Animus Hub

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Animus Hub's menu

The Animus Hub is the interface for the hacked Animus EGO used to relive the memories of the samurai Yasuke and the kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe during Sengoku era Japan. 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 a few other individuals' memories, besides the aforementioned Naoe and Yasuke. Other years were marked down without any associated memory streams, though they did align with the memory start dates of other known Animus 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 Naoe and Yasuke to use.

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 Point
• Charm of Firenze
• 1,500 Keys
• Encrypted Data File
• 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

• 
  Insurgent Hood
• 
  Insurgent Robes
• 
  Mutiny Staff
• 
  Rebelion Talisman

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 memories of Naoe and Yasuke, for various items to be added to the simulation, such as weapons, armor, and outfits for the Kakushiba ikki's members.

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" for Yasuke and Naoe's memories. 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.

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EGO_WELCOME_ONBOOT [CORRUPTED]

Rift 1 - Bleeding Effect

Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin

Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light

Rift 4 - The Aberration

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Gift from The Guide

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)

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Attempt to Breach

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".