Challenge and Reward
Persistent Elite Creation Challenges are in-game tasks that, when completed, pay out in points that you may use to upgrade your weapons and gear. Upgrades include frag grenades with an expanded blast radius and suppressors that reduce the visual and audio flashes of a weapon.
You spend your earned points at the armory in either the single-player or co-op game or at the loadout selection screen when initiating a multiplayer game. (You can spend points on additional uniforms in multiplayer games, for example.) Your points are persistent with your profile, so whether you complete challenges in the main story or in the co-op story, all points go into a central bank.
There are three categories of P.E.C. Challenges: Prepare and Execute, Vanish, and Splinter Cell. Prepare and Execute and Vanish challenges have three tiers. Completing the number of actions required for each tier results in a point payout. The number of actions to fulfill a challenge increases with each tier. Once you have completed the third tier of a challenge, you can no longer earn points for those specific actions, but your successes are still logged.
Here is a complete list of all P.E.C. Challenges, including the number of actions required, the number of points awarded per level of each challenge, and a short description of the challenge. Following the table, you will find additional strategies for fulfilling each challenge.
Prepare and Execute
| Challenge Name | Challenge Description | # req’d for Level 1 | Level 1 Value | # req’d for Level 2 | Level 2 Value | # req’d for Level 3 | Level 3 Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death from Above | Neutralize an enemy using Death from Above. | 5 | 400 | 15 | 450 | 30 | 550 |
| Grab from Ledge | Neutralize an enemy by pulling them from a ledge. | 5 | 400 | 15 | 450 | 30 | 550 |
| 5x Predator | Neutralize 5 enemies in a row without being detected. | 5 | 400 | 10 | 450 | 15 | 550 |
| Stealth Headshot | Neutralize an enemy with a headshot without alerting other enemies (M&E action not allowed). | 10 | 400 | 20 | 450 | 50 | 550 |
| Mark Proficiency | Neutralize at least 2 enemies in a single mark and execute. | 5 | 400 | 50 | 450 | 100 | 550 |
| 3x Frag Grenade | Neutralize 3 enemies at the same time with a single frag grenade. | 10 | 400 | 25 | 450 | 50 | 550 |
| Remote Explosion | Neutralize at least 3 enemies by detonating a remote explosion gadget. | 10 | 400 | 10 | 450 | 15 | 550 |
| Stunned | Neutralize an enemy who is stunned by a flashbang or EMP gadget. | 10 | 400 | 25 | 450 | 50 | 550 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Use the mirror or snake camera to mark an enemy, then neutralize him. | 10 | 400 | 25 | 450 | 50 | 550 |
| Sonar Mark | Use the sonar goggles to mark an enemy, then neutralize him. | 25 | 400 | 50 | 450 | 100 | 550 |
| Shadow Takedown | Perform hand-to-hand takedowns in the shadows without alerting other enemies. | 25 | 400 | 50 | 450 | 100 | 550 |
| Sticky Camera Whistle | Make noise with the sticky camera to attract an enemy, and neutralize him. | 5 | 400 | 10 | 450 | 15 | 550 |
Prepare and Execute
This category of challenges includes those where you set up situations to take out your enemies through devious means, like yanking them through a window or killing them without anybody else in the room noticing.
Death from Above
Use the Death from Above technique to take down an enemy while you hang from a ledge or a pipe. Each time you use this move, it is logged toward the next tier of the challenge. Just make sure that no other enemy is looking when initiating the Death from Above, or have everyone else marked so that as soon as you take out the target, you can execute the witnesses.
Grab from Ledge
Earn this award by pulling enemies over ledges or through windows (open or shut). Any mission with ledges and windows, from the interior of White Box Technologies to Kobin's Mansion, offers multiple opportunities to initiate this kill. Every attack counts as one grab kill. The higher the tier in this challenge, the more grabs you must perform to bank the points.
5x Predator
To fulfill this challenge, you must eliminate five enemies in a row without being spotted. If you leave behind an LKP or are shot at (the red arc appears onscreen), the string of kills to earn this award is restarted. Completing this challenge requires stealth, but if you stick to the shadows and target solo enemies or groups while having an easy escape route, you can notch the required series of kills.
Stealth Headshot
You're enveloped in the shadows. Nobody sees you. A lone enemy moves into view. You select a silenced weapon and target their head. You pull the trigger when the cursor turns red. The enemy is cut down by the headshot. As long as nobody hears the shot or sees the body crumple to the floor, you notch the Stealth Headshot. However, if somebody was looking while their ally fell, the headshot does not count, even if no LKP is established.
Mark Proficiency
You must mark and execute two or more enemies without missing a single target to fulfill this challenge. It does not matter if you are spotted while performing the execution, but you cannot leave a marked target alive. The kill count can include a hand-to-hand takedown initiated at the start of the execution.
3x Frag Grenade
Kill at least three enemies with a single frag grenade. All three enemies must die in the same blast. To fulfill this challenge, look for groups of enemies moving together. The smaller the space the better, because splash damage caused by a frag explosion in tight corridors is more powerful. The shock wave of an explosion dissipates faster in a large room.
Remote Explosion
Like the 3x Frag grenade challenge, the Remote Explosion challenge is fulfilled when you kill at least three enemies with a single remote mine or sticky camera detonation. Place these devices in doors or near other chokepoints to notch your kills and earn this award.
Stunned
You can stun enemies with flashbangs or EMP pulses. The reaction is plainly visible. They raise their hands to their faces to shield their eyes or ears and typically buckle at the knees while trying to recover. Dispatch the enemy while they are stunned to notch a kill toward this award. The kill can either be hand-to-hand, headshot, or execution.
Behind Closed Doors
While peeking under a door with your snake cam or a mirror, mark a target for execution and then follow through. It doesn't matter if you kick the door down and execute, flank through a different entrance, and scurry up a pipe and deliver the kill shot. You just need to execute the marked target without ever unmarking him before making the kill.
Sonar Mark
This challenge is similar to Behind Closed Doors, but instead of marking and executing with the snake cam, you do so while peering through your sonar goggles. Marking targets behind two walls or just below you counts. You just need to keep the target marked and complete the execution without ever unmarking him. You are not required to stay in the sonar goggles view.
Shadow Takedown
The Shadow Takedown shares the same DNA as the Stealth Headshot P.E.C. Challenge. You must eliminate a target with a hand-to-hand kill (either an immediate kill or drag the enemy away as a human shield) without ever being seen or heard. If an LKP is established, the challenge is not fulfilled. However, if other enemies locate the body from the kill later, it does not affect the fulfillment.
Sticky Camera Whistle
After placing the sticky cam on a surface and using the "make noise" interaction to draw an enemy in to investigate, kill them by detonating the camera, shooting them with a weapon, killing them hand-to-hand, or eliminating them with any other gear (frag grenade, mine, etc.).