Orphanage Halls - Exploring the first floor of the orphanage | 6: Rosewood Hitman: Absolution Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

General objectives of the stage: Orphanage Halls is the name of the second stage of Rosewood mission. This is the most extensive stage of mentioned mission - there are two floors of the orphanage to explore, fully occupied by armed and watchful bandits. Before taking any actions you should take a look at layout of rooms in the orphanage, starting with a smaller first floor of the building.

Start with getting to the elevator's roof. Now grab the other edge but do not climb up until local bandits walk away (on higher difficulty levels watch out also for an enemy appearing at the right passage).

A good idea is to obtain henchman disguise, by eliminating a person who stops in front of you or an opponent who will walk towards the right stairs (leading to the ground floor). An advantage of this solution is that you'll be able to use Instinct to hide your identity in emergency situations.

In the room located at the end of the corridor in front of the elevator, bandits are torturing one of captured guards. You could, of course, save this person, but it isn't connected with any bonuses further in the stage (the only reward is completion of a challenge).

Much better idea is to use this opportunity to sneak past bandits (screen above), especially since they should not walk away until they finish torturing the guy, thereby making it easier for you to further explore the building.

You can get to the ground floor of the orphanage in two main ways. If you've sneaked past bandits torturing the guard, it is worth to cross the right room, because the left corridor is usually patrolled by one of enemies. Near the stairs, regardless of the difficulty level, you should encounter one more bandit (screen above) and depending on your preferences you can eliminate or sneak past him (e.g. when he leans back against the railing).

Another method of getting to the orphanage ground floor is to use the staircase located right from the starting place (the elevator shaft). On lower difficulty levels you won't encounter here anyone. On higher difficulty levels the staircase will be guarded by a single enemy, so you should take care of him.