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Message from the Empress

Message from the Empress

You performed a drop assassination from atop the Empress statue in The Knife of Dunwall

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How to unlock the Message from the Empress achievement in Dishonored - Definitive Guide

This is an guide to show you how to get the achievement "message from the Empress"
This achievement requires you to jump off the Empress statue and assassinate an enemy.

This can be done on the mission "The Surge". When the mission starts off, go up the chain, walk straight until you get to an area where an assassin is tied up. Free him, then take the left door outdoors, look up and you'll see a window, use blink to get up there. Then take the path all the way to a door. Go through the door and kill your target, then go upstairs jump out the window and kill the enemies that have your assassin tied up. When the other enemies recognize that your there, they will run after you. Knock them out with a sleeping dart. Grab one of the unconscious bodies and blink back to the window. Now look up and you will see a ledge that you can blink to. Now just follow the ledge until you see the statue. Blink over to the statue. Throw the body off the statue. An enemy will hear the impact and come running to see what happened. Now just jump off the statue and hit right trigger to perform an air attack. When the enemy dies the achievement will pop up.
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24 Apr 2013 04:58

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Nice guide deathmule BM
worked 1st time.thumbs upsmile
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By MAGIC MACCA on 02 May 2013 18:22
You really don't need to go to all this bother. After you kill Hume, just go out the upstairs window, turn right and you'll see the top of the statue, save, then carefully blink on top of it, there is an Overseer guy already patrolling right below you. Save, wait for the Overseer to be below, and when you jump off you'll get a very easy, long prompt for a drop assassination.
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By o DEEVIUS o on 03 Nov 2015 07:15
Great guide, 1st try
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By Seitzz on 29 Jan 2019 20:34
Thumbs up but I did it like @o DEEVIUS o suggested above. No need to overthink this. Just play the game normally until you do the Hume objective. Make a save (I was doing a stealth no-kill run). Head out the upper window, turn right, hop on the statue, & wait for an overseer to path at the foot of the statue. If you've done the Dunwall City Trials, this is a simple jump and you should get it easily on the first try. If you haven't honed your drop assassination skills in Dunwall City Trials, you might need a couple of practice runs. Nevertheless, it's a basic jump drop assassination (cn_A followed by cn_RT at the prompt).
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By Allgorhythm on 27 Oct 2017 16:39
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"Message from the Empress"

You get this in the third mission as you leave Daud's office to free one of your assassins. Turn around and look back at Daud's office and you'll see a large statue on the left.

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Blink to the top of the statue. I had Blink level 2, and had no issue getting across.

Save the game unless you mess it up. Took me three attempts.

Now, look down over the statue's nose, and you'll see guys walking around. Wait for one to be *right under* you, now walk off the edge and as soon as you get close to the victim, press RT to do a drop assassination.

[bloop]
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16 Apr 2013 17:26

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You can manipulate the guards by firing Wristbow Bolts at the spot you want them to be. They will rush over and stay at that spot for a few seconds looking around for the source of the sound.
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By on 09 Aug 2013 16:24
Not sure why, but the achievement wouldn't pop at first, after 3 successful assassinations. It popped, on the first try after I had dealt with Hume.
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By Tanelorn82 on 30 Aug 2014 04:23
Ok I appear to suck royally at this. As you're falling so fast the window of opportunity to hit RT appears to be a lot shorter than in normal drop assassinations. I got it eventually with the help of Bend Time Level 1. Just hit it before you walk off and give yourself that extra bit of time to get it done.
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By destinee ehgc on 18 Jul 2014 16:15
It does take a little bit of getting used to as you plummet pretty quickly, it took me 3 goes to get it...
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By SneakyStabbalot on 18 Jul 2014 18:14
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After you reach the broken house opposite Daud’s Hideout in The Surge, make your way to the top floor, where you will find one of your captured assassins. The Empress statue is located opposite you on the corner of the Hideout building. Blink on top of the statue and face down. Timing is very important. 
NOTE: Save your progress here in case you need multiple attempts. 
When you find an enemy within range, jump off the statue and attempt to land on top of them. Once you get close enough, the drop assassination icon should appear. Strike with your sword once you see it, and your drop assassination should be successful. A quick way to attract enemies is to shoot an Explosive Bolt at the bottom of the statue.

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