Agent 47 has many tools at his disposal in Hitman 3, but some of them don't even need to be smuggled into the map.
In fact, a few of the most useful tools can be found scattered around the map and allow 47 to mess with his targets in nefarious ways.
Updated September 7, 2021 by Nowell Montejo: Hitman 3 has been out for several months now, and has added five DLC packs so far as part of its Seven Deadly Sins Collection. With each new pack, we're treated to interesting new ways that Agent 47 can interact and sabotage the world around him. For those needing a refresher, this guide includes some of the best ways to dispose of your targets using the tools found throughout the map. We'll even cover some of the challenges that require using one of the aforementioned tools.
What Are Sabotage Tools?
Sabotage tools include the crowbar, wrench, screwdriver, and rat poison, and each of these items has its own uses depending on each map and situation. A little more detail on the specifics of their uses can be found here.
The Setup
Beginning from the default Main Road starting point and default gear, this guide will show you where to find the sabotage tools and some of the best places to use them on the Dartmoor map.
Your first order of business is to take the Private Investigator Disguise. This will allow you to move around most of the mansion without any issue.
Run down the road and sneak through the bushes toward the stone wall. Climb over, hang a right, and run across the creek and into the bushes. Wait until the private investigator gets close, then toss a coin into the bushes to grab his attention.
After he picks up the first coin, you may need to toss another coin at the rock centered in the bushes to be able to knock him out unnoticed. Pick up your coins and put on the disguise.
Where To Find The Rat Poison In Dartmoor
#1 This rat poison can be found just outside the graveyard, hiding beneath some burlap sacks in a wheelbarrow.
#2 Another vial of rat poison can be found near a dumpster on the north side of the mansion's exterior wall. It is lying on top of a green oil drum.
#3 This rat poison can be found in the staff room on the ground floor of the mansion, lying on top of a washing machine.
Where To Use It
While there is certainly no shortage of drinks to poison scattered throughout the map, one of the more fun ones is in the trophy room on the first floor. Rebecca Carlisle periodically enters the room and drinks out of a bottle on the table. Once she drinks the poison, follow her to the bathroom and dispose of her how you wish. This can come in handy if you're trying to collect each of the family members' keys for the Thornbridge Manor Keys challenge.
Where To Find The Crowbar In Dartmoor
#1 This crowbar can be found in the graveyard on top of a crate tucked in the corner near the undertaker's workbench.
#2 This crowbar can be found on a box near some gardeners working behind the greenhouse.
Where To Use It
Balcony Ladder Shortcut - This shortcut can be found just outside Zachary's bedroom on the balcony overlooking the mansion garden.
Maintenance Ladder Shortcut - This shortcut is well hidden. To find it, head to the top floor of the mansion, in Alexa Carlisle's office, but steal a Bodyguard Disguise to move freely around this floor first. One of the easy ways to do this is to exit to the balcony of the second-floor foyer and climb up the drain pipe. After you reach the next floor, climb over the railing and enter through the window on the left, being careful not to get spotted by the staff inside.
Move through the glass doors on the left into Alexa Carlisle's bathroom, and proceed through the staff room door located in her walk-in closet (why is this here?!). Knock out the staff inside, and hide the body in the cabinet in the walk-in closet. Throw a coin at the floor in the staff room to attract the attention of the nearby bodyguard, knock him out, and take his disguise. Now head upstairs to Alexa's office.
Once inside her office — which happens to be where you can pull off one of Agent 47's stranger kills — head upstairs and turn around to see an open window above the portraits and mounted animal heads. Climb up and shimmy along the railing to climb up to the window. The ladder is located outside on the balcony.
There are also several fuse box cabinets located around the map that can be broken open to insert/remove fuses, one of which is required for the "One for the Ages" assassination challenge setup.
Where To Find The Screwdriver In Dartmoor
#1 This screwdriver can be found on a bench near the photographer's flash panels located by the fountain in the mansion garden.
#2 This screwdriver can be found in a storage closet near the dining room inside the mansion. It is on a shelf next to a ladder.
Where To Use It
One of the more useful places to use the screwdriver is located right next to where you find Screwdriver #1 at the mansion garden. The first thing you'll need to do to set up this assassination on Alexa Carlisle is to disguise yourself as the photographer. Turn on the Transistor Radio on top of the photographer's equipment cases. While he's distracted, knock him out and take his disguise, then hide his body in the nearby storage container.
You will need a fuse cell, so retrieve one from the fusebox cabinet on the west side of the mansion near the garden. Use your crowbar to break open the fusebox, take the cell, and bring it back to the open fusebox near the photographer's equipment. Place the fuse inside, then take a test photo with the maid. She will then leave to call upon the Carlisle family.
While the maid is doing this, use your screwdriver on the wire plug near the fountain, and turn the valve on the water nearby. This will create an electrical trap that triggers when you take a photograph of the family.
Accomplishing this task is how you complete the "One for the Ages" assassination challenges.
Where To Find The Wrench In Dartmoor
#1 This wrench can be found lying on the fountain in the center of the garden at the rear of the mansion.
Where To Use It
One place to use the wrench effectively is to repair the distillation kit in the greenhouse at the rear of the garden. Doing this will complete the Poison Ivy challenge, and it is necessary to complete Another Death In The Family, both of which are redacted challenges.
To set up the Another Death In The Family challenge, you will need to repair the distillation kit in the greenhouse, then do everything for the A Day To Remember mission story besides disguising yourself as the photographer. This means you need to replace the fuse cell in the fuse box near the photographer's equipment, and you can find it in the fusebox on the west side of the mansion near the garden.
After the family portrait, Alexa Carlisle will call the family into the sitting room for a meeting. Once the meeting is completed, Emma Carlisle will head out towards the garden and will eventually make her way to the greenhouse. During this visit to the greenhouse, Emma will concoct a poison and slip it into Alexa's drink during the next family meeting. Wait around in the sitting room for a bit and you can witness Alexa drinking the poisoned liquor.