Once you drop from the roof into the museum during Chapter 6: Uninvited in 007 First Light, you will have to find a way to unlock the courtyard door and escape the area. This guide will provide you with tips and tricks on how to escape the courtyard in the game, including the keycode number.
How to Unlock & Navigate the Courtyard
As soon as you cross the lighting rig and the rooftops, you need to drop through the open glass skylight right into the courtyard. Try to overhear the guards conversing and mentioning the keycards needed for the north exit. This means that the main doors to exit the gala are locked and require a Museum Courtyard Keycard held by Saunders and White. Follow these steps:
- Start on the balcony and head left until you can drop down at the blue decorations.
- Follow the perimeter of the blue markers and use your Q-Watch to scan the guards.
- Once you spot the keycard holders, eavesdrop on their conversations for more intel.
- Take them down and pick up the keycard, which can also be pickpocketed.
- Head to the main north exit doors and use the keycard to unlock them.
Note that the exit is located in the security checkpoint wing, which reeks with guards, so either use distractions or takedowns to reach the doors, or choose the stealthy way and use vents or balconies for safe passage between rooms. However, you can still encounter a couple of guards on the balconies, so air ducts are still safer.
How to Disable the Generator & Escape the Courtyard
But having the keycard isn’t enough to escape the courtyard, since you also need to disable the backup generator that keeps the doors sealed. Here’s what you need to do:
- Sneak past all the guards to reach a generator, which is also heavily guarded, so be careful.
- Once you take down the final guard, turn off the generator to unlock the exit door.
- Proceed to the exit with only two guards standing directly in front of it.
- You can also hang from the balconies and use the globe statue as a cover to slip past.
Additionally, there’s another optional path, which can be useful for the “Closed for Maintenance” challenge and the 9 of Shields card. If you’re a completionist, then here’s how you can do this:
- Go to the library, which is located in the back left room from the courtyard entry.
- Clear or simply distract the three guards and go up the small stairs to a laptop.
- The code is in the email, which reads “3256E.”
- Now go to the dining area, which is located in the back right, near the grand piano.
- Disable the nearby CCTV, deal with the guard, and enter the code on the keypad.
Alternatively, you can use the vent to the right of the door and crawl through. In any case, once you enter the code, you’ll be able to loot all the collectibles from this secret stash and then leave the area as mentioned above.
