Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Resynced has 11 Character Portrait Locations. Finding all Character Portraits and hanging them in Great Inagua manor unlocks The Memory of My Enemy trophy & achievement.
All portraits require story progress, and 3 require specific side quests. After the story you can get all of them. Don’t bother with them during the story because some just won’t be there. Unlike other collectibles they don’t get marked automatically from syncing viewpoints. The only appear on the map when going very close to them.
The 3 required side quests are: Blackbeard’s Treasure, Captain Stede Bonnet, A World Without Gold. All other paintings are found in the open world after the story. You can check which ones you’ve found in Codex menu > Database > Portraits. This guide lists them in order of proximity to reduce backtracking, with their codex number in brackets so you can quickly identify specific ones you need.
Collectibles Overview:
Portraits
Remember: If a portrait isn’t there it’s because you need more story progress, look for them after the story.
#1 – Julien Du Casse’s Portrait (Codex #4)
Gibara > Great Inagua – inside Great Inagua Manor, in the room where you can place your weapons on display cases (827, 443).
#2 – Laureano de Torres’ Portrait (Codex #11)
Dry Tortuga > Havana – in the castle in the north-east of Havana. It’s inside the north-west tower of the castle. You need to climb into the open window from above. Use the wooden board slightly to the right above the window and use the wooden parts on the wall to climb down (224, 595).
#3 – El Tiburon’s Portrait (Codex #10)
Dry Tortuga > Havana – inside the Castle in the north of Havana, use the scaffold in the corner outside the castle to climb through the open window (204, 608). The in-game codex description falsely claims it’s in Castillo but it’s actually in Havana.
#4 – Commodore Chamberlaine’s Portrait (Codex #3)
Eleuthera > Nassau – in the manor in the west of Nassau, on the top floor, can climb through the window (589, 757).
#5 – Woodes Rogers’ Portrait (Codex #9)
Navassa > Kingston – in a manor in the middle of Kingston (618, 171). The painting only spawns after advancing the story to Sequence 12 – Mission 01: A Governor No Longer.
#6 – Laurens Prins’ Portrait (Codex #7)
Navassa > Kingston – in the plantation manor in the west of Kingston, only accessible after progressing the story to Sequence 05 – Mission 03: Unmanned (594, 174).
#7 – Ben Hornigold’s Portrait (Codex #5)
Chinchorro > Santanillas – on a shipwreck in the north-east corner of Santanillas island (191, 223).
#8 – Bartholomew Roberts’ Portrait (Codex #8)
Princípe – inside one of the tents in the north-east of Princípe, only accessible after progressing the story to Sequence 09 – Mission 02: Trust is Earned (113, 20). This is a separate region away from the main map. You can fast travel back there by clicking the white “P” icon on the far right side of the Caribbean world map (939, 415). This is a restricted area so your fast travel may be unavailable. To leave the region, run back to your ship and interact with the ship’s steering wheel to return to the Carribean main map.
#9 – Blackbeard’s Portrait (Codex #1)
Reward from Side Quest: Blackbeard’s Treasure – available after Sequence 08 – Mission 01: Do Not Go Gently. The quest will be marked on the map at Anotto Bay (590, 245). At the cliffside of the sea look for a damaged diving bell, dive down from there to find an underwater cave entrance where jellyfish are. This underwater tunnel leads into Anotto Bay.
Advance until you reach a room with multiple pirates. In the room with the pirates are some small explosive barrels you can carry, place one in front of the destructible wall on the east side of the room, shoot the barrel to blow up the wall.
Take the path behind the wall until you reach another room with pirate enemies. There you find more small explosive barrels, again place on at the destructible wall up the slope behind the waterfall. Blackbeard’s Treasure is behind that wall.
Afterward, fast travel back to Great Inagua where the updated quest marker appears and interact with the chest. After the cutscene you get the portrait.
#10 – Stede Bonnet’s Portrait (Codex #2)
Reward from Side Quest: Captain Stede Bonnet – available after Sequence 08 – Mission 03: Marooned. The quest will be marked on the map at Great Inagua manor (827, 442). For the quest objective you have to go to Mystery Island and interact with the stranded schooner at the beach (906, 123). Then follow the crewmates that appear, all objectives have quest markers.
#11 – Robert Maynard’s Portrait (Codex #6)
Reward from Questline: A World Without Gold – available after Sequence 11 – Mission 03: “…Everything Is Permitted”. You can then press 
on the map to select “A World Without Gold” questline and track each quest, it starts at Great Inagua. For the 4th quest you must also have recruited the 2 Officers “Lucy Baldwin” & “The Padre”. You can check the “Officers” at the bottom of the ship menu if you’ve already recruited them. During the last quest “A World Without Gold” in Port Royal, the painting will become available below the central viewpoint of Port Royal (602, 134). You can pick it up during the quest or return to it after the quest. It won’t spawn until the objective “Reach Maynard’s Treasure”.
Do Lucy Baldwin’s first 2 quests:
- A Proper Shipwright (Salt Key Bank: 446, 620)
- The One With the Gun (Great Inagua: 818, 445)
Do The Padre’s first 2 quests:
- A Second Chance (Caracol: 446, 620)
- Loyalty, Discipline, and Courage (Cumberland Bay: 648, 348)
A World Without Gold questline consists of 8 quests:
- That Bastard Maynard (Great Inagua: 818, 446)
- Not Even a Real Captain (Kingston: 616, 154)
- What the Devil! (Cat Island: 728, 705)
- It’s a Start (Great Inagua: 825, 444) – must have recruited 2 officers Lucy Baldwin & The Padre
- I Just Want to Talk (Nassau: 598, 757)
- Not Our Natural Allies (Santanillas: 189, 223)
- A Cockalorum (Tortuga: 847, 338)
- A World Without Gold (Port Royal: 605, 145)
The Memory of My Enemy Trophy / Achievement
After getting all 11 Portraits you still need to hang them in the Great Inagua manor to unlock the trophy. There are wall frames you can interact with throughout the manor: 3 in fleet planning room and adjacent corridor, 1 in bedroom above your bed, 1 downstairs in staircase to treasure room, 6 in cellar to treasure room.
When hanging the last portrait you get a cutscene, 
The Memory of My Enemy unlocks after that. You also earn the treasure map for Great Inagua.
That’s all of the Character Portraits in AC IV Black Flag (2026 Remake). For all other collectible types refer to the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced Collectible Guide.
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