Complete walkthrough for Part 29 of Thief 2: The Metal Age, covering the Stargazer's Loft, Shemenov Estate, Necromancer's Spire, Apartments, Fieldstone Estate, Grandmauden Road, Sir Cullen's Keep, and The Baron's Way.
Walkthrough
- 1From the previous area, go back downstairs and use a vine arrow on the beam above to enter the Stargazer's Loft. Collect food and the Stargazer's journal.
- 2[SECRET #2] Move the telescope to reveal a secret door containing a fire arrow and the sunburst device.
- 3Enter the Shemenov Estate through a hole partially blocked by boxes. Move the boxes to access more rooms and a window exit to the estate, which is marked on your map to the north. This is a shortcut for later.
- 4In a room to the left, find two flash bombs and a broadhead arrow. A chest contains 60 GOLD (280/0/0|280). The archer on the balcony has broadheads [PP 3].
- 5Locate a chimney on the roof with a ladder leading down to a kitchen. You can deal with this later.
- 6Instead, jump to the hexagonal tower and climb the ladder.
- 7Go west from the ladder, then south to overhear a conversation between the Rothchilds. Drop down to see them and take a PURSE OF 100 GOLD from the table by the window (380/0/0|380).
- 8Ignore the nearby metal hatch for now. Drop onto the ledge below and jump through the window into the Necromancer's Spire.
- 9In the Necromancer's Spire, collect two CANDLESTICKS worth 100 GOLD (480/0/0|480). Avoid the book.
- 10[SECRET #3] Look into the fire and repeatedly press your USE key to trigger a secret button.
- 11Use the button to the right of the lift to raise it, then use the other button to ride it down.
- 12[SECRET #4] In the lower room, examine the book on the middle bookshelf to open a hatch below the lift platform.
- 13Ride the lift down into the Necromancer's bedroom. Find a Healing Potion, a Speed Potion, and a chest with 100 GOLD (580/0/0|580). Read his notes to avoid reading the book upstairs.
- 14If you triggered SECRET #3, another hatch will appear at your feet, dropping you into a torture room. Check the iron maiden for an Invisibility Potion. Mantle onto the iron maiden to climb back up.
- 15Ride the lift to the lower floor, then cross the gap through the open window into the Apartments.
- 16In the Apartments, check behind the boxes for a PLATE worth 50 GOLD (630/0/0|630). Take the ladder down and sneak past boxes to avoid a patrolling guard.
- 17Climb the stairs to encounter housebreakers. You can reach them via the middle floor window and ladder, or by going upstairs and emerging behind the guard inside.
- 18The chest in the bedroom contains 25 GOLD (655/0/0|655). A RING worth 100 GOLD (755/0/0|755) is on the purple chest of drawers by the window.
- 19Leave the Apartments by mantling onto the crenellated roof to the south.
- 20In the Fieldstone Estate, deal with two patrolling guards. One has arrows [PP 4], the other has the key to the estate [PP 5]. Use the key on the outer door and watch for another patrolman inside.
- 21Find a GOLD VASE for 100 GOLD (855/0/0|855) and 3 STACKS OF COINS (891/0/0|891).
- 22Ignore the south-west area. Go to the east edge of the Fieldstone Estate crenellations and drop onto the wooden ledge across to the building to the north.
- 23You are now at Grandmauden Road. Drop onto the metal pipe and fall into the hole in the ceiling.
- 24Downstairs, find two moss arrows on the ceiling beams, a vine arrow in a chest, and a cheap RING (916/0/0|916) in the north-west corner.
- 25Climb back out and enter the house through the broken window. In the cupboard, find 3 PAIRS OF COINS, 3 STACKS OF COINS, and a PURSE, totaling 90 GOLD (1006/0/0|1006).
- 26You can ignore the burglar guarding flares, but if you knock him out, remove his body from the fire to avoid mission failure.
- 27Go back outside to the same ledge and climb the ladder into a metal tunnel. Follow it, drop down, and use the handle to open the hatch, returning you to the Rothchilds.
- 28Drop onto the ledge and move north to Cullen's Keep. An archer patrols here [PP 6].
- 29Collect two fire arrows from the small watchtower. Enter the house through the window and take the GOLD VASE from the table (1106/0/0|1106).
- 30Go through the window to the north into The Baron's Way. You will see a large window in the ceiling below.
Tips
- The shortcut through the Shemenov Estate is more useful on the way back.
- The equipment found early in the Shemenov Estate might be more useful now than when you return later.
- The shortcut from the roof near the hexagonal tower can lead to the Dayport Bank, Lady Louisa's Suite, or Castle Carslysle.
- The burglar in Grandmauden Road is only guarding flares; you can leave him be.
- The van Vernon vs. Willey archers encounter is dealt with later.
- Stargazer's journal
- Sunburst device
- Healing Potion
- Speed Potion
- Invisibility Potion
- Various loot including gold, coins, purses, plates, rings, and vases totaling 1106 GOLD.
- Arrows: broadhead, fire, moss, vine.
- Flash bombs.
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