Dishonored's pre-order bonuses collected in the Void Walker's Arsenal DLC, hitting 14th May

Dishonored

Pre-order bonuses are not my cup of tea - in addition to punishing players for not buying from a particular store, they're often so overpowered that they spoil the game. Having said that, Dishonored's various rewards don't seem too imbalanced - and you've probably completed the game by now, anyway. Over six months after the stealthy immersive sim's release, its pre-order gubbins has been collected into one ultro-bundle entitled Void Walker's Arsenal DLC (I always thought Corvo was more of a Wolverhampton Wanderers man). The DLC comprises four packs: the Acrobatic Killer Pack, the Arcane Assassin Pack, the Backstreet Butcher Pack, and the Shadow Rat Pack, each one containing a handful of minor upgrades, a book and a bunch of a coins. You can grab it from Steam on May 14th for the princely sum of $3.99.

As revealed on the Bethblog , the rewards can be unlocked in-game from the Hound Pits Pub once purchased (though I'd still recommend not bothering, unless you're really struggling to finish the game on hard). Here's what's lurking inside each pack:

Acrobatic Killer Pack

  • Bone Charm Bonuses:
  • Raven – Health Bonus for Drop-Down Assassination;
  • Quick Dodge – Bolt/Arrow-Dodging Bonus;
  • River Affinity – Increased Swimming Speed
  • Hagfish In-Game Statue that unlocks one additional slot for Bone Charm Bonuses
  • Unhidden Book entitled Rumors and Sightings: Daud
  • 500 bonus coins

Arcane Assassin Pack

  • Bone Charm Bonuses:
  • Void Channel – Powers Duration/Damage Bonus;
  • White Rat Friend – White Rats Not Hostile;
  • Gutter Feast – White Rat Consumption for Mana
  • Whale In-Game Statue that unlocks one additional slot for Bone Charm Bonuses
  • Unhidden Book entitled Field Notes: The Journal of Granny Rags
  • 500 bonus coins

Backstreet Butcher Pack

  • Bone Charm Bonuses:
  • Fencer – Sword vs. Sword Advantage Bonus;
  • Blast Resistant – Reduced Explosion Damage Taken;
  • Fire Water – Increased Whiskey Bottle Explosions
  • Wolfhound In-Game Statue that unlocks one additional slot for Bone Charm Bonuses
  • Unhidden Book entitled Early Life and Times: Slackjaw
  • 500 bonus coins

Shadow Rat Pack

  • Bone Charm Bonuses:
  • Delicate Touch – Breaking Glass Noise Reduction;
  • Voyeur – Keyhole Peeping Magnification;
  • Deep Breather – Underwater Breathing Capacity Bonus
  • Golden Rat In-Game Statue that unlocks one additional slot for Bone Charm Bonuses
  • Unhidden Book entitled Field Notes: The Royal Spy
  • 500 bonus coins
Tom Sykes

Tom loves exploring in games, whether it’s going the wrong way in a platformer or burgling an apartment in Deus Ex. His favourite game worlds—Stalker, Dark Souls, Thief—have an atmosphere you could wallop with a blackjack. He enjoys horror, adventure, puzzle games and RPGs, and played the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII with a translated script he printed off from the internet. Tom has been writing about free games for PC Gamer since 2012. If he were packing for a desert island, he’d take his giant Columbo boxset and a laptop stuffed with PuzzleScript games.