The Granville Curiosity is an Escalation Contract in The Showstopper mission, released on April 12th, 2016.
Objectives[]
Level 1[]
Target | Orson Bler |
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Method | Eliminate Orson Bler in close combat while disguised as a security guard |
Walkthrough[]
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The target is Orson Bler, one of the tech crew members who is flirting with a model. He is located on the first floor, next to the Grand Hall and the private stairwell to the basement and second floor. To obtain a security guard disguise, the easiest way from the ground floor is to go to the cupboard to the left of the catwalk area, by the guard blocking the way to the Museum and a woman who asks him where the toilets are. Turn on the vacuum cleaner and wait for him to enter and turn it off, subdue him, take his clothes and hide him in the locker. By close combat, the intel means the kill method is snapping Bler's neck, doing a melee kill with a weapon or throwing a lethally sharp object at his head. He can be simply lured to the nearby stairwell by throwing a coin and killed there, since no-one uses those stairs, although be mindful of the tech crewman at the top of the stairs who might hear a neck snap or a loud confrontation. |
Level 2[]
Target | Orson Bler |
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Method | Eliminate Orson Bler in close combat while disguised as a security guard |
Complication | ★ Extreme Security Deadly laser-tripwires have been added throughout the palace. Find and equip the disarm device to bypass the lasers. |
Walkthrough[]
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The new complication means that multiple laser-tripwires have been installed across the palace, that will detonate and kill 47 as soon as he trips it, although somehow this doesn't apply to anyone else. There are 2 disarm devices, both locked in safes. One key for the safes can be found in the top-right corner of the basement Wine Cellars, next to the kitchen; the other is found in the Shiekh's private sleeping quarters, behind the bed. Alternatively you can break into them with lockpicks, crowbars or explosives instead. One safe is in the basement security room, the other is in the Museum Director's Office, which is the room Novikov and Margolis evacuate to when a code 17 is called in. The easiest way to obtain a disarm device, therefore, is starting in the attic (Mastery Level 14 on Normal Difficulty), climbing down the ladder behind you and opening the safe with a lockpick. However, the disarm device isn't necessary, since there are no mines on the stairwell near Bler or around the target in general. Exfiltrate using the basement exit, but mind the few lasers blocking the way down there by using instinct to highlight the mines. |
Level 3[]
Target | Orson Bler | ★ Jacques Bonbon |
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Method | Eliminate Orson Bler in close combat while disguised as a security guard | Drowning Accident |
Disguise | N/A | Any Disguise |
Complication | Extreme Security Deadly laser-tripwires have been added throughout the palace. Find and equip the disarm device to bypass the lasers. |
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The new target is Jacques Bonbon, one of the palace staff members. He spends the mission leaning against a wall by the ground-floor kitchen looking at his phone. If you don't have a disarm device, you will need to go around the backstage way from Bler rather than the corridor due to some nearby tripwires. You can quite easily drown Bonbon by throwing a coin by the toilet in the adjacent room and luring him near it. |
Level 4[]
Target | Orson Bler | Jacques Bonbon |
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Method | Eliminate Orson Bler in close combat while disguised as a security guard | Drowning Accident |
Disguise | N/A | Any Disguise |
Complication | Extreme Security Deadly laser-tripwires have been added throughout the palace. Find and equip the disarm device to bypass the lasers. | |
★ Terminus Complete the mission within five minutes. |
Walkthrough[]
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The complication does not change the standard method. To reiterate, acquiring the disarm device is not necessary and, in this and the following level, only wastes time, but following the method described earlier should give you a comfortable amount of time left by the end. |
Level 5[]
Target | Orson Bler | Jacques Bonbon | ★ Claire Swanson |
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Method | Eliminate Orson Bler in close combat while disguised as a security guard | Drowning Accident | Any Method |
Disguise | N/A | Any Disguise | |
Complication | Extreme Security Deadly laser-tripwires have been added throughout the palace. Find and equip the disarm device to bypass the lasers. | ||
Terminus Complete the mission within five minutes. |
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The new target is Claire Swanson, the model Bler is flirting with. Once her conversation with Bler is finished, she will return to the Dressing Room and stand in a corner, where she can be isolated if the stylist nearby is taken out. However, the easiest method is to lure her into the same room you kill Bler in before she moves, although you will have to move Bler's body first to ensure she doesn't see it. |
Challenges[]
Name | Type | Description | Reward |
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The Granville Curiosity | F | Complete all levels in this Escalation contract. | +5000 Mission Mastery |