Flag

Flags are tools used by many different factions to increase their influence over a certain location. The Assassins were well known to remove flags to hinder their enemies.

Third Crusades

Flags have been scattered by members of the various factions throughout the Holy Land to lay claim to particular regions of territory. There are different kinds of flags, each representing a different religious/military faction. Altaïr can collect these flags (the Assassins believed the Holy Land belonged to no one and everyone), to complete Additional Memories and attain Achievements.

The flags

Image	Flag name	Location	Number of flags
	Assassin flags	Masyaf	20
	King Richard flags	Kingdom	100
	Saracen flags	Damascus	100
	Teutonic flags	Acre Middle district	33
	Templar flags	Acre Rich district	34
	Hospitalier flags	Acre Poor district	33
	Jerusalem crosses	Jerusalem	100

Locations

These flags were scattered all over their respective places, often making them hard to find and remove. The flags were often placed at high, hard to reach places, such as church towers or building roofs.

Achievements

Collecting all of the flags of a particular kind will, in the Xbox 360 version, give the player an achievement.

Icon	Name	Description	Points	Secret?
	Keeper of the Lions Passant	Find all of Richard's Flags in the Kingdom.	25File:Xbox360g.png	No
	Keeper of the Creed	Find all Flags in Masyaf.	10File:Xbox360g.png	No
	Keeper of the Four Gospels	Find all Flags in Jerusalem.	20File:Xbox360g.png	No
	Keeper of the Crescent	Find all Flags in Damascus.	20File:Xbox360g.png	No
	Keeper of the Black Cross	Find all Teutonic Flags in Acre.	10File:Xbox360g.png	No
	Keeper of the Order	Find all Templar Flags in Acre.	10File:Xbox360g.png	No
	Keeper of the 8 Virtues	Find all Hospitalier Flags in Acre.	10File:Xbox360g.png	No

Renaissance

In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the Borgia also used flags, Borgia Flags, to increase their control over Italy. There are 101 Borgia flags to collect in Rome (18 of them in Lairs of Romulus). However, art merchants in Rome had Flag Maps for sale, making it easier for Ezio to find and remove all the Borgia flags. Another feature is that every time Ezio sees a flag while using Eagle Vision, the flag will be marked on the map.

Collecting all 101 flags will reward Ezio with the Borgia Cape, which makes Ezio permanently Incognito, and you receive an achievement "Capture the Flag".

Icon	Name	Description	Points	Secret?
	Capture the Flag	Remove all Borgia Flags in Rome.	30File:Xbox360g.png	No