Aveline Speedrun Guide

Aveline Speedrun Guide (AC4: Black Flag DLC)

GENERAL NOTES
- [Time stamps] from my Aveline PS4 run on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ecF0VWGdgRI
- Load times are FPS based (30 FPS on PS4)

SPEEDRUN ROUTE

- Timer starts when filename screen is cleared.

MEMORY 01 - The Rebel Camp

- From the moment you gain control of Aveline, you are attempting to catch a cycle (getting to the brutes early before they are close to the haystack [refer to 1:57]).

- [1:07] In the meantime, once you reach the top of the platforming section, you will be jumping over a hanging platform. To avoid jumping from the hanging platform and hanging from the next ledge, aim to run over the left-hand side of hanging platform and Aveline will jump directly over the ledge. I found this important to catch the cycle.

- [1:21] Once you reach the guards, use 2 quickfire pistol bullets to kill both the guards and immediately start walking towards the next section.

- Before you reach the leap of faith which takes you to the brutes, equip the berserk darts.

- [1:57] As soon as you emerge from the haystack after the leap of faith, use a berserk dart on the brute closest to you, followed by a berserk dart on the brute behind him. As you are doing so, head towards the prisoners and hide in the vegetation. As soon as the yellow dots over the guards' heads disappear, free the prisoners.
NOTE: If you fail to catch the cycle and the brutes are closer to the haystack, hide in the vegetation close to the haystack, use berserk darts on both the brutes and follow the remaining steps above.

- [2:17] As you are heading towards the next set of prisoners, stay clear of a guard on the left that can detect you and equip the sleep darts. Perform a running assassination on the first guard followed by a double assassination on the next 2 guards and free the prisoners.

- [2:40] For the third and final set of prisoners, first use a sleep dart on the gunner on the roof, followed by a sleep dart on the guard next to the haystack and finally a sleep dart on the guard facing the prisoners. As soon as the guard behind the guard facing the prisoners turns around and starts walking away, free the prisoners.

- Unarm yourself when locating or catching the captain to prepare for the combat encounter that you will have with him.

- [4:15] You want to either be slightly ahead or stay the same speed as the captain so you can trigger the combat encounter with him quicker. Wait for the captain to attack you and then counter his move.

- As you are getting to the fort, equip the hidden blade and pistol to prepare for the next memory.

MEMORY 02 - The Fort

- [7:08] Once you enter the jail with the 2 gunners and Patience Gibbs, use 2 quickfire pistol bullets to kill both the gunners. Better position yourself to kill the second gunner as there is a possibility that Aveline will shoot the first gunner twice, forcing you into an unwanted combat encounter.

- [7:47] First, double assassinate the 2 guards right in front of you who are next to each other, followed by assassinating the guard who is in a combat encounter with Patience. Use 2 quickfire pistol bullets to kill the final 2 guards.

MEMORY 03 - The Tower

- [10:35] Double air-assassinate the 2 gunners and equip the machete.

- [11:02] Air assassinate the first guard, followed by using 2 quickfire pistol bullets to kill the other 2 guards. After you kill all the guards and head towards the next section, make sure you do not go too far ahead of Patience, otherwise you will desynchronise.

- [11:34] There are 2 gunners who are aiming to shoot Patience as she is chasing the Doctor. You can run into the first gunner to avoid him shooting Patience and you do not need to worry about the second gunner. However, you need to get to the first gunner quickly. In my run, Aveline fell backwards as she was climbing up the ledge which meant that I was not going to able to reach the first gunner in time. This meant that I had to use a quickfire pistol bullet to kill the first gunner, leaving me with 1 less bullet for the upcoming section.

- [12:02] Firstly, tackle the brute and assassinate him (this is the best way to kill the brute), followed by using 2 quickfire pistol bullets (1 if you had to use one in the previous section) and then kill the rest of the guards accordingly.

- [12:36] This is the best time to reload the pistol as you do not lose any time reloading it while waiting for Patience.

- [14:10] You can kill the Doctor from the window sill (if the Doctor is in range) or once you jump down from the window sill with a quickfire pistol bullet.

- Timer ends on accepting the end of the last mission.