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Dead Drop Area
Sniper Elite: Resistance

Dead Drop Area

Complete walkthrough for the Dead Drop Area in Sniper Elite: Resistance. Find Vertigo's dead drop, search his apartment, and locate his office with item locations and enemy strategies.

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Complete walkthrough for the Dead Drop Area in Sniper Elite: Resistance. Find Vertigo's dead drop, search his apartment, and locate his office with item locations and enemy strategies.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Objective: Collect Vertigo’s Dead Drop
    • Follow the dirt path to a Resistance safe house. Find a Bandage, Crowbar, and Bolt Cutters on the first floor.
  2. 2
    On the second floor, find a Rat Bomb and a FP45 handgun. Use the open window as a vantage point.
  3. 3
    Head northwest to the objective marker for the dead drop.
  4. 4
    Two routes to the dead drop:
    • North, under a ruined bridge, through sewers (requires breaking wooden planks). Find a Crowbar, Bandage, and Standard Rifle Ammo in the sewers.
  5. 5
    To the left of the bridge, a dirt path leading upwards.
  6. 6
    If going through sewers, use Bolt Cutters on a locked door. Find Standard SMG Ammo inside a building before exiting.
  7. 7
    Continue towards the basilica (identified by a German truck).
  8. 8
    Enter the basilica through an open window via a wooden ladder on the scaffold.
  9. 9
    Deal with two German soldiers inside. Use a yellow/orange crate to hide bodies if going non-lethal. Find a Satchel Charge near the crate.
  10. 10
    Head left to a staircase. On the second floor, open a crate with a Crowbar to find an M.44 rifle and Non-Lethal Pistol Ammo.
  11. 11
    In the second-floor room, use a Satchel Charge (or key) to open a safe. Inside, find Personal Letter #1: A Lost Soul Trembles.
  12. 12
    Go to the top of the basilica. Sneak past or take down a sensitive sniper.
  13. 13
    Interact with a painting on the top floor to reveal the dead drop.
  14. 14
    Objective: Search Vertigo’s Apartment
    • From the basilica's top floor, head left to a path leading to a hole in a rooftop.
  15. 15
    Use a zipline as a shortcut, bypassing several enemies.
  16. 16
    The zipline leads to tall grass with patrolling soldiers. Take a path to the right through a house, dealing with two soldiers quietly.
  17. 17
    Objective: Locate Vertigo’s Office (Details to follow in subsequent sections of the full walkthrough)
  18. 18
    Kill List - Philo Beck (Optional) (Details to follow)
  19. 19
    Objective: Find and make contact with Vertigo (Details to follow)
    • Optional Objective: Disrupt the Nazis’ investigation on the resistance (Details to follow)
  20. 20
    Objective: Exfiltrate (Details to follow)
Tips
  • The Rat Bomb is useful for the optional assassination objective.
  • Be cautious of sound when dealing with the sniper at the top of the basilica.
  • Use the zipline to bypass enemies when heading to Vertigo's apartment.
  • If using a Satchel Charge on the safe, ensure nearby soldiers are dealt with first to avoid detection.
  • Bandage
  • Crowbar
  • Bolt Cutters
  • Rat Bomb
  • FP45 handgun
  • Standard Rifle Ammo
  • Standard SMG Ammo
  • M.44 rifle
  • Non-Lethal Pistol Ammo
  • Personal Letter #1: A Lost Soul Trembles
  • La Resistance Propaganda Mission

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