Animus Hub

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Animus Hub's menu

The Animus Hub is the interface for the hacked Animus EGO. After the hack, the user had access to four different sections: Memories, Projects, Exchange, and Vault.

Memories

The symbol for the Memories section

The Memories section featured a timeline and allowed access to the memories of a few other Animus hosts. Other years were marked down without any associated memory streams, though they did align with the memory start dates of other known hosts' memories.

Timeline

• 1330 BCE
• 551 BCE
• 431 BCE – Memories of Alexios & Kassandra
• 221 BCE
• 100 BCE
• 49 BCE – Memories of Bayek
• 0 CE
• 121 CE
• 325 CE
• 406 CE
• 800 CE
• 861 CE – Memories of Basim
• 872 CE – Memories of Eivor
• 1066 CE
• 1191 CE
• 1215 CE
• 1347 CE
• 1453 CE
• 1476 CE
• 1558 CE
• 1579 CE – Memories of Naoe & Yasuke
• 1616 CE
• 1715 CE – Memories of Edward
• 1754 CE
• 1789 CE
• 1868 CE

Projects

The symbol for the Projects section

The Projects section contained missions meant to achieve greater synchronization and correct the simulation in many small ways, such as by eliminating anomalies. These missions rewarded data fragments that could be redeemed for keys to be spent in the Exchange section, decryption of files in the Vault section, as well as for mods that would add gold and gear to the simulation for the Animus hosts to use.

Shadows

The LegacyAwakeningMnemosyneSanctuaryDefiance 1,000 Keys Encrypted Data File Gold Cerulean Nexus Encrypted Data File 1,000 Keys Gold Encrypted Data File Cerulean Guise Hood 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File Gold Cerulean Puzzle Trinket Encrypted Data File 1,500 Keys Gold Encrypted Data File Cerulean Glitch 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File Cerulean Guise Kosode Cerulean Nexus Cerulean Guise Hood Cerulean Puzzle Trinket Cerulean Glitch Cerulean Guise Kosode 1,000 Keys Encrypted Data File Gold Cerulean Flux Encrypted Data File 1,000 Keys Gold Encrypted Data File Cerulean Guise Mask 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File Gold Cerulean Core Encrypted Data File 1,500 Keys Gold Encrypted Data File Cerulean Arc 2,000 Keys Encrypted Data File Cerulean Guise Armor Cerulean Flux Cerulean Guise Mask Cerulean Core Cerulean Arc Cerulean Guise Armor Mark of Control Helmet Encrypted Data File 2 Mastery Points 1,000 Keys Encrypted Data File Knowledge Point Cerulean Akita Puppy Encrypted Data File 1,500 Keys 2 Mastery Points Encrypted Data File 1,500 Keys Mark of Control Kanabo Encrypted Data File 1,500 Keys Knowledge Point Encrypted Data File Talisman of Control 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File Mark of Control Armor Mark of Control Helmet Cerulean Akita Puppy Mark of Control Kanabo Talisman of Control Mark of Control Armor Eagle Head Encrypted Data File Gold 1,000 Keys 2 Mastery Points Encrypted Data File Rooftop Cat 2 Knowledge Points 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File 6 Gold 1,500 Keys Renaissance Hood 4 Mastery Points 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File 2 Knowledge Points Charm of Firenze 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File Renaissance Robes Eagle Head Rooftop Cat Renaissance Hood Charm of Firenze Renaissance Robes Mutiny Staff Encrypted Data File 5 Gold 1,000 Keys 3 Mastery Points Encrypted Data File Insurgent Hood 2 Knowledge Points 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File 5 Gold 1,500 Keys Rebellion Talisman 3 Mastery Points 1,500 Keys 2 Knowledge Points Encrypted Data File 5 Gold 1,500 Keys Encrypted Data File Insurgent Robes Mutiny Staff Insurgent Hood Rebelion Talisman Insurgent Robes

Shadows / Black Flag Resynced

RiptidesUndertow Edward Kenway's Hood 500 Keys 3 Gold Encrypted Data File Dark Animus Corsair Sails 3 Mastery Points 1000 Keys Encrypted Data File 2 Knowledge Points Kenway Cutlass Encrypted Data File Naoe's Robes 1000 Keys 3 Gold Encrypted Data File Memento Licere (trinket) 3 Mastery Points 1000 Keys Encrypted Data File Edward Kenway's Robes Edward Kenway's Hood Dark Animus Corsair Sails Kenway Cutlass Naoe's Robes Memento Licere Edward Kenway's Robes Pirate King Hat 500 Keys 3 Gold Encrypted Data File Dark Animus Corsair Crew Attire 3 Mastery Points 1000 Keys Encrypted Data File 2 Knowledge Point Pirate King Blunderbuss Encrypted Data File Yasuke's Yoroi 1000 Keys 3 Gold Encrypted Data File Memento Licere (amulet) 3 Mastery Points 1000 Keys Encrypted Data File Pirate King Outfit Pirate King Hat Dark Animus Corsair Crew Attire Pirate King Blunderbuss Yasuke's Yoroi Memento Licere Pirate King Outfit

Black Flag Resynced

Eye in the Dark Dark Animus Familiar 500 Keys Encrypted Data File 500 Keys Dark Animus Corsair Flintlocks 500 Keys Encrypted Data File 500 Keys Obsidian Monolith 500 Keys Encrypted Data File 500 Keys Dark Animus Corsair Wheel 500 Keys Encrypted Data File 500 Keys Encrypted Data File Dark Animus Corsair Robes Dark Animus Familiar Dark Animus Corsair Flintlocks Obsidian Monolith Dark Animus Corsair Wheel Dark Animus Corsair Robes Dark Animus Corsair Robes

Exchange

The symbol for the Exchange section

The Exchange section allowed the user to trade in keys, currency collected both through the Projects and inside the Animus hosts' memories, for various items to be added to the simulation, such as weapons, armor, and outfits for them and any potential allies.

Vault

The symbol for the Vault section

The Vault section compiled various data files, mimicking the database function existent in other Animi sessions, and was separate from the "Codex" that the EGO user first saw when reliving the samurai Yasuke and the kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe's joint memories of Sengoku era Japan. The Vault's files started out encrypted and were decrypted both by completing Projects and by interacting with rifts during the session, with these particular files transcribing conversations with the artificial intelligences known as The Guide and Ego. When the EGO user relived Edward Kenway's memories for further information extraction beyond what Abstergo had done generations prior, they also had access to a Vault.

Shadows

The CallingThe LegacyAwakeningBreachMOD's Animus 101Animus PrecedentsAnimus Version HistoryAnimus DerivativesAnimus Subjects EGO_WELCOME_ONBOOT [CORRUPTED] Rift 1 - Bleeding Effect Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light Rift 4 - The Aberration llun ecruos - tpircsnart noissimsnart Gift from The Guide Welcome to the Dark The Legacy project files Sanctuary project files Defiance project files Diary of Joel Eastman (1) Diary of Joel Eastman (3) Letter from Cayetano Ortiz to his Wife (3) Operations Report, Marrakech Transcript of Dr. Muller Interrogation Meeting, Multiple Attendees (2) Phone call, Hotel La Perle Diary of Joel Eastman (4) Diary of Joel Eastman (5) E2EE Chat, Dane and Other Surveillance Audio, Dane, Eastman Surveillance Audio, Maeda and Ortiz (3) Meeting, Multiple Attendees Encrypted Message Security Memo (2), Ospanov to Lothian Diary of Joel Eastman (2) Notice of Dismissal, Ospanov to Klein Awakening project files Mnemosyne project files Security Memo, Ospanov to Lothian Diary of Cay Ortiz Letter from Ortiz to his Wife Online Chat, Maeda and Ortiz (3) Online Chat, Maeda and Ortiz (1) Security Concerns, Lothian to Ospanov Online Chat, Maeda and Ortiz (2) Access Request, Maeda (URGENT) Access Request, Maeda RE Security Concerns, Ospanov to Lothian Progress Update, Lothian to Ospanov Surveillance Audio, Maeda and Ortiz (2) Surveillance Audio, Maeda and Ortiz Letter from Ortiz to his Wife (Memories) Rift files RE Damage Survey Attempt to Breach The Animus Project Synchronization The Bleeding Effect Aletheia's Trials Alruh Eivor's Visions Yggdrasil The Philadelphia Experiment The Surrogate Initiative Animus 1.0 Animus 2.0 Animus 3.0 Animus Omega Animus HR-8 Data Dump Scanner Animi Training Program Abstergo Entertainment Helix Animus EGO Subject 2: Warren Vidic Subject 4: Daniel Cross Subject 16: Clay Kaczmarek Subject 17: Desmond Miles Layla Hassan Cipher

Shadows / Black Flag Resynced

Breach Riptides project files Undertow project files Surveillance Audio, Maeda and Ortiz (4) Surveillance Audio, Core Server Room (Deleted) Security Memo (3), Ospanov to Lothian Emergency Call, Javier Perez Meeting, Tatyana Dane and Joel Eastman Notice Of Dismissal, Council to Director Ospanov Surveillance Audio, Maeda and Ortiz (5) Meeting, Multiple Attendees (3) Phone Call, Lothian to Ospanov Diary of Joel Eastman (6)

Black Flag Resynced

EgoThe WatchersThe JourneyDevils of the Caribbean EGO_WELCOME_ONBOOT [CORRUPTED] Encrypted Report Encrypted Chat Transcript Leaked Abstergo Email Diary of Robert Jimenez Diary of Rob Echo One [Database: Echo Two] Echo Three Echo Zero_FIRSTRULE Warning from Ego Eye in the Dark project files The Mentor's Invocation Surveillance Transcript Initiation Manifesto, the Mentor Haywire Surveillance Footage Whiteroom Guided Meditation Audio Aftermath Extract, Junko's Sketchbook Intercepted Comms Chain Leaked Message Chain Encrypted Blog Post Digital Artefact Screengrab, Breaking News Animus Fragment Digitized Diary Page [Database: Retrieved Audio] Digitized Journal Entry [Missing Data File] Devils Marketing Plan Devils Podcast Fragment Devils Release Poster Devils Movie Trailer Devils Movie Review (it's bad)

Behind the scenes

Assassin's Creed: Infinity teaser image

The Animus Hub, originally known as Assassin's Creed: Infinity, was expected to be a separate live-service platform that would host the modern day storyline and span multiple titles, including Assassin's Creed: Codename Hexe and Assassin's Creed: Codename Invictus. With the release of Assassin's Creed: Shadows, the Hub was discovered to be an integral part of the game and inaccessible without that particular title.

The platform's conceptual title was first leaked on 7 July 2021 and reported by Bloomberg News, following which Ubisoft acknowledged the leaked project as genuine. During an earnings call in October, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed that Infinity would not be a free-to-play title. During Ubisoft Forward's Assassin's Creed showcase for 2022, series Vice President Executive Producer Marc-Alexis Côté clarified that Infinity would instead be a hub for all future series entries as a starting point for players and would facilitate multiplayer in the future. Infinity would operate as an in-universe Animus for players to operate as they navigated different time periods. Two years later, in a mid-June 2024 interview, Côté revealed that the platform had been renamed to "Animus Hub".

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