Elusive Target #3: THE COLLECTOR (Year 6: 17 - 26 April 2026)

thanks travis for the heads up

decided to go #teamnorestarts for this one, and my hubris bit me in the arse. owell, hes dead now.
for the second time

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That’s rough. I learned the hard way that that balcony guard eventually gets found.

I thought the gun lure only worked if you were in civilian clothing? I haven’t messed around with it very much.

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Gun lure works in every disguise and suit thank god

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Suit Only/Silent Assassin/No Loadout/No KO/No Emetics/No Distractions etc etc. A long method, but really easy to do.

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I always hide bodies, but yeah, this guard is bitch. He also ruined my SA once. Stupid Alexa needs to go talk to hear death brother, like it matters.

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I tossed an emetic explosive at the target and his bodyguard, seeing who would investigate it first. It was the target, so I blew it up in his face and he went off to go puke in the water. Bodyguard stood behind him. Smashed the bodyguard’s head with a bit of driftwood, then pushed the target into the water.

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Finally decided to put him out of his misery. I like all of H3 ET’s, I really do, but would it kill them to release one more this month? Even from Season 1.

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Looks like the three missing challenges for the ET have been restored, so those that haven’t played it yet will be able to complete them as per normal.

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Thanks, I’ve been waiting to hear this. Tomorrow was my cutoff as I assumed that if it wasn’t restored by then, it wouldn’t happen over the weekend.

Do you know if it retroactively unlocked for those who completed the challenges?

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Let’s wait for Travis. I hope we can have the challenges unlocked if we have already done them. Or, at worst, at least redo the mission.

Bad news, I’m afraid - previously eliminating Collector did NOT register completing then missing challenges.

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As usual. Once the target is over, they will make a retroactive fix for all other players. This has happened at least twice in the past during H1/H2.

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There was such situation in Hitman 2 with The Prince ET. The challenge related to the Sapienza-ET suit challenge was initially missing. The players who had already completed the ET had to wait the end of the ET window to see their challenge completed and being awarded with the suit.

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Emetic Tranq the Target and the Guard. Distracted additional with coins and took four minutes to get the painting and get out.

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Of course I was caught by an enforcer while exiting. Well, at least the target got whacked properly.

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This is the plan. The challenges are now in-game and visible for everyone.
If you completed the challenges before we added them in, we’ll unlock them for you shortly after the ET duration has expired.

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I’ve never followed him long enough to know this was an option. Thank you for letting me see it; this changes some of my methods going forward. Although I prefer using the propane flask in the fireplace, this will be a really good strategy to use in the hide-all-bodies Arcade contract. Any other place to deal with him on that one requires an extra step or two.

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You are welcome :slightly_smiling_face: You can also kill him on his own just after he changes his disguise when he starts to head upstairs. You gotta be careful tho, because of the Security Guard patrolling the lower part of staircase as he paces back in forth constantly. Timing is key! But you would not be able to hide the body unless you subdue or KO the Security Guard. No way you can drag his body unless you deal with that guard first. Not enough time to drag his body unseen unfortunately.

If you just wait in the first floor bathroom, you can just take him out while he’s changing his disguise very easily. There’s a laundry bin right there too for body disposal. It takes some waiting for him to get through his circuits of the greenhouse and great room, but it’s easy, clean, and there’s minimal danger of being caught.