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Payday 3introduces a new currency called C-Stacks, which can be used to make in-game purchases. They work a bit differently than anything you’ve likely seen before, so it pays to know what they are - and what they aren’t - before sinking your hard-stolen loot into them.
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Balancing cash and C-Stacks will help you ensure that you can get the upgrades and cosmetics that you want for your character. Read on to learn everything there is to know about Crimenet’s latest innovation in untraceable (and highly illicit) money.
What Are C-Stacks?
C-Stacks are afictional cryptocurrencyin the world of Payday 3, designed specifically for the criminal underworld. In-game, they can beused to buy items from vendorsthat can’t be purchased with cash.
Importantly,C-Stacks are not a premium currencyand cannot be purchased with real-world money. Instead, you canconvert the loot that you earn from heistsinto C-Stacks.
How To Get C-Stacks
C-Stacks can bepurchased from Setaggi, the Currency Vendoron the game’s main screen between heists. They’re sold in packs ofone, five, or ten C-Stacks.Each time you purchase a pack, the next pack of the same sizegets more expensive.This means that, depending on how many of each pack you’ve previously bought, it can be cheaper to buy two five-packs than a single ten-pack, or vice versa.
C-Stack pricesreset when the timer on each pack size runs out.If they’re getting too expensive, just wait a few days!
You can buyup to eleven of each packon each timer cycle, though doing so is very expensive. Once you’ve bought a C-Stack, youcannot turn it back into cashby any means. If you need more loot, you’ll have to go on a heist.
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What Can You Buy With C-Stacks?
C-Stacks can be used to purchase items from vendors; while most items are bought with cash from heists, many high-level goods and cosmeticscan only be bought with C-Stacks.
Currently, the main use of C-Stacks is tobuy powerful preset weaponsonce you’ve reached a high enough Infamy level. Presumably, as the game grows, more items will become available to be purchased with C-Stacks.
Once you’ve got your loadout set the way you like it, we recommendbuying up C-Stacks whenever their price is low. That way, when a new item is added to the game that you really want, you’ll be able to afford it straight away!
