Croydon
Croydon is the town south of London where Syndicate begins in February 1868. Jacob's first memory, A Spanner in the Works, targets the Templar Rupert Ferris, and Evie's A Simple Plan targets the scientist David Brewster nearby.
- Type
- Settlement
Good to know
- Outside the seven London boroughs.
- Memories: A Spanner in the Works (Jacob) and A Simple Plan (Evie), both dated 10 February 1868.
- Templar targets: Rupert Ferris of Ferris Ironworks and David Brewster.
- Full sync for A Simple Plan: air assassinate Brewster and kill five enemies with hanging barrels.
- A Simple Plan leads on to Somewhere That's Green, the first London memory.
In the game
The Templars run Ferris Ironworks and Brewster's laboratory, where he experiments on a Piece of Eden. After both kills the twins report to George Westhouse, who says they are not ready for London. They ignore him and catch a train to the city.
Brewster's laboratory
Brewster and his assistant are working on an Apple of Eden dug up during work on London's first underground railway. Lucy Thorne visits to press him for results, and Evie comes across Robert Topping, held by guards who take him for one of Henry Green's spies.
Westhouse's home
George Westhouse lives in Croydon. Years earlier, in 1862, Ethan Frye reported to him here after killing the Templar Robert Waugh. The town also appears in Assassin's Creed Valhalla as Croindene, where Eivor meets allies in 875.
A Spanner in the WorksA Spanner in the Works is the first main memory of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. As Jacob Frye you board a train into Croydon's Ferris Ironworks, shut down the machines to open a locked door, and assassinate the factory's Templar owner, Rupert Ferris.- Sequence 1: A Spanner in the WorksSequence 1 opens Assassin's Creed Syndicate with a single memory in Croydon, February 1868. You play Jacob Frye as he breaks into Rupert Ferris's ironworks, and finishing it unlocks the A Spanner in the Works achievement.
- A Simple PlanA Simple Plan is Evie Frye's first memory and the second in the story. You ride a supply train into a Templar compound near Croydon, find the hidden laboratory of Sir David Brewster, and kill him to get at the Piece of Eden he is studying.
- Sequence 2: A Simple PlanSequence 2 is the second half of the Croydon prologue: you play Evie Frye as she rides a train into a Templar facility to kill Sir David Brewster and recover his Piece of Eden. Completing it unlocks the A Simple Plan achievement and sends the twins to London.