Thief II complete walkthrough

Besides your standard equipment of Blackjack, Sword, Compass and Lockpicks, you also have

• 20 (Diff H/E) or 60 (Diff N) Broadhead Arrows
• A Rope Arrow
• 6 Moss Arrows
• 5 (v1.07) or 10 (v1.18) Water Arrows
• A Slow-fall Potion (Diff N/H only)
• A Healing Potion (Diff N only)
• 2 Scouting Orbs
• 10 Flares

The followings are available from the Store

• 15 Broadhead Arrows (@25)
• 2 Rope Arrows (@200)
• 5 Moss Arrows (@125)
• 10 Water Arrows (@50)
• 2 Fire Arrows (@300)
• 2 Invisibility Potions (Diff N/H only) (@600)
• 2 Slow-fall Potions (Diff N/H only) (@150)
• 2 Healing Potions (@250)
• 4 Flash Bombs (@200)
• There is a Papyrus (Diff N/H in v1.07 or Any Diff in v1.18 only) I hear the foundation under the porch of Truart Estate has a large
  crack which you should be able to crawl under.
  
  Check behind the bushes for it.
  There must be an easy way into the mansion under there.
   — Tundis that you can buy (@100), indicating the way into the estate. Before the patch, it was planned that the tip was not to be available at the Expert Difficulty. As you can see by comparing the v1.07 and v1.18 conditions, it was relaxed after the patch so that everybody now has a chance to buy it.

There are a number of new inventory items, depending on game version.

In the unpatched game:

• This is the first mission you have Gas Arrows (in the patched game, they will not appear until Trail of Blood).
• You also get your first Flash Mine (in the patched game, they will not appear until Kidnap).

In the patched game, you get your first Gas Mines (in the unpatched game, they will not appear until Precious Cargo).

As usual, you don’t really need to make any purchse. Among the stuff in the Store, Water Arrows and Moss Arrows are useful. Invisibility Potions and Flash Bombs are nice to have.

Turn to the window next to you. Open it, move back one step and do a running jump to mantle onto the window. In the patched game, you may also use the small crate at the end of the alley to assist your climb, but keep quiet when using it.

Take the under the table on your right. The door on the left (East) leads to the , so leave instead via the doorway to the right (Southwest). Walk pass the staircase on the left, which goes up to the Attic. Next comes a doorway on the left, which opens to a very empty kitchen. Enter the Bedroom at the end of the corridor.

Ekim is sleeping in bed on the far left. To knock out a sleeping guy, you need to crouch down after you raised the Blackjack. Move to the his desk at the Southwest corner and read his Letter to Stephanie Dearest Stephanie,
I just thought I would take a break from all of my distractions
to write you a little letter letting you know how much I love you.
I know I have been very busy lately and haven’t had as much time
for you as I would like. The 18 hour days I’m putting in at the
warehouse are killing me, but I am learning so much from the
Mechanists. They are a little arrogant, but they have a vision I
want to be a part of. They are beginning to accept me, which means
a lot to me. I’ve had to work very hard to prove myself to them,

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but I know that in the end, all of my hard work will pay off and
we will both benefit from it. Thank you for being my inspiration,
and thank you for being so understanding. Our love is the most
important thing in my life, and when the Mechanists’ project is
done you will once again be the center of my universe.

I love you, Ekim

. Take the inside the Money Box. Go back to the corridor to follow the staircase up to the attic.

Be careful of the window on your front left that opens to the East. Crouch and move there to close it so that you won’t be seen by the Watchers outside. The window on your far left is open, so avoid being seen by the guards in the North Block.

The window on your front left opens to the East. You may quicksave and open it to look at the street outside.

On top of the table at the North stands a . Open the window on the South end and look out of it.

See the machine with the rabbit-ear antennae in front of the South Cottage? Let’s find out what it does. Quick save, step back and do a running jump out of the window. You will land squarely on the top of the wall dividing the two Blocks. If you are more prudent, you may also use a Rope Arrow on the beam above the window to descend onto the wall.

At Hard and Expert Difficulty Levels, the Power Station for this neighbourhood is located to the East of the Cottage. It faces the front door of the Cottage, and sits between the street and the boundary wall of the Truart Estate. There are two similar looking machines: the one on the left (North) has a lever, which turns off the lamps and Watchers.

When playing Expert Difficulty, a Sword Guard (Diff E only) patrols the street. Knock him out when he is walking away from you. Move along the West side of the Cottage to enter the back (West) door, and emerges by carefully opening the front (East) door to face the Power Station. Move to the Power Station and use the lever to turn off all the lights in the West Village when the Sword Guard is not watching.

When playing Hard Difficulty, a Sword Guard (Diff H only) is stationed at the South end of the street. Move around the West side of the Cottage. Walk up to him along the South wall to knock him out. Move along the West side of the Cottage to enter the back (West) door, and emerges by carefully opening the front (East) door to face the Power Station. Move to the Power Station and use the lever to turn off all the lights in the West Village when the Sword Guard is not watching.

At Normal Difficulty Level, the street is unguarded. The Power Station for this neighbourhood is located at the South end of the road. It is a machine with a control lever. Use the lever to turn off all the lights in the West Village.

Oddly enough, none of the City Watch Guards in the neighbourhood take any notice of the power failure (while they often remark about extinguished torches and lamps). Enter the cottage via the front (East) door.

Approach the snoring Nobleman, who is sleeping at his desk in the Office on your right. Take hime out. Collect the on his desk. Go to the other table against the East wall to take the there.

Leave the Office and enter the tile-floored Kitchen on the South. Climb the ladder to access the Attic.

There are 2 Flares lying on the floor at the South end of the Attic. A third Flare can be found in the Northeast corner. In the Northwest corner is a . Return to the ladder; you can drop down or climb down to the ground floor, as long as you are crouched and land on the wood.

Leave the Cottage via the rear door on the West. Now that the lights are out, let’s move back to the Central Cottage.

Move to the door at the North end of the Central Block, leading to the North Block. Listen at the door, and open the gate.

Go back towards the South side of the Central Block and enter the Central Cottage using the windows on its South. Traverse the ground floor of the Cottage and leave via the window on the North end. We came back to where you started the mission. Climb over the boundary wall on the North to enter the North Block, where the North Cottage is located.

The Block is unguarded, enter the Cottage via the front door on its East side. Skip over to the .

This area is in pitch darkness, so just stand near the streetlamp and pick a bundle of 3 Broadhead Arrows from the Female Bow Guard (Diff E only) when she walks by. The next time she returns, knock her down and just leave the body where it falls.

There is a Female Sword Guard standing near the Northeast corner of the Block. You can just walk up behind her so long as you hug the wall on your right (East). Blackjack the babe and enter the Cottage via the front door on its East side. Ignore her. Move to the back side (West) of the Cottage and find a door there to enter the Cottage.

On a table against the South wall, beside the stairs to the Second Floor, is a , at Normal Difficulty of the patched game, a useless Plain Vase sits on the table. The snores are coming from upstairs, so let’s check the kitchen first.

Enter via the doorway on the South. Remember that in Thief 2, food can sometimes heal. So collect the cheese on the table against the East wall in case you need it later. Along the East wall is a bar, at the South end of which is a standing among the other worthless bottles. Notice that one of the bottle is pressed through the bottom of the shelf — if you pick it up and drop it back, it will stand taller than it was. Head upstairs to the Attic.

The stairs will bring you to the South end of the Attic, next to a window that can be opened. A Male Servant is sleeping in a bed at the other end of the Attic. A blue Chest is sitting at the foot of his bed.

Just walk up to him. Crouch when you get close because of the Attic roof. Raise your Blackjack. Then after raising it, crouch again. Lean forward and let fly. He will leap up in bed then collapse. Walk quietly over to the bed, taking care not to come too close to the sleeper or make too much noise. Opening the North window will also wake him up.

Use your lockpicks on the Chest. The sound of the lockpick will wake the sleeper, but the light is poor, so you are safe if you move quietly. The Chest contains a Rope Arrow.

Go back downstairs. Leave via the East door and head back to the Front Gate on the South. Leave via the West door and head South. Carefully climb over the wall to get back to the Central Block. Climb through the window into the Central Cottage. Traverse the Cottage and leave on the South end.

Return to the South Block (the one with the Power Station), and move along the back (West) side of the Cottage. Go South to the wall dividing the South Block from the Far South Block. Quick save. Move East along the wall, and mantle at a position next to the gate.

The street you have been following from North to South passes through a gate at the Northeast of the Far South Block as usual, but then the street turns West to a sealed gate guarded by a Female Sword Guard (Diff H/E only). A Female Bow Guard (Diff E only) patrols East-West along this section of the street between the two gates.

Drop over the wall and pick a bundle of 3 Broadhead Arrows from the Bow Guard. You can blackjack the Female Bow Guard without the Female Sword Guard noticing if you stay in the shadowed part of the road. To take out the Female Sword Guard (Diff H/E only), just walk up to her while hugging the North wall. You don’t even have to crouch or creep… just walk right past her until you’re slightly behind her, turn, and hit.

The Cottage in the Far South Block is an abandoned building. The North entrance of the Cottage is boarded up. Look for another way in that won’t require making noise: Enter the Cottage via the South entrance. The rooms on the first floor have been stripped; what furniture is left is covered with sheets to protect it from dust. Go upstairs.

In the room at the Northwest corner of the second floor is a Sleeping Pagan, who looks like a vagrant. Take the at his feet near the Northwest corner of the room.

If you wake him up, his speeches will reconfirm you that he is a Pagan. As you know, the City Watch doesn’t like the Pagans, and the Pagans aren’t fond of being persecuted. With sufficient patience, you can attract the Pagan downstairs and bring him to the guards. Given the opportunity, the Pagan will start fighting against the guards. It would have been easier if you had not just removed the nearby guards. You had better restore game to where the guards were still there, instead of leading the Pagan all the way North into the Estate. And note that they have a better chance of seeing each other with the lights on.

If you try to knock out the Pagan while he’s sleeping, he usually wakes up instead (it appears that he’s sleeping so low on the floor that the blow merely grazes him). When he first awakens, he’ll be standing inside the floor! When he takes a step, he’ll suddenly pop up to floor level. You will probably have to hit him a second time to knock him out.

Go back downstairs and exit through the South door.

We are finished with the West Village. Time for some trespassing.

The walls around the Far South Cottage are too high to climb. Head over to the Southeast corner, by the bushes. Aha! There’s a break in the East wall behind the bushes. Notice that this hole is not the one mentioned in the tip that you might have purchased at the start of the mission. You’ll later find another wall with a hole.

The other side of the wall is a path sandwiched between the Estate on the left (North) and the hills on the right (South). Nobody patrols this area, so run along the path. The end of the grassy area looks like a dead end. If you crouch and look carefully, you will find a tunnel opening in the big boulder that blocks the path. Move through the tunnel.

When you emerge from the other side (East) of the tunnel, turn right (South) to study the rocks. There seems to be a gap in the hills. You can mantle on the rock on the South. Continue climbing and drop over to the other side (South) of the rocks to claim your first secret.

Drop to the ground level, and you find three tombs, plus an open grave without a tombstone. In the patched game, Garrett will remark in a grave voice that “I have a ba…d feeling about this…”. Don’t worry, the Graveyard is not haunted.

On the left (East) of the open grave, collect: a Slow-fall Potion (Diff N/H only), an Invisibility Potion (Diff N only), 3 Flares, and a Speed Potion (Diff N/H only).

There is nothing in the open grave. In case you fell into it, do a running jump to mantle back out. It is not easy: Graves are constructed to discourage the inhabitants from coming back out.

The three tombs are, starting from the left, for the fatherHere Lies Iblis Truart Sr., Beloved Husband and Father., the motherHere Lies Leeta Truart, Beloved Wife and Mother., and the sonHere Lies Iblis Truart Jr., Beloved Son.. Look behind the headstones. Collect 2 Moss Crystals from the couple, and a Fire Crystal (Diff N only) from the son.

Another inventory item is still waiting for you (not the useless shovel), and its location is not easy to spot. Try hard to look for it before clicking here to see where it lies.

Stand near the Northeast corner of the open grave. Look East and search among the rocks of the hill. You’ll notice a small area surrounded by rocks. You may need to lean to see the Flash Bomb sitting there.

Why is there an open grave? Let’s not give it too much thought. Climb back to the path and continue East along the outside of the South wall of the Truart Estate.

The path ends in a pond of water. While the cave on your right (South) looks inviting, there is no way to get inside. Swim under a brick wall on your left, which arches nicely over the river. Further North is a wooden bridge over the river, connecting the Wishing Well on the East bank to the Back Porch of the Truart Estate to the West. The bridge is part of the patrol area for a Sergeant.

Swim to the East bank of the river and mantle up. Move South until you are at the boundary of the shadows, as close to the wooden bridge and the Wishing Well as you can. When the guard is headed West, cross the lighted area to front (West) side of Wishing Well. In other words, you are between the bridge and the Well. Crouch and wait for him to come back. Press your back against the Well. It is dark enough here. When he turns around, collect the Balcony Key on his belt. Since nobody else is around, follow behind and smack him.

Drop into the Well (drop yourself, not the unconscious guard, or you would drown him) when the guard is far enough away not to hear. Turn “Auto attach ladders” in the options screen off if the rope with the bucket is causing you troubles. Dive to the bottom of the Well to grab . Climb back up. Wait until the Sergeant cannot see you. Use the rope to get clear of the sides of the Well, so that you can jump off onto dry land.

Now, it’s time to enter the Estate.

Close the door behind you; this is not a patrol area, but the main hallway you just left is. The door in the bookcase along the East wall is so obvious that it does not count as a secret. Open it, enter the small room behind, and take the Healing Potion from the Lost City Chest there. Cross over to the desk and read the unrolled scroll I know well that thy father was a loyal supporter in time gone by.
Most greatly did we appreciate his generosity in building the
chapel upon Truart Estate, where mine brethren and myself did give
praise to the Builder. However, the worship of the Builder has
come forward while thy chapel dost remain in the past, for its
walls and panels art still decked in the symbols of our old ways.
For one who hast renounced these antique trappings, such things
are deeply offensive. Thou must think strongly upon replacing
them with the more modern and appropriate symbols of the present
age.
  — Brother Tickspring . Apparently Brother Tickspring was a chaplain for the Truart Estate, but has joined the Mechanists. He points out to Truart that the Hammerite trappings in the are not “politically correct”. Now that you have learnt about the secrets of the Chapel, you know why Truart couldn’t have replaced them with the “appropriate symbols of the present age”.

Leave the room. Hide in the shadows of the branch corridor until you’re sure that the main hallway in this area is safe. Save your game.

Back in the main hallway, there is a “window” a little to the East of the branch corridor. It is on the left (North) side of the hallway, looking into (and thus out from) the Guart Station.

This guard is particularly annoying. He turns to face South and East, but never North or West. In other words, there is no way you can rush into the room without his noticing. The “window” is so small that you cannot climb into it.

Douch the torch ahead, or else the corridor is too well lit to work. Crouch, but do not cross in front of the window until the guard is facing East. Stand up when you arrive on the other side (East) of the window. You can stand outside the right half of the window with the visibility gem still dark green, as long as the lamp inside the room isn’t shining on you (and that you can only see less than half the lamp). When he turns East again, lean forward into the window to grab the Estate Key on his belt. I haven’t found any clean way to KO him. It is dangerous to use the more messy methods at this moment, so leave him until the rest of the manor has settled down.

Don’t stay there forever, because two more guards are patrolling the floor. When the guard inside the station turns to South, continue East past his door. Take the on the table under the Hammerite painting at the end of the hallway. Turn North and enter the door in front of you.

Move quietly across the marble floor. Fish a Water Crystal out of the bathtub.

In the North Bathroom, there is nowhere to hide if the patrolling guards notice you. Get out of there and back to the doorway, where it is dark enough. Wait for the Female Sword Guard to pass by, so that you can take her Balcony Key. Although it is a good location to bash her (or the other patrolling guard), refrain from doing so, for it is a bit dangerous when trying to carry the body back to the Bathroom. It is better done in the Game Room.

From this room, you can hear a bot patrolling near by… Stay calm. It is only in the Game Room next door.

Read the Papyrus Officer Morgan —
Cease these bribes immediately! There is more than enough street
garbage we can simply scrape off the pavement that we do not
need to pay for more! If your snitches could ever turn up
the serious ones, I might consider it, but look at your recent
list. Festil, Blackrat, Hops — these are the worst you can find,
and none of them other than poor street filth.
— Watch Sergeant Harwin from Watch Sergeant Harwin to Officer Morgan on the desk. Back in v1.07, you can put the letter into your inventory, and you have to read it from there; in v1.18, you can only read the letter from the desk. In v1.07, there is a second Papyrus (v1.07 only) on the desk, one which players of v1.18 have read down in the .

This letter continues the Informer subplot. Harwin believes that the bribes aren’t providing value for money — only small-time crooks are being turned in. The pagan outloaw Jabril referred to is Cedar. Jabril, the informer, is actually setting Cedar up to be caught by Morgan. We’ll visit Cedar in a later mission.

From the table against the South wall, take the .

Save game and leave the room. Further East on the hallway, a door on the left opens to another bedroom. Although that one is not a patrol area, it has ample lighting and is therefore not the best hiding place in the vicinity. Ignore the other door at the East end of the hallway, and turn South into the Game Room.

Hide in the shadows along the North wall to assess the room. The drunk at the bar to the South is Benny. Your luck is in: the robot patrolling this room is only a Worker Bot, not a Combat Bot. Its constant yammering is irritating, but it is always a good idea to handle human first, because Bots can scream, Bots can run, and damaged Bots can be seen.

Douse the fireplace and move towards it. A conversation will start as you edge near the fireplace.

Benny:

I can’t believe it! Some taffer went n’ spilt mead all over that rug!

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Remember the Kitchen Maid also talked about the spilt mead? When you get the same message twice, it got to be important. (Diff E only)

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Female Bartender:

Benny, you spilt mead on the rug. Anyway, someone is on their way to clean it up already.

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She is being optimistic. The Kitchen Maid intended to borrow a Metal Gear from one of the two gear-carrying guards, but you have picked them both. She cannot come up until tomorrow, after the mechanism unlocks it in the morning.

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Benny:

But you don’t understand [at the point of tears]. These taffers have no respect for such beautiful things.

Female Bartender:

Benny, I think you’ve had too much to drink. Aren’t you supposed to be on duty?

Benny:

Huh? So what if I am, huh? Anyways, I work better when I’m drunk. It makes me fearless. [in a confiding tone] If I see a bad guy, I’ll just point my sword at him, and sayyyyy: “Hey! Bad guy! You’re not s’posed to be here! Go home or I’ll stick you with my sword ’til you go ‘Ouch! I’m dead!’” [laughs] Ain’t no one gonna be messin’ with old Benny.

Female Bartender:

Whatever, Benny; I think you should go sleep it off. No more mead for you.

After the conversation, stay in the darkness to ambush the patrolling Sword Guard and Female Sword Guard. Look at the carpet in front of the fireplace. Collect Benny’s from the spilt mead.

Take from the Roulette Table on the North. Move to the East side of the Card Table on the South to collect . Wait for the Worker Bot to move behind the Bar Table and come back out. The Worker Bot will move North along the East wall. Take the opportunity to move around the Card Table to its South and collect the near its West end.

You couldn’t have guessed what the most dangerous opponent in the Game Room might be. If you are spotted or killed here, it is almost certainly done by Benny the fearless! Mess with Benny and he’ll stick you with his sword. He really works better when he is drunk.

Save game. From the South of the Card Table, move slowly towards the shadows at the North side of the Bar Table. Look up and locate a on the North end of the Bar Table. Quick save, and hurry to the dark area behind the Bartender (if you stop earlier, your location may be dark enough, but the Worker Bot may bump into you). If you were slow, or noisy, Benny will promptly charge around the Bar Table, abruptly sober as a priest, and hack you to pieces. So when you made it inside the bar, save game.

Stand up behind the Bartender, wait for Benny to calm down, and then smack her down. Leave the body for the moment.

Crouch and move South into the deep shadow. At the South end of the Bar Table, take a . On the Bar Table nearly directly facing Benny is a for you.

Save your game. Go to the (concave) corner on the right hand side of the Bartender (that is, the Northwest corner of the area behind the Bar Table). Lean forward to pick Benny’s . Although Benny is close enough for pickpocketing, he is still too far away for a KO. Look at the table to locate the darkest location. It is about midway between the two lamps. Very quietly, mantle onto the top of the Bar Table! Benny won’t see you, even though you are right in front of him. Crouch and creep forward as far as you can — it is very easy to overstep and fall off, so do some quick saves. Raise you Blackjack, crouch again, lean and let fly. Collect the two bodies at the dead end behind the Bar Table. Sneaking away from behind the Bar Table isn’t easy. Reverse the steps to get back to the Card Table, but you may need to restore several times to get this done right.

Now that humans are gone, time for the Worker Bot. You can water-arrow the wretched creature from the doorway when it climbs about the roulette wheel. Or you can wait at the South of the Card Table until it enters behind the Bar Table, and rush forward to beat it with your Blackjack. When it is disabled, continue beating to reduce it to a corpse, and hide it with the other bodies.

There is no secret here at the Normal Difficulty.

Go back to the carpet in front of the fireplace, where you picked up the Purple Goblet. Why has everybody been talking about the spilt mead (the stain was more visible before you douced the fireplace)? Let’s be crazy and wash the stain using a Water Arrow. Wow! The trophy moves sideways to reveal a !

Don’t ask me why we should have thought of doing it: I told you it was crazy. And don’t ask how Truart could have build a mechanism operated by a wet carpet, that is triggered by your Water Arrow but not the mead.

This part is dangerous for Ghosters. Look at the wall behind the fireplace. There is a shooting target hanging on the wall, near the North end. When was the last time you didn’t take any action when you see one of these? Shoot the red center with a Broadhead Arrow (sorry, it is noisy, upsetting everybody nearby, if there is anybody). The trophy moves sideways to reveal a .

It is not a good name, but there are so many bedrooms on each floor, and this pinpoints the pair of rooms we are exploring.

Leave the Game Room using the door on the Northeast (North of the Roulette Table) to get into the Game Room NE Bedroom. Unlock the door on your left using an Estate Key. The door opens to the West, back to the corridor you were in before turning into the Game Room. Leave the Game Room the way you come (the doorway on the North). There is a door on your right (East end of the hallway) that you haven’t opened. Open it with an Estate Key. Immediately use the light switch to shut off the electric lights until you close the door.

This empty room has 4 doors. The West door opens to the corridor. The Southwest one opens to the Game Room. It is a bit dangerous for Ghosters to use this door, because the Game Room area near the door is well lit. Open the North door to find a small unlit chamber, with an unlocked Chest containing a Noisemaker Arrow (v1.18) or a Flash Mine (v1.07). Unlock the double doors on the Southeast using a Balcony Key. They lead to the 2/F Balcony. Turn off the lights before you leave. We may be coming back.

The Balcony is directly above the Back Porch. It overlooks the river and the Wishing Well. Cross the Balcony to the South set of double doors. Open them with again, a Balcony Key. Leave these doors open.

Again, the Game Room SE Bedroom has 4 doors. The unlocked door in the Northwest corner leads to the Game Room, while the double doors to the Northeast lead, of course, lead back to the Balcony. The door on the South wall opens to a closet. The SW door leads to a corridor.

Collect a Moss Arrow sitting on on the wooden ledge along the South wall. Use the light switch on the South wall to turn on the lights in the closet. The unlocked Chest in the closet contains an Invisibility Potion (v1.18 only). Turn off the room lights with the switch on the West wall, then unlock the Southwest door (next to the light switch) with an Estate Key.

Leave the Game Room SE Bedroom and enter the 2/F South Corridor. It is unguarded by now. It is patrolled by the Sword Guard and the Female Sword Guard whom you have been meeting everywhere on this floor. Check your map: As you can see, the Pool Room is beyond the first door to the South (left). At times, the patrolling guards have left the double doors opened. In that case, you could have seen from the Game Room that the Pool Room is not only a patrolled area, but also has a marble floor, bright light, and a Watcher. If you used ZoomVision, you should also have noticed the loot in that room.

Since the Pool Room is well guarded, bypass it for now. Wait until the corridor is clear of guards, then sneak onto the carpet. Stand up, and run past both the Game Room doorway and the Pool Room. Close the Pool Room double doors if they are opened. Benny is so drunk that he’ll only yell “Who goes there?” but won’t really come after you, and the Bartender shouldn’t even notice. Walk along the carpet. Close the Pool Room double doors if they are opened.

Continue forward to the first door in the right wall (North), which opens onto the South Bathroom. Unlike the North Bathroom, there are no water arrows here, but only a large carpet. Continue your journey West.

At the T-junction, turn right (North).

Note another gear box on the wall ahead, locking up the door next to it. Read the Unrolled Scroll I went and lost my silver gear and now I can’t get up to the third
floor. I tried knocking on that blasted door for an hour, but no
one would open it for me. Last time I saw it was before I took a
swim. Please return it to me if you find it, I will be in the game
room.
  — Officer Benny next to the locked door. Hmm — Benny the drunk lost his gear for this door while taking a swim, so it’s probably somewhere in the Pool Room.

Further West is a doorway into the Security Controls. Read the Mechanist PlaqueSecurity Power. over the machine, and turn off the power. This turns off the Watchers and (red) alarm lamps of this floor. My, how secure!

Now that the whole floor has been cleared, you can move around peacefully. Turn back round the corner to the T-junction. This time, continue South and use the Estate Key to enter the Weapons Room.

As soon as you enter the room, you will notice a Cannon Sentry (Diff H/E) or Bolt Sentry (Diff N) and his partner, a Watcher whom you have just brought to sleep. Take everything from the shelf along the right (North) wall. Starting from the far side (West), there are: 4 Broadhead Arrows, 2 Noisemaker Arrows (v1.18 only), 3 Water Crystals, 2 Moss Crystals, a Fire Crystal and a Land Mine (v1.18 only).

Venture to the far side of the room. From the stand in the Northwest corner, pick up the , but do not touch the stuff on the other stand, because they are noisy to drop.

Turn around to note the target mounted on the East wall over the door. Your reaction should be automatical. Save game, and shoot a Broadhead Arrow at the bulleye, which opens a Secret Panel next to the shelf along the North wall. The secret cache behind the panel contains a Gas Mine (v1.18) or a Gas Crystal (v1.07). As an experienced Thief, you might begin to worry as to why the Builder has seen fit to bless you with such a wealth of power-ups…

Head back to the last unexplored room of the floor, the Pool Room. Listen for guards outside, then exit the room and hide in the shadows of the hallway until it’s safe to head East.

The Watcher gazing the pool is now asleep, so the Sawblade Sentries will stay nice. Even if it wasn’t, it is not difficult to time your moves so that the Watcher does not see you. In most cases, the Watcher scans the whole room, but at Normal Difficulty of the patched game, the Watcher only scans the East half of the room, making life even simpler.

The patroling guards come in and walk around the pool, so you have to be careful. While crouching in the shadows at the door, moss-arrow the floor to the left (East) of the pool. Cross quickly onto the mossy area, then water-arrow the gaslights (the guards will turn them back on, so this is only a temporary measure).

At the East side of the pool, grab the . In v1.07, the Green Vase has fallen through the table and sit under it; the problem is fixed in v1.18 to make sure that the Green Vase sits squarely on the table in the patched game. Proceed around the pool to take the on the table on the South. Continue clockwise to the table on the West to collect another , which before the patch also falls through the table to beneath it.

Remember? Benny was swimming here. Dive into the pool. The Silver Gear is stuck in the drain at the bottom. Mantle out on the North side and leave.

Check that you have everything you should have up to this point. When you’re busy escaping after seeing Truart, you’ll probably have more trouble than you’ve had up to this point. Head back to the gear box on the West, use the Silver Gear on it to open the door for the Third Floor.

Go through the door unlocked by the Silver Gear. The dark hallway goes East, then North, back West and North again. A side corridor goes to further West, at the end of which you will notice another gear box next to a door. It opens to the area next to the stairs connecting to First Floor. This is the 2/F Bypass Door that you cannot open when you first arrived at the Second Floor. You need a Bronze Gear to unlock it. This door provides a quick route for you to leave, without working your way round the whole of Second Floor. You will have two Bronze Gears, and you need to choose wisely how to use them among three gear boxes. More on this when we meet the other two gear boxes.

Back in the main hallway going North, there is a light switch next to the junction with the side corridor. Of course, you leave the lights off, but guards will later turn it on. Save game before proceeding North and then East to the final part of this hallway. In the area before the 2/F↔3/F Stairs, there is a pillar on either side. Head for the shadows of the alcove on the right (South). Duck into the shadow on the East side of the pillar.

You’ll be shocked when a voice of thunder opens an exterchange between two Guards. It is not safe to climb up the stairs at this time — they’ll pretend they do not see you, calmly complete the conversation and suddenly chop you to pieces. Stay at your shadow, lean and look up the stairs to catch what they are saying.

Male Guard:

Hurry! Sound the alarms! Seal off the area!

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This could easily have triggered off a heart attack. Calm down. Yes, he spotted something, but it was not you.

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Female Guard:

Why? What happened?

Male Guard:

Sheriff Truart has been killed. The killer must still be in the building.

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So you won’t be able to blackmail the Sheriff after all. Your presence inside the building suddenly becomes more dangerous. At this point, your list of Mission Objectives changes. “Confront the Sheriff with the recording” is crossed out, and you receive a new one:

• Search the murder site for evidence about who killed the Sheriff.

A Sergeant on the 3/F now tries to run down the stairs, but he is blocked by the talking pair for the moment.

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Female Guard:

What?! The Sheriff’s been mudered?! How?

Male Guard:

I don’t know! Sound the alarms! Get help! There’s a murderer loose!

Female Guard:

[yelling] Truart’s been murdered! Find the killer!

Garrett:

[Garrett chimes in at this point] Damn. Someone beat me to the Sheriff. I’d better keep a low profile, or else I’ll be pinned as the killer.

Three guards are running down the stairs towards you, so hide well on East side of the pillar. The Male Guard with a Bronze Gear on his belt, is usually followed closely by the Female Guard, with a . But the Sergeant can be before or after the two of them. Since both belt items are on the left hand side, you can see and pick them in time.

If you successfully pick the Bronze Gear, then the guards will not be able to leave via the 2/F Bypass Door of the side corridor. They will instead go through the whole hallway back to the door next to Security Controls. If however you slipped, then the Male Guard will use the Bronze Gear to unlock the 2/F Bypass Door and leave via the side corridor. Since gears can only be used once, the Bronze Key will disappear from his belt. Your mission statistics will end up with one pick short.

They are not really blind, so do not block their way. Hide near the column and watch them run pass you.

If you let the three Guards go, they will turn psycho and run around the Second Floor like lunatics, searching everywhere (two of the Guards have unpickable Estate and Balcony Keys and can open most doors). Traversing the Second Floor on our way out would then become more difficult. The three Guards who just ran downstairs will spend their time running in and out of rooms randomly, and they remain on a high alert level from now on. Fortunately, the Guards on the First Floor and the grounds do not become hysterical.

After the three Guards have passed your location, they are sort of blind, temporarily. They are so determined to run that you can do whatever to them as long as you are not standing in their way.

After the third one has passed your hiding place, start knocking them out (remember to pick them first if you failed to do it when they were passing). Just run after them with the raised Blackjack. If they hear you, they will even slow down to wait for you. The important thing is that they will not turn around. So run behind them and bring down at least two of them.

The third one is usually more difficult. By the time you have KOed two of them, the third may have escaped the hallway. Turn off the lights and hide the bodies. Hunt down the remaining psycho guard now. He usually spends most of his time taking an obstacle race inside the .

In case you failed to pick the Female Guard en passant, go search for her to reclaim the Purse. It is best to do it inside the .

Save game first. Mount the 2/F↔3/F Stairs to arrive at the East side of the Third Floor. If you check the maps, you will notice that when you are on the stairs, it erroneously says that you are inside the Sheriff Office.

There are two Bedroom Suites on the Third Floor, each with its own Boudoir and Bathroom. There is a pair of Guards in the Antechamber to South Boudoir, which is to the South of the stairs. The Guards start talking when you arrive at the Third Floor. Move along the wall on your right (South) to peek around the corner so that you can hear them better.

Female Guard:

[voice nervous and keyed-up] I heard a commotion coming from Truart’s room, but on my way to check it out, it stopped. When I got to the room, I swear I saw a dark shape running off. I should’ve taken a shot at him. That’s when we saw the boss had been killed.

Male Guard:

Did you get a look at the killer’s face?

Female Guard:

Nah, it was too fast. It was standing right over his body, and I must’ve spooked it. When it saw me, it flew right out the doors and off the balcony. I’ve never seen anything move like that. It couldn’t have been human.

Male Guard:

[skeptically] Don’t tell me… you think a monster killed the Sheriff.

Female Guard:

Like I said, I don’t know what it was. I sure am glad I wasn’t in the room when that thing was ripping up the Sheriff. No one should have to die like that.

Continue with the next section.

There is no way for Ghosters to pass through this Antechamber. The Boudoir behind them are even more crowded with people. We had better try another path. Skip forward to .

It’s just barely possible to KO them using the Flash Bomb… but it’s not easy. We’ll use a more charming method. Save game.

It is too dangerous to directly cross the hallway here. Crouch and move back to the top of the stairs. Move East to the wall ahead. Turn right to move to the South wall. Then turn right again to move West along the South wall. You’ll soon be blocked by a piece of furntiure. Quick save, and move slowly around the furniture, so that you can continue moving West towards the guards along the South wall.

When you have move passed the furniture, look up at the ceiling. Above you are starry ornaments adjacent to the South wall. Count them, starting from the corner ahead. It is best to stop under the fifth star. It will be your base of operations.

When you arrive in position and the Guards are cool, quick save. Study the mini-guide on the use of Mesmerisers. We are going to mesmerise lots of people here. Draw your Noisemaker Arrow and aim at the corner to your Northwest, the corner formed by the wall North of you, the wall West of you, and the ceiling. The arrow should hit the slant part and drop down to the floor, instead of hitting one of the vertical walls and bounce away. Shoot the Noisemaker Arrow, and the two Guards will be drawn there.

Save game. Move quietly around the corner to the double doors they were guarding. Crouch at the double doors, and press yourself against them. Open the double doors. See how crowded the South Boudoir is? There are two Guards at your Southwest, a third Guard moving around the room (at time leaving via the cooridor on the Northeast), a Nobleman dressed in green (usually standing on top of the table — the late Truart did keep an eccentric company) and a Noblewoman dressed in red. Even if you use an Invisibility Potion, the room is not easy to clean.

There is a thin line of shadow at the door. Slowly edge forward little by little. When you are inside the room, a Sergeant and a Female Guard at your Southwest will start talking.

Sergeant:

How could the killer make his way through the Estate, and up to the Third Floor, without being seen by any of the guards or servants? He must have been close to Truart.

Female Guard:

I’m not so sure. Whoever did this wasn’t concerned about making it look like an accident. Killing the Sheriff in his own house, in his own bedroom, it makes a statement. Not the sort of thing you’d wanna do to someone close to you, if you didn’t wanna get caught.

Sergeant:

Good point, but I still think the killer had help on the inside.

Female Guard:

Huh, the Sheriff lives in the most secure manor in the city. No one can get in without a key, and there’s Mechanist security everywhere. Yeah, I’d say it was an inside job.

Sergeant:

Not too suprising. Truart didn’t show a lot of discretion when recruiting for the Watch. Hell, half the force used to work for the Downwinders, Ramirez, and every other crime boss in the city.

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Both agree that the murderer received help from within the City Watch. The Sergeant reminds us that Truart has recruited many criminals into the City Watch, a background story that has been retold in many missions. He also made reference to the Downwinders, which appeared in Thief Gold Mission 15: Thieves’ Guild, and Ramirez, who appeared in Thief 1 Mission 5: Assassin, both of which are old friends of Garret in Thief Gold.

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Female Guard:

That’s true. Truart made more than his share of enemies since becoming Sheriff. Anyone living outside of Dayport has a decent motive. I guess the Downwinders had something to do with this. Donal wasn’t too happy when we raided his casino and shut him down. He probably sent one of his ghouls to deal with the Sheriff.

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Dayport is the city where the City Watch headquarters, is found. You will visit the place in a later mission. Donal and his casino are also references to Thieves’ Guild.

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Sergeant:

I’m willing to bet a months pay, the entire force is dry-eyed over this. No big secret that the Sheriff was dirty. I figure Lieutenant Mosley will assume control of the City Watch, and clean up the mess. As for me, I aint gonna do a thing except go back to my desk, fill out a report and have a mug of coffee.

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Foreigners like me may not understand the term dry-eyed, which means “without tears”. Note that people respects Mosley but not the Shieriff.

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Female Guard:

Huh, we don’t have to worry about Mosley ending up in someone’s pocket. Anyone trying to bribe her would end up with a broken limb or two. Maybe we’d end up doing some good around here for a change.

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Both agree that Mosley is a good cop. The Vice Squad Journal of Framed also said that “Mosley is the only one any of us can trust”.

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Close the double doors. You may be blocking it, so inch back a little to let them close. Move quietly to the left (East) so that you are no longer in front of the double doors. Open them again.

Do a quick save if you want to, for this is not without danger. Stay crouched, turn to the East and walk along the wall back to your base of operations under the fifth star. Ignore the carpet and hug to the wall. Take one step, rest half a second and then continue. Follow the wall to turn left (North) and then right (East). Stop when you arrived under the fifth star.

Now with the double doors opened, we’ll repeat the Mesmerising Magic. Crouch, quick save, aim and shoot a Noisemaker Arrow at the same corner of the ceiling. This should draw 3 people from inside the South Boudoir to join the 2 Mesmerised Guards, making a total of 5. The procedure succeeds everytime we tested as long as you are shooting from the correct location (if you are too close to the corner, for example, by staying under the second star, the red lady will usually search around and find you).

When all 5 have settled at the corner, toss a Gas Mine at them (aim the mine to hit the carpet before the crowd and slide into them) shoot a Gas Arrow at the crowd (aim at somebody in the middle so that all 5 are close to the point of impact). Retrieve your Noisemaker Arrow.

Now only two remains, but they are not so easy to deal with. What typically happens is that the remaining Guard and the Nobleman dressed in green have stopped walking around. They probably are standing on top of a table!

With the two guys facing each other, it is not safe to enter the South Boudoir from the double doors. We’ll see if there is another way in. You may close the double doors, and hide the five bodies down the stairs.

Quick save and open the door of the Closet; you have now satisfied your objective of breaking in here. This is a patrol area. Both the Guard and the Nobleman may shuttle between here and the South Boudoir at irregular intervals. However, by this point of time they may already be trapped on top of the dining table and cannot come here any more.

If you failed to pick the Bronze Gear earlier, you haven’t yet visited the . Take the Bronze Gear on the ledge behind the desk. We’ll be using it soon. On the other hand, if you already have a Bronze Gear in your possession, you have done something wrong. With the Bronze Gear from the stairs, you should have used it to visit the . As a bizzare implementation of strong security, a gear is consumed after each use — sort of a one-time password, In case you have a Bronze Gear in your inventory, and you try to pick up a second Bronze Gear, they will merge into one; you would only be able to unlock one Bronze Gear Box instead of two!

Before we further explore the Truart Bedroom, let’s first visit the remaining rooms on the West. Ghosters now skip over the next section and continue with .

Now it is time to say goodbye to the remaining guests in the South Boudoir. It is too dangerous to enter the South Boudoir using the corridor on the Northwest of the Bedroom. Instead, save game and quietly enter the Bathroom at the Southwest of the Bedroom. It is pretty much like the corresonding piece on the other Suite. Open the other door to peek into the South Boudoir.

Crouch and move very quietly behind the Guard . They should not be able to see you; if you are moving slow and quite, all should be fine. When you reach striking distance, knock him out. Grab his body before it drops to the floor. Quietly carry his body back via the Bathroom to hide it in the Closet.

Use the Balcony Key to unlock the double doors at the Northwest of the Truart Bedroom Suite. Walk cross the Balcony and use the Balcony Key to unlock the double doors on the other side to arrive at the other Bedroom Suite (this is faster than travelling across the Attics again. Pass through the two Antechambers so that you are entering the South Boudoir from the double doors on the North (where you have gassed a lot of people). Now you can quietly approach the Green Nobleman to KO him.

Finally, the South Boudoir is all yours, take a look around. There is nothing of value here. Go through the door at the Northwest. It opens to an empty Southwest Bedroom similar to the Northwest Bedroom on the West of the North Boudoir. Open the only other door of the empty bedroom, and follow the South Spiral Stairs to go down. Again similar to the other wing, it ends with a gear box and a door at the bottom. This is the South Door on the Great Hall Balcony, locked by the third gear box that requires a Bronze Gear.

If you failed to pick the Bronze Gear earlier, you haven’t yet visited the from the North Spiral Stairs. Skip back to read this section to visit the Great Hall Balcony, before continuing your exploration here at the Southwest Bedroom.

Go back to the Truart Bedroom.

The next section is for Ghosters. Skip over it and continue reading at the .

Before we go further, you can take a look at the corridor on the Northwest of the Bedroom, and the Bathroom at the Southwest of the Bedroom. They are pretty much like the corresonding pieces on the North. Move quietly into the Bathroom, and peek out of the other door: See how crowded the South Boudoir is? There are two Guards at your Northwest, a third Guard moving around the room (at times going to the Truart Bedroom), a Nobleman dressed in green (usually standing on top of the table — the late Truart did keep an eccentric company) and a Noblewoman dressed in red.

When you edge into the South Boudoir, the Sergeant and the Female Guard at your Northhwest will start talking.

Sergeant:

How could the killer make his way through the estate, and up to the Third Floor, without being seen by any of the guards or servants? He must have been close to Truart.

Female Guard:

I’m not so sure. Whoever did this wasn’t concerned about making it look like an accident. Killing the Sheriff in his own house, in his own bedroom, it make a statement. Not the sort of thing you’d wanna do to someone close to you, if you didn’t wanna get caught.

Sergeant:

Good point, but I still think the killer had help on the inside.

Female Guard:

Huh, the Sheriff lives in the most secure manor in the city. No one can get in without a key, and there’s Mechanist security everywhere. Yeah, I’d say it was an inside job.

Sergeant:

Not too suprising. Truart didn’t show a lot of discretion when recruiting for the Watch. Hell, half the force used to work for the Downwinders, Ramirez, and every other crime boss in the city.

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Both agree that the murderer received help from within the City Watch. The Sergeant reminds us that Truart has recruited many criminals into the City Watch, a background story that has been retold many missions. He also made reference to the Downwinders, which appeared in Thief Gold Mission 15: Thieves’ Guild, and Ramirez, who appeared in Thief 1 Mission 5: Assassin, both of which are old friends of Garret in Thief Gold.

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Female Guard:

That’s true. Truart made more than more than his share of enemies since becoming Sheriff. Anyone living outside of Dayport has a decent motive. I guess the Downwinders had something to do with this. Donal wasn’t too happy when we raided his casino and shut him down. He probably sent one of his ghouls to deal with the Sheriff.

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Dayport is the city where the City Watch headquarters, is found. You will visit the place in a later mission. Donal and his casino are also references to Thieves’ Guild.

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Sergeant:

I’m willing to bet a months pay, the entire force is dry-eyed over this. No big secret that the Sheriff was dirty. I figure Lieutenant Mosley will assume control of the City Watch, and clean up the mess. As for me, I aint gonna do a thing except go back to my desk, fill out a report and have a mug of coffee.

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Foreigners like me may not understand the term dry-eyed, which means “without tears”. Note that people respects Mosley but not the Shieriff.

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Female Guard:

Huh, we don’t have to worry about Mosley ending up in someone’s pocket. Anyone trying to bribe her would end up with a broken limb or two. Maybe we’d end up doing some good around here for a change.

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Both agree that Mosley is a good cop. The Vice Squad Journal of Framed also said that “Mosley is the only one any of us can trust”.

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Notice that there is a door at the Northwest of the South Boudoir. It is not possible to Ghost there, for the room is brightly lit by the chandelier even if you doused the fireplace and the torches. Save game, take an Invisibility Potion and rush to that door. The invisibility will wear out before you reach the door. Ignore the others, just rush into the door to take a look. It is an empty bedroom similar to the one at the West of the North Boudoir, except that nothing valuable is placed here. Open the only other door of the empty bedroom, and rush down the Spiral Stairs. Similar to the other Spiral Stairs, there is a gear box and the door at the bottom. This is the third gear box that requires a Bronze Gear. The Guards have probably slashed you by now. Restore game to continue.

If you failed to pick the Bronze Gear earlier, you haven’t yet visited the . Go back to the small Northwest Bedroom on the West side of the North Boudoir and descend the North Spiral Stairs there. Skip back to read this section to visit the Great Hall Balcony, before continuing your exploration here at the Truart’s Bedroom Suite.

While you are in the bedroom, Garrett may suddenly said that “There is probably something in this room that will tell me who killed Truart.” There is a Key Ring next to the body. Take it. After you collect the Key Ring, your Objective “Search the murder site for evidence about who killed the Sheriff” is checked, meanging that this is the evidence you needed.

Look at the Key Ring in your inventory, It says “Mosley’s Key Ring”! It seems you find her keys pretty everywhere (in Framed, you found her Secure Records/Vault Key in her office). What has Mosley to do with this murder? Even if she was capable of flying “right out of the doors and off the balcony”, the Female Guard who witnessed the murder would certainly have recognized her. If it wasn’t she, what is her Key Ring doing here? We’ll learn more about it in the next mission…

Read the Papyrus Dear Volari,
Prostitution in this city is a huge problem, and I plan on
cleaning it up, so you should keep a low profile. I’ve taken
the measures to protect you that we discussed. I live a demanding
life now that I’m the most important person in town, and meeting
with you is my only means of relaxation. I do not consider you
equal to the rest of the scum that lurk the streets, so I am
going to give you special treatment as long as you take care
of me when I need you.
— Norman Druart" on the ledge next to the desk. Before the patch, you can take the Papyrus into your inventory, and you need to right click it again to read it; with v1.18, you read the Papyrus directly from the table. If you haven’t yet done so, take the Bronze Gear on the left (v1.18)/right (v1.07) hand side of the Papyrus.

Remember Lady Volari? We’ve read about her back in Shipping… and Receiving and Framed. In Shipping… and Receiving, did you find the Easter Egg in The Bedroom of Lord Porter? If not, first read the three sections starting with 6937 Second Floor, then continue with Seeing the egg. There we found “Madam’s Hit List”, and that the Sheriff needs “intense relaxation therapy”. The Vice Squad Journal of Framed also reported sighting the Sheriff entered Madam Volari’s house on multiple occasions. In all three cases, Sheriff Gorman Truart used his alternate name, Normal Druart, to correspond with Lady Volari. Among all three, this is the first time we see an explicit mention of “prostitutiion”.

If you are playing the unpatched game, skip over the next section and continue with .

Similar to the Wedding Ring Objective in Running Interference, you are not informed of the existence of Bonus Objectives until you have accomplished them. Since Bonus Objectives are not compulsory, you can choose to skip over it and continue reading at .

This Bonus Objective is pretty absurd. You are a thief. You break in an estate intending to blackmail the host. You heard that the host was murdered. You found his body. Now what do you do? Looking Glass Studios wanted you to bury the body!

What would the City Watch say when they found that the body is missing? Never mind about them. You have been shown an open grave in the , you now see a body, one and one equals two…

Pick up The Sheriff and carry him with you in the rest of the journey. You will soon notice another absurdity: The guards completely ignore the corpse! Drop it on the floor blocking their way, and they will even step on it non-chalantly.

This Bonus Objective only exists in the patched game. In v1.07, you cannot pick up Truart’s body at all.

Do you remember that Female Guard who witnessed the murder said that [the “dark shape”] “flew right out of the doors and off the balcony”? Shouldn’t it suggest a way out?

Unlock the double doors of Truart’s Bedroom with a Balcony Key. Notice the bloodstains on the pavement of the Balcony, marking the killer’s trail. Any ideas what to do?

Before we follow the trails of the killer, think about what happened. The killer did his job and escaped via the Balcony in a hurry. Who locked the balcony double doors? The Guards must have done so, after they discovered the body. Perhaps because they already suspect that somebody is going to steal the body ;P

Most people will tell you this method always results in some injury for Experts, because they have only one Slow-fall Potion. That gives you a pretty good idea what they did.

By following the procedures in the coming sections, you will not take any damage at all.

Carry Truart’s body. Save game. Mantle onto the railing — this is not easy, for you need to do a running jump to mantle onto it, and if you do not stop yourself in time, you will fall over. OK, that’s what everybody is doing. What’s next?

Throw the body down to 2/F Balcony below. Many people does this, and they are correct for the wrong reason. If you intend to jump from the railing down to 2/F Balcony, you shouldn’t have discarded the body. Surprisingly, you will take less damage in the fall if you are carrying Truart! Anyway, drop the body.

While standing on the railing, walk carefully towards the South (towards the Truart’s Bedroom) until you press yourself against the wall. Turn to your left and look down. What do you see?

Hope you have been following the walkthrough and have left the balcony doors of the Game Room SE Bedroom opened! Quick save. Crouch, face South (face the wall), move slowly to your left. You’ll land safely on top of the opened door.

Crouch and drop to the 2/F Balcony.

Before we continue our drop, do you remember we have one remaining Guard inside the ? Go back to the area outside his door. Shoot a Noisemaker Arrow at the East end of the hallway ceiling. Knock him out when he is mesmerised. Retrieve your Noisemaker Arrow and leave. He could not have been taken out earlier, because the noise will alert the guards on the 3/F. Return to the 2/F Balcony to continue.

Again, mantle onto the railing and throw the body downstairs in the same manner.

This time, crouch on the metal railing and face East (outside) and look down. On each side of the steps leading out from the Back Porch is a stone railing that ends at a lantern. Turn around to face West (I feel better when dropping backwards). Move left and right to align yourself with one of the two railings and the lanterns below. Wait for the marching Sergeant to be moving away. Slowly step back to fall off the metal railing. You’ll land safely on the stone railing below.

There may be some unfinished business at the . Is the NoKO Sword Guard still marching around? If yes, check your inventory. Do you still have a Gas Mine / Gas Arrow? If yes, then you should go to settle the scores with him now.

Pick up Truart. Head East to leave the Truart Estate. The mission ends when you reach the river.