Kill Grab-Jack and collect quartz | Mission 6 - Smell of Freedom Styx: Shards of Darkness Guide

There are two ways, in which you can complete this mission. You can either do that in personam, by approaching him, or by freeing a prisoner, who will do that for you. If you want to free the prisoner, you will require lockpicks or obtain a key. The recommended route provided below allows you to take your decision at the last moment. It is optional to collect quartz, so it is best to do it at the very beginning, if you want to.

• Reach the inn
• Obtain quartz (optional)
• Obtain the key (optional)
• Get near Grab-Jack
• Option 1: Free the prisoner to kill Grab-Jack
• Option 2: Kill Grab-Jack yourself
• Escape

Reach the inn

Over the balconies, into the inn

In this mission, you return to the City of Thieves, location that you have visited in the previous part of the game. Watch out, because the guards are now armed with quartz weapons. It is better to stay out of their sight. You can follow the same route as for mission 2, while going to the first objective - stick to the left side, at the rocks, climb over the handles onto the red building, onto the balcony. Jump over onto the rocks and from there, onto the balcony with stairs.

Obtain quartz (optional)

Quartz by the counter

From the balcony, go to retrieve quartz - optional objective. It will be easy to return to the balcony, from where you can continue towards your main objective.

Over the rope, cross from the balcony to the yellow building with quartz. Climb in over the window quickly (the man there will keep standing there) and hide by the crates with quartz. Wait for the men by the counter to stop talking. You have to get out quartz, which will cause some noise. Distract attention of the guards (e.g. put out the torch next to it). Leave the same way you came and return to the balcony.

Obtain the key (optional)

Climb down the rope

and then, over the handhold into the bedroom, to get the key

Collect the key, if you do not want to waste your lockpicks and want to free the prisoner. Use the rope handing down from the balcony and climb down to the bottom. There, do not climb over the window, but use the handhold at the wall and jump into the bedroom at the upper floor. There is a key there. It's on the crate at the window, where you free the prisoner. Return the same way to the balcony above.

Get near Grab-Jack

Walk over the thatched roof and lower yourself on the rope

Jump onto the thatched roof. Walk over to the other edge and use the rope to slide down. DO not jump down just yet. Wait for the two guards by the barriers to end talking and walk away.

Lower yourself onto the terrace and activate invisibility by the opened inn door. Enter the building and go right. Disable invisibility. Here you are safe. Climb down the stairs.

Option 1: Free the prisoner to kill Grab-Jack

In the cellar, under the objective marker, you will find a prisoner. Either use the key or pick the lock. Then, hide in shadows, wait for the victim to come by and gets killed by the prisoner, because you still have to collect evidence. Return to the thatched roof and onto the balcony, from where you can easily reach quartz.

Option 2: Kill Grab-Jack yourself

You can either kill the target yourself, or have it done by the prisoner

On the staircase into the cellar, there is a small window outside. Climb over it and the climb in, over a bigger one at the first floor. You will get into the room neighboring your target's. Wait for him to enter the room (stop by the table) and you can kill him using a dart. Probably, this will be noticed by some of the guards, so hide behind the window (you may be found if you hide under the table) and wait for things to calm down. Finally, you will have to collect the badge - evidence of the murder.

Return up, to the thatched roof and hop onto the balcony. From here, you can easily reach quartz. Completing this objective does not count as an assassination rewarded with Insignia.

Escape

The easiest escape route leads through the same passage that you have used to reach Grab-Jack. On the cellar stairs, jump to reach the small window, jump into the room at the first floor, walk over to the other side and jump onto the rope across the window.

You can make it through the small passage, outside of the gate

Over the handholds, climb up. You will end up by the gate to the warehouses and the second mission objective. It is easy to squeeze through the small hole to the right of the gate, thanks to which you will get closer to the second mission objective.