007 First Light Chapters— How Many & Full Chapter List
How 007 First Light is structured: the full chapter list with lengths, the 9 + 8 split behind the 17 chapters, and why some guides count 18 or 11.
007 First Light has 17 chapters in its chapter select — 9 gameplay missions + 8 interludes. A few guides count 18 or 11.
How Many Chapters Are in 007 First Light?
007 First Light is built as a chaptered campaign rather than an open world, and its in-game chapter-select menu lists 17 chapters. That total breaks down into 9 gameplay missions — the large, fully-playable operations where the stealth-and-action gameplay lives — and 8 cinematic interludes, the shorter story chapters that bridge those operations. When players search for 007 First Light chapters, the 17-chapter figure is the one the game itself uses on its chapter-select screen.
The two types of 007 First Light chapters
The distinction between the two kinds of chapter matters for how you read this list. A gameplay-mission chapter is a sandbox level in the Hitman tradition — multiple routes, optional challenges, and collectibles to find — and can run well over an hour. An interlude chapter is a tighter, largely linear beat that moves the plot forward in a few minutes. So the 17 chapters are not 17 equal-sized levels; they alternate between long playable operations and brief connective scenes, which is exactly why guides sometimes group them differently.
One honesty note on ordering: the exact sequence of all 17 chapters, and where each interlude slots between the gameplay missions, is confirmed by two independent community guides rather than by official IO Interactive documentation. The chapter names and the 9 + 8 split are well supported across sources; we publish the order as a reliable spine for planning a playthrough while flagging that it is community-sourced. The full chapter list, with the length of every chapter, sits further down this page, and the per-chapter breakdown of challenges and collectibles lives on the 007 First Light missions guide.
Why Some Guides Count 18 or 11 Chapters
Search around and you will see 007 First Light described as having 17, 18, or even 11 chapters. They are all counting the same campaign — the difference is how each guide groups it. Here are the three conventions side by side, with what each one is doing and how much to trust it.
How many 007 First Light chapters? 17 vs 18 vs 11
The chapter-select menu lists 17 chapters — 9 full gameplay missions plus 8 cinematic interludes. This is the figure we use across the site.
Source: gfinityesports · Game Rant · Insider Gaming ↗Splits the Mauritania section into two chapters and lists a “Beyond the Grave” segment separately, pushing the total to 18. The audit treats this as a grouping convention, not a distinct extra mission.
Source: Space4Games ↗Groups the campaign as a Prologue plus Chapters 1–10, folding several interludes into neighbouring chapters. A coarser grouping of the same content, not fewer missions.
Source: Adventure Gamers ↗We publish 17— the in-game chapter-select count of 9 gameplay missions plus 8 interludes. The 18- and 11-chapter counts are grouping conventions, not a hidden extra mission, so “Beyond the Grave” is not listed as a separate chapter here.
007 First Light ChapterList & Length
All 17 007 First Light chapters in story order, with the rough length of each and how far through the campaign you are by the end of it. Lengths are community time estimates: the gameplay missions are timed by two independent guides, while the shorter interlude times come from a single guide and are flagged. Tap any chapter to jump to its full breakdown — locations, challenges, and collectibles — on the missions guide.
Guides differ on whether a few lighter chapters count as gameplay missions or interludes; the cross-source consensus is 9 gameplay + 8 cinematic interludes. Interlude lengths rest on a single guide and are marked.
Heads-up: adding up the per-chapter estimates lands well under the ~20-hour main-story figure quoted across guides. That is expected — the headline playtime also counts exploration, optional challenges, and collectible hunting that a straight-line chapter run skips.
Inside the 007 First Light Chapters
A few official looks at the range of settings and gameplay the 007 First Light chapters move through — from European drives to museum infiltration and tropical waters.
Chapter Questions, Answered
How many chapters does 007 First Light have?
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007 First Light has 17 chapters in its in-game chapter-select menu — 9 full gameplay missions and 8 cinematic interludes. A few community guides report 18 or group the campaign as 11 chapters, but those are alternate ways of grouping the same content rather than extra missions.
Are the interludes counted as chapters?
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Yes. The chapter-select menu counts all 17 entries together — the 9 gameplay missions and the 8 shorter cinematic interludes that bridge them. If you only count the big playable operations, the figure is 9; counting the interludes as well gives the full 17-chapter list.
Why do some guides say 18 chapters, and what is “Beyond the Grave”?
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A small number of guides split the Mauritania section into two chapters and list a segment called “Beyond the Grave” separately, which makes the total 18. Most independent sources do not list it as its own mission, so this guide treats it as a chapter-grouping convention and keeps the 17-chapter count from the in-game menu.
Can you replay chapters in 007 First Light?
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007 First Light has an in-game chapter-select menu, which is how the 17 chapters are enumerated. Use the full chapter list above to see each chapter's order and length; for the per-chapter breakdown of challenges and collectibles, see the 007 First Light missions guide.
What is the longest chapter in 007 First Light?
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By community time estimates, the longest chapter is Wave of the Future, the Antarctica gameplay mission, at roughly 1 hour 45 minutes. The shortest entries are the cinematic interludes, several of which run well under 20 minutes.
How long does it take to beat all the chapters?
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The main story runs about 20 hours across all 17 chapters, a figure that is consistent across multiple community sources. Summing the individual chapter time estimates comes to less than that, because the ~20-hour figure also includes exploration, optional challenges, and collectible hunting beyond a straight-line run.
More Guides
This is an independent, unofficial fan resource, not affiliated with IO Interactive. Chapter counts, lengths, and groupings are community estimates compiled from multiple guides; where sources differ — for example on the 17-vs-18 chapter count — we show the disagreement rather than guess a single answer.