Complete walkthrough for Part 13 of Thief 2: The Metal Age, covering Shalebridge Road and the Eavesdropping mission objectives, secrets, and loot.
Walkthrough
- 1Use the Shalebridge Gate Key to exit the mission.
- 2Mission 5: Eavesdropping Objectives:
- Be in position to overhear the conversation between Karras and Truart.
- 3Find the Deposit Box Key and make an impression of it in wax.
- 4Take the Wax Key Impression with you.
- 5Return the original Key to where you found it.
- 6Steal at least 1200 loot.
- 7Don't kill anyone.
- 8Return to the front gates.
- 9Maximum Loot: 2119
- 10Secrets: 1
- 11Pickpockets: 1
- 12Secret #1: Hatch in Servant's workshop.
- 13Recommended Equipment: 7x Water Arrows, 6x Moss Arrow, 1x Noisemaker Arrow, 1x Invisibility Potion.
- 14Mission Notes: This mission has a random element. Avoid killing anyone, but Hammer haunts in the Catacombs can be removed. Water and moss arrows are useful.
- 15Outside: Start by the Front Gates. Go left to a workshop to find the first Servant (blackjackable) and a BAG OF GOLD (25/0/0|25). In the back chambers, find two more Servants.
- 16Secret #1: Near the other door in the workshop, a hidden lever opens a floor hatch with more corpses. Find a RING worth 100 GOLD (125/0/0|125) on the floor near a green-jacketed corpse.
- 17Continue south and east to a tunnel with a tomb containing a HAMMER SYMBOL worth 75 GOLD (200/0/0|200).
- 18In the south-east graveyard, find two more HAMMER SYMBOLS worth a combined 150 GOLD (350/0/0|350).
- 19Eavesdropping: Take the nearby staircase to one of the marked eavesdropping positions. Listen to the entire conversation to learn the location of a key needed later. The game randomly chooses one of nine possible spots for this key.
Tips
- Lean against the door if Karras's voice is too low during the eavesdropping.
- The RING in the workshop is very hard to see; adjust gamma and use the compass if needed.
- The mission states not to kill anyone, but this exception applies to Hammer haunts in the Catacombs.
- Exit the mission using the Shalebridge Gate Key.
- Complete objectives for Mission 5: Eavesdropping.
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