Mission 6 (Thanks for the Tip) | Main missions - Act I Watch Dogs Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Activate the ctOS cable boxes
The marker of the sixth mission is in The Loop and you can get there right after you listen to the conversation with Clara. After the mission starts, go down the narrow alley to the North and climb onto the balcony with the, temporarily, inaccessible router. Turn on the Profiler (press the hacking key/button) and follow the white lines that symbolize the active connections. There are two ctOS cable boxes that you need to activate and in both cases, you need to hack a camera, after you approach them. Only then, will you be able to hack the box (both of the boxes have been shown in the above screenshots)
Hack into the web
After you have hacked into both of the cable boxes (the white lines turn blue) return to the router, which you can finally hack into. You now need to complete another set of hacking minigames. They are a bit more difficult, because depth appears, additionally, in some of them. In spite of that, you should be able to complete it without major problems.
Investigate the apartment
Wait for the camera to load the view of the apartment. Pan it slightly to the right and switch to the next camera, next to the laptop computer. Then, locate the telephone under the TV and hold down the hacking key/button to hack into it. Listen to the short conversation with Damien Brenks.
Get out of the ambush
Around, there will appear a group of hostile Fixers and I recommend against fighting them, because there are several snipers among them, who would easily kill Aiden. It is much better you escape the alley. The easiest way to do that is to activate the gadget named Blackout and to get out of the area of fights, before power supply is restored to this part of the estate.
If you do not want to, or cannot use Blackout, I recommend that you jump down onto the balcony below, shown in the above screenshot. Wait for the enemies to walk away from the alley on the right (the one in which you saw a car going, in the cutscene), jump to the street level and get away from the area checked by the Fixers.
Do not haste too much with leaving the red circle, displayed on the minimap, because this will initiate a pursuit, which you cannot skip. Instead, take a look around for a good car and either steal a parked car or pull the driver away from one of the passing cars.
Right after the successful theft, start escaping from the several enemy cars. During the escape, you can, of course, try pushing the fixer cars off the road, but, a much better idea is to use the elements of the surroundings to your advantage. Depending on which hacking skills you have already unlocked, you can extend bollards and road spikes, from under the ground, raise drawbridges, blow up pipes or open and close gates.
Meeting with Damien
Continue escaping from the pursuit until you have lost all of mercenary the cars. The last thing that you need to do, in this mission, is meet up with Damien Brenks who is waiting for you at the square in the Eastern part of The Loop.
The reward for completing the mission: 500 experience points