007 First Light Beginner Guide
Updated 2026-06-01 · 8 min read
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007 First Light rewards patience over firepower. Hold the Q-Lens to read every room, use social stealth to blend into crowds, and treat combat as a last resort. The Malta prologue is a tutorial — use it to learn takedowns, climbing, and driving before the open missions begin.
Overview
007 First Light is a third-person stealth-action game built on IO Interactive's Hitman foundations. Missions are sandbox levels with multiple routes, optional objectives, and hidden collectibles — there is almost always a quieter way through than the one in front of you.
First steps
- Hold the Q-Lens constantly — it highlights enemies through walls, marks hackable devices, and flags keycards and loot on NPCs.
- Pickpocket keys and keycards instead of fighting; most locked routes open without raising an alarm.
- Blend into crowds with social stealth to walk past guards in public areas.
- Pick your four Q-Watch gadgets to match the level — see the gadget guide.
- Grab collectibles on your first pass; backtracking a finished mission is slower.
Mistakes to avoid
- Don't default to the same loadout every mission — the game rewards matching tools to the environment.
- Don't sprint through public areas; running breaks your cover faster than anything.
- Don't ignore cameras — tag them with the Q-Lens before crossing open ground.
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