Secret location

Secret locations were locations which required a combination of freerunning and puzzle solving to be navigated, and which were visited throughout the ages by several notable individual Assassins, most notably by Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
==Renaissance Italy==
===Assassin Tombs===
The Assassin Tombs were landmarks around Italy, six of which housed the tomb of an Assassin who was said to have "protected the freedom of mankind when it was most threatened". These shrines also contained seals which were collectively used to obtain the Armor of Altaïr within the sanctuary beneath the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni.
In addition to these, the Auditore Family Crypt in Monteriggioni was also considered an Assassin Tomb.
*Florence
**Santa Maria Novella - contained the tomb of Darius.Assassin's Creed II – Novella's Secret.
**Santa Maria del Fiore - contained the tomb of Iltani.Assassin's Creed II – Il Duomo's Secret.
*Torre Grossa in San Gimignano, Tuscany - contained the tomb of Wei Yu.Assassin's Creed II – Torre Grossa's Secret.
*Rocca di Ravaldino in Forlì, Romagna - contained the tomb of Qulan Gal.Assassin's Creed II – Ravaldino's Secret.
*Venice
**Basilica di San Marco - contained the shrine of Amunet.Assassin's Creed II – San Marco's Secret.
**Santa Maria della Visitazione - contained the tomb of Leonius.Assassin's Creed II – Visitazione's Secret.
*Auditore Family Crypt in Monteriggioni - contained the tomb of Domenico Auditore and his son.Assassin's Creed II – Paying Respects.
===Templar Lairs===
The Templar Lairs hid treasure that presumably belonged to and funded the activities of the Templar Order, with the exception of the Palazzo Medici, which was the abode of the Assassin-allied Medici family being attacked by soldiers of the Templar-allied Pazzi family in 1479. All of these could be accessed through a wooden door marked with a large red cross.
*Palazzo Medici in FlorenceAssassin's Creed II – Home Invasion.
*Santa Maria Dei Frari in VeniceAssassin's Creed II – Over Beams, Under Stone.
*Arsenal Shipyard in VeniceAssassin's Creed II – Shipwrecked.
==Rome==
Secret locations were also found in Rome, in the form of Lairs of Romulus. There were six of them in total, located throughout the city at various landmarks. Additionally, there were also two Templar Lairs that could be accessed from Rome.
Completing all of the Lairs of the would allow Ezio to obtain two of the treasures they guarded, namely the armor and dagger of Marcus Junius Brutus. Through traversing these locations, Ezio also obtained documents that gave background details on the Followers of Romulus as well as the assassination of Julius Caesar.
===Lairs of Romulus===
*Nero's Golden Palace (accessed through Terme di Traiano)Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – The Halls of Nero.
*Catacombe di Roma (accessed through Piramide Cestia)Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Wolves Among the Dead.
*ColosseoAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Thrown to the Wolves.
*Cloaca Maxima (accessed through Terme di Diocleziano)Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Leader of the Pack.
*Palazzo LateranoAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – The Sixth Day.
*Basilica di San PietroAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
===Templar Lairs===
*Mercati di TraianoAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Shopaholic.
*TivoliAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Liquid Gold.
==Constantinople==
In Constantinople, there were several secret locations that could be explored.
===Masyaf Keys===
As the main focus for Ezio's search for knowledge, he sought out the locations of the keys to the Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. A map to each location could be found in rare books, which were hidden within the city.
*Yerebatan CisternAssassin's Creed: Revelations – The Yerebatan Cistern.
*Galata TowerAssassin's Creed: Revelations – Galata Tower.
*Forum of the OxAssassin's Creed: Revelations – The Forum of the Ox.
*Maiden's TowerAssassin's Creed: Revelations – The Maiden's Tower.
===Others===
As well as locations that hid the Keys, two other secret locations resided in the city.
*Hagia Sophia - required all ten Ishak Pasha's memoir pages to be accessed.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Hagia Sophia's Secret.
*Vlad the Impaler's Prison - location discovered by interacting with a tome in Sofia Sartor's book shop and accessed through a gate in the city walls .Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Impaler's Tomb.
==Golden Age of Piracy==
===Islands===
*Black Island
*Mystery Island
*Sacrifice Island
===Others===
*Temple of Tulum
== Seven Years' War ==
=== Forts ===
* Fort de Sable
==Colonial America==
===Peg Leg trinkets===
Collecting trinkets for a man nicknamed "Peg Leg" allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to explore secret locations in the search of William Kidd's hidden treasure. These locations were unlocked after giving the trinkets to Peg Leg, after which the Assassin could access these locations by interacting with Robert Faulkner.
*Fort WolcottAssassin's Creed III – Fort Wolcott.
*Dead Chest IslandAssassin's Creed III – Dead Chest's Treasure.
*Northwest PassageAssassin's Creed III – The Ghost Ship.
*Edinburgh CastleAssassin's Creed III – The Mad Doctor's Castle.
*Oak IslandAssassin's Creed III – Oak Island.
===Others===
*CerrosAssassin's Creed III – The Ruins at Cerros.
==Trivia==
*Ezio could encounter a large figure in Santa Maria della Visitazione.
*In Amunet's tomb at the Basilica di San Marco, the banners clearly showed the poison seal, despite her Assassin seal bearing the symbol of a snake. This can be explained by the fact that the snake she used was a venomous one.
*Alexandre Amancio explained that the Secret Locations' design came about as at the time they were unable to allow players to enter such elaborate locations seamlessly.YouTube: GAME Assassin's Creed Unity Q&A with Alex Amancio.
==References==
Category:Animus