Gardens | 1: Personal Contract Hitman: Absolution Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

General objectives of the stage: Gardens is the first stage of Personal Contract mission, acting as a game tutorial. Your main goal is to infiltrate mansion's gardens, which are guarded by guards. After that you have to find a passage leading to the greenhouse.

Move straight ahead. After reaching the mansion's gate, choose a path located on the left. Be careful, because there is a single enemy in the area. It is best to sneak past him when he works with his equipment or stops near the mansion's gate. If you do not feel confident, you can divert the attention of this guide by picking up axe, brick or crowbar and throwing that object (not directly at the guard!). You can also stun or kill him and if you plan to play aggressively, I suggest approaching him from behind. It would be good to hide the body in a box but this is not absolutely necessary, because no one else will show up here.

Move forwards, following quite linear path. Near gardens you should encounter two more guards and the big advantage is that they stand with their backs towards you. It means that you can completely sneak past them. If you plan to get rid of them, I strongly recommend hiding their bodies in nearby containers (on the tennis court for example), because later on someone can show up here.

There are two main paths leading to mansion's gardens. The left one (screen above) shouldn't be guarded by anyone at the beginning, but if you linger, a single guard can appear here and walk towards the tennis court. I advise to choose this path, because it will be easier to avoid subsequent guards later on.

The right path (screen above) should be patrolled by at least one guard at the very beginning. You can get here from the tennis court or getting around the tennis court from the right side.

There are many enemies in gardens (even on lower difficulty levels). What's more, many of them stand close to each other at the beginning. It means that it is best to avoid them, especially if you do not plan to quickly eliminate them in pairs.

The best way to safely walk through the garden is heading towards the left shed shown on the above screen. Regardless of the difficulty level you should encounter there a single guard. A good way to distract his attention is usage of the throwing object (coffee mug or book), making him to go right.

Wait until the guard goes away and go left. Stop more or less at the place shown on the above screen. Also in that place you should eventually see two guards, regardless of the difficulty level.

Wait until enemies turn right during the conversation. Move to the wooden bridge, turn left and quickly go to the entrance to the greenhouse shown on the above screen.