Learn to master dodge and disarm skills in Assassin's Creed II with this quick guide. Includes tips for the 'Brothers' and 'Keep on Seeking' glyph puzzles.
This quick and simple mission will teach you two new skills: dodge and the one you've probably been looking forward to the most--disarm. Dodging is better and more reliable than strafing. Hold R1 and hit X before an enemy attacks. Use the Left Analog Stick to determine the direction in which you dodge.
For disarming, it's much like countering. You do disarming when you are unarmed or have Fists selected. The timing seems to be a tiny bit more strict than normal countering so practice when you can and rely on the enemy's movements and delivery to help you. As I mentioned a few paragraphs above though, you have always been able to do this technique, the game is just formally introducing you to it now. Remember this for the next time you play through though.
- Dodge skill learned
- Disarm skill learned
We're not done yet at the Villa. Go put up those Codex pages on the wall in the Codex room. Next, go downstairs and put the Seal on the statue of Ilanti which is the second from the right.
Take care of any other remaining business before you set off to your next destination.
At Tuscany, you'll see there are not one, not two, but three mission markers. Two in the city and one in the countryside to the east. Go to the city first. You might want to start by taking down some posters, assassinating witnesses, since you probably have some notoriety.
You might want to collect some things before we get started. Climb some viewpoints to make it easier. The one on the north side of the city, between an art shop and a race marker, has a GLYPH near the top. Once you synchronize the view point, drop down a ledge and scan the glyph to start another puzzle.
-[Brothers]-
This glyph, called Brothers, has more slider puzzles. This one is trickier though because some rings cannot be moved alone. Moving one will move another so pay attention. If one ring has to be moved for another to be aligned, then find the ring in that pair that can also be moved by itself and purposely misalign it so that when you move them as a pair, the single one is aligned again.
For the second slider, note that one outer ring and one inner ring are connected. Moving the outer one moves the inner one, but the inner one can be moved by itself so you can fix it any time. Also, the very center is fixed and cannot be moved so you need to align the puzzle around it. The same applies for the third puzzle.
The fourth one is a lot harder because two pairs of rings are paired together and the image is black and white and it's hard to match things up. If you tinker around with it long enough though, you can match up hands to arms and so forth. Make sure the puzzle is aligned from the center outward since the center is also fixed here.
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There is another GLYPH in the area to the southwest of the city. If you look on your map it's a grey area and it's the Teatro. If you go to the southeast portion of this area (you'll be coming back here soon) you can find the glyph underneath a small bridge.
-[Keep on Seeking, And You Shall Find]-
More paintings for this one. The clue word is "red". It's not too hard but if you need the solutions, read below:
Joseph, Jesus Christ, David and Goliath, Christ Disrobed, I forgot the name of the last one (yikes!) but it's the second one on the top.
The second part is a picture of the crucifixion. You need to find the Piece of Eden. It's toward the lower right. You get a beep indicator that beeps in shorter intervals the closer you are. Pretty simple.
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Once you're done and done getting a better view, there's plenty of stuff to find here. Start with the two Codex Pages. One is in toward the northwest corner, the other toward the northeast corner of the city. Both are well guarded, but there are courtesans and thieves for distractions. You can also hire mercenaries or do it yourself for a fight.
When you're ready, let's tackle some of the mission markers. Start with the one toward the southern part of the city. Talk to the man who is highlighted in white to start.
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