Check, Mate | Jobs - Basso Thief Guide

Employer: Basso [Stonemarket - Basso's Office]

Availability: You get the opportunity to start this mission after you have completed the fifth chapter of the game. You need to meet up with Basso at the Crippled Burrick tavern.

Your destination has been shown in the above screenshot - it is located close to the Crippled Burrick tavern, in [Stonemarket - Mourningside], where you have already been while going to the place where you started the second chapter of the campaign mode. Just to remind you, the passage to this district is located in the location with the tavern, close to the place where the merchant is. Before you start this mission, make sure that you have, at least, one Rope Arrow on you and that you also have the Wrench, as well as the Wirecutter.

The climbing place

You need to approach the building, which is the destination, from North-East, because this is where you will find the crate to climb onto. make it over to the plank above and reach the window over it. This way, you will gain access to the building [Stonemarket - Archie Maxwell's House]. Start exploring the apartment and remember that you cannot run here. At the top floor, there is a Tea Pot - 5G, two Tea Cups - 2x2G, two Pens - 2x4G, an Ink Bottle - 3G and a Diary (Stonemarket - Archie Maxwell's Diary).

Thanks to turning the lights off, you will remain in shadows

Carefully, climb to the lower level and note that Archie Maxwell is here. The fact that he does not move from his place is a big facilitation. What is even more, you can use the switch here, because the man will not be interested in turning the lights back on. explore this floor and find a Tea Cup - 2G and a Tea Pot - 5G. Approach the locked door now and use your lockpicks. YOU CANNOT make any mistake here, because the loud noise will alarm Archie to your presence. After you open the door, take the stairs to the basement.

Approach the safe only after you have disabled the traps

Enter the basement's central area and start by climbing onto the cupboard to the right of the starting point. You will find a box here and, using the Wirecutter on it, will result in the disabling of all the traps here. You can now approach the safe and enter the combination (776). From the safe, collect the chess piece (Basso's Horsie - 50G), the notebook (Stonemarket - Archie Maxwell's Notes) and the Necklace - 15G.

In spite of the fact that this mission has just ended, you could explore the rest of the building, because there is some valuable loot here. Return to the staircase and examine the area to the right of the stairs, thanks to which you will find the venting shaft entrance. Open it with the wrench, follow the shaft and walk into a small room. Use any arrow (the blunt one will do) to hit the button under the ceiling (like the one shown in the above screenshot). You need to hit a total of four buttons with the arrows.

The underground crypt

Activate all of the four buttons, which will reveal the door in the floor. This time, select the Rope Arrow from the inventory and use it on the interactive catch. Grab onto the rope and climb down into the underground crypt. Here, you will find, first of all, an unique bracelet (The Mortal Coils - Harlequin Bracelet). Apart from that, you can find here an Ancient Armlet - 32G, two Ancient Vessel - 2x48G, an Ancient Ingot - 17G and a Poppy.