Velvet Assassin

***EDIT: My final number for silent kills is not the maximum achieveable number for the game. It is guideline as to what I was able to achieve. As some of the comments would indicate, you can score more silent kills if you have patience and skill. And a lot of restarts. I recommend you look at the comments if you fall behind my pace in order to catch up.

I would classify my patience and skill as average and my patience started to wane by the end of this game. That should give you an indication as to what is required to get this achievement.

If you are able to improve upon my numbers, i encourage you to leave a comment. ***

Since the original link is no longer valid, I decided to put together a solution. The focus of this guide is to highlight the guards which are silently killable and give you an idea of the progress you should be making. I was able to get 229 silent kills, 25 from morphine. Hopefully, this guide will highlights the easy silent kills and save you from having to go after the difficult silent kills.

This solution is not a game walkthrough. It will not tell you when to run, when to turn, when to hide or the patterns of guards. It is just an indiciation of what is achieveable. I recommend you pick up some collectibles and upgrade your morphine.

I listed my results and there is some room for error, but not much. I list the total enemies in the level, kills and silent kills for the level and running total of kills and total silently kills.

Level 1(4): 4 and 4, (4 and 4)
Level 2(20): 20 and 18 (24 and 22)
Level 3(29): 22 and 22 (46 and 44)
Level 4(22): 21 and 18 (67 and 62)
Level 5(37): 36 and 34 (103 and 96)
Level 6(39): 34 and 19 (137 and 115)
Level 7(22): 22 and 18 (159 and 133)
Level 8(25): 23 and 16 (182 and 149)
Level 9(26): 26 and 20 (208 and 169)
Level 10(32): 29 and 17 (237 and 186)
Level 11(39): 37 and 26 (274 and 212)
Level 12(49): 47 and 17 (321 and 229)

Here is a short breakdown for each level:

Level 1: The first 3 guards are silently killable and the last guard has to be killed using morphine.

Level 2: The first 16 guards silently killable without morphine until you plant the bomb. You can get 2 of the last 4 with morphine.

Level 3: All the guards are silently killable until you climb the ladder in front of the church. Then there are 4 guards that aren’t killable silently, 4 that are and then another 6 that aren’t. I used morphine to get 3 of those 10.

Level 4: All enemies are killable silently until the last 5 in the section with Schuntzel. I was able to get 1 of 5 with morphine but I used morphine earlier in the level that could have been saved for the end.

Level 5: The only enemies that aren’t silently killable are the 3 guards after you lower the crane. I used morphine to get 2 of those 3.

Level 6: All enemies are killable silently until you get outside to the big area with the truck. I used morphine to bail myself out and I grew frustrated in the first section and used a headshot to make a distraction. I was able to get 2 morphine kills on the guards that aren’t killable silently.

Level 7: All enemies are killable silently except for the two in the location of the last agent and the 5 in the final room. The 7 I listed may be killable silently if you are patient but I was not. Of those 7, I got 2 morphine kills and 1 silent kill which alerted the guards.

Level 8: The first 6 guards are silently killable, although the last one is a tricky lure and I used morphine. The next 4 may be possible but I was unsuccessful on countless attempts. I just pulled the grenade pin to wipe out 3 and use morphine on the last. The next 5 are silently killable. The next 5 are not you can get a morphine kill. The final 3 are killable silently.

Level 9: The 10 enemies in the dining hall and in the prison are not killable silently. However, you can get 6 of 10 with morphine. You will need to leave some of them alive as you get some of the morphine after the prison and dining hall sections. You can backtrack for the kills. I only got 4 of 10 and I was left with 2 morphine when I finished the level.

Level 10: You can get 5 silent kills before you get on the boat. If you don’t put on the SS uniform, you can get 3 of the next 5 silently, 1 silent and 2 morphine. Inside the hotel, you can get 5 silent kills. From there, there are only 3 easy silent kills (the next one in the courtyard, one leading to the secret area and the one in the boathouse). There are a few silent kills to be had but they take a lot of work and I don’t recommend it. You can get a couple morphine kills

Level 11: All enemies are killable silently until you get a weapon, but be warned some of the areas are tricky and frustrating. And there is no morphine in this level. If you have been following the guide, you will have the achievement halfway through the level.

Level 12: The first 13 guards are killable silently but it will require work. Of the next 8, only 5 are killable silently. Then the last 20+ guards are not.

If you were like me this is your last achievement not to worry here is a fast solution.

Use the cheat god mode must have usb key board connected to xbox

Enter god mode- Hold Left Shift+Right Shift+P and hit G.(has to be done on every level)

Than with this enabled you can run around a enemy constantly pressing A(Button) and the silent kill sequence will pop up and you will get a silent kill and it will count. I still used morphine for fun or for enemies u cant run around due to tight hallways.So no more sneaking around and happy killing.

level 1- 4 Silent kills
level 2- 17 Silent kills
level 3- 25 Silent kills
level 4- 18 Silent kills
level 5- 35 Silent kills
level 6- 29 Silent kills
level 7- 22 Silent kills
level 8- 22 Silent kills
level 9- 24 Silent kills
level 10- first 4 Silent kills and achievo unlocko

I recommend using the guide posted here by Johnny Skillz, as I did and it really went a long way, but I wanted to add something. This achievement is really the only one to worry about throughout the entire game, as you must do it all within one campaign. Here are some pointers and facts you need to know.

As posted in another solution(s) here, there are two cheats you can make use of. One is for skipping levels, which doesn't work out well for this achievement, and the other is for invincibility. They are input by using a USB keyboard plugged into your Xbox. The codes are:

Invincibility: Hold Left Shift+Right Shift+P and hit G.
Level Skip: Hold Left Shift+L and hit the End key.

Note: Invincibility appears to not work at first, but it does. It's just that your health wraps around back to full when it depletes.

These codes (or at least invincibility) are important just to make the game easier. Now for tips:

First, only kills done in which you use the A button to kill the enemy count. This means any guns with weapons, while they are silenced even, do not count. Morphine kills are fine, and even so much as if you were caught before using it. As in, you can be 5 feet in front of them, and they are shooting you, and you use morphine and kill them, that's a silent kill.

Second, enemies are really really dumb. They of course follow given paths, which are typically observable and predictable. Also, if you are caught, you can run to a door and go through and they will not follow you. This however only works with doors that have a sort of black screen in between them.

And so third, you can use this door problem enemies have to your advantage. Utilizing invincibility, you can be silent, go in and try to get your kills. If you are caught, don't fret, as you can go back to your last door that had that screen between them and wait it out. The enemies will run to that door, and you can watch them through the keyhole/crack until they resume their typical paths.

Fourth, uniforms. I suggest not using them. Using tip 3 here, you shouldn't ever really need one. There will be some enemies you just can't get, and sometimes you won't be able to squeeze out all of your kills silently. The real reason I say to not use them though, and I don't know if this is typical, is that they seem to get you caught a lot more. I noticed that when sneaking up on a guard while in uniform they typically turn around when I am really close. Again, just my experience, it may be different for others.

Lastly, upgrades. With invincibilty, you don't need to worry about strength at all. You should probably dump your stars into stealth (as you can move faster will crouched and remaining stealthy) and morphine (as you get up to 3 slots as you upgrade).

Also, just one last bit of advice. Track your total silent kills. You don't need to count each one, but mark down the number of them you have at the end of the level when it shows your summary. Compare your numbers to Johnny Skillz's posted ones, and try to hit near them. He finished with 29 more than he needed, but the last level is very bad to try to squeeze out kills on. Using his guide, along with my suggestions, I was able to have 196 by the start of level 12, making my achievement easy to finish. And I really only discovered the door thing at about half way through the game.

This is a full collectible guide / Silent Kill Walkthrough for this game - I started out just making a collectible guide, but it has evolved slightly... :)

The videos should help in your quest to get all of the achievements in Velvet assassin. I will show you the Grenade triggers, Flare Gun kills and Silent kills to name but a few. I have sped up parts of the footage and provided commentary to helpfully make it as quick and easy to get through this game.

If you follow the guide you will get your silent kills finished during Mission 11

Mission 1 - The Lost : Valley


Mission 2 - The Lost : Fuel Storage


Mission 3 - Death Of The Butcher : Cathedral


Mission 4 - Death Of The Butcher : Crypt


Mission 5 - Leave A Light On : Docks


Mission 6 - Leave A Light On : Storage


Mission 7 - The Third Man : Sewers


The Third Man - Ghetto


The Third Man - Prison


Le Boeuf


Fade to Grey - Hospital


Fade to Grey - Village