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Runway down all the Secrets of London with our borough-past-borough illustrated guide.

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Perhaps the toughest claiming Assassin's Creed Syndicate offers is tracking down the Secrets of London. Completing this challenge unlocks the Aegis, a powerful and very absurd-looking outfit for Evie.

There are Secrets of London scattered throughout London. They look similar minor wooden boxes, highlighted white with Eagle Vision, and brand a sound like a music box when you're close plenty. Interact with the box (Circle/B) to collect the key inside.

The in-game numbering is a mess, but we've included a reference so you tin quickly find any yous're missing. If you lot're later on the whole lot, search for the Secrets methodically in the order presented by our guide equally you clear them through - or civic by civic in whatever order you please.

We've provided written directions, plus a map and screenshot. Click to enlarge each image as necessary. Position your grapheme in the same location as ours - the black mark with the Assassin symbol on it - and await around with Eagle Vision to spot the Secret nearby.

Let's showtime with the first Borough y'all have access to, and go along onwards in gild of Civic difficulty. As of Oct 28, we've completed our collection.

Secrets of London - Whitechapel one

Allow's start with an obvious landmark - the church of St. Mary Matefelon, south of the railway station. The Secret is sitting on a grave on the southward side. Game carte reference: #26

Secrets of London - Whitechapel 2

The second Cloak-and-dagger is slightly northeast of the first. Head along the rooftops of the buildings on the south side of the main road that runs northeast from the church building. It's on the last rooftop earlier an empty space with some trees. Game menu reference: #18

Secrets of London - Whitechapel 3

To find this Secret just east of the heart of Whitechapel, drop a map marker down between the two shops (that's the £ symbol) on a nigh horizontal line. From this position you should be able to hear the Secret'due south music every bit soon as you take a few steps to the westward. Climb onto a low wall to aid you spot information technology in this maze of alleys. It'south lying on the ground. Game menu reference: #29

Secrets of London - Whitechapel 4

The last undercover in Whitechapel isn't hard to find. Head to the northeast portion of the map and search forth the south edge of the tracks until you notice a wooden hut. It's only exterior. Don't become run over by a train! Game menu reference: #22

Secrets of London - Lambeth 1

Get-go in the northwest corner of Lambeth. Just southward of the bridge almost the edge, on the due east side of the large road, is a lovely walled park. The Surreptitious is on a stump on the northern border of the park, west of a statue. Game menu reference: #19

Secrets of London - Lambeth two

Now get downwardly to the southwest corner. Turn e along the big road at the very bottom of the map, but after you've pass i edifice on your left (n), hop over the wall (however n) to driblet downward to a lower surface area. Between this first big edifice and the next is a broad alley leading to water. The Secret is on a coil of rope on the east side of the alley, closer to the water than the wall. Game carte du jour reference: #06

Secrets of London - Lambeth 3

The easiest way to discover the third Lambeth Surreptitious is to first at the northeast corner of the asylum grounds. Cantankerous the route north to the building directly contrary; information technology's on the roof, hidden from view from the ground by a depression wall with a hole in it. If you stand on the roof and look south towards the asylum, you shouldn't miss it. Game bill of fare reference: #05

Secrets of London - Lambeth iv

The final Lambeth Secret is so easy to find, I collected it by accident before I knew what information technology was, and don't have a screenshot for you! It's on the peak of the chimney which also plays host to the viewpoint (fast travel point) in the northeast corner of Lambeth. Trust me, you lot'll discover it; simply climb upwards from the eagle's perch. Game menu reference: #08

Secrets of London - The Thames 1

The river is about easily navigated past bridges. Let'south starting time with the east-most road span, travelling north from Southwark to the City of London. The Secret is on bench in a rounded rest surface area on your left (west) merely by the halfway mark. If you're on railway tracks, that'south the incorrect bridge! Game card reference: #21

Secrets of London - The Thames ii

Starting from the e-nigh road span where you collected the concluding secret, Follow the north banking company of the Thames to the west. Before you reach the next set of bridges you lot should see one of those pier things with little buildings on it. There's a shop here, and the Cloak-and-dagger is on the roof of the little edifice. Game carte du jour reference: #14

Secrets of London - The Thames 3

Move to the southward banking concern of the river and look for the railway span (they're green and accept railway tracks on them - obviously) that spans information technology at the about acute angle of the bend in the river. The Secret is ane a ledge on the large round support pillars closest to the southward banking concern. It's on the northeast side. Game menu reference: #20

Secrets of London - The Thames 4

This last one is easy to find; it'southward right past the viewpoint (fast travel point) at the very south of the Borough. Search the roof of the little boat to the west of the ship with the viewpoint on its mast. Game menu reference: #03

Secrets of London - Southwark 1

Start in the very southwest corner of Southwark, where the map bulges slightly west into the Thames to suit a building and its docks. There's a crane on the northwest corner of these docks, and the Secret is on a butt sitting just behind it, on the crane's eastward side. Game card reference: #09

Secrets of London - Southwark ii

There's a viewpoint (fast travel point) betwixt the two big stations in Southwark. Only w of these are three shops in a triangle. From the northwest of these three shops, go along a short style w forth the road and climb onto the building at the intersection. The Secret is on the roof, on a crate. Game carte reference: #12

Secrets of London - Southwark three

Look at your map. See how the southern border of Southwark bulges north to meet a U-shaped section of raised railway rails? If you start at the bottom of the U and walk northwest along its western arm, y'all'll spot the secret on a scaffold fastened to a building to your correct (north). Game menu reference: #24

Secrets of London - Southwark 4

This one'southward pretty easy; start at the viewpoint (fast travel bespeak) in the east of Southwark. The Secret is just slightly north of it, at ground level, as you walk due north east around the big round green structure. Game menu reference: #27

Secrets of London - City of London 1

Every bit long every bit you have found even one Secret of London, the Reuge'south Vault symbol will announced on your map in the City of London. It'southward a good landmark to use as a starting point for this one. See the shop just northeast of it? (Information technology's just east of the earthworks site if you haven't got the Vault icon.) The Secret is on a rooftop of one of the buildings that line the outside of the block with this store in information technology; information technology's the southeast ane. Game carte du jour reference: #17

Secrets of London - City of London two

Await for the Ludgate Circus landmark on your map - yous may demand to zoom in a scrap. Information technology's the large open circular expanse in the road just north and slightly west of the station; a roundabout without a hub in the middle. Climb the building on the southeast "corner" of the circus; it has a large sign on information technology reading "Cockham Merchants". The Hole-and-corner is on the flat roof at the back of the building, on the railway line side. Game card reference: #11

Secrets of London - Urban center of London 3

To detect this one, travel to the east finish of the City of London district and look for the route continuing north after crossing the Thames on a bride. The Hush-hush is sitting on a stool outside a store on a pocket-size intersection, on your correct side (east) as yous travel north. Game menu reference: #02

Secrets of London - Metropolis of London 4

Travel to the park eats of the Kenway Mansion - zoom in to find the landmark icon, or merely head northeast from St Paul's Cathedral. The Surreptitious is on a bench close to the eastern wall of the park, about one-half fashion along and quite near the little gazebo. Game menu reference: #23

Secrets of London - The Strand 1

Offset at Charing Cross Station in the south of The Strand borough; it'south the most southerly viewpoint (fast travel bespeak). Check your map - see the triangular block of buildings only to the southwest? Head on over to it and scan the interior facades along the southern edge. The Secret is on a petty balcony hither. Game bill of fare reference: #25

Secrets of London - The Strand 2

Head north from Charing Cross Station (the most southerly viewpoint in The Strand) to detect the National Gallery landmark. Climb up on the roof and search the roofed structures here. Someone has a nice picayune hideout forth the eastern facade, where y'all'll detect the Cloak-and-dagger - and a cat, if you're lucky. Game menu reference: #10

Secrets of London - The Strand iii

The next Secret is in Covent Gardens; if you tin't find the landmark mark, head northward from the virtually easterly viewpoint (fast travel point). The building is in ii big wings, and you want the southern ane. Enter and become downwards into the lower area; the Hush-hush is nether some stairs. Game menu reference: #sixteen

Secrets of London - The Strand 4

The terminal of The Strand'southward secrets is just to the westward of St Pancras Station - that'due south the one in the north. Await for a petty park and you'll notice the Secret on a tabular array lit past a lamp, right next to a gazebo. Game carte du jour reference: #07

Secrets of London - Westminster 1

Beginning in the s due east corner of Westminster. In that location'due south a parkland area only northward of the virtually southerly-bridge. Yous'll notice the Hush-hush on a bench close to the contend on the river (e) side. Game card reference: #13

Secrets of London - Westminster 2

This 1's in Richmond House; if yous tin can't find the landmark marker, travel east from Buckingham Palace and information technology'southward the last mansion earlier the river. The Hugger-mugger is on the railing of an interior balcony on the west side. Game menu reference: 28#

Secrets of London - Westminster 3

Visit the station in the southwest corner of Westminster. Search at ground level effectually the houses on its northern corner; the secret is on the station side, casually resting on a table. Game carte du jour reference: #31

Secrets of London - Westminster four

Caput west from the southern station in Westminster until you reach the nearly westerly block of buildings at the edge of the map. The Surreptitious is on the roof, about a suitcase - for some reason. Game menu reference: #32

Secrets of London - Buckingham 1 (Westminster)

The next three Secrets are labelled Buckingham in the game menu, but that's only a district of Westminster encompassing the palace and the parks nearby. The starting time Secret is in the northwest corner of the park. Search around the brownish paths and you lot'll soon hear it tinkling abroad; information technology's on a stump in a little grove at a abrupt bend in the track. Game card reference: #xxx

Secrets of London - Buckingham 2 (Westminster)

Go to the southeast corner of Buckingham palace, and cantankerous the road to the southeast. The Secret is on a crate amongst the trees here. You're in the right expanse of you discover a haystack. Information technology's easier to discover at night as at that place's a lantern on the crate, as well. Game card reference: #04

Secrets of London - Buckingham three (Westminster)

The very concluding secret is deeper into the park. It'due south non actually near any landmarks, so just search the expanse north of the eastward side of the pond. You should discover a hut of some kind. The Hush-hush is on a demote outside almost ever - tee hee! - between a man and his true cat. Game menu reference: #01

When you've gathered all the Secrets return to Reuge'south Vault and go through the wearisome process of inserting them; thankfully you need only practice this once for each civic. Your reward is the Custodianship.

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The Aegis is a high-level outfit that boosts defense force and cane sword damage. Information technology has a absurd glitch effect, too, and looks pretty much awesome. Well worth your trouble.