- Not to be confused with the Contractor or Contractor .308 guns
In PAYDAY 2, a Contractor is an NPC who provides contracts (jobs) to the player crew through Crime.net. Different contractors provide different jobs that often reflect the nature of their client, though most of them are handled/coordinated by Bain.
Overview[]
Usually, each contractor provides a host of different jobs that often reflect their own line of work. For example, Hector offers jobs concerning the handling of narcotics, and The Elephant gives politically-inclined heists that favor subterfuge.
List of Contractors[]
Currently, there are 13 proper in-game contractors, 2 undefined ones and 1 hidden:
- Bain
- Hector Morales
- Denisa "The Butcher" Horvat
- The Dentist
- Senator Simmons, "The Elephant"
- Jimmy
- Vernon Locke
- Vladislav "Vlad" Kozak
- Charon (The Continental)
- Jiu Feng
- Shayu
- Gemma McShay
- Blaine Keegan
Hidden
Undefined
- Classic
- Event
Note: Though closely tied to the Shadow Raid heist, Gage has yet to personally offer any heist to the crew via Crime.net.
Contractor Summaries[]
Bain[]
Bain, being the general handler of the Payday crew, gives out the highest number of contracts, ranging from lowly Jewelry Store hits to high-risk, high reward missions such as the Reservoir Dogs Heist. His jobs often reward an intermediate amount of either cash or XP, and are usually 1-day only.
The Elephant[]
The Elephant, due to his nature as a politician, offers contracts involving defaming his rivals or accumulating power into his own hands. Such heists are often done in stealth to avoid unnecessary political involvements, though going loud does not affect the outcome in any way. Jobs given by The Elephant, like Framing Frame or Big Oil are high-paying contracts, provided the crew is able to accomplish all of their additional objectives and remain undetected throughout the process. One exception is The Biker Heist in which it is not possible to stealth through.
In a shady deal between Commissioner Garrett, the Elephant is falsely accused and incarcerated with a mysterious box of his is kept in Garrett's possession. The PAYDAY crew must steal his box back from the commissioner in Breakin' Feds. With no evidence against senator Simmons, Garrett has no choice but to release him from prison. Angered with his accusations, the Elephant gives a tip to the gang of a shady auction.
Vlad[]
Vlad initially gave out small-time hits, like trashing a mall to extort protection money out of its owner, collecting the earning of his former stores or acts of revenge against his traitorous (former) friend Dmitri. New players, or those who are farming for cards, often favor Vlad's older jobs due to their relatively short length and cheap price when purchased from the broker.
Despite this, however, some of Vlad's post-release contracts have been known for their unusual or silly if not straight up outlandish nature. These heists often involve ulterior objectives that Vlad will neglect to mention beforehand that Bain and the crew often discover only when they are already being shot at by the police.
Most of Vlad's jobs are no longer than 1 day, the only exclusion being Goat Simulator.
Vlad is also the provider of every seasonal Christmas heist to date, with the sole exceptions of GO Bank and Brooklyn Bank.
Hector[]
Hector, being a Colombian drug lord, offers heists involving the player crew guarding, securing, or even cooking methamphetamine or other narcotics while also doing the occasional cartel hit. Because of who he is, his operations are often intercepted by the FBI or rival gangs and thus are often opened into live combat involving large amount of enemies as soon as they begin, though a stealthy approach is viable in Firestarter. Hector's contracts often pay greatly while also awarding a generous amount of XP should the crew succeed, though they also stretch out onto many consecutive days and due to their "live combat" nature.
The Dentist[]
The Dentist, due to his wide connections and thorough knowledge of both the criminal underworld and political matters, usually offers some of the most complex and unique heists. Dentist contracts are among the top-payers in terms of XP and cash, far outstripping Hector's operations, though they are also significantly harder to pull off successfully on higher difficulties. All of his heists are DLC content, except for Hoxton Breakout and Hoxton Revenge, which are community event rewards.
Regardless of Contractor, The Dentist will always be present for preplanning discussions in a given heist if the feature is available (except for Border Crossing where it is presented by Locke).
The Butcher[]
Not much is known about The Butcher at the moment, although she gives the crew The Bomb and the Scarface Mansion heists. Also, The Bomb heists are the very first PAYDAY 2 heists not developed by Overkill, but rather Lion Game Lion. The Butcher is also the first female contractor in the PAYDAY series.
While not the contractor, her henchmen were captured and must be rescued in Alaskan Deal in an arms deal gone sour.
Charon (The Continental)[]
Charon is an employee of The Continental, serving as a middleman and giving out two heists, Brooklyn 10-10 and The Yacht Heist. Noteworthy, Brooklyn 10-10 is more of a rescue mission offered by Winston with Charon captured by a gang. As for The Yacht Heist, it is more of a revenge mission, with the crew targeting Bob McKendrick for his earlier betrayal as they steal his personal bank accounts on his private yacht and to ensure his fundraising party will not be successful.
Vernon Locke[]
Vernon Locke was a Murkywater operative, part of a division designated to infiltrate and shut down Crime.net. As a mercenary, he sees this as an opportunity to make some money and reaches out to the Payday Gang. The two heists he provided, Beneath the Mountain and Birth of Sky, involve hitting and stealing Murkywater property.
In Alaskan Deal, Locke apparently betrays the PAYDAY crew out of self-preservation and leaves them and The Butcher's men to fend for themselves against the police force. Despite what he did, Bain informs his heisting associates to trust him before being captured by unidentified enemies in the Reservoir Dogs Heist. After this incident, Locke himself has taken over Bain's role and leads the crew to conduct a heist in Brooklyn Bank in a pursuit for clues and the later heists afterwards. Eventually his old employers catch wind of his association with the PAYDAY gang and closed all communication channels with him.
With Bain captured, Locke leads the PAYDAY gang to pick up where Bain left off with his "holy grail dinges", obtaining the mysterious boxes in Henry's Rock and Breakin' Feds as well as a black tablet in Shacklethorne Auction. After finding out where Bain is held, he sends some heisters to Hell's Island and to free the contractor, as well as launching a second attack in Mexico to cut off supplies. With Bain's final wishes, Locke assists the gang in stealing the presidential pardons from The White House.
Jiu Feng[]
Jiu Feng is a former Golden Dagger triad member and a weapons smuggler. He is the primary weapons provider in the City of Gold campaign, and provides two contracts.
In Dragon Heist, he contracts the PAYDAY gang to steal a golden dragon statue from a triad-run tea shop in San Francisco. In The Ukrainian Prisoner heist, he reveals that after the events of Dragon Heist, Vlad has been captured by the triads and tortured in a triad-run dockyard. He contracts the rescue of Vlad, and provides an escape route on his speedboat.
He contracts no further heists, although he provides an escape route for the crew in the Black Cat heist should they decide to blow up the vault wall with C4 and airlift the vault.
Shayu[]
Shayu is a member of the Golden Dagger Triad and a part of the inner circle.
Shayu provides only one contract, Mountain Master, where she requests the assassination of Yufu Wang to take over the Golden Dagger triad.
Gemma McShay[]
Gemma McShay is a gunrunner situated in Texas, USA, and the main arms dealer for the Texas Heat campaign. She provides two contracts.
In the Midland Ranch heist, she contracts the crew to infiltrate a farm to steal prototype military weapons. In the Lost In Transit heist, she contracts the crew to steal printing plates inside trains from a U.S. Army train depot.
Blaine Keegan[]
Blaine Keegan is the employer of Gemma McShay.
He provides only one contract, Hostile Takeover, where he requests the crew to infiltrate SERA Inc.'s R&D building to steal a research project and gather material to blackmail it's CEO, Alice Rainey.
Classic[]
Classic is a collection of remade heists from PAYDAY: The Heist. These heists are very similar to their original counterparts, but feature some modifications to them.
Event[]
Event is a "contractor" offering non-canonial heists, which are more strange and fantastical in nature. At this point, the only heists offered by this "contractor" are Safe House Nightmare, Lab Rats, Prison Nightmare and Cursed Kill Room.
Hoxton (Hidden)[]
Hoxton is the "contractor" of the Safe House and Safe House Raid missions. As he is hidden, his contracts are not required for difficulty achievements nor can be started through the contract broker. Despite Hoxton Revenge and Hoxton Breakout Day 2 being voiced by him, he's not used as the contractor of these.