Guild challenges (Revelations)

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Guild Challenges are a feature re-introduced from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Now, in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, their main difference is that instead of completing challenges to move up ranks, players have to complete certain challenge sets in order to unlock specific items or abilities. Challenges cannot be completed while in Cappadocia.

Assassin's Guild

Set 1

• Call Assassins during a fight 25 times.
• Call Assassins on a target 20 times.

Reward: Assassins will be more effective when sent on missions. (Chances to succeed in Mediterranean Defense missions are increased by a base level of 10%)

Set 2

• Use Arrow Storm 15 times.
• Call your Assassins within a story mission at least 5 times.

Reward: Assassin Signal recharges at an increased speed.

Set 3

• Recruit 12 Assassins.
• Train 7 recruits to the rank of Master Assassin.
• Successfully perform a Den Defense 3 times.

Reward: Unlocks the Assassin Faction weapon, the Sword of Altaïr.

Mercenaries Guild

Set 1

• Use Mercenaries on Guards 10 times.
• Destroy 5 scaffolds by throwing someone into it.
• Kill 5 enemies using a thrown weapon.

Reward: Cost of hiring Mercenaries decreases.

Set 2

• Disarm and kill a guard with his own weapon 5 times.
• Kill 25 Byzantine Almogavars.
• Perform 10 hook and throws.

Reward: Unlocks the Mercenary Faction ability. (Hired mercenaries will keep beggar women away from Ezio.)

Set 3

• Perform 10 Double Assassinations.
• Kill 5 Guards in under 10 seconds in melee combat.
• Perform 10 Combo Kill streaks of at least 5 Kills.
• Kill 25 Ottoman Janissaries.

Reward: Unlocks the Mercenary Faction weapon, the Broadsword.

Romanies Guild

Set 1

• Use 10 Romanies on guards.
• Escape from at least 10 guards using stealth or hiding spots.
• Kill 20 guards with a Crossbow without being detected.

Reward: Cost of hiring Romanies decreases.

Set 2

• Use 10 tactical bombs to escape guards.
• Kill 5 stalkers without getting stabbed.
• Kill 15 guards using poison.

Reward: Unlocks the Romanies Faction Ability. (Hired Romani will poison guards when they break away from Ezio.)

Set 3

• Kill 20 guards with bombs without being spotted.
• Assassinate 10 guards from behind.
• Assassinate 5 guards from hiding spots.
• Kill 3 guards dazed by a single smoke bomb.

Reward: Unlocks the Romanies' Faction weapon, the Romani Stiletto.

Thieves Guild

Set 1

• Use 10 Thieves on guards.
• Sprint uninterrupted for 300 meters.
• Perform 15 Hook and Runs.

Reward: Cost of hiring Thieves decreases.

Set 2

• Perform 40 Leaps of Faith.
• Climb a total distance of 1 KM.
• Steal 250 Akçe with Counter Steals.

Reward: Unlocks the Thief Faction ability. (Hired thieves will loot dead guards for Ezio.)

Set 3

• Perform a dive of at least 30 meters.
• Kill 25 guards with Throwing knives.
• Perform 5 Air Assassinations from a beam to a guard.
• Perform 10 Zipline Assassinations.

Reward: Unlocks the Thief Faction weapon, the Ottoman Mace.

Bombs

Set 1

• Stick 10 bombs on guards.
• Kill a Mission Target with a bomb.
• Distract 20 guards with bombs.
• Kill 5 guards with a single bomb.
• Kill 20 guards with Tripwire Bombs.

Reward: Extra Bomb ingredients found from Assassin Dens.

Set 2

• Craft a bomb with every shell type.
• Use 50 bombs.
• Kill 25 guards incapacitated by bombs.
• Craft 1 bomb with every effect type.
• Use every bomb effect at least twice.

Reward: Bomb Capacity upgrade. (Ezio will gain an addition slot for bombs of all types.)

Tips

Assassins

• Calling Assassins multiple times during the same fight counts towards calling them 25 times.
• To recruit more than eleven Assassins, you can highlight a city in Mediterranean Defense and manage the guild by stationing an Assassin there, freeing up slots for Ezio to recruit more civilians.
• To begin a Den Defense, first get your Templar Awareness to full and then do enough illegal actions to cause the Byzantines to attack one of your Dens. The fastest way to ensure this happens is to renovate a few shops right after a Templar Den is taken over, without lowering your Templar Awareness first.
• One way to complete the Den Defense challenge is to replay Sequence 2, Memory 6, "On the Defense". The Den Defense carried out in this mission is much easier than subsequent attempts.
  • You can also complete this challenge by completing all the Master Assassin missions for all seven Dens. This permanently secures the Dens and prevents Den Defense from becoming accessible, subsequently automatically filling in the requirement even if no Den Defense were attended beforehand.

Mercenaries

• Throwing civilians into scaffolds also counts towards the challenge.
• Killing 25 Almogavars can be achieved by repeatedly playing the bomb memory Piri Reis: Datura.
• It is advisable to finish the killing streak challenges before the end of Sequence 2, since the guard patrols will consist of Agiles and Elites which are all vulnerable to streak kills. It is possible to obtain after Sequence 2, but with the Janissaries included in each patrol, the job will be trickier. The best chance in finishing this achievement is by stirring up troubles at Imperial District Harbor, since there are at least two or three spots where two patrol meet, giving you at least 8 guards to face at the same time.

Romanies

• 5 Stalkers can be killed by repeatedly replaying The Janissaries memory. A Stalker always appears in the Grand Bazaar area. One also appears in The Deacon, Part 1 and Part 2 memories.
• In the Italian version of the game, there is a translation bug that says you have to kill 20 guards with the Hidden Blade. Despite of that, the challenge is actually scripted to be fulfilled with the Crossbow only.

Thieves

• Sprinting 300 meters can easily be accomplished in Topkapı Palace courtyard, or by running around in the Arsenal.
• Diving 30 meters can be achieved by leaping off a ship's mast in the Arsenal district. There is also a chance to do this challenge when Ezio retrieves Sofia's package in South Harbor after Ezio scares away Duccio de Luca. Simply climb the ship's mast after retrieving Sofia's package then jump to the water. This will also give you a stealthy exit to complete the optional memory objective.

Bombs

• Sticking 10 bombs and killing 20 guards with tripwire bombs can easily be accomplished by sticking smoke bombs on a group of guards, before placing yourself between them and laying down a datura tripwire bomb.
• Sticking 10 bombs and killing 25 guards incapacitated by bombs can be easily accomplished by sticking smoke bombs on a group of guards, then tossing a splinter impact bomb on them.
• To complete the challenge for crafting one bomb of each effect, you must make bombs with all 10 effects. To quickly craft bombs, open the weapon selection menu during gameplay, highlight the bomb and hit the 'Add Bomb' button. Also, staying near a crafting table when doing this allows you to easily go back and make another bomb with another effect. Once you craft bombs with all 10 effects, you will complete the challenge.