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Hitman: Absolution - Operation Sledgehammer

County Jail

Activate the fire alarm on the wall a then "hide" on your chair. He will come to investigate but first he will look at you. Wait for him to look and then turn to the alarm. When he does, get out of your chair and sneak by him through the door. Walk up the stairs to your left and through the cells. At the end of the hallway will be an evidence room with a single guard. Grab the cable from the desk and wait for the guard to turn his back. Slink past him towards the back of the room.

Next to the crate will be a vent. Climb into the vent and make your way to the other end. There will be a cop in the far room so make sure that you wait for him to leave before exiting. As soon as he turns, drop out of the vent and start making your way to the right. There will be two doors on the right wall and you want the second one. Slip out while the guard is busy.

The next room has two guards stationed next to a central table and a civilian in the lobby who can see you. Go through the door, hang a sharp left and quickly grab both silver ballers before take cover on the island in the middle so that the civilian can't see you. Slide to the left, transfer covers, and then go through the large double doors to leave.

Outgunned

Make your way along this patio and go down the steps to the left at the far side. Take cover at the bottom of the stairs and then move to the truck. From here, you should see a stack of black crates off to the side on the grass. Take cover here. If you don't have a throwable object, there should be a glass bottle to your left but watch out for the patrol.

A patrol will come up the street, stop, and stair at the boxes you are hiding behind. When he leaves, follow him to the next set of crates. This should hide you until he leaves and comes back. When he leaves, round the corner of the boxes and make your way to the next truck and then take cover behind the crates near the grass. You need these crates to block line of sight from a guard who is going to come from alongside the other truck.

Wait for the guard to leave and then find the gap in the fence/wall on your right. There are guards on the other side of this but you only really have to worry about the one that is patrolling. When it seems clear, skirt around the wall and take cover at the back of the truck on the other side.

It may seem like right is the best option but you actually want to go left. When the patrolling guard walks away from the pair of guards looking at the map, transfer to the boxes on the left and then move as far left as you can to go behind the pair of guards. Cross the street and move from cover to cover until you come to the L-shaped stack of boxes. Take cover behind them.

Vault over them and take cover by the mail box. Directly ahead of you on the side walk will be a guard. Grab a throwable object and throw it to his left, into the doorway of the shop. He'll turn left to investigate and you can move past his position.

Move well down the sidewalk past the sign with the bull on it on your right. Move to the next cover beyond that and take cover there. The sign will block line of sight from the guard you just distracted will the rest will block you from the four guards in the street. One of them will mention that they need to investigate the parking lot.

When they are gone, move further up and go through the doorway into the shoe shop on the left. You'll find the exit in here.

Burn

You'll find yourself in a warehouse. You'll need to move quickly. Round the racks to the left but then quickly go back to the right. Stay as far right as you can and wait for the guard to move before heading further in. Go past where the guard came from and then through the huge racks that form walls.

Directly across from this pseudo doorway will be a ladder leading up to the top of the racks. Make your way across here and at the end, drop down. From here, go left and behind the guard. Move left a little more and climb back up to the upper level (you'll notice that the ledge will have a blue tarp cover it). Continue across this platform and then drop down again.

Take cover behind the L-shaped corner on the bottom floor. If you vault over the cover, there will be a piece of Evidence directly across from you on some cardboard boxes. Be careful to not be seen by the guard right next to it. From the evidence, go left past a crate and grab the screwdriver (if you don't have something to throw) and directly ahead you should see a door leading outside.

You'll see a man outside leaning on a door. You can throw something into the garbage under the stairs or throw it off to the left of the stairs. Either will let you climb the stairs. Take a left at the top to get into another building. Cross this room and climb up the stairs in the stairwell beyond. The exit will be at the top of the stairs.

Hope Fair

There will be a guard by a window but wait for him to go into the back room of the garage. As soon as he's far enough that you can get down the stairs, do so quickly. At the bottom, immediately go through the front door with the civilians running around. Go left and up the stairs onto the stage. Make your way behind the cover to the left and then down the stairs on the far side.

At the bottom, take cover behind the barrels and when no guards are looking roll over to the stalls. Keep moving left along the stalls a little at a time. Poke your head out to see if a guard reacts and if he doesn't, keep moving. Make sure you grab the knife on the way. Stop at the ice cream stall. Wait for the guard on the other side to leave. Vault over the ice cream coolers when he moves.

This last stretch is tough without a disguise but you can do it without throwing anything. If you would feel more comfortable throwing something to distract a guard, do so.

Keep moving left to the truck and then to the stall with the deli slicer. Keep going until you are behind the stall with the two men talking. Take cover at the corner and poke your head out. You must be very cautious here because you need to move to the potted tree but if you do it too early, a couple of guads will be able to see you. If they do, it is entirely possible to move from one side of the potted tree to the other and back to keep breaking line of sight with each of them. If you keep doing this, you should be able to do it long enough that the guard in the distance who is blocking the exit will move. When he does, make a break for it.

Outskirts

Run for the church in the distance and go inside. When you get inside, shoot Skurky over the hostage's shoulder.

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