Collectibles

In this section we offer detailed maps that show the locations of all collectibles in Assassin’s Creed III. While many of these can be found in plain sight once you arrive in the marked area, some are fiendishly hidden or tied to an incidental challenge. In such instances, we offer instructions and illustrative screenshots to enable you to find objects with ease.

As an added bonus for dedicated hunters, we have also annotated the Frontier and Homestead maps with all locations where specific varieties of animal can be found. You can use this information to make a fortune by hunting and trapping to acquire pristine pelts to sell via convoys.

There are four different varieties of collectible in Assassin’s Creed III:

Almanac Pages are only found in Boston and New York, and will begin to float away once Connor moves within a certain range. You must time and direct your approach carefully to catch them before they disappear, which often entails free running over a specific route. If you fail to catch an Almanac, note that they will respawn in their original position once you move a couple of streets away. If you are close to a Fast Travel position, jumping there via the main map can be a quick way to reset the collectible. Once you collect all four pages in an individual Almanac, you obtain a crafting recipe for one of Ben Franklin’s Inventions – a requirement for full game completion.

Feathers are more conventional static collectibles, and can be found only in the Frontier, usually in the upper reaches of trees. We offer special advice on Feathers that are particularly hard to reach or find. For all others, the route should be almost immediately obvious if you stand beneath them, then observe your surroundings to “reverse engineer” the required path to their position.

Treasure Chests (or, to be more precise, those that contribute to 100% Synchronization) are located in Boston, New York and the Frontier. The containers found in cities are secured, and require that Connor pick their locks to obtain their rich contents (usually comprising cash and crafting recipes). However, completing Liberation Missions (see page 154) furnishes Connor with keys to all strongboxes in the related district, which rather simplifies the process. The only exceptions are the Chests located inside Forts: these must always be opened via the lockpicking minigame, though the cash sums inside are considerable (£7,500 in all but one instance, which offers £10,000).

Peg Leg’s Trinkets distributed throughout the game world (including the Homestead) are required to unlock Naval Locations in the hugely enjoyable and rewarding Captain Kidd’s Treasure side story. See page 182 for further details.

Before you read any further, we suggest that you note the following short selection of pertinent tips and tricks:

• You can track outstanding collectibles via the Logbook. Note that you must collect at least one object in a category – for example, a Feather – for information to appear. Similarly, completed entries are removed: once you collect all Trinkets, they no longer appear in the list.

• All collectibles picked up when you use the Replay feature are automatically saved – even if you do not complete the Memory. This includes funds and crafting recipes found inside Chests.

• A useful feature of the Custom Marker function on the main map screen: selecting collectible items will not merely help you to travel to the object in question, but also provide information on its elevation relative to Connor. If you invest in all Maps that can be purchased from Sequence 06, you will be able to see and select any collectible – even those in “fogged” areas that you have yet to explore.

• If Connor catches even a glimpse of a new collectible, it will be permanently marked and subsequently appear on the main map and mini-map until collected.

• Finally, you should note that you cannot access all map areas (and, therefore, locate and pick up every collectible) until New York and the full Valley Forge area become available in Sequence 09.

Chests: Rewards per Region

Legend

The Davenport Homestead

Boston South

Boston North

Frontier East

Frontier South

Frontier West

New York North

New York South