S5 M6: The Forum of the Ox

Sequence 05, Memory 06 -- The Forum of the Ox

This is basically the same as the Galata Tower -- it's a Key Mission -- but the difference is that full Synchronization here is not time-based, rather it requires you to get through the mission without taking ANY damage.

When the mission starts you get a CS of some Guards who discover your presence -- if you pay attention you learn from them how the Templar found the first key -- and that they have figured out where the key is here!  During the CS Ezio tries to shoot the barrel of gunpowder but one of the Templar gets in the way and gets dead instead, causing the others to see him and take off in their boat.

To complete this mission you need to beat them to the other end of the canal, and to do that you need to move fast.  There are temporary timers that turn on if you get too far behind, but other than that you just need to do a lot of acrobatics in the process of this mission -- but the good news is that you will not have to worry about figuring out where to go -- the camera will always point in the general direction of the path, so just run and jump like hell.  Oh and unlike the Galata Tower mission you can collect the chests in this one (they appear at the end) without that messing up the run, so you will not have to repeat this one.

A Speed Run through the Forum of the Ox

-- Your Speed Run --

Before this starts you need to remember to not stop if you can help it.  Run and stay running the whole time, or as much of the time as you can.  There are a few points where you are supposed to do long-jumps but if you mess that up it is NOT necessary for you to stop, jump back, and try again since the swinging jump simply leads to an alternate (if longer) path.  So just KEEP RUNNING.

You start by running forward and jumping over the docks, posts, beams, and stone protuberances until you come to a long-jump.  If you make that -- and you should -- you will trigger a short CS in which you nearly fall off the edge because they are shooting at you.  You do not fall though, so once the CS is over keep running.

Ahead you do a lot more swinging, jumping, and running until you do another long-jump and then use a zipline.  This gets you pretty close to the boat and another CS in which you almost get creamed by falling blocks!  Run along the path and beams for another long-jump and then a beam-walk, before you climb into a tunnel and take another zipline. 

At the next place if you miss the long-jump just keep going since you only swing off the other side and can then jump back further along.  When you reach the bridge the bad guys blow it up, so you have to hop across the burning remnants before finally making your way to the last zipline for this section, from which you need to do an air-assassination because if you fail to do it, the mission desynchs -- so do not fail to do it!

At the bottom of the waterfalls you end up battling the four survivors -- do NOT allow them to hurt you or you will not get full synchronization.  Just do counter-attacks to kill them and, once you kill them all, use Eagle Vision to find the hidden chests.  Empty all of the chests in the room, then find the hidden door and open it.

Inside is the expected statue and key!  Go ahead and grab those now, and you have not only scored a key and 100% Synchronization but you also got the hidden chests, so good on ya mates!

Claiming another Key to the Library