Penthouse - Getting to the main part of the penthouse | 18: Blackwater Park Hitman: Absolution Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

General objectives of the stage: Penthouse is the second and last stage of the Blackwater Park mission. This location is even more complex that the previous one and you will encounter here many enemies, so you must follow well-planned steps.

I wouldn't advise jumping into the lift, on which you started this stage, because you would have been forced to eliminate a large group of enemies almost immediately. You can take this solution only if you going to take a very aggressive style of play and in this case it would be good to have some Instinct to start the point shooting mode.

A much better solution is walking over the edge shown on the above screen. When you reach its end, climb down and jump to the lower balcony. Now walk through several linear corridors, eventually reaching the door leading to the main part of the penthouse.

Before we move further to describe specific areas of the penthouse, a few words about your current situation. The main objective of this stage is Layla Stockton and throughout the entire mission she walks over different rooms of the penthouse, accompanied by several members of Dexter personal gaur team.

The important thing is to obtain disguise, because none of previously acquired clothes will guarantee you safety here. I would also advise avoiding using disguises because even on lower difficulty levels there are plenty enemies in the area. Definitely easier thing is to obtain Blackwater bodyguard disguise. I suggest going straight, reaching outer penthouse balconies. Attack here one of enemies patrolling balconies (screen above).

Blackwater tactical team disguise is more difficult to obtain. However it is worth to try because thanks to that you'll be able to freely move over the entire penthouse (except Lenny's bedroom), worrying only about avoiding Layla's personal guards. On lower difficulty levels the mentioned disguise can be obtained after reaching the main part of the penthouse and attacking one of persons following Layla with garrote (screen above). After the action, quickly hide the body.

On higher difficulty levels the tactics described above probably won't work, because in this case the penthouse ground floor is patrolled and guarded by additional enemies. In such case I suggest attacking one of Layla's guards when she stops in one of penthouse rooms, for example in the office, near the laptop (more on this on the following pages).