

Players can do this by dropping the bag on the ground, allowing others to pick it up, or sliding the bag along the ground to a distant player.Funds from successful heists are used as ingame currency to buy equipment, customize a player's loadout, or unlock special perks. Players carrying heavy bags of loot will move slower than their peers, necessitating that the loot be passed between players to achieve a quick getaway. Missions are completed when players successfully escape with their ill-gotten gains. During this time, players have an opportunity to infiltrate under a guise of stealth and potentially disable security systems from the inside.

Heists begin with players in "casing mode", wherein they are free to roam the crime scene without raising suspicion. Payday 2 heavily emphasizes cooperation between players.
