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Rotlock Prison   (2025) TG FM

2025 End of Year Speedbuild Competition (Non-Contest)

Cave/Natural Tunnels Daylight Escape Hammerite Jail/Prison

The Hammerites finally caught me. A contact told me to meet him at a local inn in the South Quarter to discuss a job. The place is usually packed with all sorts of drunkards, lowlifes, and simple w... Read more

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THIEF FAN-MISSION: Rotlock Prison | [Experte][German][V1.0]

 

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info NOTES:     Here is our End of Year Speedbuild jam mission. It was a nice challenge to keep it within the limit of 2000 brushes and the build process was somewhat different than usual. We hope this mission evokes some of the atmosphere of nostalgic prison escape missions from the past.

- Lord Taffer & Aemanyl

----- 1.2 Version changes -----

- The 'escape tool' in the beginning is now more visible.
- Compass can be found in the mission.
- Player has a notes page.

Read more: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153191

* IMPORTANT NOTES *

- NewDark 1.28 or later is required. This mission CANNOT be finished on NewDark 1.27 or earlier, so please update your install with Roguepatcher.
- Play the mission vanilla, without mods, as it was designed. Issues may occur if you use mods.
- The mission has three difficulty levels to suit your playstyle. The objectives are same on all difficulties. The loot goal increases with each level and there are also fewer accessible tools on Hard and Expert. No blackjack is available on Expert.
- The primary inspiration for this mission comes from Cragscleft Prison OM and Sperry's "Tears of Blood" FM.

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Lord Taffer   Missions
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Aemanyl   Missions
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Briefing

The Hammerites finally caught me. A contact told me to meet him at a local inn in the South Quarter to discuss a job. The place is usually packed with all sorts of drunkards, lowlifes, and simple workers looking for a drink after a long shift, but the atmosphere felt off. Only the barkeeper was behind the wood and his hand was oddly trembling. When I approached him, he dropped a heavy tankard - apparently a signal - and a dozen or so Hammerites burst from the nearby rooms.

I didn't give them an easy win. A flash bomb bought me a few seconds of chaos and I managed to strike down two of the fanatics before the weight of their nets finally immobilised me. They threw me into a barred wagon for the long trek into the jagged peaks far beyond the City. The destination was Rotlock Prison, a grim fortress of cold stone. Even during that rough transit, I nearly slipped my shackles twice, but the guards were too vigilant.

Now I am sitting in an interrogation cell, waiting for High Priest Melton to finish his dinner. Apparently, he thinks the interrogation can wait until he is full and comfortable. They only left one guard outside, a grey-beard with failing sight and hearing. Their arrogance is the only window of opportunity I need.

I need to look around and find something to use, perhaps a loose wire or a bent nail that can serve as a lockpick. I'd better do this quick and vanish before that fat priest wipes the grease from his chin and remembers that there is a prisoner waiting for him.

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2025 End of Year Speedbuild Competition (Non-Contest)

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message   A Good Concept With A Lot Of Potential And A Good Prison Break
Coldfeet451    April 1, 2026, 8:26 a.m.

The concept of breaking out of prison as a mission was something that crossed mind a couple of times making me question why no one has done it yet but thanks to this mission I question no more.

While the mission is short and the story is simple, which is to get out of prison, the level and prison it self manages to be interesting and atmosp...

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message   Very good
Otiserdna    March 20, 2026, 12:33 a.m.

Really cool mission, it really makes you feel thrown in a dire situation, unlike most thief missions where you invade a place on your own terms, choose your gear, etc. In this case you have to explore blindly with absolutely no equipment (not even the compass), making a foothold and eventually making sense of the layout. The lack of a map and co...

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message   Really Confounding. Receive Thy Pounding
Thirteen1355    Jan. 15, 2026, 10:45 p.m.

Rotlock Prison is a Cragscleft-inspired mission that sets out to increase the amount of time spent in dark, cramped, and isolated corridors. This makes the mission really oppressive. On Expert, you are unable to obtain or use the Blackjack. You will be the only one receiving some pounding.

The loot goal seems high, but near the end there's s...

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message   Solid mission with a fun payoff at the end.
SimonNovak    Jan. 6, 2026, 7:12 a.m.

Count on Garrett to take being thrown into prison and turn it into an opportunity to profit lol

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message   Great Mission!
Melkesideck    Dec. 31, 2025, 8 a.m.

Love it , Especially the vents you can crawl through and the detail in a speed run.
Best i have seen in a speed run and keep going back

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message   Solid Hammerite prison with top quality readables
Matt    Dec. 30, 2025, 9:14 p.m.

Usually, I'm not a fan of Hammerite missions, so there is a little bit of negative biasedness on my part, and that probably affects my perception on Rotlock Prison - but still, I think this is an undoubtadly solid fan mission with high quality brush, texturing and sound work. It's somewhat of a reverse "Break from Cragscleft Prison", though it s...

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message   These end of year FMs just keep getting better
Taffy_Laughy    Dec. 28, 2025, 5:45 a.m.

The level of detail on display here and competency of design is straight madness for the time frame you had to work with, even for a co-authored map. This is wild stuff! I know this isn't a competition exactly, but this sort of work gives even Balboa a run for his money!

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