Assassin's Creed II
50 Achievements
1,000
Victory lies in preparation
Get all Hidden Blades, Item Pouches and Armor upgrades for Ezio.
10
How to unlock the Victory lies in preparation achievement in Assassin's Creed II - Definitive Guide
You can unlock this as early as DNA Sequence 10. Progressing through the game will unlock all of the upgrades necessary for this achievement. Simply buy or acquire everything from the list below.
Note: Obtaining Altair’s armor from the Sanctuary is not a requirement for this achievement.
Tailors are located by the icon and Blacksmiths are located by the icon.
Hidden Blades (given to you by Leonardo throughout the game)
Hidden Blade: Sequence 2
Hidden Blade Armor Plate: Sequence 3
Double Blade: Sequence 4
Poison Blade: Sequence 5
Pistol: Sequence 9
Item Pouches (these can be purchased at the Tailor shop) – Total: 27,000f
Medium Medicine Pouch: Sequence 1 - 3000ƒ
Large Medicine Pouch: Sequence 1 - 6000ƒ
Medium Knife Belt: Sequence 6 - 3000ƒ
Large Knife Belt: Sequence 9 - 6000ƒ
Medium Poison Vial: Sequence 7 - 3000ƒ
Large Poison Vial: Sequence 10 - 6000ƒ
Armor Upgrades (these can be purchased at the Blacksmith shop) – Total: 154,450f
Leather Spaulders: Sequence 1 - 2,300ƒ
Leather Greaves: Sequence 3 - 1,140ƒ
Leather Chest Guard: Sequence 3 - 4,370ƒ
Leather Vambraces: Sequence 4 - 1,100ƒ
Helmschmied Greaves: Sequence 3 - 4,940ƒ
Helmschmied Spaulders: Sequence 5 - 6,200ƒ
Helmschmied Vambraces: Sequence 5 - 5,100ƒ
Helmschmied Chest Guard: Sequence 5 - 10,800ƒ
Metal Greaves: Sequence 7 - 7,200ƒ
Metal Vambraces: Sequence 6 - 6,300ƒ
Metal Chest Guard: Sequence 7 - 17,200ƒ
Metal Pauldrons: Sequence 7 - 12,000ƒ
Missaglias Greaves: Sequence 8 - 14,600ƒ
Missaglias Vambraces: Sequence 9 - 12,000ƒ
Missaglias Chest Guard: Sequence 9 - 27,900ƒ
Missaglias Pauldrons: Sequence 10 - 21,300ƒ
For this trophy you must have all 3 hidden blade upgrades, all the pouches and every piece of the 4 types of armors. For the three hidden blades you will get them as you progress through the story so don't worry about them. The pouches and armor you must buy. There are 3 types of pouches. There is a medicine, poison vial and knife pouch. Each pouch has a medium and large sized bag. The pouches can be bought at the Tailor shop. You need every single one meaning both the large and medium sizes for each pouch. Now all that's left is the armor. There are 4 types of armor Leather, Helmschmied, Metal and Missaglias. Each armor has 4 parts to it Vambraces, Greaves, Chest Guard and Spaulders. You can buy the armor at a Blacksmith shop. Once you have all of the items you will get the trophy.
•Hidden Blade (Poison, Pistol and Double Blade)
The last improvement is given for the sequence in Venice with the masquerade/plot
•Bags
Purchased from a tailor, the last goods will appear towards the end of the game
•Armor (except Altair's armor)
Purchased from a blacksmith
TIP: at the beginning of the game, invest everything in the villa, closer to the middle of the game you will have money to buy items