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Fan Mission – The Temple of Forgers
Game – Thief The Dark Project
Play mode – Ghost: SUCCESS Perfect Thief: FAILED (impossible)
Time – 27 min. 30 seconds
Loot - 1249/2074
Pockets Picked - 4/4
Locks picked - 2
Backstabs - 1 Knockouts - 0
Damage dealt - 30 Taken - 0 Healing - 0
Kills – 1 (objective)
Secrets found - 0/0
Ghosting difficulty level – Hard
Mission size – Med
Adversaries - Hammers
Consumables – 4 water arrows 2 used near the entrance of temple, and another
near the locked gate around the next corner. The other was used on afireplace so I could get the fire poker. One moss arrow
used on the railing near the temple entrance.
Mission description:
You start the level in a balloon, which is above some derelict buildings, one
of which leads to an underground Hammerite complex.
Ghost Report:
I must say this was a very enjoyable and challenging FM to ghost. Perfect
Thief unfortunately is impossible due to the fact that 800 in loot is behind
a banner, which needs to be slashed. All the AI patrols seem to be well
thought out and offer a challenging test to your ghosting skills. Loot
placement is also spot on apart from the 800 worth of gold coins behind said
banner. Many shadows make the ghost enjoyable, which’s just as well, you
don’t get many water arrows. I recommend you buy all water arrows and one
moss arrow at the start of the game.
Challenging areas:
Inside the building that leads to the underground temple there’s a patrolling
female. She’s not hard to ghost past initially, but there are two switches
that need to be frobbed in order for the lift
(which is under the fireplace) to descend. It’s only hard if you choose not
to extinguish the fire, I didn’t, as you only have a very limited supply of
water arrows. Its possible but you need to be quick
as her patrols are short.
Just inside the temple is the most challenging part of this FM. I’ll try and
explain how I ghosted it. Ahead of you is a Hammerite
guard who’s back is turn as you approach him. He’s guarding a T Junction,
which over looks a lower part of the level. I
ghosted past the Hammerite guards right (left is
impossible I think) then Extinguish the two touches either side of him. You
can’t just then ghost past him, as there’s still a permanent light directly
above him. So instead placed a moss arrow on top of the railing, in front of
the guard, which blocks your way down to the lower level. And take a running
jump at the railing, with a little practice you can land on top of the railing,
crouch down and quickly but quietly jump down to the next level. There’s a
dark patch directly ahead, with some luck and good timing the guard (and two
others in the area) didn’t see me.
Just around the corner there’s a locked portcullis (the key near by, and again I needed a bit of luck and good timing
to retrieve it, but it’s not too hard  )
When I opened the portcullis and started descending down the steps a servant
appears and starts making his way up…I used a precious water arrow on one of
the near by touches and let him go past, pick
pocketing him for the trouble he caused me 
Later in the level (just past the past the area where Garrett mentions about
staying in the shadows near the walls) there’s a lady in a bath who’s facing
the door you most open to get inside. Standing in the doorway you get seen,
so I opened the door from the side and was able to sneak past her into the
room without alerting her.
In order to retrieve the fire poker in one of the rooms I needed to douse the
fire with my remaining water arrow (you don’t get many) so the Hammerite prist didn’t see me.
There’s also a secret switch on the table, which is hard to spot once the
touch is extinguished.
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