Ornament Vendors are a type of merchant in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. They sell cosmetic items for your hideout, different horse designs and saddles, some sell quest items (Tea Bowl Collections), and some even have a new room for the hideout. All merchant types:  Gear Vendor  Port Trader  Ornament Vendor  Food Vendor Izumi Settsu #1 – Sakai […]

Keys are the online currency for the Animus Hub in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. They are collectibles that look like small white cubes floating in the air. Collecting them grants some of the “keys” currency, which can be exchanged for equipment in the Animus Hub online store. You have to be online connected to the internet […]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has 109 Viewpoint Locations (Fast Travel Points). This guide contains a map that shows where to find all Viewpoints. Viewpoints can be synchronized by climbing them. You have to be out of combat for synchronization to work If you are in combat you can simply crouch on top of the viewpoint until the enemies […]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has 79 Kakurega Locations (Safehouses). This guide contains a map that shows where to find all Kakurega. First, you must buy the Kakurega building at the hideout. You build it automatically in Act 1 as part of the main story. Then you can buy the small Kakurega safehouses throughout the open world. They are most frequently found […]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows contains 8 types of side activities (Temples, Shrines, Kuji-kiri, Hidden Trails, Katas, Horse Archery, Kofun, Castles). When synchronizing viewpoints they will appear on the map as white question marks. When you go near the question mark it turns into an orange icon that indicates what side activity it is. Castles have white […]

Izumi Settsu contains 48 Collectibles in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. This Assassin’s Creed Shadows Izumi Settsu Collectibles Walkthrough will guide you to the locations of all side activities and points of interest in the Izumi Settsu Territory. Collectibles get marked by white question marks on the world map automatically when going near them. This region contains the following types of side activities: Temples: 3 Shrines: 2 Kuji-kiri (Naoe Exclusive): 5 […]

Before the Fall is the 62nd main quest in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. It can be done earlier but will be mandatory at this point to advance the story, in order to complete Naoe’s storyline. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Before the Fall main mission. Questboard Category: Naoe > Naoe’s Journey Quest Giver: Naoe Requirement: Becomes available during Act 1. In Act […]

The Lord’s Favor is the 1st main quest in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the The Lord’s Favor main mission. When first starting the game you will be booted into the new Animus Hub. From the Memories section select Assassin’s Creed Shadows to start a new game. New Game Settings: If you’re going for trophies/achievements it’s recommended […]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has a huge World Map. This page reveals the full in-game map in high resolution. The total map size of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is 123.5km² (13km height x 9.5km width). It’s mostly landmass. This size is similar to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s 120km² England Map. Unlike most other Assassin’s Creed games the map doesn’t automatically unfog […]

In Assassin’s Creed Shadows you can play as two characters: Naoe the female Assassin, or Yasuke the male Samurai. First, you must finish Act 1 of the story to unlock Yasuke as a playable character. Plan in around 6 hours for this if focusing on only the story. After this you can switch characters in […]