Assassination contract

Assassination Contracts are contracts sent by Lorenzo de' Medici to Ezio to assassinate key people responsible for certain nefarious deeds. Ezio finds these contracts in pigeon cages, similar to the way Al Mualim sends them. These contracts are acquired in the same order regardless of which cage was chosen.

Florence

Day at the Market

You need to kill a guy at the market. It is relatively simple.

Political Suicide

Two men are having a meeting in a pass. Each side is guarded by 3 guards. Best bet is to hire some prostitutes, some will distract while the others will cover you while you get close to him to kill him. You cannot be detected by him or you will be desynchronized.

Caveat Emptor

Find him, get to him without being detected and kill him. He has one guard following him, but his awareness is pretty slow.

Meeting Adjourned

Tail the target, and he'll walk into a heavily guarded room. Your number of targets increases as you have to kill all those responsible. Your best bet is to toss a Smoke Bomb and start assassinating everyone.

Needle in a Haystack

Find him, he's usually with a group of people inside one of the courtyards, kill him without being detected.

Peacekeeper

There's a group of rebels just west of the bridge where you have to kill 10 brutes. Get them and have them fight. As they're all fighting walk around and just start assassinating or poisoning the brutes, should get it with plenty of time since the timer doesn't start till the first one dies.

Leader of the Pack

First things first, make sure you're full on smoke bombs. Start off by finding someone to tail. Find him, tail him for awhile. As you tail him, more and more guards will start to follow him. You will get to some alley entrance that's guarded. There should be some Courtesans nearby, hire them to distract the guards then run into the garden area that's full of enemies. Smoke Bombs and the Hidden Blade should finish this.

Tuscany

Reap What You Sow

• First you must go to the viewpoint just outside the city's walls. Be careful because as it is a restricted area and there are quite a few guards. So avoid contact to not risk the target from escaping.
• After synchronizing at the viewpoint, dive into the hay.
• Assassinate the target. He is right next to the hay so simply assassinate him from inside to receive your reward of 2000f.

Don’t Get Your Hands Dirty

Your task is to have 4 guards killed without killing them yourself. It can be very difficult because several of the guards are on towers and mercenaries and thieves cannot climb tower walls. However, it is possible to just push them down or kill them without using any weapons (i.e. with your fists). You can also, more simply and stealthily, poison them and wait.

Romagna

Thin The Ranks

Kill three people without them noticing you.

Dead On Arrival

Kill the courier before he leaves.

Go Towards The Light

You need to kill the guard at the lighthouse.

Mark And Execute

You must kill the one who captured one of Lorenzo's spies without being detected.

Trivia

• During Sequence 14 and the free-roaming sequence, these contracts are still playable even though Lorenzo is already dead.