Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong: How to Escape the Red Salon

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Leysha's trip to the Red Salon in Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong ends with an escape from the Second Inquisition, who have entered the premises and are gunning down anything that moves. Having made the discovery that Halsey may not be a hallucination as she initially believed, Leysha must now rescue her from the clutches of the Second Inquisition and her treacherous «psychiatrist» Richard.

Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong is a narrative RPG developed by Big Bad Wolf and published by Nacon. As a disastrous masquerade breaching massacre occurs, three vampires scramble to uncover the truth and survive the machinations of both the Second Inquisition and their fellow kindred.

Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong: Leysha Build Guide

Leysha could take an easy way out of this escape, trying to sign out with the guard near the exit. As she lacks an ID implant like the real SI members, this results in her getting staked through the heart and carried into the SI base. While this technically completes the level, it grants the lowest possible score for the escape and puts Leysha in a difficult position going forward.

A better solution to this scenario involves taking advantage of the steam leak above the guard's head near the exit. Leysha will need to increase the pressure and use the release button nearby to injure him with a jet of steam and create a diversion. Doing this requires Leysha to turn several valves around the basement and solve a short but potentially frustrating puzzle.

First, head to the Trajax storeroom at the far end of the basement and move all the Trajax containers to the right, revealing a valve that can be turned to increase the pressure. Then duck into the safe room opposite and grab the spare valve from the