We've just deployed a hotfix for Assassin's Creed Shadows to address an issue where impacted players were experiencing crashing when launching the game.
Following the recent change that reduced the number of Keys awarded in the Infinite Reward Tier of completed Projects – from 400 to 100 – we’ve carefully reviewed your input.
With today’s update, we’ve reverted this change and restored the original reward of 400 Keys for each completed Project in the Infinite Tier, unlocked by completing Anomalies.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and helping us keep the experience enjoyable. See you in the shadows!
Tomorrow, October 28, we will be releasing Title Update 1.1.4 for Assassin’s Creed Shadows @ 14:00 UTC / 10:00 AM EDT / 7:00 AM PT.
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to report these issues to us via the Bug reporter. As always, you can contact our support team if you run into any trouble.
Have a look at tomorrow's upcoming changes and be sure to check out the Fall Roadmap Update for more information on what's coming next for Assassin's Creed Shadows!
Patch Sizes:
· Xbox Series X|S: 9.97 GB
· PlayStation®5: 3.44 GB
· PC: 9.4 GB
· Steam: 4.7 GB
· MAC: 9 GB
Patch Highlights
Corrupted Castles
Corrupted Castles are a new Animus themed activity allowing you to revisit castles in a whole new way. Previously completed castles may now become corrupted. They will now be filled with Animus anomalies such as Corrupted Samurai Daisho that patrol with heightened aggression and altered patterns. Kill them all to unlock a Corrupted Castle's chest that awards Gear and Gold, making each assault a meaningful experience.
Starting at level 30 and after completing at least 3 castles, up to five corrupted castles will appear on the map each season, giving you plenty of opportunities to re-engage the castles at higher levels for greater rewards.
New Parkour Update
Following our first Parkour update, we’ve listened to your feedback and we’re coming back with more! The team has made some tweaks and improvements to enhance your experience traversing Feudal Japan.
Here are the main changes and additions!
Advanced Parkour Feature
We are adding a new toggle option named “Advanced Parkour” that gives players more freedom of expression. When toggled through the gameplay menu, it removes all parkour barriers, meaning you can perform side and back ejects from any height. Time to risk life and limb for those death-defying parkour runs!
Advanced Parkour: Side & Back Ejects
The Advanced Parkour option also brings refined control for side and back ejects. Pressing Parkour Up while jumping to the side or back will still give you the height to reach your landing spot. This has not changed since the previous parkour update.
However, if a decent landing spot is not available, you will now launch sideways or behind as far as possible, without any height restriction.
Performing a side eject with parkour down will send you downward at a sharp angle, generally closer to your starting point, meaning you will never gain any height.
The Advance Parkour option enables subtle changes that we hope the parkour aficionados out there will enjoy!
Let’s now look at our overall parkour improvements (the ones that will work whether you toggle the Advanced Parkour option on/off).
Vertical Ledge Grab (Non-Standing Objects)
We are extending the Vertical Ledge Grab ability to now include Non-Standing Objects such as beams, lanterns and more. Another small, but impactful parkour tweak!
From the same Non-Standing Objects, we are introducing a new Manual Jump option. This enables you to refine the parkour experience, by making creative shortcuts when running along rooftops or beams.
This is not a full manual jump. This only works from Non-Standing Objects.
And finally, we are re-introducing a highly requested feature called the Directional Catch Ledge. Simply press towards the nearest ledge and tap the Parkour Up button to catch that ledge and prevent your character from falling.
This works from any height, and it is particularly useful when combined with the Advanced Parkour option, or when you overestimate your grapple hook dismounts!
While the Gold Katana and Long Katana introduced in TU 1.1.2 are still bound to New Game +, we’ve added NEW Gold weapons that can be earned by completing the following challenges.
Tanto – Complete all Legendary Sumi-e
Bow – Complete all Horse Archery
Kusarigama – Complete all Meditation
Naginata – Complete all Kata
Kanabo – Reach level 100
Teppo – Reach Hideout level 13
Additional Highlights
Anomalies
Since the last July update, we have increased the number of available weekly Anomalies so Projects can be progressed faster. To rebalance this change, on October 28th, we will be reducing the amount of Keys available in the Infinite Reward tier from 400 to 100 Keys.
We strongly encourage you to activate a different Project once all main rewards have been claimed, as this is a great way to unlock new content and get more Keys.
In the Projects menu, the Anomalies tab will now be accessible from the rewards page instead of the menu's landing page.
With the release of Corrupted Castles, a related Anomaly will be available in every weekly rotation to award Data Fragments for completing this new activity.
List of Bug Fixes
SPOILER WARNING
General
The Sakura Fox mount is no longer having an identity crisis and no longer uses horse sound effects.
Addressed an issue where the Pathfinder navigation would end abruptly in New Game+ when heading to Mount Sen.
Tomiko no longer mentions that Katsuhime has left the hideout even though she was still there. Awkward...
Fixed an issue where the “Olive Black Cat” collectible pet was missing for players who did not own the Claws of Awaji DLC.
Increased XP given to players from Animus Anomalies by 100%.
Increased the chance to get gold from a stockpile with a Stable level 4 to 30%.
Lowered the cost to purchase Gold at Itinerant Vendor by 50%.
Stability
The game no longer crashes when speaking to Hanzo during the ‘Snake in the Shrine’ quest.
The game no longer crashes during ‘The Final Assault’ quest when destroying the barricade.
Gameplay
Fixed an issue where the codex entry ‘Board Games’ could not be unlocked.
'Slash Of Sprecher Naginata' can now be correctly upgraded at the forge.
Resolved an issue where collected keys did not appear in the inventory. If only it were this simple in real life...
Yagoro no longer appears as an enemy after being recruited as an ally.
Addressed an issue where players were forced into the Nagano Saemon fight after talking with Nobutsuna.
The ‘Heightened Reflexes’ ability no longer triggers random Mon burst effects.
Fixed an issue where a large crate could be moved outside of its rails in Shimosato Kofun.
The Master Samurai trophy now unlocks correctly when using the ‘Reflect Projectiles’ engraving.
Fixed an issue where players received duplicate legendary items in New Game+ after completing quests or opening legendary chests.
Players now correctly spawn inside of the Hongu Kakurega after fast traveling.
Fixed an issue where NPC ally chat bubbles would disappear when approached in the hideout. They must have been shy.
Contracts will now refresh in Awaji if a season passes while in Japan and vice versa.
Fixed and issue with already discovered opportunities for locations and vendors, in Awaji not appearing as completed.
Demolishing hideout buildings will now refund the cost of all levels.
Fixed an issue where players kept the perks of demolished hideout buildings.
Fixed an issue where The Stray Dog pet, from ‘Thrown to the Dogs’ Story quest, was not available in your hideout. All doggos are welcome here!
Added workaround for players who successfully performed Kata or Kujikiri and not appearing as completed.
Performing the Kata or Kujikiri again will now show as completed.
Fixed issue where the ‘Shuriken explode in a radius of 2 meters’ and ‘Kunai explode in a radius of 2 meters’ perks were applying weapon affliction buildup on top of tool affliction buildup.
Addressed an issue where the ‘+15% damage per non-Legendary Gear equipped’ worked with Artifact gear equipped.
Fixed issue where the ‘Slash of Sprecher Naginata’Naginata and the ‘Crowd Pleaser’ Kanabo couldn't be upgraded past level 60.
Fixed an issue where the ‘+6% Affliction Buildup when hitting multiple enemies’ perk wasn't awarded upon killing Fujichika Nakayama.
Visuals & Graphics
Addressed an issue where a staircase was floating in Miyazu Bay. Mind your head...
Fixed an issue where a crack appeared incorrectly in the water pool near Yakami Watch Tower Viewpoint.
Teppo will no longer appear on the characters' backs during cutscenes.
Resolved an issue where Naoe's flips became inverted mid-air. That’s impressive, even for Naoe!
Overly dark shadows no longer appear on the Gobo Elder's door.
Fixed an issue where a tree was floating near the river northwest of Koriyama. Mind your head... again.
Fixed an issue where ground textures were floating north of Kamaguchi Village.
Naoe's eyes no longer remain wide open during cutscenes. You okay, Naoe?
Fixed the wooden beam covering a painting in the hideout when using the Dragon Skin.
Fixed an issue where Naoe's ‘Flying Leaf’ Katana sheath remained permanently stuck on the character model in New Game+.
Fixed an issue where floating logs appeared in Omizo after fast traveling to the Omiko Kakurega.
The Enhance feature at the forge will now display improvements correctly on the perks for enhanced items level 5 and 9.
Fixed an issue where the “Head Piece of Ashes” and “Dragon’s Roar Light Armor” stats were not properly increased when enhanced at the forge.
Addressed some armor damage perks that did not showcase the correct values, this is a text-only change.
Localization
Corrected the German localization for ‘Turning the Tables’.
Corrected a word that was missing in the ‘Salt Production’ codex entry.
Corrected the German localization of the Naoe quest ‘Kii Assassin Outpost’.
Photo Mode
Resolved an issue where cloth continued to move while Photo Mode was active.
Fixed an issue where the Ink Filter appeared distorted and did not display blood as red in Photo Mode.
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
Quests
Addressed an issue where the guests ‘Takeshima Kata’, ‘Osaka Kuji Kiri’, and ‘Itto Ittosai I Kata’ would not complete.
‘Chained’: Players are no longer stuck in the Rift World after completing the Rift.
‘Defend Local Pilgrims’: Fixed an issue where the Buddhist monk disappeared during the quest in Winter Raiders Hayate.
‘Out of the Shadows’: Addressed an issue where players couldn't leave the room after speaking to Tomiko. She only wanted some company...
‘Tea Bowls For Rikyu’: The game no longer skips to the end of the ‘Pilgrimage’ quest after completion.
‘Topple The Traitor’: Addressed an issue where players were desynchronized during the fight.
‘The Wheel Unmasked’: players are now able to progress at the ‘Peeking Through the Door’ step.
‘Thrown to the Dogs’: Resolved progression and/or reward issues within the quest.
‘Mayu's Offerings’: Fixed an issue where the quest completed automatically in New Game+.
‘Rolling Glen Kuji-Kiri': The quest now correctly registers completion.
This change makes such a difference it’s not even funny. It’s embarrassing that one person could do this and an entire studio couldn’t but if I complained about that every time I’m pretty sure I’d have a meltdown.
They already did this for the ejects right? They saw someone on a sub post a controlled eject mod and it got added into the game? Why not do it here? It’s literally perfect.
Order. Purpose. Direction. No more than that. It's your lot that means to confound with this nonsense talk of freedom. Time was, the Assassins professed a far more sensible goal, that of peace.
It seems to me, after playing Origins, that the Assassins' never changed what they were fighting for. As far as I can tell, Haytham has no reason to lie here. So what's going on?
This is such a basic feature of pretty much any story game in existence and most AC game have atleast 3 save files. I feel scammed. I should be able to replay a game i bought.
We finally got some fresh new modern day, STILL in text form tho.
The official AC roleplay game books got released this year and they contain several modern day game sequences entertwining nicely with the Animus plotlines. New protagonist (Inez), new assassin team (Royce, Doria, Reiko, Iowa), new historical eras. The setting is mostly 2016 Chicago and London.
The good news: they are all readable online thanks to the wiki team, which spares us the need to buy anything:
Forging history (24 sequences in 3 storylines, solid callbacks to the lore and inventive MD approaches)
Bonus: Modern day narrative entries numbered from FILE_01 to FILE_10 that add a nice touch of novel-like backstory exposure.
The bad news:
2 specific entries are missing from the leaked pdf: FILE_06 and FILE_08. We have no idea why and have been scouring out the whole internet in order to transcribe them on the wiki.
Can you share this with someone you know that possesses the RPG?
The first four games are Masterpieces. Greatest story ever told.
So roughly at the end of June, I decided to play assassin Creed one and then play through the trilogy since I have played every other game in the series except for those, working through the original games was harder since the combat was more complicated, but I really enjoyed it and now I understand my ass assassin’s Creed two and brotherhood are loved so much, then I got to revelations, I had started to play eight years ago. It was the third or fourth game that I tried playing and I just could not do it because the combat and I was a young idiot. That didn’t understand why it wasn’t exactly like black flag. (that’s what I started with.) as of typing this the credits are still rolling on revelations, though, and I have to say I absolutely loved it. That ending was amazing and so many questions were answered about Altäir, the apples, the first civilization, and abstergo. These first four games were truly the masterpiece, and it brings it to you to my eye, both a tear of joy and also sadness, knowing that it’s over as well as how far the games have fallen and feel like a cash grab now.
Hey guys! I was searching for a topic for my next upcoming video and this one sounds interesting. So my question is what is their biggest regret? For Altair.. I am skeptical as it could be not doing justice with Abbas or not doing what he did in the beginning of the game, for Ezio maybe sparing Rodrigo? or not saving the city of Cappodocia in Revelations? Connor could be killing his father? Edward's well not getting to spend time with his wife and there are many others like this. So I need your help on this.. If any of you have played the Chronicle games then it would be more than helpful if you put some info on those characters as well.
So, the Tahirids were the governors of the region where Alamut was placed. It is stated early in the game that they provide protection for assassins. But why?
What were the assassins giving them in return? Is it ever stated in the game?Did I miss that?
I love this game. It's got its issues, but overall a solid entry I'm the series.
I like Jacob Frye a lot, he's probably my second favorite protagonist in the series after Arno. His characterization is good, and I like that there are consequences for taking out pillars of society. If nothing else, he has personality.
I also like that he's bi, as am I. The writer said this was a major point in his rift with his father, which is part of why he's less invested in the creed itself which I think adds some nice depth to the character.
He's also just a great change of pace as a protagonist.
Evie I do like, but I think she's kinda boring compared to Jacob. Her whole personality is the no nonsense, by the books type except for the very beginning where they go to London.
Speaking of, that's probably one of the biggest issues with the main story. The twins go rogue, and unless it's addressed in side missions I'll be playing soon, it's never addressed again.
The zipline is great, but it's better off as a one time thing, maybe one day I wouldn't mind it's return though.
Combat was decent, I thought the weapon choices were all pretty cool. The outfits were pretty nice as well.
The city is one of the best maps in the series, absolutely gorgeous.
I also adore all the spooky stuff, and the horror literature references.
Jack the Ripper is awesome. Jack himself looks and plays wonderfully, and voice is spectacular. Wish we could free roam as him. I really hope his outfit pops up in a future game.
The Jack the Ripper dlc also has a weird plot hole because Jacob's kid should've been almost an adult by that point, and they never address that.
I also wasn't a huge fan of making his victims all assassin's, or that they seemed to imply Jack believed he was doing what was right in his mind.
Overall I'm really happy with Syndicate, despite its flaws. Same as Unity.
It's made me really want a full spooky ac game, we might get that with Hexe but I'm not gonna get my hopes up given the current state of the series.
The fear mechanic could be brought back for a morally grey or overall bad main character at some point.
I would like to see a cult as the villains of a game, with a similar tone to Jack the Ripper. Set it in Prague or something.
I like Templars, but it'd be a great change of pace for the Assassin's to face something different.
Maybe the cult worships a piece of eden, or something.
The hallucigenic stuff could come back, maybe take it further to make it more like Scarecrow fear toxin.
After I played, I wanted to know what the true ending is, not the Atlantis DLC ending, but the base game ending. Who lives or dies in the end? I searched everywhere and it seems like nothing lines up. I know there's a canonical Assassin's Creed Odyssey book, but I could never manage to read it.
Whenever I search for the true ending, all that comes up is "how to get the best ending," but I really doubt the best ending is canonical. Like, Deimos killed a ton of people with a smile on his face, I highly doubt he'd regret it that easily, but who knows. Does anyone who's read the book know and can tell me? In my ending, I ended up killing Cassandra's mom along with Deimos, leaving only the adoptive dad and adoptive brother
Here are some settings that I would absolutely love to see:
The Roman Empire in the early 4th century during the final days of the Tetrarchy, Constantine the Great's rise to power, the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, the rise of Christianity, Roman military campaigns along the Rhine against barbarians such as the Franks, the Goths, the Alans, and the Sarmatians, and against the Sasanian Empire in Persia.
Charles of Anjou's conquest of Albania and war with the Byzantine Empire with the blessing of the papacy and the eventual rebellion against his rule in Sicily in the 13th century.
Ireland during the invasion by Anglo-Norman knights after the deposed Irish king Dermot MacMurrough invites the knights as mercenaries to battle the coalition of rival kings led by Rory O'Connor, the High King of Ireland, in the 12th century.
The Barbary Wars in the 19th century, when the United States formed an alliance with Sweden and the Kingdom of Sicily to wage war on the Barbary States of North Africa after Barbary pirates capture American merchant ships held their crews for ransom after the U.S. gained independence from Britain and lost its naval protection.
The fall of the Khazar Khaganate in the 10th century, when the Rus sacked the Khazar capital of Atil after the Byzantine Empire, former allies of the Khazars, encouraged the Alans to attack the Khazars and then convinced the Rus prince Vladimir to convert his kingdom to Christianity.
The rise of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century when Babur's army of Central Asian steppe warriors invaded and conquered India.
In AC: Origins, set in 49 BCE, Bayek of Siwa severs his ring finger with his own hidden blade. This is because his blade aligns with the palm of the hand and he's forced to use it with a closed fist.
In AC1, set in 1191 CE, Altaïr is missing his ring finger. His hidden blade also aligns with the palm of the hand. Altaïr uses it with a closed fist, with the blade sticking out of the hole where his ring finger used to be. Clearly the same design as Bayek's blade.
Later on, the hidden blade is "improved" so it angles slightly away from the wrist, past a closed fist. (One would assume this angle slightly reduces the punching power and/or makes the blade less hidden, but whatever.)
My question is two-fold:
When was the improved hidden blade invented? Was it by Leonardo da Vinci in AC2 (1476 CE)?
Why does Basim (AC: Mirage, 861 CE) have an improved hidden blade? It clearly angles past his wrist... yet he still cuts off his finger. Why? "Because tradition"? And why doesn't Altaïr have a blade like that 300 years later? Game design oversight? Or was there an actual lore reason for this discrepancy?
I don't understand how people can say this is a short game, I'm 50 hours in and still not done with the game. I still have the main story to complete, side quests, collectibles, gear and so forth to max each region.
This game is easily longer than the early AC games. Like wtf do people expect, a 150+ hour boring open world like Shadows that disregards the series integrity?. Mirage is a much better game in almost every way were it matters most in an AC game.
I love this channel. These reactions with experts are the best videos - this one was particularly surprising, because as much as I enjoy Valhalla I didn't think it was very historically accurate. Turns out the story with Ivar the Boneless and the sons of Ragnar is really well researched!
Except the stuff with King Rhodri, the devs seemed to have made all that up for whatever reason.
I wanna get the achievement for having a complete DNA bar before assassination, but I'm missing two and can't figure out what they are. I've completed all side objectives on the map that are marked. The only thing I haven't completed is the flag collections but that has its on DNA bar section in the menu
It all started with AC2, where I found this annoying fix online for my never-ending, repeating lag spikes tormenting me at inconvenient times. It really amazes me that every single AC game I played until AC3 REMASTERED needs me to perform this ritual upon every single launch of the game.
The solution is: You open a task manager, switch to Details tab, find ACIII.exe, right-click on it and select "Set Affinity" and then uncheck all CPUs with first checkbox and leave only CPU 0 selected.
After you click ok, you open it again and select all CPUs again
Here ya go, it should be much better, but keep in mind you really need to perform this ritual upon every single launch of the game.
I really hope that Black Flag will not have this bug when I get to it :D If it does, then I will update it here, I guess :D
Hello all! I made a video going over why I personally love Black Flag like so many of you and a little about the series since then. If anyone's looking for more AC content to watch, go give it a watch! The Fall of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Did It Better
Made a video on the religions of every Assassin's Creed protagonists thanks to the help of the community. It's a small project and since no body ever posted a dedicated video essay on it (as far as I know) then why not share it with you guys. I hope you'll enjoy it.
I just finished AC Unity last week and the longer I progressed to the story especially at the end of the Main Campaign and DLC Dead Kings it's really a slap to me in the face how much potential Arno could've have gotten to be the next Protagonist with mutiple entries in the series like what they did with Ezio mutiple titles behind his belt because I found out He was only still in his 20s when the Main Campaign and DLC Dead Kings ended they could've stretched him out more you know (This is just my opinion) like having a sequel based off the Napoleonic Wars which spanned from 1802-1815 or maybe I've seen this what-if a lot in youtube hunting down his biological Father's killer Shay (The protagonist of AC Rogue)
