Behind Closed Doors

Guide to completing the 'Behind Closed Doors' mission in Assassin's Creed II. Learn how to defeat guards, open the villa gate, and find Francesco Salviati.

You get command over quite a few mercenaries and need to storm the villa where Francesco Salviati is hiding. It won't be long starting off until you come across the first few guards. Defeat them with your group, then proceed toward the red marker, into the villa.

You'll find another group guarding the front gate. They're really easy to kill since your mercenaries do a good job at distracting them, allowing you to kill them with one blow from behind. A Brute is amongst them, but he's no sweat when he's all that's left against all your mercenaries.

You need to open the gate. First, use throwing knives to dispatch the guards on either side of the gate. There are some ridges you can climb up just to the side of the gate bars. Instruct your mercenaries to wait, then climb up to the top and you can see a lot of guys patrolling inside. If you wait for a large group to get close, you can maybe pull off the double air assassination, which is beyond badass.

You'll get surrounded really fast, and some of the enemies include Brutes so find the mechanism to open the gate immediately. Sic your mercenaries on them to even the odds.

There might be one enemy in the mix who seems out of place. He'll look like a farmer guy and has an axe. This is your target, believe it or not, Salviati. He's an easy kill if you go for a Disarm. Finish him and then you get a choice between finishing the fighting or running.

With that done, head to the last mission marker in the south. When you get there though, you'll come to the Monte Oliveto Maggiore, which has another GLYPH for you to find. Let's get that first.

It's on the southwest side of the structure on the viewpoint tower. It's the tall tower on the grounds with the cross on top. The glyph is at the base of the tower on the east side of it, right where it meets the roof of the rest of the building.

The puzzle for this one starts with another photo ID. Find the image to the left of the moon, out in space. For the second part, it's a slider puzzle. It's not a photo though. Your goal is to line up all the gaps in these rings so that you could draw a straight line through to the center. It's tough but note which rings move together and which you can move alone so you can fix them. For the final part, you get a moon landing photo. The Piece of Eden is at the bottom of the picture, to the left.

Now, go ahead and talk to the mission marker guy to start the next mission.