Dishonored Definitive Edition

80 Achievements

1,640

40-50h

Clean Hands

You completed the game without killing anyone

100

1.03%

How to unlock the Clean Hands achievement in Dishonored Definitive Edition - Definitive Guide

Sigma 3815

TrueAchievements

28 Oct 2015 23:26

I recommend trying to get this achievement while also going for the Ghost Achievement. This should also coincide with the Poetic Justice achievement and the Just Dark Enough achievement. After each level, the box at the bottom of the Mission Summary screen should be checked where it says that no one was killed. The "Hostiles Killed" and "Civilians Killed" should also read 0 at the Mission Summary screen.

Beware of accidental deaths. This is most likely to occur in Mission 7, where some enemies are near the edges of large heights. Incapacitating them could result in them just falling off and dying, which could void the achievement. A good way to counter this is to pay attention where enemies land, move bodies, and saving often.

During my Ghost/ Clean Hands playthrough, I did not actively look for collectibles and skipped most of the side quests, such as the Granny Rags side missions. The only side missions you should do are ones that are directly involved in using the nonlethal means of eliminating the targets. The fewer interactions you have, the smaller your chances are of having anyone die by your hand.

Since you will not be killing anyone, all targets must be eliminated by indirect (nonlethal) means. All potential lethal interactions should be avoided also. This includes all of the following actions:

Mission 2:

Mission 3:

Mission 5:

Mission 6:

Mission 7:

Sparing Daud while retrieving his key. Daud, the man hired to assassinate the Empress, holds the key that opens the gate to the sewers that leads to the Hounds Pits Pub. Follow the level until you are in Daud's Lair, an isolated room with a balcony area and bookcases. This area is surrounded by assassins, and can potentially be the most difficult point in the game. A few suggestions on how to get past this part: 1) You can incapacitate assassin's one-by-one until either Daud remains, where you can pickpocket the key off him once behind him. 2) Incapacitate everyone and simply retrieve the key off of the unconscious Daud. The problem with both of these strategies is that the enemies can become aware of your presence and search for you. This is risky but possible. 3) If you are using powers, using Stop Time (upgraded to Level 2 where time fully stops, otherwise they will most likely notice you) and getting behind Daud while he is at his desk and pick-pocketing the key. This strategy will most likely need mana potions and quick actions, but it is probably the safest and easiest way to retrieve the key. 4) Getting Daud's attention (but not alerting him, sending him in a hostile state), and then retrieving his key once he resets back to his desk. Credit to Seraphim17 where I first saw this strategy performed. Here's a link:

This strategy requires making a sound, getting Daud (and possibly other assassins) to go somewhere, most likely the baloney area where the bed is, waiting for him to reset, and pick-pocketing his key. While this does work, I found it tricky and reliant on mechanics outside of the player's control. Realize that if you have the upgraded Boot Stealth from Piero at Lvl 2, you will need to find other means of producing sound other than walking or running. 5) Position yourself with or without Blink to get behind Daud, retrieve the key, and escape. This is the strategy I used for my playthrough of this, and this requires patience and some luck. Position yourself around the railing and blink right behind Daud and steal the key. Without Blink, you can move in from the left of the entrance, hop over the door, and move in behind him. This strategy requires you to know the movements of both Daud and the assassins in his immediate vicinity. You might have to restart a couple times. The tricky part is positioning yourself correctly with Blink and knowing the movements of the enemies. Strategies 4 and 5 are the probably your best bet if you are also going for the Mostly Flesh and Steel achievement, as the fewer interactions you have with NPCs will decrease your chances of getting caught or having someone die. You can get the Mercy is the Mark achievement if you also grab Daud's pouch without killing him. Note: in this level you will encounter infected spitting plants. I can confirm that killing them does not count towards any hostile death, but I cannot confirm that killing them voids the achievement. I would avoid them just to be sure.

Mission 8:

Mission 9:

The only means of taking out enemies (besides targets) were a standard nonlethal takedown (holding

) and sleep darts from the crossbow.

I did not expect this guide to be this long when I started it, but this should give you a general idea of what is needed for this achievement. If you have any questions regarding this achievement, leave a comment or PM me.

28 Oct 2015 23:26

13 Comments

The Clean Hands achievement in Dishonored worth 334 pointsComplete the game without killing anyone

The second solution from BIG L RETURNS states:
CONFIRMED: Using mission select will VOID this achievement. This has to be done on one brand new playthrough. If you killed someone on accident, reload the save before you made your kill, if you cant remember or don't know where it was you'll have to just restart the entire mission over.

I'm assuming this is the same for the Definitive Edition as well. Sorry, you're going to have to start over if you definitely want to have the achievement unlock.

By Sigma 3815 on 09 Apr 2017 18:29

I'd just like to pop in and say that the Granny Rags glitch seems to have been fixed. I burned her cameo, hid, and tranqued her before she saw me, and I got this achievement and both the stealth ones.

By Blargby on 27 Feb 2016 08:39

Something I would like to add, I did the first mission(Escaping the prison) and when I got to the end someone had died and I was able to restart/replay the mission by the option it gives you on the stats screen and still get this achievement.

By Zacca on 23 Jul 2016 23:17

Do I have to start a completely new game, or just go to the mission select tab and play through each mission without killing anyone, because that's what I did, and now I'm nervous I have to start all over for skipping the prologue.

By DistantSoldier1 on 09 Apr 2017 17:06

I made sure each mission had 0 kills, got every other low chaos achievement. Did all the alternative eliminations. Didn't pop with everything else at the end.

By Timmay on 23 Jul 2018 20:16

Started a new playthrough, only did the non lethal options for every target, stricly used only sleep darts or choked people unconscious. Every mission has a stats page and each and every one has the mark checked for "Didn't kill anyone". The achievement is still locked for some reason.

By My Oni Hope on 22 Apr 2020 07:24

I've played through the game three times now and this achievement hasn't popped. Every mission had a tick on "kill no-one" and "never detected" but it still hasn't popped.

By Gh0stivan on 12 Aug 2020 11:28

Does anyone happen to know if Gutter Feast voids this?

By Jakinator178 on 22 Dec 2020 00:30

Still no unlock after trying 5 times, i'm going to delete the game, reinstall it, play it again with no kills, if then it doesnt unlock, i dont know wtf to do, i did legit everything.

UPDATE:
I deleted the game, installed it fresh, clean run yet again no achievement popped, i seriously am surprised.

UPDATE #2:
When you have to go to the sewer at the Pub you will see for the first time 2 creeps, zombies or whatever they are called. USE SLEEPING DART ON THEM, and dont let them fall in the water, they count as kills if you kill them and will lock the achievements Ghost and Clean Hands :)

By I Odynni I on 08 Apr 2021 14:07

Will completing the duel in the garden in Lady Boyle's party prevent this from popping?

By EternalReturn95 on 02 Aug 2021 16:47

Completed the game with each mission showing no kills or alerts and no achievement. Why am I not suprised that something isn't working in a Bethesda game

By J ROLL 1998 on 17 Nov 2022 18:18

Does this have to be done from a fresh start or can you chapter select the missions?

By Brane311 on 29 Apr 2023 01:44

Didn't unlock on my first or second playthrough apparently to the decade old Granny Rags bug. Instead of starting a 3rd playthrough to avoid doing Granny's missions, I reloaded a save I made while standing right next to her and Slackjaw in the sewers in mission 7. What I did was grab the key and kept spamming Bend Time until I reached the exit for the level. I had just enough Elixirs to restore my mana enough to keep spamming it. I was fast enough so that even the objective to help Slackjaw didn't pop up. This must've done the trick as once I saved Emily and the stats screen appeared both Ghost and Clean Hands popped. Hope this helps.
Imagine my shock that a Bethesda game still has unpatched bugs from over 10 years ago.

By J ROLL 1998 on 18 Nov 2022 06:10

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TomaShevskyNL

TrueAchievements

18 Feb 2016 15:50

The following solution will give you 5 achievements (Ghost, Shadow, Clean Hands, Just Dark Enough and Mostly Flesh and Steel) worth 260 GS. During the playthrough you will get some other achievements as well but you will find out when doing so.
During my second playthrough I made a huge mistake but only found out when I finished the game for the second time.
I had to do it a third time. That made me to make this solution so it will save you a lot of time.

The youtube link will give you a perfect guideline on how to go through all the levels undetected and without any kills and only using Blink.
All credits go to Red Dragon who is responsible for this perfect walkthrough.
In his videos he only does the main objectives so you don't have trouble of "Granny Rags". I read a lot of comments about Granny Rags on the internet and the trouble she gives of not killing and staying undetected but in this walkthrough this problem won't be there.

To get all these achievements you have to do it in one playthrough, no mission select option.
Off course you can save during the playthrough and I recommend to do that quite often.

There was just one big issue for me wich let me made another playthrough so keep this in mind when you get to the following point.
Between mission 2 (High Overseer Campbell) and mission 3 you'll be asked to go in to the sewer to check what's going on.
Now take your Sleep Dart Crossbow and go in to the sewers.
Once you see the 2 weepers sleep dart them. If you kill them it will not give you the achievement at the end of the game.
Also be aware that when you sleep dart them they don't fall in the water because that still count as a kill.....!
During the missions when you have to choke somebody be aware to lay him on a save spot so the rats cannot eat him and not on a roof of wich they can fell of. I also lay them on the ground with X instead of throwing with RT just to be sure you don't send them to the here after by throwing them.

Last thing I would like to mention is that if you are going for the Mostly Flesh and Steel achievement as well, don't upgrade Blink because when you, do you will not get the achievement.

With this in mind you can follow the link bellow to get all these achievements.

If you vote negative please let me know why so I can adjust this solution.

If I made some grammar mistakes just keep in mind I'm dutch

Good luck !

18 Feb 2016 15:50

2 Comments

Followed this guide, yet I never unlocked Ghost, Shadow or Clean Hands. I checked the mission results screen at the end of each level, and I was credited as such. Had exactly the same issue when I played this on 360 on my old profile. Same 3 achievements didn't unlock, but I tried 4 times back on 360 to no avail. Not sure if I can muster up the patience again.

Otherwise great guide and a thumbs up from me.

By FullMoonBeaver on 22 Nov 2016 13:37

Sorry to hear it didn't work for you. If I remembered well you have to do it in a playtrough and not mission select. Assuming you did it in a playtrough it's strange the achievements didn't unlock...

By TomaShevskyNL on 26 Nov 2016 09:30