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Assassin's Creed Unity: Nostradamus Enigma - Vaporis, Pisces, Jupiter, Aries, Gemini, Aquarius, Capricorn, Libra

Our complete guide to solving the Nostradamus Enigmas in Assassin's Creed Unity will help you unlock your shiny new set of armour in no time.

The final part of our guide to the Nostradamus Enigmas that are scattered around Assassin's Creed Unity explains how to find all of the Vaporis riddles.

12. Pisces / Vaporis #1

Riddle 12-1: "On the hill of St. Genevieve, / I have a Roman face. / Clarion angels glide to / A peak on my North side."

There's a triangular bit on the roof of the Pantheon. The symbol's in the passage here.

Riddle 12-2: "Like a halo you seek, / Rings within rings / High atop the edifice, / The city lies below."

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On the south side of the columns circling the Pantheon's roof.

Riddle 12-3: "Pillars support my face, / Hold the nation's dreams. / Square, not round, they, / Sit out of sight."

Go to the ground level of the Pantheon's eastern side. The symbol's on the floor by the raised section with pillars.

Riddle 12-4: "My purpose changed, / I watch; high in the nave. / As secular heroes enter, / To replace those of heaven."

Go into the Pantheon and look for a painting by a dome. The symbol can now be easily found with your Eagle Vision.

Riddle 12-5: "The remains of fame, / Lie amidst stale air. / The most famous of all, / The tomb of Voltaire."

Go downstairs and enter the tombs in the west section of the Pantheon. The symbol's inside the tomb being guarded by a pair of soldiers.

13. Jupiter / Vaporis #2

Riddle 13-1: "On the palace where, / Bourbon's daughter lived. / The assembly meets on, / A bridge facing South."

Above a wooden bench on the south gate of Palais Bourbon.

Riddle 13-2: "Rich and poor face, / The wheel of time. / Travel South to cross, / The water of River Styx."

On the wall of a broken waterwheel south of Palais Bourbon.

Riddle 13-3: "Across the wall, / On the other side. / Souls cross the bridge, / To Southlands beyond."

Find the bridge south-east of the last symbol. Follow the river to the next bridge along and get the symbol from the middle of it.

14. Aries / Vaporis #3

Riddle 14-1: "A once-Auguste palace / Become a shelter for the beautiful, / The days of sovereigns tick along, / Up to, but not beyond, Louis."

Go to the little clock above the courtyard in the Louvre (west of the landmark).

Riddle 14-2: "By the spirit of Égalité / The Citoyen is welcome in a royal garden / Where the mighty Helios ignites daily / Man's most destructive power."

You'll find this next symbol on a cannon in the Palais Royal Gardens, behind the statue in the middle.

Riddle 14-3: "From the stones of a fortress breached, / A Concord built to span the divide / From where the minds of men gather / To where their necks are severed."

Go to the centre of the bridge between Palais Bourbon and the guillotine and use your Eagle Vision.

15. Gemini / Vaporis #4

Riddle 15-1: "At the edge of the capital / In the shadow of the wall / The swamp of sorrows / Burns the outcast's fire."

Near the chest on the ground of the swamp area that lies along the south-eastern edge of Paris.

Riddle 15-2: "Where the dead rest, / Stone eyes watch. / Vigilant guardians, / In death as in life."

On the ground just to the east of the fountain in the Hopital de la Salpetriere's courtyard.

Riddle 15-3: "In the fetid muck / Where the dark stream meets / Her flowing mother / You will find your goal / At the foot of the old tower."

Go to the northern-most bit of the section between Saint-Marcel and Saint-Jacques. The symbol's at the foot of the tower where the river merges.

16. Aquarius / Vaporis #5

Riddle 16-1: "The Poor fellow-soldiers of Christ, / Atop their Stone Dungeon, / Marked their allegiance / In Jerusalem's Direction."

On the wall towards the top of the Temple's eastern tower.

Riddle 16-2: "At the source of life, / The Full-Moon shaped basin / Quenches the thirst / Of Solomon's defenders."

Find the next symbol on the ground by the Temple fountain.

Riddle 16-3: "In the entrails of the Earth, / Between the twin flames, / Lies The Final resting place / Of the first Grand Master."

Go in the Temple crypts via the graveyard, then use your Eagle Vision on the sarcophagus inside the wooden structure.

17. Capricorn / Vaporis #6

Riddle 17-1: "Erudite Rulers of thy façade / Stone-faced before the blood of executions / One day you will quiver and quake / As your insides blaze in fury."

Look for this symbol above the entrance of the Hotel de Ville.

Riddle 17-2: ""A ça ira, ça ira, ça ira," will resound, / A dire Twist of fate, / To dispel darkness no more / Now to break the necks of many."

There's a lantern just in front of the Hotel de Ville. Look at the ground towards the base of this lantern.

Riddle 17-3: "Orphan tower, what has become of the rest? / The start of a pilgrim's journey. / Shreds of memories hang from the chimeras beaks: / This one, pressure of the atmosphere. The other, alchemy."

Climb the tower that's just to the west of Tour St. Jacques and look for the symbol at the top.

18: Libra / Vaporis #7

Riddle 18-1: "Palace once divided, united by the fourth Henry. / Stone Couples salute their doomed King / For his final walk along the trees, / King once united, divided by People's will."

Make your way to the pair of statues by the entrance to the Tuileries Palace and take the symbol from the ledge between them.

Riddle 18-2: "Last Ray from the Sun / He lost a son and parted from another. / Cobblers, soldiers, statesmen and whoresons, / Cheer the window's close, blotting out the sun."

Go to the guillotine at Place de la Concorde, then look on the ground to the east of the guillotine.

Riddle 18-3: "The Magdalen looks towards Death / And watches the precession, unblinking, / And thus unmoved, she keeps her back / Toward the Interment of her King."

Find this last symbol on a mausoleum wall in the the graveyard at the Church of Madeleine.

Go back to the first page for the rest of our Nostradamus Enigma guide