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00:05Welcome to MojoPlays, and today we're looking at 20 of the trickiest and most tedious items to
00:11unlock in Assassin's Creed. Before we begin, we publish new content all week long, so be sure
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00:28Armor of Altair, Assassin's Creed 2.
00:32This is the sanctuary. It was built by my great-grandfather to honor the memory of the
00:37Assassin Order.
00:39While there was perhaps some disappointment at the time that unlocking the coveted Armor of Altair
00:43does not give Ezio Altair's trademark outfit, the outfit you do get still became beloved by fans.
00:50It's one of the most powerful armor sets in franchise history, unable to be broken as
00:55part of the armor repair mechanic that exists only in Ezio's games, but unlocking it requires
01:00completing all of the Assassin's tombs across Italy. Most people will complete these optional
01:06missions because of the promise of the armor at the end, locked away in Montergione, but
01:11they can still be tricky levels to complete, consisting of advanced puzzle-platforming dungeons.
01:16Pistol Swords, Assassin's Creed 4, Black Flag
01:24In the original Black Flag, you'll unlock these swords if you complete all of the Assassin's
01:29contracts in the Caribbean. Some of these contracts are easier than others, particularly considering
01:34the more limited stealth gameplay of Black Flag and the stringent 100% sync requirements,
01:40although you don't need to get full sync for the missions to count towards the swords. When you
01:45finally get them, Edward will unlock new animations to impale enemies and then finish them off with a
01:51blast from the handles, which are themselves modified flintlocks. They return in resynced,
01:56but are far easier to unlock, turning your heavy attack into three shots from the handles and their
02:01unlimited ammo. Swordfish, Assassin's Creed Valhalla
02:11Of all the mindless side content to enjoy in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the fishing minigame is
02:18one of the more tedious. It's the only game in the franchise that has such a minigame,
02:23unless you count the harpooning in Black Flag, and it can be frustrating both to get the fish to
02:28actually fight the line and to work out which fish are in which areas. To unlock this unique sword,
02:33you have to complete all the fish deliveries for the fishing hut, which requires engaging in the
02:38minigame at length. It's worth it though, because you get this powerful greatsword made out of a
02:44taxidermy swordfish, and it bizarrely has the added buff of setting enemies on fire with its heavy attack.
02:51Cerulean Armor Sets, Assassin's Creed Shadows
02:53You could miss this additional feature in Assassin's Creed Shadows if you don't dig into all the pop-ups
03:00Ubisoft throws at you. As part of the first game fully employing the AC Infinity Animus Hub,
03:06which, if we're being honest, is just menus,
03:08Shadows introduced a system where, by completing anomalies,
03:12you'll unlock in-game currency, which is in turn used to track your progress in the Animus projects.
03:17It's really just a handful of battle passes,
03:20but you do get some interesting rewards for grinding all the anomalies,
03:23including the Cerulean Armor and Weapon Sets for both Naue and Yasuke,
03:28which requires completing the first two projects in the game completely.
03:32Black Pearl
03:33Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
03:36Most of the difficult unlockables from the original Black Flag are now located in chests around the world,
03:41and are relatively easy to find.
03:43Not so for this rare trinket.
03:45To even know it exists, you have to set up the treasure dealer in Great Inagua,
03:50where it appears for purchase. But like many of the things he sells, you can't buy it with money.
03:55Instead, you need trading commodities, which you'll get from either sinking ships or advancing the revamped Kenway's fleet minigame.
04:02You'll need 60 Wine, 40 Spice, 30 Tobacco, and 20 Aloe,
04:07all items that are difficult to come across in large amounts, the latter two especially.
04:12But once you get it, you're granted overpowered chain takedowns, so it's certainly worth the work.
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04:26Guy Bolg
04:27Assassin's Creed Valhalla
04:35The crowning glory of the phenomenal Wrath of the Druids DLC for Valhalla
04:40was this boss fight against Balor, a formidable figure from Irish mythology.
04:44Eivor enters another elaborate dream state to fight Balor, one of the best fights in a game full to the
04:50brim with memorable battles.
04:52After defeating Balor and his burning eye, Eivor pulls his legendary spear Guy Bolg from Balor's neck.
04:59But to even unlock the Balor fight, not to mention beating him, you need to wipe out the Children of
05:04Danu,
05:05collecting all the shards they drop in another of Valhalla's infamous open-world grinds.
05:10At least there aren't too many of them.
05:13Armor of Thomas D. Carnelon
05:14Assassin's Creed Unity
05:18Amazing.
05:19To think it's been here for almost 500 years.
05:24If you've always wondered what Altair's armor would look like if it were black and red,
05:28more like the armor we talked about earlier, unlocked in Assassin's Creed 2,
05:32then all you need to do is solve all of the Nostradamus riddles in Unity.
05:37You have to complete sets of riddles which will periodically unlock underground chambers inside which are more puzzles.
05:43The riddles are genuine tests of your own intelligence, and some can get pretty obscure.
05:49Once you do all that though, you'll finally be able to unlock this medieval armor,
05:54belonging to a previous Master Assassin, Thomas D. Carnelon.
05:58Vlad Tepes' Sword
05:59Assassin's Creed Revelations
06:14In this optional, secret dungeon, Ezio leaves Constantinople and goes as far west as Hungary,
06:21where Vlad the Impaler was once imprisoned near the end of his life.
06:24Aside from the lore of the game suggesting that Ezio himself completed the infamous challenge of finding out where Vlad
06:30the Impaler is buried,
06:31something historians to this day haven't been able to do,
06:34you'll find yourself going through another high-octane platforming dungeon.
06:39It's possibly the creepiest in the entire franchise,
06:42with Ezio arriving at the prison late at night during a full moon.
06:46All very fitting since Vlad remains one of the inspirations for modern vampire mythology.
06:51When you get to the end, Ezio opens the sarcophagus and gets this sword as a reward.
06:56Isu Armor
06:57Assassin's Creed Origins
06:59To unlock this rare armor, you need to find it in the tomb underneath the Great Sphinx.
07:04This alone isn't too difficult, but then you'll find out you also need to complete all 12 of the stone
07:10circles,
07:11watching Bayek's flashbacks as he explains the constellations to his son.
07:15Once you do all that, then you also need to have found 50 Silica,
07:20by far the more annoying part of getting the armor.
07:23You unlock Silica by completing tombs, but this isn't the only thing that demands Silica.
07:29It's required to unlock ancient mechanisms inside various Isu ruins across Egypt.
07:34Then, after you've done basically all of them, you'll be able to return to the Sphinx and get this armor.
07:40Auditory Cape
07:41Assassin's Creed 2
07:48One of the most grueling challenges to complete in the entire AC franchise is getting all 100 feathers in Assassin's
07:55Creed 2.
07:56While it's more interesting than collecting all the flags in the first game, of which there are over 400,
08:02it's still a grind.
08:04After you do all that, though, you'll get not one, but two rewards.
08:08An extremely brief cutscene with Ezio's mother Maria, and this cape bearing the Auditory Family heraldry.
08:14The best part? If you equip the cape, it makes you immediately notorious, so all the guards are out to
08:20get you.
08:21Great if you want to make the game more difficult, but otherwise, it's mostly a pointless reward,
08:26especially compared to all the work you have to do to get it.
08:30Officer's Outfit
08:31Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag
08:36This red British officer outfit is your reward for completing Gibraltar in the Kenway's Fleet minigame.
08:43By itself, the Fleet minigame isn't that hard, and it's also pretty fun to jump into whenever you're in Kenway's
08:49cabin on the Jackdaw.
08:51But it has a drawback. The routes are sailed in real time, meaning it can take many hours for some
08:58missions to complete.
08:59This means that even if you do the Fleet minigame regularly, you could finish Black Flag without unlocking all the
09:06trade routes
09:07and building the Fleet to the height of its strength.
09:10It's a test of patience more than anything, because perhaps the best solution is to leave your console or PC
09:16idling while you do other things.
09:24Harp of Perseus
09:26Assassin's Creed Odyssey
09:29Please, wait!
09:30Ligeia! Ligeia!
09:34Greek heroes are known for their iconic weapons, and there are plenty to be found in Odyssey,
09:40the Dagger of Kronos and Poseidon's Trident among them.
09:43But the hardest to attain is definitely the Harp of Perseus, because it's your reward for slaying Medusa.
09:50Medusa remains arguably the most difficult boss in the franchise, far harder than all the bosses in Valhalla and its
09:58DLCs,
09:59so getting the Harp of Perseus is no mean feat.
10:02It's not clear whether the Harp of Perseus is one of the Swords of Eden,
10:06though other swords do appear in Odyssey, and it seems plausible that it is.
10:11It definitely contains Isu technology, at the very least.
10:24Legendary Armors
10:25Assassin's Creed Unity
10:32These ones aren't exactly hard to get, more annoying, because they cost an absurd amount of in-game currency.
10:40The Legendary Sans Culottes set can't be won on a mission reward,
10:45and instead requires all five pieces to be bought for hundreds of thousands of livres.
10:50This is an absurd amount of money to acquire in Unity,
10:53even with Cafe Theater earning as much as it possibly can.
10:57So, why did Ubisoft make it so expensive?
11:00Of course, it's to try and force you to buy Helix Credits.
11:03Each Legendary Item costs 1,000 of them to hack, about $10 of real-world money.
11:10Though Ubisoft stresses that you can get a bonus $400 for each $1,000 you buy.
11:16Thanks, Ubisoft!
11:21Excalibur
11:22Assassin's Creed Valhalla
11:30The days of the mythological King Arthur had already passed
11:33by the time of Valhalla, but traces of him remain throughout England.
11:38To unlock his legendary sword, Excalibur,
11:41you have to collect all 11 lost treasures of Britain,
11:44which are found across England.
11:46Many of them appear on the map as mysteries,
11:49but others are held by Zealots of the Order of the Ancients.
11:52Like the mercenaries in Odyssey, the Zealots roam across the map.
11:56Some of the Zealots are harder to fight than the legendary animals,
12:00and the treasures of Britain dungeons can get confusing.
12:03But, once you've done all that,
12:05provided you can find all of the free-roaming Zealots in the first place,
12:09Eivor will pull the sword from the stone and claim it for themselves.
12:18Sir James Gunn's Armor
12:20Assassin's Creed Rogue
12:26No, not that James Gunn,
12:29the 14th century Templar, of course,
12:32who left his armor behind for the taking.
12:34To get this armor,
12:36Shea needs to infiltrate Fort de Sable,
12:38the biggest fort in the game.
12:40It's ruthlessly controlled by the French and enemy gang members.
12:44It's a long and tedious mission where Shea has 11 chests to try and loot,
12:48all while avoiding detection because he's one of the weaker Assassin's Creed protagonists
12:53in hand-to-hand combat.
12:55Despite Rogue's short length,
12:57it has many more outfits unlocked by Collection Quest 2,
13:00like the Viking armor and sword that offer a small taste of Valhalla six years early.
13:12The Armor of Brutus
13:14Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
13:15To get this unique armor,
13:24you have to complete all of the layers of Romulus
13:27as they open up gradually throughout Brotherhood.
13:29It's one of the few items that can't be just bought from the blacksmith
13:33once Ezio starts earning massive amounts of money as Rome's new landlord.
13:37Unlike the Assassin's Tombs in the previous game,
13:40the layers of Romulus are more varied
13:42and include combat, stealth, and parkour challenges,
13:46which make them harder.
13:48Brotherhood is already arguably the hardest game in the series,
13:51and going for gold with this armor just makes it harder.
13:54All of the layers other than the first one are optional, though.
14:03Mjolnir, Assassin's Creed Valhalla
14:10As soon as we heard that Assassin's Creed was going to the Viking Age,
14:14the question on everyone's lips was whether we'd be able to wield
14:18Thor's legendary hammer, Mjolnir.
14:20The answer, of course, was yes,
14:22but only if you're worthy,
14:24which means fulfilling some stringent requirements.
14:27First, you have to defeat all three of the Sisters of Larian
14:30to unlock the full Thor armor set,
14:33which is a difficult feat in and of itself.
14:35You then have to finish the story and return to Norway,
14:39because Mjolnir only spawns in one location
14:41and only after story completion.
14:44Its location is also not marked on your map,
14:47so it's even harder to find without a guide.
14:49But it's along Norway's most northern coast,
14:52the same route you sail to get to Idrisil,
14:54and you must have Thor's armor equipped to be able to loot it.
15:02The Aegis, Assassin's Creed Syndicate
15:05You don't suppose they've got another suit back there, do you?
15:08That one looks a bit tight for me.
15:10This unique armor is your reward for collecting all of the music boxes,
15:15aka Secrets of London.
15:17Unlike all the other collectibles in Syndicate,
15:19there's no in-game map you can buy that reveals their locations to you.
15:23Instead, you have to scour London bit by bit
15:26and keep an ear out for the music,
15:28following it to find the box.
15:30After all that,
15:32head down into the underground Assassin Vault
15:34to finally collect this lost Isu armor,
15:37known as the Aegis.
15:39Only Eevee can equip it,
15:41but it makes a nice change from all the dour Victorian costumes,
15:45era-appropriate as they are.
15:46It's also got a visual effect which seems to glitch in and out,
15:50showing that the Animus is having trouble perceiving it.
15:59Ring of Eden
16:01Assassin's Creed 3
16:02I'm a little on edge, Captain.
16:05The prospect of Captain Kidd's treasure
16:07and the mysteries that lie with it have me a trifle spooked.
16:10Another game-wide collection quest,
16:12Assassin's Creed 3 gives you so many trinkets to pick up
16:15that it's hard to know what's worthwhile and what's not.
16:19Finding all the almanac pages is more trouble than it's worth,
16:22unless you're a devout completionist,
16:25and you may get bored of the hunt for Captain Kidd's lost treasure
16:28before you find out what it is.
16:30It turns out to be the legendary treasure of Oak Island.
16:34After collecting every piece of the treasure
16:35and using those to get various pirate maps,
16:38Connor can unlock the Oak Island memory,
16:41solve the riddles,
16:42and get the treasure.
16:43The treasure turns out to be a Shard of Eden,
16:46which, despite the name,
16:47has been turned into a ring.
16:49Wearing it gives Connor a shield buff,
16:52although by the time you unlock it,
16:54it might not be that useful.
17:03Skeleton Crew, Assassin's Creed 4, Black Flag.
17:10Buried in Black Flag's menus are the Abstergo Challenges,
17:14sending you out into the Caribbean to complete various objectives,
17:18including getting 100% sync in the whole game.
17:22As you complete them,
17:24you'll unlock various in-game cheats,
17:26with deceased crew being the reward for completing all 100.
17:30This re-skins the Jackdaw's crew with skeletons,
17:33giving Edward an undead army to sail the high seas with.
17:37It's purely cosmetic,
17:38and you'll probably have run out of opportunities
17:40to actually use the crew,
17:41since you've already completed literally everything.
17:45But it's still a fun cheat Ubisoft added at the very end.
17:48If only there was a way to fully re-skin the Jackdaw itself
17:52to look like the Black Pearl.
17:55Join us, or die!
17:57Let us know in the comments
17:59which of these items you struggled to unlock.
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