Quick answer: select Challenge 5, let the opening patrol move through, use the parking area as a waiting point, follow the guard-facing cues to the power box, pry the door, then reach the rear of the travel van without an Orderly becoming alerted. The exact wait is state-based, not a guaranteed number of seconds.
Reported route Evidence boundary
The challenge text and several objective states are readable in captured footage. Movement timing comes from the video creator’s commentary and sampled visual context; this site has not reproduced the route in-game. The source video opens with Challenge 5 already checked, so it does not prove that the shown run earned a first completion.
Before you start
Confirm the menu says Escape From Smith’s Grove and that Challenge 5 requires completing the chapter without alerting any Orderlies. Do not substitute “no alarm sound,” “no kills,” or “zero stars”—none of those appears in the captured condition.
Route checkpoints
- Let the opening guard move past. The creator recommends approaching enough to set the patrol in motion, then giving the first Orderly room instead of trying to beat him into the next sightline. Reported route
- Use the parking and ambulance area as your first hold. Wait for both observed patrols to move through before committing. Watch facing and flashlight direction; do not turn this into a universal fixed-second count. Reported route
- Move by cover and patrol direction. The reviewed footage uses the right edge, bushes, and the slope or ditch as landmarks while avoiding a second guard on the right. The exact timing still needs continuous current-build verification. Reported route
- Shut down the power box, then pry the door. The UI visibly shows the power-box objective complete around 2:16, followed by a pry-door prompt around 2:22. These are confirmed discrete states, though the sample is not an uncut input-level demonstration. Confirmed
- Reach the rear of the travel van undetected. The later HUD explicitly asks the player to get behind the travel van without being detected. Keep reading the nearby patrol before the final interaction. Confirmed
What does—and does not—prove failure
The video creator says a general alarm sound does not automatically mean the challenge has failed. That is useful route commentary, but it has not been established as a rule for every alarm state. The same creator later suspects a slower attempt failed because an Orderly escaped, while also saying the cause was unclear. Treat that as an unresolved observation, not a confirmed bug or failure mechanic.
Needs verification Unknown failure cause
One slower attempt in the source video failed, but the creator did not identify why. The footage does not establish a stuck patrol, an escaping Orderly, or a hidden timer as the cause.
How to confirm the challenge
Finish the chapter and inspect whether the Challenge 5 card records completion. The sampled card was already checked near the beginning of the recording, so the reviewed evidence does not prove a fresh completion or establish a star-count completion rule.
Challenge 5 FAQ
Does any alarm sound mean failure?
Not according to the route creator, but that report has not been verified as a universal rule for every alarm state.
Is there a hidden timer?
No timer is visible in the captured condition. A slower attempt failed in the source video, but its cause remains unknown.
How do I confirm completion?
Finish the chapter and inspect the Challenge 5 card. The sampled card was already checked, so the source does not prove a fresh completion.
Was this route tested on the current build?
No. The route comes from attributed third-party footage reviewed on September 7, and the source build and platform are unknown.