Assassin’s Creed Mirage: How To Assassinate The Treasurer (Without Getting Caught)

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Different targets to assassinate in Assassin’s Creed Mirage are difficult to approach without getting caught, especially the well-defended Treasurer. The influence this figure wields lets them sit at the top of Karkh’s web of power, where they tax poor merchants to fund the controlling Order. Their true identity has remained a secret as they approach the Bazaar marketplace in search of a rare Eastern hairpin to add to their collection of seized artifacts.

The “Gilded Butterflies” quest puts the main character Basim against the Treasurer, to not only find who they are but to also gather information about where they could be found. Go ahead and use your Eagle Sight to scout ahead and determine where most guards are located in restricted areas. Those who don’t want to increase their notoriety in Assassin’s Creed Mirage need to be careful as they explore defended areas like the Bazaar market.

Gather Intel About the Treasurer

Similar to assassinating Fazil the Great Scholar in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, your first task here should be to gather intel about the events going on in the Bazzar. Basim can eavesdrop on different conversations by sitting on benches or blending into the background. However, if you go into the main market, you can find the merchant Kong, who agrees to tell you some info on the Treasurer in exchange for a favor.

Kong wants you to find a decorative plate that had been taken from him earlier before giving out any knowledge he may have on the Treasurer. Your quest marker will point you to a room with a shelf you can move to reach a higher floor of the Bazaar. Reach a space above the room to use a red pot to make part of the wall explode, letting you place the shelf in a place under the space where the plate is being kept.

Returning to Kong reveals that he overheard two women who said that the Treasurer is likely someone from the East. Continue forward through the Bazaar until you hear a merchant selling foreign goods up a set of stairs to the right in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Talk to the merchant to reveal that the Treasurer is after a rare hairpin from China that is apparently up for grabs at a particular auction being held in the market.

Spy on the Mysterious Women

Not too far away from the merchant you just talked to, you’ll see two women with a magnifying glass symbol above them on a higher floor of the market. Climb toward the fountain in the center of the Bazaar by using the ropes attached to it. This will lead you to the room with the mysterious travelers in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, where you should sit on a nearby bench to eavesdrop on their continuing conversation about the Treasurer.

One of the two women here is a Perfume Supplier talking to someone named Qabiha before leaving to a more private location. Use Basim’s trained stealth skills to follow them and learn more about the Treasurer’s deals and projects in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. After eavesdropping a bit longer, speak to Qabiha to learn that the Treasurer has a particular interest for a special perfume made with blood, and that they are actually a woman named Ning.

Attend the Great Auction

Figuring out the Treasurer’s identity from Qabiha gives you a face to look for in the crowds of the Great Auction, the large event you learned about earlier from the merchant selling goods from the East. Travel back through the first floor of the Bazzar to find a merchant who can take you to the Auction. This figure will be marked in orange by your Eagle Sight as you explore the crowd of merchants in Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

Traveling to the Auction shows a row of benches with a Host on a large podium ready to get started, sit on any of the benches here to participate. A small cutscene will take place that gives you your first look at Ning, the Treasurer who you’ve been searching for throughout the mission in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Eventually, the hairpin will be brought up as an item that you can bid on using whatever Coins you have.

You can either try to outbid the Treasurer or do nothing at this point in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, though the second option is likely better since you won’t lose any money. If you don’t pay for the hairpin, you need to steal it from the merchant who did buy it from the Auction. Simply climb up to the second level of the Auction area and move behind the man in black robes to swiftly take the hairpin while no one is looking.

Gain an Audience with the Treasurer

The last step of this mission is tricky, since you need to have a special item called the Dragon Brooch to gain an audience with the Treasurer in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Head back to the entrance of the Bazaar and sneak past the soldiers guarding a Restricted Area. Go inside until you find a small room with the Brooch on a table protected by two guards, who you can silently kill by luring them to a changing closet.

Once you have the Brooch, follow your quest marker to reach another section of the market guarded by soldiers of the Ivory Coin. Ordinarily, these men wouldn’t let you through without the Brooch, but now they will eagerly let you inside. Follow the escorting guard until you reach a large audience chamber with the Treasurer past her large assortment of artifacts she’s obtained over the years.

The “Interact” prompt in the audience chamber gives you another quick cutscene where you can finally assassinate the Treasurer without having been caught in the crowded markets of Assassin’s Creed Mirage.