Assassin's Creed 2 Walkthrough

Paola gives you another tutorial mission. This go-round, you need to reduce your notoriety, which is measured by the red ring around the icon in the upper-left corner of the screen. A full ring means your notoriety is at one hundred percent. There are three things that you can do to drop the notoriety, and each reduces your meter by different percents.

The easiest task is removing posters from the walls of the city. The posters appear on your radar and each removes twenty-five percent of your notoriety. Find and remove four posters and you'll have reduced your notoriety to nothing. Note that many of the posters are above street level, sometimes on low platforms and sometimes on high platforms.

Less common throughout the city are heralds, which are dudes with big mouths. They stand on the streets and yell all kinds of propaganda. Pay them 500 florins and they'll spout enough junk about you to reduce your notoriety by fifty percent. We think the price is too high for what you get—it's easier to find four posters.

Officials show up quasi-randomly on your map. Their icon resembles the poster icon, but watch for one that moves on your radar and chase after it. If you can score a quick assassination on one of these officials, you'll deduct seventy-five percent from your notoriety total. When you've reduced your notoriety to nothing, the mission ends.