Assassin’s Creed II – Unlock Bonus Content

Sad day of June 1st, 2021

On June 1st, 2021, Ubisoft closed servers of Assassin’s Creed II.

This decision led to the inability to unlock bonus content such as Ubisoft Connect rewards or Deluxe Edition add-ons. The only way to access them was to load an old save with unlocked content.

하지만, after some research, I found a way to unlock this content in new saves.

Save types

가장 먼저, the saves are located in

“씨:\프로그램 파일 (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\[Ubisoft account ID]\4”.

There are two save types in Assassin’s Creed II. One is responsible for settings and unlocking content, and the other has data about game progress, Ezio’s location and your session’s name.

Depending on what you do, these saves may have different numbers. If you start by changing some settings, the first type will be number 1. 하지만, if you start a new session without changing anything, the second type will be number 1.

You can identify your save type by size of the file. Second save type is much bigger and grows as you progress through the game. First save type is around 3 KB and doesn’t change much later.

The one that interests us is the first type.

Unlocking content

첫 번째, you need to create a save file of the first type. You can do this by simple launching the game and turning subtitles on, which are turned off by default. You don’t even have to create a new session.

그 다음에, you need to open the save file with hex editor. I used HxD. You have to scroll down the offset to “000005F0” ~에

hexadecimal system with 16 bytes per line. This is where the values that interest us begin.

You need to change “00” values to “01” in addresses listed below to activate content.

1. 000005F0엑스02 – Palazzo Medici Templar lair
2. 00000600엑스04 – Santa Maria dei Frari Templar lair
3. 00000610엑스06 – Arsenale di Venezia Templar lair
4. 00000630엑스0ㅏ – Bonus outfit dye
5. 00000690엑스04 – Throwing knives capacity upgrade
6. 000006A0엑스06 – Altaïr’s outfit
7. 000006B0엑스08 – Auditore Family Crypt

After modifying and saving the file, the content should be unlocked. Now all you have to do is progress enough in the game’s plot to access it.

요약

Battle of Forlì그리고

Bonfire of the Vanitiesdlcs are already integrated into the game and do not need to be unlocked. They activate by themselves after Sequence 11.

잘, that would be it. This all shows how lazy Ubisoft is. Because come on, it’s just about turning zeros into ones. 정말, Ubisoft could do better.

It’s a pity the same thing will happen to Brotherhood and Revelations soon (or already, depending on when you read this). 하지만, it seems to me that activating bonus content may work similarly there, so maybe we can find a solution for these games as well.

마지막으로, I am adding a fresh save with all the add-ons unlocked using the method described above. Just created and not used further. No account id entered. For the lazy ones.