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Give Skill & Perk Points
"More skill points for every skill set, perk points when you want them."
How do I install Give Skill & Perk Points?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Give Skill & Perk Points for PAYDAY 2 in one click.
</>What does Give Skill & Perk Points do?
PAYDAY 2 hands out skill points by level, plus the bonus points infamy gives you. Every time it loads your save it counts them again from your level, so points that were simply added to the pile would be gone after a restart. Give Skill & Perk Points raises the budget itself. Set Extra Skill Points and every skill set gets that many more points to spend, on top of what your level gives. The game counts with the higher budget when it loads your save, so the points and the skills you bought with them are still there next time, as long as the mod is on with the same number. If the Skills screen is open when you change the number, close it and open it again to see the new total. Lower the number or turn the mod off and the unspent extra points go away again. Skills you already bought stay bought, and the skill set you're using keeps all of them for the rest of the session. A skill set that has more points spent than your level allows counts as suspended for the game: it won't let you switch to that set from another one, and the next time the save loads it puts you on your first skill set. Reset the suspended set, or turn the mod back on, to use it again. Perk points work differently, and they stay. Set Perk Points, press Add Perk Points, and the game adds them the same way it turns heist XP into perk points, then saves. Spend them under Perk Decks. The game stops at the total that all perk decks cost together, and the button tells you when you've reached it. Both parts change only your own profile, so they work solo and in any lobby.
</>What is Give Skill & Perk Points?
PAYDAY 2 ties skill points to your level and counts them again on every load, while perk points trickle in from heist XP. Give Skill & Perk Points raises the skill point budget the game counts with, so every skill set has Extra Skill Points more to spend and keeps them between sessions while the mod is on. Add Perk Points gives perk points through the game's own XP conversion and saves them, so a perk deck you complete stays complete.
</>Common questions about Give Skill & Perk Points
What does Give Skill & Perk Points do in PAYDAY 2?
It gives you more points for both halves of a build. Extra Skill Points raises the number of skill points the game lets you have, by 1 to 700, in every skill set. Perk Points and Add Perk Points give you perk points to spend under Perk Decks, up to 500,000 per press. Skill points are a standing bonus that lasts while the mod is on; perk points are added once and stay.
Do the extra skill points survive a restart?
Yes, while the mod is on with the same number. PAYDAY 2 counts your skill points again from your level every time it loads your save, and the mod adds Extra Skill Points to that count. If you start the game without the mod, the game counts without them: unspent extra points are gone and the skills you bought stay. If the mod connects only after the save has loaded, it adds the points again, but the game may already have selected skill set 1 for you, so switch back to the one you want.
Can I use the extra points when I join someone else's lobby?
Yes. Skill points and perk points belong to your own profile, so it makes no difference whether you host, join or play solo. Other players can see how many points you've put in each skill tree, as they can with any build.
How many perk points can I add?
Up to 500,000 per press, until you hold enough for every perk deck. The game keeps a cap equal to what all perk decks cost together, and Add Perk Points stops there and tells you how many it could still add. The button works once the main menu has loaded, in the menus or during a heist, and the points are saved as soon as it adds them.
What happens to my skills when I turn the mod off?
Skills you bought with the extra points stay bought and unspent extra points are taken back. The skill set you're using stays active with all its skills until the game is restarted. A skill set that is now over its budget counts as suspended: you can't switch to it from another set, and after a restart without the mod the game selects skill set 1 instead. To use the suspended set again, reset it in the skill set menu or turn the mod back on with the same Extra Skill Points.
What options does Give Skill & Perk Points include?
Perk Points
How many perk points Add Perk Points adds each time you press it.
Add Perk Points
Adds Perk Points worth of perk points to spend under Perk Decks and saves them. The game stops at the total all perk decks cost together.
Extra Skill Points
How many skill points you get on top of what your level and infamy give you, in every skill set. 0 is the game's own amount. Lowering it takes unspent points away again; skills you bought stay.
Give Skill & Perk Points is a ProjectMods mod for PAYDAY 2 that adds up to 700 extra skill points to every skill set and adds perk points for your perk decks at the press of a button, solo or online.
System Requirements
What features does Give Skill & Perk Points include?
- Extra Skill Points adds 1 to 700 points to your skill point budget, on top of what your level and infamy give you.
- Every skill set gets the extra points, so each build can spend them its own way.
- While the mod is on, the game counts the extra points when it loads your save, so they and the skills bought with them last between sessions.
- Add Perk Points adds 1 to 500,000 perk points per press through the game's own XP-to-perk-point step.
- Perk points are saved as soon as they are added and stay after the mod is turned off.
- Setting Extra Skill Points back to 0, or turning the mod off, returns unspent skill points to the game's own count.
Best For
- You're 8 points short of acing a tier 4 skill. Set Extra Skill Points to 8 and buy it.
- You want a stealth build and a loud build that both go deep. Raise Extra Skill Points and fill out a second skill set with the same bonus.
- You've just gone infamous, so you're back at level 0 with an empty build. Set Extra Skill Points to 100 and you have 100 points to rebuild it while you level up again.
- You want to try a perk deck tonight instead of after weeks of heists. Set Perk Points to 13,700, press Add Perk Points and complete all nine cards.
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