Tranq rifle randomly kills people

[Mememento Kekri]

Is it glitched or something, im doing a no kill run and i noticed that some people die instantly when shot with the tranq rifle
Do these tranquilizer kills ruin a no kill run?

[󠁳⁧⁧ Kuroimaho]

From the Wiki:

PAX-22 tranquilizer rifle.
It can pose a challenge for the Pacifist trophy:

From time to time, a victim may be killed by the dart. However, it has been confirmed by multiple players that the trophy can still be obtained even if a target is shown as dead upon first examination, so long as the "Merciful Soul" XP bonus was obtained upon knocking the target out.

Moving an unconscious victim may kill it; that is, the status is "zzz" (unconscious), you move it, the status moves to "skull" (dead). This behavior is not restricted to the tranquilizer rifle, but also happen with take-downs and victims of the stun-gun .

[Mememento Kekri]

Originally posted by Kuroimaho:

From the Wiki:

PAX-22 tranquilizer rifle.
It can pose a challenge for the Pacifist trophy:

From time to time, a victim may be killed by the dart. However, it has been confirmed by multiple players that the trophy can still be obtained even if a target is shown as dead upon first examination, so long as the "Merciful Soul" XP bonus was obtained upon knocking the target out.

Moving an unconscious victim may kill it; that is, the status is "zzz" (unconscious), you move it, the status moves to "skull" (dead). This behavior is not restricted to the tranquilizer rifle, but also happen with take-downs and victims of the stun-gun .

oh, nice, thanks dude

[csvii]

Originally posted by Deepfriedwatermelon:

Is it glitched or something, im doing a no kill run and i noticed that some people die instantly when shot with the tranq rifle
Do these tranquilizer kills ruin a no kill run?

I read somewhere that headshots can kill, so I tranq guards in the torso to be safe.

[McJiggy]

Why has the knocked out then dying bug still haven't been patched after all these years? Not even a fan made patch has been made. I've already done a pacifist run once on PS3 but its still annoying to see people I've knocked out suddenly being dead the next time I see their body while doing whatever mission I'm doing.

[{SVK}Puškin]

Originally posted by JamestheFreak:

Why has the knocked out then dying bug still haven't been patched after all these years? Not even a fan made patch has been made. I've already done a pacifist run once on PS3 but its still annoying to see people I've knocked out suddenly being dead the next time I see their body while doing whatever mission I'm doing.

But if you perform a non-lethal takedown and the status change ( from sleeping to dead) it will not have negative impact on the pacifist achievement, if i am not mistaken.