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{{quote|We recently began traveling through the tunnels to avoid the guards, but many of the entrances in the city are broken. By using them, we can get to our destination rapidly, without encountering resistance.|Niccolò Machiavelli regarding the tunnels.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
{{Quote|We recently began traveling through the tunnels to avoid the guards, but many of the entrances in the city are broken. By using them, we can get to our destination rapidly, without encountering resistance.|Niccolò Machiavelli to Ezio Auditore regarding the tunnels, 1500.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Roman Underground}}
[[File:Tiber Tunnel.png|250px|thumb|An entrance to the tunnels.]]
[[File:Roman Underground 2.png|250px|thumb|Ezio and Machiavelli entering a tunnel]]
'''Tunnels''' were a means of travel in [[Rome]] and [[Constantinople]], and were the equivalent to the [[Fast Travel Booths]]. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] was first introduced to the tunnels by [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], wherein he stated that the tunnels were used to arrive at destinations rapidly, while avoiding [[guards]]. There were a total of nineteen tunnel entrances throughout Rome.
'''Tunnels''' were a means of fast travel for the [[Assassins]] in [[Rome]], [[Constantinople]], [[Boston]], and [[New York City]], and served as a way to arrive at destinations rapidly, while avoiding [[Soldier|guards]].


== Renovations ==
==Roman tunnels==
Initially, there was only one available tunnel entrance, leaving the other eighteen to be renovated by paying a sum of florins to an [[architects|architect]]. The three tunnels that were located outside of the [[Rosa in Fiore]], [[Caserma di Alviano|Barracks]], and the [[La Volpe Addormentata]] would be automatically renovated once the respective building fronting it was; making them the only ones that were required to be restored.
[[File:Tiber Tunnel.png|250px|thumb|left|A tunnel entrance in Rome]]
The [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] discovered the tunnels in Rome,<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref> though his son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] was first introduced to them by [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] in 1500.<ref name="Roman Underground">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Roman Underground]]</ref>


Each district could be accessed via tunnel with the exception of the [[Vaticano District]]. Every standard entrance to the tunnels looked alike, and had the letters {{Wiki|SPQR}} ('''S'''enatus '''P'''opulus'''q'''ue '''R'''omanus) engraved over their gates.
There were a total of nineteen tunnel entrances throughout Rome, but only one tunnel entrance was available initially, leaving the other eighteen to be renovated by paying a sum of [[florin]]s to an [[architect]]. The three tunnels that were located outside of the [[Rosa in Fiore]], the [[Caserma di Alviano]], and the [[La Volpe Addormentata]] were automatically renovated once the respective buildings were.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>


In Constantinople, all tunnel entrances were automatically renovated, allowing Ezio to freely travel between them.
Each district could be accessed via the tunnel network, with the exception of the [[Vaticano District]]. Every standard entrance to the tunnels looked alike and their gates were engraved with the letters {{Wiki|SPQR}}, an acronym for "Senatus Populusque Romanus" that referred to the [[Roman Republic]].<ref name="Brotherhood"/> The Roman tunnels were located as follows:
;[[Centro District]]
*[[Tiber Island headquarters|Tiber Island Hideout]]
*[[Piazza del Popolo]]
*[[Mausoleum of Augustus]]
*[[Pantheon]]
*[[Capitoline Hill]]
*[[Rosa in Fiore]]
*[[Tiber|Tevere Port]]
;[[Campagna District]]
*[[Caserma di Alviano|Barracks]]
*Northern Campagna
*Southern Campagna
*[[Castra Praetoria]]
*[[Baths of Diocletian]]
*[[Viminal Hill]]
;[[Antico District]]
*[[Colosseum]]
*[[Porta Nomentana]]
*[[Lateran Palace]]
*[[Baths of Caracalla]]
*Thieves Guild
*[[Roman Forum]]


== Italian Tunnel locations ==
==Constantinople tunnels==
[[File:Roman Underground 2.png|right|260px|thumb|Ezio and Machiavelli near a tunnel.]]
[[File:ACR Tunnel Entrance.png|thumb|250px|A tunnel entrance in Constantinople]]
=== [[Centro District]] ===
In Constantinople, all tunnel entrances had been renovated by the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]] by the time of Ezio's arrival in the city, allowing him to freely travel between them.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> They were composed as such:
* [[Tiber Island headquarters|Tiber Island Hideout]]
*[[Fatih Mosque|Fatih Camii]]
* [[Piazza del Popolo]]
*[[Forum of Arcadius|Arcadius]]
* [[Mausoleo di Augusto|Augustus Mausoleum]]
*[[Galata District|Galata]]
* [[Pantheon]]
*[[Galata headquarters|Hideout]]
* [[Il Campidoglio|Campidoglio]]
*Galata Mosque
* [[Rosa in Fiore]]
*[[Bayezid Camii]]
* Porte Tevere
*[[Rose Mosque|Gul Camii]]
*[[Harbor of Theodosius|Arsenal]]
*[[Hagia Sophia]]
*[[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]]


=== [[Campagna District]] ===
==Colonial America tunnels==
* [[Caserma di Alviano|Barracks]]
The tunnels in America were initially used by the [[Freemasons]].<ref name="Boston's Most Wanted">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Boston's Most Wanted]]</ref> After [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] was framed for instigating the [[Boston Massacre]] in 1770,<ref name="A Trip to Boston">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Trip to Boston]]</ref> the politician [[Samuel Adams]] met him, told him of Boston's tunnel network,<ref name="Boston's Most Wanted"/> and they used it to [[Social stealth|avoid attention]] when travelling to a [[printer]]'s shop.<ref name="Laying Low">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Laying Low]]</ref>
* Northern Campagna
* Southern Campagna
* [[Castra Praetoria]]
* [[Terme di Diocleziano]]
* [[Colle Viminale]]


=== [[Antico District]] ===
[[File:ACIII-Laststand 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Connor entering the Masonic tunnels]]
* [[Colosseum]]
Over the course of his life, Ratonhnhaké:ton gradually explored the entire underground system as well as its complement network beneath New York City. To uncover new entrances, he used [[lantern]]s to light his path, employed his skills in [[freerunning]] and [[lockpicking]], as well as utilized {{Wiki|magic lantern}}s that he came across at some of the Freemasons' exits.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> In 1781, after his [[Assassin apprentice]]s and the [[Marquis de Lafayette]] had cleared the sealed entrances for him, he emerged from the tunnels in a well in New York's militarized district to infiltrate [[Fort George]].<ref name="Lee's Last Stand">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Lee's Last Stand]]</ref>
* [[Porta Nomentana]]
* [[Palazzo Laterano]]
* [[Terme di Caracalla]]
* [[La Volpe Addormentata|Thieves Guild]]
* Roman Forum


== Turkish Tunnel locations ==
===Boston===
* [[Fatih Camii]]
;South District
* [[Forum of Arcadius|Arcadius]]
*[[Beacon Hill]]
* [[Galata District|Galata]]
*[[Boston Neck|Boston Gate]]
* [[Galata headquarters|Hideout]]
*East Fields
* Galata Mosque
*[[Boston Common|South Commons]]
* [[Beyazit Camii|Bayezid Camii]]
;Central District
* [[Gul Mosque|Gul Camii]]
*[[Crown Coffee House]]
* [[Harbor of Theodosius|Arsenal]]
*[[Fort Hill and South Battery|Fort Hill]]
* [[Hagia Sophia]]
*[[Green Dragon Tavern]]
* [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]]
*[[King's Chapel]]
* [[Grand Bazaar|The Grand Bazaar]]
;North District
* South Port
*North Port
* Polo Trading Post
*[[Old North Church]]


== Trivia ==
===New York===
* In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novelization of ''Brotherhood'']], Machiavelli says that [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]] discovered the tunnels.
;West District
* In ''Brotherhood'', Ezio makes use of the tunnels, there is a brief cutscene of him opening the latch on the gate and entering, though the player is not able to see or travel through the tunnels themselves. In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Revelations]]'', the cutscene was omitted, with the screen only fading to black whenever accessing the tunnels.
*[[Bowling Green]]
* Ezio can make use of a special tunnel to pass directly from the [[Tiber River]] into the Tiber Island headquarters.
*[[Federal Hall|City Hall]]
* Tunnel entrances will glow white while using [[Eagle Vision]].
*Downtown Center ([[Fort George]])
* When you go in a tunnel during a [[missions|mission]] or assassination contract, all progress in it will be lost.
*North Dutch Church
* In ''Revelations'', it is unknown how the Galata district tunnels connect with the other districts' tunnels, even though there is a large body of water across them.
*Old Dutch Church
*[[Smith and Company Brewery]]
*South Market
;East District
*[[St. Paul's Chapel]]
*[[Trinity Church]]
;North District
*East Countryside
*Presbyterian Church
*West Countryside


== Source ==
==Trivia==
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', if Ezio made use of the tunnels, there was a brief cutscene of him opening the latch on the gate and entering, though it did not show him traveling through the tunnels themselves. In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Revelations]]'', the cutscene was omitted, with the screen fading to black whenever the tunnels were accessed. In ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'', tunnels became explorable for the first time.
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*Tunnel entrances glowed white when seen with [[Eagle Vision]].
*In ''Revelations'', the Galata District tunnels connected with the other districts, even though there was a large body of water between them.
*In ''Assassin's Creed III'', after completing the main storyline, it was possible to fast travel to the well in the military district and enter the underground. Once inside however, Connor would appear without a lantern, the passage to the tunnel network created during "[[Lee's Last Stand]]" memory was blocked once more, and he couldn't exit the tunnels via the nearby ladder. The only way to exit the tunnels was to fast travel to another entrance within the network, and leave from there.
*[[Haytham Kenway]] was also able to explore the tunnel network in Boston when he arrived in the colonies.


[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood gameplay]]
==Gallery==
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]]
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
AC3 Boston Underground - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the underground tunnels in Boston
AC3 New York Underground - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the underground tunnels in New York
</gallery>
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Structures]]
[[Category:Facilities]]

Latest revision as of 15:05, 28 July 2025

"We recently began traveling through the tunnels to avoid the guards, but many of the entrances in the city are broken. By using them, we can get to our destination rapidly, without encountering resistance."
―Niccolò Machiavelli to Ezio Auditore regarding the tunnels, 1500.[src]-[m]
Ezio and Machiavelli entering a tunnel

Tunnels were a means of fast travel for the Assassins in Rome, Constantinople, Boston, and New York City, and served as a way to arrive at destinations rapidly, while avoiding guards.

Roman tunnels[edit | edit source]

A tunnel entrance in Rome

The Italian Assassin Giovanni Auditore da Firenze discovered the tunnels in Rome,[1] though his son Ezio was first introduced to them by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1500.[2]

There were a total of nineteen tunnel entrances throughout Rome, but only one tunnel entrance was available initially, leaving the other eighteen to be renovated by paying a sum of florins to an architect. The three tunnels that were located outside of the Rosa in Fiore, the Caserma di Alviano, and the La Volpe Addormentata were automatically renovated once the respective buildings were.[3]

Each district could be accessed via the tunnel network, with the exception of the Vaticano District. Every standard entrance to the tunnels looked alike and their gates were engraved with the letters SPQR, an acronym for "Senatus Populusque Romanus" that referred to the Roman Republic.[3] The Roman tunnels were located as follows:

Centro District
Campagna District
Antico District

Constantinople tunnels[edit | edit source]

A tunnel entrance in Constantinople

In Constantinople, all tunnel entrances had been renovated by the Ottoman Assassins by the time of Ezio's arrival in the city, allowing him to freely travel between them.[4] They were composed as such:

Colonial America tunnels[edit | edit source]

The tunnels in America were initially used by the Freemasons.[5] After Ratonhnhaké:ton was framed for instigating the Boston Massacre in 1770,[6] the politician Samuel Adams met him, told him of Boston's tunnel network,[5] and they used it to avoid attention when travelling to a printer's shop.[7]

Connor entering the Masonic tunnels

Over the course of his life, Ratonhnhaké:ton gradually explored the entire underground system as well as its complement network beneath New York City. To uncover new entrances, he used lanterns to light his path, employed his skills in freerunning and lockpicking, as well as utilized magic lanterns that he came across at some of the Freemasons' exits.[8] In 1781, after his Assassin apprentices and the Marquis de Lafayette had cleared the sealed entrances for him, he emerged from the tunnels in a well in New York's militarized district to infiltrate Fort George.[9]

Boston[edit | edit source]

South District
Central District
North District

New York[edit | edit source]

West District
East District
North District
  • East Countryside
  • Presbyterian Church
  • West Countryside

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, if Ezio made use of the tunnels, there was a brief cutscene of him opening the latch on the gate and entering, though it did not show him traveling through the tunnels themselves. In Revelations, the cutscene was omitted, with the screen fading to black whenever the tunnels were accessed. In Assassin's Creed III, tunnels became explorable for the first time.
  • Tunnel entrances glowed white when seen with Eagle Vision.
  • In Revelations, the Galata District tunnels connected with the other districts, even though there was a large body of water between them.
  • In Assassin's Creed III, after completing the main storyline, it was possible to fast travel to the well in the military district and enter the underground. Once inside however, Connor would appear without a lantern, the passage to the tunnel network created during "Lee's Last Stand" memory was blocked once more, and he couldn't exit the tunnels via the nearby ladder. The only way to exit the tunnels was to fast travel to another entrance within the network, and leave from there.
  • Haytham Kenway was also able to explore the tunnel network in Boston when he arrived in the colonies.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Concept art of the underground tunnels in Boston
    Concept art of the underground tunnels in Boston
  • Concept art of the underground tunnels in New York
    Concept art of the underground tunnels in New York

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Roman Underground
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed III – Boston's Most Wanted
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – A Trip to Boston
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Laying Low
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed III
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Lee's Last Stand
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