Courthouse - Exploring the courthouse | 15: Skurky's Law Hitman: Absolution Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

General objectives of the stage: Courthouse is first of three stages of Skurky's Law, the fifteenth game mission. The main objective of this stage is to reach a passage leading to the holding cells and as always, before making any final decisions, you should closely examine the area.

The mission starts in the courthouse. Do not try to enter the inaccessible area without a disguise, because you'll be exposed right away. You can gain access by using court security guard disguise or court usher disguise, although even then you can't feel safe because you can get easily exposed. So I recommend reading proper subchapters about obtaining disguises and alternative ways of leaving the courthouse.

Right from the place where the judge resides, you can find an evidence room with many types of weapons and a ventilation shaft which can be used to bypass the door leading to the cells. Also this area should be explored in a disguise (I recommend court security guard disguise or court usher disguise).

The ground floor is accessible for everyone. Of course you can't run with visible gun and you have to watch out while using court security guard disguise, because you can encounter here many such characters (especially on higher difficulty levels).

The room at the end of the corridor, right from the courthouse entrance is occupied by a single guard, regardless of the difficulty settings. So it is a good place to obtain court security guard disguise (use throwable objects, turn on a radio or just kill the mentioned man).

Rooms located on the other side of the corridor are hardly accessible and good guarded. In the main security room you can encounter a large group of court security guards and you might explore it only after obtaining judge disguise, thanks to which you can easily collect evidence left on one of the desks there.

Left from the building entrance you can find toilets. At the beginning there is nothing interesting inside, but you should remember this place, because it can be used in one of methods of getting to the holding cells.

On the courthouse floor you should get interested in the balcony, from which you can see a courtroom. There is also a computer terminal which can be used to distract characters on the courtroom (more on this can be found in next subchapters of this guide).

An interesting place is a small storage shown on the above screen, where you can find a big crate. So you can use this place to obtain a disguise by throwing any object and attacking by a surprise person who will appear in the storage.

A library is a place which can be accessed only by authorized persons, so it would be best to use court security guard disguise. You might visit this place if you want to obtain court usher disguise. Wait, until only one of them stays in the library and distract him. After successful action hide his body in the closet.

A door shown on the above screen leads to the back of the courthouse. The door is located at the end of the corridor left from the main entrance.

Once you get to the back of the courthouse, note the shutter leading to the upper balcony and the archive room shown on the above screen. Inside the archive room you'll encounter a single guard, which can by bypasses or attacked in order to obtain court security guard disguise.

A parking lot located at the back of the courthouse is inaccessible. If you want to explore this area, think about obtaining court security guard disguise. It is also important to skillfully jump between cars and walls, avoiding detection by local guards. The purpose of exploration of this area is reaching one of two shutters leading to the private judge chambers (more on this can be found in next subchapters of this guide).

At the very end of the parking lot you can find a small storage shown on the above screen. The most important object which can be found inside is a ready-to-wear court security guard disguise. If you do not want to attack anyone, you can get it from here.

So much for the exploration - let's go to the subject of reaching the goal. This task can be accomplished in three main ways:

• Putting on judge disguise - This is by far the best idea, because the judge has a full access to all areas in the courthouse and he won't be also stopped or exposed after reaching the target. Description of this variant can be found in Courthouse - Get to the holding cells in judge disguise subchapter.
• Putting on defendant disguise in a courtroom - this method is less time-consuming, especially if you play on one of lower difficulty levels. But it has two major drawbacks - you won't be able to explore the courthouse calmly and you'll have to escape guards after getting to the cells. Description of this variant can be found in Courthouse - Get to the holding cells in defendant disguise.
• Putting on court security guard/court usher disguise or no disguise - I do not recommend this variant, because even if you use any of mentioned disguises, it is very likely that nearby characters will get alerted. In addition you won't be able to carefully explore the courthouse. Description of this variant can be found Courthouse - Get to the holding cells in traditional way.