Mastering Contracts

Completing a Contract is one thing, mastering it is quite another. If you want to rise to the top of the leaderboards, earn money for upgrades, and beat your friends in Contract Competitions, you will need to plan, think on your feet, and execute the Contract perfectly. These tips from the Contracts Game Designer Torben Ellert will help you on your way.

1. Scout the Contract

Your first attempt at a new Contract should always be about scouting the scene, and then making your plan. Take the time to find your targets, and check how they interact. See if there is any way to get close by using a distraction. Check for alternate routes that can get you from one target to another quickly, and make sure you know the patrol paths for moving enemies, as these will often put them into exposed situations.

2. Make sure you complete the Conditions

You should always try to complete all of the Bonus Conditions on a Contract, as this will earn you a much higher score than simply gunning your targets down and running. This will also earn a substantially better payout. Keep in mind that some Bonus Conditions are more valuable than others.

3. Get your targets close together

Once you make your first kill, the clock starts ticking. The faster you complete the Contract, the higher the payout you will get, so try to get your targets close to one another. If you need to kill a target using an accident or an environmental effect (like poison, or electrocution) then this should be your first target. Try to minimize the time taken to get to your other targets. Check if you can use remote explosives, or a long-ranged sniper shot to pick off a target from a great distance.

4. Move quickly to the exit

It bears repeating. Once you’ve gotten all of the Bonus Conditions, you must move quickly to complete the Contract. Run if at all possible, and take shortcuts to get to the exit, and make it out. Make sure that you don’t attract attention doing so if the “Do Not Be Spotted” Condition is active, however!

5. Use the AI to your advantage

You can use the way that the game’s AI works to lure targets to you, or to get them to move into new positions. Try causing panic to get guards to move, or distractions to line them up for a sniper shot, or an accident kill.