Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
30 Achievements
1,000
12-15h
PC
Mercenary Work
Completed all contracts
75
1.71%
How to unlock the Mercenary Work achievement in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider - Definitive Guide
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Important Notes:
-There's a total of 13 contracts. 2 in M1, 4 in M2, 4 in M3, and 3 in M4. There's 0 in M5.
-Must be done in a single playthrough
-If you miss a contract in one mission, you needa reload an older save
Mercenary Work Guide Specifically
For those of you who are doing a run specifically for contracts and are pretty familiar with the map, I would suggest you just follow this video.
Shadow and Mercenary Work Missions 1,3,4
Here's a playlist that I also shared for the Shadow achievement as this shows you without any cuts how to get all contracts done in mission 1, mission 3, and mission 4. Use this playlist if you want to work on Shadow and Mercenary Work at the same time, or have no fuckin knowledge of the map because all you want are the goddamn achievements. Because Mission 2 is not included, I will give you some information on how to tie in another guide with the M2 walkthrough in this playlist to get all the contracts done with Shadow.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHN5cPeI2sqOZqnDcNmSC...
Mercenary Work and Shadow for Mission 2
Here's a video that I personally made demonstrating how to get through mission 2 with shadow, all paintings, story and all contracts completed.
If you prefer Mr. Codeslinger's videos, here's a text guide which utilizes two of his videos.
This will be referenced as Video 1. This is essentially the shadow walkthrough for mission 2 from the playlist above.
This will be referenced as Video 2. This is the mercenary work video posted in this guide as well.
1. We are going to start off with Video 2. Follow along exactly how the guide shows from 6:36 - 31:44.
1.5 I am guessing you are doing attempting the story as well if you are reading this section, so you will need to pause Video 2 at 7:54 and switch over to Video 1 to get a story-specific item. Now from Video 1, start at 9:31 (which is where Video 2 cuts off at 7:54) and follow until 10:17 which gets your story progressed to the next step. After that continue Video 2 until 31:44
2. Picking up from 31:44 at Video 2, you are on that porch. You want to get yourself back to the spectre club undetected. There's no part of in the videos that shows you a safe path directly, but you can just retrace your steps back to the shack and then head over to the spectre club from there which I am sure you know how to do by now.
3. Once you are back to the spectre club, you want to switch back to Video 1 and follow along from 35:20 - 45:02. Now he mentions stuff about semblance/foresight when leaving Spectre Club and Shan Yun's house, but if you followed along with Video 2 until 31:44, you shouldn't have to worry about sneaking as those guards he's referring to detecting you have been taken out and stored on top of that porch.
4. Ok, so you have stopped at 45:02 in Video 1, so you are staring directly out of Shan Yun's house. Now I want you to make your way back to the area where you took out mime from Video 2 (9:44 as a reference).
5. Ok, so you are back to the square where you took out the mime (9:44 video 2 as a reference again lol). You now want to switch back to Video 1 and start at 14:33 and follow until 25:35. Now the place he is staring at in 14:33 V1 is straight at where your character would be standing at 9:44 V2. Just a reference if you absolutely short term memory loss or smth, i'm not judging.
5.5 He didn't do this in Video 1 when he was at the black market, but you need to pick up the contracts while you are there or else all the extra work you are doing is going to be for nothing, so please don't forget to do that. Dw about robbing the black market with contracts. Contracts will still work and can be picked up even after the market gets robbed.
6. Ok, so you stopped at 25:35 and are in front of that worker, perfect because that's where we will start in Video 2. Pull up Video 2 and follow along from 32:37 - 38:09. It is super important that you don't step a single foot into the bank, or you risk triggering the Workplace Harassment event early which means you won't be able to get the next few things done in a convenient fashion. .
6.5 Read this if you want to get the painting for Art Connoisseur. Ok so from 38:09 in Video 2, you are literally staring at the exact same thing as Video 1 at 28:46. The only difference now is that you don't have another person's face, so what you want to do instead of walking down them like he does in Video 1, you can get up on the stairway railing and displace yourself over to the 'red awning' that is mentioned at 28:53. Ok, so you got the painting, you can use 29:20 in Video 1 as a reference. Just hop out the window and displace yourself back up to the stairway that goes into the area that you cleared out. (left-hand side when you are looking out the window at 29:20).
7. Follow along with Video 1 from 25: 51- 28:44. You don't need to worry about semblancing that dude he did just before getting out the door cuz all the guards should be disposed of at this point, and you will be using a displace in a few seconds anyone on a better target.
8. Alright, the home stretch. Back over to Video 2, starting at 38:11. This is pretty much the exact same angle you are facing when you paused at 28:44 from Video 1. Just follow along with the video until the Workplace Harassment is finished. He doesn't show you how to get back to the car, but at this point you are all done with the mission if you have followed along with my guide. You have all of the paintings, undetected, contracts, and story-related shit. Just avoid the civilians and get your sorry ass back to the railway and be thankful that you get to leave that hellhole.
P.S. He mentions several times in Video 2 about the female employees walking around and just wasting everyone's time. If you find them, just knock them out so you don't have to wait for all that bullshit. Doesn't break anything, just knock them out.
-There's a total of 13 contracts. 2 in M1, 4 in M2, 4 in M3, and 3 in M4. There's 0 in M5.
-Must be done in a single playthrough
-If you miss a contract in one mission, you needa reload an older save
Mercenary Work Guide Specifically
For those of you who are doing a run specifically for contracts and are pretty familiar with the map, I would suggest you just follow this video.
Shadow and Mercenary Work Missions 1,3,4
Here's a playlist that I also shared for the Shadow achievement as this shows you without any cuts how to get all contracts done in mission 1, mission 3, and mission 4. Use this playlist if you want to work on Shadow and Mercenary Work at the same time, or have no fuckin knowledge of the map because all you want are the goddamn achievements. Because Mission 2 is not included, I will give you some information on how to tie in another guide with the M2 walkthrough in this playlist to get all the contracts done with Shadow.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHN5cPeI2sqOZqnDcNmSC...
Mercenary Work and Shadow for Mission 2
Here's a video that I personally made demonstrating how to get through mission 2 with shadow, all paintings, story and all contracts completed.
If you prefer Mr. Codeslinger's videos, here's a text guide which utilizes two of his videos.
This will be referenced as Video 1. This is essentially the shadow walkthrough for mission 2 from the playlist above.
This will be referenced as Video 2. This is the mercenary work video posted in this guide as well.
1. We are going to start off with Video 2. Follow along exactly how the guide shows from 6:36 - 31:44.
1.5 I am guessing you are doing attempting the story as well if you are reading this section, so you will need to pause Video 2 at 7:54 and switch over to Video 1 to get a story-specific item. Now from Video 1, start at 9:31 (which is where Video 2 cuts off at 7:54) and follow until 10:17 which gets your story progressed to the next step. After that continue Video 2 until 31:44
2. Picking up from 31:44 at Video 2, you are on that porch. You want to get yourself back to the spectre club undetected. There's no part of in the videos that shows you a safe path directly, but you can just retrace your steps back to the shack and then head over to the spectre club from there which I am sure you know how to do by now.
3. Once you are back to the spectre club, you want to switch back to Video 1 and follow along from 35:20 - 45:02. Now he mentions stuff about semblance/foresight when leaving Spectre Club and Shan Yun's house, but if you followed along with Video 2 until 31:44, you shouldn't have to worry about sneaking as those guards he's referring to detecting you have been taken out and stored on top of that porch.
4. Ok, so you have stopped at 45:02 in Video 1, so you are staring directly out of Shan Yun's house. Now I want you to make your way back to the area where you took out mime from Video 2 (9:44 as a reference).
5. Ok, so you are back to the square where you took out the mime (9:44 video 2 as a reference again lol). You now want to switch back to Video 1 and start at 14:33 and follow until 25:35. Now the place he is staring at in 14:33 V1 is straight at where your character would be standing at 9:44 V2. Just a reference if you absolutely short term memory loss or smth, i'm not judging.
5.5 He didn't do this in Video 1 when he was at the black market, but you need to pick up the contracts while you are there or else all the extra work you are doing is going to be for nothing, so please don't forget to do that. Dw about robbing the black market with contracts. Contracts will still work and can be picked up even after the market gets robbed.
6. Ok, so you stopped at 25:35 and are in front of that worker, perfect because that's where we will start in Video 2. Pull up Video 2 and follow along from 32:37 - 38:09. It is super important that you don't step a single foot into the bank, or you risk triggering the Workplace Harassment event early which means you won't be able to get the next few things done in a convenient fashion. .
6.5 Read this if you want to get the painting for Art Connoisseur. Ok so from 38:09 in Video 2, you are literally staring at the exact same thing as Video 1 at 28:46. The only difference now is that you don't have another person's face, so what you want to do instead of walking down them like he does in Video 1, you can get up on the stairway railing and displace yourself over to the 'red awning' that is mentioned at 28:53. Ok, so you got the painting, you can use 29:20 in Video 1 as a reference. Just hop out the window and displace yourself back up to the stairway that goes into the area that you cleared out. (left-hand side when you are looking out the window at 29:20).
7. Follow along with Video 1 from 25: 51- 28:44. You don't need to worry about semblancing that dude he did just before getting out the door cuz all the guards should be disposed of at this point, and you will be using a displace in a few seconds anyone on a better target.
8. Alright, the home stretch. Back over to Video 2, starting at 38:11. This is pretty much the exact same angle you are facing when you paused at 28:44 from Video 1. Just follow along with the video until the Workplace Harassment is finished. He doesn't show you how to get back to the car, but at this point you are all done with the mission if you have followed along with my guide. You have all of the paintings, undetected, contracts, and story-related shit. Just avoid the civilians and get your sorry ass back to the railway and be thankful that you get to leave that hellhole.
P.S. He mentions several times in Video 2 about the female employees walking around and just wasting everyone's time. If you find them, just knock them out so you don't have to wait for all that bullshit. Doesn't break anything, just knock them out.
