Treasure chest

2013-10-26T22:47:45Z

77.248.12.184: This exists in BF

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[[File:ACB_Treasure_chest.png|thumb|250px|A treasure chest in Rome]]
'''Treasure chests''' were small boxes filled with money and items, which could be found in a variety of locations. Though most were found in [[banks]] or under [[Guards|armed guard]], they could also be located alone on various rooftops or streets. The money they contained could range from small to large amounts.

The chests could either be red, gold or brown, with golden chests usually containing more currency. When viewed through the [[Animus]], they flashed unevenly with white, and could be seen most easily with [[Eagle Vision]].

==Renaissance==
[[File:AC2 Bank Guards.png|thumb|left|250px|A group of Borgia guards protecting a bank]]
Chests in banks were protected by four armed guards, but those scattered inside cities were usually unguarded, or protected by only one or two guards. Those outside of cities however, such as in the [[Apennine Mountains]], were not guarded at all. In [[Rome]] and [[Constantinople]], though not usually directly guarded, people opening chests on rooftops would be attacked by any nearby patrolling [[archers]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Banks contained two chests, and while they were always guarded by three or four men outside the doors, more guards usually patrolled nearby. [[Rebecca Crane]] once stated that although all families owned banks, most of them were held by the [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi family]], and that breaking into them would be worthwhile. However, guards affiliated with the [[House of Borgia]] were assigned to attend the banks containing [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]] pages.<ref name="AC2" />

[[Art merchants]] also sold treasure maps that marked the locations of the chests in an entire city, or in one of its districts, with the maps varying in price. They costed between 150ƒ to 395ƒ in the city of [[Florence]], 150ƒ in the Appennine Mountains, 285ƒ in [[Monteriggioni]], 175ƒ to 240ƒ in [[Tuscany]], 235ƒ to 260ƒ in [[Romagna]], and 485ƒ to 995ƒ in [[Venice]].<ref name="AC2" />

==American Revolutionary War==
[[File:AC3_Chest_Unlock.png|thumb|250px|Haytham Kenway lockpicking a chest]]
During the 18th century, [[Haytham Kenway]] and his son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], could find chests located throughout [[New York City|New York]], [[Boston]] and the [[Frontier]]. However, these chests differed from the Renaissance ones by the fact that they required [[lockpicking]] to access the contents.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

However, upon liberating the districts in Boston and New York, Connor would receive the key to all the chests located within the liberated district, eliminating the need for lockpicking. Additionally, Connor gained the key to all Frontier chests. However, chests located inside [[forts]] always required lockpicking.<ref name="AC3"/>

Certain treasure chests were guarded by [[dogs]]. Connor could lure them away using hunting bait, or killing them. Accompanying this, [[maps]] that detailed the chests' locations could be purchased from [[general stores]].<ref name="AC3"/>

==Valuable items==
[[File:Sixth day 25.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio opening a shrine's treasure chest in a lair of Romulus]]
Aside from money, chests found in Rome could also contain a variety of [[trade objects|trade items]]. These could later be sold to shops, or [[shop quests|traded]] for other valuable items or equipment. They could vary between common objects, such as jars of leeches, or valuable jewelry.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

Chests could also be found in the many [[Lairs of Romulus]]. Aside from money and valuable items, one special chest per lair could be found in its shrine, which contained one of six keys that unlocked the door to the [[Followers of Romulus]]' [[Armor of Brutus|treasure]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

For chests in Constantinople, they often contained [[Bombs|bomb]] ingredients, replacing trade items.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

Chests in the American colonies contained recipes for items that could be [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|crafted]] by the artisans in the [[Davenport Homestead]]. Scattered across the colonies were small trinket boxes which Connor retrieved for the sailor "[[Peg Leg]]" in exchange for letters from [[William Kidd]], helping him locate the map to Kidd's [[Shards of Eden|treasure]].<ref name="AC3"/>

==Trivia==
;General
*Proximity to a treasure chest was signaled by a 'shimmering' sound effect identical to the ones heard near [[feathers]], [[Glyphs]] as well as the [[decipher fragments]] in ''[[The Lost Archive]]''.
;''Assassin's Creed''
*[[Templars|Templar]] knights would sometimes be found guarding chests, however these could not be opened.
;''Assassin's Creed II''
*There were 330 treasure chests spread over the four cities and mountains, as well as two hidden chests in each [[Secret Locations|secret location]].
*In general, the amount of florins in each chest increased with every new city Ezio traveled to, presumably due to the increasing cost of [[weapons]] and [[armor]].
*Investing in the Monteriggioni Well, Mine and Church through the [[Villa Auditore]] would grant Ezio access to two additional chests in each of the three locations.
**There were also two chests in [[Villa Auditore#Ezio's room|Ezio's room]], in the top floor of the villa. These chests, despite being golden, only contained 200ƒ to 600ƒ.
;''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
*In the memories "[[Escape From Debt]]" or "[[Follow the Money|Follow The Money]]," two golden treasure chests may be found in [[Francesco Troche]]'s house.

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2013-10-26T22:46:30Z

77.248.12.184: Just saw it in AC4

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[[File:ACL SC SP 15 SD Bayou Alligator.jpg|thumb|250px|Aveline wrestling with an alligator]]
'''Alligators''' are a species of crocodilians native to the lower regions of the [[United States]] and [[China]].

American alligators can be found in the [[Louisiana Bayou]], and they are very territorial, becoming aggressive when they feel threatened. During the latter half of the 18th century, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]] collected [[alligator eggs]] scattered throughout the Bayou.

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
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