The Informant is one of the Assassin Contracts in the Dry Tortuga region of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Resynced. The objective bonus rewards a clean aerial assassination, so the fastest way to finish it is to climb the gunman’s tower inside the camp and drop straight down onto your target.
Quick answer: Accept the contract from the pigeon coop at Salt Key Bank, sneak through the camp using the bushes by the beach, climb the gunman’s tower, and perform an aerial assassination on the roaming target to earn the extra 500 Reales.
Where to find The Informant contract
The contract is located at Salt Key Bank in the Dry Tortuga region. You pick it up from the pigeon coop (bird cage) at that location, sitting at map coordinates 467, 604. The target for this job walks around the camp nearby, so you take the contract and travel a short distance to the kill zone.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Dry Tortuga |
| Location | Salt Key Bank |
| Contract pickup | Pigeon coop (bird cage) at 467, 604 |
| Objective bonus | Aerial assassination (kill from above) |
| Bonus reward | +500 Reales |
Requirements before the contract appears
Assassin Contracts do not show up from the start. They unlock after you clear the Overrun and Outnumbered main quest, and the skull icons appear on the map once you progress the story to Sequence 05 and start synchronizing viewpoints. None of the contracts are missable, so you can return to Salt Key Bank at any point after the story to finish The Informant.
How to complete The Informant with the bonus
Tip: Line up your position so the target’s patrol path passes directly under your perch. If he strays too far, reposition rather than dropping early, since a missed leap can put you on the ground and force a normal kill without the bonus.
How to confirm it worked
Once the target is dead, the contract resolves and pays out your reward in Reales. If the aerial assassination registered, you also collect the additional 500 Reales objective bonus on top of the base payout. Missing the bonus usually means the kill was landed on the ground rather than from above, so approach again from the tower if you want the full amount.
The Informant is one of eight Dry Tortuga contracts, sitting alongside jobs like Beach Bonfire, Unlicensed Dealer, The Spanish Captain, and Shady Business. Each one follows the same loop of accepting from a pigeon coop and meeting a specific bonus condition, so the tower drop you use here is a reliable pattern for any contract that asks for a kill from above.
