Assassin's Creed
1191
Desmond Miles
2012
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Updated · September 2026
If you're here it's either because you did some of the games and want to discover the lore of Assassin's Creed or you're absolutely sure to love this universe before even trying it. If you just want to discover the games in chronological order uncheck the rest, all other medias are bonus content (some very important). This guide is spoiler free like the others.
The saga happens in "our" world so we'll count in years like we do.
Some events work better as a FLASHBACK because they spoil details from the games or gives your character an unnatural omniscience that can break immersion. There are also some FLASHFORWARDS because the events of the past are a lot more important compared to the present day framing.
Most of the games have a present timeline but the core of the games all happen in the past.
This guide in based on the present timeline, we will go back and forth in history many times but it makes more sense like this.
1191
Desmond Miles
2012
1190
As the direct prequel of the critically acclaimed console title Assassin’s Creed, discover more of the story of Altaïr as he must find “the chalice,” an object of such power that whoever is in possession of it can end the Crusades.
Probably Desmond Miles
2012
1191-1193
Desmond Miles
2012
1476
When the Duke of Milan is brutally murdered, the Assassin Giovanni Auditore is dispatched to investigate. The answers he uncovers implicate Italy’s most powerful families reaching all the way back to the Vatican itself. As Giovanni draws closer to the truth, he becomes hunted himself. He must expose the conspirators before he joins their ever growing list of victims. Lineage is the prequel to the Assassin’s Creed II story, revealing the machinations of 15th century Italy through the actions of Ezio’s father, Giovanni.
1476-1488
Desmond Miles
2012
1491-1492
Probably Desmond Miles
2012
1497-1499
Desmond Miles
2012
1502
Ubisoft’s short film, Assassin’s Creed: Ascendance details Cesare Borgia’s rise to power.
1499-1503
Using the Animus 2.0, Desmond Miles attempts to relive one of the later memories of his ancestor, Ezio Auditore, hoping that it will reveal the location of his Apple of Eden, which could allow the Assassins to prevent the disaster foretold by Minerva. However, instead of entering the memory set in 1506, he is forced into a different one, occurring during a battle in Viana.
Desmond Miles
2012
1506
Desmond Miles
2012
1507
Using the Animus 2.0, Desmond Miles attempts to relive one of the later memories of his ancestor, Ezio Auditore, hoping that it will reveal the location of his Apple of Eden, which could allow the Assassins to prevent the disaster foretold by Minerva. However, instead of entering the memory set in 1506, he is forced into a different one, occurring during a battle in Viana.
Desmond Miles
2012
1258
Niccolò Polo, father of Marco, will finally reveal the story he has kept secret all his life – the story of Altaïr, one of the Brotherhood's most extraordinary assassins. Altaïr embarks on a formidable mission – one that takes him throughout the Holy Land and shows him the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed. To demonstrate his commitment, Altaïr must defeat nine deadly enemies, including the Templar leader, Robert de Sablé.
1511-1512
Desmond Miles
2012
The Animi Training Program was a secret Templar initiative to train Abstergo Industries employees in the skills they needed to fight against the remnants of the Assassins, such as combat and freerunning, through the use of the Animus, a device created by Abstergo that allowed a person to relive genetic memories.
Juhani Otso Berg
2012
Desmond Miles
2007-2012
1524
The short film follows an elderly Ezio, living a peaceful life in the Tuscan countryside with his wife Sofia and his children Flavia and Marcello and writing his memoirs. One day a stranger appears, a Chinese female Assassin called Shao Jun, who came to Ezio in order to seek knowledge of his life as an Assassin. Although Ezio prefers that Jun not stay, due to his desire to leave his days as an Assassin behind, Sofia allows her to stay for the night. The next day, Ezio catches Jun reading his memoirs and bids her to leave, but relents after she asks him about what it means to be an Assassin.
1526-1532
Random Abstergo employee
2015
1888-1918
Assassin's Creed: The Fall is a 2010-2011 comic book written by Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. A sequel comic book entitled Assassin's Creed: The Chain, again following the lives of Daniel Cross and Nikolai Orelov, was announced after San Diego Comic-Con 2011 and released in late July 2012.
Daniel Cross
1998-2000
1918
Random Abstergo employee
2016
1919-1928
Assassin's Creed: The Chain is a 2012 comic book, a sequel to Assassin's Creed: The Fall and the conclusion of the story of Nikolai Orelov. Whereas The Fall was first published by DC WildStorm as monthly comic issues, The Chain is only available to pre-order through Ubiworkshop.
Daniel Cross
2002
1754-1778
Desmond Miles
2012
1780
Desmond Miles
2012
1781-1783
Desmond Miles
2012
2012
~1783
Welcome to Assassin's Creed III's Tyranny of King Washington — a 3-part DLC series exploring an alternate reality in which George Washington goes mad with unlimited power, foregoing Presidency to rule as tyrannical King. In this alternate world, Connor is and remains Ratonhnhaké:ton. Having never become an Assassin, he must endure new trials, acquiring the skills he'll need to take down a possessed Washington and win freedom for his land once and for all. – Ubisoft.
Random Abstergo employee
2013
1735-1783
1735 – London, Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked – his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men, Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With no family, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumed by his thirst for revenge, Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known.
1765-1777
Random Helix customer
2013
1784
Aveline is a single-player downloadable content addition for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The content features the French-African Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, and is exclusive to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC. It is also included in The Rebel Collection along with all other single player DLC for the Nintendo Switch.
Random Abstergo employee
2013
1715-1722
Not Resynced!!! (yet...)
Abstergo employee "Noob"
2013
1713-1718
Few moments in history have proven as timelessly fascinating as the lawless Golden Age of Piracy, which was largely played out in the Caribbean of the 16th and early 17th centuries. In this time of rebellion, fortune, intrigue, and adventure, Blackbeard stands as one of the most fearsome captains to have ever sailed the seas.
1735-1737
Random Abstergo employee
2013
1839
Who is Jot Soora? Devoted fiancé of movie star Monima Das, gifted programmer at software giant MysoreTech, or deadly Assassin with a secret? When Jot stumbles into a layer of code deep in his company's new device, the discovery threatens his relationship, his job and his life. it also reveals shocking links to an ancestral past that cause him to question everything he knows about himself.
Jot Soora
2013
1841
Random Abstergo employee
2016
1927
In 1927, Darius Gift, young, handsome, terribly entitled, is given his first mission for the ancient Templar Order, and the chance to clear his tarnished family name. All doesn't quite go to plan when he arrives in Shanghai, however, and his inexperience jeopardizes the whole operation. Thankfully, he isn't the only Templar new to the city, as the enigmatic Black Cross is stalking the shadows... and saving Darius from failure!
Juhani Otso Berg
2013
1927
Enter the shadowy world of the Assassins and Templars, two feuding factions who have battled over the centuries to decide the course of humanity! Two all-new short stories, written and illustrated by the creative teams of the regular comics, highlight a shocking event in the life of new Assassin Charlotte de la Cruz, and reveal the true extent of the mysterious Templar Black Cross's terrifying skills!
1752-1760
Abstergo employee "Numbskull"
2014
1789-1794
Helix Initiate
2014
1778-1794
The novel portrays Élise de la Serre's perspective of the events from the game of the same name and Arno Dorian's experiences after the game.
Crafted to resemble a set of Abstergo case files, this immersive and interactive book provides a glimpse into the technology that allows characters to inhabit the lives of their ancestors — a cornerstone of the Assassin's Creed narrative.
Robert Fraser
2014
1794
Helix Initiate
2014
1868
Helix Initiate
2015
1868
The Last Maharaja is a single-player downloadable content addition for Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and was released on 1 March 2016. The Last Maharajah memories can be accessed after Sequence 3, but take place after Sequence 9.
Helix Initiate
2015
1868
Helix Initiate
2015
1888
20 years after the events of Assassin's Creed Syndicate,' Jack the Ripper' has embarked on a brutal reign of terror that shocks London to its core and threatens the very existence of the Brotherhood of Assassins.
Helix Initiate
2015
The game follows Nikolai Orelov in Russia in 1918, taking place between the events of the comic Assassin's Creed: The Fall and Assassin's Creed: The Chain. As the final installment in the Assassin's Creed Chronicles series, the game differs stylistically from most previous entries in the franchise, being set on a 2.5D plane like Assassin's Creed II: Discovery.
2015
1847-1868
A disgraced Assassin. A deep-cover agent. A quest for redemption. 1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars.
1851-1862
The war between Assassins and Templars wreaks havoc in the Victorian era, in this breakneck thriller which opens up a whole new chapter of the Assassin’s Creed universe London, 1851 — When Pierrette, daring acrobat performing at the Great Exhibition, rescues the mathematician Ada Lovelace from a gang of thugs, she becomes immersed in an ancient feud between Assassins and Templars.
1869-1889
The conspiracies of the Templars reverberate across nineteenth century Europe as they seize control of the future, and only the Brotherhood of Assassins can hold them back, in this globetrotting adventure from Assassin's Creed. Cairo, 1869. When a bomb goes off at the Khedivial Opera House celebrating the opening of the new Suez Canal, visiting Assassin Pierrette Arnaud investigates, only to uncover a plot to eradicate free will...
1692
The first stunning arc of the Assassin's Creed series collected. New initiate Charlotte de la Cruz ventures into the Animus, and the genetic memories of her ancestor, Tom Stoddard, to discover the truth about the hidden world of the Assassins and Templars and the feud that spans centuries.
Charlotte de la Cruz
2016
1791
Enter the shadowy world of the Assassins and Templars, two feuding factions who have battled over the centuries to decide the course of humanity! Two all-new short stories, written and illustrated by the creative teams of the regular comics, highlight a shocking event in the life of new Assassin Charlotte de la Cruz, and reveal the true extent of the mysterious Templar Black Cross's terrifying skills!
Charlotte de la Cruz
2016
1536
Collecting the second arc of the critically-acclaimed Assassin's Creed comics, Setting Sun sees Charlotte searching for a clue that will help the Assassins on their quest to foil the Templar's plans. Hidden deep in the memories of her Inca ancestor lies a word that will save them – if it's not too late! Collects Assassin’s Creed: Assassin’s #6-10
Charlotte de la Cruz
2016
1515-1516
The Brotherhood of the Assassins is in trouble. Resources depleted by their long feud with the Templar Order, faced with a world where the goalposts are constantly shifting, they can only struggle to regain their footing. A mysterious collective offers an alliance, but is this third faction a golden opportunity? Or a Faustian bargain? Join Charlotte de la Cruz and Galina Voronina as they try and navigate a clear path for the Assassins through turbulent waters!
Charlotte de la Cruz
2016
1805-1808
Collects the incredible second arc of the riveting Black Cross saga! In the dungeons of Tripoli, a man will have his fortunes changed forever as he becomes an agent of honor for the legendary Templar Order! The introduction of the second character ever to be officially called the Black Cross, defender of the Templar Order ideals!
Juhani Otso Berg
2016
1863
Nothing in Owen's life has been right since his father died in prison, accused of a crime Owen is certain he didn't commit. Monroe, the IT guy at school, might finally bring Owen the means to clear his father's name by letting him use an Animus — a device that lets users explore the genetic memories buried within their own DNA. The experience brings Owen more than he bargained for.
Owen Meyers
2016
1872
Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus, otherwise simply known as Locus, is a comic book miniseries published by Titan Comics. A tie-in to the Last Descendants young adult book series as well as a return to the Victorian era London setting of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, the comic is written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Caspar Wijngaard.
Sean Molloy
2016
1429
The new book set in the universe of Assassin's Creed. Reliving the memories of his ancestor who fought beside Joan of Arc, high-ranking Templar Simon Hathaway slowly uncovers secrets of the past that could dangerously impact his present... and that of the entire Templar order. An endless conflict. An old wrong. A new revelation.
Simon Hathaway
2016
1492
Callum Lynch
2016
1259
Owen and his friends have lost. They managed to do something incredible, but were defeated nonetheless. When they located the first piece of an ancient and powerful relic long considered a legend-the Trident of Eden -it seemed little could stop them. This piece was sought by the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Templar Order, but before either organization could take the piece, it was stolen by an unknown third party.
Owen Meyers
2016
985
The stunning conclusion to the Last Descendants Trilogy! Only one piece of the Trident of Eden remains - Isaiah, a rogue Templar agent, has discovered both the faith prong and the fear prong of this powerful relic. Should he possess the devotion prong, there is little that can stop him. For the time being, Owen and his fellow teens have established an uneasy alliance across Assassin and Templar lines in order to stop Isaiah while they still can.
Owen Meyers
2016
1227-1796
Assassin's Creed: Reflections is a comic book miniseries published by Titan Comics to mark the franchise's tenth anniversary.
Juhani Otso Berg
2017
A game-changing new chapter in the ongoing Assassin's Creed saga! With the Phoenix Project nearing its completion, tensions are running high for both the Brotherhood and the Templar Order. A new world order is on the horizon and only Charlotte and her new allies have the knowledge and skill to save humanity from subjugation!
2017
1927-1937
The Phoenix project saga begins to unravel in this second thrilling chapter of Assassin’s Creed Uprising! Our modern day Assassins take the fight to the heart of the Spanish Civil War in order to secure a valuable artifact that could change the course of history. But when a brand new enemy rears its ugly head, both the Brotherhood and Templar Order are forced to form a shaky alliance.
Charlotte de la Cruz
2017
70-56 BC
Before Assassin's Creed: Origins, there was an Oath. Egypt, 70BC, a merciless killer stalks the land. His mission: to find and destroy the last members of an ancient order, the Medjay — to eradicate the bloodline. In peaceful Siwa, the town's protector abruptly departs, leaving his teenage son, Bayek, with questions about his own future and a sense of purpose he knows he must fulfill.
49-43 BC
Layla Hassan
2017
34 BC
Layla Hassan
2017
30 BC
The player takes on the role of a Medjay named Bayek and his wife Aya, as they work to protect the people of the Ptolemaic Kingdom during a time of widespread upheaval: the Pharaoh, Ptolemy XIII, struggles to maintain his rule whilst harboring ambitions of expanding his kingdom; his sister, the recently deposed Queen Cleopatra, begins marshalling loyalist forces to launch a counter-coup against Ptolemy; and frequent incursions into the Kingdom by the Roman Republic under the command of Julius Caesar lead to fears of an imminent invasion.
1940-1943
New era - New adventure - New Assassin. Europe, World War II. On the sidelines of the race for the atomic bomb, discover the story of Eddie Gorm and his integration into the Assassin Brotherhood while he infiltrates the Templars to foil their plan to create a devastating weapon. Eddie Gorm is the boss of the docks and his only obsession is to run his small business.
Maxime Gorm
2017
1943
April 1939, Nazi Germany launch a race against the Allies to build the first nuclear bomb. Soon, Colonel Boris Pash, a member of the Assassin Brotherhood, discovers that the Nazi program is only a decoy to divert the attention of the Allies. Hitler is actually looking for a far superior and striking power, thanks in particular to a mysterious weapon: Die Glocke.
Maxime Gorm
2017
1957-1964
The secret struggle between Assassins and Templars hits the Vietnam War! Part one of a new thriller set in the world of Assassin's Creed, from Guillaume Dorison ( Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies, Devil May Cry ) and artist Ennio Bufi ( They Made History ). Tomo, one of the youngest members of the Japanese Assassin cell, has uncovered a conspiracy.
Tomo Sakagawa
2017
The final chapter of Assassin's Creed: Uprising concludes the Phoenix Project Saga in epic fashion – the end of a ten-year storyline straight from the video games! Time has run out for our modern-day assassins! While fan-favorite characters Juno, Otso Berg and Black Cross face the advent of a new world order, Charlotte and her cell confront the biggest threat the brotherhood has ever encountered... and not all of them will survive!
2018
431-429 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
~429 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
429-426 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
~426 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
~425 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
425-421 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
421 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
425-421 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
~421 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
421-420 BC
Layla Hassan
2018
1696
Assassin's Creed: Gold is a stand-alone tale from the Assassin's Creed universe in which we meet Aliyah Khan, a card shark and hustler, who's been dealt a rough hand in life. Surviving through her smarts and street scams, Aliyah struggles to get by until she loses big time to a mysterious older man, Gavin Banks. Her only option to repay Banks is to become an Assassin.
2019
870
A Tale from the Saga of a Viking Warrior Blades clash in this prequel to Ubisoft's next hit video game, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Written by Cavan Scott ( Star Wars Adventures, Vikings ), illustrated by Martin Tunica, and colored by Michael Atiyeh ( The Orville, Dragon Age: Blue Wraith ), Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory takes readers back to a Mid-9th Century Norway. Eivor, a Viking warrior, observes a village raided by a neighboring kingdom.
872-878
Layla Hassan
2020
~866
Not long before the exploits of Eivor Wolf-Kissed, Jarl Stensson and his [sons], Ulf and Björn, make their way to England at the behest of Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivarr the Boneless. Filled with excitement, confidence and bloodlust, the [two] brothers are eager to go to war against Aelfred the Great and his Anglo Saxon army. But they would do well not to underestimate what awaits them on those green shores...
867-878
Discover the epic tale of legendary viking Geirmund Hel-hide in this new novel set in the world of Assassin's Creed Valhalla Mid-9th Century CE. The Viking attacks and invasions are shattering England’s kingdoms. Born into a royal lineage of Norwegian kings, Geirmund Hel-hide sets out for adventure to prove his worth as a Viking and a warrior.
878
A Celtic warrior defending her people from Viking raiders infiltrates an ancient sect to save her homeland, in this gripping original saga set in the world of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Mercia, 878. Witch-warrior Niamh discovers a new order called the Hidden Ones is seeking to establish a foothold in Lunden. Her land is already scarred by Viking raiders, bloody wars, and clashing cultures.
879-882
Explore the haunted wilds and beautiful landscapes of Ireland as you battle a druidic cult known as the Children of Danu. Conquer ring forts, master the art of smuggling, and gain the favor of Gaelic kings in a new open-world adventure.
Probably Basim
2020
885-887
Probably Basim
2020
~2306 IE
Thor, Baldr, and Heimdall have discovered trouble lurking at Asgard's borders once again. A mighty fire giant from Muspelheim is threatening the land of the Æsir. In the aftermath of the raging battle, Baldr discovers that the Muspels are now massing at the gates of Svartalfheim and begins a journey to bring peace to the realms.
~2306 IE
Probably Basim
2020
887
Basim
2020
~431 BC-1480
The Assassin's Creed Escape Room Puzzle Book is an exciting journey through history in which you must solve a series of puzzles and mysteries to save humanity. You are Joey, a museum worker who comes across a mysterious blade that sets in motion a chain of events that completely upends your life. Drawn into the world of the Assassins, you must tour through time and space — from 5th century BCE Greece to the catacombs of medieval Venice — in order to foil a malevolent Isu plot.
Joey
2022
861
Random Assassin
2023
862
Random Assassin
2023
862
Random Assassin
2023
819-824
Master Assassin Roshan's past is revealed in the hunt along the Silk Road for a powerful mysterious artifact in this essential Assassin's Creed adventure Cairo, 824 – In the bowels of prison, escape is out of the question. The best Roshan can hope for is a quick death. She certainly doesn't expect a second chance offered by a cloaked stranger who says Roshan is exactly what they need: Someone who can disappear, who will do what needs to be done, someone expendable...
~855-861
Years before the events of Assassin's Creed Mirage, a young Fuladh must return to his homeland to investigate political unrest that could point to a secret Order of the Ancients' stronghold. But in order to discover what's behind the chaos and violence in Adulis, Fuladh and Roshan will have to confront a more immediate danger.
867
A young emperor's life hangs in the balance, and only the Brotherhood of Assassins can save him, in this action-packed historical adventure from the award-winning Assassin's Creed universe. Constantinople, 867 – A murderous plot is afoot. Assisted by the Order of the Ancients, the emperor schemes to assassinate his son and throw the city into chaos.
870
Put yourself in the shoes of an Assassin and immerse yourself in a completely new interactive adventure. France, 870 CE. You play as Oisel, a young Assassin from the Chinon Bureau whose daily life is turned upside down upon receiving a strange letter from Basim, illustrious mentor of Constantinople. With your best friend, Matthias, and your loyal raptor, Alouette, you are sent on his tracks along the Silk Road. Your first stop: Antioch.
Random Abstergo employee
1724-1725
Edward Kenway returns to take the leap of faith in an all-new adventure. The high-seas hunt is on for a long-lost treasure left by Those Who Came Before. But this time, the Templars aren't the only ones after the prize. Join history's most cunning pirate in an epic journey around the Chinese Sea.
Noa Kim
2023
Undercover Assassin hacker
2023
1579-1582
Animus EGO user
~2081
~1585
Animus EGO user
~2081
~1585
Animus EGO user
~2081
1541-1561
Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga (Japanese: アサシン クリード シャドウズ 伊賀の物語, Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari ) is an ongoing manga that has been released on Japan's Weekly Young Magazine website since 20 March 2025. The manga serves as a prequel to Assassin's Creed: Shadows and explores the backstories of Fujibayashi Nagato, Hattori Hanzō, and Tsuyu, who come together to fight against the growing Templar threat in Japan in 1560.
1701-1722
Animus EGO user
~2096
751-758
In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755) An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Knights Templar, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat. As the Tang dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady Assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams up with Tang loyalists to turn the tide and save both the dynasty and the country from this crisis.
1296
The events of the novel take place in Scotland, following Fillan and his sister Ailéas during the country's invasion by the army of King Edward I of England in 1296, and it focuses on the local culture of the Highlands.
1609
At Bayonne, running within the Château-Vieux, Judge Pierre de Lancre held his documents and settled in to escape the heat.
1867-1868
Japan, 1868. The opposition between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Emperor's supporters is growing under the influence of external forces. The Templars have infiltrated the Emperor's court and are pushing him to go to war against Tokugawa, an ally of the Assassin Brotherhood. Could the glorious era of the Samurai be on the verge of collapse? Atsuko, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, grew up in the wealthy neighborhoods of the city of Aizu.
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