In "Tears of Kingdom 2", the combat system is a bit clumsy. Attacking guards and bandits with swords and axes is not always the best strategy. If you can keep quiet, stealth assassination or silent knockdown will be a better tactic. Fighting multiple enemies at the same time will put you at a great disadvantage.

However, it is not as simple as sneaking behind the enemy and pressing the button. You need to make some preparations to perform a sneak assassination in Tears of Kingdom 2. You also need a special weapon that makes you less likely to be discovered than using a sword.

How to unlock stealth assassination

First, you need to make sure you unlock the stealth assassination skill in the player menu. In the stealth section, this is likely to be the first skill you unlock. Without it, Henry could not kill the enemy silently.

Then you also need to make sure you have a dagger . Early in the game you will get one, but if you sell it or lose it, you can easily get another one.

If you are in the early stages of the game, in the Trotsky area, you can go to the camp in the southwest of Troskowitz, with a dagger on the table outside the Shepherd's Lodge.

At any other point in the game, you can buy it from several different merchants. Obviously, the blacksmith shop will always stock up, but you may also find blacksmiths and tavern owners selling them.

Thank goodness, they are pretty cheap. You only need to spend about 20 Groshen to buy one. If you are good at bargaining and have a good reputation with merchants, you can get them for a lower price.

How to conduct stealth assassination

Once you have the dagger and unlock the stealth assassination skill, you can quietly kill the enemy when you need it.

When you approach the enemy you want to stealth and assassinate, if you use PS5, you will see the

L2 button

appear in the lower right corner of the screen ( is LT on Xbox and F on PC is

).

Hold it down and you will start stealth assassination

.

If you just want to stun the enemy instead of killing them, just click the button. Then, you need to press R2/RT/right mouse button after seeing the blue sword icon appear . This will allow you to subdue enemies to prevent them from escaping or alarming other enemies around them. Once the enemy loses its ability to move, you can

leave them unconscious (if just stunned), make sure they die, or hide their bodies

. Which action you take depends on the probability of your moving body being discovered and whether your Henry is a character who also likes to kill when it is unnecessary.