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Christmas Event Any Time
"Play the 2022 Christmas event in any month"
How do I install Christmas Event Any Time?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Christmas Event Any Time for PAYDAY 2 in one click.
</>What does Christmas Event Any Time do?
The 2022 Christmas event is still inside PAYDAY 2, but the game no longer turns it on and its entry is hidden from the Mutators menu. Christmas Event Any Time turns it on for you. Switch Christmas Event on, pick a contract and start. A Christmas tree stands in the level. Shake it and presents drop: XP Presents, Money Presents and Continental Presents. Carry them to the sled to secure them, or feed them to the shredder for crew boosts such as Health Recovery, Ammo Refresh, Bag Speed Increase and Special Rounds. The snowman boss joins the fight as the presents pile up. Each Continental Present on the sled adds one Continental coin at the end screen. The event runs in 34 levels across 31 heists, the ones where the developers placed both a tree and a sled: Jewelry Store, Bank Heist, Four Stores, Mallcrasher, Nightclub, Ukrainian Job, Art Gallery, GO Bank, First World Bank, Brooklyn Bank, The Big Bank, The Diamond, Dragon Heist, Black Cat, The Bomb: Dockyard, Henry's Rock, Buluc's Mansion, Scarface Mansion, Hoxton Revenge, Aftershock, Boiling Point, Border Crossing, Counterfeit, Mountain Master, Midland Ranch, Shacklethorne Auction, The Ukrainian Prisoner, Lost in Transit, Alaskan Deal, all three days of Firestarter and both days of Reservoir Dogs Heist. Other heists play as normal. The Check Selected Heist button tells you whether the contract you picked is one of them. It runs in offline single player only. In an online lobby the mod keeps the event off and the heist plays as normal. The switch takes effect when a heist loads. Turn it off and the next heist is back to normal.
</>What is Christmas Event Any Time?
PAYDAY 2 ran this Christmas event in 2022 and then put it away. The code, the tree, the sled, the presents and the snowman boss all still ship with the game, yet nothing in the menus starts it. This mod starts it through the game's own mutator system, so the event plays the way it did in 2022: shake the tree, haul presents to the sled or the shredder, and deal with the snowman. It runs offline, only in the 34 levels where the developers set a tree and a sled by hand, and it leaves every other heist alone.
</>Common questions about Christmas Event Any Time
Which heists have the Christmas event?
Only the heists where the developers placed a tree and a sled by hand. That covers Jewelry Store, Bank Heist, Four Stores, Mallcrasher, Nightclub, Ukrainian Job, GO Bank, First World Bank, The Big Bank, The Diamond, Black Cat, Scarface Mansion, Counterfeit, Mountain Master, every day of Firestarter and both days of Reservoir Dogs Heist, among others. The description lists them all. If you are not sure, open the contract on Crime.net and press Check Selected Heist: a popup in the game names the contract and says whether the event is in it. Heists outside that list, such as Rats, simply play as normal with the switch on.
Can I use it with friends?
No, the event runs only in offline single player. The current game no longer creates the side Santa belongs to, so the mod adds it to your own game, and a friend's game without it would place every unit on the wrong side. Online, even in an empty lobby, the switch does nothing until you go back offline.
Why is there no tree in my heist?
Check four things. First, the heist: not every level has a tree, and Check Selected Heist tells you about the contract you have open. Second, the game mode: the event belongs to normal contracts and never runs in Crime Spree or Holdout. Third, offline: it never runs in an online lobby. Fourth, timing: the game decides which events run while a level loads, so a switch flipped after the level started only counts from the next load. Restart the heist or begin another one and the tree is there.
Does the event change my rewards or achievements?
It adds one reward of its own: every Continental Present you bring to the sled is worth one Continental coin at the end screen. The game's files give this event no money or XP penalty and leave achievements on. While it is on, the game skips escape stages between the days of a multi-day heist.
What options does Christmas Event Any Time include?
Christmas Event
Turns the 2022 Christmas event on in heists that have it: the tree, presents, sled, shredder and snowman boss. Offline single player only. It takes effect when a heist loads.
Check Selected Heist
Says in the game whether a contract has the Christmas event. Open the contract on Crime.net, or be in its heist, then press it.
Christmas Event Any Time switches PAYDAY 2's 2022 Christmas event back on. Turn on Christmas Event, start one of the 31 supported heists such as Jewelry Store or The Big Bank offline, and the tree, presents, sled, shredder and snowman boss are in the level.
System Requirements
What features does Christmas Event Any Time include?
- One switch brings the 2022 Christmas event back on any date
- Covers classics such as Jewelry Store, Bank Heist and The Big Bank, plus every day of Firestarter
- The tree drops XP, Money and Continental Presents when you shake it
- Sled, shredder boosts and the snowman boss all work as they did in the event
- Check Selected Heist tells you if your contract has the event
- Runs in offline single player and leaves online lobbies alone
Best For
- Play A Criminal Carol's tree and presents in the middle of summer
- Catch up on the 2022 event on your own if you started playing after it ended
- Add a present run on top of a familiar heist like Four Stores
- Pick up Continental coins from yellow presents during normal contracts
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