Animus Hacks
Animus Hacks were unlockable cheats in Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, which were rewarded to Desmond Miles once he had achieved high Animus synchronization in certain memories. However, they could only be used in memories that had already been completed as Ezio Auditore. Animus Hacks returned in Assassin's Creed III as pivots were discovered by the player.
Despite only appearing in Assassin's Creed II: Discovery and Assassin's Creed III, similar cheats were unlockable in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations by fully synchronizing DNA sequences. In the multiplayer portion of Revelations, hacks were unlockable via kill streaks and loss streaks.
Animus Hacks in Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
- Faster synchronization regeneration
- Requirement: 300 points
- Hack: Allowed Desmond to regain lost Animus synchronization with Ezio, much faster than the normal rate.
- Antonio de Magianis disguise
- Requirement: 600 points
- Hack: Allowed the Animus to swap out Ezio's "skin" for that of Antonio de Magianis.
- No radar mode
- Requirement: 900 points
- Hack: Enabled Desmond to play through sequences with no radar or map to aid him, which proved troublesome in stealth missions.
- Fast wall climb
- Requirement: 1,300 points
- Hack: Allowed Ezio a faster wall climbing ability, which highly increased the speed of scaling walls.
- Spanish Assassin disguise
- Requirement: 1,700 points
- Hack: Allowed the Animus to swap out Ezio's "skin" for that of a generic Spanish Assassin.
- Hard mode
- Requirement: 2,100 points
- Hack: Allowed Desmond to lose more synchronization than normal whenever Ezio took damage.
- Unlimited throwing knives
- Requirement: 2,500 points
- Hack: Granted Ezio an infinite amount of throwing knives.
- Raphael Sanchez disguise
- Requirement: 2,900 points
- Hack: Allowed the Animus to swap out Ezio's "skin" for that of Raphael Sanchez.
- Ted mode
- Requirement: 3,300 points
- Hack: Turned all generic guards and soldiers into Brutes, along with removing the map and radar.
- Guard Captain disguise
- Requirement: 3,800 points
- Hack: Allowed the Animus to swap out Ezio's "skin" for that of a Guard Captain. However, this hack had no impact on the game mechanics and social stealth.
- Super stealth
- Requirement: 4,300 points
- Hack: Allowed Ezio to never be detected by guards.
Animus Hacks in Assassin's Creed III
After completing Assassin's Creed III's epilogue missions, following the main mission marker to Boston results in an unidentified man explaining pivots, which, when found, will sync Desmond Miles' memories of Ratonhnhaké:ton from the Animus to "the Cloud." In addition, finding pivots unlocks various Animus Hacks that alter gameplay. Discovering pivots unlocks the following Animus Hacks.
- Season Changer: Changes the season from summer to winter and vice-versa.
- Infinite Ammunition: Grants infinite ammunition for all ranged weapons.
- Semi-Automatic: No reloads for muskets or flintlocks.
- Thunder Kill: All kils are accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- Weather Man: Changes the weather from normal to rainy or snowy and vice-versa.
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