Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is chock full of secrets and surprises, but perhaps the biggest one has finally been discovered, and it’s proof for not only the developers to create such an extensive one, but also the fans and those who have finally discovered it. . It all starts with the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Collector’s Edition, which apparently contains some hidden clues. It would never have been found, even if it were not for Access the Animus, who released a video in January revealing that they had decoded the Isu language that is part of the game (via IGN).
Now that they had the language, they could use any message it used, including some messages found on the Collector’s Edition packaging. The messages included terms like “hidden inside”, “this lake” and “now”, and because knowing it was something, the team kept going.
It’s done! We were able to find the right global way to get into the Nodens’ Arc arc # Assassin’s Creed Valhalla!
Join us, because we will not only show the right steps to achieve it, but we will also show the reasons that justify said steps!
Full video: https://t.co/oPCQZyNKR4 pic.twitter.com/6G7FaR9L5x
– AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) 27 January 2021
They got a helping hand from JorRaptor, who posted a video revealing that you could find a secret Isu Bow in the game called Nodens’ Arc. All you had to do was hit an unbreakable piece of Iron Ore, exit the game, and reload your spare piece to unlock it, but Valhalla narrative director Darby McDevitt revealed that it’s a brute force ‘method was to solve this mystery, and Access The Animus finally found the necessary steps to solve it correctly.
This coincided with more translated text from the Collector’s Edition box with the caption “The Key Is The”, which was under a crow drawing. The crow also kept another secret, the Sword Excalibur, and so the ‘Key’ he was referring to was the ‘Sword’, more specifically Excalibur, as it can break anything.
With the previous video showing the method of brute force, fans found the location, a lake in Northumbria, much like the island of Singapore, and it appears that Ubisoft has an office there. It was a big missing piece because the office was in the exact spot of the unbreakable ore. It was further captured thanks to the realization that the Isu language was designed by designer Antoine Henry, who works in that office.
The last great piece was the realization that the lithographs in the Collector’s Edition contain symbols that cover a picture of the sun when compressed. Access to the Animus realizes that it refers to the time of day when the ore had to be hit.
After putting it all together, it meant you had to hit the unbreakable ore with Excalibur at sunset to unlock the Nodens’ Ard arc, and it has to be one of the most elusive unlockable items ever.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is now available on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X, PS5, Stadia and Luna.
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