Assassin’s Creed III Walkthrough

There are 38 hidden templar chests in the game and these can be found in all three of the main areas: Boston, New York and the Frontier. Most of these will also force you to undertake the game’s annoying (and thankfully under-utilised) lock picking mini-game.

Note that these will appear on your map after using view points, if you come into close proximity to one or by purchasing a map with all their locations from one of the general stores.

Here are the general locations of each chest, based upon regions:

The Frontier (10 chests):

Black Creek:

01. You’ll find this one inside Fort Duquesne once liberated.

02. Exit Fort Duquesne from the East gate and continue up the road. Look for a smaller, dirt track leading into the trees to the left. Follow this up to find the chest. its about 1/2 way between the Fort and the Hunter’s Lodge.

John’s Town:

03. This chest is located in amongst a group of three buildings directly south west of the exit to the Davenport Homestead.

Great Piece Hills:

04. Next to the lighthouse at the north east of the region.

Lexington:

05. On top of a church in the north west section of the area, close to the boundary to the Diamond Basin Hunting area.

06. Look at the south of the region map and find the major road leading north through the Lexington area. Follow this until you see a hill on the left. Climb this and find the hole in the ground leading to an underground cave. Drop down and follow the pasage to the end to find the chest.

Packanack:

07. In the rectangular restricted area guarded by a good number of soldiers in southern Packanack.

Troy’s Wood:

08. In a tent in the restricted area in the central north of the region.

09. Inside a barn located just to the east of the western-most river in the area. it is very close to the boundary between the Monmouth and Troy’s Wood hunting regions.

Scotch Plains:

10. Inside Fort St-Mathieu once liberated.

Monmouth:

11. Inside Fort Monmouth.

12. Outside the building just to the north of the harbormaster in Monmouth.

13. Located at the end of a cave that can be found cut into the rocky outcrop just to the southwest of the rivermouth leading into Monmouth.

Boston (13 Chests):

North District:

14. On a wooden pier at the end of the large stone dock to the east of the map between the two harbormasters in the region.

15. Inside a wooden fence on the Western side of the area. If you look at your liberation map, it is in the backyard of the second building to the east of the large white wall on the west side.

Central District:

16. On a ship directly to the north of the northernmost harbormaster in Central Boston.

17. Inside the barracks in the northwest corner of Fort Hill.

18. Inside a little guarded wooden area just to the North-East of Fort Hill.

19. On the wooden dock just to the south-west of the southernmost harbormaster in central Boston.

20. On a raised platform next to some barrels overloking an open area. About a minutes walk north-west of the southernmost Harbormaster in Central Boston.

21. Hidden behind a wooden fence in the south-western corner of a square formation of buildings just to the north of the open, unpopulated, hilly area in Central Boston.

22. Note: This one will not show up on your map! It is inside the tavern in which we met Stephane earlier in the game. If you don’t remember where it is, the building is marked by the liberation symbol and is located in the Northern part of the Central District.

South District:

23. In the courtyard of Fort Independence.

24. In the very nort-west corner of the region, behind a farm.

25. In a guard camp amongst some tents in the very centre of the region.

26. As you enter Boston from the Frontier, you will see giant stone walls in front of you. As you approach the gate, look to the left to find some barrels we can climb to get up on top of the wall. Once up, descend the nearby stairs for the chest.

New York (12 Chests):

North District:

27. Outside the building in the lake to the southeast of the exit to the frontier.

28. Next to the door to the church that we arrive at at the beginning of Sequence 12.

29. Fort Division, on the wooden battlements once you have liberated the fort.

West District:

30. On the ramparts on the southern side of Fort Washington.

31. Just to the north of Fort Washington in some destroyed buildings along the waterfront.

32. On the second floor of a burnt out building just north east of Fort Washington.

33. In the courtyard of the large building with the brick wall around it directly north east of George Washington’s position.

East District:

34. In an undercover market area just to the northwest of the northernmost harbor master in East New York.

35. In a similar undercover market area as the previously described chest. This one is directly west of the southernmost harbormaster in East New York.

36. On a ship about 1/2 way between the two harbormasters on the East of the map.

37. In another well-guarded undercover area directly south of the genral store on the West side of the East district. 38. In front of a church directly south of the northernmost tavern in East New York.