduce glitches.

Allowed for more file formats to be overridden by assets/mod_overrides folder.

Removed limitations allowing akimbo-only weapon skins to be applied to single-hand versions and vice versa.

Fixed multiple issues causing civilians to get stuck in idle poses or skip animations.

Implemented missing transitional animation when a player goes from Bleedout to Fatal states.

Multiple quality-of-life updates have been implemented.

Brand-new voicelines for the character Wolf have been introduced.

Fixed Epic Game Store players not being awarded items from the Official Soundtrack and other packs.

Fixed Epic/Steam crossplay cheat detection for Alienware Alpha Masks and Melee items.

Added new voicelines for Wolf for marking and killing Medics, and marking Turrets and Captain units.

Fixed an unrolling loop shader issue that could lead to a GPU driver crash on parallax shaders.

Enabled Helmet Popping perk card effect for fire weapons like Dragons Breath and Flamethrowers.

The Shock and Awe aced skill for shotguns now rolls shield knockdown chances for every pellet.

Disabled an unused weapon animation delay mechanic that could cause reload animations to desync for akimbo weapons.

Fixed multiple issues related to weapon perks, ownership checks, and incorrect stats for certain weapons.

Fixed detection issues on sitting civilians in Big Bank and crash when marking the helicopter camera in Crude Awakening.

Fixed guards getting softlocked if they try to call the police while an ECM jammer is active.

Zipline motors are now color coded: orange for lootbags, blue for players.

Added search boxes to the Crew Management and Briefing Loadout menus.

Reverted enemy spawn cooldowns from 5 seconds back to a range of 15-20 seconds.

Fixed a few instances where players were not able to join games.

Fixed the Blood Sample (No Mercy) and Oil Sample (Crude Awakening) mission equipments using incorrect icons.

Interaction timers on upgrading drills/saws/thermal lance reduced from 10 seconds to 3 seconds.

Fixed CRIME.NET lobby info showing random numbers when the host has no mods.

Fixed some common/uncommon weapon skins unequipping applied attachments.

Added explosion and graze priority to medics so they will no longer revive other enemies when dying from an explosion.

Fixed bullet decals being created too slowly for high rate of fire weapons, causing them to lag behind.

Fixed multiple crashes relating to shotgun push mechanics.

Fixed player HUD flashing at random intervals due to health regeneration effects.

Fixed Captain Winters staying immortal forever if his squad are killed before he arrives.

Fixed the Ordnance Bag equipment being refreshable by leaving and rejoining a game.

Fixed freezing when a client is using akimbo weapons.

Adjusted the news feed in the main menu to not overlap with the game version number.

Fixed several incorrectly applied default weapon parts on some weapon skins.

Fixed an oversight that could prevent shooting right after reloading on slow fire rate weapons.

Fixed a crash when trying to spawn an invalid projectile.

Fixed a crash in the CRIME.NET menu related to invalid difficulty levels.

Fixed clients being able to masquerade as the host, causing them to become unkickable.

Fixed a crash with the Creeps mutator set to maximum damage with the nuclear option enabled.

Fixed carried lootbags being consumed when the player fails an interaction.

Fixed missing reticle selection for the Tuunbaq Scope weapon mod.

Fixed enemy flashbang detonation timers being too long on higher difficulties.

Fixed an exploit that allowed for infinitely long usernames to be displayed.

Fixed the Dentist's Loot (Golden Grin Casino) and the BCI Headset (Biker Heist) having incorrect secure values.

Fixed custom Point of No Return timers not using their set icons.

Fixed floating hands being visible while looking through cameras.

Fixed some common/uncommon skins resetting weapon attachments to default.

Updated a security certification that could have caused matchmaking issues for players on older operating systems.

Introducing a subscription option for PAYDAY 2, allowing players to explore the game and its DLCs at a lower cost.