PAYDAY 2 Update 246.1 Fixes One Of The Dumbest Stealth Bugs Ever
- Niels Gys
- May 22
- 3 min read
Twelve years later and PAYDAY 2 still gets patches.
Not giant updates with exploding trailers and dramatic music designed to convince you the universe has changed forever.
No.
This one is 18.3MB.
The software equivalent of a mechanic quietly tightening a few bolts while muttering: “Right, that definitely shouldn’t have been on fire.”
Here’s what actually changed in Update 246.1, what matters, and whether you should care.
Quick Answer: Is PAYDAY 2 Update 246.1 Worth Caring About?
Yes, if you still play stealth or Firestarter.
The update fixes:
A crash caused by Incendiary Grenades
Broken Firestarter Day 1 alarm behavior
A stealth bug involving the OVE9000 Saw + Silent Motor
An immersion-breaking stealth voice line
If you play loud-only heists like a caffeinated bulldozer with anger issues, you probably won’t notice much.
If you enjoy stealth?
This patch quietly removes some genuinely annoying nonsense.
PAYDAY 2 Update 246.1 Changelog (What Actually Matters)
Incendiary Grenades No Longer Crash The Game
Good news.
Throwing an incendiary grenade no longer occasionally detonates reality itself.
Because there are many acceptable ways for a heist to fail:
Getting cloaker-kicked into another dimension? Fine.
Your teammate accidentally alerting the map because he moved like a drunk fridge? Expected.
But crashing because fire existed?
That felt less “criminal mastermind” and more “Windows Vista after emotional trauma.”
Thankfully fixed.
Firestarter Day 1 Airport Alarm Finally Behaves Properly
This is the big one.
On Firestarter: Airport (Day 1), using shaped charges will now correctly trigger alarms.
Which, frankly, sounds like something that should have worked in the first place.
Previously, players could blow through objectives and occasionally the airport reacted with the urgency of a sleepy man ignoring smoke alarms because “it’s probably fine.”
Now?
Explosives actually behave like explosives.
You make a loud criminal mess, the airport notices.
Civilization restored.
That Ridiculous Silent Saw Bug Is Finally Dead
The funniest fix in the patch goes to the OVE9000 Saw equipped with the Silent Motor.
Before this update, using your silent saw in certain locations could still trigger alarms.
Read that again slowly.
A silent saw.
Triggering alarms.
That’s like buying a silenced pistol only for it to yell:
“HELLO POLICE, I AM CURRENTLY COMMITTING CRIME.”
Stealth players have suffered through this nonsense for long enough.
Now the saw behaves like an actual stealth tool instead of a mechanical betrayal device.
One Weird Stealth Voice Line Got Removed
A voice line mentioning cops during stealth has been disabled.
Small change.
But honestly appreciated.
Stealth in PAYDAY 2 already feels like balancing champagne glasses on a shopping cart while blindfolded.
You do not need random dialogue casually reminding the entire map that law enforcement exists.
Silence is beautiful.
Silence keeps the bonus money alive.
Mod Users: Prepare For The Traditional Ceremony Of Mild Panic
As always, updates may break mods.
Even unrelated ones.
Because PAYDAY 2 modding works like a tower made entirely of bad decisions and electrical tape.
One innocent update lands and suddenly:
your HUD speaks ancient runes
Dallas forgets how faces work
enemy AI develops teleportation
If something breaks, remove mods first before blaming the game, your PC, or divine intervention.
Final Verdict: Small Patch, Legitimately Useful
No, this update will not change PAYDAY 2 forever.
Nobody is cancelling plans because “the silent saw works properly now.”
But for stealth players especially, these are real fixes to real annoyances.
The Firestarter airport bug mattered.
The saw bug was absurd.
The incendiary crash fix stops the game from spontaneously combusting.
Tiny patch?
Yes.
Useful patch?
Also yes.
Sometimes maintaining a criminal empire is not about dramatic upgrades.
Sometimes it’s just fixing the van door so it stops flying off on the motorway.
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