Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Vatican City Collectibles

Vatican City is one of the first hubs that you'll reach in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Here you'll get your first taste of exploring a large area as Indiana Jones, interacting with a variety of different quests, and uncovering secrets hidden around every corner. While there are a lot of collectibles to obtain in the game here we'll focus on where to begin each Fieldwork, Discovery, and Mystery and how to find each of the collectible Ancient Relics, Lost Artifacts, and Medicine Bottles.

Use the map below to identify each of the different starting points for Fieldwork, Discoveries, and Mysteries. Once you have started any of these the game will prompt you with exact locations or regions to travel next.

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Vatican Fieldwork

The Mad Priest (TMP)

This can be started by talking to Sister Catherine in the Sistine Chapel.

The reward at the end of this quest includes one of the Inscriptions required to complete The Secret of Giants.

A Savage Discovery (ASD)

To start this quest you need to pick up the item "Theft Report". This can be found in the first tent immediately to the south of the doorway to the Apostolic Library.

A Nun In Trouble (ANIT)

This quest will begin automatically after you leave the mine and meet the mysterious Nun. The end of this quest rewards you with a key that is required to reach an Adventure Book and the Father and Son mystery.

The Secret of Giants (TSOG)

This quest is initially introduced as part of the main quest from Father Antonio. You need to take photos of the different inscriptions around Vatican City. Below is how to reach each one.

1. On the side of the Fountain
2. Climb up the scaffolding in the Courtyard
3. On the side of the fountain
4. Partway up a roof
5. In a small courtyard near the Blackshirt outfit and a medicine bottle
6. On a roof after climbing out the high window of a chapel
7. Inside the South East digsite on the North West wall
8. Requires the Cellar key that's part of the "A Strange Discovery" quest
9. In the Museum Wing to the north of the checkpoint in the Courtyard climb up the left side steps to find this.
10. Complete the "A Mad Priest" Fieldwork to get access to a new location where you can find the final Inscription
     

Vatican Discoveries

Underground Boxing Ring (UBR)

Unlocked after discovering the door to the Underground Boxing Ring in the Vatican Gardens.

In order to enter you'll need to obtain a Blackshirts disguise, this disguise is extremely useful early on as it will allow you access to most restricted sections. Be sure to check out our guide for how to obtain this powerful item.

The Serpent's Chest (TSC)

This quest unlocked after collecting "Voss Letter" when you later visit Thailand. This quest has you collecting items from Vatican City, Gizah, and Shanghai.

Travel to the Dig Site in the South-East of the map, this is where the bulldozer fell into the tomb as part of the story. Once in the large tomb chamber head downstairs using the steps on the side and you'll reach the multistory chamber that you would have needed to stealth/beat up a number of Fascists when you first came through here.

Drop down and into the waterand in the far South-West of this room you'll be able to see a small hole in the wall. While in the water travel East and hop up onto the pillar that's just sticking out of the water. Run and jump onto the little ledge and then crawl into that hole to obtain the Vatican City Secret Key.
 

Riddles of the Ancients (ROTA)

This Discovery unlocks immediately after obtaining one of the ten Ancient Relics hidden across Vatican City. Once you collect all of the Ancient Relics from all across the game they unlock a secret door.

1. Below the Apostolic Library, after swimming underwater and opening the gate look in that room to find the Ancient Relic on the table's edge
2. Available in Father Antonio's Office after you take photos of all 10 Inscriptions as part of the Secret of Giants quest
   
   #3-#7 Can be found in the Underground Excavation Site
3. After leaving the tomb where the bulldozer crashes into the site proceed further until you reach a pit with a wooden beam above it that you can swing over. Instead of swinging over it lower yourself down to see a lower ledge with this Ancient Relic on it
4. After the swimming portion you'll see a room through a crack that has a doorway boarded up with wooden beams. Use a torch to light this on fire and step through to reach the next Ancient Reliv
5. In the next room from #4 where you see a room with water in the middle climb to the top of the room. You'll see a pressure pedestal and a bust you can use to trigger it. Open this gate to get the next Ancient Reliv
6. Continue through the Underground Excavation Site until you reach the next swinging section. Instead of swinging across climb up to the beam and look up to see you can climb even higher. Up here is where you'll find the Ancient Relic
7. In the next room look for the room with metal gates and more weight platforms. Put busts on the two weight platforms to reveal a breakable wall with the Ancient Relic behind it.
   
   #8-10 can be found underneath the Fountain of Confession
8. Proceed through the Fountain of Confession until you reach the room with the swinging axe/pendulums. As you cross this area it will be to your left
9. In the Gold Trial there is a Crawlspace to your left you can enter. Inside is another weighted platform that will open a door and take you to the Ancient Relic
10. This can be found in the treasure room at the end of the Fountain of Confession

To make finding the Relics easier for yourself you can complete the House of God Mystery to obtain a document that will reveal all Relic locations on your map.

Lost Artifacts of Europe (LAOE)

This Discovery unlocks immediately after obtaining one of the five Ancient Relics hidden across Vatican City.

• Bronze Mirror - Can be found in the basement of the Tower of Nicolas V in the South-East of Vatican City. Head down stairs until you reach a sewer and a sleeping black shirt. Obtain the sledgehammer from further down the path and then break open the wall next to the sleeping man. Follow this linear path to reach the Bronze Mirror
• Parade Helmet - Once you make your way through the secret door in the Tower of Nicolas V as part of the main storyline instead of going down the spiral staircase instead climb up to the top. This will require some platforming. At the top you'll get the Parade Helmet
• Venus Figurine - Climb to the top of the Borgia Tower as part of the "A Nun In Trouble" mystery. There is a wall that you can break in the same room that the nun was being interrogated in. Destroy this wall to obtain this collectible.
• Golden Xiphos - In the Sistine Chapel look for the two priests talking to one another about needing to take a photo. Interact with the painting near two priests to rotate it and reveal this item
• Drinking Horn - Travel to the Museum Wing to the north of the Courtyard. Open the locked safe using the combination 7171 to obtain the Drinking Horn.

A Remedy for All

This quest line is to collect the 15 different medicine vials that are hidden around the Vatican.

• Medicine Bottle #1 - In the tent south of the top tent in the Courtyard
• Medicine Bottle #2 - Head right from the Courtyard and then south through the metal gate. It is on a table to your right
• Medicine Bottle #3 - On a stairwell to the South East of the Tower of Nicolas V
• Medicine Bottle #4 - Head West out of the Courtyard and then south and east to reach a small courtyard with some tables set up. There is a Medicine bottle on one of the tables
• Medicine Bottle #5 - Upstairs in the secure section in the top left of the map
• Medicine Bottle #6 - Inside the decadent building next to the quarry. Equip the Blackshirt disguise first to get through this easier
• Medicine Bottle #7 - After getting the Blackshirt Disguise walk into the restricted building in the bottom right of the map. After walking through the checkpoint you'll see this bottle on a table ahead of you
• Medicine Bottle #8 - Inside the Courtyard restricted area in the south-east tent
• Medicine Bottle #9 - Obtained on the ledge that you get access to after obtaining the key at the end of the "A Nun In Trouble" Fieldwork
• Medicine Bottle #10 - Next to where you obtain the Blackshirt Disguise
• Medicine Bottle #11 - In the alleyway above the Cellar Door next to the Post Office
• Medicine Bottle #12 - Can be found in the locked tent. You'll need to obtain the Blackshirt Disguise and Key from completing the Underground Boxing Ring side-quest
• Medicine Bottle #13 - Climb up the scaffolding on the Sistine Chapel building and you'll see a Blackshirt guarding this bottle
• Medicine Bottle #14 - Available as part of the quest "The Mad Priest" which starts from Sister Catherine in the Sistine Chapel. Once you get to the sewers and have climbed across the different pipes you'll be in a room with this Medicine Bottle
• Medicine Bottle #15 - Inside the building in the South-East of the Mines

A World Of Knowledge

A World of Knowledge challenges players to find the 23 different Adventure Books hidden around the Vatican City.

The easiest way to obtain these on your own is to progress in the story until you reach the Vatican Post Office on the East side of the map and purchase the book that displays their location on the map.

Vatican Mysteries

The Bulls of Blood

The Bulls of Blood is a Mystery started in the Castel Sant'Angelo. Once you reach the Angel Courtyard head into the rooms on the right hand side and you'll find a few notes scattered between that room and the room two to the North that talk about a hidden passage way.

After picking up Russo's Note travel North two rooms and you'll see a fireplace ahead of you. To the right you'll see wall art and two paintings of white and brown bulls. Approach each painting and rotate them so that the Brown Bull is facing up. The passage in the middle will open for you.
Step inside and pick up Cesare Borgia's Letter to complete this Mystery

Secret of Secrets (SOS)

This quest is started in the building just off the Sistine Chapel in the South-West of the map. Here you'll locate the Hidden Note that will point you towards cracking a code for a safe. Compare the symbols on the bottom of two statues to a document that shows star signs and numbers. You should end up with a solution of 4471.

Father and Son (F&S)

After completing A Nun In Trouble you'll get a key that gives you access to a balcony and a room. Inside this room is a Polybius Square puzzle to open a lock. Compare the circled letters on the letter to their number on the square. e.g if the first two circled letters are 'i' and 'r' then you'll look at the square and find that IR lines up with the number 5.

The solution for the combination is 5873

A Date To Remember (ADTR)

This quest is begun in the South East portion of the gardens near the Museum Wing. To get access to this place you'll need to obtain the Blackshirt disguise and head north through the restricted section in the Courtyard.

The solution to this combination is 6380

House of God (HOG)

This quest is begun by picking up the Cleaning Note in the Basilica that then prompts you to solve the puzzle in that area.

1. Move the handle to the far left and a panel on the left side will open, obtain the item from it
2. Move the handle to the far right and a panel on the right side will open, put the item you obtained in the new space
3. Walk back to the left side and get the goblet from the newly opened panel and place it on top of the puzzle box
4. Pick up the Adventure Book reward from within

A Free Spirit (AFS)

This quest is started outside the main gate of the Tower of Nicolas V. On the bulletin board there is a message about a missing cat and a request to take a photo of it. Once you have the camera head East from the Courtyard and then North to climb onto the roofs of the nearby buildings. You should see the cat near the wall bordering the Courtyard.

A Snake In The Garden (ASITG)

Inside the Apostolic Palace there is an office with a hint about moving books on a bookshelf in a particular order. You can look at the back of the document to get a better idea of what to do in this situation. The order for these counting the books from the left is 2, 4, 3, 1

Signs of Trouble (SOT)

After completing the "A Nun In Trouble" quest Gina will let you know she's left a note for you in the Sistine Chapel. Approach the alter here and pick up her note to be prompted to infiltrate the dig site and obtain valuable information.

At one point during this Mystery you'll be prompted to crack a safe with the combination 1891