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San Marco's Secret
FIrst off let's talk about how to get to the door to start this quest. In the North East section of forbidden area around the palace, find these boxes.
Run up the boxes to the platforms.
Jump from platform to platform, until you are on the roof.
Locate this ladder on the roof, and climb down it. The start of this quest is located there.
Here's a shot of the entrance to this area.
Jump over the rail here to the pole. Swing on it, and then jump off of it to get on the ground.
Cross this very large room. On the far side you'll see a altar with a skull on it.
Trigger the skull.
You'll get a cut scene. A mural is on the ground, and four buttons will raise up around it. Here is a picture of the mural. Each button you step on starts a puzzle you have to solve in a certain amount of time. I'll tell you the order of the buttons here. We will do the top one first, then the bottom one, then the one to your right, and then the one to your left.
The top button, or the one by the guy in the murals head. Run this way.
Go up the step like area to the right.
Jump from here to the platform on the left.
Jump from here to the raised section of stone? I don't even know what to call that.
Jump from here to the roof of the stone structure.
Jump from this roof to the platform on the side. It's not the side we want to get to, but it provides us with a route there.
Wall run up the wall here.
Jump over the balcony, and then go West.
Go in to this little room.
Jump over the balcony here, and you'll land on the heads of statues on some kind of ordimental arch.
Jump from statue to statue, over the cross, and then to the far wall.
Climb up to the top most railing here.
Work your way around the columns to the left.
Climb on to the balcony here.
Wall run up the organ.
Get to the top of the organ.
Jump out to the hanging switch.
Part of the mural will turn. I think that this is the first lock opening.
To get back to the ground, turn around, and then swing back to the organ. From there it's pretty easy.
Button 2 or the one by the guy in the murals feet.
Go towards the area you came into the room at. Go to the left hand wall there.
Wall run up to the photo on the wall.
Jump to the right. Ezio will kind of just step up on to the roof of whatever is on your right.
Jump from this roof to the next one.
Jump to the ledge that's on the wall here.
Shimmy your way around this ledge.
Drop down to the beam on the other side.
There's a really bad movement bug here. Anyways take your time to get past it. Walk across the rail.
Well when you make it past the movement bug, walk across the rail to the right.
Jump across all the rails here.
Jump to the ledge in the corner.
Shimmy around this ledge until you can step up on to the roof of the thing in the corner.
Wall run up to the balcony, and hop over it.
Run out to the middle of this area.
Wall run up the cross here, and climb as far as you can.
Back jump to the rail that crosses the room here.
Swing and jump from this rail to the next one, and then to the hanging switch.
Swinging jump from the switch to the next two rails to get down.
Button 3. The button to your right, or the guy in the mural's left.
Climb to the top of this cage.
Jump from here to the rail.
Jump from this rail to the platform.
Jump from this platform to the beam, and then to the top of the stone arch way.
Climb to the top of this stone arch way.
Run across the top of this stone arch way to the other side.
Jump from there to the next platform.
Jump from this platform to the beam, and then to the next beam.
Wall run up the right wall.
Climb up and over the rail and onto the balcony.
Run to your left.
Jump to the iron crosses that are hanging in the room.
Jump from this iron cross to the next one.
Jump from this iron cross to the balcony.
Jump from this balcony to the first beam. We are going to jump across the entire series of beams here.
Jump from the last beam to the next balcony.
Run out to the center of this area.
Wall run up the wall here.
Climb to the middle of this area. Don't go above it! If you back jump higher than the middle you will die, and have to redo ALL of the buttons.
Back jump from the middle to reach the lever.
Here's a shot of Ezio hanging from it.
The right hand circle will rotate.
Swing forward to jump to the ground. You'll catch a couple things on the way down, and not take any damage.
Button 4. The last button. It's the one on your left, or the guy in the murals right.
Wall run up this white thing.
Get to the top of it and then jump to your left.
You'll catch a ledge here. Climb to the top of this platform.
Jump across these beam ends to your right.
Jump from these to the platform in front of you.
Jump from this platform to the ledge on your right.
Shimmy around this ledge.
You'll reach up and grab the sconces.
Move across the sconces to your right.
Climb up and over the railing.
Cross this area, and then run up the boxes.
Wall run up to the rings embedded in the wall.
Keep climbing until you are at the top most ring.
Back jump to the beam in the center of the room.
Jump from this beam to the hanging switch.
The cricle on your left will turn, and the way to the assassin's tomb will open.
You can swing forward to jump your way back to the ground.
Jump down in to the tomb.
Run down the stairs, and loot the treasures that are here.
Open the assassin's tomb.
Use the exit to leave.
San Marco's Secret will now be synched.
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