To ensure a firm grip is applied in keeping the victim from escaping, Agent 47 overlaps the handles then pulls back. Agent 47 slowly and silently approaches the unaware victim, until he is close enough to apply the fiber wire to them. A target can be strangled as his guards simply patrol in the next room, or even as his guards walk along in front of him, as in Hitman: Absolution. Strangulation leaves little or no blood, and it is virtually silent when done properly, both of which make it a perfect choice for a silent assassin. In Hitman Absolution, one can replace fiber wire with measuring tape. Unlike most purpose-built weapons, it can be carried in the hand and ready for immediate use without alerting guards or targets. The fiber wire consists of a short strand of a non-metallic wire with a handle at each end. In HITMAN™ 2, it can be dropped as an object. In Blood Money, Fiber Wire can also be used when the target is in an elevator, if Agent 47 is standing above the open hatch. Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin), if the Fiber Wire was used on a target on the stairs or in extreme close ranges, Agent 47 would simply snap the targets neck, rather than strangle them. He now simply drags them to the ground from behind, which may show an increase in his strength and precision, or simply make the animation easier to render. Strangling targets with the Fiber Wire has also undergone different animations throughout the series, where earlier on, Agent 47 would often turn and pull the target up onto his back, to increase the amount of force applied in the process. This is the result of simplifying the game mechanics to make it more accessible and forgiving. From Absolution onward, garroting a target now simply involves pressing one button once Agent 47 is sufficiently behind a target. A rather difficult weapon to utilize in the early games of the franchise, the Fiber Wire needed to be 'tensed' before reaching the target, and 'released' to strangle the target. Numerous targets have been eliminated with this tool, which demonstrates Agent 47's preferred stealthy approach to permanently silence his targets. The Fiber Wire (A type of garrote) has been featured in every Hitman game thus far and has therefore become identified as Agent 47's signature weapon along with the AMT Hardballer. 4.5 Hitman: Absolution, World of Assassination.