Animus data fragment

Animus data fragments were digital objects spread throughout various Animus and Helix-rendered locations. Among notable simulations were the cites of Constantinople and Cappadocia;^[1] several Caribbean islands;^[2] various locations in the North Atlantic and River Valley regions;^[3] select locales in Ming-era China, British-occupied India, and Revolutionary Russia;^[4] and points of interest throughout 5th century BCE Greece, Renaissance Italy, and Revolutionary-era Boston.^[5]

Trivia

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

The Animus data fragments resembled the loading symbol from Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Collecting a total of 25 data fragments unlocked a map revealing Ishak Pasha's memoir pages in book shops.
Collecting a total of 30 data fragments unlocked narrow doors in the Black Room, allowing Desmond to witness several vital moments of his life. These could also be unlocked via the system update.
Collecting a total of 50 data fragments unlocked the locations for the remaining 50 on the Animus minimap.
The achievement "Capped" could be earned by collecting all Animus data fragments.

Assassin's Creed: Rogue

Collecting the fragments unlocked a message from Juno.

References

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Characters

Assassins	Desmond Miles • Clay Kaczmarek • Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings • William Miles \| Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Dogan • Yusuf Tazim • Piri Reis \| Ishak Pasha \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad • Al Mualim • Abbas Sofian • Maria Thorpe • Darim Ibn-La'Ahad • Swami • Niccolò Polo • Maffeo Polo

Templars	Laetitia England • Warren Vidic • Juhani Otso Berg \| Ahmet • Manuel Palaiologos • Shahkulu • Leandros • Cyril of Rhodes • Damat Ali Pasha • Georgios Kostas • Lysistrata • Mirela Djuric • Odai Dunqas • Vali cel Tradat \| Vlad Tepes \| Haras

Isu	Juno • Jupiter • Minerva

Others	Sofia Sartor • Bayezid II • Selim I • Suleiman I • Tarik Barleti • Dilara • Duccio de Luca • Janos

Animi Avatars	Bombardier • Brigand • Champion • Corsair • Count • Courtesan • Crusader • Deacon • Gladiator • Guardian • Knight • Ottoman Doctor • Ottoman Jester • Privateer • Renegade • Sentinel • Thespian • Trickster • Vanguard • Vizier

Factions

Locations

Black Room | Atlas Village • Cappadocia (Derinkuyu) • Constantinople (Constantine District • Bayezid District • Imperial District • Galata District) • Masyaf

Events

Ottoman Civil War • Attack on Prince Suleiman • Riot at the Harbor of Theodosius • Destruction of the Great Chain • Fight for the Masyaf Keys | Fall of Constantinople | Decline of the Levantine Assassins • Fall of Masyaf

Terms and concepts

Abstergo Files • Achievements • Animus (Animus data fragments • Black Room • Sync Nexus) • Assassin Dens • Blending • Book shops • Customization • Den Defense • Dual-wielding • Eagle Sense • Ezio Auditore's letters • First Civilization • Heralds • Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad • Mediterranean Defense • Memories • Multiplayer • Officials • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden • Masyaf Keys) • Stalkers • Social stealth • Templar Tax Collectors • Ziplines

Weapons and tools

Blunt weapons • Bombs (Blood • Caltrop • Cherry • Datura • Gold • Smoke decoy/screen • Splinter • Stink • Thunder) • Crossbow • Fists • Greek fire • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade (Hookblade • Hidden Gun • Poison Blade) • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Poison darts • Short blades • Swords • Throwing knives

DLC

The Ancestors Character Pack • Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack • The Lost Archive

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Original game • Novel • Resynced

Characters

Assassins	Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings \| Patience Gibbs • Aveline de Grandpré \| Adéwalé • Ah Tabai • Antó • Opía Apito • Rhona Dinsmore • Edward Kenway • Mary Read • Upton Travers • Vance Travers • Duncan Walpole \| Bahlam

Templars	Laetitia England \| Edmund Judge \| Kenneth Abraham • Josiah Burgess • Julien du Casse • John Cockram • Hilary Flint • Benjamin Hornigold • Jing Lang • Lucia Márquez • Woodes Rogers • Laureano de Torres y Ayala

Isu	Juno • Aita

Others	Noob • Olivier Garneau • Melanie Lemay • John Standish \| [Lucy Baldwin] • [Thomas Barehaire] • Stede Bonnet • Anne Bonny • Peter Chamberlaine • [Commander Cyrus] • [Abel Galvão] • Haytham Kenway • Laurens Prins • Jack Rackham • [Horace Ravenscroft] • Bartholomew Roberts • Jennifer Scott • Caroline Scott-Kenway • [Rowland Sharp] • [Tobias Smith] • Edward Thatch • El Tiburón • Charles Vane • Milo van der Graaff \| Peter Beckford • Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.

Animi Avatars	Adventurer • Blackbeard • Buccaneer • Cutthroat • Dandy • Duellist • Firebrand • Huntsman • Jaguar • Lady Black • Mercenary • Navigator • Night Stalker • Orchid • Physician • Puppeteer • Rebel • Shaman • Siren • Stowaway • Wayfarer

Vessels

Benjamin • El Arca del Maestro • El Impoluto • Hercules (brig) • Hercules (frigate) • HMS Courage • HMS Defiance • HMS Fearless • HMS Intrigue • HMS Prince • Hollander • Jackdaw • Jacobite • La Dama Negra • Ranger • Revenge • Royal Fortune • Royal Phoenix • Royal Sovereign • San Ignacio • San Lorenzo • Princess • Queen Anne's Revenge

Factions

Assassins (West Indies Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries • Abstergo Entertainment | West Indies Rite) • Instruments of the First Will | British Empire (British Army • British Navy) • Pirate hunters • Portuguese Empire (Portuguese Navy) • Republic of Pirates • Spanish Empire (Spanish Army • Spanish Navy)

Locations

Montreal | Africa (Príncipe) • The Bahamas (Abaco Island • Andreas Island • Cat Island • Crooked Island • Great Inagua • Mariguana Island • Nassau) • Black Island • Caribbean Sea • Corozal • Cayman Islands (Cayman Sound • Grand Cayman) • Cayo Island • Cuba (Arroyos • Cape Bonavista • Cumberland Bay • Havana • Matanzas • Pinos Isle) • Florida • Forts (Cabo de Cruz • Castillo de Jagua • Charlotte • Chinchorro • Conttoyor • Dry Tortuga • Eleuthera • Gibara • Navassa • Punta Guarico • Serranilla) • Haiti (Île à Vache • Tortuga) • Isla Providencia • Jamaica (Long Bay • Kingston • Observatory • Port Royal) • Misteriosa • Mystery Island • New Bone • North Carolina (Charles-Towne) • Ocracoke • Sacrifice Island • Salt Key Bank • Salt Lagoon • Santanillas • Shipwrecks (Antocha wreck • The Black Trench • The Blue Hole • Devil's Eye Caverns • Kabah Ruins • La Concepcion wreck • San Ignacio wreck) • Smuggler dens (Ambergris Key • Anotto Bay • Jiguey • Petite Caverne • San Juan) • Tulum

Events

War of the Spanish Succession • Golden Age of Piracy (Sinking of the Treasure Fleet • Attacks on Tulum • Siege of Charles-Towne • Blockade of Nassau • Attack on Ocracoke)

Terms and concepts

Abstergo Data • Achievements • Animus data fragments • Blood vials • Challenges • Crafting • Customization • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Eavesdropping • Leap of Faith • Memories • Multiplayer • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Crystal Skulls) • Ships (Gunboat • Schooner • Brig • Frigate • Man O' War) • Social stealth • Swimming • Treasure chests • Viewpoints

Weapons and tools

Bayonet • Blowpipe • Cannon • Firearm • Hidden Blade • Rope dart • Smoke bomb • Sword • Throwing knife

DLC

Aveline • Blackbeard's Wrath • Crusader & Florentine Pack • Death Vessel Pack • Freedom Cry • Guild of Rogues • Illustrious Pirates Pack • Kraken Ship Pack

Assassin's Creed: Rogue

Characters

Assassins	Charles Dorian \| Adéwalé • Achilles Davenport • Hope Jensen • Kesegowaase • François Mackandal • Liam O'Brien • Vendredi • Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye

Templars	Juhani Otso Berg • Violet da Costa • Melanie Lemay \| Shay Cormac • Christopher Gist • William Johnson • Haytham Kenway • Charles Lee • George Monro • Samuel Smith • James Wardrop • Lawrence Washington • Jack Weeks \| James Gunn

Others	Numbskull • Elina Berg \| Arno Dorian • Élise de la Serre \| Le Chasseur • James Cook • Barry Finnegan • Cassidy Finnegan • Benjamin Franklin • Onatah • George Washington

Vessels

Argonaut • Cauldron • Couronne • Equitas • Experto Crede • Formidable • Gerfaut • HMS Pembroke • Morrigan • Pilgrim • Sceptre • Storm Fortress

Factions

Assassins (Colonial Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries • Abstergo Entertainment | Colonial Rite) | British Empire (British Army • Royal Navy) • Kingdom of France (French Army • French Navy) • Gangs (Hope's gang)

Locations

Montreal | France (Paris • Palace of Versailles) | Davenport Homestead • Forts (Baie Rouge • Blanc • La Croix • Louis • Port la Joye • De Sable • Soleil) • Lisbon • New York • North Atlantic (Anticosti Island • Burgeo • Fogo • Glace Bay • Grande-Entrée • Gros Morne • Halifax • Harbour Deep • Havre-Saint-Pierre • Lewisporte • Miramichi • Nerepis • Pearl Island • Percé • Port-aux-Basques • Port-Menier • Sept-Îles • St. Anthony • St. John's • Terra Nova • Yarmouth) • River Valley (Aarushi • Albany • Ash Creek • Black Ridge • Coeur-de-l'hiver • Dekanawida • Fleur-de-vent • Genessee • Greystone • Île des Pins • Lac Eternel • Le Bras-du-Seigneur • Lock Cliff • Marais Rocheux • Mont Saint Denis • Mount Vernon • Old Growth Forest • Or-du-Nord • Orenda • Otetiani • Red Bank • Rivière Aurifère • Ruisseau du Renard • Sleepy Hollow • St. Nicolas • Two Bends • Twin Snake Path • Vallée Verte • Vieille Carrière) • Shipwrecks (HMS Miranda wreck • Le Chameau wreck • HMS Sapphire wreck)

Events

Seven Years' War (Albany Congress • Siege of Fort William Henry • Siege of Louisbourg • Battle of Quiberon Bay • Battle of Labrador) • 1755 Lisbon earthquake • Colonial Assassin purge

Terms and concepts

Achievements • Animus (Animus data fragments • Challenges • Database • Genetic memory • Helix • Memories) • Crafting • Customization • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Eavesdropping • Leap of Faith • Lockpicking • Pieces of Eden (Precursor boxes) • Ships (Gunboat • Schooner • Brig • Frigate • Man O' War) • Social stealth • Swimming • Treasure chests • Templar ring • Viewpoints • Voynich manuscript • Wardrobe

Weapons and tools

Air rifle (Darts • Grenade launcher) • Bombs • Firearms • Fists • Hidden Blade • Rope darts • Short blades • Swords

DLC

The Armor of Sir Gunn's Quest • The Siege of Fort de Sable

Assassin's Creed Chronicles

China • India • Russia

Characters

Assassins	Ilia • Nikolai Orelov • Sergei \| Arbaaz Mir • Hamid • Ethan Frye \| Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Shao Jun • Wang Yangming • Zhu Jiuyuan \| Iltani

Templars	Juhani Otso Berg • Laetitia England • Álvaro Gramática \| Yakov Yurovsky \| Alexander Burnes • William Sleeman \| Gao Feng • Qiu Ju • Wei Bin • Gu Dayong • Zhang Yong • Ma Yongcheng

Others	Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia • Nicholas II of Russia • Anna Orelov • Leon Trotsky • Jānis Judiņš \| Pyara Kaur • George Eden • Ranjit Singh \| Altan Khan • Hong Liwei • Jiajing Emperor • Liu Jin • Yan Song • Zhang Qijie • Zhengde Emperor • Zhu Zhifan \| Alexander the Great