The Black Hat - SASO no-loadout no-KOs default start - Hiitman WoA

This is one of the early Elusive Targets, from back when they were making hard missions with only a 48-hour window (so too bad if you couldn't play that weekend). I was skeptical of being able to do this SASO no-loadout no-KOs. They added six guards patrolling the area outside the wing of the attic the target is in, and then he's behind a keycard door that can't be crowbarred (and the one keycard not in possession of an NPC is inside the locked room). There are no hiding places outside the room, and a weapon crate is right there so you can't even get rid of the nearby guards that way. But there is a remote explosive in the level, which makes it work. It's still a fairly tedious bit of sneaking around though. Also of note, they haven't re-run this target since 2021. I don't know whether that's intentional (like The Fixer), or if they just happened to leave it out of the rotation that they've wound up repeating each year. 00:00 Briefing 00:39 Mission start 01:57 Cameras deactivated (because there are a few of them added in the attic too) 02:24 Invitation. May as well take the easy way upstairs since we can. 04:18 I thought this part would be harder. I guess I just never really came over here since my early days of playing the game. 04:32 Remote explosive. I also took the gun, but never used it. 04:40 Yeah, annoying to have to go back this way, but it's much easier than trying to go the other way and wait for five different guards' cycles to align. 05:28 Screwdriver (which I had a little trouble finding 😅) 05:35 This is another part of the level I hardly ever visit. But going this way, you only really have to worry about two guards rather than five. 05:44 Looking on the minimap, one of the two problematic guards is just leaving his position outside this door, and the other is heading down towards the target area. Good! 06:22 Taking cover here, the guard won't notice 47 as he passes. 06:46 Placing the explosive in the doorframe here, rather than on the door, prevents it from being seen by the nearby guard. 07:13 There's a crate right here to hide in, but it turns out you don't need to because the guards in here don't hear the boom and the ones outside, if they hear, go investigate that area rather than over here. 07:59 I saw on the minimap that the one guard was coming back this way, so I waited for him to go by. 08:27 Note only the guard inside enforces; the target and his partner do not. 09:43 The guard turns his back, and we don't want to interrupt the others' routines with the "why are you sneaking around" reaction, so don't sneak. 09:48 Owen "Protagonist" Wagner 09:54 Apparently I got him hidden just in time, too. You can see yellow indicators that the guard was looking as 47 exits the room. 10:00 Can't relax yet, we still have to get past all these guards for the fourth time. 10:37 The one guard is probably going to be coming back any moment now, wait for him. 10:58 And we're basically out! Now it's just making our way to the exit; I choose the safest one even though it's farther away, it'd suck to get caught now after all of that!