Challenges — Assassin's Creed: Revelations eGuide

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As well as contributing to your Total Synch rating, Challenges can lead to some interesting rewards. To complete them, achieve the requisite feat or activity the number of times specified in each table’s Total column.

Assassins Guild

The Set 1 reward can increase the profitability of the Mediterranean Defense metagame if you unlock it early enough. The easiest way to reach the totals is to start fights with Gunmen and Bombmen as you travel through the city, then call your Assassins into the fray to kill them – or simply use an Assassin Signal to designate them for assassination from afar.

Once you have at least six Assassins at your disposal, use Arrow Storm on a random guard patrol prior to every visit to the Mediterranean Defense interface.

The Den Defense requirement in Set 3 is the only Challenge that can be missed – thus preventing you from reaching 100% Synch. Be sure to provoke and complete three Den Defense situations before you complete all Master Assassin Missions.

Set	Requirement	Total	Reward
1	Call Assassins during a fight Call Assassins on a target	x25 x20	Increases the Odds of Success rating for the first Assassin assigned to a Mediterranean Defense contract by 10%.
2	Use Arrow Storm Call your Assassins within a story mission	x15 x5	Increases the rate at which the Assassin Signal Meter recharges.
3	Recruit Assassins Train Recruits to the rank of Master Assassin Successfully perform a Den Defense	x12 x7 x3	Unlocks Altaïr’s Sword at the Assassin’s HQ.

Romanies Guild

Set	Requirement	Total	Reward
1	Use Romanies on guards Evade using stealthv(crowd/hiding spots) Kill guards using the crossbow without being detected	x10 x10 x20	Cost of hiring Romanies decreases.
2	Use Tactical Bombs to escape guards Kill a Stalker without getting stabbed Kill guards using poison	x10 x5 x15	Unlocks the Romani Faction Ability (any Romani who automatically peels away to distract guards will now poison all those that follow them). Also unlocks the Romanies Guild Crest at the Assassin’s HQ.
3	Kill guards using bombs without being spotted Assassinate a guard from behind Assassinate a guard from a blend spot Kill three enemies dazed by a single smoke bomb before it dissipates	x20 x10 x5 x1	Unlocks the Romani Stiletto.

This set of Challenges features activities that you should perform fairly regularly during the course of a standard playthrough.

Thieves Guild

The “sprint uninterrupted” Challenge is more difficult than you might suspect if attempted in most areas of Constantinople. You can perform this feat without too much difficulty in the gardens around the Bayezid Mosque (Bayezid South district) and in the ruins to the south of the Constantine district.

To perform a dive of over 30 meters, travel to the final tower on the north wall of Topkapi Palace, then jump towards the Golden Horn waterway. Don’t forget to press the Legs button as soon as Ezio takes off to turn the leap into a dive.

Whenever you see a wooden beam above a guard patrol, consider performing an air assassination to boost your total. The Yerebatan Cistern Memory in Sequence 03 presents a number of opportunities to perform this feat.

Set	Requirement	Total	Reward
1	Use Thieves on guards Sprint uninterrupted for 300 meters Perform a Hook and Run	x10 x1 x15	Cost of hiring Thieves decreases.
2	Perform a Leap of Faith Climb a total distance of 1km Steal money with Counter Steal	x40 x1 250 Florins	Unlocks the Thief Faction Ability (any group of Thieves in Ezio’s employ will automatically pickpocket civilians they encounter at street level and loot nearby dead bodies, with the profits passed immediately to Ezio). Also unlocks the Thieves Guild Crest at the Assassin’s HQ.
3	Perform a dive of at least 30 meters Kill a guard using Throwing Knives Perform an air assassination on guards from a beam Perform a zipline assassination	x1 x25 x5 x10	Unlocks the Ottorman Mace

Mercenaries Guild

Set	Requirement	Total	Reward
1	Use Mercenaries on guards Destroy a scaffold by throwing someone into it Kill an enemy using a thrown weapon	x10 x5 x5	Cost of hiring Mercenaries decreases.
2	Disarm and kill a guard with his own weapon Kill a Byzantine Almogavar Perform a Hook and Throw	x5 x25 x10	Unlocks the Mercenary Faction Ability (any group of Mercenaries in Ezio’s employ will act as bodyguards, pushing harassers out of the way and fighting inquisitive guards). Also unlocks the Mercenaries Guild Crest at the Assassin’s HQ.
3	Perform a double assassination Kill five guards in under 10 seconds in melee Perform a Kill Streak of at least five kills Kill an Ottoman Janissary	x10 x1 x10 x25	Unlocks the Broadsword at the Assassin’s HQ.

Whenever you notice a scaffold, look for a nearby guard patrol featuring either a Byzantine Militia or an Ottoman Agile. Both are vulnerable to the Grab move required for the related Set 1 Challenge.

“Thrown weapon” means either Heavy or Long weapons types hurled forcefully into opponents bodies with a special attack move. Throwing Knives do not count.

Almogavar are actually rather rare. However, the Piri Reis: Datura mission is extremely short, and features several Almogavar targets that can be killed with great ease.

Topkapi Palace is the best place to hunt Janissaries from Sequence 04. Travel to the main courtyard to encounter an angry abundance of them… and pack plenty of bombs.

The Kill Streak Challenge requires a “pure” Kill Streak that isn’t interrupted by a Counter Kill. As this is pretty much impossible when you face Janissaries in later Sequences, you can use the Replay Memory function to play the first Memory of Sequence 04. Instead of moving into the Memory Start position, head out into Constantinople and attract groups of Elites.

Bombs

Set 1

Requirement	Total	Reward
Stick a bomb on a guard	x10
Kill a mission target with a bomb	x1
Distract a guard using bombs	x20	Extra bomb ingredients found within Dens.
Kill five guards with a single bomb	x1
Kill guards with Tripwire bombs	x20

Set 2

Requirement	Total	Reward
Craft a bomb with every shell type	x1
Use a bomb	x50
Kill a guard incapacitated by a bomb	x25	Bomb Capacity Upgrade. Also unlocks the Bomb Faction Crest at the Assassin’s HQ.
Craft one bomb of each effect type	x1
Use every bomb effect at least twice	x1

If you are methodical and start early in the story, when these Challenges first become available, you should have no problem in unlocking them before you complete all Core Memories.