Section 9: The Sword (Mission 5)

Your guide to Mission 5: The Sword in Thief: The Dark Project. Learn how to steal Constantine's Sword, find incriminating evidence, and escape Keepers Chapel with all the loot.

Alright, let's get into Mission 5, 'The Sword,' in Thief: The Dark Project. This is the mission where you'll be heading into Keepers Chapel to snatch Constantine's prized sword and dig up some dirt on him. Remember, the objective is to get out without harming anyone, so tread lightly! ## Objectives: * Steal Constantine's Sword * Find Some Incriminating Info About Constantine * Get Out * Don't Kill Anyone Loot Requirements: 1500 Loot Available: 2636 (Gold Edition - 2656) ### Breaking In The easiest way to start is by heading to the North balcony. Use a rope arrow to get up there, then grab the coins to your left (36 gold). Head down the ladder. You'll find a flashbomb in the last stall. If you can't pick the lock on the main door, you might need to blackjack the guard outside for his purse (100 gold) and use moss arrows on the steps. Sneak or blackjack your way past him to get inside. Once in, go left down the hallway to the first room on your left. Grab the flashbomb in the last stall, then climb the ladder and pick up the coins on the floor (36 gold). Climb back down to the door. For a more challenging, but rewarding path: Open the doorway and watch out for the patrolling guard. If you haven't already, you'll need to deal with him. Use a moss arrow on the tile, douse the torch, and then nab him when he turns away. Make sure to hide all bodies on this mission! Grab his key and head across the hall to the corner room. At the end of the room, there's a safe hidden in a column (fig. 1). Inside, you'll find 1 healing potion and a gold plate (50 gold). Leave that room and head North down the hall to the next room on your right. Two guards patrol here, and one circles the hallway periodically, so be extra careful. Slip into the dining room, douse the torches, and hide in a corner, either near the doors or behind the table. Use a moss arrow to cover the floor between you and the carpet where you'll blackjack each guard. One guard carries a purse (50 gold), and the other has a key. Don't forget the candlestick on the table (50 gold). Head through the North door into the kitchen and grab the gobblet (50 goods) on the counter. Return to the dining room and go East through the large room with the stairs and green ceiling (you can go upstairs here, but it's heavily guarded) into the bar. Behind the counter, you'll find two gold bottles (100 goods total), and under the bar itself, in the sliding door, are three gold cups (75 gold total) (fig. 2). ## Second Floor This floor is your best bet for collecting loot since there are fewer guards. However, be very careful as there are many traps (fig. 3 shows the trigger, and fig. 4 shows the energy bolts). Jump the gap into the room across the hall. Under the mouth of a facetrap, you'll find a gold nugget (100). Listen for any patrols, then go through the North door and douse the torches. (The door in the floor leads back down to the dining room). There's a gobblet (50 goods) on the table. In the Southeast corner, the ceiling opens up (fig. 5). Shoot a rope arrow onto its edge and climb up. Watch out for the floor traps in this room (fig. 6). You'll find a mine, a gemstone (100 gems) in one trap, and a ring (100 gold) in another. Try to retrieve your rope arrows if you can, as they're useful throughout this mission. Head back down and exit through the North door. Take the first left through the metal door. You'll find a water arrow to the right of the bed and another in the tub in the next room. Back in the hall, go through the bug room on your right. Open the chest on the ceiling and grab the gemstone that falls out (100 gems). Exit through the far door and jump the gap in the hall (beware of the floor trap on the right; if you fall, just head back to the eastern staircase). Take the corner and go East to the bunk room on the right. In the left chest, you'll find a healing potion (the right chest has a deer leg). You might hear a guard downstairs, but stay cautious. Around the next corner, watch out for energy traps firing down the middle of the halls. The first room on the right is trapped, so stand to the side of the chest and grab the gold nugget (100 gold). Douse the fire and climb in, then mantle left for another gold nugget (100 gold - fig. 7). Exit that room and go North to the next door on the right. Inside, you'll find a newspaper and two jeweled cups (30 gold total) – look behind the plant. The next two doors on the left are Constantine's rooms. There's nothing in the 'bathroom,' but the picture sill to the right of the bed is trapped and contains two silver nuggets (100 gold total) (don't stand directly in front of it). Very important: Go to the left side of the bed and crouch down (fig. 8). Grab the blue key – you'll need it later to get Constantine's incriminating evidence. If you're playing the Gold Edition, this key is on the table in the adjacent room. The papyrus in the next room isn't what you're looking for. The room on the right is trapped, so open the door and stand to the side. On top of a facetrap, you'll find a silver nugget (50 gold) (fig. 9). Back in the hall, go left/North to the end and grab the gemstone (100 gems) in the blue chest. Be careful of the energy traps here; you can pick the lock if you position yourself just right (fig. 10). Return to the first set of double doors on the East side of the hall and climb the stairs to the third floor.