PAYDAY 2 – Hostile Takeover Job Hidden Items Guide

This guide will show you how to find the hidden item inside the safe on the Hostile Takeover job.

Requirements

At least one person in the lobby must have completed the Texas Treasures: Part 2 achievement from the Lost in Tranit job to be able to set this heist’s achievement in motion.

Achievement must be done on OVERKILL or above.

Stealth & Loud work both for this achievement.

The person/people having completed the previous Texas Treasures achievement will receive a USB-stick in their inventory upon spawning:

The Laptop

Your first point of interest will be a specific vehicle.

It has two possible spawning spots:

North Parking lot

South Parking lot

Next, open up its trunk- you will see an open laptop.

The USB-stick is needed to interact with this laptop.

Doing so will prompt up this next hint on the display:

The Button

Interacting with the laptop will enable the interaction for a button on the map.

The button has three possible locations:

#1 [Research center] Dr. Albert Simmons’ office – on the outer side of his desk

#2 [Reception] The reception office – on the wall next to the file cabinet

#3 [CEO office] Alice Rainey’s office – at the underside of her desk

The Code

For the next step, you must roam the map and find 3 golden briefcases containing a colored number each: red, green and blue.

(!) Remember the numbers in this order:
Red –> Green –> Blue

There are 3 possible spots for each color. Making it 9 total spots to remember:

Red briefcase #1 – On a curb, west of the North Parking

Red briefcase #2 – On a high planter between the 2 outdoor dining areas

Red briefcase #3 – Near the Guard Booth next to a bush

Green briefcase #1 – Next to the bike rack outside of the Administration office

Green briefcase #2 – Next to the car at the hot dog cart & outdoor dining area

Green briefcase #3 – Under a parked golf cart at the golf cart parking
You may need to drive the cart forward to read the number properly

Blue briefcase #1 – Under the meeting room table

Blue briefcase #2 – Next to a file shelf inside the Document Storage

Blue briefcase #3 – Next to the Bull Statue

The Safe

Your hidden item will be hiding inside a wide safe sitting inside a corner of the Prototype Development Laboratory:

The button you pressed in the previous step unlocks its keypad.

The code briefcases you found are needed to open the safe.

To open the safe, do the following:

1. Head to the Prototype Development Laboratory.
2. Locate the safe in the corner of the room
3. Enter the colored code you found in this order: Red –> Green –> Blue

Take the hidden item inside the safe to earn your achievement!