• Blink to the pillar in the middle of the square, then to the balconies on the left. Cross the "neutral" alley and go on to Howler territory. You may loot the apartment at left if you wish, but do not alert the two journalists.

  • ​FAS. Jump down to the pillar, then further down into the street. Hug the left wall and enter the journalist's apartment via the stacked crates in the corner. This can be done without using a dust storm as cover, but of course it's much easier if you wait for one. Alternatively, go back the way you came, staying low and behind the triangular scaffolding. Get down from the rocks away from the Overseer standing guard and the civilians sitting nearby, then go to Howler territory by staying up on the wooden covered level. Civilians must not see you.

• Leave the journalists' apartment from the other window, climb on to the half-broken solarium roof, and drop down to street level. Bring Byrne to the Howlers until you receive notice​ that they've become neutral.

• Do not turn him over to Paolo in the saloon! Instead, just leave his body hidden somewhere it won't be seen. A good place is under the large boiler on the saloon's ground floor, by the tiny window that leads into the basement. 

​​​

Howlers (Neutral)

​​

• First, take out Paolo. He's in the bar downstairs. Climb up to the third floor, get out the window overlooking the inner patio, and walk out onto the copper pipe below the terrace. From here you can snipe him with a sleep dart.

• Immediately run back inside. Paolo has respawned in his room and is looking for you. Stay hidden and sleep-dart him again to get rid of him for good, or plant a stun mine near the door where he'll be respawning.

  • If you killed (not stunned) Paolo in Aventa two missions ago​, here you can earn the "Place of Three Deaths" achievement by killing (not stunning) him twice again. Once the achievement is gained, reload your game and just sleep-dart him this time to preserve your no-kill score for this mission.

  • ZRP. This nonlethal (double) takedown is required for this strategy.

• Now you can loot the Howlers' territory freely, starting with the Crone's Hand Saloon.

  • Third floor. From Paolo's office get three bone charms (1-3/8) from his body, two paintings (1-2/3) of Paolo and Vera Moray, and two runes (2-3/5) from the Outsider Shrine (1/1).

    • There's a bloodfly-infested building next door, accessible via a balcony outside Paolo's window. Inside are two nest keepers and some loot, and on the ground floor is a rune (4/5).​

  • Second floor. In Paolo's room is a blueprint (1/2) in the blue crate. Also enter Durante's office, where you can get some loot, a bone charm (4/8), the Jindosh Lock Combination, and the Silvergraph Studio Key. You can also speak to Mindy Blanchard here: she's out on the terrace near Durante's office.

  • First floor. Minor loot throughout.

  • Basement. Ignore the Howler and the captured Overseer and get a blueprint (2/2) and a bone charm (5/8).

• Grab Paolo from the top floor and leave from a third- or second-floor window. Drop down to the scaffolding and go left toward the collapsed building. Climb up to the roof of the next building over, then onto a balcony on the right, and you'll be back in the neutral alley. You don't need a dust storm as cover for this.

• Drop down under the portico and bring Paolo to the Overseers. Again, stash his body somewhere it won't be seen, such as the empty prison in the basement.​​​

​

Overseers (Neutral)

​

• Now you can loot the Overseer territory freely, starting with the outpost.

  • Attic. A painting (3/3) of Aramis Stilton and an audiograph of Lucia Pastor and Stilton speaking.

  • Third floor. A bone charm (6/8) in a desk cabinet in Byrne's office​; minor loot in the rooms on either side.

  • Second floor. Pickpocket the Confiscation Room Key from a sleeping Overseer. The room is the small closet behind the Overseer typing at his desk. Get a rune (5/5) from the crate.

  • Ground floor. Minor loot and Durante's letter in his old cell.

• Exit the outpost from the main atrium and go right. In a little side alley on the left you can blink up to the pipes leading to a boarded-up window. Break the planks and go in. This is Corvo's childhood home. Move the bricks on the wall in the back room and collect the Display Case Collectible: Blade Verbena Trophy.

  • FAS. Jump to the narrow ledge on the left in the first picture below. Shimmy over to the balcony above and jump on it. Follow the white pipe into the alley at left and climb up. From here, jump to the plank that is just below the boarded-up window, as in the second picture. It's a difficult jump and it may take a few tries.

  • ​Special Action: Childhood Home