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The Bank Job

The Twin-bladed Knife is being held inside Dolores Michaels' Bank. You've researched the security system and planned a heist accordingly. Travel to Upper Cyria, break into the bank and steal the knife within.

Primary tasks

Return to Upper Cyria

Return to Upper Cyria once you've planned the heist with Daud.

  • Meet with Daud

    Find Daud on deck to discuss the next steps of your mission.

  • Take the Carriage

    Ride the carriage to the station in the Upper Cyria district.

  • Choose Your Approach

    Take either the carriage or the skiff to the Upper Cyria district.

Break into the Bank

Use one of three possible methods to break into Dolores Michaels' bank.

  • Search the Custodian's Apartment

    The Bank Custodian lives on Duchess Lisandra Avenue. He should have a key to access the sanitation area from outside.

  • Proceed to the Bank

    Go to Dolores Michaels' Deposit & Loan Bank and break in.

  • Look for the Access Wrench

    You'll need to locate the worker's access wrench before opening the sewer valve hatches.

  • Open the Sewer Hatches

    Now that you have the access wrench, you can open the sewer hatches. Turn both valves to clear the sewer passage.

  • Go through the Sewer

    Now that the passage has been cleared, go through the sewer to make your way inside the bank.

  • Enter the Bank

    Find a way inside Dolores Michaels' bank through the sewer.

  • Look for the Custodian

    The Custodian's last known whereabouts is by a cliff near the bank. Go there to search for the key to the bank's sanitation area.

  • Take the Custodian's Key

    Search the Custodian's body for the key to the bank's sanitation area.

  • Unlock the Gate

    Use the key retrieved from the Custodian's body to unlock the gate to the sanitation area.

  • Throw out the Trash

    It should be possible to get inside the bank using the trash disposal system in the sanitation area.

  • Enter the Bank

    Make your way inside Dolores Michaels' bank using the trash disposal system.

  • Look for the Painter's Lift

    A painter's lift should be able to help you reach the rooftops of the bank.

  • Power the Painter's Lift

    The painter's lift needs a whale oil tank to operate. Find one and place it in the nearby generator.

  • Operate the Painter's Lift

    Raise yourself up to the rooftops using the painter's lift.

  • Cross the Gap

    The bank rooftops are nearly within reach. Cross the gap from there.

  • Enter the Bank

    Find a way inside Dolores Michaels' bank from the rooftops.

Circumvent the Defenses

Acquire the Vault Key and move the vault to a more vulnerable position.

  • Reach the Inner Atrium

    Make your way to the Inner Atrium to begin unraveling the Vault's defenses.

  • Reach the Director's Office

    The director of the bank, Dolores Michaels, holds the key to the vault. Look for it in her office.

  • Locate the Vault Key

    Search Dolores Michael's office for the Vault Key.

  • Investigate Security & Administration

    Investigate the Security & Administration floor to find out how to reach the vault control room.

  • Find the Chief of Security

    Look for the Chief of Security in the Archives & Lockboxes area. He handles all the authorization codes, including the one needed to access the security office.

  • Learn the Authorization Code

    Discover the authorization code to access the security office.

  • State the Authorization Code

    Bypass the door to the Security Office either by speaking the authorization code into the microphone or by some other means.

  • Reach the Control Room

    Make your way to the control room to find out how to gain access to the vault.

  • Move the Vault

    Using the controls, place the vault in a vulnerable position.

Steal the Knife

Now that you have access to the vault, steal the Twin-Bladed Knife from the Eyeless's safe within.

  • Reach the Vault

    Now that it's in a vulnerable position, make your way towards the vault and complete the heist.

  • Open the Vault

    Use Dolores Michaels' Vault Key to unlock the vault.

  • Steal the Knife

    Use Shan Yun and Ivan Jacobi's keys to open the Eyeless's Safe and take the Knife within.

Return to the Dreadful Wale

Make your way out of Dolores Michaels' bank and return to the Dreadful Wale.

  • Escape from the Bank

    With the Twin-Bladed Knife finally in your possession, make a swift getaway to the streets of Karnaca.

  • Return to the Dreadful Wale

    Take the carriage back to the Dreadful Wale.

  • Return to the Dreadful Wale

    Take the skiff back to the Dreadful Wale.

Optional Tasks

Sedate the Bank Personnel

There's a pharmacy nearby that might sell just the right thing to put the bank personnel to sleep.

  • Look for the Pharmacy

    Find the district pharmacy and look for laudanum once you're there.

  • Find the Pharmacist

    Cienfuegos Pharmacy is closed, but the owner may be found at her apartment on Ferella Way.

  • Win the Auction

    The poppy tincture will be auctioned off at Colibron Plaza tonight. Purchase or steal it.

  • Use the Poppy Tincture

    Empty the poppy tincture into the air duct on the bank rooftop.

Review the Contracts

Read the contracts at the Black Market to find out about available mercenary work in Upper Cyria.

  • Find the Black Market

    The contracts are on display at the Black Market in Upper Cyria.

  • Rags to Riches to Rags

    Overheard at the Spector Club: someone quite drunk, bragging loudly. “When I first came to Karnaca, I only had 315 coin to my name — and today I opened my own lockbox at the bank!” Three cocktails later, it was revealed that said lockbox is next to some journalist's and contains a precious gemstone. Get me that gem!

  • Quiet as a Mouse

    Meryl Jennett has an appointment with the Director of the Bank tonight. She plans to store her most precious belongings there, one of which is an infamous address book. We need you to copy down page 125 without raising suspicion — that means no getting caught, and no harming bank personnel!

  • The Art Connoisseur

    An exquisite painting by Duke Abele himself is currently locked up on a delivery boat in Upper Cyria. Such a masterpiece deserves to be cherished by someone who can fully appreciate it's worth, not bought or sold or traded away for a few lousy bonecharms. I'm offering a substantial reward to whoever steals it for me.

  • Pickpocket's Delight

    Quick errand for the talented pickpocket. There's an Elite Guard stationed on Cadmus Abele plaza here in Upper Cyria. He has a note attached to his belt that he's planning to deliver tonight. Do me a favor and steal the note without him or anyone else noticing. If they catch you, you ain't getting paid!

Mission clues

The sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 appears to have something to do with the safes inside the vault. Keep these numbers in mind if you want to crack the code.

There is a vault control room on the Security & Administration floor. An operator can maneuver the vault into different positions from there.

Dolores Michaels, the director of the bank, is a high-ranking member of the Eyeless cult. There are bound to be secrets in her private office.

The Chief of Security has a list of current authorization codes. They can be used to gain access to restricted areas within the bank, among other things.

A lever which can be used to decouple the vault's braking mechanism is being kept in the vault maintenance room at Dolores Michaels' Deposit & Loan Bank.

The authorization code to access the Security & Administration floor isB15D.

Only tattooed Eyeless members are granted access to the Spector Club in the Upper Cyria district. There is a tattoo machine inside the Red Camellia Beauty Parlor.

The Bank Custodian holds the key to the sanitation area. He was heading towards the cliff near Dolores Michaels' Deposit & Loan Bank when he went missing.

An auction is being held at Colibron Plaza tonight. You can steal or bid on the poppy tincture you need to sedate the bank personnel there.

Cienfuegos Pharmacy has been closed down by the bank, but you can find the pharmacist's daughter in her apartment, near Ivan Jacobi's office on Ferella Way.

You can leave the Upper Cyria district using the skiff in the canal.

A swarm of rats in the Upper Cyria district has noticed a broken body on the rocks. A citizen may have fallen to his death by the cliffside.

The rats have spotted a powerful bonecharm nearby. It's hidden under a wooden crate, somewhere in the streets of Upper Cyria.

Mission Items

  • Delivery Boat Key

    Key to the delivery boat in the canal.

  • Ivan Jacobi's Key

    The politician's key to the Eyeless's safe at Dolores Michaels' Deposit & Loan Bank.

  • Red Camellia Key

    Key to the Red Camellia beauty parlor.

  • Sanitation Area Key

    Key to the sanitation area at Dolores Michaels' bank.

  • Shan Yun's Key

    The musician's key to the Eyeless's safe at Dolores Michaels' Deposit & Loan Bank.

  • Vault Key

    Key to the vault at Dolores Michaels' bank.

  • Access Wrench

    A tool used by workers in Upper Cyria to open certain doors and hatches.

  • Gemstone

    A precious gemstone from Dolores Michaels' Deposit & Loan Bank.

  • Poppy Tincture

    A sleep-inducing opiate from Cienfuegos Pharmacy.

  • Vault Brake Lever

    A lever that fits neatly into the vault's brake mechanism.

Narration

A lifetime ago, I felt the power of the Void through Daud. All of us who were close to him could do unnatural things. Move from rooftop to rooftop in the blink of an eye. Fall on our enemies and slit their throats, like shadows sharpened to a fine edge. I made Dunwall bleed for all it had done to me, to the ones I loved. Now the Outsider has given that back, for reasons I don't understand. But it feels good. We killed so many rich bastards who thought nothing of hurting us. It felt like justice. Is the Outsider to blame for what we did? Does corruption come from the Void or from our own hearts? Witches and charlatans wearing necklaces of fingers and teeth. Cities sliding into chaos. Now the Eyeless peddle black magic in the streets while their leaders keep even more dangerous secrets locked away. They've got a relic that turned a boy into a god, centuries ago. A knife that might be the only way to destroy that god. The Outsider knows I intend to steal it. Does he know what else I intend to do?

Maps

Inner Atrium

  1. To the Lobby
  2. Director’s Office
  3. Vault Access
  4. Security Office
  5. Vault Controls
  6. Archives & Lockboxes
  7. Vault Maintenance

Lobby

  1. Teller Counter
  2. To the Inner Atrium
  3. Main Entrance
  4. Conference Room
  5. To the Basement
  6. Sanitation
  7. Rooftop Access

Upper Cyria District

  1. Colibron Plaza
  2. Red Camellia Beauty Parlor
  3. Cienfuegos Pharmacy
  4. Dolores Michaels' Bank
  5. Cristofer Jeorge's Office
  6. Carriage Station

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  • The Bank Job

    The Twin-bladed Knife is being held inside Dolores Michaels' Bank. You've researched the security system and planned a heist accordingly. Travel to Upper Cyria, break into the bank and steal the knife within.

  • The Bank Job

    The Twin-bladed Knife is being held inside Dolores Michaels' Bank. You've researched the security system and planned a heist accordingly. Travel to Upper Cyria, break into the bank and steal the knife within.

  • The Bank Job

    The Twin-bladed Knife is being held inside Dolores Michaels' Bank. You've researched the security system and planned a heist accordingly. Travel to Upper Cyria, break into the bank and steal the knife within.

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Diary

Breaking apart

The Outsider. The fucking Outsider himself, on my ship like he’d been waiting for me. Now I’m writing this down with half a hand and an eye that will never shut again. I can’t touch them without shuddering. It feels just like the dreams.

What did he see? Everything, if the Abbey’s right. He has to know what Daud and I are planning. Why tear half of me away? The Eyeless kill over scraps of magic, and now I can see where the world is cracking like a mirror.

I didn’t want any of this.

(Does the Outsider always talk like that? Cryptic little shit. No wonder Daud hates him.)

Many eyes

Daud used to say that everything in Dunwall was tangled together. That nothing was a coincidence. Well, it’s true for Karnaca too. The Eyeless might seem like a bunch of thugs trading bloody bones and foul recipes, but their coin flows from a richer vein.

I found two of their leaders. Shan Yun, the Tyvian songbird, and Ivan Jacobi, a city administrator. They have the knife that killed the Outsider, and they’re keeping it hidden away behind lies and locked doors. But now I have their keys, and somewhere in Dolores Michaels' bank is a lock that needs turning. I won’t let the Eyeless stay hidden anymore.

Not myself

I see shadows everywhere this dead eye looks, and my right arm twitches and blurs as if it’ll start moving on its own. These things aren’t a part of me, but I can’t escape them. The Outsider changed me into something I still don’t understand.

In Dunwall, Daud taught me that no one was innocent, and gave me the means to judge them. Does the Outsider expect me to look down at him like I can look down at Karnaca, and hold his life in this broken hand? Does he want to see me carve up this city to find him?

I know he’s watching. Well, I’m staring right back.

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