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Assassin's Creed 3 Guide: Naval Mission Locations, Privateer

Walkthrough

Assassin's Creed 3's naval battles are a key part of full synchronisation. Read our walkthrough guide on

how best to acheive it.

Published on Oct 29, 2012

Welcome to the 100% club. Be warned, what is contained within has spoilers. It is a reference guide, so

please refer to it only when stuck.

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

First off, this is not a walkthrough, so do not expect step by step turn left here, look at giant muffin-

type direction. This is a reference guide. It contains spoilers, so please only refer to it when you are

stuck.

Or, you might not mind spoiling things, in which case, feel free to soak yourself in warm bubblebath, put

your feet up and read the whole thing as if it were the latest thing Dan Brown farted out his literary

bunghole. Your choice.

All missions that have bonus objectives are covered here in detail, which includes main story missions,

naval locations, naval missions and privateer missionsthe difference between them you will become

accustomed to as you play. As for all the other little fiddly bits to get you to 100% synch; theres a lot to

them, but we will take you through these first. These are things you should try to do throughout to save

yourself the hassle of getting everything at the end. So let us begin...

SOME ADVICE: BE TIDY!

This is a law that applies to your entire playthrough of the game. When a bunch of new icons appear on

the map, get rid of them. Aim to keep clean maps at all times. This will frequently mean stopping the

main story while you arse about collecting feathers and trinkets and liberating districts and so on,


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LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MISSED SHOTS (2)

A missed shot is counted when nothing at all connects. Basically, just be very careful during the first part

of the fight. Use your swivel cannon against the smaller boats and time your shots well. Dont worry if a

wave gets in the way. That wont count as a miss.

DESTROY FRIGATES BY FIRING ON THEIR WEAK POINTS

Weak points are highlighted with a big, obvious white circle. Trouble is, you have to have damaged the

other ship exactly the right amount to see it. Basically, keep steering around them, ignoring the damagetheyre doing you (there is no objective for your own damage) grazing them until the target appears.

Take your time and make sure you hitthe reticle should turn red when its safe.

FRENCH INVOLVEMENT

LIMIT DAMAGE TO LA BELLADONNA

This and the next criteria go hand in hand. Use swivel guns to take out the smaller ships as fast as you

possibly can and La Belladonna wont take much damage at all. Switch to incendiary shot for the larger

ship in the first group.

SINK MORE ENEMIES THAN LA BELLADONNA (11)

Again, start shooting immediately and be fast and accurate. Use your minimap to see ships so you can

swivel gun them even when the fog means you cant see them physically. Its all about the red reticle,people.

KILL THE OFFICER WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME (1:00)


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He is a pain, but once youve chased him along both sides of the boat, he stops running. Hold X and run-

kill him to end it quickly.

BIDDLES HIDEOUT

TAKE OUT THE MEN-OF-WAR WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME (3:00)

Unlike other time limits, you wont be provided a countdown. Ignore Biddles ship and head straight for

them at full sail. Youll need a fair bit of luck here. The high seas make it difficult for you to get your

shots to connect and they always seem to be running away from you. Use incendiary shot and on oneout of every three occasions or so a weak spot will open up. This is probably the only way youll be able

to do it within the time limit. Was for us.

DESTROY THE RANDOLPHS MAST WITH A SINGLE BROADSIDE

This is all about holding off. Keep manoeuvring around her until you are point blank, almost touching

and perfectly aligned. Fire. If you try a shot from a bit further away, remember that chain shot are slow

to travel through the air and so youll have to aim a fair bit in front of your target.

KILL ONLY BIDDLE

Just ignore the other men. When you get into the fight with him use Counter-A to beat him.

Assassin's Creed 3: NAVAL LOCATIONS (KIDDS TREASURE HUNT)

These are specifically for Kidds Treasure and are separate from all the other naval missions.They are

unlocked by retrieving all the Peg Leg trinkets and giving them to Peg Leg.

FORT WOLCOTT


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PERFORM THREE LEDGE ASSASSINATIONS

The first is right above you. Climb around to the front and wait for the guard to stand near you, then

grab him by the belt and yank him off. For the second, when you arrive at the large-ish room with the

three guards and the hay bale, dive into the hay bale and silently dispatch the first two, then ledge-kill

the third one at the far end of the room on the left-hand ledge. You cannot miss the third. After getting

the treasure in the bedroom, the courtyard jumping path leads you directly to his feet.

LIMIT HEALTH LOSS 33%

Avoid the fire and learn the route. This is far easier to accomplish than the next criteria guards to fight,

once youve killed one use the left stick to point at the next and mash X. If youve done it right, you will

combo into your next attacker. Repeat. If it does not unlock immediately, reset to the checkpoint and try

again.

ACHIEVE MINIMUM KILL STREAK (3)

Assassin's Creed 3: DEAD CHESTS CHALLENGE

You have only one chance at this. When you meet your first set of

PERFORM RUNNING ASSASSINATIONS (3)

During the chase, mash X whenever you approach an enemy. It is really easy.

STAY WITHN RANGE OF YOUR TARGET (40 YARDS)

Hold RT the whole way and dont get slowed by anything. Do it right and this part too is easy.


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KILL THE TARGET BEFORE HE REACHES THE CAVE

Took us an oddly long time to figure this out, but provided you havent been slowed down at all, you

should find yourself in a final leap above his head just before he reaches the cave. Mash X while in the

air and its sayonara monsieur thief man.

THE GHOST SHIP

REACH OCTAVIUS WITHIN TIME LIMIT

Just keep running toward it. Hold down R and Connor will do the rest. We managed it with about ten

seconds to spare, so theres leeway for a couple of mistakes, but...

DO NOT FALL IN THE WATER

Also this means youre going to have to get your skates on when escaping the ship.

THE MAD DOCTORS CASTLE

REACH THE ASSAILANTS LOCATION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT (1:00)

Climb the stuffed bear then follow the path up and around, across the mammoth tusks and over the

bells. Done. Be sure to get the treasure after finding the next two clues. You have to climb the sliding

cabinet and jump back aways from it and onto the high platform. For the second bonus treasure chest,

drop down in the small room with the ramp and floor-slide through the hole in its bottom.

SOLVE THE RIDDLE WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT (1:00)


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Change the time on the grandfather clock to 4:50. The answer, in case you were wondering, is on the

faces of all the little watches in the other cabinet.

OAK ISLAND

SOLVE THE RIDDLE WITHIN TIME LIMIT (5:00)

There are four of them. Go in whichever order you like and use Eagle Vision if you get lost. Each is a

basic puzzle involving pattern matching. Theyre pretty easy and we did this with a couple of minutes to

spare, but if you get stuck, just remember to align the largest object with the largest socket and take it

from there, rotating around it.

DO NOT USE RANGED WEAPONS AGAINST ANIMALS

Easy. When the wolves attack, just use quick-time events to kill them in the usual way. Problem is...

LIMIT HEALTH LOSS (30%)

These wolves dont fight fair. As you will probably be used to by now, Assassins Creed III just loves

changing its own rules to suit itself, so these wolves offer you approximately a quarter of a nanosecond

to hit the right buttons. Good luck, then. It only took us 46 tries. Or thereabouts.

PRIVATEER CONTRACTS

Twelve of these. They are quicker and easier than other naval missions, their function to reduce the risk

posed by pirates and other marauders to your trade routes. That is, if you use trade routes. We didnt

because we were playing Assassins Creed III, not Port Royale 3. These are fun at any rate, and necessary

for 100% synch.

HENDERSON IN DISTRESS


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LIMIT ALLIED LOSS 50%

Get on the swivel gun and start bullseying them immediately. No real tips to offer here other than that

this is going to take skill. The faster you take them down, the less damage will be suffered by the

Henderson, natch.

PAVING THE WAY

DESTROY THREE SHIPS BY RAMMING THEM

Prioritise ramming. Halfsail is the best speed for this as it provides the best balance between speed and

manoeuvrability. Slam into three then take the rest out. Dont worry about your own ship being

damaged as there is no fail criteria for it.

DREAD OF NIGHT

LIMIT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (25%)

Very easy. Only use your cannons on the St James and only when up close. Sink her first and swivel gun

the remainder of her fleet. In the meantime watch out for rocks.

TROUBLED WATER

LIMIT DAMAGE TAKEN (50%)

Quite easy. Before disembarking, make sure you have incendiary shot available and have them

equipped. Two broadside shots will sink each British privateer and since each is a long way apart, if

youre efficient you should never come up against more than one. Make sure you duck and cover when

youre hit by the big waves.

RAIDING THE PROSPECTOR


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SINK THE FLEET WITHINTHE TIME LIMIT (1:30)

Ignore the larger ship at the outset and broadside the group of smaller ones with standard shot, then

finish them off as quickly as possible with the swivel, all the time bearing your ship left. By the time

youve turned about, the larger ship should be bearing down on you. Broadside her. If youre lucky,

youll do her in one hit. And youll need to be lucky. Polish the rest off with the swivelgun. Good luck.

This is very tough.

ONE OF A KIND

SINK A FRIGATE

Blast the enemy until the frigates appear, chase one until dead.

BLISTERING DAWN

LIMIT DAMAGE (25%)

Couldnt be easier. Only four ships. Use incendiary shot.

A CALL FOR HELP

LIMIT ALLY DAMAGE (75%)

Mash their boats to driftwood as quickly as possible.

SEARCH FOR THE SOMERSET

LIMIT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (25%)

Just avoid the rocks at the start.


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