Hidden Valley is the eighth mission of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. It is the second part of the hit on Masahiro Hayamoto and is also the second mission set in Japan.
After assassinating Masahiro Hayamoto Jr., Agent 47 tracks down Masahiro Hayamoto at Katsuyama Castle, where he is residing.
The target of this mission is Masahiro Hayamoto.
Mission briefing[]
- 47 — this is Diana from Agency. We've been monitoring the small tracking device in the late Hayamoto Jr.
- We managed to track down Hayamoto Sr., thanks to your fine work. We're quite excited since Hayamoto hasn't been registered in public for more than 15 years.
- He emerged at one of his castles in central Japan. This makes it a very tricky assignment.
- You must make your way through some very tough security and bypass a lot of electronic surveillance in order to access the castle undetected.
- You might need to take out the power grids to the alarm units. The whole area is studded with tripwires, guards, substations, alarm units, guard towers, etc.
- Strategic planning is extremely important — all their systems are on high alert, so consider your moves there. Your equipment is hidden in a truck just outside the entry gates.
- When you get the equipment we'll brief you on the position of alarm units as well as guard movements.
- 47 — I repeat: Find the truck with equipment, wait for our briefing, get to the castle undetected, and take out the castle alarm before entering.
Objectives[]
- Locate the secret passage.
Weapons[]
- SMG-SD6 - Carried by a majority of the guards.
- W2000 Custom Rifle - Carried by all of the snipers in the towers.
- Katana - Carried by the ninjas in the room near the vehicle checkpoint.
- Crossbow - By the Agency pickup.
Disguises[]
- Ninja: Can carry all weapons the ordinary guards can carry and even the katana, but guards check ID on sight.
- Sniper: Same as suit. Can be obtained without cheats but very difficult, nevertheless it is pretty useless and easier to obtain in At the Gates. Can be obtained by shooting the guard with a powerful gun, so that he gets thrown to the edge of the tower; and also by taking advantage of a glitch in which their clothes can be taken from them, even if the dead body is at the top of the tower by standing right where they died.
Enemies[]
Guards
Maps[]
Map of the valley.
Map of the underground tunnel.
Gallery[]
Hayamoto attending his son's funeral.
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The equipment truck.
Guard next to the equipment truck and the crossbow.
The dreaded checkpoint. These guards can get runned over by the trucks and impact the score.
Agent 47 running to board the truck.
The last guard in the mission.
The dreaded Yoyimbo sniper. His spotting does not impact the score.
Trivia[]
- Hidden Valley is widely considered to be the worst Hitman mission, mostly because of its bugs.
- The most game-breaking bug is the trucks getting stuck in place and not moving, making it impossible to beat the mission with a Silent Assassin rating.
- Another problem is that trucks sometimes run over ninjas managing a checkpoint, giving a 'guards are alerted' alert with the bodies often being spotted and hence ruining any chances of getting Silent Assassin.
- The 'sniper has acquired target' warnings don't count as alerts.
- Even though the grey camo ninjas are always at the top and the black camo ones underground, 47 can travel with the grey outfit underground as well as vice versa. In all cases, snipers don't attack 47 but guards do check his ID.
| Missions in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prologue (Sicily) | The Gontranno Sanctuary - Anathema | |
| Russia | St. Petersburg Stakeout - Kirov Park Meeting - Tubeway Torpedo - Invitation to a Party | |
| Japan | Tracking Hayamoto - Hidden Valley - At the Gates - Shogun Showdown | |
| Malaysia | Basement Killing - The Graveyard Shift - The Jacuzzi Job | |
| Afghanistan | Murder at the Bazaar - The Motorcade Interception - Tunnel Rat | |
| India | Temple City Ambush - The Death of Hannelore - Terminal Hospitality | |
| Epilogue (Russia & Sicily) | St. Petersburg Revisited - Redemption at Gontranno | |