- Achievements
Do the following things to obtain the corresponding Gamerscore points:

5 Points
Fly Swatter	Kick a Guard while using the Flying Machine.
Myth Maker	Find the 8 statuettes in Monteriggioni.
10 Points
Man of the People	Toss more than 300 florins on the ground.
Red Light Addict	Pay 5000 florins on Courtesans.
Perfect Harmony	Tint your clothes with those colors
Mailman	Intercept a Borgia Courrier.
Tip of the Iceberg	Use your Eagle Vision to scan a Glyph in the environment.
Lightning Strike	Sprint for 100 meters.
Handy Man	Improve a building in the Strongkeep pushed.
Art Connoisseur	Buy a Painting from Florence and Venice.
I like the view	Synchronize 10 Watch Points.
Steal Home	Be victorious in a race against thieves!
High Dive	Perform a Leap of Faith from the Top of Florence's Giotto's Campanile.
Show your Colors	Wear the Auditore cape in each city.
Sweeper	Sweep 5 guards at once by using a Long Weapon.
Street Cleaner	Hide 5 dead bodies in a Bale of Hay.
Kleptomaniac	Pickpocket 1000 Florins.
Assassin For Hire	Finish your first assassination mission for Lorenzo Il Magnifico.
Messer Sandman	Stun 4 guards at once by throwing sand in their face.
A Piece of the Puzzle	Unlock a piece of Subject 16's video.
Macho Man	Defend a woman's honor.
Victory lies in preparation	Get all Hidden Blades, Item Pouches and Armor upgrades for Ezio.
20 Points
Welcome to the Animus 2.0	Enter the Animus 2.0.
The Birth of an Assassin	Be reborn as Ezio Auditore Da Firenze.
Arrivederci Abstergo	Break out of Abstergo.
Prison Escape	Discover the Assassin's Tomb inside the Rocca di Ravaldino fortress.
Undertaker	Discover the Assassin's Tomb inside the catacombs under Santa Maria Novella.
Doctor	Perform an Air Assassination on a Poisoned NPC.
No-hitter	Kill 10 enemies while remaining in conflict without being hit.
I can see your house from here!	Discover the Assassin's Tomb inside the Torre Grossa.
Vitruvian Man	Unlock all 20 pieces of Subject 16's video.
Venetian Gladiator	Discover the Assassin's Tomb inside Santa Maria della Visitazione.
Hallowed be thy name	Discover the Assassin's Tomb inside the Basilica di San Marco.
30 Points
The Merchant of Venice	Finish DNA Sequence 7.
Bleeding Effect	Finish training and reenter the Animus.
The Conspirators	Finish DNA Sequence 5.
In Memory of Petruccio	Acquire all the Feathers.
An Unexpected Journey	Finish DNA Sequence 6.
Exit the Son	Finish DNA Sequence 3.
The Vault	Finish DNA Sequence 14.
The Prophet	Finish DNA Sequence 11.
Bloody Sunday	Finish DNA Sequence 4.
Bianca's Man	Finish DNA Sequence 10.
The Impenetrable Palazzo	Finish DNA Sequence 8.
Vengeance	Finish DNA Sequence 2.
The Pain of Betrayal	Finish DNA Sequence 1.
Masquerade	Finish DNA Sequence 9.
Podestà of Monteriggioni	Reach 80% of your strongkeep pushed's total value.
100 Points
An Old Friend Returns	Escape the hideout.

- Easy 'No-hitter' achievement
Unlock the Smoke Bomb, then buy three Smoke Bombs. Find some guards to begin a fight with, and lure additional guards if necessary so there are at least ten guards. Throw a Smoke Bomb, and kill as many guards as possible with your hidden blade. Once the Smoke Bomb's effect wears off, throw another one. Repeat this until you get the 'No-hitter' achievement.




- Finding feathers
Feathers are placed along the main quest areas of the game. This is unlike the flags in the original Assassin's Creed, which appeared seemingly at random throughout the world. Finding hidden feathers is best done by running across rooftops, since naturally that is where birds spend the most time losing them. Walk around the rooftops with Eagle Vision turned on to see feathers in a white glitch type of graphic.


To find the final few feathers, pause the game, and go to the DNA strand. There is a section at the end of the strand that shows you where the feathers are located. Then, go to the feather section to find out what districts the missing feathers are located in.

- Extra abilities
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding ability:


- Easy 'Myth Maker' achievement


- Easy 'Doctor' achievement


- Overcomeing harder enemies
Notice: This can only be done after learning the Disarm move. Sometimes you will run into the big 'Golden Knights' or the men who fight better than normal soldiers and usually have unique weapons such as lances or big axes. They can also deflect attacks and counter more often. To defeat them more easily, disarm yourself by pressing Down to put your weapon away. When they attack, press X to counter and disarm them. This usually works in one attempt. Then, quickly push X again to kill the unarmed man.

- Using horses
The horses in the game can be very useful for things other than obviously using them for travel. Ride them into a potential fight and dismount. Lure an enemy to the rear of the horse, and it will kick them, inflicting a good amount of damage. They also will follow you after you dismount them until you enter a city, making them easier to relocate.

- Auditore Cape
Acquire 100 feathers in the box in your villa, then talk to your mother to get the Auditore Cape.

- Easy 'High Dive' achievement


- Condottiero War Hammer
Acquire 50 feathers in the box in your villa to unlock the Condottiero War Hammer for purchase for 30,600 Florins at the blacksmith's shop at Villa Monteriggioni.

- Easy medicines and throwing knives
Loot bodies or pick-pocket people to get free medicines and throwing knives.

- Easy kills
Once you unlock the smoke bomb, you can use it to kill guards quicker and easier. Equip the smoke bomb, then throw it. While the soldiers are coughing, use your hidden blade to quickly and easily kill them.

- Glyph locations and puzzle solutions
Use Eagle Vision to scan for Glyphs in the indicated locations:


- Mario series reference
When Sequence 3 begins and you are escorting Maria and Claudia to the Villa, you will get ambushed by Pazzi and his men. You will be rescued by your Uncle Mario. When you first talk to him, he will say 'Don't you recognize me? Its-a me, Mario!'

- Overcomeing groups of enemies
When fighting a large group of enemies, it is best to keep moving around so they do not surround you and attack from more than one side at once. Keep your guard up, and wait for one of them to attack, then counter it. If there are Brutes or Seekers in the group, it is a little tougher, but the other tips listed will help. Try avoiding Brutes and Seekers at first and focus on the other enemies.


When you are in a situation where you have to fight multiple guards, attack with a group (thieves or mercenaries). While they are attacking someone, come from behind with your hidden blade to instantly kill them. Notice: This also works during the final battle where many Ezios fight the final Boss; however, instead of using your hidden blade (because it is never successful), use your main weapon.

- Reusing axes and spears
If you lose an axe or spear inside an enemy while countering him, just pick up his corpse, and immediately drop it to be able to collect that weapon again and reuse it.

- Giant squid
In the assassin's tomb in Santa Maria Delle Visitazione, before the room where you get one of the seals required for the Armour of Altair, is a large room filled with water. This room has an obstacle course. Activate the lever before going through the course, then stand on the edge of the floor, and look at the water. Remain idle until a large shape swims across the water. Use the lever again after the timer resets, and stand at same location. After awhile, a giant tentacle will shoot out of the water that Ezio dodges at the last second.




- Shop renovations
Renovate any of the five shops located in the Villa to increase the Villa's value and get special discounts. Each shop has three renovation levels. The blacksmith and doctor are available at the beginning of the game. The following is how much each of the three renovation levels cost for each shop:

Doctor	First renovation already available, 3,000, 5,000 Florins
Blacksmith	First renovation already available, 7,000, 12,000 Florins
Ant Merchant	1,000, 5,000, 8,000 Florins
Bank	1,500, 5,000, 9,000 Florins
Tailor	1,000, 2,500, 5,000 Florins

- Overcomeing Brutes
Brutes are the large armored soldiers with two handed weapons such as axes and claymores. The trick to killing Brutes is to first disarm them. You can take their weapons away from them, and then kill them easily. Trying to reverse their moves will just result in you getting hurt if you have a weapon ready.

- Overcomeing Archers
Normally Archers are not much of a threat and more of a nuisance, but in some areas there are a lot of them scattered around. If you are in a fight and there are also archers shooting at you, try to get away from the fight and run to the archer(s). This will make them drop their bow and draw their sword. You can also use the archer(s) to your advantage by positioning the soldiers in the archer's line of fire to have them wound the soldiers instead of you.

- Easy 'Fly Swatter' achievement
Simply lock onto a target by keep pusheding LT and pressing X while in front of them to kick them. Notice: This must be done during the Flying Machine mission to get the 'Fly Swatter' achievement.




- Overcomeing Seekers
Seekers are soldiers with spears. The trick to killing Seekers is grappling them. Grab them first to kill them quickly.

- Easy 'Kleptomaniac' achievement
Find a herald to reduce your notoriety, and bribe him. This will cost 500 Florins. Once done, immediately pickpocket him to get the 500 Florins back, plus 3 to 5 extra Florins. Repeat this one more time with the same or different herald to get the 'Kleptomaniac' achievement.


Go to Florence, and find a large group of people. Try to have them walking towards you. Keep pushed A while walking through the group of oncoming people, and you should pickpocket most of them in just a few seconds. Since A also serves as the 'fast-walk' command, you can get Florins quickly from people if you keep it held. Repeat this trick as many times as necessary to get the 'Kleptomaniac' achievement.