Hi all,

Really enjoying Thief 2. ("First City Bank and Trust" is hard innit?)

Anyone, I just wanted a hint about proceeding the level after that, "Blackmail".

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR 'BLACKMAIL' LEVEL
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I've cased pretty much the whole of the 1st/2nd floors/basement and outside, gathered 900 gold so far, and triggered the "investigate murder" quest. So my task is to get to that room.

As far as I make out, there are two ways in:

1. From the west side of the house, up two spiral staircases from the 2nd floor of the grand staircase to the 3rd floor. The second floor landing of this area is brightly lit with two guards and the doors to the staircase seem to be unopenable by the Estate Key and need to be picked.

2. From the centre of the house, up the stairs accessible via those gadgets which need gears. There's two guards outside a door here on the 3rd floor. However, even trying to go invisible and go through this door past those guards, the room beyond that is packed with people (4-5, at least two guards plus servants).

Now, my question was - is there a way into the 3rd floor I've just missed? Or is in indeed one of these two routes I have to take?


Paul