Assassin’s Creed III Walkthrough

Optional objective/s:

• Neutralise a platoon with a single cannonball eight different times.
• Kill two platoons using a single cannonball.
• Prevent three different patriot executions.
• Complete all objectives in one playthrough.

After finishing the previous mission, make your way over to the exclamation mark in the southern part of the frontier. Speak to Lafayette to begin the mission.

Part 1 – Defend

Once gameplay resumes, you will be behind and in control of a cannon. From here you will be able to look down the road in front of you to see a large number of advancing redcoat troops. Our goal is to defend this area for three minutes. To do so, we need to fire the cannon at the approaching army. Note the circular marker on the ground in the distance. This is the location where our cannonball is going to land when we fire.

The British forces will advance down the middle of the road as well as from areas to both the left and the right. There are a couple of optional objectives that can be achieved using the cannon and should come with little difficulty and natural progression. We need to take down a platoon of soldiers with one cannonball shot on eight different occasions and also to take down two platoons with a single shot. Simply have the cannon move left to right, taking out the groups as they move into your firing range. Continue pounding away until the timer runs out.

Part 2 – Timed Retreat

Following the cannon sequence, we will retreat. We have three minutes to reach our allies. During this retreating sequence we will be able to complete the final optional objective – stop three patriot executions. Sprint down the hill towards the objective marker in the distance.

Continue along the road, and after you pass the first house, you will see the first execution taking part just to the left of the road. Kill all the redcoats to save the patriot soldier (stop execution 1/3). Continue towards the next objective marker. After the second time it jumps forward, you’ll be able to see a second execution happening in front of a house to the left. Again kill the redcoats to break it up (stop execution 2/3). Head back to the road and keep onwards towards the objective markers. You will see the final execution taking place to the right of the road, so stop that from happening (stop execution 3/3) and then continue running towards the objective markers until a scene plays to complete the mission.

Note: For completing this level you will earn the achievement/trophy ‘Grim Expectations’.