The Escapists

The Escapists

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Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Successfully escape the level.

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0.12%

How to unlock the Northern Lights achievement in The Escapists - Definitive Guide

To escape this prison, you have to find the Candy Cane Lever. Like the Tinsel, Fairy Lights and Presents, the Candy Cane Lever can be placed on the Christmas tree by
pressing X while facing the Christmas tree. Be sure that the lever is highlighted in the hotbar.

Candy Cane Lever location

Inside the marked desk within the generator room lies the Candy Cane Lever. To gain access to the generator room, you will need to beat down the guard that has the
cyan colored key.


Strategy

I used the following strategy to acquire the key:

- Beat down a guard
- Write down his name and which key he is carrying
- Repeat step 1 and 2 until your list has all 5 keys + guards who are carrying said key
- Reload save
- Stalk the guard with the cyan key, with putty and molten plastic in hotbar
- Beat the guard down in an isolated area and craft a plastic cyan key

Execution

With the plastic cyan key in hand, sneak into the generator room and search the marked desk to find the Candy Cane Lever. I recommend you wait until exercise
period and shower block (17:00-18:00 and 18:00-19:00 respectively). Five guards will be tasked out to babysit the inmates during that time, reducing the chances
of getting caught. After stealing the Candy Cane Lever, head north to Santa's office and place the lever on the Christmas tree. This will trigger the escape sequence,
and will leave you 75 GS richer.
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By matdan on 18 Oct 2016 13:28
Thank you, friendly neighborhood solution police.
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By Penca on 19 Oct 2016 03:31
You don't even need to make a plastic key; just wait in the hall, and as each guard walks past, beat him up and check if he has the Cyan Key. If not, just wait for the next guard. If your heat stars to get too high just take a break, but you should be fine because you never need to beat up the same guard twice.

When you find the guard with the Cyan Key, steal it, run through the gate and take the Lever, then return the Key. You have plenty of time to loot the desk before the guard wakes up.
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By Larkias on 05 Nov 2016 11:03
Honestly I planned poorly and didn’t have a cyan key handy, so I ended up just triggering a lockdown, carrying the body of the guard who had the cyan key to the generator, letting him wake up, knocking him out again, and then using the real key. With 100 strength, a plated uniform, and nunchucks, you’re basically unbeatable. I actually had to start unequipping my weapon and outfit so that the guards could knock me out during the level because otherwise the lockdown timer would run out and my progress would get reset
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By thanatos8285 on 31 Jan 2022 09:01
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Story related and cannot be missed.

To escape the level you need to first dress the tree in tinsel, then fairy lights, and then put presents underneath it (see Tinsel Town, My Gifts To You and Wrapped Up for details). Once the tree us fully dressed you will need only the lever to escape. The lever is in the desk in the generator area, so you will again need the cyan key. Once you have the lever, place it on the tree (using ) and you will escape the clutches of the evil Santa Claus.
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