Overview
This guide provides complete thorough descriptions of all redacted challenges in HITMAN 2. The guide also features both Expansion Pass locations (New York & Haven Island), Sniper Assassin missions, Special Assignments and Season One locations (ICA Facility, Paris, Sapienza, Marrakesh, Bangkok, Colorado and Hokkaido).I will publish a similiar guide for HITMAN 3 when it launches on Steam.
Hawke’s Bay / Nightcall
Miami / The Finish Line
First, you need the octane booster. You can find one in the back garage of the Kronstadt Expo Center or in the Kowoon Paddock.
After that, disguise yourself as a waiter and poison the hot sauce in the VIP lounge with your octane booster. Disguise yourself as Moses Lee and go talk to Sierra. She will invite you for a „Hot Sauce Challenge“ back in the VIP lounge.
When the challenge starts, be careful NOT to drink from the poisoned shot glass. Use Instinct to help you. When only one last shot glass remains, Sierra will catch on fire and the challenge is complete.
Infiltrate the event security building (on the right from main entrance) and enter the big room with security surveillance. On the table, you will find a safe combination. Pick it up and go to the interrogation room. Through the one way mirror, you will see 2 guards interrogating a race marshal about a foiled plot to install a remote explosive onto Moses Lee’s car.
Next to the one way mirror is a safe. Open it and pick up the explosive. Disguise yourself as a Kronstadt mechanic and attach the explosive onto Sierra’s car during a pit stop.
After that, call Robert Knox from a phone booth (near food stands). Robert will want to meet you on the overpass. Go there, give him the detonator and watch him blow up his own daughter.
Follow the exact same steps as in Explosive Liaisons challenge to the point where you give Robert the detonator. Knock Robert out and dispose of his bodyguard. Drag Robert’s body to the shaft and dump him.
Near Marina, you will find a hot dog stand. Right in front of it is a photo stand-in where you can blend in. Do so and the challenge will pop up.
Go to the underpass with a man playing on tambourines. Kill him or knock him out, get his disguise and start playing on tambourines yourself.
Go to the aquarium section of the Kronstadt Expo Center. There are 2 guards patrolling around. Eventually, they will stop by aquarium 11. Put a bullet to the aquarium and challenge is completed.
Miami / A Silver Tongue
Reach the first vantage point (pictured below) and shoot a bottle of Atlantide. Now, reach the second vantage point (pictured below). It’s the bathroom next to Maxwell Rutter’s office. Shoot the remaining 2 bottles of Atlantide.
Afterwards, make your way to the Atlantide stand. A big red button will rise from the ground. Press it and watch the show.
Behind one of the Atlantide trucks are an empty bottle and a faucet. Turn on the faucet and fill the bottle with regular water.
Krish’s red sports car is parked next to the trucks. Bring a remote explosive or shoot the tank.
Santa Fortuna / Three-Headed Serpent
This one is quite tricky. First, you need to knock out this shopkeeper and obtain his shop key. Using the key, enter his shop and pick up the gold idol. Be aware that using lockpick, crowbar or anything else EXCEPT the shop key will not spawn the gold idol.
Secondly, you need the shaman disguise. You will find him at the very edge of the map near 2 guards smoking next to a small truck.
As shaman, make your way to this spot. Put the gold idol on the pedestal and enter the secret tunnel. Make a save. Afterwards, you will come across a set of pressure plates. Use the picture below to determine which ones are safe. At the end, pick up the sacrificial dagger.
This challenge also unlocks „It Belongs in a Museum“ achievement.
Santa Fortuna / Embrace Of The Serpent
Mumbai / Chasing A Ghost
Mumbai / Illusions Of Grandeur
Whittleton Creek / Another Life
Whittleton Creek / A Bitter Pill
Lockpick and silenced SMG or assault rifle are recommended. You must drag Helen West’s body all the way from her house to the upstairs office in Vholes‘ house. No doubt you will attract lots of attention so selecting Casual difficulty might be for the best.
IMPORTANT: Do not kill her! Helen West must be unconscious by the time you drag her to Vholes‘ office!
NOTE: Helen West can be located in the house with a pink muffin van parked nearby.
Isle of Sgail / The Ark Society
Inflitrate the morgue and put on Janus‘ robe. Then, find your way to the stone circle. Make sure to remain unseen. Tell the musician to start playing and lie down in the coffin. When the crowd gathers and the ceremony starts, stand up and give everyone a surprise of their lifetime.
I’d recommend to start somewhere near the kitchen. Once there, find an apricot. Afterwards, make your way to the gallery and start a fire alarm. Guards will start to evacuate all visitors. Use this time to turn off a fuse box under a staircase in the adjacent room. This will disable the security systems.
When no one’s around, switch the Aztec necklace with an apricot. The challenge will be completed after the guards turn the security systems back on.
New York / Golden Handshake
Directly from the main entrance, turn right and walk to the toilets. There are two people arguing in one of the cubicles. Use a lockpick to get inside, knock them both out and pick up a nearby disguise.
Use a sniper rifle that can slow down time. The stairs leading to the vault provides a good vantage point.
A gold bar can be obtained by inflitrating the vault.
Haven Island / The Last Resort
Pick up the fish before it swims away.
Behind Tyson Williams‘ villa, there is a large pool with a wife trying to convice her husband to not jump into water because of sharks. Knocking her out or killing her will cause the husband to jump and the challenge to unlock.
In order to get Ljudmila to meet with Steven, you need to accomplish two tasks – get Jason Portman out of his hut and acquire the USB drive and give it to Ljudmila. The first task is easy. Jason Portman is accommodated in the Turtle Hut. Infiltrate the hut, knock out Portman and hide his body.
Go to your hut and call Ljudmila on the phone. She will ask you to meet with her in the restaurant. Go there and talk to her. She will ask you to recover a USB drive containing sensitive data. It’s located in one of the lockers (pictured below) in the underground facility below the villa. Use a lockpick or a crowbar to get inside the locker.
Talk to Ljudmila. She will ask you to meet with her in the massage parlor. Go there and give her the USB drive. This will give you some alone time with her. Do not kill her! Instead, wait a while until she invites Steven to the jacuzzi. Drowning both of them also unlocks the Synchronised Drowning challenge.
A banana can be found in the restaurant storage area but you need a key or a lockpick to get inside. Then, simply place a banana on the ground and wait for an unfortunate NPC to walk by.
NOTE: You can place items by holding [CAPS LOCK].
Infiltrate the underground facility below the villa. There are 4 server terminals you need to disable. Once you disable a server terminal, a tech crew member will be sent out to reset the terminal. You can either knock out crew members working near the terminals or gas the facility by poisoning the ventilation system. The challenge is completed when all 4 terminals are disabled.
Himmelstein / The Last Yardbird
Shoot at the fireplace pictured below.
This is one of the most difficult Sniper Assassin challenges. Be prepared to reload your save regularly. The skydiver can be found drinking at the top of the waterfall. In order to make him jump, you must first shoot his bottle of beer. Make a save here and wait for the jump.
The video below shows an approximate time and distance you need to pull the trigger.
Shoot this fence when a hiker approaches.
NOTE: This challenge is a reference to a popular cartoon Pinky and the Brain.
Shoot the painting pictured below. After a while, the mansion’s butler will replace the painting with a new one. Shoot it again to complete the challenge.
Hantu Port / The Pen And The Sword
Shoot this lock:
Siberia / Crime And Punishment
ICA Facility / Freeform Training & The Final Test
Paris / The Showstopper
Paris / Holiday Hoarders
Sapienza / World Of Tomorrow
Bring a silenced sniper rifle with you on top of Sapienza Church Tower. Shoot the electrical box pictured below. This will open the dome in the observatory. Wait for Caruso to take a look and take your shot.
Dress up as Dr. Lafayette. He can be found standing in front of the ice cream parlor near your default starting location. You can easily dress up as waiter or chef and slip an emetic poison into his drink.
As Dr. Lafayette, infiltrate the mansion in a way so you keep your silenced pistol (guards at the front gate will frisk you!). Follow the butler to Caruso’s bedroom. Once Caruso’s psychiatric session starts, get up and put a bullet in his head.
Infiltrate the morgue next to Sapienza Church. Without being spotted, blend in as a corpse and have someone pass by you (usually, the priest goes there). Completing „The Living Dead“ unlocks a new starting location inside the morgue.
This challenge is related to an easter egg that can be activated in this mission. Bring a silenced sniper rifle and look towards the sea. Find a boat with 4 bells on it. Shoot them in the following order:
Refer to the „An Eye For An Eye“ challenge.
Sapienza / The Icon
Sapienza / Landslide
Lockpick is recommended for this challenge. Abiatti wants to set up a meeting with a local lawyer Salvatore Bravuomo, however, Bravuomo is scared of Abiatti so he locked himself up in one of the public toilets near town’s marketplace.
Use a lockpick to get inside and knock Bravuomo out. Take his clothes and talk to Abiatti’s bodyguards standing in front of the Town Hall. They will take you to Bravuomo’s office where a meeting between Abiatti and you is going to take place. Wait until Abiatti orders his bodyguards away and do the rest.
Sapienza / The Author
Marrakesh / A Gilded Cage
This challenge is related to an easter egg found in Marrakesh. First, you need to activate it. To do so, you need to disguise yourself as a military officer. As an officer, you have the ability to dismiss some foot soldiers in the school building.
Once you have dismissed all available foot soldiers, head to the room with the intercom. If you have done everything correctly, a radio will appear with the option to „Commence Dance Off“. This will also unlock another challenge called „Let’s Dance“. While everyone dances, General Zaydan will make his way to a podium and join the dance off. Equip your pistol and find a new meaning to the phrase „Dance Till You Drop“.
After you’ve completed your objectives, head to the Swedish Consulate. Facing the reception, enter the room on your left. From the table, pick up Consulate Staff Car Keys. Infiltrate the underground garage and escape in the black car.
You can find him begging for money nearby youe default starting location. You can also find more coins in the shoe shop.
Marrakesh / A House Built On Sand
After a minute or so, Mendola will pass under a giant neon Cafe sign. Shoot it in the correct moment for the challenge to unlock.
Select a lethal poison in your loadout. Find a bodyguard disguise (there is an easy one on the carpetshop rooftop). As a bodyguard, escort Mendola to the meeting point. Inconspicuously poison the shisha pipe and wait for the second target to arrive. After they’ve been eliminated, don’t forget to pick up the documents.
Bangkok / Club 27
First, you need the exterminator’s disguise. You can find him on the ground floor near manager’s office. After that, pick up pesticide from the exterminator’s van parked behind the hotel. When everything’s set, become a real Karen and talk to the manager.
The manager will request everyone from the recording studio to come down to the entrance hall while you investigate it for pests. Instead, wait until Jordan Cross comes down and pollute the ventilation system using pesticide. This will knock out everyone in the entrance hall. Make haste and snap Jordan Cross‘ neck.
The stalker can be found on the top floor of Queen’s Suite (the one opposite to the recording studio).
Follow the „Oh Snap!“ guide so Jordan Cross comes down to the entrance hall. Disguise yourself as hotel staff and talk to Ken Morgan about his Suite. Ken will begin to follow you. Make sure to walk by Jordan Cross. This will trigger an arguement between the two and they will both agree to continue the conversation in private in Queen’s Suite.
Follow them and observe. After a while, Jordan will get triggered and push Ken off a balcony. This will complete the challenge and provide you an opportunity to get rid of Jordan as well.
You can find plenty of coconuts in treetops in the entrance hall. Use a silenced pistol to knock them down.
This challenge is very time consuming. Equip a sniper rifle. After 10 minutes or so, a golfer will appear on this spot pictured below. Shoot him to complete the challenge.
After you’ve destroyed all of them, go to the entrance hall for the challenge to unlock.
Follow the „Oh Snap!“guide but this time, visit the recording studio as the exterminator. There is a keyboard behind the recording booth. Play it and a giant cockroach will spawn on the other riverside.
Tuppence A Wish – Throw 12 coins into the fountain in Queen’s Suite.
This particular challenge has been debated over for a long time. Players can’t seem to agree what the exact requirements are. What worked for me, was to bounce all 12 coins from the mirror into the fountain. After each successful throw, I made a save because the coins tend to get stuck in the mirror or on the rocks.
The video below shows locations of extra coins as well as a proper technique.
Bangkok / The Source
Colorado / Freedom Fighters
The underground tunnel is located inside the tornado shelter.
For completion of this challenge, it’s recommended to start as a hacker so you have an immediate access to the main house. First, pick up hallucinogenic drugs from Ezra Berg’s garage and quad bike keys from a shed by the main gate (the one near your default starting location). Then, pick up 10 apricots from around the farm (explore the orchards and the kitchen area).
Complete your objectives and make your way to the first floor of the main house. You can locate Mr. Raptor (the toy car) in a room where two soldiers are playing a video game. You will have to kill them both as well as a nearby patrolling officer because feeding the raptor apricots is considered an illegal activity. Once you have given Mr. Raptor 10 apricots, he will vanish and a new exit location will appear on the map.
It’s very unlikely to avoid combat while completing this challenge. To make it easier, select Casual difficulty and bring silenced assault rifles or SMGs. Move undetected because you will be unable to blend in at a scarecrow stand if you have witnesses.
Locations of all scarecrow stands:
Smuggle a silenced sniper rifle on top of the water tower. Climb up and shoot the bells in the following order:
Similiar to the „Let’s Dance“ challenge in Marrakesh, this one also involves dancing soldiers. Start as a hacker in the main house. Go to the back of the house where three soldiers are doing push ups. Pick up an apricot and throw it on the head of the commanding officer. Then, quickly turn on a nearby radio.
Can’t miss this challenge since you are required to infiltrate this place on your first playthrough. You will need Sean Rose’s face mask (located on the first floor of the main house) or Sean Rose himself.
Colorado / The Vector
Hokkaido / Situs Inversus
This challenge is completable only by starting along the mountainside as a ninja. Make your way down to this pillar. As you can see, it is now climbable. Climb on top to complete the challenge.
We Meet Again – Help an old friend.
Completing this challenge will also award you the Flatline hidden achievement. Select a disposable scrambler in your loadout and make your way to this pod in the morgue. Open it with your disposable scrambler to see a familiar face.
Note: You can also open the pod with a nondescript keycard located in the Director’s office.
Go to medical staff sleeping quarters and pick up a Neurochip Remote Control. Find a way inside the morgue and locate the Curator (one of the two doctors nearby the Motorcyclist disguise).
Activate the Neurochip. This will cause the Curator to go into an ecstatic state. Immediately after it, activate the Neurochip again. The Curator will start feeling depressed and after a while attempt to commit suicide by jumping to his death. When he goes near the railing and starts his last speech, increase the dosage using the Neurochip again. The actual challenge will unlock only after you complete the mission and the Curator is still alive by the end.
Beginning by picking up a wrench in the garage, go to the spa maintenance room. Increase the temperature in sauna and use the wrench to turn off cold water. After that, find the nearest fire alarm and trigger it.
Find a screwdriver (there is one in the morgue). Go to the staff area. There are two hospital staff members playing a DDR game (Dance Dance Revolution). Cause a distraction to lure out the staff member in red. Knock him out and hide his body. Cause another distraction to lure out the staff member in green. Sabotage the dance pad and turn on expert mode. This will cause the green staff member to electrocute himself. When he’s dead, repair the dance pad and show off 47’s moves.
Find the replacement heart in the morgue and destroy it. Watch out for two guards nearby. Then, acquire the Director’s disguise or use a disposable scrambler to get inside the KAI mainframe.
Once inside, sabotage any of the mainframes. This will cause the AI to reboot itself. Notice the rebooting order of the mainframes on the screen. Now sabotage the mainframes in that exact same order. Approach the operating controls opposite KAI mainframe and cause a malfunction.
The quickest way to complete this particular challenge is to simply shoot Erich Soders on the operating table and then quickly run to the morgue and destroy the replacement heart.
Hokkaido / Hokkaido Snow Festival
Hokkaido / Patient Zero
Updates and patch notes
November 24, 2020
- Added Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh
December 11, 2020
- Added Bangkok, Colorado and Hokkaido
- Added Patient Zero Bonus Campaign
December 22, 2020
- Added New York and Haven Island
- Added The Icon
December 26, 2020
- Added HITMAN 2 Special Assignments
- Added Holiday Hoarders and Hokkaido Snow Festival
- Added Total Server Collapse challenge to Haven Island
December 31, 2020
- Added Sniper Assassin Missions
- Added a picture guide to Looking Into The Distance challenge in Bangkok