Shark Bait | Jobs - Basso Thief Guide

Employer: Basso [South Quarter / Riverside - The Siren's Rest]

Availability: You get the opportunity to take this mission after you have completed the fourth chapter of the game. You need to meet up with Basso, again, but this time at The Siren's Rest tavern in the South Quarter.

Your destination has been shown in the above screenshot - it is located in the central part of the South Quarter, in the [South Quarter / Riverside - Eel's End] location. Before you get there make sure that you have, on you, the Wirecutter, because you are going to need it, while exploring the office.

Approach your destination from the North-Western side, stop on the upper path, in the location shown in the above screenshot. Use any arrow to hit the rope that suspends the large crate hanging down from the crane. This will make the crate fall to the ground.

Walking over the beams will allow Garrett to approach the rope

The advantage that removing the crate gives you is that you can now start jumping over the horizontal beams here. After you reach one of the planks above, jump towards the hanging rope and start climbing. You will reach the topmost balcony, this way. You can now force the office's window, thanks to which you will enter your current destination [South Quarter / Riverside - Eddy Levack's Office].

From the ground, pick up the Pocket Portrait - 10G, crouch and walk into the neighboring room. You will have to press the pressure plate but, since you are crouching right now, you will come to no harm. Ignore the trapped safe, for the time being, and plunder the remaining part of the office to find a Pile of Coins - 1+5G. Open the cupboard and smash the vase shown in the above screenshot, which will reveal the button hidden behind it. Pressing this button will gain you access to the neighboring room.

The box that deactivates the traps

Continue your exploration of this location to find a Pile of Coins - 5+5G, a Coin Purse - 20G and a registry (South Quarter - Levack's Debt Register). Use the wirecutter now, on the box to deactivate all of the traps. You can now return to one of the previous rooms and pick the lock on the safe that you have ignored earlier. Inside the safe, there is a Pocket Watch - 20+50G. At this point, this mission ends.