Payday 2 secret ending: How to achieve, rewards, and more 

Payday 2 has a secret ending which is difficult to complete. It has numerous requirements you must go through that are individually tiresome. Furthermore, the player also has to complete a set of heists beforehand in order to unlock the secret ending. The completion rewards the player with exclusive achievements.

The secret ending can be performed by a crew of four players, with every player's safehouse upgraded to have Scarface's piano present. This article will guide you to the completion of the secret ending.

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A complete guide for Payday 2's secret ending

The series of heists that need to be completed on any difficulty before attempting the secret ending in Payday 2 include:

• Golden Grin Casino
• Brooklyn Bank (Overkill difficulty)
• Breaking Feds
• Henry's Rock
• Shacklethorne Auction
• White House

After completing the aforementioned heists in Payday 2, you will unlock various trophies that are necessary to unlock the secret ending.

Next, enter your safehouse, go to Duke's desk to pick up the Medalion, head to the kitchen, and open three boxes on the table. After a bunch of pieces are laid out, select the option to assemble them, after which the item will start constantly spinning.

The keys you need to shoot in order (Image via r-pufky/GitHub)

Enter Scarface's room, walk up to his piano, and shoot the piano keys in a particular order, shown in the picture above. If done correctly, a saving icon will show up in the bottom left of the screen.

Every crew member then has to return to their respective safehouse's kitchen. You will see that a strange object has appeared. Interact with the device and take a screenshot of the text that shows up under it.

Language key (Image via Sensei Tehminer/Steam)

Use the language key shown above to translate the text into English. Repeat this process 20 times because the text will change up to 20 times when you interact with the item.

After getting the 20 translated texts, you will have to identify which 20 achievements out of the total of 57 they refer to in Payday 2. A GitHub Guide posted the translations of all 57 achievements, but you will still have to go through the process because every player gets a different set of 20.

Now, you will have to complete the 20 achievements in Payday 2 that you have translated if you have not already. Once you have completed all the aforementioned steps, the real secret ending can be commenced.

Start Payday 2's The White House Heist on the Overkill difficulty or higher and proceed as usual. Before entering the PEOC, go loud simply by shooting in the air. After this, you will have to enter the office room and interact with the painting on the left. The host of the party will be given a C4, which has to be used on the wall that will reveal a tunnel.

All members should go through the tunnel, onto the lift, and all the way down. You will come across a vault with a different language written. Do not interact with it until the whole crew is ready.

Once activated, a fourth ring will be activated on the vault, after which Payday 2's reskinned cloakers will spawn, which you will have to fight. One person out of the four needs to work on the next section while the other three are fighting.

Inside the tunnel (Image via Sensei Tehminer/Steam)

The next section consists of Payday 2's riddles, and the language sheet posted above will be required for translation. The person solving the riddles will have to translate the outer ring that will spell out the full riddle. However, as the full list of riddles is known, only translating the last word will suffice. The list of the riddles in Payday 2 includes:

• In the temple of gold and white, I bind myself to my psyche FOREVER - CUPID
• The legacy of Alessandro Cagliostro calls to the eastern STAR-GUIDE
• I am trusted to guard the great wealth of the land, but do not trust my WORDS - APATE
• Twins exchange a breath, the third sibling is banished until it RETURNS - ALGOL
• I am the bearer of the greatest gifts, I give what you seek THE MOST-GIANT
• Upon the terrace of riches and wealth, I hold what all who behold me DESIRE - JEWEL
• In the sand-covered lands of the pharaohs, I am followed by the missing LIGHT - SHEUT
• Among old recovered things, four couples are eternally locked in their LOVE-DANCE
• At the gates of silent memory, the lizard god speaks thy NUMBER - LAHUN
• I must face two to ascend, lest I meet my final journey in this CHALLENGE - CHESS
• I stand in front of the humble man on the wicked path as a COMPANION-SWORD
• With my companion's wisdom and ferocity that which I fly over that is my LAND - SUMER
• That of the watcher which will be consumed in the voice of SUMER - ZUMRU

Now, enter the answer for the riddles as shown in the list above. To enter the answer, use the levers. While facing the vault, the back left lever rotates the first and second ring, the front right lever rotates the third and second ring, the back right lever rotates the second ring, and the front left lever enters your answer.

As the language reads left to right, your letters should be in this order: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4. Once you input the correct answer, repeat the process three times. You will get a different riddle each time, and for each correct answer, golden corners will be pushed outwards that indicate your process. After completing the four riddles, a bright light will show up, and the crew will unmask.

The vault will open up, after which you can enter the chamber. A dentist will call you and ask you to open the door behind you. Instead of going inside the backdoor, move back towards the main door, shoot the dentist in the head, grab the Mayan gold, and place it in a designated spot in the chamber.

The crew has to now grab the bars from the spot and place them in the slots on the floor, after which Payday 2's secret ending will be unlocked. A "Movie Theater" option will be unlocked in the game's main menu, which you can go through and uncover the secrets.