Navigate the Basement and Floor One in Thief 2: The Metal Age. This walkthrough covers finding the Vault lock, collecting loot like gold plates and coins, and avoiding traps and guards.
Walkthrough
- 1From the entry point, locate the metal hatch in the floor. Open it and crouch to drop into a metal tunnel.
- 2Follow the tunnel east until it drops you into Floor One. Continue to the hatch at the far end.
- 3Open the hatch and use a moss arrow to fall silently. Wait for the patrolman below to pass through the south door.
- 4Drop down, turn left, and go through the north door into an L-shaped hallway. Pause at the metal door to the north-east.
- 5Descend the stairs to the Basement, avoiding the Watcher camera and patrolling swordsman. Shoot out the torch in the corner to make it easier to avoid the camera.
- 6At the bottom of the ramp, find a chest with a GOLD PLATE (worth 25 GOLD) and another chest with a flare.
- 7Head south towards the Maintenance Area. Follow the passageway until you hear Children. Use darkness to hide from them or a long tunnel at the extreme south to bypass them. Be aware of two functional large Children at the tunnel's exit.
- 8Continue north across metal floor sections until you reach a notice. Proceed into a new room.
- 9In this room, avoid four trap tiles that conceal a Sentry. Jump over them or walk around them.
- 10Around the corner, a ceiling camera is present. Reach across the passage to open the metal gate, duck inside, and turn off the lights with a lever to make dodging the camera easier.
- 11Pull the other switch to enter the room where the Vault's time lock is located.
- 12Look through the hatch in the ceiling to see the VAULT LOCK and a Watcher camera. Open the PANEL on the side and mash the protruding BUTTONS until the LIGHT turns from red to GREEN, releasing the LOCK.
- 13(Note: The Vault is permanently unlocked after this.)
- 14Mantle onto the top of the control panel and jump or lean forward to open the Vault door from under the hatch.
- 15Return to the ramp where you first entered the Basement and take the tunnel going east.
- 16In the first storage room on the right, find a CANDLESTICK (worth 25 GOLD).
- 17Continue south to an elevated room with a window hatch. At the other side, find a ramp down to a ladder. Climb up to return to Floor One.
- 18On Floor One, turn off the light to help avoid the rotating camera in the next room (unless Lobby cameras are disabled, in which case it's gone).
- 19Deal with the patrolling guard in the larger room (he has broadheads).
- 20In the east corner of this room, find another VASE (worth 50 GOODS).
- 21Go through the north door into a corridor. Enter the office through the door on the facing wall. Inside, find COINS (worth 25 GOLD) in a safe and 24 more COINS on a desk, along with notes.
- 22Go east along the outside corridor and turn left, facing north. You will see a purple-clad swordsman.
- 23Knock out the swordsman. The locked door to your left leads to 19 STACKS OF COINS (worth 95 GOLD) and a BAG OF GOLD on the top shelf (may require leaning or jumping, use a box for assistance). Be cautious of noise.
- 24The Meeting Hall is to the east. It contains a moss arrow and 2 CUPS (worth 30 GOODS) behind the bar.
- 25Return to the tiled room where the guard was, then go west into another tiled room with a Sentry.
- 26Avoid the hidden panel across the floor at the south door, which activates the Sentry. Jump over it onto the wooden floor of the corridor to the south.
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