About Silent Assassin and accident kills.

[Grordon]

I've heard a couple of rumors that - if true - could help me out a lot with a certain mission.

I was told the following:

-if a body is found, but it was an accident kill, i can still get silent assassin

-lethal poison ingested by food or drink counts as an accident

Are these statements true?

[Sandvich]

Yup. If the target is killed by an "accident" or poison, it doesn't count against you if the body is found.

But as always, getting spotted or witnessed in the act will still count against you.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Saturnaaaaaa:

I've heard a couple of rumors that - if true - could help me out a lot with a certain mission.

I was told the following:

-if a body is found, but it was an accident kill, i can still get silent assassin

-lethal poison ingested by food or drink counts as an accident

Are these statements true?

1/2 true

Lethal poison DOES NOT count as "an accident" that is absolutely not true no matter how many times people repeat it incorrectly

Anyone who plays contracts knows dam well that a poison kill is not calculated as an accident

However, bodies found from accidents or poison kills DO NOT count against silent assassin

As far as the body found mechanics work they are the same, the body found is meaningless

However, the game does track kill types and if you are doing contracts then you must know exactly the type of kill you must achieve and poisons and accidents are distinct

You can cycle an accident to be "any accident" or the specific accident type, just like you can cycle "any poison" to be "poison syringe" or "consumed poison", but poison will not cycle or count as accident

[Grordon]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Saturnaaaaaa:

I've heard a couple of rumors that - if true - could help me out a lot with a certain mission.

I was told the following:

-if a body is found, but it was an accident kill, i can still get silent assassin

-lethal poison ingested by food or drink counts as an accident

Are these statements true?

1/2 true

Lethal poison DOES NOT count as "an accident" that is absolutely not true no matter how many times people repeat it incorrectly

Anyone who plays contracts knows dam well that a poison kill is not calculated as an accident

However, bodies found from accidents or poison kills DO NOT count against silent assassin

As far as the body found mechanics work they are the same, the body found is meaningless

However, the game does track kill types and if you are doing contracts then you must know exactly the type of kill you must achieve and poisons and accidents are distinct

You can cycle an accident to be "any accident" or the specific accident type, just like you can cycle "any poison" to be "poison syringe" or "consumed poison", but poison will not cycle or count as accident

I'm not doing a contract, I'm trying to get silent assassin in a main story mission. I don't often do contracts because I still have a lot of main game content to chew through, but contracts are a lot of fun.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Saturnaaaaaa:

I'm not doing a contract, I'm trying to get silent assassin in a main story mission. I don't often do contracts because I still have a lot of main game content to chew through, but contracts are a lot of fun.

Well as far as bodies are concerned as I said: they won't count against you for either poison or accident

It's just not accurate to actually call poison an accident because the game does track both as different kill types (for those contracts where it matters)