Heist

Quick Guide: This article has a quick guide that shows you how to perform a complete Heist Contract.

Heist loading screen depicting the entire team of Rogues, which are NPCs that assist the player during Heists

Heists are a single-player or multi-player mechanic introduced in the Heist league and can be performed using a Contract at The Rogue Harbour. The player must infiltrate the facility without raising alert, retrieve the guarded item, and escape with the contents alive.

The target item will always be a single artifact that players may exchange with Faustus for Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout
Used as Currency for services in the Rogue HarbourRight click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it.
Shift click to unstack., therefore Heist Contracts are an excellent means to generate Rogue's Markers.

Grand Heists are larger more complex versions of Heists, and contain multiple wings and use multiple Rogues.

Mechanics

Tip: If players get Exalted Orbs or any items worth a lot of currency, they may simply exit the heist location using the escape hatch, and then they may re-enter the location using the gate/pipe/trapdoor/door and resume looting. This removes the Contraband status on all items in the players inventory, so that even if they die the items are not lost.

Guards patrolling the heist location during the Infiltration phase. Alert meter displayed on the bottom. Small unmarked chest displayed on the right.

Regular Heists are performed using Contracts. A contract can always be performed with a single Rogue, and requires a certain level of a certain job (eg. Lockpicking Level 5).

Preparation

To start a Heist, the player must take a Heist Contract to Adiyah, the Wayfinder. Before you can start the Heist, you must pay a fee of Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout
Used as Currency for services in the Rogue HarbourRight click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it.
Shift click to unstack.. The fee includes the Travel Fee, your Rogue's Hiring Fee(s), and the Ring's Cut. Once it's paid, she will open a portal to the Heist location.

Infiltration

Initially, only a few enemies will be on guard. There will also be patrols of enemy packs or a unique enemy roaming the area. The area contains small chests that contain items, as well as bigger guarded chests that contain items of specific reward types. Opening chests will raise the alert level, the amount which can be displayed by hovering over them.

All items picked up during the Heist are marked as Contraband. Contraband items cannot be used, equipped, or identified and are dropped on death. They will be unmarked as Contraband as soon as you reach the escape point.

While you can't open portals during the Heist or Grand Heist, you may freely leave and re-enter the Heist portal before the alert is raised. note you must enter the heist instance itself, not just the portal room, before you can leave without closing the portal.

The area will contain blocked paths, obstacles, and locked chests that will require your Rogue to clear away or open. Clicking the button above the item will command your Rogue to open/unlock it. Some tasks will require some time for them to perform, indicated by a progress meter. If they are damaged while performing the task, the progress meter will decrease.

Imminent Lockdown

"Imminent Lockdown" countdown timer

When the Alert meter is maxed, it will start a counter before Lockdown. Once this happens, the player will have limited time to retrieve the target item before it is sealed away. The default time before lockdown is 22 seconds.

When this phase or Lockdown occurs, some doors and obstacles previously open will be locked or rearmed, requiring your Rogue to remove it.

Opening chests during this phase will decrease the lockdown timer by 3 seconds.

Lockdown

Once the target item is taken or the Lockdown timer runs out, Lockdown begins. More enemies will spawn in the area and try to prevent your escape.

Any unopened chests will be locked during Lockdown. However, Tibbs and Niles's perks will allow you to open one small/medium chest during Lockdown.

Once you reach the escape route, the Heist is successfully completed. All Contraband items will be unmarked and your Rogue(s) will gain experience towards the Contract's job. The target item can be sold to Faustus, the Fence for Rogue's Markers. Rogues do not gain experience if the Contract was failed (didn't retrieve the target item).

Portal

Adiyah's portal that allows players to enter the currently active heist. A similar portal can be used to return to the Rogue's Harbour.

Players may leave and re-enter Adiyah's portal multiple times in order to stash items.

The portal is only closed if players die during the "lockdown" mode. Even if players disconnect (logout) and login, they may return to the Rogue's Harbour and the portal will remain active, provided the location was not in "lockdown".

Death

If players die before lockdown has begun, all items marked with Contraband are dropped to the ground but Adiyah's portal remains up. Players may then return back to the location and pick up the loot and therefore nothing is lost.

If players die during lockdown, all items marked with Contraband are dropped to the ground. If there are other players in the same party, they may pick up the drops, but if the player is going solo then the loot is lost permanently. Adiyah's portal will also be closed.

Experience

Players gain combat experience while killing guards at the heist location, but Rogues level up only at the end of each successful heist.

Upon successfully stealing the target artifact, and escaping via the escape hatch, the assigned Rogue will gain experience in the skill that was used. At certain thresholds, Rogues will level up until they reach the maximum level that they are capable of. See the Rogues table below for details on the jobs Rogues can perform and the maximum level that each of them can attain.

If the location entered into "lockdown" mode and players did not steal the target artifact, the contract is marked as "failed" and the assigned Rogue will not gain any experience. This prevents the Rogue from leveling up.

Rogues

Players may hire various rogues to assist them in heists and grand heists. Players may select which rogue performs which job and they will accordingly appear in the heist.

Each rogue has a specific set of perks that improve drops, allow players to open more reward chests (alert level reduction), or simply assist in combat.

Heist Partners

Image	Name	Level 5 Skills	Heist Perks	All Skills (Max Level)	Attacks
	Karst, the Lockpick	Lockpicking	(15-35)% less raising of Alert Level from opening Reward Chests	Lockpicking (5) Perception (3) Agility (2)	Projectiles
	Tibbs, the Giant	Brute Force	Can unlock (1-2) Mechanical Chest after Lockdown per Wing	Brute Force (5) Demolition (4)	Melee
	Isla, the Engineer	Engineering	(25-45)% increased time before Lockdown	Engineering (5) Trap Disarmament (4)	Spell
	Tullina, the Catburglar	Agility	(6-22)% chance to find additional Heist Targets from Secret Reward Rooms (4-12)% less raising of Alert Level	Agility (5) Lockpicking (3) Trap Disarmament (2)	Melee
	Niles, the Interrogator	Counter-Thaumaturgy	Can unlock (1-2) Magical Chest after Lockdown per Wing Discovers a Blueprint Reveal upon completion of a Heist Contract Mission Reveals additional wings and rooms in blueprints at a 10% discounted price.	Counter-Thaumaturgy (5) Deception (4)	Spell
	Nenet, the Scout	Perception	Can Scout nearby Enemy Patrols and Elite Patrols during Heists (5-17)% less raising of Alert Level	Perception (5) Counter-Thaumaturgy (4)	Projectiles
	Vinderi, the Dismantler	Demolition Trap Disarmament	Heist Chests have a (4-12)% chance to Duplicate their contents (10-26)% more raising of Alert Level	Demolition (5) Trap Disarmament (5) Engineering (2)	Melee
	Gianna, the Master of Disguise	Deception	(5-25)% reduced Blueprint Revealing Cost Discovers a Blueprint Reveal upon completion of a Heist Contract Mission Reveals additional wings and rooms in blueprints at a (15-35)% discounted price.	Deception (5) Counter-Thaumaturgy (3) Perception (2)	Spell
	Huck, the Soldier	None	Is a powerful Combatant and provides strong Buffs to Allies Players have (5-25)% increased Experience gain	Lockpicking (3) Brute Force (3) Demolition (3) Engineering (3)	Melee

Supporting Characters

Image	Name	Function
	Adiyah, the Wayfinder	Creates portals to allow players to travel to the heist locations.
	Faustus, the Fence	Vendor who will buy heist artifacts in exchange for Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout Used as Currency for services in the Rogue HarbourRight click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it. Shift click to unstack..
	Whakano, the Barber	Reveals additional wings and rooms in Grand Heist Blueprints. Sells contracts.
	Kurai, the Administrator	Manages Grand Hiests and appears in some unique contracts.
	The Gondolier	Acts as a waypoint allowing players to travel to any location.

Locations

There are 4 different kinds of monsters that appear across the heist locations. The location is mentioned in the name of the heist contract, eg.Contract: TunnelsContract: TunnelsGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. indicates that the heist will take place in the Tunnels location.

Image	Location	Contract & Blueprint	Monster Type	Damage Type
	Bunker	Contract: BunkerContract: BunkerGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: BunkerBlueprint: BunkerHeist Target: Enchanted Armaments Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.	Templars	Physical, Lightning
	Records Office	Contract: Records OfficeContract: Records OfficeGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: Records OfficeBlueprint: Records OfficeHeist Target: Enchanted Armaments Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.
	Mansion	Contract: MansionContract: MansionGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: MansionBlueprint: MansionHeist Target: Enchanted Armaments Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.
	Smuggler's Den	Contract: Smuggler's DenContract: Smuggler's DenGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: Smuggler's DenBlueprint: Smuggler's DenHeist Target: Thieves' Trinkets or Currency Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.	Thugs	Physical, Fire
	Underbelly	Contract: UnderbellyContract: UnderbellyGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: UnderbellyBlueprint: UnderbellyHeist Target: Thieves' Trinkets or Currency Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.
	Laboratory	Contract: LaboratoryContract: LaboratoryGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: LaboratoryBlueprint: LaboratoryHeist Target: Replicas or Experimented Items Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.	Scientists	Physical, Traps
	Prohibited Library	Contract: Prohibited LibraryContract: Prohibited LibraryGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: Prohibited LibraryBlueprint: Prohibited LibraryHeist Target: Replicas or Experimented Items Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.
	Repository	Contract: RepositoryContract: RepositoryGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: RepositoryBlueprint: RepositoryHeist Target: Unusual Gems Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.	Constructs	Physical, Fire, Cold
	Tunnels	Contract: TunnelsContract: TunnelsGive this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist. Blueprint: TunnelsBlueprint: TunnelsHeist Target: Unusual Gems Area Level: (?-83) Wings Revealed: (1-4)/(2-4) Escape Routes Revealed: (2-8)/(4-8) Reward Rooms Revealed: #/<random> Requires <random Rogue skill> (Level (1-5))Use Intelligence to Reveal additional Wings and Rooms by talking to certain NPCs in the Rogue Harbour. Give this Blueprint to Adiyah to embark on the Grand Heist.

Rewards

Rewards are obtained directly by opening chests in heists and grand heists. This is possible in both Heist Contracts and Grand Heist Blueprints.

Grand heists provide an additional large and possibly valuable reward within a Curio Display.

Chest types

Image	Type	Typical drops	Value
	Currency	Common currency, 1-4 Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 10Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Shift click to unstack.s, Small chance for Exalted ShardExalted ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Exalted Orb. Shift click to unstack.s, Ancient ShardAncient ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Ancient Orb. Shift click to unstack.s, Divine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 10Randomises the numeric values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it. Shift click to unstack.s. Commonly drops Regal OrbRegal OrbStack Size: 10Upgrades a magic item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Current modifiers are retained and a new one is added.s which have a 2-4% chance to convert to Exalted OrbExalted OrbStack Size: 10Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.s if the Thief's TrinketThief's TrinketCorruptedYou must find the sculpture The Catch in a Smuggler's Den or Underbelly Blueprint to be able to equip this with the mod is equipped.	Very High
	Harbinger	Harbinger's OrbHarbinger's OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a map item as another of a higher tierRight click this item then left click a map to apply it. Shift click to unstack.s, Beachhead map, Small chance for Ancient OrbAncient OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a unique item as another of the same item classRight click this item then left click a unique item to apply it. Shift click to unstack.s & Exalted ShardExalted ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Exalted Orb. Shift click to unstack.s	Very High
	Jewelry	Rings, Amulets, Jewels, Abyss Jewels and Belts, which may be veiled, fractured, or influenced. Small chance for valuable jewels like and	High
	Divination Cards	2-8 Stacked DeckStacked DeckStack Size: 10A stack of unknown divination cardsRight click to take a divination card out of the deck. Shift click to unstack.s, Random cards, Small chance for valuable cards like	High
	Fossils	Fossils, Resonators	High
	Metamorph	Catalysts for rings & amulets, small chance for valuable Fertile CatalystFertile CatalystStack Size: 10Adds quality that enhances Life and Mana modifiers on a ring, amulet or belt Replaces other quality typesRight click this item then left click a ring, amulet or belt to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity jewellery. The maximum quality is 20%. Shift click to unstack.s and Prismatic CatalystPrismatic CatalystStack Size: 10Adds quality that enhances Resistance modifiers on a ring, amulet or belt Replaces other quality typesRight click this item then left click a ring, amulet or belt to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity jewellery. The maximum quality is 20%. Shift click to unstack.s	High
	Delirium	Simulacrum SplinterSimulacrum SplinterStack Size: 300Combine 300 Splinters to create a Simulacrum. Shift click to unstack.s, Cluster Jewels, Delirium orbs	High
	Map Fragments	Scarabs, /Dawn/Noon/Midnight, Offering to the GoddessOffering to the GoddessIt is time for the Goddess to give her final verdict. Your fate rests in her even hands.Travel to the Aspirants' Plaza and spend this item to open the Eternal Labyrinth. You must have completed the six different Trials of Ascendancy found in Maps in order to access this area., Small chance for valuable map fragments	High
	Maps	Valuable white and yellow maps (T1 to T10). Small chance for red maps (T11+).	High
	Random	Random items from other reward chests.	Medium
	Uniques	Low level unique items, small chance for unique maps and valuable uniques like .	Medium
	Armour	Armour, some of which may be veiled, fractured, 30 quality, or influenced	Medium
	Weapons	Weapons, some of which may be veiled, fractured, 30 quality, or influenced	Medium
	Breach	Breach Splinters, and rarely Breachstones or Empowered Breachstones	Medium
	Abyss	Abyss Jewels, Stygian Vise belts	Medium
	Essences	Low and mid-level Essences, small chance for high level Essences, Remnant of CorruptionRemnant of CorruptionStack Size: 9Corrupts the Essences trapping a monster, modifying them unpredictably Right click this item then left click a monster trapped by Essences to corrupt them. Corrupted Essences cannot be modified again. Shift click to unstack. or	Medium
	Gems	Skill gems, which may have levels and quality. Does not contain Anomalous/Divergent/Awakened/Phantasmal gems	Low
	Perandus	Perandus CoinPerandus CoinStack Size: 5000Trade coins to Cadiro Perandus. Shift click to unstack.s	Low
	Prophecy	Random prophecies	Low
	Talismans	Corrupted Talismans	Low
	Labyrinth	Offering to the GoddessOffering to the GoddessIt is time for the Goddess to give her final verdict. Your fate rests in her even hands.Travel to the Aspirants' Plaza and spend this item to open the Eternal Labyrinth. You must have completed the six different Trials of Ascendancy found in Maps in order to access this area., small chance for Gift to the GoddessGift to the GoddessThe Goddess abides a kingdom beyond compare, should you meet her challenge.Travel to the Aspirants' Plaza and spend this item to open the Eternal Labyrinth of Opportunity. You must have completed the six different Trials of Ascendancy found in Maps in order to access this area.	Low
	Legion	Legion Splinters, Incubators	Low
	Blight	Oils, Blighted Maps	Low

Unique contracts

Main page: List of unique contracts

The league introduced 5 unique contracts.

Item	Base Item	Stats

Unique boss drops

The following items are dropped from the bosses of unique contracts:

Item	Base Item	Stats

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Added Heist to the core game, rebalanced around the lower rate of encountering Heist gameplay Kurai, as well as your first Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout Used as Currency for services in the Rogue HarbourRight click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it. Shift click to unstack., can now be found starting in Act 6. Smuggler's Caches now always drop a Quest Contract if possible, in addition to an ordinary Contract. All quest contracts now reward you with Rogue's Markers upon completion. Smuggler's Caches now appear less frequently, and Contracts, Blueprints and Rogue's Markers now drop less frequently. The number of Rogue's Markers you get from completing contracts above level 68 has been increased. You'll now get (on average) 20% more markers from Level 83 contracts. Harvest rewards can no longer appear in Heists, because Harvest is a thing again. The experience limit on all Heists has been lowered (as in, you will hit a point at which additional monster spawns grant no experience sooner). (Not in patch note) Smuggler's Cache can spawn more frequently in the Lira Arthain atlas region provided the relevant Atlas passive skills are selected.
3.12.3	Reduced the maximum length of a Heist in higher level areas. The number of Reward Rooms remains unchanged. Reduced the number of Heist Job Doors along the path to the primary objective in Heists. Moved some of the more valuable main-path chest rewards to Reward Room Chests. Improved the rewards of Generic, Talisman, Metamorph and Harbinger Reward Room Chests. Dropped Talismans in level 68+ areas now drop with higher-tier modifiers on average and with a random Anointed Notable. Many Reward Room Chests can now drop their respective Scarabs. Significantly increased the amount of experience that Heist monsters grant when killed. Increased the Rogue Marker value of Heist objectives by up to 40% (based on the Tier of the Contract). Opening a Heist chest during the Imminent Lockdown timer will now reduce the remaining time by 3 seconds (from 1 second).
3.12.2	Rebalanced the amount of Alert Level that Reward Room and Main Path Chests generate when opened. Added additional Reward Types to various Heist Jobs. Breach, Harbinger, Delirium and Legion rewards now require level 68 or higher before they can be found as Chest Rewards. Alert Level reduction modifiers from different sources are now multiplicative with one another. Attempting to leave a Heist area before entering a Heist Wing will now request confirmation. Grand Heist rewards which contain Enchanted Body Armours or Weapons are now more likely to contain higher-tier Base Types.
3.12.1	Reward Chests in Unique Contracts no longer become locked when Lockdown occurs. (Hotfix) Killing Heist monsters no longer causes Alert Level to increase. Disabled various modifiers that are no longer relevant as a result of this change. (Hotfix) Significantly reduced the number of Rare monsters that spawn from Reward Rooms and during Lockdown, resulting in fewer Rare monsters in formations behind Heist doors.
3.12.0	Introduced to the game.