Cameras

Notice : Cameras are currently glitched and will NOT raise the alarm. ( yes this does mean you can neutralize everyone in four stores extreme+ stealth)

Cameras are a major problem in completing a Heist quietly. They mostly monitor a certain area and move side-by-side, giving a wider area of view, and if a heister, or suspicious thing is spotted (such as a dead body, bags, or hostages) the camera operator calls the police. The cameras are usually monitored by a guard, but sometimes you have to disable a power box to make sure the cameras are disabled such as RO-Bank and Jewelry Shop, or other times disabled by using a Keycard, like in Brick Bank and Mall Raid.

On difficulty and above, cameras are replaced with their stronger BrickTech counterparts. These cameras are immune to all forms of damage. They will also stalk the player if the camera is in line of sight of the player. However, you can still use the basic Nimble skill to temporarily disable the camera.

The cameras on difficulty and below are regular cameras that can be disabled by shooting them or using the skill Nimble to temporarily deactivate them. Shooting at cameras is not recommended, because Guards or Civilians can detect them. As long as no guards or civilians are in the room, you can shoot the camera to make it easier to stealth past the room.

A skill for disabling cameras is the Nimble basic in the Ghost skill tree. It can disable any camera temporarily, useful for stealing a bag without getting seen by a camera. Citizens or Guards can't detect a temporarily looped camera. ECM jammers can also temporarily disable all cams.

Tips

 * Cameras cannot detect alerted NPCs, provided they have not been shouted at/cuffed/are dead.
 * One effective way to permanently disable BrickTech cameras is to block the lens of the cameras using Trip Mines, as the equipment blocks the cameras. However, this is no longer the case as the March 18th Stealth Update had made all equipment 'see-through', preventing the camera from being blocked.
 * This strategy works best in Golden Mask Casino, as it is the only heist in which the cameras cannot be quickly disabled. But as of the Stealth Update, all equipment is now see-through and will not work anymore.
 * If you are doing stealth, it is highly advised to take out the cameras first.
 * If you cannot disable cameras, try and mark them by spotting them with F as this will grant teammates information of where it is. The red silhouette of the camera will go away after few minutes, but will not prevent you from spotting it again.
 * If you can bring an ECM jammer, they can disable all cameras on the map temporarily.

Trivia

 * Maps such as Mall Raid, Blood Money, Black Friday and The Ozela Heist have regular cameras on any difficulty.
 * There is a bug where cameras can still detect heisters even when they have been deactivated, although this only works when the camera is not being attended by a guard. If the camera is suspicious of activities that would otherwise bring up detection and then shut down, the suspicion status meter will remain and still detect suspicious activity until it is lowered back down to 0 detection, where it will shut down.
 * Sometimes, when a camera is in its ! state and the player places an ECM jammer and the cameras are disabled, the ! will still show on the camera itself and the bottom of the screen without raising the alarm. This may lead to a more difficult mission as you cant see any detection bars.