How to stealth kill a dog?

[Gun Slinger]

I keep sneaking into a fort or a camp to get an extra score for stealth killing everyone and then a dog shows up and by the time I kill it, I am surrounded by Stupid Solders and there goes my extra bonus.

[CursedPanther]

Arrow to the head? The headshot bonus applies to beasts too apparently.

[tonypa]

Killing the dog with arrow will alert soldiers, not sure if it counts as stealth kill.

[CursedPanther]

Originally posted by tonypa:

Killing the dog with arrow will alert soldiers, not sure if it counts as stealth kill.

Shouldn't it work if you one-shot it?

[tonypa]

The soldiers are always alerted, even when one-shotting. It could be possible if the dog is far away from the guards but usually it follows one around closely, and if killed the alert is unavoidable. Normally I just hide in the bushes until soldiers give up searching and start to walk back to the camp.

[CursedPanther]

What about Rush Assassination?

[tonypa]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

What about Rush Assassination?

Could work if you can clear whole fort with it. Never actually tried myself.

[CursedPanther]

Honestly, I don't recall the 'dog' being this big a problem, nor that they show up often as a soldier's companion. Fort captains are mostly alone as well.

[tonypa]

The Hunters in their camps usually have dogs with them. Forts, not so much.

[MaddogDino]

Misdirection.... Start a fire and aim to eliminate the dog in the confusion. Back into hiding before anyone knows the mutt is gone.

[Zloth]

I think Rush Assassinate can kill critters but normal assassination definitely doesn't work on any animal. You can rush the pet and however many others, run for it, then come back.

Or, if you don't want to be noticed AT ALL, you can wait for the pet to wander off. You don't have to kill every living thing.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Zloth:

I think Rush Assassinate can kill critters but normal assassination definitely doesn't work on any animal. You can rush the pet and however many others, run for it, then come back.

I've assassinated an animal, but not while it was roaming.
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[Halcyform]

Originally posted by Zloth:

I think Rush Assassinate can kill critters but normal assassination definitely doesn't work on any animal. You can rush the pet and however many others, run for it, then come back.

Or, if you don't want to be noticed AT ALL, you can wait for the pet to wander off. You don't have to kill every living thing.

Nah. You can definitely assassinate animals. I haven't tried to kill any world animals but have killed companion animals.

I'm just going to guess, but i think the stealth upgrade makes it possible. It seemed impossible at first and stopped trying. Sometime after getting the stealth upgrade, a random opportunity occurred where I was walking along a rope (in a fort) above a dog following a soldier. Saw the assassination bar come up and went for it.

There's still a difference between humans and animals, though. The assassination hit box appears to be different for each. Animal hit box seems to be a bit smaller.