• There are built- in Penalties for killing guys. I have confirmed with the Developers that S rank is ony possible with a "No Kills + No Detections" run.
  
• Killing an enemy will "Disturb them" - but if you Murderize 'em you get +100 points anyway (but no S Rank)
  
• Restarting from Checkpoints is fine as long as you reload it before your Death Animation completes.
  
• Distracted only counts it you don't kill the guy. AKA if you distract him, even if he then returns to his route, then kill him, you get +100 for "Hostile Killed" instead of +100 for "Hostile Distracted"

You can only get this if you don't kill anyone S Rank + All-Kills is therefore impossible at this time.


Test Map for you to practice the Mechanics on;
http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=934498922

It turns out that this little discovery, on its own has saved me huge amounts of frustration. I initially thought you had to do the whole Chapter in one run, no restarts, but;


It seems that loading froma checkpoint, even after being killed, if fine and will not reset the "No Respawns"- as long as you reload the checkpoint before your death animation.

Every time you "distract" an enemy, these add +100 to score. (If you don't distract them, and only leave them Undisturbed (see the next section), you still gain the same +100 score.

-Ringing the Bell (unlocked mid-game)
-If you get a Full-White bar (really only possible on Easy / 1 Skull)
-Use a Clone

Be aware that getting seen is not Distracted, but Spotted - and bad.

IF YOU KILL THE GUY, YOU DON'T GET A DISTRACTED BONUS. This holds true, even if you let him go back to his previous Route.

+100 Points, just the same as "Hostile Distracted". So Either method is fine on any combination of enemies for increasing your score.

• Kurosaga (Blinding Sands) does not Disturb Hostiles.
  
• Killing an enemy will "Disturb them" - so you are better off to Distract them.

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: No 'Detection bar' animation at all.
INCREASES SCORE (GOOD)

OR

: If you get a Full-White bar (really only possible on Easy / 1 Skull)
INCREASES SCORE (GOOD)

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if you get a Full-Yellow bar
DECREASES SCORE (BAD) - will fail S rank.

: If you get a Full-Red bar
DECREASES SCORE (BAD) - will fail S rank.

Don't die, or reload Checkpoint before your Death Animation completes.

When they Blow that Horn and they all come running, no S Rank for you (reload your save quickly enough though and you're fine.)

You can only get this if you don't kill anyone. I think that this is a bug. I have spoken with the Developers and this is an intended mechanic. S rank is only possible if you obtain zero detections, and zero kills.

A pretty Simple (It could have been simpler) Map with 3 Enemies (2 stationary, one roaming) so that I could test Various Stealth Mechanics for writing this Guide.


Feel Free to use it to test your own theories, and comment in here if you think you've found something that I need to update for this guide.


Test Map on Steam Workshop;
http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=934498922

"S" Rank seems a little messy now. At the time of writing this it was locked to 100% perfection, with no kills. It seems that after the DLC was released the requirements have been lowered, which makes achieving S easier.

The Devs now consider the game 'finished', have stated that revisiting Aragami isn't on the table for them, as they are working on a new game, and fixing bugs across platforms is... problematic.

The information contained within this guide is still accurate, it just may be that achieving S is now a much easier matter. I have not (and don't intend to) do multiple runs to find where that threshold is. Besides, perfection is possible, so why settle for less? :)

Have fun on the stabby stabby!
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