Ratings

The **Ratings** system is the main mission grading system first introduced in *Hitman 2: Silent Assassin*, and carried out until *Hitman: Blood Money*. Depending on how well, stealthy, or aggressively the player carries out the mission, a rating will be given. The factors that influence the rating include: "noise" (which includes witnesses, disruption caused by explosives, heard gunshots, being recorded on video, etc.), the number of fatalities, and whether the fatalities are targets, guards, police or civilians. For example, a large number of civilian deaths with no witnesses or found bodies may result in the "Serial Killer" rating. Conversely, a brazen assault with many witnesses, unsilenced gunfire and deaths among guards may result in a rating such as "Loose Cannon" or "Thug." In addition, the use of a particular weapon for killings may result in a special rating.

The highest rank player can get is Silent Assassin, which stipulates that there be no witnesses, no bodies found, and no fatalities other than the targets.

In *Hitman 2: Silent Assassin* and *Hitman: Contracts*, if you gained Silent Assassin rating, you will get a weapon, while in *Hitman: Blood Money* you will get extra money.

In *Absolution* and the *World of Assassination* trilogy, Play Styles replace the **Ratings** system.

## Normal Ratings

* Silent Assassin
* Shadow
* Professional
* Mugger
* Messy Murderer
* Exhibitionist
* Hitman
* Specialist
* Veteran
* Contract Killer
* Gangster
* Perpetrator
* Fierce Offender
* Clumsy Killer
* Stalker
* The Ghost
* Hoodlum
* The Cleaner
* Thug
* Violent Thug
* Assailant
* Shadow Killer
* Phantom Killer
* The Eraser
* Killer
* Lunatic
* Madman
* Maniac
* Invisible Killer
* The Undertaker
* Lean Killer
* Killer
* Loose Cannon
* Mad Butcher
* Berserker
* Serial Killer
* Deranged Slayer
* Terrorist
* Armed Madman
* Psychopath
* Sociopath
* Mass Murderer
* Ninja Extraordinaire
* Hired Killer
* Iceman
* Butcher
* Hired Gun
* Hatchet Man
* Executioner
* Postal
* Natural
* Button Man

## Special Ratings

* Needle Pumper
* The Russian Hare
* Insurance Agent
* Pianoman
* Garrotteer
* Insane Florist
* Sushi Chef
* King of the Jungle
* Prince of Darkness
* Beelzebub
* Swashbuckler
* Dr. Death
* Skull Splitter
* Raging Bluecollar
* Frenzied Firefighter
* Evil Eye Gouger
* Murderous Manicurist
* Slugger
* Electrocute

## Gallery

Sushi Chef rating.Psychopath rating.Terrorist rating.The Russian Hare rating.
## Trivia

* The King of the Jungle rating can not be obtained, because it requires a unobtainable weapon (aka the Bowie Knife that Angelina Mason uses to assassinate Jimmy Cilley).
* Obtaining the *The Russian Hare* rating rewards the *Special Rating* achievement. The rating is obtained by killing all guards in a level (and no civilians) with the Walther WA2000 Sniper without missing any shots. This is most easily done in A New Life by shooting the FBI agent you can see from the tree house and killing every guard that subsequnetly comes to check on him. Note that one guard at the front door as well as the two agents in the truck won't move and you will have to go to them. Witnesses are of no concern, though you will have to take the video tape.
	+ The rating is named after a WWII Russian sniper whose surname stems from the Russian word for 'hare'. He later trained snipers for the Red Army and those students came to be known as 'Russian Hares'