The published objective is to finish Chapter 2 without alerting anyone. Players additionally report checking for Surprise on target eliminations and avoiding red alert indicators. Those extra checks are community advice, not a confirmed universal fix.
Community guide + conflicting player reports. References and scope below.Objective and reported checks
The community chapter references identifies the final challenge as a no-alert completion. In Steam players — Challenges Not Working ↗, players recommend a Normal-difficulty attempt with Surprise notifications and no red alert icons. A report of success does not prove that difficulty is a mandatory requirement.
This is one of four story challenges IllFonic named on September 17, 2026 as giving players the most trouble sitewide, technically completable but consistently hard. IllFonic — What’s Coming Next ↗ The team says it’s looking at adjustments to make it easier.
A controlled retry
Use one attempt to test stealth rather than simultaneously chasing every optional execution.
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Keep the other objectives separate
The chapter reference lists Tanya’s cash-register execution, Rachel’s environmental execution, Slab’s timed encounter, Eric’s shelf execution and Rachel’s three friends as other objectives. Those are not interchangeable with the no-alert objective. community chapter references
If you are looking for “temple stab Eric,” confirm its on-screen objective before substituting it for the shelf challenge. The sources reviewed here do not establish that these are the same requirement.
When a clean attempt still fails
Save the version, platform, selected difficulty and result screen. Change one variable on the next attempt so the result is useful. The tracking guide explains how to distinguish an objective mismatch from a reported counter problem.
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Sources & review notes
Reviewed September 10, 2026. This page summarizes the references below; it does not claim independent gameplay testing. Details may change with patches.
- Steam players — Challenges Not Working ↗Player reports; conflicting results
- IllFonic — What’s Coming Next ↗Official roadmap update · Sep 17, 2026
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