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Database menu of the Animus 2.0
The Database is a collection of informative articles that can be accessed by the users of Animus or Helix devices. These articles provide background information on people, locations, items, and events encountered during the exploration of genetic memories.
Animus 2.0
Database menu of the Animus 2.01
The database was introduced in Animus 2.0, a version of the device created by the Assassin Rebecca Crane. The articles were created by Shaun Hastings, and would become available when Desmond Miles happened upon a person or object of interest while exploring Ezio Auditore da Firenze's memories, allowing him to find out more information about the entry's subject.[1][2]
Both Shaun and Rebecca could add comments or details of their own, including mentions of Glyphs and other important items of interest in the database.[1][2]
The Animus 2.0 database entries were as listed below.
- People
| Art Merchants | Banks | Blacksmiths | Caravan Travel |
| Carnival Performers | Courtesans | Doctors | Fast Travel Station |
| Heralds | Mercenaries | Tailors | Thieves |
- Locations
- Secret Locations
| Arsenale di Venezia | Rocca di Ravaldino | Santa Maria del Fiore | Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari |
| Basilica di San Marco | Santa Maria Novella | Santa Maria della Visitazione | Torre Grossa |
| Palazzo Medici |
- Documents
- The Truth
| Glyphs | The Truth |
Animus 2.01
Some of the entries from this version of the Animus are unchanged from the previous incarnation of it.
- People
| Architects | Art Merchants | Banks | Blacksmiths | Courtesans |
| Doctors | Followers of Romulus | Heralds | Hermeticists | Jubilee Performers |
| Mercenaries | Tailors | Thieves |
- Locations
| Casa di Vespucci | Firenze | Giotto's Campanile | Loggia dei Lanzi |
| Palazzo Auditore | Palazzo della Signoria | Santa Maria del Fiore | Santa Trinita |
- Secret Locations
| Acqua Marcia | Basilica di San Pietro | Colosseo | Mercati di Traiano |
| Palazzo Laterano | Piramide Cestia | Terme di Diocleziano | Terme di Traiano |
- Documents
- Paintings
| Annunciation | Lady with an Ermine | Portrait of a Musician |
| St. Jerome in the Wilderness | The Adoration of the Magi |
- The Truth
| Rifts | The Miracle |
Animus 2.03
Database menu of the Animus 2.03
The database incorporated into Animus 2.03 was created by the virtual construct of Clay Kaczmarek, who took over Shaun's role when Desmond fell into a comatose state due to the events in the Colosseum Vault. As with the previous version, database entries became available when Desmond encountered the object of interest they were about.[3]
Database menu of The Lost Archive
The Lost Archive, which contained some of Clay's own memories, could be accessed via the Animus Island's portals, and contained its own database. It kept track of the decipher fragments and letters, as well as transcripts of voice logs.[4]
The voice logs became available for viewing only after completing the first memory, and the logs for the decipher fragments and letters by gathering them.[4]
- People
| Bankers | Blacksmiths | Black Market Dealer | Book Shop | Byzantines |
| Doctors | Greek Fire | Heralds | Janissaries | Mercenaries |
| Ottomans | Romanies | Tailors | Thieves |
- Locations
- Bomb Codex
| Blood Bomb | Caltrop Bomb | Cherry Bomb | Datura Bomb |
| Fuse Shell | Gold Bomb | Impact Shell | Smoke Decoy |
| Smoke Screen | Splinter Bomb | Sticky Pouch | Stink Bomb |
| Thunder Bomb | Trip Wire |
The Lost Archive
Animus 3.0
Database menu of the Animus 3.0
The database incorporated into Animus 3.0 was once more created by Shaun, who would frequently update entries with information learned while Desmond was exploring both Haytham Kenway's and Ratonhnhaké:ton's memories.[5]
Information on the various tribes was provided by a friend of Shaun, who believed the data was for a presentation. The database also included a folder on animals, describing their behavior and the various tactics that could be used to effectively hunt them.[5]
- Locations
| Boston Light | Buckman Tavern | Concord | Davenport Homestead |
| Fort Duquesne | Isaac Potts House | Johnson Hall | Kanièn:keh Nation Territory |
| Lexington | North Bridge | Old Belfry |
- People
- Events
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Boston Massacre | Boston Tea Party |
| Coercive Acts | Siege of Boston | Smallpox Inoculation |
| Stamp Act | Tea Act |
- Animals
- Items
- Kanien'kehá:ka
- Documents
Animus Console
Database menu of the Animus console
The database incorporated into the Animus console was created by Abstergo Entertainment employees. As Liberation was designed to cast the Templars in a more positive light, important information was frequently left out, misrepresented or outright false.[6]
To counteract this, the hacking collective known as Erudito actively worked to re-introduce the truth into the game, allowing the player to view the information from an unbiased perspective.[6] Curiously, the documents collected are found under "Inventory" rather than under "Database".
Animus Omega
Database menu of the Animus Omega
The database incorporated into the Animus Omega consisted of drafts written by Abstergo Entertainment employees. As such, the material within them was subject to change, with people such as Melanie Lemay, Olivier Garneau and others frequently adding in remarks.[7] There is another collection of documents, those called "My files".
Edward Kenway's Memories
- Shanties
| Sea shanties |
- Documents
- People
- Locations
- Landmarks
- Art Collection
- Fauna
Ships
Adéwalé's Memories
Aveline de Grandpré, 1784
Identity Project
Database menu of Identity Project
The database for the Identity Project was stylized after a Codex Scroll.[8] Unlike the Sample 17 Project, the section of Golden Age of Piracy has no Abstergo Entertainment employees' remarks.[9] The project originally ran on the Mobile Helix Navigator,[10] though it later ran on the Animus Omega.
Montreal 2014
| Locations |
| Abstergo Entertainment |
Italy 1475 - 1554
Caribbean 1670 - 1722
Helix-based Animus Omega
A database incorporated in the Animus Omega through the Helix servers. Like the previous incarnation, there is another collection of files not under "database", but under "My files".
Ships
Ship Types
Various databases where available through the Helix navigator. In addition information about the subjects encountered in the simulation, the database could also collect digital documents collected from outside sources as well as be edited from outside the servers (as demonstrated by Shaun Hastings).[11]
The Helix navigator database had many iteration with different subject matter depending on the time period simulated and the user.[12]
Revolutionary France
For Revolutionary France, while exploring the memories of Arno Dorian, the database had four categories (Case files, people, locations and misc), with all but the first category having subcategories, as seen below.
- Case files
- People
| Estates General Deputees | Jacobin Club | Le Cabinet Noir (The Black Office) |
| Les Chouans | Non-Juring Priests | Raiders |
| Sans Culottes | Swiss Guard | The Feuillants |
| The Girondists | Third Estate |
- Locations
| Petit Pont | Pont au Change | Pont au Double |
| Pont de la Concorde / Révolution | Pont de la Tournelle | Pont Marie |
| Pont Neuf | Pont Notre-Dame | Pont Rouge |
| Pont Royal | Pont Saint-Michel |
- Misc
| Ah! Ça ira! | Frères Courons aux Armes! | La Carmagnole | La Guillotine Permanente |
| La Marseillaise | Le Chant du Départ | Prise de la Bastille |
Ming era China
While exploring the genetic memories of Shao Jun in Ming era China, the database consisted of three categories: people, locations, and documents. The latter category also contained entries about items.
British India
The same three categories made up the database for the genetic memories of Arbaaz Mir in India during the eighteenth century.
Revolutionary Russia
During the exploration of the genetic memories of Nikolai Orelov, as well as Duchess Anastasia Nikolaeva of Russia, the database consisted of the same three categories too.
Victorian London
During the exploration of the genetic memories of Evie Frye and Jacob Frye, as well as Lydia Frye, the database consisted of five categories: People, Locations, Collectibles, Present Day and Miscellaneous, with many subcategories as seen below.
1868
- People
| Brinley Ellsworth | Crawford Starrick | David Brewster | John Elliotson |
| Lord Cardigan | Lucy Thorne | Malcolm Millner | Maxwell Roth |
| Pearl Attaway | Philip Twopenny | Rupert Ferris |
- Locations
- Collectibles
- Present Day
| Álvaro Gramática | Bishop | Galina Voronina | Isabelle Ardant |
| Juno | Otso Berg | Rebecca Crane | Shaun Hastings |
| Violet da Costa |
- Miscellaneous
1888
- People
- Locations
- Collectibles
- Present Day
- Miscellaneous
Animus HR-8.5
Database menu of the Animus HR-8.5
Viking Expansion
While exploring the life of the Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan through her modified Animus, Layla Hassan had access to a database referred to as a "Codex". Like past iterations, it was written by Shaun Hastings, and also offered user-friendly Animus tutorials to help navigate the simulation.[13]
| Asgard | East Anglia | Francia | Ireland |
| Jorvik | Jotunheim | Lunden | Mercia |
| Northumbria | Norway | River Berbha | River Dee |
| River Erriff | River Exe | River Rhine | River Severn |
| Svartalfheim | Vinland | Wessex | Wincestre |
| Ciara's Song for Flann | Ciara's Song of the Lia Fáil |
| Dam Walls | Dwarven Craftsmanship |
| Motsognir | Shelters |
| Silica Awakening |
Initiates
- Main article: Initiates Database
Following the 2012 phenomenon, the hacker group Initiates began compiling database entries covering information known by the Assassins and Templars.[14]
Rebellion
- Main article: Rebellion
Abstergo Entretainment's title Rebellion did not have a database section like their original title Liberation. Though a section that seeks to shed light on the backstory of the characters did exist, it was marked "Bios".[15]
Trivia
- The various databases commonly held incorrect information on birth years. For example, Francesco de' Pazzi and Vieri de' Pazzi, who were father and son, were stated to have an age difference of 10 years.
- Most of the files for the Animus 2.0 and 3.0 were obtained from Abstergo Industries, as they possessed better and larger archives, which Shaun frequently pointed out.
- It is unknown why some entries in Assassin's Creed: Identity were removed.
- In Assassin's Creed: Identity, the entries of Caribbean section are unlocked by obtaining the achievements.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Lost Archive
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed III
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- ↑
ACIdentity (@ACIdentity) on Twitter "The Codex is a database of all the people & places you've discovered in Italy. How many entries have you found in @AssassinsCreed Identity?" (backup link) (screenshot)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Identity
- ↑ ASSASSIN'S CREED IDENTITY ▋ ANDROID/IOS GAMEPLAY ▋ DOWNLOAD on the BEEDROID™ YouTube channel
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
