The 20 WEIRDEST Unlockables in Assassin's Creed Games
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VOICE OVER: Aaron Brown
WRITTEN BY: Nancy Roberge-Renaud
"Assassin's Creed" sure has some odd unlockables. Welcome to MojoPlays, and today we'll be looking at some of the weirder stuff we encountered on our Assassin journeys. Our list of the weirdest unlockables in "Assassin's Creed" games includes Distinguished Animals from “Assassin's Creed: Syndicate” (2015), Cake Boss from "Assassin's Creed Unity" (2014), The Raiden Skin from "Assassin's Creed Brotherhood" (2010), a Ubisoft Tattoo from "Assassin's Creed Valhalla" (2020), and more!
Welcome to MojoPlays, and today we’re counting down our picks for the 20 Weirdest Unlockables in Assassin’s Creed Games. For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the weirder stuff we encountered on our Assassin journeys. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever found in an AC game? Let us know in the comments!
When you first boarded your longship in “AC Valhalla”, did you notice something missing? A fluffy, white cat in the bow, right? Well, a quest called “Freyja’s Friend” will solve that quickly. This mission requires you to put your life in the balance by chasing a runaway cat named Nali. Nali was once a ship’s cat whose owner crossed the rainbow bridge. Ever since then, no one has been able to pet the bereaved feline. But, hey! Nali jumps into Eivor’s arms, snuggles up and is then recruited for your ship. You now have a longship cat. It doesn’t do anything but sit in the bow and sometimes take naps. But it’s adorable, so why not?
Sometimes, you just want your ancient Egyptian protagonist to look like a cyborg. It’s a lot of grinding, but you can have your own Bayek-bot at last! When you enter the secret passage located in the Sphinx’s butt, you come upon a puzzle room containing a miniature map of Egypt. It’s not a “push the right buttons” or “light the fires in order” puzzle. It’s a feat that can only be achieved by completing all 12 Stone Circles and collecting 50 silica from caves around the map. This takes a while, of course, but upon completion you too can look like the love child of Ninja Turtles foe Shredder and Tali from “Mass Effect”! The “First Civilization” sure loved glowing stuff.
“Assassin’s Creed” cheats aren’t really cheats. They’re unlockable effects or gameplay changes that are either helpful or completely useless. This one falls in the latter category. We won’t get into how to unlock this, as it’s kind of long winded. You have to be playing online, collecting “pivots”, bla bla bla. With the collection of 10 pivots, you can unlock a number of different cheats such as infinite ammo. But why bother with that when you can have “Thunder Kill”? Every time Connor takes down an enemy, it’s accompanied by a thunder strike and lightning flash. That’s it. Worth all the grinding? Probably not.
“Assassin’s Creed II” tells a tragic story in which Ezio’s father and two brothers are executed after being framed for treason. One of his brothers, Petruccio, was only 13 years old. His mother Maria is inconsolably bereaved, spending nearly the entire game praying over her bed. In memory of his younger brother, Ezio collects feathers throughout Italy and deposits them in an adorned box in his mother’s room. There are 100 feathers scattered throughout the maps, so collecting them should be worth it, right? Well, if you catch ‘em all, you get the Auditore Cape. Wearing the cape makes Ezio perpetually notorious. What a fine way to honor young Petruccio, who clearly just loved being constantly chased by guards! Rest in peace, little fugitive!
It gets hot in the desert, so Bayek presumably sometimes just wants to take off all his clothes. But since sitting on a camel in the buff isn’t so comfortable, he’ll at least need a towel. Following the assassination of Eudorus in the bathhouse, Bayek steals the towels. Not cool, Bayek. This grants you the opportunity to ride around Egypt wearing nothing but a towel around your waist, and one draped over your head should you want to avoid getting a nasty scalp sunburn. It’s surprisingly a little more coverage than Odyssey’s “Bare-Chested and Oiled” outfit. And considerably less shiny.
Some of these features are clearly the works of exhausted programmers. Aren’t microtransactions fun? The AC Origins “Wacky Items Pack” is available for 1000 helix credits or you can cross your fingers and hope to get an item or two at random from Reda the teleporting salesman. The pack consists of a cotton swab scepter (for cleaning out Horus’s giant ears), a LOLCAT heavy blunt weapon (in the shape of a mummified cat), the Swordfish sword , an ornate Cupid’s Bow and a Unicamel mount If you like nonsense, it’s fine. Perhaps Bayek can wield the cotton swab in the bathhouse towel? A…hygiene pack?
Sometimes, you just need a bit of flair. Well, AC Odyssey’s got your back. If you shop around enough and purchase enough mount skins, the wonderful Epic Rainbow Unicorn skin will become available for purchase. No weird quest or anything, just a bit of grinding will get you there. It’ll set you back 6400 drachmae, but is it worth it? Hell, yeah. The unicorn mount isn’t just gorgeous, it also leaves a sparkling rainbow trail behind it that says “I came, I saw, I was fabulous!” If white isn’t your shade of choice, there’s also a black one, but it’ll set you back 500 helix credits in the store.
You know those dizzying scenes in AC games where you’re drunk? Do you sometimes wish the entire game was like that? No? Neither do we. But you can have it! In AC Black Flag, Edward is a pirate, so he likes his rum as much as the next pirate. However, he’s not a rampant, relentless alcoholic. But what if he was? The “Abstergo” challenges in the game are accumulated throughout, with unlockables at 10, 20, 30 and so on until 100. At the midway point, after 50 challenges, you unlock the cheat “Loaded to the Gunwale”, which makes Edward perpetually drunk. So if you’ve ever wanted to play an AC game with vertigo and cataracts, here’s your chance!
In AC Syndicate, there are a series of optional crime solving missions titled “Dreadful Crimes.” If you’re a sleuth type, these are fun and much like the murder mysteries in “AC Unity.” Here’s the odd part: a keen eye will spot the quick appearances of animals wearing top hats in each of these missions, including a cat and goat, before they vanish in a puff of smoke. After all “Dreadful Crimes” missions are completed, during the “Murder at the Palace”mission, a top hat can be found on the roof of Whitechapel station, where the correct button combination will make all the animals appear at once to declare “we are watching you.” Oh, you want a reward? Nope. Just animals in hats.
In 2006, Ubisoft began the “Raving Rabbids” series, which features creepy little rabbit creatures who likely inspired the Minions. In a shameless bit of crossover, the creatures make a bizarre appearance in AC Black Flag. Remember those Abstergo challenge cheats we mentioned earlier? After 80 challenges, the cheat title “Shiver me Timbers” unlocks. This turns all game enemies into Rabbids. It’s… unsettling at best. They don’t quite fit in and they weirdly hop around on sticks. Now if they’d turned all the enemies into sharks and eels, we could at least get our revenge. This is just something no one ever wanted.
Desmond Miles, hero of the 21st century, can be loaded back into the 1500s during the events of Brotherhood. Unlocked by achieving 100% synchronization in Sequence 8, it’s no simple task, but using Desmond’s unique freerunning and fighting style against middle-ages goons is a pretty fun option. That might not seem too weird at first, until you hit cutscenes where Ezio is making moves on Desmond’s potential ancestors… in Desmond’s body. Basically, It’s like those uncomfortable scenes in Back To The Future with Marty and his mom.
So you’re playing your own custom viking this time around. Slap on whatever blade or armor suits your fancy and get to questing, or make Eivor a little more personalized with whatever skin ink you could possibly dream of. We’re talking wolves, runes, handprints, this one that makes you look like raw meat, and the strangest of all… Ubisoft’s own corporate logo, in not one, not three, but four alternate forms. Which begs the question, who would want to deck themselves out as an esports-esque sponsored raider? Especially when certain actions we take as a player are slightly questionable from a morality standpoint, but that’s another conversation for another day.
We don’t know how to tell you this, but if you played all the way through AC Unity thinking you fought every boss, think again! An additional fight can be unlocked only once you’ve found and eaten all five pink cakes scattered throughout Paris, each of which Arno miraculously scarfs down in one bite. Once you’ve interacted with the final massive cake in Luxembourg Palace, there is one final weird cherry on top of this already bizarre goosechase. The statue on top of the desert suddenly comes to life, and makes his own leap of faith in an attempt to skewer you with his sword. The 1 on 1 with Sir Cakeington isn’t exactly hard, but he does deal huge damage on any landed hit. Once he falls, fireworks will light up the sky box and leave you sitting back in your chair contemplating why.
Viewers beware you're IN for a scare! What does roughly twenty hours of sidequesting, and 100 additional “Abstergo challenges” get you? Only the BEST optional mode introduced to any pirate game thus far. Yes, we’re talking about the gaggle of living skeletons running your pirate ship. They don’t lose any personality from their flesh and blood counterparts, meaning after a successful plunder you’ll see them hyping each other up, sharing in a bear hug, or just pushing each other around. Really, the weirdest part about this is they are still determined to sing shanties despite not having lungs, and that you can’t be a skeleton yourself.
Back to Rome, it may surprise you to learn that completing only the very first sequence with 100% sync enables Ezio to alter every equestrian mount in the game. Yeah, horses are now Unicorns for the general population of Europe and everyone is just kinda fine with it. This was long before the bonkers rideable options of Valhalla mind you. We guess that just proves assassins get all the coolest pets, but not only that, as the bond between Unicorn and Ezio is so powerful that it blesses a glow effect upon all of his weapons.
Likely the most hilarious unlockable mode on this list, rivaling that of the jolly singing skeletons. After sidequesting for a decent 45 extra Abstergo challenges, the supple voice of Shay Cormac will be forced to deliver horrendous one-liners to everyone’s dismay. Similar to Black Flag’s “pirate speak” cheat, except far more out of character, charming, and ridiculous. No longer can you just climb something tall or get into combat without the rogue making some early Spider-Man level quip to himself. We’ve seldom encountered a mode that so effortlessly makes us both chuckle, and groan in pain in rapid succession. You have to experience it for yourself if you have the chance.
It's an actual FISH! SWORD! Next entry. Wait, we need to elaborate just a touch more. The weaponized seafood is probably the silliest item in the game so far, but it comes at the cost of your time! Only obtainable after completing every fishing mission from your settlement's fishing hut, just finding the right areas across several of the game's country maps is no joke. All that said, its stats… are really good! And we can’t pass up on a two handed greatsword in the form of a fish, that sets enemies on fire… for some reason. No godly idea why, they refuse to elaborate. Cutting dudes’ heads off just hits a little different when you're using a living animal as a blade.
The first in only a few silly crossovers is this cybernetic ninja suit that hails from the Metal Gear series. This fit changes the physical shape of Ezio’s body, leaving only his head from its original model. The strangeness in the details continue with invisible hidden blades, a lack of sheaths causing all your weapons to float, and a holstered pistol that can not be equipped. Somehow this is not a slapped together fan mod, but a legitimate unlockable for completing 100% of the tutorial mode. Hey, at least it looks good in motion, but we can’t get over cyber-beard.
“Is anyone else seeing this?” - said the entire playbase of Origins, when the crossover quest “A Gift from the Gods” was added post launch. As a part of an event with Final Fantasy XV, the game's villain Ardyn invades your world, drops a bunch of junk and leaves, refusing to elaborate. We can’t even explain the whiplash this one cutscene causes, as Bayek watches magical swords rain from the sky and suck some dude into heaven. The strangest artifact left behind from his tear in the animus is the Kweh. A rideable mount based on the “chocobo”, but we guess even the devs thought that would be too silly, so it’s sort of a half camel, half bird - thing.
So we’ve seen the silly, we’ve seen the bizarre. How do we top this and bring it all home? Feeding a turkey during the American revolution with a secret code gives it a little assassin hood! Once again, walking up to a seemingly ordinary turkey and pressing the inputs for the famous “Konami code”, which once gave the player extra lives, will, in fact unlock the knowledge of a secretive turkey creed. What more needs to be said about this? What would you say about this? What is this!? He doesn’t even have Eagle Vision! He’s got… y’know “turkey vision” or whatever.
Boat Cat
“Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla” (2020)When you first boarded your longship in “AC Valhalla”, did you notice something missing? A fluffy, white cat in the bow, right? Well, a quest called “Freyja’s Friend” will solve that quickly. This mission requires you to put your life in the balance by chasing a runaway cat named Nali. Nali was once a ship’s cat whose owner crossed the rainbow bridge. Ever since then, no one has been able to pet the bereaved feline. But, hey! Nali jumps into Eivor’s arms, snuggles up and is then recruited for your ship. You now have a longship cat. It doesn’t do anything but sit in the bow and sometimes take naps. But it’s adorable, so why not?
The Isu Armor
“Assassin’s Creed: Origins” (2017)Sometimes, you just want your ancient Egyptian protagonist to look like a cyborg. It’s a lot of grinding, but you can have your own Bayek-bot at last! When you enter the secret passage located in the Sphinx’s butt, you come upon a puzzle room containing a miniature map of Egypt. It’s not a “push the right buttons” or “light the fires in order” puzzle. It’s a feat that can only be achieved by completing all 12 Stone Circles and collecting 50 silica from caves around the map. This takes a while, of course, but upon completion you too can look like the love child of Ninja Turtles foe Shredder and Tali from “Mass Effect”! The “First Civilization” sure loved glowing stuff.
Thunderbolt & Lightning
“Assassin’s Creed III” (2018)“Assassin’s Creed” cheats aren’t really cheats. They’re unlockable effects or gameplay changes that are either helpful or completely useless. This one falls in the latter category. We won’t get into how to unlock this, as it’s kind of long winded. You have to be playing online, collecting “pivots”, bla bla bla. With the collection of 10 pivots, you can unlock a number of different cheats such as infinite ammo. But why bother with that when you can have “Thunder Kill”? Every time Connor takes down an enemy, it’s accompanied by a thunder strike and lightning flash. That’s it. Worth all the grinding? Probably not.
The Auditore Cape
“Assassin’s Creed II” (2009)“Assassin’s Creed II” tells a tragic story in which Ezio’s father and two brothers are executed after being framed for treason. One of his brothers, Petruccio, was only 13 years old. His mother Maria is inconsolably bereaved, spending nearly the entire game praying over her bed. In memory of his younger brother, Ezio collects feathers throughout Italy and deposits them in an adorned box in his mother’s room. There are 100 feathers scattered throughout the maps, so collecting them should be worth it, right? Well, if you catch ‘em all, you get the Auditore Cape. Wearing the cape makes Ezio perpetually notorious. What a fine way to honor young Petruccio, who clearly just loved being constantly chased by guards! Rest in peace, little fugitive!
Scantily Clad
“Assassin’s Creed: Origins” (2017)It gets hot in the desert, so Bayek presumably sometimes just wants to take off all his clothes. But since sitting on a camel in the buff isn’t so comfortable, he’ll at least need a towel. Following the assassination of Eudorus in the bathhouse, Bayek steals the towels. Not cool, Bayek. This grants you the opportunity to ride around Egypt wearing nothing but a towel around your waist, and one draped over your head should you want to avoid getting a nasty scalp sunburn. It’s surprisingly a little more coverage than Odyssey’s “Bare-Chested and Oiled” outfit. And considerably less shiny.
The Wacky Items Pack
“Assassin’s Creed: Origins” (2017)Some of these features are clearly the works of exhausted programmers. Aren’t microtransactions fun? The AC Origins “Wacky Items Pack” is available for 1000 helix credits or you can cross your fingers and hope to get an item or two at random from Reda the teleporting salesman. The pack consists of a cotton swab scepter (for cleaning out Horus’s giant ears), a LOLCAT heavy blunt weapon (in the shape of a mummified cat), the Swordfish sword , an ornate Cupid’s Bow and a Unicamel mount If you like nonsense, it’s fine. Perhaps Bayek can wield the cotton swab in the bathhouse towel? A…hygiene pack?
The Fabulous Mount
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (2018)Sometimes, you just need a bit of flair. Well, AC Odyssey’s got your back. If you shop around enough and purchase enough mount skins, the wonderful Epic Rainbow Unicorn skin will become available for purchase. No weird quest or anything, just a bit of grinding will get you there. It’ll set you back 6400 drachmae, but is it worth it? Hell, yeah. The unicorn mount isn’t just gorgeous, it also leaves a sparkling rainbow trail behind it that says “I came, I saw, I was fabulous!” If white isn’t your shade of choice, there’s also a black one, but it’ll set you back 500 helix credits in the store.
Perpetually Drunk
“Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” (2013)You know those dizzying scenes in AC games where you’re drunk? Do you sometimes wish the entire game was like that? No? Neither do we. But you can have it! In AC Black Flag, Edward is a pirate, so he likes his rum as much as the next pirate. However, he’s not a rampant, relentless alcoholic. But what if he was? The “Abstergo” challenges in the game are accumulated throughout, with unlockables at 10, 20, 30 and so on until 100. At the midway point, after 50 challenges, you unlock the cheat “Loaded to the Gunwale”, which makes Edward perpetually drunk. So if you’ve ever wanted to play an AC game with vertigo and cataracts, here’s your chance!
Distinguished Animals
“Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate” (2015)In AC Syndicate, there are a series of optional crime solving missions titled “Dreadful Crimes.” If you’re a sleuth type, these are fun and much like the murder mysteries in “AC Unity.” Here’s the odd part: a keen eye will spot the quick appearances of animals wearing top hats in each of these missions, including a cat and goat, before they vanish in a puff of smoke. After all “Dreadful Crimes” missions are completed, during the “Murder at the Palace”mission, a top hat can be found on the roof of Whitechapel station, where the correct button combination will make all the animals appear at once to declare “we are watching you.” Oh, you want a reward? Nope. Just animals in hats.
“Raving Rabbids”
“Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” (2013)In 2006, Ubisoft began the “Raving Rabbids” series, which features creepy little rabbit creatures who likely inspired the Minions. In a shameless bit of crossover, the creatures make a bizarre appearance in AC Black Flag. Remember those Abstergo challenge cheats we mentioned earlier? After 80 challenges, the cheat title “Shiver me Timbers” unlocks. This turns all game enemies into Rabbids. It’s… unsettling at best. They don’t quite fit in and they weirdly hop around on sticks. Now if they’d turned all the enemies into sharks and eels, we could at least get our revenge. This is just something no one ever wanted.
Desmond in the Past
"Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" (2010) & “Assassin's Creed: Revelations” (2011)Desmond Miles, hero of the 21st century, can be loaded back into the 1500s during the events of Brotherhood. Unlocked by achieving 100% synchronization in Sequence 8, it’s no simple task, but using Desmond’s unique freerunning and fighting style against middle-ages goons is a pretty fun option. That might not seem too weird at first, until you hit cutscenes where Ezio is making moves on Desmond’s potential ancestors… in Desmond’s body. Basically, It’s like those uncomfortable scenes in Back To The Future with Marty and his mom.
Ubisoft Tattoo
"Assassin's Creed Valhalla" (2020)So you’re playing your own custom viking this time around. Slap on whatever blade or armor suits your fancy and get to questing, or make Eivor a little more personalized with whatever skin ink you could possibly dream of. We’re talking wolves, runes, handprints, this one that makes you look like raw meat, and the strangest of all… Ubisoft’s own corporate logo, in not one, not three, but four alternate forms. Which begs the question, who would want to deck themselves out as an esports-esque sponsored raider? Especially when certain actions we take as a player are slightly questionable from a morality standpoint, but that’s another conversation for another day.
Cake Boss
"Assassin's Creed Unity" (2014)We don’t know how to tell you this, but if you played all the way through AC Unity thinking you fought every boss, think again! An additional fight can be unlocked only once you’ve found and eaten all five pink cakes scattered throughout Paris, each of which Arno miraculously scarfs down in one bite. Once you’ve interacted with the final massive cake in Luxembourg Palace, there is one final weird cherry on top of this already bizarre goosechase. The statue on top of the desert suddenly comes to life, and makes his own leap of faith in an attempt to skewer you with his sword. The 1 on 1 with Sir Cakeington isn’t exactly hard, but he does deal huge damage on any landed hit. Once he falls, fireworks will light up the sky box and leave you sitting back in your chair contemplating why.
Skeleton Crew
"Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag" (2013)Viewers beware you're IN for a scare! What does roughly twenty hours of sidequesting, and 100 additional “Abstergo challenges” get you? Only the BEST optional mode introduced to any pirate game thus far. Yes, we’re talking about the gaggle of living skeletons running your pirate ship. They don’t lose any personality from their flesh and blood counterparts, meaning after a successful plunder you’ll see them hyping each other up, sharing in a bear hug, or just pushing each other around. Really, the weirdest part about this is they are still determined to sing shanties despite not having lungs, and that you can’t be a skeleton yourself.
Ride The Unicorn
"Assassin's Creed Brotherhood" (2010)Back to Rome, it may surprise you to learn that completing only the very first sequence with 100% sync enables Ezio to alter every equestrian mount in the game. Yeah, horses are now Unicorns for the general population of Europe and everyone is just kinda fine with it. This was long before the bonkers rideable options of Valhalla mind you. We guess that just proves assassins get all the coolest pets, but not only that, as the bond between Unicorn and Ezio is so powerful that it blesses a glow effect upon all of his weapons.
Big Mouth
"Assassin's Creed Rogue" (2014)Likely the most hilarious unlockable mode on this list, rivaling that of the jolly singing skeletons. After sidequesting for a decent 45 extra Abstergo challenges, the supple voice of Shay Cormac will be forced to deliver horrendous one-liners to everyone’s dismay. Similar to Black Flag’s “pirate speak” cheat, except far more out of character, charming, and ridiculous. No longer can you just climb something tall or get into combat without the rogue making some early Spider-Man level quip to himself. We’ve seldom encountered a mode that so effortlessly makes us both chuckle, and groan in pain in rapid succession. You have to experience it for yourself if you have the chance.
Swordfish
"Assassin's Creed Valhalla" (2020)It's an actual FISH! SWORD! Next entry. Wait, we need to elaborate just a touch more. The weaponized seafood is probably the silliest item in the game so far, but it comes at the cost of your time! Only obtainable after completing every fishing mission from your settlement's fishing hut, just finding the right areas across several of the game's country maps is no joke. All that said, its stats… are really good! And we can’t pass up on a two handed greatsword in the form of a fish, that sets enemies on fire… for some reason. No godly idea why, they refuse to elaborate. Cutting dudes’ heads off just hits a little different when you're using a living animal as a blade.
The Raiden Skin
"Assassin's Creed Brotherhood" (2010)The first in only a few silly crossovers is this cybernetic ninja suit that hails from the Metal Gear series. This fit changes the physical shape of Ezio’s body, leaving only his head from its original model. The strangeness in the details continue with invisible hidden blades, a lack of sheaths causing all your weapons to float, and a holstered pistol that can not be equipped. Somehow this is not a slapped together fan mod, but a legitimate unlockable for completing 100% of the tutorial mode. Hey, at least it looks good in motion, but we can’t get over cyber-beard.
The Kweh
"Assassin's Creed Origins" (2017)“Is anyone else seeing this?” - said the entire playbase of Origins, when the crossover quest “A Gift from the Gods” was added post launch. As a part of an event with Final Fantasy XV, the game's villain Ardyn invades your world, drops a bunch of junk and leaves, refusing to elaborate. We can’t even explain the whiplash this one cutscene causes, as Bayek watches magical swords rain from the sky and suck some dude into heaven. The strangest artifact left behind from his tear in the animus is the Kweh. A rideable mount based on the “chocobo”, but we guess even the devs thought that would be too silly, so it’s sort of a half camel, half bird - thing.
Turkey Creed
"Assassin's Creed 3" (2012)So we’ve seen the silly, we’ve seen the bizarre. How do we top this and bring it all home? Feeding a turkey during the American revolution with a secret code gives it a little assassin hood! Once again, walking up to a seemingly ordinary turkey and pressing the inputs for the famous “Konami code”, which once gave the player extra lives, will, in fact unlock the knowledge of a secretive turkey creed. What more needs to be said about this? What would you say about this? What is this!? He doesn’t even have Eagle Vision! He’s got… y’know “turkey vision” or whatever.
