The Keyhole mechanism is a recurring stealth ability available to Agent 47, which allows him to see through doors undetected. It appears in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money.
Description[]
It consists of 47 standing behind a door and peeping through its keyhole. While not quite useful on lower difficulties, it becomes more important as more NPCs get hidden from the map as a result of increased difficulty levels.
Getting seen by NPCs doing this will not attract attention in the first two games it was featured in, but in Blood Money, NPCs will become curious and run towards 47 to ask him what he is doing. However, this will not result in witnesses.
The ability is removed in Hitman: Absolution and HITMAN™, possibly due to the newly added feature Instinct Mode.
Trivia[]
- In the modern day, most door locks cannot be looked through. Io-Interactive likely added the feature simply to balance the gameplay on higher difficulties.
- Some doors, such as glass doors, have keyholes which cannot be looked through.
- In Blood Money, the ability can also be used to distract or lure NPCs.