Gang Wars
A gang war is the final fight for each London borough in Assassin's Creed Syndicate: once you have weakened the Blighters enough, their Templar leader accepts a street brawl between the two gangs, and winning it makes the borough Rook territory.
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Good to know
- There are seven gang wars, one per borough: Whitechapel, City of London, Lambeth, Southwark, The Strand, Westminster and The Thames.
- A messenger delivers each challenge; Whitechapel's comes from Henry Green and is part of the main story.
- If you assassinate the borough leader before the war, the messenger says so and the Blighters fight without them.
- The Street Sweeping achievement is awarded for conquering every borough in London.
- After each win the twins announce to the defeated Blighters that they now work for the Fryes.
How it works
Finish enough bounty hunts, Templar hunts, stronghold raids and child liberations in a borough and a gang war becomes available. Meet the messenger to start it. The Rooks and Blighters clash in the street, and after the Blighters take enough losses their leader joins the fight in person. Beating them ends the war.
Wars and leaders
Whitechapel: Rexford Kaylock. City of London: Bloody Nora. Lambeth: Cletus Strain. Southwark: Octavia Plumb. The Thames: Edith Swinebourne. The Strand: Victor Lynch. Westminster: Lilla Graves, known as the Bludger.
Gangs grow as you win
Defeated Blighters defect, so the Rooks' numbers swell with each borough taken. The Gang Upgrades menu lets you spend money and materials to make them tougher in later fights.
Leaders' fighting styles
Each leader brings something different. Cletus Strain uses smoke, Victor Lynch throws electrochemical bombs, Edith Swinebourne injects herself with a berserk dart, Lilla Graves is a former heavyweight boxing champion, and Octavia Plumb prefers to let her allies fight until she is forced to step in.
The Whitechapel war
The first gang war, against Rexford Kaylock, is part of the main story and plays out differently: Kaylock puts his train on the line and you finish the fight on its roof while it moves.
Whitechapel aftermathSpoilerShow
Kaylock is knocked off the roof of his own train. The twins take the train as their mobile base and adapt his broken grappling hook into their gauntlets.
- 1Gang War: City of LondonThe City of London gang war is the street fight that decides the borough once you have weakened Bloody Nora's Blighters. Accept the challenge from the messenger, beat her gang and then Nora herself to make the City Rook territory.
- 2Gang War: LambethThe Lambeth gang war is your showdown with Cletus Strain's Blighters for control of the borough. The messenger warns that Strain is a bit sadistic; defeat his gang and then Strain to take Lambeth.
- 3Gang War: SouthwarkThe Southwark gang war pits the Rooks against Octavia Plumb's Blighters, who accept the challenge only reluctantly. Win the brawl and defeat Plumb to claim Southwark.
- 4Gang War: The ThamesThe Thames gang war is the fight for ownership of the river borough against Edith Swinebourne's Blighters. Win the brawl and defeat Swinebourne to put the Thames under the Rooks.
- 5Gang War: WhitechapelGang War: Whitechapel is the showdown for the borough: with Henry's new kukris, you lead the Rooks against Rexford Kaylock's Blighters at the Whitechapel train station, then chase Kaylock along the roof of his moving train. Winning gives the twins their Train Hideout.
- 6Gang War: The StrandThe Strand gang war is the decisive fight against Victor Lynch's Blighters. Lynch agrees to the terms on condition that he fights with electrochemical bombs, so expect explosives once he joins.
- 7Gang War: WestminsterThe Westminster gang war is the fight against Lilla 'the Bludger' Graves and her Blighters for control of the borough. Graves opens by snapping the neck of a captured Rook, so expect a hard brawl.
Related missions
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Gang Strongholds
Gang strongholds are fortified Blighter bases you raid in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Clear one out and it turns into a Rook stronghold, chipping away at the Templar grip on that borough; each raid also carries optional constraints for full sync.
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Somewhere That's Green
Somewhere That's Green is the first London memory: as Jacob you step off the train in Whitechapel, chase a pickpocket, race Evie up a factory roof and meet Henry Green, the Assassin who has been watching over the city. It ends with a carriage chase to shake off Blighters.
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Sequence 3: A Modern Babylon
Sequence 3 brings the Frye twins to London and builds their footing in Whitechapel over five memories. You meet Henry Green, Frederick Abberline and Clara O'Dea, then take the borough from Rexford Kaylock's Blighters. It unlocks the A Modern Babylon achievement.