Dishonored

Get through Chapter 1 of Dishonored without killing anyone! Get started on attaining the Shadow Achievement!

The life an assassin is a life of hiding in the shadows and finishing “jobs” without anyone ever knowing you were there. With plague-carrying rats running amok in the city, not killing anyone that isn't part of the job is a whole lot more important. Kill too many people and the plague will spread faster and more enemies will litter the streets, so keeping your taste for wanton murder suppressed is a good thing; for all parties involved.

I'm here to show you a thing or several about how to get around the city streets of Dishonored without ever having to shiv a fool. Follow my lead and you'll be able to hit your marks without ever having to draw your blade.

I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!

The first chapter of the game has you escaping from a prison after wrongly being accused of some serious treason. Don't let the man keep you down! Escape and give that man a slapping he won't soon forget, but remember not to slap too hard; killing is bad news in this town.

Start by picking up the bread and getting the key underneath it. Unlock the gate and immediately head toward the table straight ahead of your cell to collect your sword and a few coins. Now go to the opening on your left and wait behind the the barricade on the left of the opening for the two guards to finish their conversation before heading through the room.

When the guards disperse, head into the room, sliding just behind the guard directly in front of the opening and stick to the leftmost wall. Hide behind the last pillar before the gate leading out of the room and wait until the guard stationed there makes his way back into the room you are currently in. When he passes the pillar you're standing behind, head through the gate, look to the left to find a red elixir vial and a pistol. Pick them up and head through to the next room.

Climb up the framed pipes straight ahead of you with the X button (A for 360) and grab all of the items in the area on the second floor. Walk to the door and look through the peephole with the square button to see if there is a guard with his back turned to you while looking over a railing.

If so, head through the door onto the catwalk and pickpocket the guard by pushing square and make your way over to the gate at the end of the catwalk on your left and head through it. Take a left and follow the tunnel, but be wary of the guard patrolling midway through the tunnel. He will eventually walk out of the tunnel and look over a railing. Walk through the passage just behind the guard and hop off the railing to the right. Get underneath the passage, look up at the guard and wait until he turns to leave the room. Now you can head toward the interrogation room straight ahead of you.

Follow the waypoint on your screen over to the explosive device stored in the safe, grabbing items, notes and listening to the audiograph along the way (gotta have that story). Head to the exit of the interrogation room and you'll see a guard opening up the gate to the yard. Follow him out and move immediately to the right side of the room. Sneak through the dark area of the room to avoid getting spotted by the two guards roaming the area. Before heading up the stairs on the far side of the room, wait by the last pillar for one of the guards to finish his route, which ends right by where you are currently hiding. When he turns around, you are free to walk up the stairs and carefully head into the next room.

The first thing you're going to see on your way into the next room is the back of a guard. Head behind the first barricade to your right and wait for the guards to stop talking. Wait for the guard outside the pillbox to walk past you before heading to the next barricade. The guard will stand right next to your barricade for a moment and then turn around. When he does this, climb up the framed pipe marked with red on your right side and begin hopping up the sets pipes as high as you can go. Walk along the pipes and you should be able to crawl through a window leading to the next room.

Continue to walk along the pipes until you reach the end of the room. Jump down, plant the explosive and get back. When the bomb blows, race out of the room, jump into the river below and swim straight toward the small plot of beach on the other side, ignoring the firing guards as you go. Head through the gate on the beach, run to the door at the end of the corridor and go through the door leading to the sewers.

Is this where assassins go when you flush them down the toilet?

Hop over the gate in front of you to reach the next room. From there, climb on top of the boxes to get on top of the caged area leading to the next room. Ignore the guards who are being mauled by rats, as they only serve to let you know that rats will totally maul you when they are in large groups. Follow the caged area as far as it will let you, hop off and the walk forward until you reach a canal. As you enter the canal room, you will be greeted with the sight of a group of rats; remember what we just learned about groups of rats? Hop into the canal water of...questionable origin and swim toward the “Hidden Supplies” waypoint. Hop out of the sewer water when you reach a dead end and head up the stairs on your right.

Head through the gate at the top of the stairs and pull the body off of the valve. Turn the valve to open the big, red door and then head through it. Feel free to give a quick search around the room in order to find any goodies that are lying around. When you're finished, head toward the next room, but don't enter just yet. Look into the room and you'll see a pack of rats looking for some delicious flesh to chow down on, a valve on the left and in the middle of the room you'll see bodies falling from the ceiling. If you haven't connected the dots just yet, let me help you: Head onto the platform in the middle of the room where all of the bodies are currently residing. Pick them up one by one and throw them around the room AWAY from the valve. See where I'm going with this? The bodies will serve as bait, allowing you to open the door without being attacked; a sort of breadcrumb trail with the bodies works really well in leading the rats away from the valve. Once the door is open, head through the tunnel toward the creek, take a right and climb the chain at the top of the stairs.

Feel free to search the area for more gold, healing items and other treasures, but keep an eye out for the tripwires at the base of the stairs on the left side of the room and in the tunnel on the right side. If you jump over the tripwire, you can disarm the the projectile launcher and avoid damage altogether. Once you're done with your hunt, head up the stairs on the left side of the room and open the trunk your waypoint has marked as “Hidden Supplies.”

Head through the door to the right of the “Hidden Supplies” box and slide underneath the tripwire directly in front of you by hitting circle (B on 360) while sprinting by pressing the left analog stick down. In front of you will be a safe, use the combination 451 to open it and get some extra money and an elixir. From the safe, head to the right, across the boards and climb the short wall on your left.

Grab the few goodies lying around this room and then hop down the whole in the floor. Before hopping down the next few levels via the rocks in the wall, wait for the guard to walk over the fire and begin warming himself. When he does, hop down, sneak into the water and follow the water's path until it dead-ends. Hop out onto the right side of the water, climb up the pipe to your left and enter the passage with the light shining through.

Follow the path until you exit the sewers and talk to Samuel, who'll take you away from this godforsaken place.

Congratulations on completing chapter 1 of Dishonored without killing anyone. Don't get too comfortable though, because this was just a warm up. The next chapter features open city space and multiple objectives. Don't worry, we'll get through this like a spoon through gelatin; real smooth.