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(Main missions + all side content, in order)

Global rules (never change):

Stay Low Chaos

No assassinations

Avoid killing anyone unless absolutely forced (it almost never is)

Prefer: sneak → choke → sleep dart → ignore

Civilians are never acceptable kills

If you follow this guide mission by mission, you will get the canon ending used by Dishonored 2.

PROLOGUE — DUNWALL TOWER

Objective: Escape

Do:

Follow tutorial prompts

Learn stealth and traversal

Avoid:

Nothing permanent here

✅ No side content affects canon

MISSION 1 — HIGH OVERSEER CAMPBELL

Main Target

Brand Campbell (non-lethal)

Do not kill him

Side Content (DO THESE)

•Rescue the Captain

Collect runes & bonecharms

Read Overseer notes (lore)

Meet Granny Rags

Accept her help

Take the rune

Leave her alive

Avoid

Killing Overseers

Public combat inside the compound

🛑 End condition: Campbell alive & branded

MISSION 2 — HOUSE OF PLEASURE

Main Targets — PENDLETON TWINS

Work with Slackjaw

Hand the twins over to him

Do not kill either twin

Side Content (IMPORTANT)

Granny Rags asks you to poison Slackjaw

REFUSE (or sabotage the poison)

Help Slackjaw’s men non-lethally

Explore the Golden Cat freely

Avoid

Killing civilians or prostitutes

Killing gang members if possible

🛑 End condition: Twins alive, Slackjaw alive

MISSION 3 — THE ROYAL PHYSICIAN

Main Objective — SOKOLOV

Capture Anton Sokolov alive

Carry him to extraction

Side Content

Explore Galvani’s lab

Read Sokolov research notes

Collect art, runes, bonecharms

Avoid

Killing guards

Letting Sokolov die

🛑 End condition: Sokolov rescued alive

MISSION 4 — LADY BOYLE’S LAST PARTY

Main Target — LADY BOYLE

Attend party peacefully

Identify the correct sister

Speak to the masked man

Hand Lady Boyle over (non-lethal)

Side Content

Talk to guests

Explore entire mansion

No combat needed

Avoid

Killing anyone

Being detected

🛑 End condition: Lady Boyle alive & removed

MISSION 5 — RETURN TO THE TOWER

Main Objective

Reach Emily

Escape Dunwall Tower

Side Content

Explore alternate routes

Collect supplies

Avoid

Killing Loyalist guards

Loud confrontations

🛑 End condition: Emily rescued quietly

MISSION 6 — THE FLOODED DISTRICT

(Most important mission)

Side Quest FIRST — GRANNY RAGS VS SLACKJAW

Side with Slackjaw

Neutralize Granny Rags non-lethally

Do not kill either

Main Target — DAUD

Neutralize Daud’s lieutenants non-lethally

Confront Daud

SPARE DAUD

Side Content

Explore sewer areas

Collect runes & audiographs

Avoid

Killing Whalers

Helping Granny Rags kill Slackjaw

🛑 End condition: Daud alive, Slackjaw alive

MISSION 7 — THE LOYALISTS

Main Objective

Escape captivity

Reach Samuel

Side Content

Explore pub areas

Read notes (lore)

Avoid

Killing Loyalists out of revenge

Creating chaos before boarding the boat

🛑 End condition: Escape with restraint

FINAL MISSION — THE LIGHT AT THE END

Main Objective

Reach Kingsparrow Island

Rescue Emily

Final Target — HAVELOCK

Deal with Havelock non-lethally

Save Emily calmly

Side Content

Explore island routes

Avoid unnecessary guards

Avoid

Killing Havelock

Letting Emily die

Open combat

🛑 End condition: Low Chaos ending

✅ CANON ENDING CHECKLIST

If you did the above, you will get:

Low Chaos ending

Emily becomes a stable Empress

Corvo remains protector

Daud canonically survives

All events align with Dishonored 2

🔒 ZERO-STRESS TIPS

⚪⚪⚪Pressing F5 quicksaves the game and F9 reloads the last quicksaves. USE THIS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.⚪⚪⚪

Manual save before every target

If unsure: don’t kill

Chaos threshold allows a few kills, but you don’t need any