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How can I lure the guard to a good spot for anesthetizing him?

  • 1 of 10: You'll need some attractive bait.
  • 2 of 10: You may have already gotten what you need from the tent with the animal target range in it.
  • 3 of 10: The five wads of banknotes that you got (or will now go and get) from the target range's hidden compartment will make good guard bait.
  • 4 of 10: If you look around the very limited area you have to work with, you'll realize that trapping the guard in the cage you got the medicine cabinet's key from is the only realistic option.
  • 5 of 10: Since you're going to be luring him in using wads of banknotes, start by placing one inside the cage.
  • 6 of 10: To do that, select the banknotes in inventory, then enter the cage and click on the hand icon that's on the floor.
  • 7 of 10: Leave the cage and look for another hand icon on the floor that you can use to place some more banknotes.
  • 8 of 10: Leave the menagerie building and look for another banknote-placing spot on the wooden platform just past the door.
  • 9 of 10: There's another spot to place banknotes near the entrance to the target range tent, plus one more on the path that leads around to the front of the menagerie building.
  • 10 of 10: Place the last bunch of banknotes before the guard walks into view, and a cut-scene will start in which he follows the banknote trail into the cage.