05 - Claiming What's Due | Sequence 2 AC IV: Black Flag Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
OPTIONAL OBJECTIVE- avoid getting into fight
OPTIONAL OBJECTIVE- sneak-kill three guards
After you start this mission, you will leave Havana and you will not be able to come back until you have complete several more missions! Right after you go over the fence, you will notice two guards. Use the nearby greenery to eliminate them quietly. Remember to whistle when they are not next to each other to prevent luring two of them at the same time.
Go ahead, while keeping to the left, until you reach the bridge. It is regularly being patrolled. Wait around until he comes, whistle and eliminate him quietly.
Behind the house, there is another guard, but you can ignore him. Run ahead to the carriage, where you will take out the soldier next to it. Then, dash ahead towards the heap of leaves under the stairs.
Initiate the eagle vision to identify the steward who you need to deprive of the key. As it turns out, he will be going down the stairs soon. Run up to him and hide around the corner to take him down quickly as he is climbing down the stairs.
As you are running towards the stairs, you will be probably spotted by your target but, if you hide immediately, this will be too short an occurrence to engage him into a fight, which would prevent you from completing the bonus mission. He will by trying to find you, you can easily deal with him from behind that corner once he comes close. You need to watch out for the guard above, who may also notice you for a fraction of second then, repeat this action and hide behind the corner again to finish him off when he comes down.
If you have problems pulling that off, a slower and more safe option is to remain hidden in the heap of leaves and killing the steward from there. Regardless of which variant you employed, do not forget to collect the key, once you kill him.
Free the Sage
On top of the stairs, before you move ahead, check out on the area carefully. If it is empty, dash towards the wall immediately, into the region of the cart and the nearby guard, who you of course need to kill straight away. If there are more soldiers around, wait for them to walk their ways.
Continue along the wall and avoid the guard patrolling this region, then kill him. You can use the thickets at the wall for that, or the wardrobe at the house's wall.
Dash ahead towards the cart, over which you can climb up and avoid all the soldiers in the main passage. Directly after you jump over the wall, you will land in bushes which will provide you with cover.
From here, the path is easy. If there is no patrol around, you can simply run along the wall on the left and ignore everything until you reach the entrance. Otherwise, wait for the soldiers to return downstairs and there are only the two guardsmen left. Once you reach the right area, you will watch a cutscene and the mission will conclude.