Current stealth loop

  • Reduce exposure before entering a sightline.
  • Use the detection ramp as reaction time, not immunity.
  • Let Sneak improve crouched speed and silence.
  • Keep bow aim crouched when a ranged opening is available.

Sleeping NPCs

Sleeping NPCs remove their detection and can be pickpocketed. That does not make nearby witnesses, ownership rules or every quest state irrelevant.

Update 15 perk layer

  • Soft Step
  • Vanishing Act
  • Ambush
  • Phantom
  • Assassin's Patience

Evidence boundary

Exact values, requirements and edge cases stay marked as unverified until they can be checked in the current build.