Database: Precursor Boxes

Precursor Boxes can be used to activate other Pieces of Eden. When triggered, boxes have been known to exhibit all sorts of different effects, such as projecting holograms of maps, deciphering Precursor writing or even imprinting memories from previous owners onto the user.

Although intended to be used in conjunction with an Isu manuscript or another Piece of Eden, it is possible to activate a Precursor Box with a high enough charge of electricity. However, this does risk damaging the artifact.

One particular Precursor Box was given by Ezio Auditore to Shao Jun, a Chinese Assassin, when she sought out his advice in 1524. Since then the Box has resurfaced a number of times, in both Assassin and Templar hands, amongst them Shay Cormac. Álvaro Gramática, Templar and scientist, used the Box in 2016 as part of the Phoenix Project, to help him comprehend the Shroud of Eden he had also obtained.

Many Precursor Boxes have been found, although it is unknown how many have survived.

Shao Jun's Box

Known Owners: Ezio Auditore, Shao Jun, Zhang Yong, João Machado, Shay Cormac, William Sleeman, Ulysses S. Grant, Anastasia Nikolaevna Current Status: In the possession of Álvaro Gramática