City of Death - main mission | Shek Kip Mei Shadowrun: Hong Kong Guide

Tasks: Get to the center of Kowloon Walled City

Useful abilities: combat, label Security; optional Drone Control/Decking [6], Speed [6]

Difficulty: Hard

Yellow Lotus forces which you have already seen during the first visit in Walled City

Basically it is the last mission of the game. You are in a new part of Walled City (M12,1). Your new task is to enter a specific building in which you will face the game's boss. Remember to buy all the upgrades and items you may need, especially medications. At the very beginning of this mission you will face a Yellow Lotus squad which you are forced to fight with without a possibility to talk your way out of this. Thankfully there is only four of them and you don't have to worry about the sniping lady since she is not very accurate.

The terminal from the wall will disable the turret defense

A bit further you will see a terminal (M12,3) on a northern wall. It will allow you to turn off (Decking [6]) or to capture (Drone Control [6]) an enemy turret. In the southern part of this place you will find two merchants (a medic and an arms dealer) who may help you if you have forgot to buy something in Heoi. If you don't have Shadowrunner or Gang label you need to pay this arms dealer 100 yens.

Even though there are some side activities on this level you are not going to be rewarded for them

To the south of the entrance you may find another Yellow Lotus squad which bullies some man (M12,2). You may either ignore this fact, attack this unit or use a Body [7] or a Shadowrunner ability. This man may sell you some medications and a nice armor (defense: 9).

You have to pass the guard to enter the building

Before the entrance to the building (M12,4) you will see the guard. You need a Security label to pass him undisturbed. If you don't have this label you have to fight him and his two allies and even their turret if you haven't turn it off earlier on.

Interfering the Tsang's security actions will provide you the element of surprise

In the next building you need to turn left (M12,6) and to take care of a demon which you may attack from surprise. Defeating him will give you 1 Karma. In the next room you will find Tsang's security which tries to get rid of some locals. You may ignore them (however you will still be considered their enemy) or if you have the Speed [6] ability you may decide to make the first move. With a bit of luck it will allow you to defend every resident. One of the enemies will have a detonator which will help you to get to the middle of the city center with an alternate path (which is described later on). Right now you may just go forward.

Path to the next part of the city

In the next area (M12,9) you will see three enemies who are going to fight you as well as each other. If you will pass the bridge you will also find five Tsang's people and three demons and these two groups obviously don't love each other so you may just watch their fight from distance. Demons came from a side where you may find the exit from this area where you will also complete this quest (M12,10).

An alternate path - a side quest

The place to detonate

After taking the detonator from one of the five Tsang's security man body you may use it to your advantage. Pass the door and turn left where you will see a blockade and few citizens. Waiting for a short moment will allow you to see that three hostiles have come here as well. During a dialogue you may use a detonator activation option to open your path (M12,7). However you need to remember that citizens are going to fight you as well as the Security. They can use magic buffs however they use only their bare fists so they are not a great danger. After the fight you may go towards the end. After all it is not the best way to choose since it gives you more difficult obstacles and will not give you any rewards or any plot changes.

After completing this quest and leaving this area you will receive 8 Karma.