In between One punch man, baseball man, and several nods to popular fantasy franchises, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla it is basically the Metropolitan Museum of Easter Eggs. But the best surprise – or at least the one that is sure to delight fans of the series – does not appear until the end of the game.
Spoilers follow for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
After establishing Ravensthorpe, with approximately 10 hours of gameplay, you will be able to develop a number of new buildings. The creation of the Bureau of the Hidden will give Hytham, the Hidden Junior, a new modern office. Because it is a video game, it will reward you with a mission: Track six pages of the codex, located in several hidden Offices in England. As the name implies, these agencies are all off the beaten path. But finding them is worth the effort, as this will trigger an Easter egg starring Bayek de Siwa, the player’s character. Origins of Assassin’s Creed.
Each Hidden Ones Bureau features a mix of platform and environmental puzzles. A combustible skill, such as Incendiary Gunpowder Trap, can help knock down any stone barricade, but it is not essential. There is almost always a pot of flammable oil somewhere nearby and a convenient path that will allow you to carry it to the barricade without any problems. (Whether or not you burned yourself in the process of blowing up the barricade is another matter.)
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In other words, after finding a Bureau of the Escondidos, you will probably have the means to complete it. They are located at:
- Ledecestre, in the northeast of the city
- Lunden, outside the east wall
- Colcestre, by the southern walls
- Jorvik, near the theater in the southwest
- In the middle of a forest in the middle of nowhere in the southwest of Glowecestrescire
- Wincestre, on the west side, directly south of the Church of São Pedro
After rounding all six pages of the codex, go back to Ravensthrope and speak to Hytham. He will offer some direct thanks – honestly offensive for a task that can last the length of an extensive RPG game – and will mention that Reda, the supplier of black market products, has an old text. That’s where things get real.
When you ask Reda about the script, he replies lightly: “Ah, that old message? Yes, it is just a small letter from one Hidden to another. “
Press it on how he got his hands on it and he will say, “A friend gave it to me to keep. Bayek was his name. Egyptian companion. Very kind. “(One wonders how old Reda is. Bayek’s exploits took place largely during the Ptolemaic era, over two thousand years ago, while Valhalla takes place in the late 800s).
After talking to Reda, he will pull the curtain on the left side of his tent, revealing a podium with a letter. Anyone who played Origins of Assassin’s Creed will immediately recognize it as a love letter written by Bayek to his wife, Aya. Neither is mentioned by name, but the clues – that it is written on papyrus; which mentions several members of the Egyptian pantheon; which discusses the nascent beginnings, the origins, if you will, of the Occult – it is a collective revelation. And it’s not just a piece of disposable text in the game. It is read aloud by Abubakar Salim, the artist behind Bayek.
Oh yes, and you get adorable, stylish armor (the set aptly called Hidden Ones) to knock out all the Hidden Ones Bureau. With two pieces equipped, you will receive an increase in murder damage as long as you are protected for 10 seconds or more. Equip all five pieces and you will increase the damage from the headshot. The equipment is aligned with the Raven skill tree, so you will see even more stats bonuses if you have invested heavily in these nodes. There is also a dagger – the Suttungr claw aligned with the wolf – that increases its critical damage with each hit.
It’s good equipment, but the Easter egg is the real prize. According our highly scientific methodology, Origins of Assassin’s Creed is the best assassins Creed games. Speaking personally, it’s my favorite game in the series – a reimagination of what assassins Creed it may be that he has not forgotten the fundamentals, all wrapped up in an emotional stroke of a narrative starring some of the strongest characters since Ezio’s three-game adventure. Hearing Bayek’s voice was instantly conveyed. Who knew the Library of Alexandria was just a few steps from the cobbled streets of old Londinium?