Assassin's Creed II: Glyphs and statuettes guide

Puzzle 11: The Inventor

Image 1: Just move the lightning bolt over the bulbs to bring them to life.

Image 2: Highlight the area just at the base of the tower, between the two windows, to find this hidden image.

Image 3: Move the pointer onto Tesla’s lap.

Puzzle 12: Titans of Industry

Code wheel puzzle 1: The key here is in the “4=1” on the blueprint at the left of the screen. Line up the red 4 over the gray 1 and input the following code:

Image 1: This one’s the opposite of the light-bulb “puzzle” from before – just move the dollar sign over the bulbs to extinguish them.

Image 2: Highlight the glowing ball at the center of the image.

Code wheel puzzle 2: Your hints here are the “2” on the old car, and the symbol just below the newspaper’s headline. From there, you need to figure out the numeric progression of the symbols to understand which ones are missing.

But if you’re impatient, then just input the code as follows:

Puzzle 13: ‘I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds’

Code wheel puzzle: This one’s even trickier than the last one; starting with the hint that 9 (next to the tower) equals “triangle” (up and to the left from the bomb), you need to figure out which symbols would fill in the blank spots on the wheel, going by the symbols next to them. Or you can just input the following code:

Image 1: Just hit the button. It’s not hard.

Image 2: Use the Geiger-counter clicks to guide you to the space shown below:

Puzzle 14: Bloodlines

Set 1: Highlight the images that depict women and gods in amorous entanglements (especially if those gods are disguised as animals).

Puzzle 15: Guardians

Puzzle wheel: Seemingly every other ring is linked here, so we’ll cut straight to the chase: Turn the third (and fourth) rings right twice, the fifth (and first) right four times, the fourth (and first) right five times, the fifth (and first) left five times and the second left five times. Finally, move the fifth (and second) rings right five times.

Image: Another gimme – just move the Assassin logo over the targets to complete the “puzzle.”

Puzzle 16: The Cavalry

Image 1: Just move the cursor to the word “Tunguska.”

Image 2: Move the cursor onto the staff and drag it onto Tesla’s photo.

Puzzle 17: The Bunker

Code wheel puzzle: Here’s a tricky one; your clues are “<” and “2,” and the only advice you’ll get from your handlers is that maybe there’s “something we can count” on the strange symbols. In this case that “something” is the number of times each symbol bends sharply. Don’t expect consistency across the wheel on this one; just take a look at what symbols flank the blank spaces and pick a shape with the number of bends that would go between them. Or, for the impatient:

Image: Find the Assassin symbol at the upper-right of the bunker as shown here:

Puzzle 18: Synapses

Code wheel puzzle: This puzzle, for lack of better words, is a bitch from hell. Your first clue is to line up 5 with a single tree-looking symbol, but from there it gets tricky. The key here is the weird-looking equation on the left, which offers a hint as to the progression of the symbols.

Stare at this long enough to get some advice, and you’ll be told that the trees are Sumerian numerals that represent one, while the “<” symbols represent 10. Now, to make another cognitive leap, you’ll notice that the first few symbols on the code wheel follow a seemingly nonsensical progression: one, three, nine, 11, 12.

Now, look at the equation again. Add up its numbers two at a time, and you’ll see that they follow that same progression: 1+2=3, 3+6=9, 9+2=11, 11+1=12, and so on. Once you know that, the rest is easy.

Or you can just look at this image and spoil the solution for yourself:

Image: In what’s sure to be a relief after the last puzzle, all you need to do here is move the cursor to light up the neurotransmitters.

Puzzle 19: The Fourth Day

Image set: What used to be worshipped by every primitive culture under the…? That’s right, the sun. Pick the five images that focus on it.

Image: Find the tiny image of Earth in the lower-left quadrant of the sun.

Puzzle 20: The Origin of the Species

Puzzle wheel: Oh hey, another ring puzzle. At least this one’s the last. Start by turning the fifth ring right ten times, then turn the fourth ring left twice. Then rotate the third (and first) rings right twice, the second ring right five times and the first ring left three times.

Image 1: It’s pretty smooth sailing from here. Highlight the eye at the top of the painting.

Code wheel puzzle: You can be forgiven for panicking at the sight of this one, but relax. Ignore the numbers and focus on the Assassin motto: “Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” With that in mind, pick any three glyphs and call this puzzle solved.

Image 2: Move the cursor over the bones to reshape the skeleton.

And that’s it! Now all that’s left to do is to sit back as the confusing video clips you’ve collected come together, enabling you to finally see what the game has been teasing you with this whole time.

Above: Why are you looking at this? Go watch the video!

Nov 20, 2009

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