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The Prison Escape
A Way Out

The Prison Escape

Follow this comprehensive A Way Out walkthrough to successfully complete the Prison Escape mission, including tips for stealth, combat, and QTEs.

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Follow this comprehensive A Way Out walkthrough to successfully complete the Prison Escape mission, including tips for stealth, combat, and QTEs.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Use the wrench to unscrew the top of the air shaft. Both characters must unscrew one side each, then both lift the top off.
  2. 2
    Hop over the pipe. Push the cart with the crate on it to the air duct and position it underneath. Climb the crate, open the air duct lid, and crawl inside one at a time.
  3. 3
    Crawl to the end of the duct and hop down to the next room. Sidle past the pipe and machinery. Take cover behind the crates.
  4. 4
    Sneak past the two guards. Go through the adjacent room and interact with the white double door.
  5. 5
    Wait for the sound of thunder outside, then both characters must bash the door open together to avoid alerting the guards.
  6. 6
    Outside, take down the guard facing away from you by pressing the prompted buttons.
  7. 7
    Jump over the next air duct. Head to the red door, then to the right to the piece of wood and raised platform. One character hoists the other up, then the higher character pulls the lower one up.
  8. 8
    Both characters climb the ladder and break the window into the warden's office.
  9. 9
    Exit the office through the open door, go left to a double door that is cracked open. Go down the stairs next to the elevator.
  10. 10
    Follow the hallways to the hospital ward area. At the junction, go right, then follow the hallways to the original bedroom.
  11. 11
    Use the open window in the bedroom to climb outside onto the rooftop.
  12. 12
    Navigate the rooftop, using cover (panels, air ducts, machinery) to avoid the spotlight from the tower. Move from cover to cover.
  13. 13
    As you near the tower, go up the stairs, around the pipes, and up the ladder.
  14. 14
    One character goes up the tower and takes down the guard with the spotlight using QTEs.
  15. 15
    Both characters walk around the top of the tower. Grab clothes hangars inside the tower.
  16. 16
    Both characters grab a hangar and slide down the electrical cable to the rooftop of the outside building.
  17. 17
    When the second character slides down, the cable breaks. A QTE triggers: the character on the rooftop must quickly tap the button to hold the cable, while the character hanging must climb up by holding up. Mash the button again if the character on the rooftop budges.
  18. 18
    With guards alerted, make your way to the opposite side of the building. Both characters tap the prompted button to hoist up the big door.
  19. 19
    Run as fast as possible, jumping over logs and past chasms. Slide down the hill to trigger the final cutscene.
Tips
  • For the door bash, the thunder provides a clear cue. It's easier than the previous door bash because of this audible cue.
  • When avoiding the spotlight, move at the same time as your partner to avoid wasting time if caught.
  • The QTEs for taking down the guards are the same as the rooftop guard at the beginning of the escape.
  • The achievement 'Freedom' is unlocked during this sequence.
  • Achievement: Freedom

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