PressJournalto access the journal. There, you can review your mission objectives and choose which ones to track, read mission clues and information about your gear, and manage your supernatural powers.
Click on the tabs to change section.
PressSneakto enter stealth mode, then stay behind cover to break line of sight with enemies and avoid detection. While sneaking, your footsteps are muffled.
By pressingLean LeftorLean Right, you can lean around corners, allowing you to look ahead without being seen by enemies.
With a sword in hand, assassinate an unaware enemy by pressingSword Attackor approach an unaware enemy from behind and holdBlock/Choketo perform a nonlethal takedown.
Using stealth and the nonlethal approach has benefits: Fewer rats and weepers, some people react favorably, and the final outcome is not as dark.
Drop on an enemy from above and pressSword Attackjust before landing on him to perform a drop assassination. You won't take any damage from the fall.
PressSword Attackto attack with your right hand, orPower/Gadgetto attack with your left hand if you have a weapon or power equipped.
Press and holdQuick-access Wheelto open theQuick Access Wheel.Select the gadget or power you want to equip in your left hand and releaseQuick-access Wheelto confirm.
Assign a hotkey to a weapon or power by selecting that item in theQuick Access Wheeland pressing anyShortcut key. There are 10 shortcut keys, you can reconfigure the bindings in the options.
Press and holdBlock/Choketo block incoming sword attacks. Perfect timing will put the enemies off balance and open them up to a lethal counter-attack.
You just put your enemy off-balance by blocking with perfect timing. Now, pressSword Attackto perform a lethal counter-attack.
A springrazor trap can be attached to any surface by aiming at it and pressingPower/Gadget. It will be triggered as an enemy approaches it, throwing up a cloud of shrapnel.
Equipping the Heart in your left hand helps you locate Bone Charms or Runes, even through walls.
The Heart beats and lights up when you are facing a Bone Charm or Rune, and it beats faster as you get closer.
The Heart will whisper secrets if you pressPower/Gadgetwhile targeting a person or location.
Once you've collected some Runes, open the Journal and go to the Powers section to exchange them for powers.
Runes can be collected and used to acquire supernatural powers.
Bone Charms provide small supernatural benefits. Locate them by listening for the "song" they emit. By default, you can activate up to 3 Bone Charms at once in the Bone Charms section of the Journal.
Collect Blueprints to unlock new upgrades and equipment in Piero's workshop at the Hound Pits Pub.
Piero can craft and upgrade gear with the money you collect.
Bringing collectedblueprintsto Piero will allow you tounlock new upgradesto buy.
These services can be accessed by talking to Piero at any time.
Disable security devices or make them work in your favor by using a Rewire Tool on the circuitry panel for the security device you want to hack (this consumes the Rewire Tool).
Rewired Walls of Light, Arc Pylons, and Watch Towers will harm your enemies instead of you, while rewired Alarms will be fully disabled.
Your actions affect the city. A high number of deaths results in more rats and weepers, different reactions from your allies, and darker final outcomes.
The upcoming area is riddled with pathways that allow many approaches to accomplishing your mission. Look for overhead ledges, rat tunnels, water passages, and hiding places.
You can get past this Wall of Light in a number of ways:
- Disable it by removing the whale oil tank
- Climb up the crates to the right and use the roof
- Find another path by following the streets to the right
- Possess a rat and use the small tunnel to the left
There are many pathways through your missions: Front streets, alleys, windows, rat tunnels, rooftops, and waterways. Experiment with different ways to reach your goals.
The Powers you obtain from Runes can be used creatively to defeat enemies or move through the environment. Blink from roof to roof, possess rats and fish, or slow time before rushing a group of enemies.
Place this mine nearly anywhere. When triggered, it will deliver a powerful electrical charge, reducing the target to ash.
This powerful irritant can be thrown, creating a noxious cloud. Affected enemies will be temporarily blinded and disabled.
As Daud, you can use your network of spies and corrupt merchants to purchase equipment and upgrades before each mission.
You can also pay for special Favors. These Favors can have a variety of effects in the mission such as granting access to equipment caches or revealing secret information.
Collect Blueprints to unlock new upgrades and equipment at the start of the next mission.
Place this mine nearly anywhere. When triggered, it will deliver an electrical shock, rendering the target unconscious.
Corrupted Bone Charms are powerful Bone Charms that come with a cost. Locate them, like normal Bone Charms, by listening for the “song” they emit or with theVoid Gazepower. Equip them in theBone Charms tabof the Journal.
Place this mine nearly anywhere. When triggered, it will deliver a powerful electrical charge, reducing the target to ash.
Place this mine nearly anywhere. When triggered, it will deliver an electrical shock, rendering the target unconscious.
This powerful irritant can be thrown, creating a noxious cloud. Affected enemies will be temporarily blinded and disabled.
As Daud, you can use your network of spies and corrupt merchants to purchase equipment and upgrades before each mission.
You can also pay for special Favors. These Favors can have a variety of effects in the mission such as granting access to equipment caches or revealing secret information.
Collect Blueprints to unlock new upgrades and equipment at the start of the next mission.
Do you want to start the tutorial?
Someday our enemies will come for you, Emily. And on that day, remember your training.
As Emily Kaldwin, ruler of the Empire of the Isles, you have numerous enemies. Your father is Lord Corvo Attano, infamous Royal Protector and Spymaster. In the years since you took the throne, Corvo has spent many hours training you in the arts of stealth and combat.
Meet Up with Your Father
Traverse the Obstacle Course
Choke Corvo Attano
Steal Corvo’s Key
Unlock and Open the Door
Pick Up the Crossbow
Shoot the Targets
Meet with Corvo Attano
Attack with Your Sword
Block With Your Sword
Parry With Your Sword
Combat Choke
Perform Mock Assassination
When an enemy is off-balance, you can perform a fatality by pressingSword, or grab them by pressingBlock/Choke (hold). HoldBlock/Choke (hold)to choke your victim unconscious, or pressSwordto throw them forward.
PressSwordwhile close to an unaware enemy to assassinate them. Press and holdBlock/Choke (hold)instead for a nonlethal takedown.
When enemies begin to detect you, an Awareness Meter is displayed overhead, gradually filling up. A full white meter means an enemy will search for you. A full red meter means you have been detected.
Bonecharms provide minor supernatural benefits. Locate them by listening for the “song” they emit, or use the Heart to detect them from further away. By default, you can activate up to 5 Bonecharms at once in the Bonecharms section of the Journal.
PressSwordto attack with your sword. PressUse Power/Weaponto use your left hand gadget or power. You can Press and HoldUse/Sheathe Weapons (hold)to sheathe your weapons.
HoldBlock/Choke (hold)to block with your sword. PressBlock/Choke (hold)just as an enemy makes a sword attack to knock them off-balance, and open them up to a counter-attack.
Drop down onto an enemy from above to avoid taking damage from a fall. PressSwordjust before landing to perform a drop assassination, or pressBlock/Choke (hold)to perform a nonlethal takedown that will leave the enemy unconscious.
The S&J Health Elixir replenishes Health. The Addermire Solution replenishes Mana. Both can be used from the Quick-access Wheel. A shortcut for the S&J Health Elixir appears when your Health is low. Addermire Solution is automatically consumed when your Mana is depleted.
HoldSwordto ready a Focused Strike, and releaseSwordto attack. Enemies hit by Focused Strike will be knocked off-balance and made vulnerable to fatalities.
By holdingLean (hold)and movingMove, you can lean around corners or peek over cover. Leaning allows you to look ahead without being seen by enemies.
Detection isn’t the end. Even after you are spotted by enemies, various options are available to you:
— Kill all the enemies in combat
— Defeat the enemies nonlethally
— Escape and stay out of sight until the enemies give up searching for you
— Use powers, gadgets, and trickery to creatively overcome the situation
The Wall of Light is a dangerous security system from the age of the Rat Plague. Those not attuned are burned to ashes upon passing through. This Wall of Light is powered by a Windmill, but others are fueled by removable whale oil tanks.
You can bypass this Wall of Light in a variety of ways:
- Shut down the windmill to disable the Wall of Light
- Explore nearby apartments to find an alternate path
- Brave the bloodfly-infested building back toward the dockyard
- Possess a rat and find small passage
- Climb through the window above the Wall of Light
Disable security devices or make them work in your favor by using a Rewire Tool (this consumes the Rewire Tool) on the circuitry panel connected to the security device. Rewired Walls of Light, Arc Pylons, and Watch Towers will target your enemies instead of you, while rewired Alarms will be permanently disabled.
Runes can be used to acquire supernatural powers. Open the Journal and go to the Powers tab to exchange runes for powers.
Attach a springrazor to any surface by aiming at the desired location and pressingUse Power/Weapon. Springrazors release a cloud of deadly razor wires when enemies come within range.
PressStealth Modeto toggle Stealth Mode, crouching down and walking silently. Your visibility in Stealth Mode is greatly reduced; stay behind cover and out of sight to avoid being detected.
Enemies are slower to detect you in Stealth Mode, especially when you are:
- Farther away from them
- Above them, or at the edge of their peripheral vision
- In shadow (though this matters more at a distance)
Stealth Mode enables you to take cover under desks or tables.
To lure enemies away, distract them by throwing an object such as a bottle, or setting the alarm on a clock.
Attach a Stun Mine to any surface by aiming at the desired location and pressingUse Power/Weapon. Stun Mines deliver an electrical shock that renders the first target to come into range unconscious.
The money you collect can be spent at Black Market shops to buy and upgrade gear. Find Blueprints as you explore, and use them at Black Market shops to unlock new upgrades to buy, including Masterwork upgrades.
Equipping the Heart in your left hand helps you locate Bonecharms or Runes. The Heart will begin to beat and glow when you are facing a Bonecharm or Rune, and will beat faster as you get closer. The Heart will whisper secrets if you pressUse Power/Weaponat particular locations, or while looking at a person.
Use the Timepiece to travel between present and past
- PressUse Power/Weaponto change timelines
- PressUse/Sheathe Weapons (hold)to fold or unfold the lens, showing the other timeline
Tips:
- Change timelines to circumvent obstacles and escape enemies
- You can’t change timelines when an obstacle occupies your destination
- Time passes in both timelines, regardless of which you occupy
- Changes made in the past have consequences in the present
When an enemy is off-balance, you can perform a fatality by pressingSword, or grab them by pressingBlock/Choke (hold). HoldBlock/Choke (hold)to choke your victim unconscious, or pressSwordto throw them forward.
Jump height is increased.
The Agility Enhancement is a must if you intend to exploit higher ground, making hidden passageways and special areas easier to reach.
This Enhancement also offers better mobility for close combat and evasion.
PressSwordwhile close to an unaware enemy to assassinate them. Press and holdBlock/Choke (hold)instead for a nonlethal takedown.
When enemies begin to detect you, an Awareness Meter is displayed overhead, gradually filling up. A full white meter means an enemy will search for you. A full red meter means you have been detected.
PressUse Power/Weaponto move forward rapidly.
Blink allows you to move very fast without being seen, making it useful for stealth since you can Blink from one hiding spot to another, or even rooftop to rooftop if you combine the power with jump.
Blink can effectively be chained together with assassination or choke if used to approach unaware enemies. You can also Blink through glass, breaking it, or Blink upward for limited distances. Note that the cursor changes when aimed at a climbable surface or ledge.
The mana cost for using the power is low, so the recharging portion of the mana bar will allow you to Blink even when you have no elixirs.
Upgrading this power changes some of its basic functionality.
Blink Assault
Throw enemies to the ground by attacking just as Blink ends.
Greater Blink
Extend the range of Blink.
Redirective Blink
Time stops if you aren’t moving while aiming Blink.
Build up Adrenaline by fighting enemies. Once Adrenaline is maxed, move close to an enemy and pressLean (hold)to initiate a powerful sword attack that will kill an enemy with one blow.
Double tapLean (hold)to trigger two fatalities against multiple nearby enemies.
With this enhancement, your actions in combat allow you to build up adrenaline. Assassination, attacking with a sword, parrying and drop assassination all increase Adrenaline.
Sacrifice the Bonecharms you’ve found in order to learn new Traits and obtain Raw Whalebone, which can be used to craft your own custom Bonecharms. You cannot learn the Traits from Corrupt or Black Bonecharms.
Crafting Bonecharms with more Traits increases the chance of corruption, sometimes creating Bonecharms with negative Traits.
Bonecharms provide supernatural benefits (Traits), upgrading your prowess or powers, or even adding entirely new abilities.
Corrupt and Black Bonecharms are rarer and more powerful, offering more exotic Traits. But Corrupt Bonecharms are unstable, and also possess negative Traits.
Locate Bonecharms by using Foresight to see them through walls or buy them at a Black Market shop.
By default, you can activate up to 5 Bonecharms at once in the Journal.
Your actions affect the world around you.
Taking lives will cause Emily (or Corvo) and their allies to grow more cynical. Too many deaths will lead to higher levels of bloodfly infestation and a darker final outcome for the story.
PressSwordto attack with your sword. PressUse Power/Weaponto use your left hand gadget or power. You can Press and HoldUse/Sheathe Weapons (hold)to sheathe your weapons.
At any time, you can review your list of Contracts from your Journal. PressJournalto open the Journal, and go to “Contracts.”
You can activate the markers on targets and some additional hints are provided in the description.
If you succeed a Contract, you will be rewarded with a good amount of coin and sometimes by a Bonecharm.
PressUse Power/Weaponto see living beings through walls, including their fields of vision.
A pulse occurring at regular intervals will show you the directional facing and view cones of your enemies, and even enables you to see them through walls, giving you vital situational awareness for a stealthy ambush or for sneaking through the area.
Also provides visual representations of the sounds you make, further aiding in stealth, and helping determine enemy awareness.
Upgrading this power changes some of its basic functionality.
Greater Dark Vision
See objects and security systems through walls.
Premonition
Visualize enemy routes and their current destination.
HoldBlock/Choke (hold)to block with your sword. PressBlock/Choke (hold)just as an enemy makes a sword attack to knock them off-balance, and open them up to a counter-attack.
HoldUse Power/Weaponwhile sweeping your view across 2 enemies to link them to each other. Or pressUse Power/Weaponwhile aiming at an enemy to select them.
While the power is active, any action taken affects all linked targets. For instance, quickly incapacitate multiple enemies using a single sleep dart, reducing the risk of alarm. Or kill multiple linked enemies simultaneously if outnumbered in a fight.
Combine Domino with other powers to create surprising and interesting effects. For instance, summon a Doppelgänger and link it to an enemy; any damage you deal to your own Doppelgänger will be shared by the linked enemy.
Upgrading this power changes some of its basic functionality.
Link Three
Link up to 3 enemies.
Link Four
Link up to 4 enemies.
Drop down onto an enemy from above to avoid taking damage from a fall. PressSwordjust before landing to perform a drop assassination, or pressBlock/Choke (hold)to perform a nonlethal takedown that will leave the enemy unconscious.
The S&J Health Elixir replenishes Health.
It can be consumed from the Quick-access Wheel, or by using the shortcut that appears when your Health is low.
HoldSwordto ready a Focused Strike, and releaseSwordto attack. Enemies hit by Focused Strike will be knocked off-balance and made vulnerable to fatalities.
Hagpearls are non-lethal, near-silent projectiles that can be thrown by pressingUse Power/Weapon. They deal no damage, and while they do not break physical objects, their impact can be used to distract enemies. Once upgraded, you can also charge your shot usingUse Power/Weaponand aim for the head to knock a target unconscious. Hagpearls bounce after impact and can be retrieved for reuse.
Your supernatural powers consume Void Energy, a resource that replenishes over time. You can also draw Void Energy from Hollows in the world to instantly replenish it.
Hook Mines can be placed (or thrown) onto any surface by pressingUse Power/Weapon. Once triggered, a Hook Mine will grab an enemy or object within range, dragging them towards the mine.
HoldUse Power/Weaponto toggle Hook Mine lethality. A non-lethal mine will stun an enemy, and a lethal mine will kill them.
Enemies or objects snagged by Hook Mines can be released by striking them with your sword, a projectile, or a thrown object.
By holdingLean (hold)and movingMove, you can lean around corners or peek over cover. Leaning allows you to look ahead without being seen by enemies.
Original Game + enables you to start a new playthrough as Billie Lurk, this time using powers from Dishonored 2.
- Blink: PressUse Power/Weaponto move forward rapidly.
- Domino: PressUse Power/Weaponto link several enemies. Any action taken will affect all linked targets.
- Dark Vision: PressUse Power/Weaponto see living beings, objects and security systems through walls.
Detection isn’t the end. Even after you are spotted by enemies, various options are available to you:
— Kill all the enemies in combat
— Defeat the enemies nonlethally
— Escape and stay out of sight until the enemies give up searching for you
— Use powers, gadgets, and trickery to creatively overcome the situation
The Wall of Light is a dangerous security system from the age of the Rat Plague. Those not attuned are burned to ashes upon passing through. This Wall of Light is powered by a Windmill, but others are fueled by removable whale oil tanks.
You can bypass this Wall of Light in a variety of ways:
- Shut down the windmill to disable the Wall of Light
- Explore nearby apartments to find an alternate path
- Brave the bloodfly-infested building back toward the dockyard
- Possess a rat and find small passage
- Climb through the window above the Wall of Light
PressBlock/Choke (hold)to perform a block and deflect projectiles.
Extraordinary reflexes allowing you to deflect incoming projectiles with your sword.
Disable security devices or make them work in your favor by using a Rewire Tool (this consumes the Rewire Tool) on the circuitry panel connected to the security device. Rewired Clockwork Sentinels and Electrified Floors will target your enemies instead of you, while rewired Alarms will be permanently disabled.
Attach a springrazor to any surface by aiming at the desired location and pressingUse Power/Weapon. Springrazors release a cloud of deadly razor wires when enemies come within range.
PressStealth Modeto toggle Stealth Mode, crouching down and moving silently.
Attach a Stun Mine to any surface by aiming at the desired location and pressingUse Power/Weapon. Stun Mines deliver an electrical shock that renders the first target to come into range unconscious.
The coin you collect can be spent at Black Market shops on gear, upgrades, ammunition, and even Bonecharms.
To earn more coin, undertake professional Contracts at Black Market shops.
The Voltaic Gun uses electro-magnetic acceleration to fire both lethal and non-lethal ammo. Projectiles create noise on impact, but the blast of the Voltaic Gun itself is muffled.
You can upgrade the Voltaic Gun to perform charged shots. HoldUse Power/Weaponto charge and release to fire, for greater damage and varying effects based on ammunition type.