Prologue Challenge 5: Reported No-Alert Route

Quick answer: the strongest route evidence says to trigger the opening patrols, retreat and wait, then use patrol turns, walls, bushes and hiding before the power box, gate and station wagon. One reviewed run visibly finishes in 05:53 with 0 points and Challenge 5 still incomplete. None of the four videos shows an unchecked card becoming newly checked after the same uninterrupted run, so no route is presented as guaranteed.

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

1. Trigger the two patrols, then retreat. The creator approaches far enough to bring two guards from the right into motion, then backs up the stairs to the parking lot. Reported route
2. Use the first guard as the first release signal. Wait in the parking area for the first guard to come up the stairs; the creator descends as soon as that guard reaches the top. Do not wait for both guards at this hold. Reported route
3. Separate the second hold from the first. Stay right while the first guard looks left, but do not drift too far right. Lower down, wait for the second guard to walk into the road, then slow-walk along the right-side bushes. Reported route
4. Follow the creek and clear the hill patrol. The creator follows the dirty creek, waits for a guard running down the hill to pass, and moves after that guard. Reported route
5. Use the next patrol movement before the power box. The creator describes another guard beginning to walk right, moving nearby people aside, and then shutting down the power. These are attributed observations, not independently reproduced rules. Reported route
6. After power, pry open the gate. The UI shows the power objective complete and then displays PRY OPEN THE GATE. The creator recommends completing the displayed interaction promptly because a guard is approaching; no universal button or timing window is established. Confirmed
7. Reach the back of the station wagon undetected. The next readable objective says REACH THE BACK OF THE STATION WAGON UNDETECTED. The source does not show an unchecked Challenge 5 card becoming checked after this run. Confirmed

What the four reviewed routes actually prove

The videos overlap on patience and patrol observation, but they do not provide one clean success chain. Some runs begin with Challenge 5 already checked; another starts after gameplay has begun; one result hides the cards behind a facecam. Route differences are useful as source-specific options, not as proof of a universal sequence.

Route evidence map

What does—and does not—prove failure

One creator says a general alarm sound does not automatically mean the challenge has failed, while another describes gray markers as safe and yellow or red markers as failure. These are creator claims rather than a controlled comparison. The strongest visible failure evidence is the Bryce Games result screen: the chapter ends at 05:53 with 0 points and Challenge 5 still incomplete. The footage does not isolate when the run became invalid, so it cannot establish an escaping-Orderly rule, a hidden timer or an exact detection threshold.

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