Jim, Elizabeta, Stubbs and Ashley

Coming Down

Giver
Ashley Butler
Location
Anywhere in the city, once Ashley phones you after Politics; the building is in the Governor Greg Johnson Projects, Northwood, Algonquin

Requires Politics

Unlocks Diamonds in the Rough and Roman’s Holiday (once Bad Standing and Shifting Weight are also done)

Answer Ashley’s panicked call, get to a rundown apartment block in Northwood, fight through the addicts living upstairs, find her and take her home to Acter. There is no cash reward.

Objectives

  1. Go to Ashley.
  2. Go upstairs to find Ashley.
  3. Find Ashley.
  4. Take out the drug addicts.
  5. Go to Ashley.
  6. Take Ashley home.

Coming Down walkthrough

Answer the call and head out

Just after Politics ends, Johnny’s phone rings and Ashley’s name appears on the screen. Pick up and listen. When the call ends, the objective changes to going to Ashley, and a blip appears on the radar. You do not need the Hexer, because most of this job is on foot.

Johnny walks down a tree-lined street while the phone shows an incoming call from Ashley.
Johnny stands in the street with his phone held to his ear.
Johnny runs along a rainy street with the objective Go to Ashley and the radar route in the corner.

Flag down one of the yellow taxis on the avenue and climb in. The cab takes you to the Governor Greg Johnson Projects in Northwood, and the fare comes out of your cash when you arrive. Get out at the marker. A cab is the quickest way, so use it unless you would rather ride.

Johnny opens the door of a yellow taxi parked on a street beside another cab.
A yellow taxi drives along a city street at night.
Johnny walks along a chain-link fence outside the projects after the cab ride, with a cab fare message on screen.

Go upstairs and find Ashley

Walk past the fenced courtyard to the street door of the building. The new objective tells you to go upstairs and find Ashley. The lobby is full of mailboxes and graffiti, and a stairwell leads up. The corridors are narrow and dimly lit, so take your time and keep an eye on the radar.

Johnny runs through the covered entrance of the building past a dumpster.
Johnny stands at the street door of the building with the objective to go upstairs and find Ashley.
Johnny stands in the lobby by the mailboxes with the objective Go upstairs and find Ashley.

Follow the hallways past the open apartments and look into each room. The objective changes to finding Ashley. The layout is a maze of small rooms, so follow the corridor rather than cutting across. Her room is at the back of the building, and you will meet trouble on the way.

Johnny walks up to a red door in a graffiti-covered corridor with the objective Find Ashley.
Johnny walks through an apartment kitchen with checkered tile floors while the objective Find Ashley shows.
Johnny stands in a dim apartment room beside a red door and a small table.

Take out the drug addicts

Addicts living in the building come out of doorways and attack. Some carry pistols and others use bats or bare hands. The objective now reads, take out the drug addicts, and each one shows as a red dot on the radar. Aim at the doorway ahead and shoot them as they step out.

Johnny runs through a narrow dim corridor toward a doorway with a newspaper on the wall.
Johnny steps toward a red apartment door in a dim hallway.
Johnny aims a pistol down a long hallway as the objective says to take out the drug addicts.

Take them down one room at a time. Step in and out of doorways to find a good angle, and keep moving forward along the hallway rather than stopping in the open. A pistol is enough for most of them, but a shotgun makes short work of anyone who gets close. Deal with the ones carrying guns first.

Johnny takes cover at a corner and aims a pistol down the hall as bullets chip the wall.
Johnny stands at a corner in the corridor with a pistol while two red blips show on the radar.
Johnny fires a pistol at an addict across a room visible through a hallway window.

Find Ashley and bring her out

When the last addict is down, walk to the back room, where Ashley is lying on a mattress. Step up to her. A short scene plays and Johnny helps her to her feet. The objective changes to taking her home.

Johnny enters a dim back room with a mattress, a lamp and a shelf.
Johnny stands in a shabby back room facing a mattress on the floor.
Johnny helps a woman in a red bandanna walk across the floor of the room.

Lead her back down the corridor and the stairs, past the mailboxes and out through the lobby doors. She walks slowly. If you pull too far ahead, the game tells you to go back for Ashley, so slow down and let her catch up.

Johnny stops in front of a red door in the corridor with the objective Take Ashley home.
Johnny walks past a red door and graffiti in a block corridor.
Johnny runs down the street outside the building with a bus shelter at the left.

Take Ashley home

Once you are outside, flag down another taxi on the street and get in with Ashley. Keep her safe, because the mission fails if she dies. The ride takes you from Northwood to her apartment in Acter, in Alderney.

Johnny runs across a street toward a yellow taxi under red-tinted road markings.
A yellow taxi stands in the street with its doors open and Johnny beside it.
A yellow taxi drives down an empty street at night with a cab fare shown at the top right.

Walk to the marker at her apartment. A last scene plays out between the two of them, and the mission ends without any money. Afterward you can call Ashley whenever you like.

Johnny runs down a night street toward a yellow arrow marker with a cab fare message on screen.
Johnny stands in a dimly lit apartment while a woman in a red bandanna stands in the foreground.

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • Ashley dies

After the mission

There is no pay for this one. Diamonds in the Rough and Roman’s Holiday open once Bad Standing and Shifting Weight are also done. Off Route, Bad Cop Drop and the other story missions are still waiting if you want to carry on with the main run.

Johnny stands on a corner at night with the radar showing a crossroad.
Johnny runs along the sidewalk past a tree as a yellow taxi pulls away.

Part of Jim, Elizabeta, Stubbs and Ashley in the story walkthrough.