Low chaos walkthrough

[linas.warrior]

So, I'm near the end of my first walkthrough. I'm tried to make low chaos, but somehow all my levels are high chaos. So, I'll try to finish it second time on low chaos.

In some levels I got "never detected" status, but I still get high chaos rank. Think logically. How one killed weeper body can make chaos in city? I don't understand it.

So my questions:

In low chaos, do I need to kill main assassination targets in non-lethal ways to make low chaos? Or can I kill them in lethal way? I can try to avoid other NPC deaths, but I like lethal ways of main targets.

So, the sleeping darts are the best friend in low chaos walkthrough? Also, do I need to hide bodies or not?

If guards spots me and start chace me, but I successfully evade them without killing any, will this increase my chaos rank?

[Pafti]

Explains it better and more detailed than i could.[dishonored.wikia.com]

Maybe look into the comments there as well.

Edit: It does contain spoilers, so you might want to wait until you finished that first playthrough.

[linas.warrior]

I finished the last level without killing anyone, no bodies found, but still somehow I got high chaos status..

[Pafti]

Because it's the last level, at the end it shows you the overall chaos level you had during your playthrough, not just that one level.
The last level is special in that and a few other ways, in any other level before you would have gotten the low chaos rating, if you were playing like that.

[linas.warrior]

Doing my second walkthourgh. First level no one has been killed, no detected and low chaos status. But will I get clean hands achievement if I did not saved Curnow? I did Campbell non-lethal way, but forgot to carry unconscious Curnow body out of the building and I don't want to do this level again because of this.

[[Lethalvriend]]

I do not know about non lethal, I had a few accidents of unconscious people falling in the water or rats eating people that i hid at a bad spot so I completed the game low chaos but no clean hands. Anyway, you can get past almost any place using no sleep darts. Time stop + sleep darts trivialize some places though but sleep darts are scarce unless you buy them. Personally I had low chaos in every level, killing maybe 10-15 people in my entire playthrough (those that I alerted by accident or like I said above) and I did all key targets nonlethally, including the last bit where I sneaked and knocked a certain someone out before he/she/it knew I was there. In my playthrough I tried to save everyone but when meeting Granny at a certain place I used the ghost tactic to get past her and thus didn't save that person.

[The Dunk Master]

I did all the levels with very low killing and no detection and got low chaos. I only killed like 2-3 people. I played on the higher difficultys, too. Weird.

[benrod]

I got "clean hands" by playing it safe. Avoided Granny, and not even engaging in that duel at the Lady Boyle's party.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by benrod:

I got "clean hands" by playing it safe. Avoided Granny, and not even engaging in that duel at the Lady Boyle's party.

Very silly note there:

After turning around, you can switch the pistol for your crossbow, and put a sleeping dart in the opponent's forehead (when it's time to shoot). The guards aren't remotely bothered by this.

[linas.warrior]

So, on flooded district level I need to ignore Granny too? Just steal the key and run?

Also, if I use Bend Time II power, completely stop the time and then pass through enemy in front of them will I be detected or not?

[linas.warrior]

Also, what should I do with those 3 assassins who attacks me at the beginning of the chapter 3 near the distillery? Will they impact my Ghost achievement?

[Pafti]

Just sneak up on them and choke them out, be careful if you sleepdart the one on the roof thingy, he might fall off and die.
Getting detected by them will count the same way getting detected by a guard would, so yes it will impact Ghost.

[linas.warrior]

Ah, and I've screwed in flooded distirct level. Doesn't got Ghost status. I believe it's because Granny seen me. And no saves before her, only to start the whole level again. Ahhh. Whatever. I'll continue and hope to get at least Ghost achievement for not killing anyone. I will get it, right? RIGHT? :)

[Soulless]

When I did my Ghost run I got low chaos. So it has some connection to either killing or being detected, or both.

[MaiNeym]

This is how I play, and for now I can get the low-chaos end easy. (onlyonce, high chaos, but that was with prupose)

If you want low-chaos you need to get low ... chaos.
It sounds a 'little' obvious. But I mean letting enemies shout to others that they have seen you or even set the alarm on, will result in a higher chaos. So killing doesn't always mean higher chaos. Its about how you did it. If you manage to kill someone without someone else seeing it (and hide the body) this will limit the chaos very hard. This is the same for your assasination targets.

From experience this is much more important then the amount of kills. However more killing will probably increase chaos also. But for me this just looks less drasticly then the way you kill them.

An example: minor SPOILER mission 3
Let's say you need to kill custis Pendleton. If you sneak into his room, and kill him frontaly. So that the courtesan can call for help. Resulting with all the guards in the area knowing your location, and see that Custis have been murdered, will be MUCH more chaotic then firstly eliminating the courtesan and then killing Custis. So nobody is aware. (Maybe hide the bodies, in case someone would randomly enter the room)

Another example:
If you enter a room and kill everyone in an epic fight. Will give more chaos, then you hide in the shadows and pick the targets carefully. Even if you kill the same amount


I hope this is a little helpfull.

[MaiNeym]

And to answer your specific questions :p

Originally posted by linas.warrior:

Think logically. How one killed weeper body can make chaos in city?

If there were many passing guards that saw this dead body. They can be very suspicious. This increases the chaos a lot. But I doubt this was the only thing. Also weepers are considerd as citizens, not hostiles. (I think)

Originally posted by linas.warrior:

In low chaos, do I need to kill main assassination targets in non-lethal ways to make low chaos? Or can I kill them in lethal way? I can try to avoid other NPC deaths, but I like lethal ways of main targets.

You can even kill all targets, and still get low chaos. It's all about the way you kill them. Try to avoid unwanted audience. And hide the bodies. However Assasination targets gives you some more chaos. Because they are important persons. So you will need to play with stealth and care through the game. And choose your targets carefully so you won't get to many kills.

Originally posted by linas.warrior:

So, the sleeping darts are the best friend in low chaos walkthrough? Also, do I need to hide bodies or not?

Sleep darts, are very usefull. Even recommend I would say. But if you just try to avoid most enemies, you even don't have to buy more darts cause you can find enough. And you can best hide the bodies. Cause if someone sees them, the chaos will rise. Or if rats eats them, the chaos will rise also.

Originally posted by linas.warrior:

If guards spots me and start chace me, but I successfully evade them without killing any, will this increase my chaos rank?

If only one guard saw you passing by, and he didn't alarmed the others. I guess you don't get too many chaos. But if you hear alarms going or/and many guard shouting that they will find you. Then it makes sens that there is more chaos.