You play in The Forest. You spawn with a heister loadout — a flintlock pistol, ammo and a modern axe — and explore the island. Scout by day, plant a thermal drill on a loot stash, and hold off an assault of the island's real cannibals while it cuts. When the drill finishes, the loot is yours.
The Forest is the host: its world, its cannibal AI, its weapons.
PAYDAY 2 brings the heist rules (difficulty, assault waves, drill + loot + escape), and its heist data is read from your installed copy at launch.
How it plays
Start a single-player game in The Forest — the mod arms itself and gives you a pistol, ammo and an axe.
A stash appears ahead of you; stand by it to plant the drill.
The drill is loud — cannibals rush you. Survive the assault.
When the drill finishes, the loot is secured (dynamite, molotovs, a katana).