Glyphs

Glyphs are encrypted messages in the Animus 2.0 created by Subject 16. Just before he died, he left messages in the original Animus to tell anybody who finds it an important secret. The only way somebody would find these is to solve the puzzles relevant to the information given. There are a total of 20 glyphs found in Italy.

List of Glyphs

File Number	Location	Solution	Story
Truth File 1	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Santa Croce	Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with an apple in them	Subject 16 explains that everything he's been told is a lie and has split 20 codes in the animus, and along the way, the truth would be revealed.
Truth File 2	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Ospedale Degli Innocenti	Solve the puzzle more easily by rotating the circle puzzle pieces from smallest circle to the largest
Truth File 3	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at La Rosa Colta	Solve the puzzle by highlighting the circular object in each photo
Truth File 4	While hanging from the roof, it’s on a wall at Villa Auditore	Solve the puzzle by taking the hints literally
Truth File 5	In the bottom dwellings of Santa Maria Assunta, it’s on a wall near pillars	Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with a sword in them
Truth File 6 - Brothers	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Torri Dei Salvucci	Solve the puzzle more easily by rotating the circle puzzle pieces from smallest circle to the largest, while keeping an eye on the two outer layers that will connect	Morse code text reads "Templar texts adapted by Mr. Smith" The Templar emblem is revealed as the Mark of Cain, showing Cain to be the first Templar.
Truth File 7	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Torre Del Diavolo	Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with red in them, this can be done in any order
Truth File 8 - Martyrs	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at San Lorenzo	Solve the puzzle by finding the Pieces of Eden (success is indicated with a sound). Then putting the flame over Joan on the world map. And finally, by moving Rasputin’s photo to the top of Czar Nicholas II’s photo	Binary code on photo of Tsar Nicholas II reads "17th July 1918". Binary code on painting of Joan of Arc reads "30th May 1431" It is revealed that the Templars stole a Piece of Eden from Joan of Arc. Rasputin later delivered this PoE to Tsar Nicholas II.
Truth File 9	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Mercato Vecchio	Solve the puzzle by taking the hints literally, with the last one being 6=1
Truth File 10 - Apollo	While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Monte Oliveto Maggiore	Solve the puzzle by not looking for the Eagle Apollo lander on the moon. When found, it’s best to rotate the layers of the puzzle from the inside out until they all align, but note that inner layer 1 rotates on its own despite being connected to layer 4 as well in one instance, same story for layer 6. Lastly, the Piece of Eden is on the Moon’s surface.	Pigpen cipher reads "Johnson was one of them. The bees drone too. Follow the money." The title of the Moon photo reads "Apollo 11 photograph released to public". Underneath it reads "Original unreleased negative". The flag of the USA contains the Animus 2.0 symbol. The white flag contains the Templar emblem.
Truth File 11 - The Inventor	While standing on the floor, it’s under a stone arch at Antico Teatro Romano	Solve the puzzle by highlighting the light bulbs. After that highlight the middle of the photo above the doorway. Then highlight Nikola Tesla’s lap.	The picture of Wardenslyffe contains 3 quotes of Tesla's Caesar cipher in the picture of Tesla's lab reads "He used it to develop a bottomless source of energy. Telefunken Wireless Station".
Truth File 12	While standing on a roof (not the church tower itself), look down to the side of a wall attached to where you stand at Abbazia Di San Mercuriale	Solve the puzzle by aligning red 4 with gray 1 on the wheel and entering the related code. Then turn off all the lights on the globe. Select the orb in the middle of the next photo. Solve the last puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 1=II. 2=III 3=I..
Truth File 13	Climb the base lookout tower until you see it on part of the stone walling on Avamposto Veneziano	Solve the puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 5=circle, square, square. 2=circle 3=triangle. Next press the red button so-to-speak. The last part you’ll find near the left-middle bottom of the letter
Truth File 14	Swim under the Ponte Di Rialto bridge, where you’ll find it on a wall near the edge of the water	Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with Gods in them: Jupiter, Zeus, Cupid, Swan (AKA Zeus again) and Europa
Truth File 15	While standing on a roof, it’s on a higher up wall at Gilda Dei Ladri Di Venezia, right above a wooden hatch	Solve the puzzle by working from the inside out, and realizing that these layers are connected: 1 to 6, the middle two, and 4 to 5
Truth File 16	Climb up the Campanile Di San Marco bell tower, until you can climb in, at which point you’ll find it on the floor	Solve the puzzle by selecting Tunguska. It's ok if you select others first but Tunguska solves the puzzle. Give the staff to the picture.  (note the abstergo logo surrounding the staff!)
Truth File 17	Climb up the Torre Dell ‘Orologio and on the floor you’ll find it	Solve the puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 7=broken square symbol, 9=six-sided hourglass symbol, 1=square with little square inside of it. Then the attic on the top-right will reveal an Assassin symbol for you to ID
Truth File 18	While standing on a roof (not the highest roof), it’s on a wall at San Pietro Di Castello	Solve the puzzle by allining up the wheel like this: 6=YYY, 0=the equivalent of 17 (in summerian) <YYY,YYY,Y, 3= (31) or <<<Y.
Truth File 19	It’s on the back of one of the rounded-top walls that stick out on the side-parts of Scuola Grande Di San Marco	Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with a sun in them. I’m not sure if this has to be done in any specific order, if so it’s: Aztec Calendar, Easter Gate, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Nazca Textile and Book of the Dead. Then find the part of the sun photo that has the most radiation and ID it
Truth File 20	From the roof with a fire near it, it’s there when you look down to a wall on the side of San Giacomo Di Rialto	Solve the puzzle by working from the inside out, and realizing that these layers are not connected: 2nd inner layer, 5th outer layer. Then ID the sun. Next you can line up the code wheel any way you want to complete the puzzle. In the final puzzle, move the cursor over the bones to change the skeleton from a monkey into a human