Mission 9 (Dressed in Peels) | Main missions - Act I Watch Dogs Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Get out of the cell

This mission starts in the Southern part of The Loop. After you interact with the marker, watch the cutscene, during which Aiden lets himself be captured, after which he gets imprisoned in the state of the art prison block. After you get into the cell, approach the locked door and take a peek through the small window. Wait until you will be able to hold down the hacking key/button and hack into the camera of the nearest guard on the left.

You now need to switch from one guard to another and wait, each time, until they get into the field of vision of the guard that you are following and press the hacking key. While hacking the successive cameras, you will get the opportunity to obtain the system key (one of the components for gadgets) and a new audiolog (Damien Brenks 08) which you find in one of the rooms of the top level of the prison block.

Ultimately, you need to switch to the camera of one of the guards, who is patrolling across the middle level of the prison block. This will allow you to locate the stationary camera shown in the above screenshot, which is located inside the control room. After the game loads the view from this camera, locate the control panel and hold down the hacking key/button to open Aiden's cell.

Determine the holding place of the wanted prisoner

Exit the cell, turn left and start sneaking, while staying close to the left wall. During the large part of this mission, you cannot be spotted (the same goes for the situation, in which someone finds the corpse of a dead guard) so, you need to watch your steps here and stay away from all of the enemies. Avoid getting into the sight of the guard who is patrolling the corridor on the right, as well as of those on the top level. Carefully, reach the control room, with the console that you have just hacked into and take the door to the staircase.

Climb down the stairs and enter the small room. Apart from another audiolog, (Malcolm Deodato 03), you will also find here a prisoner registry and, as a result, you will learn the holding place of the prisoner that you are looking for.

Gain access to the web

Return into the area of the staircase and hack into the nearby switch to unlock the corridor on the left. Carefully, approach the lower level of the prison block. Start moving to the left, while avoiding the guard here. Along your way, hack into another switch that you can see in the distance and, after the gate opens, reach the left side of the newly-opened passageway.

Keep all precautions and approach a new group of guards, target the first one and hold down the hacking key/button to switch to the view of his camera. wait for the guard to turn around, towards his colleague. Hold down the hacking key to switch to his camera.

Obtain another system key and wait for the second guard to turn towards the router. Holding down the hacking key/button will load the hacking minigame and you need to complete it, which should not be too much of a challenge to you. Completing the game will get you the view of the prison yard, from the first camera.

Find the prisoner that you are looking for

Switch onto the successive stationary cameras in the yard. The prisoner that you are looking for, Raul Lionzo, is leaning against the wall in the above screenshot. Zoom in on Raul and wait until he is taken away by several guards, from the yard.

reach the prisoner in the basement

After you switch back to Aiden, hack into the camera of the second guard again. This time around, you need to wait for him to turn towards the console with a switch, shown in the above screenshot. Hold down the hacking key/button, which will open the gates near your character.

Approach the elevator that you can see in the distance, target its control panel and hack into it. Remain in hiding until the moment that the elevator reaches your level.. Make sure that the nearby guards are not looking your way and get to the elevator. Once you are inside, hide in the corner, turn around and hack it to set it into motion.

After the elevator reaches the basement, go to the nearest guard outpost. Here, find the M1014 shotgun and another router, which you need to hack into. wait for the game to load the view from the camera in the laundry and switch to the successive cameras. Keep doing that, until you see a console with a switch, in the distance. Hack into the console, which will grant you access to the laundry.

Eliminate the corrupt guards

Right after you walk into the laundry, a fight with the prison guards will ensue and it is impossible to avoid it. You need to kill all of the people in the laundry and the best way to do it is by using the shotgun that you have just obtained. As for now, ignore all of the objects in the surroundings, because they might be useful later on, into the fight. While conducting fire, stay hidden behind covers and prevent the guards' attempts to flank Aiden.

After you have dealt with the main group of the guards in the laundry, there will appear an Enforcer. Start avoiding his attacks and plan well on your next steps. If you have unlocked the combat skills that allow you to take enforcers down, wait for a good opportunity to do that, dash towards the enforcer from behind and knock him down in melee. Otherwise, you will have to defeat him in a standard way. To deal damage to the opponent, use the semi-automatic shotgun and attack him from behind, whenever he turns away.

During the fights, you can use hacking to your advantage and, e.g. cause hot steam to be released, although this kind of actions remain mostly harmless to the enforcer. You should have no problems finding ammo, however, if you deplete it, visit the small control room close to the laundry's entrance.

After you have dealt with the enforcer, there will arrive one more group of guards, in the laundry. However, these are the regular guards who you should have no problems defeating. I recommend that you examine the corpses of all the defeated enemies, after you win the fights, thanks to which you will obtain some cash and new weapon models.

Meet up with the prisoner

Explore the small room adjacent to the laundry and locate a switch that you can easily hack. After you do that, walk into the next area and watch the cutscene of the meeting with Raul Lionzo.

Escape the prison

Start a linear walk and, after several moments, reach the bag in which Jordi left his outfit and equipment for Aiden. Keep going ahead. Enter the room on the right and collect new components, and an audiolog (Malcolm Deodato 04). Finally, stand at the farthest window and hack the last switch, remotely.

After you exit the building, you will walk into the top level of the garage and you should notice that police forces are approaching you. I recommend that you lose no time and hop into one of the cars, as quickly as possible, parked on the right.

Turn right and try to drive onto the ramp shown in the above screenshot, at high speed. If you perform the jump correctly, you will land onto railway. Start your ride at high speed and swerve around the railway cars. Due to the fact that you do not need to destroy the police cars, losing the pursuit (driving outside of the grey circle, should be no problem to you. This is the end of this mission and, at the same time, of the first act of the campaign mode.

Rewards for completing the mission: 500 experience points + 275 experience points for losing the pursuit