# Elusive Target #30: THE SPLITTER (Year 5 Returns: January 5 - February 22 2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** Hitman: World of Assassination\ **Created:** [October 15, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258 "2024-10-15T17:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/heisenberg/32/143140_2.png) [@Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Heisenberg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/553 "2026-02-08T12:15:37Z")
All that regardless, it just seems inconsistent with ICA’s typical cold ruthlessness that she wouldn’t have been made a target as soon as it was revealed what she’s done and could still do. ---
**Author:** ![Melusca](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/melusca/32/71788_2.png) [@Melusca](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Melusca)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/554 "2026-02-08T12:41:06Z")
By that logic there’s also no reason why the ICA didn’t ask 47 to gun down everyone in the facility since they’re all involved with Valiant anyway. It would even have been possible gameplay wise without affecting the final rating, since that’s how it works in the train escalation. But then it’s an ET and ET means “only kill the target” (even though here you have to kill them a dozen times). ---
**Author:** ![Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/heisenberg/32/143140_2.png) [@Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Heisenberg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/555 "2026-02-08T13:18:28Z")
Not really. None of those other folks were the ones growing these clones, or admitting that they found a way to speed up the process. Valliant was the source, Hei was the brain. To completely eliminate the threat, she would need to be taken out as well, while the rest of their mercs and researchers would just basically be like: “well, I guess I gotta find another job.” I’m just saying, story-wise, it would make more sense to add her to the target list than leave her off, and since they raised the list up from 1 to 14 in an instant, adding one more for a nice rounded 15 wouldn’t have been a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Melusca](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/melusca/32/71788_2.png) [@Melusca](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Melusca)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/556 "2026-02-08T13:49:12Z")
The mercs / researchers are witnesses, and a “cold, ruthless” organization wouldn’t take any chances and would only let their assassin get out of that facility alive. Easier to take back the place when there’s nobody to put up any resistance. Raising the body count to 15 is something my OCD would agree with though. ---
**Author:** ![scat1620](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/scat1620/32/177_2.png) [@scat1620](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/scat1620)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/557 "2026-02-08T13:49:33Z")
Hahaha, @Franz I like your thinking, indisputable logic that IOI must act on! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![anomie](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anomie](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/anomie)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/558 "2026-02-08T14:03:13Z")
Perhaps the ICA didn’t want Hei killed because they want to recruit her themselves. Maybe they like the idea of assassin clones, as long as they’re the ones in control. ---
**Author:** ![Minnow](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/minnow/32/120353_2.png) [@Minnow](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Minnow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/559 "2026-02-11T01:53:42Z")
At the end of the mission, Diana says something like “We have a team on standby to take care of the rest.” I always took this to mean “47 has taken out the most physically dangerous one(s) here, so now we don’t need to be quiet or deceptive & can send in a larger team to deal with the lesser threats.” Something along those lines anyway, per Valliant being stated as one of the ICA’s top agents in the brief, etc. Presumably Dr. Hei would be dealt with then, in whatever way the ICA saw fit. ---
**Author:** ![Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/heisenberg/32/143140_2.png) [@Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Heisenberg)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/561 "2026-02-11T02:50:12Z")
I don’t remember her saying this, but that does make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Minnow](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/minnow/32/120353_2.png) [@Minnow](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Minnow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/562 "2026-02-11T17:20:58Z")
> Excellent work, 47. All targets have been eliminated. I know this can’t have been easy… Now get out of there. We have a team on standby to take care of the rest. Your money is being transferred now. It’s `ds43757_missiondone_diana_001` :] Plays when you’ve killed all targets and Diana tells you to leave. ---
**Author:** ![Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/heisenberg/32/143140_2.png) [@Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Heisenberg)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/563 "2026-02-11T18:11:16Z")
I always interpreted that as a tram standing by for the actual clean-up and getting the facility back in order, and maybe to drive out the mercs. I never took that to mean they were going to actually kill the rest of Valliant’s crew. Seems obvious now. Good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Franz](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/franz/32/7052_2.png) [@Franz](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Franz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/564 "2026-02-11T18:17:14Z")
Just when we were so close to a new mission and map ☹ ---
**Author:** ![thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/thrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/565 "2026-02-12T08:42:56Z")
Who thought this stat was a good idea? The scripted kill is for two clones, so that was always going to be the average. 😂 Most wouldn’t bother getting more in there. ![image](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/1/c1fa9ac66b61b6eb2dd8ecead7a80bf693057fa4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/heisenberg/32/143140_2.png) [@Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Heisenberg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/566 "2026-02-12T12:38:37Z")
Wait, _two_ clones is a scripted event? I thought it could only be one at a time unless the first clone was KOed in there or something. That’s also annoying, because I’m going to have to try that, and if it looks good, I’ll use to do it that way going forward, probably, and that means no clones to crus with the weights. Then again, that is my chosen method for one of the targets in the Infiltrator, so maybe I can let that ease the desire to diversify the methods and just transfer it to another ET. ---
**Author:** ![anomie](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anomie](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/anomie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/567 "2026-02-12T12:39:48Z")
I’ve used the sauna to kill just one clone a few times, after blowing up 4 or 5 then the other may drag the body in there. ---
**Author:** ![Franz](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/franz/32/7052_2.png) [@Franz](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Franz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/568 "2026-02-12T13:20:46Z")
I’m surprised this is the average because I assume many players kill only one or even none with the sauna. That mean there are players out there who killed 3 or more using this method. ---
**Author:** ![schatenjager](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/schatenjager/32/128982_2.png) [@schatenjager](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/schatenjager)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/569 "2026-02-12T13:48:12Z")
As the researcher you can just order both of the clones in the weight area into the sauna at the same time. Then just turn up the heat and block the door like normal. They’ll both die at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/heisenberg/32/143140_2.png) [@Heisenberg](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Heisenberg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/570 "2026-02-12T13:53:23Z")
Well, goddamn. The very idea of even _trying_ to do that never occurred to me. As soon as the first clone is in, slam, I do it. I’ll need to try that next time. Maybe I’ll practice in Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![anomie](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anomie](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/anomie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/571 "2026-02-12T19:48:31Z")
Probably they didn’t count runs where people killed zero for the stat. Then the “average” could be the mode or median rather than the mean. Or there could have been enough people doing two with the scripted kill that the mean is something like 1.9999 and they rounded it. ---
**Author:** ![htmn](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/htmn/32/1884_2.png) [@htmn](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/htmn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/572 "2026-02-12T20:17:14Z")
> [@Louis\_Adelman](#): > > Get there, after his clone shoots Pritchard everyone goes crazy then calms down How do you manipulate events so Valiant’s clone shoots Pritchard? I’ve only managed the usual end-of-tour discussion, which leads to Pritchard being sent away to a room, but not killed. I did find a hitmanforum post by Melusca: > [@Mildly Annoying Details (or Lack Thereof)](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/mildly-annoying-details-or-lack-thereof/22095/213): > > Technically he can get killed if Valiant goes on alert and you killed any clones so IOI probably didn’t add that complication to allow for that specific scene. (also tried Internet searches, but all I could find that were not methods to accomplish the mission simply were focused on speed or “how to kill clones” in some fashion (before Pritchard meets Valiant, all clones killed at once, etc.)) Best regards. ---
**Author:** ![chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/chuckmcgillgaming/32/145708_2.png) [@chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/chuckmcgillgaming)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/elusive-target-30-the-splitter-year-5-returns-january-5-february-22-2026/22258/573 "2026-02-12T21:31:27Z")
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