Ghosting the Golden Cat..........

[GAVade™]

“You completed all missions after the prologue, alerting/killing no one, but key targets”

I’m currently attempting a ghost play through but I’m a little stumped at the Golden Cat as both Pendlington Brothers have female acquaintances next to them.

By the achievement description its states to kill only the mission targets. I’ve heard the Slackjaw side mission works but I don’t want to pursue that as he doesn’t kill them, although their grisly fate is far worse..........

Any tips on getting to each twin without alerting their female company?

I've tried suspending time (only have access to ver 1) to quickly storm their rooms, subdue each ♥♥♥♥♥ before knifing each target but the girls get alerted......

At the moment I have Blinkx2 & Freeze Time 1........

Thanks

[Pafti]

Can't you just sleepdart both of them from behind? They should fall asleep before they can detect you, especially if you have Freeze Time to stay out of their line of sight.

Of course you can always use noise to bait them away from each other.

[GAVade™]

AH my bad never thought of using sleep darts, I've been playing using just the knife and pure agility for so long it never crossed my mind haha, thanks will try it out...........

[Sentient_Toaster]

Be careful if they're in the Steam Room; there's at least one hagfish in the water, and that can result in the death of anybody who falls unconscious into the water.

Later in the game in similar situations you might also have the option of Possession 2 -- control either the witness or the target, and move them somewhere more convenient.

If the witness isn't looking at the target, Shadow Kill *might* also work.

[GAVade™]

The steam room accident is not an option I'm afraid as it would kill his female campanion.......

I'll try replaying the earlier mission to get access to Pier's store to purchase more sleepdarts I think, I only have 2 during this mission and would need 4 to take out both twins and girls using stop time ver1.

Thanks for the replies folks..........

[Sentient_Toaster]

BTW, for “You completed all missions after the prologue, alerting/killing no one, but key targets” -- be aware that this doesn't mean that you HAVE to kill key targets; going the nonlethal approach works, too. It's just that those are the ONLY people you're allowed to kill.

If you're planning to kill them just for the sake of killing them, well, carry on. :D

[B.Ombama]

i don't know why you really want to get closer to Pendleton's at all. none of them have to be unconscious for non-lethal method.
is that just to rob them? )

[GAVade™]

It's just a gameplay choice on this current playthrough taking the achievement description literally - I want to play the entire story only killing the key targets, and always by blade if possible.

I'm on my 9th play-through curently just trying to attempting new styles........

[B.Ombama]

wow. 9th time. i'm currently totally full of playing this game after 3.5 playthroughs. )
then you really try to sleep dart both courtesans and after they calm down blink behind each pendleton twin to sword them out. )

[Kyran Wolfe]

All you need to do is talk to Slackjaw at his place. He'll give you an optional mission to "torture" a guest (labeled as the Art Dealer) at the Golden Cat. You can get to the Art Dealer fairly easily without detection. The Art Dealer will give you a safe combination that you can turn in to Slackjaw. Slackjaw will repay you by having the Pendleton twins kidnapped and enslaved, but not killed. Ghost, Clean Hands, and (if you raid the safe before giving the combination to Slackjaw) The Art of the Steal

[ZanyScum]

Kind of necroing but I found something I really like:
- swim as fish into the steam room
- "unfish" in cover behind the man
- telport to the pipes
- possess the girl
- take the key, open the door
- go to the room which which allows the steam kill
- put the sleeping girl high on the boxes (not sure if that helps against rats)
- do the steam kill