Hello Hitman WoA Speedrunners! This is a very important and impactful announcement so I hope you all take the time to read this message in its entirety.

The moderation team and myself have decided to ban ALL visual and game changing mods from Hitman: WoA speedrun submissions going into effect immediately. I know this will be somewhat controversial, but I hope you all understand that our only goal with this is to ensure the integrity and validity of the speedruns we verify. All speedruns currently on speedrun.com that use mods will NOT be removed and are now grandfathered in. This new rule only applies to speedrun submissions from this point forward. Below I've answered a few questions I expect to be asked, but feel free to reach out to me with any further questions or concerns. Thank you for your time and trust. (Rules are updated on SRC)

1) Why make this change? This decision was not made lightly and has been discussed on and off even before I was ever a member of the moderation team. The core of this comes down to the sheer number of mods and an inability to verify that they don't impact the way the game functions.

2) Is Peacock still allowed? Absolutely, but Peacock plugins/mods are not.

3) Can I still have Ansel/Freecam installed? Yes, you do not need to uninstall. This rule applies directly to mods that are visible and game changing. As long as Ansel/Freecam isn't used or active during the run then it's okay.

As of today, we've completed the migration of Sarajevo Six runs and leaderboards to the main Hitman 3 leaderboard and have added leaderboards for Sarajevo Six category extensions. After the recent release of Sarajevo Six to the official game we felt it best to move everything to improve ease of access and discoverability. New leaderboards for the Sarajevo Six can be found here: https://www.speedrun.com/hitman_3 and https://www.speedrun.com/hitman_3_extensions. Thanks so much and good luck!

January 26 Edit: Updated Arcade Mode Rules: https://rentry.org/arcade_et_policy

Hi everybody!

Yesterday the Elusive Target Arcade was released by IOI for HITMAN 3 players on all platforms. Given that it allows very limited replaying of elusive targets, with some changes, we're going to allow it on a case-by-case basis as more groups of Elusive Targets are released. As long as specific elusive target's rules don't mention that ET arcade can't be used for that ET, you should be good. We'll let you know why with exact reasoning in the forum for this board.

Full game runs will remain Peacock exclusive at this time, but that may be changed in the future depending on the demand for such runs.

Thanks for running the ETs, and enjoy! :)