Secrets — Assassin's Creed III eGuide

Unlockables

Use this checklist to identify any rewards that you have yet to unlock.

Unlockables Overview

Category	Unlockable	Unlock Condition	Notes
Outfits	Boston Outfit	Start of Sequence 06	Unlocked in Shops.
	Jamestown Outfit	Start of Sequence 06
	Charleston Outfit	Start of Sequence 06
	New York Outfit	Start of Sequence 09
	Philadelphia Outfit	Start of Sequence 09
	Baltimore Outfit	Start of Sequence 09
	Altaïr’s Outfit	Complete all main missions with all Optional Objectives	Unlocked in the Manor; interact with the outfit racks.
	Captain Kidd's Outfit	Complete the Oak Island Naval Location
	Achilles’ Original Outfit	Complete the Achilles’ Painting mission
	Kanien'kehá:ka Outfit	Collect all Feathers
	Ezio’s Outfit	Through Uplay
Maps	Boston North Chests	Sequence 04	Once unlocked, purchase these Maps from shops.
	Boston Central Chests
	Boston South Chests
	New York North Chests
	New York West Chests
	New York East Chests
	Frontier Chests
	Lexington Feathers
	John’s Town Feathers
	Monmouth Feathers
	Black Creek Feathers
	Almanac Pages
	Trinkets
Chest Keys	Frontier	Sequence 05	Each key opens all Chests located in the corresponding region (with the exception of those situated in Forts, where you must always pick the lock).
	Boston Central	Complete Memory 02 in Sequence 06
	Boston North	Complete the Boston North Liberation Mission
	Boston South	Complete the Boston South Liberation Mission
	New York North	Complete the New York North Liberation Mission
	New York East	Complete the New York East Liberation Mission
	New York West	Complete the New York West Liberation Mission
Naval Locations	Fort Wolcott	Obtain 1 Trinket and receive Dead Man’s Letter 1 from Peg Leg	Each Naval Location is accessed from the East Coast map.
	Dead Chest’s Treasure	Obtain 6 Trinkets and receive Dead Man’s Letter 2 from Peg Leg
	The Ghost Ship	Obtain 14 Trinkets and receive Dead Man’s Letter 3 from Peg Leg
	The Mad Doctor’s Castle	Obtain 24 Trinkets and receive Dead Man’s Letter 4 from Peg Leg
	Oak Island	Complete the 4 previous Naval Locations and thereby obtain all 4 Oak Island Map Fragments	Completing this rewards you with a Shard of Eden that deflects bullets.
	The Ruins at Cerros	Available only as a preorder bonus or in Collector’s Editions of Assassin’s Creed III	Completing this rewards you with Captain Kidd’s Sawtooth Cutlass.
Multiplayer	The Huntsman Outfit & Spiritwalker Title	Complete the single player adventure	These can be accessed via the Customization menu in the Multiplayer mode.
	William Johnson Patron & Title	Unlock the corresponding Mementos by completing main story missions
	John Pitcairn Patron & Title
	Thomas Hickey Patron & Title
	Charles Lee Patron & Title
	Benjamin Church Patron & Title
	Haytham Kenway Patron & Title
	Israel Putnam Patron & Title
	The Black Bear Hunter Title & Emblem	Obtain the Bear Memento
	The Wolf Hunter Title & Emblem	Obtain the Wolf Memento
	The Cougar Hunter Title & Emblem	Obtain the Cougar Memento
	The Elk Hunter Title & Emblem	Obtain the Elk Memento
	The Bobcat Hunter Title & Emblem	Obtain the Bobcat Memento
	The Deer Hunter Title & Emblem	Obtain the Deer Memento
	The Master Hunter Title & Emblem	Complete all Hunting Challenges
Recruits and Abilities	Stephane Chapheau & Riot/Assassinate abilities	Complete Sequence 06, Memory 02
	Clipper Wilkinson & Marksman ability	Complete the Boston North Liberation Mission
	Duncan Little & Bodyguard ability	Complete the Boston South Liberation Mission
	Dobby Carter & Lure Away ability	Complete the New York North Liberation Mission
	Jamie Colley & Ambush ability	Complete the New York West Liberation Mission
	Jacob Zenger & Covert Escort ability	Complete the New York East Liberation Mission
Mementos	Ben Franklin Painting	Complete Sequence 12	Decoration unlocked in the Manor.
	The Battle of Trenton Newspaper
	The Great Fire of New York Newspaper
	Pitcairn's Memento	Complete Sequence 07
	Johnson's Memento	Complete Sequence 06
	Hickey's Memento	Complete Sequence 08
	Charles Lee's Memento	Complete Sequence 12
	Kaniehtí:io Memento	Complete Sequence 04
	The Boston Massacre Newspaper	Complete Memory 02 in Sequence 05
	First Expedition Painting	Complete Memory 05 in Sequence 05
	The Boston Tea Party Newspaper	Complete Memory 03 in Sequence 06
	Robinson Tea Chest	Complete Memory 03 in Sequence 06
	Paul Revere’s Ride Newspaper	Complete Memory 01 in Sequence 07
	The Battle of Lexington Concord Newspaper	Complete Memory 02 in Sequence 07
	The Second Continental Congress Newspaper	Complete Memory 02 in Sequence 07
Mementos	The Battle of Bunker Hill Newspaper	Complete Memory 04 in Sequence 07	Decoration unlocked in the Manor.
	The Declaration of Independence Newspaper	Complete Memory 03 in Sequence 08
	Valley Forge Newspaper	Complete Memory 01 in Sequence 09
	Brewery Memento	Complete Memory 03 in Sequence 09
	Naval Painting	Complete Memory 04 in Sequence 09
	Benjamin Church's Memento	Complete Memory 04 in Sequence 09
	The Battle of Monmouth Newspaper	Complete Memory 03 in Sequence 10
	The Battle of Chesapeake Newspaper	Complete Memory 01 in Sequence 11
	The Battle of Chesapeake Naval Map	Complete Memory 01 in Sequence 11
	Haytham's Memento	Complete Sequence 11
	Scale Model of the Aquila	Complete the Oak Island Naval Location
	Privateer Memento	Complete all Privateer Contracts
	Nicholas Biddle Memento	Complete the Biddle’s Hideout Naval Mission
	Boston Brawlers Memento	Complete all Brawler Challenges
	Thief’s Club Memento	Complete all Thief’s Challenges
	Hunting Society Memento	Complete all Hunting Challenges
	Bear Memento	Complete the The Man-Eater Hunting Society mission
	Bobcat Memento	Complete the Feline Feet Hunting Society mission
	Deer Memento	Complete the The Patriarch Hunting Society mission
	Wolf Memento	Complete the The Pack Leader Hunting Society mission
	Cougar Memento	Complete the Acute Cat Hunting Society mission
	Elk Memento	Complete the The Elk Bachelor Hunting Society mission
Manor Trophies	Know it All	Complete all Sequences with a 100% Synchronization rating	All Trophies can be examined in the Manor.
	More Than Stories	Complete all Side Missions with a 100% Synchronization rating
	Anchors Aweigh	Complete all Naval Locations with a 100% Synchronization rating
	New York Liberation	Complete all Liberation Missions in New York
	Boston Liberation	Complete all Liberation Missions in Boston
	Free the People	Liberate all Forts
	The Art of Conversation	Complete all ambient conversations with Connor
	A Place Called Home	Upgrade all workers to their maximum level
	Shipshape	Purchase all Ship Upgrades
	Spoils of War	Attack 10 Convoys
	Friends in High Places	Get all Recruits to Assassin rank
	Boston Exploration	Unfog the map of Boston
	New York Exploration	Unfog the map of New York
	Frontier Exploration	Unfog the map of the Frontier
Uplay Rewards	10	Complete Sequence 02	points are earned by reaching certain key milestones in the game if you have a Uplay account connected to your profile.
	20	Complete Sequence 06
	30	Complete Sequence 12
	40	Reach level 20 in Multiplayer mode
	Assassin’s Creed III Theme	Purchase for 10 through Ubisoft’s Uplay service	Unlocks PlayStation 3 XMB or Xbox 360 Dashboard theme.
	Pouch Upgrades	Purchase for 20 through Ubisoft’s Uplay service	Increases the maximum capacity of consumables that Connor can carry.
	Ezio's Outfit	Purchase for 30 through Ubisoft’s Uplay service	Unlocked in the Manor.
	Multiplayer Pack	Purchase for 40 through Ubisoft’s Uplay service	Customization options in the Multiplayer mode.

Animus Synching

The introduction to this minigame can be viewed if you are offline, but you must be online to find the first Pivot and proceed. The game itself will prompt you on the participation requirements for your individual format.

You are given three Pivots during the tutorial: Tau, Zeta and Rho. Note that the Animus Synching game is connected to your gaming profile, not your current playthrough. After completing the Assassin’s Creed III storyline with a profile, the Animus Synching entry on the main map menu will appear automatically in all new games started with that profile.

Planting Pivots that you have collected enables you to triangulate the position of new Pivots. To do so, visit the Animus Synching Map screen. To pick up a Pivot, hover over its icon and press /. Though you can remove them from the map at any time, you can only plant Pivots at Connor’s current position. To do so, select his icon on the Animus Synching map and press /.

The search area for each Pivot is highlighted in green on the Animus Synching map. When you plant your Pivots, you can eliminate entire map areas and narrow down your search. By reducing the green search zone to a small portion of land ( 01), you can then scour that area until you espy the icon on the mini-map. You can then approach and run into the Pivot to collect it.
New Pivots appear one by one, with a base spawn time of once every 15 minutes while the game is active. For Pivots to appear, you must be inside the Animus and not in a menu screen – with the exception of the Pivots Info screen, which shows the active countdown until a new Pivot appears. If you have people in your friends list who have collected the first Pivot, each qualifying friend increases the speed at which new Pivots appear by 20%. If you have no such friends, one second of play time counts as one second of Pivot spawning time. If you have one qualifying friend, one second of play time counts as 1.2 seconds of Pivot spawning time. If you have five qualifying friends, the overall waiting time is halved.

The Pivots that you search for in the game world have been planted by other gamers, and are assigned to you randomly. In turn, Pivots that you place may be assigned to someone else. This generally means that you will find them in the open – though you must be prepared for eventualities where they have been planted in hard-to-reach locations. If one of your Pivots is collected by another gamer, it is removed from your Animus Synching map. You do not lose the Pivot itself: just its current placement.

Once you have collected all Pivots, open the main map and pay close attention as you open the Pivots Info entry. After the voice-over ends, press any button to receive the Head in the Cloud Achievement/Trophy.

Animus Hacks

Once unlocked by collecting Pivots, Animus Hacks can be activated from the Options menu. Game progress is not saved while these cheats are active.

Cheat	Effect
Made of Steel	You can’t get hurt.
Infinite Ammunition	You have infinite ammunition.
Sun and Moon	You can manually choose between day and night.
Killing Spree	You can assassinate your targets even when in open conflict.
Semi-Automatic	No more reload time for ranged weapons.
Ninja	Guard detection and investigation is disabled.
Recruit	You have infinite Recruit Tokens.
Weather Man	You can set the weather.
Thunder Kill	Every kill is accompanied by a peel of lightning and ominous thunder.
Season Changer	You can manually set the season to summer or winter.