Hideout

= The hardest building of the game = This building appears often (every level) and a lot of missions require entrance (destroy a generator, kill the owner, free a prisoner)

This is the easiest way to die, and the biggest mistake to make is to enter without checking the situation. Looking at the room from outside is the safest way to increase your chance of success, especially to avoid the trap.



Security
Fire spewer

Fire-spewer creates a wall of fire for 2 seconds and has a cool down of 2 seconds. If you walk on fire, you will receive a huge amount of damage and get trapped in (0 to 52 damage based on how long you stay in fire).

You might say "it is not dangerous, you just have to wait to pass." But it could be deadly if you don't pay enough attention to it. Remember where it is because during the fight you may not see it and get killed.

Use it at your advantage : It is possible to get NPCs to walk through it as it triggers. However, if it is actively spewing fire most NPCs will wait for it to stop before advancing.

How to disable it :
 * Destroy it : The easiest way, but will make noise. You can break it without taking damage even if it's firing.
 * Disable it : Hacker, Scientist and Demolitionist can hack the computer and . The Fire Spewer will stop firing. Other characters have to destroy the computer for the same result but with extra noise.

Security Cam and Turret

They are a deadly combo : The camera will turn around, and alert everyone when seeing you. Turret will fire and damage you with an insane rate of fire (every bullet deals 5 damage). Fighting aside a camera is not very ideal if you don't want to die. However, cameras only have a limited field of view (shown with purple particle effects) and have a blind spot directly next to them.
 * 1) Spotting you
 * 2) Alerting owner
 * 3) Killing you

Use it at your advantage : If you hack a camera with Hacker or Scientist, you can get it to recognize owners instead of non-owners, causing your enemies to get a very large surprise when walking through it.

How to disable it :
 * Destroy it : The easiest way, but camera will still alert owner before dying (don't worry, turret won't shoot)
 * Disable it : Hacker and Scientist can hack the computer or the camera itself and . They will stop working. Other characters have to destroy the computer for the same result but with extra noise.

Laser

They are the most problematic obstacle. A yellow laser will alert owners, a red laser will cause a Laser Emitter explosion. Thrown items such as (Rock or Shuriken) will trigger the laser, but a bullet will not. If you absolutely need to cross a red laser, throw a rock from a distance to avoid explosion

How to disable it :
 * Destroy it : Will still alert owner before dying or explode
 * Disable it : Same as the other security

Floor switch

It is very dangerous without any awareness. This is why you should look at the buildings from outside before entering. It could deal about 30 damage or paralyze you during a fight for 30 sec (in this case, you can do nothing to avoid death). While advancing through a hideout, make sure to keep an eye open for floor tiles that look different from the rest.

Owner
Goon

They patrol around the complex and fire on sight. They are a little bit hard to kill but the biggest danger is to fight them near traps or turret. Indeed, you can easily get stuck between security and Goon and die in a few seconds.

However, you can easly by-pass them if you stay behind them, they are always patrolling in a room. Killing them is not always the right solution.

Owner

They are less powerfull than the Goon but much more dangerous because they don't stay in a delimited area but travel the complex. They are more likely able to spot you. But you can predict their movement: they always move from an object to another (eg. Computer → Camera → Safe → Generator → Computer → Camera etc...)

Infiltration
Risk : Medium

Difficulty : Hard

Reward : +200 extra xp (with the two sucess "Alert No One" and "Kill No One")

How to do it :

- The camera has a blind post near its base. Use this safe place to avoid Security cam. Or learn the trait Camera Shy to be invisible to camera. Remember to close the door behind you, because camera can see you even if you are on the second room.

-To avoid owners, try to predict where they are going. Depending on their trajectory, there is usually a corner or other room where you can hide yourself. This isn't very intuitive but after a few tries, you will see it is very easy to stay hidden.

Rampage
Risk : Risky

Difficulty : Medium (Harder if theres Supergoons inside the building)

Reward : all the stuff which owners had

How to do it :

- The Windows around the hideout can be destroyed not only by Window Cutters and Explosions but also really strong melee letting you skip some trap rooms and getting you to the objetive faster, another thing is using the blind spots around doors to give a painful suprise to those unlucky NPCs It is dangerous but works as well.

Fugimination (or just Distraction)
Risk : Kinda Low

Difficulty : Low (Unless theres Supercops around

Reward : +200 extra xp (with the two sucess "Alert No One" and "Kill No One" if completed with non-lethal items)

How to do it :

- This one is pretty simple, you just have to make the NPC's leave the hideout. this can be done in 3 ways

Plan A "Fugimination": You can put a on the Air Filtration System of the hideout to make the NPCs go outside..... or just kill them using Poison,Cyanide or a Shrinker and the list goes on.

Plan B "Fire Hazard": You can make the NPCs leave if you lit something on fire or the floor himself! (This can be done using a Molotov Cocktail or just by putting some Oil close to a Fire spewer, This plan works more if you have the Scorching Savior Trait since NPCs will ignore you entering the building.

Plan C "Distraction": NPCs can stop what they are doing to investigate a loud sound, you can cause this to happen if you: Hire a Slum Dweller to cause a ruckus outside, putting a Boombox outside (putting it inside will make NPCs investigate, so put it on a room where you dont need to enter so they can dance off while you steal all their stuff), Making a really big explosion outside or in a building that is close (This can be done with a Generator,Overclocked Generator,Time Bomb,Etc)

Final Notes
This guide can be used also with other trap-filled big buildings including the Mayor Oficce since its really just a fancier and more shiny hideout. But anyways always remenber: be creative and have fun! (this guide is just an help for beginners and you dont need to follow it 100% of the time)