Dishonored

Dishonored

80 Achievements

1,640

25-30h

Xbox 360
Log in or Register to track Dishonored achievements progress.
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

You neutralized all key targets using indirect means

30

How to unlock the Poetic Justice achievement in Dishonored - Definitive Guide

This is achievement is called "Poetic Justice". It is obtained by neutralizing all key targets using indirect means. This only affects High Overseer Campbell all the way up til you take out the Lord Regent.

As a reminder on how to take out all of them with indirect means see the list below.

High Overseer Campbell - Knock him out and brand him with the mark of the heretic.

Morgan and Custis Pendleton - Head to the Distillery and talk to Slackjaw. Investigate what he wants done, and get the Art Dealer's safe combination and he will take care of them himself.

Anton Sokolov - Just either sneak up and choke hold him or shoot him with a sleep dart.

Lady Boyle - Once in the mansion find and talk to a Lord Brisby and he will want you to abduct her. Then go buy a lady named Miss White a drink and she will tell you which color dress your target is wearing. Talk to Lady Boyle and tell her your here to save her life, followed by someone wants to meet you down in the celler...follow her down there and when you are out of the line of sight from everyone, choke hold her and bring her to the guys boat.

The Lord Regent - Make your way to the second floor and up into the broadcast tower. Talk to the man up there and he will give you the code to the Lord Regent's safe. Go to the Lord Regents bedroom access his safe and get the Audigraph. Head back to the broadcast tower and pop it in the audio slot.

The achievement will either pop then or at the end of the mission.
44
3

11 Oct 2012 17:15

13 Comments
Can this be done replaying all the respective missions. Or does it have to be done in one play through?? Can anyone confirm.
0
0
By H4nds0mH4ns3l on 18 Oct 2012 19:04
I think it can only be done in one playthrough. I just had to give Campbell the heretics brand because he was the last one I needed, but the achievement didnt pop up because that was on a different playthrough
0
0
By Ayayayayayaya on 25 Oct 2012 14:55
Dude that is fricken sweet haha, I almost have to replay that just to see Curnow do that XD
0
0
By Foxfire49 on 27 Oct 2012 20:11
Thats to bad =[
0
0
By Foxfire49 on 30 Oct 2012 13:04
The achievement pops at the end of "Return to the Tower" when the stats screen shows.
0
0
By DillionDay on 31 Oct 2012 00:28
Cant believe you have to do them all in a row. I tried replaying the missions but it did not unlock even though the missions stats do say i did it. :(
0
0
By EPvW on 22 Dec 2012 19:16
I can confirm that this achievement appears to have to be done in a full play t rough, or at least until you are done Return to the Tower. I completed the ghost/no kill achievements but did this by getting Curnow to kill the Overseer. I went back to play the mission to get him branded after I completed my play through and then even tried to play Return to the tower again with all of the proper "no kill" indirect options in place on my mission stats. Still nothing. :( I guess I'll have to run one more quick play through to get this one.
0
0
By DrMondo7 on 17 Feb 2013 21:33
@Mondo - If you start at the mission where you "brand" the Overseer and play from there you should still get it. You have to play through though...that's why you didn't get it when you played it and then skipped to the tower one. As stated in some of the other comments...you have to play them all in a row.
0
0
By Foxfire49 on 18 Feb 2013 13:43
The audio from the Regent's audiograph glitched and didn't play for me. Poetic Justice didn't pop right away, so I was worried the achievement was also glitched and replayed from 3 different saves with the same result. I finally went ahead and finished the level and PJ popped on the stat screen. Sigh of relief. So, if someone else runs into that same glitch, just wait until the end of the mission for it to pop.
0
0
By Fred and Izzy on 12 Mar 2013 11:36
Thanks Fred and Izzy for the warning! I was afraid that it bugged for real, and that I had to start over. Cheers!
0
0
By RianFL on 27 Dec 2013 17:41
Thanks for mentioning that the achievement may not unlock until the end of the level. I panicked when it didn't unlock with Political Suicide...
0
0
By Armstrong x360a on 23 Dec 2016 04:28
Good thing I read the comments and waited. Popped at the end for me.
0
0
By Seitzz on 28 Jan 2019 03:14
Wait, you have to kill Anton Sokolov? I thought you just took him hostage.
0
0
By ALoneWolf42 on 07 Feb 2020 03:24
View all 13 comments Show less comments
As a reminder on how to take out all of them with indirect means see the list below.

High Overseer Campbell - Knock him out and brand him with the mark of the heretic.

Morgan and Custis Pendleton - Head to the Distillery and talk to Slackjaw. Investigate what he wants done, and get the Art Dealer's safe combination and he will take care of them himself.

Anton Sokolov - Just either sneak up and choke hold him or shoot him with a sleep dart.

Lady Boyle - Once in the mansion find and talk to a Lord Brisby and he will want you to abduct her. Then go buy a lady named Miss White a drink and she will tell you which color dress your target is wearing. Talk to Lady Boyle and tell her your here to save her life, followed by someone wants to meet you down in the celler...follow her down there and when you are out of the line of sight from everyone, choke hold her and bring her to the guys boat.

The Lord Regent - Make your way to the second floor and up into the broadcast tower. Talk to the man up there and he will give you the code to the Lord Regent's safe. Go to the Lord Regents bedroom access his safe and get the Audigraph. Head back to the broadcast tower and pop it in the audio slot.
1
0

14 May 2018 00:00

The indirect means for all targets are

High Overseer Campbell - Once you get to free Martin and get over the fence, wait a moment to hear the guards talk about Heretics Brand. Get the Heretics Brand from the torture room where the marker is pointing and knock out/put to sleep Campbell however you see fit. Put him in the chair and use the brand on him.

The Pendelton Brothers - See Slackjaw on the Golden Cat mission, he'll have you go do a side-mission at Doctor Galvanis, then when you return he'll offer to take care of the Pendeltons non-lethally. He wants the safe code from Bunting in the Golden Cat. When you get to the Golden Cat, go to the third floor where the marker is, shock him until he gives you the code (or five to knock him out). You have the choice to take the contents of the safe first and get another achievement (Art of the Steal) or just give it to him, either way he will get rid of the Pendeltons without anything else from you.

Lady Boyle - When you enter the Boyle mansion head to the back of the mansion from the front door and talk to the man in the fur mask. He will tell you he knows about your mission but he is in love with your target. He'll tell you which Boyle is the right one and for you to bring her to him to save her. You just need to talk to the right Boyle who is now marked, tell her she's in danger and that there is a boat waiting to take her away. Follow her to the basement, knock her out and carry her to the boat to finish it.

The Lord Regent - You need to get to is room on the second floor (I'd recommend Blink 2 from the second floor railing to a chandelier then to his balcony) but first you should head to the door near the back wall on the second floor. That will bring you to the stairs and above you an Arc Pylon with the whale oil tank in front of you, remove or rewire it then head all the way to the top. You'll meet the broadcaster who will tell you to get the audio log from the Lord Regents safe and give you the combination to it. Get to the safe and either slow/stop time or knock out the Lord Regent to give you time to access the safe, take the audio log then go back to the broadcaster and put it in the slot.
0
0

11 May 2015 01:46

Key targets are the people you are sent to assassinate. The game always provides a secondary way to do things that are non-lethal. Take the non-lethal route for every mission with a key target. There are only 4 missions like this in the game.

Mission 2: Campbell

Make sure not to poison or kill Campbell. Instead, knock him out. Find the branding instructions (your objective marker will show you) then take him to the room the game shows you next. You must get the branding iron in the same room and then brand him.

Mission 3: Pendleton Twins

You must meet Slackjaw and finish both of his side missions. Once you do so (without bothering the twins whatsoever), he will take care of them in a non-lethal manner.

Mission 5: Boyle Sisters

You have to find out which sister is your target (whom is Lady Boyle). They are all wearing the same thing but in different colors. Inside the party, there is a guest who is in love. He does not want you to kill her and will tell you what she is wearing. His name is Lord Brisby. He is wearing a mask and is in the room with a ton of trophy heads from various animals. Talk to Lady Boyle and just choose that someone is going to assassinate her and she will lead you somewhere else where you two can be alone. After that, knock her out and delivery her to a boat.

Mission 6: Lord Regent

In this mission you will finally get inside the building that has the broadcasting tower (the voice over the intercom you have been hearing all along). Talk to the broadcaster to get the alternate method of taking care of business. This one is very easy, just steal the audio and deliver it back to the broadcaster.

0
0