Happy Medium | Client Jobs - Vittori Thief Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Employer: Vittori [South Quarter / Riverside - The Siren's Rest]
Availability: You get this opportunity to take this mission right after you have completed the Carnivalesque side mission, received from Basso.
While talking to Vittori, while completing the Carnivalesque side mission, you will be asked to visit the black market for him and steal some "talking skull". Of course, it pays off to take on this mission. Note - if you want to ensure yourself with the way to obtain all of the loot during the mission from Vittori, make sure that Garrett bought the Wrench from one of the merchants.
Your current destination is the Black Market and you can access this location through the entrance in the North-Western part of the South Quarter. This means that the easiest way to get there is the one that you have taken earlier to get to Erin's hideout (through the Western part of the South Quarter). Along your way, you should watch out for the opponent with a crossbow and squeeze past him skillfully. After you reach the region of your destination, jump down, carefully, to the lower level, thanks to which you will access the sewers [South Quarter / Riverside - Sewers]. Now you only need to locate the gate to the Black Market [South Quarter / Riverside - Blackmarket].
Before you start exploring this location, you should to know that you need to avoid being detected at all costs. Otherwise, you will fail the mission. Start by approaching the intoxicated Lenny and wait until he finishes his conversation with one of the characters. From now on, your task will be to unlock passages for Lenny. You do not need to worry, while doing that, that you will be out of a sudden noticed by him because, due to the current condition of his health, he is virtually blind. Find a Brooch - 7G nearby climb onto the crate and hop over the fence [South Quarter / Riverside - Piss Alley]. Open the gate for Lenny, thanks to which he will walk on.
Take a spare moment and take a look into the cottage on the left, where there is a Perfume Bottle - 7G. You now need to help Lenny again. Explore the area to the left of Lenny and the two guards, to find an interactive turning wheel. Interact with the wheel and start turning it, which will result in the appearance of flames. You can now proceed on.
Follow Lenny for the whole time and collect the items that you find along your way- a Vase - 10G, a Brooch - 7G, a Bracelet - 8G, a Perfume Bottle - 7G and an Urn - 15G. Lenny will stop near a woman at which point, you first need to explore the area on the right, to find a plaque (City Heritage Plaques - South Quarter Sluices), which you can unscrew with the Wrench. Finally, find a turning wheel again and get rid of the lady in a quite peculiar way.
After several moments, there will appear a locked gate in Lenny's way. Go right of the gate and collect the Ring - 6G. After you do that, use the lockpicks to pick the lock on the gate and open it. Complete the process of following Lenny, enter the larger warehouse [South Quarter / Riverside - Eelbiters Warehouse] and listen to the longer conversation between Lenny and one of the bandits.
Before you take to finding the skull, you could explore the warehouse. I recommend that you locate a big hole in the ground (the first area), first of all, thanks to which Garrett can jump into the basement. Watch out for the opponent patrolling the area, and stick to shadows (and optionally, using the wardrobe here) to avoid detection. In the basement, you can find a Brooch - 7G and a Necklace - 15G. The best way to return to the upper floor in the warehouse is by taking the stairs, because the alternative variant assumes that you use a rope arrow unnecessarily.
While staying at the upper floor of the warehouse, you need to watch out for another bandit, and stay out of his field of vision. Also, you can find here a Necklace - 15G, as well as a collectible (Whiteridge's Duty - The Constant Lady) in the chest. Go to the first floor and start the process of avoiding the last one of the opponents. Just like always, I recommend that you explore the surroundings, thanks to which you will find a Telescope - 45G, three Coin Purses - 12+8+6G), a Ring - 6G, a Picture Frame - 10G, a Brooch - 7G, a Vase - 25G and a Bracelet - 20G.
For the end, leave the chest, shown in the above screenshot, which is located at the stairs and which you need to break to (put out the candle and use a throwable to divert the attention of the guard). It is this chest that the talking skull (Client Loot - The Talking Skull) has been hidden in.
You can now go towards the Black Market's exit, listen to the comments of the talking Skull along your way, which the enemies will react to. See the summary screen and go to The Siren's Rest tavern [South Quarter / Riverside - The Siren's Rest] and give the artifact to Vittori.
Mission summary
This is the list of the most important items that you can find while completing this side mission for Vittori:
- 3 unique Collectibles
- 20 standard loot
If you want to replay this mission, you can click on Play Again, still while in the mission summary screen. If you want to return to this mission later in the game, (e.g. after you have unlocked new gadgets), you need to reach the entrance to the Black Market, in South Quarter, again.