Mnemonic sets

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Mnemonic sets were a game mechanic in the Facebook game Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy. Each set consisted of four components, which, when combined, could be used to gain certain boosts for a limited time. They were obtained in a similar manner to chance items when executing memories, and were found under "Equipment" in the Data Dump Scanner.

Mnemonic sets provided useful bonuses in various aspects, such as in obtaining florins, Action Points (AP) or experience (XP), in the drop rate of items and mnemonics, as well as in crafting and in player-versus-player conflicts. It was possible to combine the same Mnemonic set once every 20 hours, and each effect lasted for the same amount of time. Certain sets from different chapters also possessed the same effect, and several effects could be activated simultaneously.

Italian Wars

Chapter 1

Currency

• Effect: 25% additional florin gain for 20 hours.
• Description: "All knowledge comes at a price."
• Components: Ducat, Florin, Teston, Denarius.
• Found in: Turning the Tide.
• Remarks: The Ruse (Costs 3AP; Chance = N/A) or Skirmish (Costs 3AP; Chance = N/A).

Italian States

• Effect: 10% negative AP cost on memories for 20 hours.
• Description: "Italy's city-states were embroiled in conflict."
• Components: Venice, Naples, Florence, Rome.
• Found in: Death Defiant.
• Remarks: Rally Point (Costs 1AP; Chance = Soldier).

Este Family

• Effect: 25% additional XP gain for 20 hours.
• Description: "Ancestral dynasty of many European royal houses."
• Components: Isabella d'Este, Ercole I D'Este, Alfonso I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
• Found in: Vying for the Village.
• Remarks: Demanding Supplies (Costs 2AP; Chance = Iron, Pine, Grapes), Forging Ahead (Costs 5AP, 1 Iron; Chance = Rapier) or Enlistment (Costs 3AP; Chance = Villager, Farmer, Miner, Blacksmith).

Chapter 2

Titian Paintings

• Effect: 5% additional chance to earn Chance Rewards for 20 hours.
• Description: "Master painter dubbed 'The Sun Amidst Small Stars'."
• Components: Cain and Abel, Tarquin and Lucrezia, The Three Ages of Man, The Worship of Venus.
• Found in: Bait and Trap.
• Remarks: Politics (Costs 2AP, 1 Throwing Knife; Chance = N/A).

Visconti-Sforza Tarot

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "We predict the future with an incomplete deck."
• Components: Il Diavolo, La Toree, Tre Di Spade, Fante Di Denari.
• Found in: On the Hunt.
• Remarks: Siren's Lure (Costs 5AP, 1 Simple Gift; Chance = Courtesan) or Barfly (Costs 4AP, 1 Round of Drinks; Chance = Thug, Thief, Street Crier).

Glyphs

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "Mankind has always sensed places of power."
• Components: Pyramids, Aztec Pyramid, All-Seeing Eye, Mountain Top.
• Found in: Playing Dead.
• Remarks: High AP Cost, Side Effects (Pyramids, All-Seeing Eye, Mountain Top), The Voice of Reason (all 4 Mnemonics).

Medici Family

• Effect: 3% additional Mnemonic chance for 20 hours.
• Description: "A humanist Florentine dynasty rooted in banking."
• Components: Cosimo de' Medici, Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, Lorenzo de' Medici, Piero I de' Medici.
• Found in: Bloodwork.
• Remarks: Professionals (Costs 3AP, 1 Courier Pigeon; Chance = Assassin).

Chapter 3

History

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "Greatness is often rewarded with treachery."
• Components: Poison Seal, Serpent Seal, Dagger Seal, Bow Seal.
• Found in: Under Our Noses.
• Remarks: High AP cost, not recommended.

Royalty

• Effect: 100% additional Territory revenue for 20 hours.
• Description: "Individuals write history, not 'the people.'"
• Components: Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Charles V.
• Found in: Cleaning House.
• Remarks: Cooling Temper (Costs 4AP; Chance = N/A).

Sforza Family

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "A powerful condottieri dynasty based in Milan."
• Components: Giacomo Attendolo Sforza, Francesco I Sforza, Ludovico Sforza, Caterina Sforza.
• Found in: Weathering the Storm.
• Remarks: Wavebreakers (Costs 8AP; Chance = N/A).

Leonardo

• Effect: 40% negative Crafting delay for 20 hours.
• Description: "Leonardo was the definition of a Renaissance man."
• Components: Armored Car, Flying Machine, Helicopter, Machine Gun.
• Found in: Defensive Measures.
• Remarks: Running the Ramparts (Costs 5AP; Chance = N/A).

Intellectuals

• Effect: 50% additional Perfect Craft chance for 20 hours.
• Description: "The Renaissance birthed great tinkers and thinkers."
• Components: Leon Battista Alberti, Niccolò Tartaglia, Leonardo da Vinci, Gerolamo Cardano.
• Found in: People Skills.
• Remarks: Rebirth (Costs 4AP, 1 Chalk, 1 Verdigris, 1 Sandarach; Chance = Artist), Arm Race (Costs 7AP, 1 Hide, 1 Charcoal, 3 Iron; Chance = Leather Armor, Chainmail Armor, Shield, Plate Armor), Men of War (Costs 8AP; Chance = Monteriggioni Mercenary) or Problem Solvers (Costs 12AP; Chance = Assassin, Elite Assassin).

Explorers

• Effect: 25% additional XP gain for 20 hours.
• Description: "In the Age of Discovery, Europe mapped the world."
• Components: Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortés, Giovanni Caboto, Bartolomeu Dias
• Found in: Resourceful.
• Remarks: The Public Garden (Costs 4AP, 1 Seeds; Chance = Seeds, Olives, Wheat, Lettuce, Carrot, Grapes), Lumbering (Costs 5AP, 1 Woodman's Axe; Chance = Charcoal, Olive, Oak Gall, Pine, Holm Oak, Cork, Hide) or Digging in (Costs 6AP, 1 Pick; Chance = Iron, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Tin, Semi-Precious Stones, Gold, Precious stones)

Condottieri

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "Italy's professional mercenary warlords."
• Components: Alberico da Barbiano, Giovanni Acuto, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere.
• Found in: Storm Warning.
• Remarks: Big Talker (Costs 5AP, 1 Round of Drinks; Chance = N/A).

Chapter 4

Knights Templar

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "Charitable knights of the Roman Catholic Church."
• Components: Hughes de Payens, Robert de Sablé, Phillipe de Plessis, Jacques de Molay.
• Found in: Consequences.
• Remarks: Laying Low (Costs 10AP, 1 Fancy Gift; Chance = N/A).

Gods

• Effect: Allows a redistribution of Skills.
• Description: "Humanity has always required faith to thrive."
• Components: Ares, Apollo, Zeus, Athena.
• Found in: Life and Death.
• Remarks: Bloodhound (All 4 Mnemonics), Mercy (All 4 Mnemonics).

Composers

• Effect: 10% additional maximum AP for 20 hours.
• Description: "Composers flourished during the Renaissance."
• Components: Vincenzo Galilei, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Adrian Willaert, Josquin des Prez.
• Found in: The Lady's Favor.
• Remarks: The "She Who Has Everything" memory is useful in obtaining the set.

Orsini Family

• Effect: 25% reduced item price for 20 hours.
• Description: "Illustrious Roman dynasty of princes."
• Components: Julius Caesar, Giacinto Bobone, Gentile Virginio Orsini, Niccolò di Pitigliano.
• Found In: Fight and Flight.
• Remarks: The "Sacrifice" memory is useful in obtaining the set.

Borgia Family

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "A morally bereft dynasty with strong church ties."
• Components: Cesare Borgia, Juan Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia.
• Found in: All Roads Lead To Rome.
• Remarks: The "Scrambled Letters" memory is useful in obtaining the set.

De Templo Cristi

• Effect: 25% additional item resell value for 20 hours.
• Description: "Symbols for a better human existence."
• Components: Sigillum Militum, Sigillum Militum Templi, S'Command Barbera, Secretum Templi.
• Found in: Desperate Measures and Psychosomatic.

Promotional items

Auditore Trail

• Effects: Regenerate all AP.
• Description: "Shadow dynasty that wrote history."
• Components: Florence, Forlì, Venice, Rome.
• Found in: Turning The Tide, Bloodwork, People Skills and The Lady's Favor.

Completing this set rewarded exclusive content on Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, being the Venetian Cape and the Medici Cape. This was also the only Mnemonic set that was distributed over different portions of Project Legacy.

Rome

Chapter 1

Talking Statues

• Effects: 50% additional Mnemonic chance for 20 hours.
• Description: "Dissidents found voice through the voiceless."
• Components: Abate Luigi, Madama Lucrezia, Marforio, Pasquino.
• Found in: Who You Know.

Gods

• Effect: Allows a redistribution of Skills.
• Description: "Only the names change."
• Components: Apollo, Jupiter, Mars, Minerva.
• Found in: Not while the Kid is Watching and Bombastic.

Martyrs

• Effects: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "Some actions transcend death."
• Components: Ignatius of Antioch, Saint Philomena, Saint Sebastian, Peter.
• Found in: Reaping the Whirlwind.

Games

• Effects: 15% reduced AP cost for 20 hours.
• Description: "The mind must be trained."
• Components: Ludos Calculorum, Tali, Terni Lapilli, Tesserae.
• Found in: The Bad Doctor.

Obelisks

• Effects: 40% reduced Crafting delay for 20 hours.
• Description: "Colossal trophies or something more?"
• Components: Augustus, Psammetichus II, Ramses II, Thothmes IV.
• Found in: Oddities.

Defeated

• Effects: Increase to Skirmish success rate for 20 hours.
• Description: "How the mighty fell."
• Components: Cassivellaunus, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Vercingetorix.
• Found in: Underground Army.
• Remarks: The "Hired Muscle" memory is useful in obtaining the set.

Sacking Rome

• Effects: 25% additional florin gain from Skirmishes for 20 hours.
• Description: "They have always wanted what was hers."
• Components: Alaric, Brennos, Charles V, Robert Guiscard.
• Found in: Black Market.

Chapter 2

Rulers

• Effects: 25% reduced AP cost for Skirmishes for 20 hours.
• Description: "Rome was never easily tamed."
• Components: Charlemagne, Charles V, Marcus Aurelius, Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Found in: Nature Versus Nurture.

Popes

• Effects: 25% additional florin gain from memories for 20 hours.
• Description: "Prophesized by the pious."
• Components: Bos Albanus in Portu, Fructus Iovis Iuvabit, Leo Florentinus, Miles in Bello.
• Found in: Haunted.

Constellations

• Effects: Increased defensive odds for Skirmished for 20 hours.
• Description: Fate written across the sky.
• Components: Capricornus, Leo, Scorpius, Taurus.
• Found in: Finding Clarity.

Chapter 3

Ptolemaic Dynasty

• Effects: 15% reduced AP cost for memories for 20 hours.
• Description: Followed the pharaohs' footsteps.
• Components: Caesarion, Cleopatra VII, Ptolemy I Soter, Ptolemy X.
• Found in: Firestorm.

Helms

• Effects: Harder Skirmish opponents for 20 hours.
• Description: "Bellona protects her own."
• Components: WWI, Legionnaire, Swiss Guard, Gladiator.
• Found in: Unfinished Business.

Papal Bulls

• Effects: Increases Territories limit by 1.
• Description: "Straight from the mouth of God."
• Components: Audita Tremendi, Exigit Sincerae Devotionis, Omne Datum Optimum, Romanus Pontifex.
• Found in: Longshot.

Amanita phalloides

• Effects: 1 automatic win for Skirmish attacks within 20 hours.
• Description: "This dish of mushrooms changed the destiny of Europe."
• Components: Claudius, Charles VI, Clement VII, Natalya Naryshkina.
• Found in: Toxicity.

Writers

• Effects: 5% additional chance towards Chance items for 20 hours.
• Description: "Declared it so."
• Components: Boethius, Cato the Elder, Thomas Aquinas, Virgil.
• Found in: We Have Our Ways.

Artists

• Effects: 50% additional Perfect Craft chance for 20 hours.
• Description: "Held a different vision of the world."
• Components: Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.
• Found in: Finely Tuned.

Chapter 4

Aztec Masks

• Effects: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "The faces that drove the nation."
• Components: Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuac, Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc.
• Found in: Farsighted.
• Remarks: The "Sun God" memory is useful in obtaining the set.

Human Sacrifice

• Effects: Easier Skirmish opponents for 20 hours.
• Description: "The ultimate offering."
• Components: Beheading, Cannibalism, Organ Removal, Mutilation.
• Found in: Temple Massacre.

Hernán Cortés

• Effects: 25% additional XP gained from Skirmishes for 20 hours.
• Description: "Pride of Spain, conqueror of Mexico."
• Components: Carrack, Steed, Cannon, Blade.
• Found in: The Night Of Sorrow.

Glyphs

• Effect: Regenerate all APs.
• Description: "Few understand the true message."
• Components: Lorenz Attractor, Mandelbrot Set, Omega, Borromean Rings.
• Found in: Et Tu, Brute? (Chapter 2), 1542 - Italy (Chapter 4)

Holidays

Charles II of England

• Effects: 25% additional florin gain from memories for 20 hours.
• Description: "A merry monarch, scandalous and poor."
• Components: Mary, Queen of Scots, Anne of Denmark, Francesco de' Medici, Henry IV.
• Found in: Restoration.

Campaign Medals

• Effects: Increased Skirmish success rate for 20 hours.
• Description: "Small tokens in recognition of great sacrifices."
• Components: 1914–15 Star, Croix de Guerre, Hindenburg Cross, Iron Crescent.
• Found in: Christmas Truce.

Shroud of Turin

• Effects: 10% reduces AP cost for memories for 20 hours.
• Description: "Greatest mystery, or clever hoax?"
• Components: Jesus of Nazareth, Jacques de Molay, Geoffroi de Charny, Cesare Borgia.
• Found in: \sec_level_04\unsorted\.

Mars Anomalies

• Effects: 25% additional XP gain from memories for 20 hours.
• Description: "Looking for a needle in a haystack."
• Components: Sol 016, Sol 932, Sol 482, Sol 513.
• Found in: Renegotiated.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy