with a big weapon.

Learn how to manage and repair Ezio's armor in Assassin's Creed II. Prevent your armor from breaking and keep your health squares replenished by visiting the Blacksmith.

Without very much effort, Ezio's battles with the city guards will wear down his armor. There don't seem to be any immediate effects to worn out armor, but let it continue and the armor eventually breaks. Broken armor turns depleted health squares red and they cannot be replenished! The only way to fix this is to repair your armor at the Blacksmith shop.

Armor takes a while to break, so to prevent this from happening easily, make regular trips to the Blacksmith to repair any damage.

Walkthrough:

Welcome to the walkthrough portion of the guide. This section will be as spoiler free as possible. The game is thankfully divided into major parts called DNA Sequences. In this guide, a fair amount of detail will be used when necessary. The world of ACII is vast and therefore, pinpointing an exact location can be difficult. It will be assumed that after a certain point, big details about common fights will not be necessary, hoping that the player will have grasped the basics enough to fight well. Most if not all new features will be introduced as they come along.

As for the Glyph puzzles, they go in a predetermined order, no matter what glyph is found in what order. All locations will be listed throughout the walkthrough at convenient places. You are not required to go after them in the order they are presented. This means that if you are on glyph 12 and only glyph 10 have been written up, you will be dealing with a different puzzle. Just take note of that.

Other than that, I hope you enjoy this guide and that it is useful to you.

Let's begin!

Prologue

Assassin's Creed II begins at the exact point that the first game ended. You'll be seeing some strange markings on a wall in a first-person view. Players of AC1 will remember this. You'll eventually be able to leave that view and a scene will play.

Lucy is back and for those who didn't play AC1, her importance is explained, albeit briefly. Follow Lucy out into a very familiar room once you have control. Lay down on the bed in the middle of the room, the Animus machine.

Hit any button near the Animus to get in. A scene plays and in a strange yet comical way, you have some control here. Once it's done, you'll be in control of Desmond again.

Follow Lucy through the door. Unlike last time, Desmond can finally run. Hold R1 to keep up with Lucy after a very quick scene with some guards. Follow her down a few corridors to an elevator.

This next room will be a large office-like area with a lot of Animus machines. Just follow Lucy and you'll be fine.

The next elevator will take you to the parking lot where a brawl will ensue. Hit the Square button to knock some sense into these guards. They'll surround you, but it's nothing to worry about. Lucy can kick butt too.

After that, a scene plays. Once you have control again, follow Lucy up through this new building. She'll talk about the new plan and it sounds very interesting. She'll even give Desmond a hug.

Go into the following room for a short scene. Once you have control again, you can look around and talk to these characters. Talk to Shaun, Rebecca, and Lucy, then sit down in the new Animus and it's off to the show.

Sequence 1