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Head in the Cloud achievement in AC3

Head in the Cloud

Find all pivots and sync the Animus to the Cloud.

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Pivots may spawn in impossible locations and the workaround may not work causing this achievement to be unobtainable.

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  • Doctor B SamsonDoctor B Samson
    03 Nov 2012 04 Nov 2012 09 Jan 2013
    Head in the Cloud
    Find all pivots and sync the Animus to the Cloud. (Secret)

    Basically after you finish the main story you need to find these shiny blue swans (Pivots) all over the maps. Once you find one, you will unlock a cheat (many of them will block achievements when active, including this one. So don't turn them on in the process).

    How do you find a pivot?
    Check the Animus Sync link in the menu, it has two sub-pages: Map and Pivots.
    Pivots will tell you how many you have and where are the ones you don't.
    You move to the city, and then start placing your pivots around the map (you have 3 in the beginning. You must move to a point in the map, access the Animus Sync Map and select Connor's icon to place the pivot).
    They will triangulate a green area: the pivot you're looking for is inside that area.
    So you move inside and try to reduce it (by recollecting a pivot from the Animus Sync Map - you don't need to go back in that position, just pick it from the map- and placing it in your new position).

    Soon or later you'll have a very little green area to search and find the pivot will be like finding a feather (it even appears on the minimap, it has a symbol of a square target or someting).

    When you have all 12 of them, just access again the Animus Sync Pivots page to unlock the cheevo,

    Problems:
    - You must be connected to Live cause
    - Pivots are not random: Animus will scan in real time Pivots placed by other players who are looking for them as well, so if they pick it back, you'll lose it and you'll have to wait for a new one

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    Ox1893Still seems dodgy.
    Posted by Ox1893 on 21 Dec 23 at 08:49
    Robotel RoDone it today, still working without issue
    Posted by Robotel Ro on 23 Dec 23 at 07:58
    HoxBStill works, took about 1 hour 30
    Posted by HoxB on 11 Jan at 04:24
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  • Zasta 360GameTVZasta 360GameTV
    02 Nov 2012 02 Nov 2012 02 Nov 2012
    Hi Guys,

    here is my Solution. You can searching this Pivots after beating the Game.

    First, in my oppinion is any Location Video useless. Why? Because you searching the Pivots from other AC3 Players. Example, when you use / set a Pivots in your AC3 on the Map, a other Player must find the Pivots in his Game.

    This brings me to the second Point you must be ONLINE, constantly! for this Achievement.

    Offline you cant searching the Pivots. No Change.

    In the Beginning you have 3 Pivots to find another Pivot. Use the "Triangle" Methode to find this Pivot. After this, you have 4 Pivots to find another Pivots, then 5, 6 etc pp. I Show you in my Video the first Search with 3 Pivots.

    Pivots unlocks Animushacks. There Hacks are:

    Made of Steel: Invincibility
    Infinite Ammunition: Infinite ammunition for pistols and bow
    Season Changer: Player can switch seasons between summer and winter
    Weather Man: Change the weather conditions
    Thunder Kill: Thunder and lightning follows every kill in the game
    Sun and Moon: layer can switch between day or night
    Semi-Automatic: Ranged weapons have no reload time between each shot
    Killing Spree: Enemies can be assassinated even while player is not in stealth
    Recruit: Obtain infinite recruit tokens
    Ninja: Enemies completely ignore you no matter what

    Regards
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    A Nova GasadoCan you use the cheats when replaying past memories? That would make perfectionist so easy!
    Posted by A Nova Gasado on 30 Nov 12 at 04:34
    VarazoThanks great guide and it's actually a really easy achievement.
    Posted by Varazo on 06 Jul 13 at 00:54
    AKfoy0facewow, this looks annoying, ill do this last if im able to get all the other achievements
    Posted by AKfoy0face on 14 Dec 13 at 03:43
  • Car56Car56
    26 Mar 2014 26 Mar 2014 16 Nov 2017
    A solution for those that have an unobtainable Pivot in a building/ rock, etc. (Credit goes to Darsh D on Youtube, playing on a PS3, using a solution developed by Adam Gulch) (THIS WORKS FOR 360!).

    I unluckily had a Pivot (my last one) stuck in a building (no way in) in southern New York. For days I tried everything until I saw a video on Youtube of a guy playing AC3 on PS3 solving the problem of the unobtainable Pivot and adapted his solution to this one:

    Here are the steps to re-sync that problem Pivot to a different (obtainable) one that worked for me moments ago.
    1. Place all remaining pivots (11) in a circle around unobtainable Pivot, making sure every line intersects problem Pivot (on your map there should be no set pivots without a line through them).
    2. MOST IMPORTANT: Go into Pivot info screen and HIGHLIGHT problem Pivot with your cursor and LEAVE it there! (for me is was pivot Sigma). STAY IN THIS PIVOT INFO MENU! Do NOT do anything else except the rest of this solution OR this will NOT work!
    3. UNPLUG the power to your modem/ router or Ethernet cable (I unplugged modem). (to disconnect with UBISOFT servers).
    4. In a few seconds a warning box (disconnected from UBISOFT servers) will pop up. Reconnect internet signal. (I powered back up modem). (forces a resynchronization with UBISOFT servers).
    5. You should have the option to hit the Y button to reconnect. Push Y and sign back into your profile.
    6. Immediately when you get control of your cursor back, highlight problem Pivot again.
    7. This resynchronization should now have rescanned a NEW Pivot for you to find in a new location! (Frontier for me). If this doesn't work the first time keep trying. (This worked for me on the FIRST try).
    8. If you followed these steps very carefully you can now go collect your newly scanned last Pivot, Sync To The Cloud, and enjoy your achievement!

    I hope this truly helps someone as I have probably never been more mad/happy/relieved all at the same time, which, in turn, prompted me to write this solution. Good luck.
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    IX UlquiorraI have the same, I never saw any countdown. Scanned a lot of weeks ago. I don't think we will be able to solve this anymore. :(
    Posted by IX Ulquiorra on 19 Aug 22 at 12:24
    Hunter87 xDThis tutorial only works if you have Pivot synced for 1 day, if it goes over 2 days it doesn't work anymore
    Posted by Hunter87 xD on 16 Sep 22 at 16:39
    Hunter87 xDThis tutorial only works if you have Pivot synced for 1 day, if it goes over 2 days it doesn't work anymore
    Posted by Hunter87 xD on 16 Sep 22 at 20:09
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