Maya is the oldest civilization, okay known to the world thanks to its writing, art, architecture, mathematical and astronomical systems. Their thriving cities once stood proudly above the jungle, but by the time Edward Kenway arrives, only ruins will remain of their former glory. Time is merciless to all living things, but a stone stoically endures everything. The mysterious people left behind many secrets, and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will help you solve one of them 16 Mayan stones, which are hidden next to steles located on islands throughout the Caribbean. All steles, unlike and, are marked on the map with an icon in the form of a totem and are clearly visible when changing the scale, but the location of the Mayan stones becomes known after solving a small puzzle of combining the diagram with landscape objects. The diagram appears on the ground only with eagle vision turned on ([V] key). James Kidd will teach you all the intricacies of handling it in Chapter 4.

There was a similar riddle in Assassin’s Creed 3, where Connor arrived to search for a ring with a piece of Eden. So this time, the approach to the solution remained unchanged: you need to rotate the diagram so that the circles coincide with the bases of stones and trees, after which a mark will appear next to the stele and point to the cache. All you have to do is come up and pick up the contents. Having collected all 16 Mayan stones, you need return to the main square of Tulum in the assassins' hideout. Under the pyramid, on the side of the waterfall with the pool, there is a passage to the treasury, where mayan costume, created from the remains of First Civilization materials that reflect metal projectiles. You can complete the task both during the passage of the main plot of the game and after its completion. The number of collected Mayan stones is indicated in the “Equipment” > “Special Items” section in the main menu (key). Mayan stones affect the Vault Raider achievement and some challenges from the Abstergo list.

Location of Mayan steles and stones in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag:

• Great Inagua() - the stele is located in the heart of the jungle in the center of the island, where James Kidd will lead in the story.
• Cat Island() - the stele is located on a hill in the northwestern part of the island.
• Long Bay() - the stele is located next to the entrance to the Observatory in the southern part of the island.
• Matanzas() - the stele is located in the jungle behind the warehouses in the eastern part of the island.
• Misterios() - the steles are located in the temple complex in the northern part of the island and near the ruins on the southern coast.
• Cape Bonavista() - the stele is located on a plateau in the northwestern part of the island.
• New Bone() - the stele is located behind the warehouse in the northwestern part of the island.
• Pinos Island (

Many players are wondering where to find all the steles (stones) Maya in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and what you can get with their help. In this section you can familiarize yourself with all the details of this additional quest, which you will discover as you progress through the 4th DNA sequence of the 1st memory. Looking ahead, it is worth noting that in total you will have to find 16 Mayan steles.

I would like to immediately make you happy - your search will not only bring you closer to 100% completion, but will also bring you an achievement "Grave Robber". But that’s not all - the main prize for you will be Mayan costume, which you will eventually find after opening the secret door to Tulum.

So, after you, during the passage, come across the first Mayan stela, an additional quest to find all the stelae will immediately become available. Once you find the stele, you will have to climb onto it and solve a small puzzle. This mini-quest is very simple and you just have to combine the drawn circles on the drawing with the glowing columns.

In this section we have collected all the coordinates of the Mayan steles that are scattered throughout the vast world of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. However, it is worth noting that some steles become available as you progress through the story.

Coordinates of the Mayan Steles

Coordinates	Island name	Number of Mayan stelae	Features of location
848,468	Great Inagua	1 PC.	According to the plot. James Kidd will lead her to her.
734,694	Cat Island	1 PC.	North-west of the island. Look for a hill.
334,476 And 342,478	Pinos	2 pcs.	Ruins in the southwest and northeast
343,650	Matanzas	1 PC.	Eastern part of the island. Jungle.
525,253	Long Bay	1 PC.	Southern part of the island. Look for the entrance to the Observatory.
179,593	Cape Bonavista	1 PC.	Northwestern part of the island. Plateau.
70,405	Tulum	1 PC.	Southern part of the island behind the pyramid and temple.
502,44	Providencia	2 pcs.	Near the pyramids to the north and southwest.
442.118	New Bone	1 PC.	Northwestern part of the island. Near the warehouse.
303,199 And 296,196	Misterios	2 pcs.	Northern part of the island. Temple complex.
876,377	Tortuga	1 PC.	Northwestern part of the island.
217,245 And 221,242	Santanillas	2 pcs.	In the east on the coast, in the north among the ruins.

Please note that areas such as Providencia, Greater Inagua, Long Bay and Tulum will become accessible as you progress through the story.

So, you were able to find all the Mayan steles and now to complete this task you need to go to Tulum (Coordinates: 70,405), where the corresponding marker will be on the general map. In Tulum, go to the dilapidated temple, where you will open that very secret door of Tulum. Behind the door you will find new Suit Maya, which allows you to dodge enemy bullets.

Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag Collectibles

Do you want to complete the game 100%? Are you going crazy when you see icons of items you haven't collected yet or places you haven't visited yet? Then below you will find a small guide to collectibles in Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag and the rewards you can get for collecting them. Viewpoints - tall buildings, trees or other objects marked with an eagle icon, which not only open the map, but also show all nearby collectibles. Synchronization with Viewpoints is a mandatory event for searching for objects and for opening fast travel places. Treasure Chests - scattered throughout all locations and contain gold and items that are automatically converted into reals. On your journey, you can also come across Common Chests (blue icon), which become available to your friends and contain cash rewards - required for completing Abstergo Challenges, and ULC Chests (beige icon) - containing unlockable pre-order items (weapons, items for Jackdaw and etc.). Treasure maps - can be found on the corpses of sailors shipwrecked in the Caribbean in ancient times. Each map contains coordinates and a drawing of the location where the treasure is buried. When you find the location by coordinates, you will need to find the exact place marked in the image with an X. Treasure maps lead to chests with money, items or blueprints for upgrading Jackdaw. Several cards can also be obtained through Kenway's Fleet.

Chest #1 (240, 607)


Chest #2 (633, 784)
Contains drawing of gray sails and 3000R

Chest #3 (525, 253)
Contains 4000R

Chest #4 (179, 593)
Contains 1500R

Chest #5 (70, 405)
Contains 4000R

Chest #6 (307, 195)
Contains upgrade blueprint for heavy cores and 3000R

Chest #7 (992, 422)
Contains 3000R

Chest #8 (623, 172)
Contains a drawing for the Galka and 3000R steering wheel

Chest #9 (327, 334)
Contains 4000R

Chest #10 (333, 650)
Contains a mortar upgrade blueprint and 3000R

Chest #11 (749, 625)
Contains figure drawing for Jackdaw and 3000R

Chest #12 (55, 178)
Contains 4000R

Chest #13 (565, 539)
Contains 4000R
Chest #14 (606, 835)
Contains 4000R
Chest #15 (442, 118)
Contains 4000R
Chest #16 (479, 487)
Contains an upgrade blueprint for incendiary shells and 3000R

Chest #17 (335, 469)
Contains a drawing of the steering wheel for Galka and 3000R
Chest #18 (579, 720)
Contains a harpoon upgrade blueprint and 3000R
Chest #19 (901, 263)
Contains an upgrade blueprint for Heavy Core Storage and 3000R

Chest #20 (679, 381)
Contains 4000R

Chest #21 (502, 44)
Contains an upgrade blueprint for the Incendiary Shell Storage and 3000R

Chest #22 (621, 277)
Contains 4000R

Animus Fragments - only the most dedicated fans will be able to collect all 200 Animus Fragments, which will be useful to you to complete the Abstergo Trials and receive the special “Team of the Dead” cheat code. Letters in bottles - letters inside bottles, which can be found on beaches or rocky shores throughout all locations, contain the story of a man who lived in the Caribbean several years before the events of Black Flag. If you take the time to read them, you will learn many new interesting facts about the game universe. Manuscripts - are always hidden in chests in protected areas and contain interesting information about events or people. Shanti - by finding and capturing shanti pages, you will unlock new songs for the team, whose members will sing them while traveling the seas. Don't forget that, unlike other collectibles, shanti behave the same way as Almanac pages from Assassin's Creed 3. You will have to catch up with them and collect them. Don't worry if you miss one of the pages, after a certain period of time they appear again .

Templar Keys - and although there are only five of these keys to collect, you will have to spend some time on them, since each Key is tied to a series of missions. Complete the tasks of the leaders of the Bureau of Assassins, and they will tell you where to get the next Key. When you collect all five Templar Keys, you will unlock a special Templar Armor, which has as a bonus increased resistance to enemy attacks. Stella Maya - to get Mayan Stones, you will need to solve simple Mayan Stellar puzzles. There are 16 Mayan Steles scattered throughout the Caribbean map; climb to the top of them and press the interaction key to activate Eagle Vision. Using it, manipulate the pattern on the ground until it matches specific objects in the environment. Once you solve the puzzle, you will see the Mayan Stone. Collect all the Stones and get the Mayan Suit, which reduces damage and protects you from shots. Taverns - in total you will find 8 taverns in the game. To unlock them, you need to approach the bartender, watch the cutscene and fight the bandits with your fists. Later, for money, the bartender will be able to tell you the location of some items.

Today's collectibles - Find QR codes hidden throughout the Abstergo building in our time to unlock special notes. If you are interested in what happened after the events of Assassin's Creeed 3, hack into the computers of your colleagues, servers and surveillance cameras. As you move through the plot, you will gain access to new, previously closed locations and will be able to learn more about the work of Abstergo and the Templars. What if If you pay attention, you will notice several Easter eggs hidden in the company's office...

The Vault Raider achievement in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is unlocked by opening a secret door on Tulum. The secret door is associated with Mayan armor. The Mayan Armor Tomb is located in the pyramid below the viewpoint in the northern part of the Assassins' base. To open the secret door, you need to find 16 Mayan stones that are buried around Mayan steles scattered throughout the Caribbean. Each Mayan stela contains a puzzle and before you get the stone, you will have to rack your brain a little. To solve puzzles you need to combine correctly white diagram with objects on the ground, that is, white circles and squares should match the shape of stones, columns and trees. After solving the puzzle, a mark will appear next to the stele and point to the cache; all that remains is to go down and pick up the contents. The diagram becomes visible on the ground only when interacting with the stele. Edward Kenway is taught all the intricacies of handling Mayan steles by James Kidd on Great Inagua, at which time the first Mayan stone appears in the inventory.

The number of Mayan Stones and Templar Keys collected is indicated in the main menu under Equipment > Special Items. The location of the Maya stelae in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is marked on the map with totem icons. Mayan Stones count toward Abstergo Challenges and make it easier to earn the "" achievement.

The islands where the Mayan steles are located do not stand out on the map of the Caribbean, except for the data on the information panel that appears when you hover over the location icon. If there is no Mayan stele icon on the information panel, then there is no Mayan stone on the island, so you don’t have to go ashore and waste time searching.

Location of Mayan steles and stones in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag:

Map	Coordinates	Location of the stela
	Great Inagua Great Inagua (845,468)	In the jungle in the middle of the island where Edward Kenway is taken by James Kidd in the quest "Old Old Cove" in .
	Cat Island Cat Island (742,695)	On a hill in the northwestern part of the island.
	Long Bay Long Bay (525,253)	On the side of the entrance to the Observatory in the southern part of the island.
	Matanzas Matanzas (333,650)	In the jungle behind the warehouse on the eastern part of the island.
	Misterios Misteriosa (307,195)	In the temple complex in the northern part of the island. At the ruins on the southwestern coast of the island.
	Cape Bonavista Cape Bonavista (179,593)	On a plateau in the northern part of the island.
	New Bone New Bone (442,118)	Behind the warehouse in the northwestern part of the island.
	Pinos Island Pinos Isle (335,469)	Among the ruins in the southwestern part of the island. In the northeastern part of the island.
	Providencia Isla Providencia (502,44)	Near the pyramids in the north of the island. In the jungle in the southwestern part of the island.
	Santanilla Santanillas (217,250)	On the coast in the eastern part of the island. Among the ruins in the northern part of the island.
	Tortuga Tortuga (882,370)	On the coast in the northern part of the island.
	Tulum Tulum (70,405)	At the temple behind the pyramid in the southern part of the island. The treasury with the Mayan costume is located in the central part of the island, under the viewpoint.