When they find one, a Crack Safe prompt will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen. After clicking the button, John Marston will proceed to pick the lock by rotating the dial accordingly.

Thousands, probably. But picking a lock or opening a safe is usually accomplished by a simplistic little minigame that doesn't have much to do with how locks really work.

The safes in Payday 3 are often home to valuable items; players hoping to crack them open quickly need look no further than this guide.

Nathan Seidle’s wife gave him this already locked safe as a gift with no combination. Weird present, but he loves a good challenge. So he built a safecracking robot.