Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Guide

Achievement/Trophy Guide

There are 50 Achievements worth 1000G on the Xbox 360. The PS3 has 51 Trophies, 1 Platinum, 1 Gold, 15 Silver, and 34 Bronze.

Technical Difficulties (10G/Bronze)
Attempt to access DNA Sequence 9 for the first time.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Battle Wounds (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 1.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Sanctuary! Sanctuary! (20G/Bronze)
Find a secure place to hide and re-enter the Animus.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Rome in Ruins (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 2.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Fixer-Upper (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 3.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Principessa in Another Castello (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 4.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Fundraiser (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 5.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Forget Paris (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 6.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Bloody Sunday (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 7.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Vittoria Agli Assassini (20G/Silver)
Complete DNA Sequence 8.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Requiescat In Pace (20 points)
Complete DNA Sequence 9.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

A Knife to the Heart (50G/Gold)
Secure the Apple of Eden.
-This is a story related achievement/trophy and will be unlocked in story mode while progressing.

Perfect Recall (30G/Bronze)
Achieve 100% Synchronization with a Sequence.
-Press the menu button when starting a memory. You will be able to see your objective and a special objective you must complete while playing a memory to achieve 100% synchronization. Get 100% synchronization in all memories in a sequence to unlock this achievement/trophy.

Deja vu (20G/Bronze)
Replay a Memory.
-You have the option to replay any memory or sequence while in the animus. Click the menu/pause button and go to DNA to choose another memory. Replay a memory to unlock this achievement/trophy right after you select it.

Golden Boy (20G/Bronze)
Discover the Shrine in the Terme di Traiano.
-During the story mode you will find romulus lairs hidden throughout the map. The first one (this one) will be given to you during sequence 2. The others, you will have to find for yourself. You can find them using your eagle sight. They will be sewer like doors around the country. Some can only be found after certain sequences in the game. Once you enter the sewer door, you must navigate through a series of obstacles and tunnels. At the end of the tombs/catecombs you will find a shrine room with loot. The main loot box in the shrine room is a special key and scroll. You need all six keys to unlock the door for your ultimate armor.

Undertaker 2.0 (20G/Bronze)
Discover the Shrine in the Catacombe di Roma.
-See the achievement/trophy Golden Boy for more info.

Gladiator (20G/Silver)
Discover the Shrine in Il Colosseo.
-See the achievement/trophy Golden Boy for more info.

Plumber (20G/Silver)
Discover the Shrine in the Cloaca Maxima.
-See the achievement/trophy Golden Boy for more info.

One-Man Wrecking Crew (20G/Silver)
Discover the Shrine in Palazzo Laterano.
-See the achievement/trophy Golden Boy for more info.

Amen (20G/Silver)
Discover the Shrine in the Basilica di San Pietro.
-See the achievement/trophy Golden Boy for more info.

Bang! (20G/Bronze)
Destroy the Machine Gun.
-Around sequence four you will be given option quests from Leonardo. These quests are to destroy war machines. Complete each one to unlock each achievement/trophy.

Splash! (20G/Bronze)
Destroy the Naval Cannon.
-Around sequence four you will be given option quests from Leonardo. These quests are to destroy war machines. Complete each one to unlock each achievement/trophy.

Boom! (20G/Bronze)
Destroy the Bomber.
-Around sequence four you will be given option quests from Leonardo. These quests are to destroy war machines. Complete each one to unlock each achievement/trophy.

Kaboom! (20G/Bronze)
Destroy the Tank.
-Around sequence four you will be given option quests from Leonardo. These quests are to destroy war machines. Complete each one to unlock each achievement/trophy.

Home Improvement (20G/Bronze)
Upgrade 5 buildings in the Antico district.
-In Sequence 3 you will have access to a new district in the South. This is the Antico District. Upgrade 5 building to unlock this achievement/trophy. You may notice doctors or blacksmith on the map, but when you reach them there’s just boarded up buildings. Buy those buildings to “upgrade” a building.

Tower Offense (20G/Bronze)
Burn All Borgia Towers.
-While in Rome you will find towers that are restricted areas, these are the Borgia towers. They will always have a special emblem on the map. To burn them down, you must kill the captain and climb to the top of the tower. The captains may be hiding underground or around other guards. The captains are marked with a red emblem. Sometimes the captains will run away if you are spotted.

Show Off (20G/Bronze)
Complete 10 Guild Challenges.
-In Sequence 3 you can work on guild challenges. There are 4 guilds: assassins, thieves, mercenaries, and courtesans. In each base you will find a chalkboard with challenges on them. You can also view the challenges in your DNA section of the pause menu. Complete 10 challenges to unlock this achievement/trophy.

.. .- — .- .-.. .. …- . (20G/Silver)
Solve all of Subject 16’s Puzzles.
-The name is morse code for “I Am Alive.” While playing story mode, you may find locations with a red eye on the picture for the landmark database. There will be 10 all over the game. Find hidden glyphs around these locations using your eagle sight. Jump into the glyphs to solve puzzles. When the puzzles are solved you will get a video of “the truth.” You can view the section I created that shows the locations of the glyphs and the puzzle solutions.

Perfectionist (20G/Bronze)
Earn 3 gold medals from the Animus Virtual Training Program
-After you enter sequence 2 you will be shown the Virtual Training Program. Access it by clicking on “Virtual Training” in the menu. There are a variety of training programs you can play. Beat the time limits while completing the objectives to earn medals. Earn 3 gold medals by completing 3 training programs in record time to unlock this achievement/trophy.

Brotherhood (20G/Bronze)
Recruit 3 Assassins.
-In Sequence 4 you will have the opportunity to recruit assassins after a memory. The first two are mandatory. The third is optional and will unlock this achievement/trophy. Look on the map for the markers to recruit assassins, save the civilians, and talk to them when the guards are dead to recruit.

Welcome to the Brotherhood (20G/Bronze)
Train a recruit up to the Rank of Assassin.
-You can call on your recruited assassins to kill non civilians, press the button on screen when it comes up. The button on the 360 is LB, I’m not sure if it’s L1 or L2 on the PS3. You can also assign your assassins contracts through the carry pigeons. Let them kill enough people to earn XP and rank up. After each level or so they will earn points to upgrade their weapons or armor, you must choose which parts get upgraded.

When someone reaches level 10, you must then go to the tiber islands hideout (Ezio’s Hideout) and perform a ceremony to make them assassins.

Capture the Flag (30G/Bronze)
Remove All Borgia Flags in Rome.
-There are 101 Borgia Flags all over Rome. You can spot them with your eagle sight to mark them on the map. 18 are found in the “Secret Locations,” such as the Romulus Lairs. 83 are found around Rome. Click on the flag sections in the additional memories of your DNA sequence to find which flags you may be missing. You also have the opportunity to buy treasure maps from art merchants to give the locations of the flags and feathers.

In Memoriam (20G/Bronze)
Collect All Feathers.
-There are 10 Feathers all over Rome. You can spot them with your eagle sight to mark them on the map. You will have the opportunity to buy treasure maps from art merchants to give the locations of the flags and feathers.

Dust to Dust (20G/Bronze)
Find 1 Artifact in the Present.
-This must be done before you beat the game at your new hideout in the real world. Leave the animus at any time and go outside. A 10 minute timer should be displayed. Find atleast 1 of the 5 artifacts hidden throughout the villa. The most common one is on the rooftop, a feather chest. You can also find the Medici Cape in the chapel.

Serial Killer (20G/Bronze)
Perform a Speed Kill Streak of 10.
-This can be done in various sequences, granted there are a ton of enemies surrounding you. Kill an enemy, preferably a counter attack kill, and link together all the other kills. You can link them together by holding the left stick to highlight another enemy while your killing someone, then click the attack button (X/Square) to jump to the next kill. You have to do this without getting attacked. If someone tries to attack you, you can counter attack that person even if you’re in mid animation when killing someone else.

Spring Cleaning (10G/Bronze)
Kill a guard with a broom.
-You can pick up weapons by standing over them and pressing B/Circle. Do this with a broom and kill a guard with it. You can usually find brooms within cities. Find a NPC sweeping the streets, run into him/her to knock the broom out of their hands, grab the broom, sneak attack a guard for an instant kill.

Your Wish is Granted (10G/Bronze)
Throw money in a well
-Find a well somewhere in the story mode. Switch to the money sack in your weapons and throw the money in the well. You can find a well behind the Pantheon.

Fly Like an Eagle (10G/Bronze)
Jump with the parachute off the top of Castel Sant’ Angelo.
-After destroying all the Leonardo war machines, you can purchase a parachute at a tailor. This must be done during a memory in sequence 8. During the memory you will visit Castel Sant’ Angelo. During the memory “An Apple a Day,” you can jump off the top. Climb one floor up from the starting point of that memory, then climb up the flag. Switch to your fists as the weapon and press X/Square while falling to use your parachute.

There’s a glitch known to cause your parachutes to disappear. Go to your inventory and supplies to check and see if you have any parachutes left.

The Gloves Come Off (10G/Bronze)
Win the highest bet at the Fights.
-After you renovate the mercenary’s barracks in sequence 3, you will have the option to fight or bet on fights. You must win the first 4 fights to unlock the last one. Bet 500 and win to unlock this achievement/trophy. To win use counter attacks and your sand attack. Hold X/Square and release to throw sand in the eyes of the enemies, then attack and hope you knock them out with one hit. If you knock them out in one hit you can try to chain the next hit for an insta-kill.

Mailer Daemon (20G/Bronze)
Access your email in 2012
-While you’re in the animus you may get a notification of a new e-mail. Press the start button to pause the game. If you do have a new e-mail it will say so there. You can leave the animus and check your computer in the real world. Click on your account on the computer and the achievement/trophy will unlock.

Synchronization Established (10G/Bronze)
Complete an entire Session with at least one kill (Multiplayer Only).
-While playing a game in multiplayer you must complete an entire session and kill at least one person. If you can’t find a match you can always play the tutorial. Complete that session and earn one kill.

Needle in a Haystack (5G/Bronze)
Kill your target while hidden in a hay bale (Multiplayer Only).
-In multiplayer you have the option of hiding in hay bales. Kill your target when they get close enough to you while hiding in a hay bale to complete this achievement/trophy. They must be close to the hay bale you’re hiding in.

Strong Closer (20G/Bronze)
Take the lead 10 seconds before the end of the session and go on to win (Multiplayer Only).
-All game modes play out until the time runs out. Take the lead in game 10 seconds before the end of the game to unlock this achievement/trophy.

Fast Learner (25G/Bronze)
Kill your target and escape your pursuer in less than 10 seconds (Multiplayer Only).
-While killing your target in multiplayer, you may give away your position to your pursuer. If your pursuer finds you, you must escape. Do both in less than 10 seconds to unlock this achievement/trophy.

Job skills (20G/Silver)
During Open Conflict, kill your target and escape (Multiplayer Only).
-This achievement/trophy sounds a lot like Fast Learner. Most people unlock both at the same time. If you’ve been spotted by your target you must kill them before the chase meter empties. Kill them and I think you must “escape” from the area you killed them in. Use a chase breaker or just run from the area.

Download Complete (40G/Silver)
Reach Level 50 (Multiplayer Only).
-Earn 650,000 XP in multiplayer.

Role Model (20G/Bronze)
Get all the Co-op bonuses in 1 session (Multiplayer Only).
-Play team game modes and get all the co-op bonuses in one session. This includes Co-Op Stun, Co-Op Kill, Multi Kill, Knock Out, Diversion, and Rescue. Check the bonus points section for detailed explanations on each bonus.

Overachiever (20G/Bronze)
Score 750 points or more on a single kill (Multiplayer Only).
-You can earn points through bonuses in multiplayer. Accomplish kills in certain ways and use kill/loss streaks to earn more points. Get 750 points or more in one kill to unlock this achievement/trophy.

Abstergo Employee of the Month (20G/Bronze)
Get every bonus at least once (Multiplayer Only).
-There are a variety of bonuses in multiplayer mode. They involve killing targets and evading pursuers. Obtain all of them to unlock this achievement/trophy. You can view a full list in the Experience Points section of this guide.

Ahead of the Curve (20G/Bronze)
Perform a double or a triple escape (Multiplayer Only).
-You may find your pursuer(s) in multiplayer. If you can escape two or three times without dying you will unlock this achievement/trophy.

Julius Ceaser (Platinum)
Win Every Trophy.

U Play

U Play is a special system that Ubisoft created. It’s similar to trophies/achievements. You earn U points for completing certain tasks in Ubisoft games. The tasks are usually certain achievements/trophies. You can then use those points to buy in game items. You must sign up for a U Play account at www.uplay.com

U Play Tasks
Complete these tasks to earn U Points.

Welcome to U Play (10U)
Sign in to U Play through Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Main Menu.

Technical Difficulties (10U)
Attempt to access DNA Sequence 9 for the first time. Start the story mode.

Perfectionist (20U)
Earn 3 gold medals from the Animus Virtual Training Program

Deja Vu (30U)
Replay a Memory.

A Knife in the Heart (40U)
Secure the Apple of Eden.

U Play Rewards
You can buy these items using U Points.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Theme (10U)
A theme for your Xbox 360/PS3

Florentine Noble Attire (20U)
Special Clothes for your main character in story mode.

Armor of Altair (20U)
Special Armor for your main character in story mode.

Altair’s Robes (20U)
Special Clothes for your main character in story mode.

Gun Capacity Upgrade (30U)
Upgrade the amount of ammo your gun can hold in story mode.

Hellequin (40U)
Unlock the Hellequin Persona in multiplayer mode.

DLC Achievements/Trophies

Strong-Arm (10G/Bronze)
Throw a Long Weapon, Heavy Weapon, and Smoke bomb more than 10 m at a guard.

High Roller (20G/Bronze)
Win 10000 florins playing Hazard.

Hazard is a new dice game you can play in thieves guild. Win 10000 florins to unlock this achievement/trophy. Bet 4560 florins and try to roll a 7 or 11 on the first roll to earn this achievement/trophy. If you roll a 2, 3, or 5, you will lose. If you roll any other number, you will have to roll that same number again to win or a 7 to lose.

Airstrike (20G/Bronze)
Kill 10 guards with a single arrow storm.

Special Delivery (20G/Bronze)
Double Assassinate from a parachute.

Grand Theft Dressage (20G/Bronze)
Steal 5 horses from their riders, while remaining on horseback.

Going Up (5G/Bronze)
Kill a guard with the bag that drops from a lift.

There are lifts you can run up to which raise you to the roof of a building. If you can kill a guard with the bag that drops when activating the lift, you will unlock this achievement/trophy.

Easy Come, Easy Go (5G/Bronze)
Pay 500 florins to an orator, then pickpocket him afterward.

Look for those men who talk about things in town squares. Pay him 500 florins, then pickpocket him. You will need to raise your notoriety in order to pay them first.

Clowning Around (30G/Silver)
Beat up the 5 thirsty harlequins.

Find 5 Harlequins throughout the game. Harlequins are the blue and purple jesters. Since they’re thirsty, they will be by rivers. They should attack you once you see them. Remember to beat them up, do not kill them! If you kill them, they will eventually respawn. Go after the first one you killed if you can’t find anymore. You can find each one on this map.

Going clockwise, starting with the clown far to the East, they are:

  1. On a cliff near a house.
  2. Under a bridge.
  3. On some stairs.
  4. On some stairs.
  5. Near a painting and some stairs.

GPS (20G/Silver)
Complete the Da Vinci Disappearance.

il Principe (100G/Silver)
Receive 100% sync in ACB and full sync in all missions of the Da Vinci Disappearance.

Complete the memories and the secondary requirements in both the main game and the DLC.