Shangri-La - Getting to the elevator | 4: Run For Your Life Hitman: Absolution Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

General objectives: The primary objective of the second part of Shangri-La stage is getting to the elevator, thanks to which you will be able to reach the ground floor of the residential building. This goal can be achieved in several different ways.

Regardless of previously chosen passage you'll get to the new part of the building, consisting of several room connected by common corridors. On lower difficulty levels there corridors shouldn't be patrolled by anyone. On higher difficulty levels you might encounter some guards, so you have to stay focused. Fortunately there are many covers here and also a ventilation shaft.

Your current task is to gain an access to the elevator, which is guarded by a large group of policemen regardless of the difficulty level. The key to success is to distract them (I do not recommend using Instinct after putting on disguise, because after calling an elevator you have wait for it). A central room shown on the above screen can be ignored because there is nothing interesting inside, except for two cops.

The first way to distract policemen is opening a safe located on this floor. You have to reach two connected rooms shown on the above screen, located to the right from the elevator (so close to a path leading from the marijuana field).

Wait until local policeman leaves the room and look around for a notebook with a safe combination. Now move to the safe and interact with it, to open it. Inside you'll find remote explosives, which can be taken, armed or ignored.

Find a radio, switch it on and quickly retreat to the adjacent room. Wait until the same cop enters the room. He will notice after a while that the safe is open.

The mentioned cop will call for his colleagues. Depending on your preferences you can use the opportunity and move to the elevator or detonate previously armed explosives and kill a large group of policemen.

Another way to distract cops is switching on the tape player in the music room. In order to do this, you have to get to the room located left from the elevator, shown on the above screen. You'll know that you're in correct place, because when you first get there its locator will be arguing with an officer.

Walk to the tape player shown on the above screen and interact with it.

Hide behind the cover and wait for all nearby policemen appearing here. Now you have only to leave this room and also in this case I recommend using covers.

Both methods described above will allow you to ensure a safe access to the elevator. It is important to have several seconds to spare, because as I mentioned earlier, the elevator has to get here first. Entering the elevator will end this stage.