007 First Light All the Time in the WorldMission Guide

Before any of the codes, the mission opens on the Grand Carpathian Hotel terrace with a guarded press checkpoint between you and the doors. There is no single 'correct' way in — Bond can bluff through on a press badge, slip past with a diversion, or simply stealth the right-hand side. Here are the reliable routes.

1. 1Press badge (bluff route): eavesdrop on the journalist on the terrace for a tip, then take the press badge from the flower pot on the lower terrace. With the badge — or enough Instinct from eavesdropping — bluff straight past the checkpoint guards.
2. 2Spare badge (security tent): dart-phone the guard beside the metal case inside the security tent, sneak behind the other guard, and lift the second press badge from the case.
3. 3Diversion (no badge): light the wheelbarrow of dry leaves to the left of the checkpoint with your lighter; while the staffer goes to deal with it, vault the ledge and climb the wall to the upper level. The hose and your dart phone also work as a paired distraction.
4. 4Pure stealth: the right side of the terrace, past the press tent, is the most flexible — bluffing, gadgets or plain sneaking all get you through to the doors.

★ Gets you inside the hotel and into the Manager's Office / Dining Room code-and-puzzle stretch below.

Honest note — Multiple walkthroughs describe the badge, diversion and stealth routes; the exact badge spots (terrace flower pot, security-tent case) and the leaf-pile diversion are detailed by PC Gamer and GamesRadar. None of the routes is required over the others — pick what suits your loadout.

After you beat the blond man (and his twin) in the wine cellar, a bomb is revealed on the wall and the game drops you into a defusal prompt. This is the moment behind the '007 First Light bomb' and 'which wire to cut' searches. Work through the device in order, then cut the green wire.

1. 1Interact with the Battery first when the defusal panel opens.
2. 2Move to the Motherboard next.
3. 3Open up the Wires.
4. 4Cut the GREEN wire to disarm this device.
5. 5Brace — a second bomb detonates behind you regardless of the wire you picked; this is scripted, not a mistake on your end.

★ Disarms the wall device and pushes the mission into the chase after 009.

Honest note — The green wire and the scripted second explosion are consistent across guides. The exact Battery → Motherboard → Wires interaction is given by two walkthroughs (beebom, games.gg); a third (gamerblurb) treats the battery and motherboard as non-functional and frames it as a pure green/red/blue wire pick — either way the answer is green. No official IO screenshot shows the wire interface, so we describe it rather than show a fan capture.

The blond man you chase from Room 206 leads you down through the fireplace passage into the wine cellar. The reveal here is that he is one of a pair of twins, so the fight becomes a 2-on-1 brawl just before the bomb appears.

1. 1Solve the Dining Room fireplace puzzle (Lion → Snake → Goat) to reach the cellar.
2. 2Corner the first blond man — a second, identical fighter joins, turning it into a 2-on-1 fight.
3. 3Win on your own terms (parries and environmental throws work well); there is no trick beyond clearing both.
4. 4When both are down, the bomb on the cellar wall triggers the defusal prompt above.

Honest note — The twin reveal is noted by multiple guides; exact combat tactics vary by playstyle, so we keep this to the fixed beats rather than prescribe a single loadout.