Maude Foster

Maude Foster is a City of London bounty hunt for the fastest pickpocket in the city. Police are already combing the street for her when you arrive; kidnap her before she bolts and get her to Abberline alive.

Type: Activity
Given by: Frederick Abberline
Region: City of London

Part of

Bounty HuntsBounty hunts are borough activities in Assassin's Creed Syndicate where Sergeant Frederick Abberline names a wanted criminal and you bring that person to him, ideally alive. Clearing them is one of the ways Jacob and Evie Frye weaken the Blighters' hold on a borough before its gang war.

Found in

City of LondonThe City of London is the borough of banks, trading halls and tall stone offices on the north bank of the Thames. In 1868 the Templar Bloody Nora runs it through the Blighters, and you take it from her by clearing her lieutenants, strongholds and factories before a final gang war.

Good to know

Borough: City of London.
Target: Maude Foster, a purse-cutter known for speed rather than stealth.
Full sync: deliver Foster to Abberline alive.
Constables nearby are questioning passers-by about a suspicious woman.
Her description stresses speed over stealth: she cuts purses and gets away unscathed.
Other City of London bounties: Harvey Hughes and David O'Donnell.
A live delivery here counts toward Thieftaker, the achievement for bringing three bounty targets back alive.

The capture

Foster plays the helpless working woman when grabbed, then turns on you once she realises you are not police. If she slips free she yells that she is being attacked, so be ready to run her down. Abberline's verdict on delivery is short: you did well.

Where she fits

Foster works the City of London, the Square Mile held for the Templars by Bloody Nora. Besides the three bounties, the City has Templar hunts on Thomas Blackroot, Eveline Dipper and the Slaughterhouse Siblings, and three Blighter strongholds at Field Lane, Black Swan Yard and Rosemary Lane.

Catching a runner

Because she is known as the fastest pickpocket in London, the risk is losing her after she shakes free. Grab her while the constables are still busy questioning the crowd, and keep your pace slow while escorting her: the ring that shows how near others can get grows sharply if you run. Taking the Intimidation skill before this hunt removes escape attempts entirely, which suits a target this quick.

What she says

Her act changes depending on who grabs her. With Jacob she pleads hardship; with Evie she sulks that she was in the clear and asks for sympathy because times are tough. Evie answers that theft is not the way to earn it.

Related missions

Maude Foster

Type: Activity
Given by: Frederick Abberline
Region: City of London

Part of

Bounty HuntsBounty hunts are borough activities in Assassin's Creed Syndicate where Sergeant Frederick Abberline names a wanted criminal and you bring that person to him, ideally alive. Clearing them is one of the ways Jacob and Evie Frye weaken the Blighters' hold on a borough before its gang war.

Found in

City of LondonThe City of London is the borough of banks, trading halls and tall stone offices on the north bank of the Thames. In 1868 the Templar Bloody Nora runs it through the Blighters, and you take it from her by clearing her lieutenants, strongholds and factories before a final gang war.

Good to know

Borough: City of London.
Target: Maude Foster, a purse-cutter known for speed rather than stealth.
Full sync: deliver Foster to Abberline alive.
Constables nearby are questioning passers-by about a suspicious woman.
Her description stresses speed over stealth: she cuts purses and gets away unscathed.
Other City of London bounties: Harvey Hughes and David O'Donnell.
A live delivery here counts toward Thieftaker, the achievement for bringing three bounty targets back alive.