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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Achievements Guide

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This guide will show you how to unlock and completer all 55 normal and hidden Achievements (Trophies) in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

List of all Achievements / Trophies

Below is the full list of Achievements, also known as Trophies for the Assassin’s Creed Shadows base game.

Some of the achievements are explained in individual guides that will help you unlock them while completing all of the required objectives and steps. Others are explained in the next segment below this list.

Click on a link in the list below to see the details for this achievement. link on the Achievement’s name will take you to a section further down in this guide with more info and instructions. Link on a phrase from the right column will take you to a dedicated guide we have for this achievement.

IconAchievementRequirements
ProloguePrologueComplete the Prologue
A New League RisesA New League RisesComplete Act 1 of the main story
An Oath FulfilledAn Oath FulfilledComplete Act 2 of the main story
Fall of the ShinbakufuFall of the ShinbakufuComplete Act 3 of the main story
EpilogueEpilogueComplete the Epilogue
Death BlossomDeath BlossomDefeat all Shinbakufu
The ThiefThe ThiefMeet Gennojo
The Toxin MasterThe Toxin MasterMeet Oni-yuri
The Eager AssassinThe Eager AssassinMeet Yagoro
The RoninThe RoninMeet Ibuki
The Warrior MonkThe Warrior MonkMeet Yaya
The SharpshooterThe SharpshooterMeet Katsuhime
Build Your LeagueBuild Your LeagueRecruit your first ally
Front of the PackFront of the PackFully train an ally
Art of NinjutsuArt of NinjutsuMaster the way of the shinobi
Art of KenjutsuArt of KenjutsuMaster the way of the samurai
Make it PersonalMake it PersonalEngrave your first weapon
Better than a BucketBetter than a BucketEquip legendary gear in all slots
LimitlessLimitlessFind a legendary piece of gear of each type
In Case of TroubleIn Case of TroubleFully upgrade your tools and ammunition
Suture SelfSuture SelfFully upgrade your rations
SometimesSometimesPerform a landing roll
Reeding is FundamentalReeding is FundamentalEscape conflict by using a breathing reed to hide in shallow water
Just Your ShadowJust Your ShadowDistract the same enemy 3 times with shinobi bells
Hook, Line and SwingerHook, Line and SwingerStay airborne by swinging from one grappling hook point to another
AcrobaticsAcrobaticsPerform a leap of faith from a grappling hook swing
Leap of FailLeap of FailPerform a leap of faith as Yasuke
Adept ShinobiAdept ShinobiPerform your first assassination
Master ShinobiMaster ShinobiAssassinate an enemy through a shoji door
UnseenUnseenPerform 5 assassinations in a row without being noticed or entering combat
Giant SlayerGiant SlayerAssassinate a powerful guardian in one go
Adept SamuraiAdept SamuraiPerform your first Finisher as Yasuke
Master SamuraiMaster SamuraiParry an incoming projectile
UnstoppableUnstoppableUse Samurai Stand before performing a Finisher on an enemy
This is Japan, ActuallyThis is Japan, ActuallyKick an enemy from a high place
Overdesign IIIOverdesign IIIPerform a Finisher on an enemy that is both Poisoned and Dazed
Final HearingFinal HearingSheath your weapon immediately after an enemy dies from Bleed
AdventurerAdventurerShoot an enemy in the knee with an arrow
Mortal ReminderMortal ReminderComplete an Objective Board
Test Your MightTest Your MightDefeat the final enemy in the tournament
Kofun RaiderKofun RaiderComplete your first kofun
Good FormGood FormComplete your first kata
Zen MasterZen MasterComplete all Kuji-kiri
A Rare OccurrenceA Rare OccurrenceComplete all legendary sumi-e
CollectorCollectorComplete a collection
Sole SanctumSole SanctumUnlock the Hideout
Chase the MorningChase the MorningAdd a sumi-e to the Hideout
Against Wood and StoneAgainst Wood and StoneFully upgrade a building in the Hideout
Everybody Benefits!Everybody Benefits!Adopt a pet
Happy PlaceHappy PlaceReach the highest point on the map
PathfinderPathfinderVisit every province on the map
Scouting MissionScouting MissionGather information using a scout
Would You Kindly?Would You Kindly?Complete a contract in each province
Made You look!Made You look!Look for treasure behind the waterfall in the Hideout
Critical Hit Achievement IconCritical HitComplete the Seta River Killers

Achievement Walkthroughs

This segment will give you detailed instructions how to unlock all of the trickier achievements to 100% the game.

Art of Ninjutsu Art of Kenjutsu In Case of Trouble All Mastery Path Achievements

There are three achievements requiring you to fully unlock a specific Mastery path – two for Naoe and one for Yasuke.

To do this, you have to unlock Mastery Rank 6 by earning Knowledge Points. Then you invest Mastery Points into every ability, passive and upgrade on that Mastery path.

You can reset your Mastery Points at any time free of charge. There is almost never need for you to go our of your way to farm Mastery Points.

Some slots require you to progress further into the story. Be sure to complete all quests that are part of Naoe’s or Yasuke’s personal story board as well as The Shinbakufu storyline.

Here is the list of all achievements related to Mastery paths

  • Art of Ninjutsu – Naoe’s Shinobi Mastery Path
  • Art of Kenjutsu – Yasuke’s Samurai Mastery Path
  • In Case of Trouble – Naoe’s Tools Mastery Path

Make it Personal

To earn this achievement, you have to engrave a weapon. To do that, you have to first build the Forge in the Hideout and upgrade it to Tier 2. To be clear, you don’t need to engrave the first weapon you get in the game. Any weapon would do.

Better than a Bucket

There are five slots for gear in your inventory. You have to find at least one legendary item for each slot and equip it. This is not too hard and is achievable already in the first region, Izumi Settsu. We have complete catalogs to all Legendary Weapons, all legendary Armors and all legendary Trinkets and Amulets.

Inventory screen with all gear slots equipped with Legendary Items
Obtaining a Legendary mount is not a requirement for the “Better than a Bucket” achievement.

Below is an example list with Legendary items for Naoe you can pick up early in the game from the first two open regions -Izumi Settsu and Yamashiro.

IconItemLocation
Yurei-Walker-Hood-IconYurei-Walker HoodYamazaki Castle, Yamashiro
Tools Master Gear IconTools Master GearKatano Castle, Izumi Settsu
Bloodshade IconBloodshadeBoat west of Osaka, Izumi Settsu
Deathbloom IconDeathbloomSarumaru Shrine, Yamashiro
Amaterasu's Blessing IconAmaterasu’s BlessingOld Kofun, Izumi Settsu

Limitless Limitless

You can use our Legendary Gear catalogs to find every single Legendary gear item in the game. Here is a list for each type, if you are just after this achievement:

Sometimes Sometimes

To be able to unlock this achievement, you will need to first unlock the Igan Rll passive perk from Naoe’s Shinobi Mastery. I highly recommend you unlock Ninja Fall as well. This will allow you to roll right before you land from any height and significantly lower the number of injuries and desynchronizations you will experience with Naoe.

Naoe Shinobi Mastyery - Igan Roll and Ninja Fall

You can only get this achievement with Naoe. Yasuke is not very good at falls and even worse at landings. In fact, you will get the achievement “Leap of Fail” the first time you try to make a leap of fate with Yasuke. His comments after each failed landing continue to be fun even after hundreds of jumps.

Reeding is Fundamental Reeding is Fundamental

To unlock the Reeding is Fundamental achievement, you need to get the passive perk “Shallow Water Breathing” from Naoe’s Shinobi Mastery Path.

Shallow Water Breathing Passive

Find some enemies near a shallow water pool, attack them, run away and prone into the water. This only works in shallow basins, not in rivers or the ocean.

Just Your Shadow Just Your Shadow

To distract the same enemy 3 times with shinobi bells, you first need to acquire this tool. The Shinobi Bell is available in Naoe’s Tools Mastery Path, at Rank 2.

Shinobi Bell Tools Mastery Path

This achievement was a bit buggy at the time of this publication. It is expected to be fixed with a patch in the beginning of April. The bug was that due to proximity issues, the bell distractions were not always acknowledged as such. The NPCs were ALWAYS going for the bell, so there were no gameplay-related issues, but the actions didn’t always register for the achievement.

Just Your Shadow Achievement AC Shadows

Hook, Line and Swinger Hook, Line and Swinger

You have to grapple from one hook to another without falling on the ground. This is easily achievable on the Hidden Trails as well as in some of the Kofun you will explore.

There is a double-grapple-hook segment in the Old Kofun, which is likely the first Kofun you will stumble on and explore.

Acrobatics Acrobatics

This one is very easy to do and the Old Kofun is a perfect location to achieve it. Same double-hook spot that I described in the previous segment. While swinging, you can just jump in the middle and Naoe will perform a leap of faith automatically.

Master Shinobi Master Shinobi

To perform an assassination through a shoji door. Every paper interior or exterior doors of every house and building works for that.

Shoji Door Assassination - Assassin Mastery

To be able to perform this assassination, you need to first unlock the passive perk “for it from the “Shoji Door Assassination” from the Assassin Mastery Path. Only Naoe can learn this trick.

Giant Slayer Giant Slayer

Guardians are among the most powerful and tankiest enemies you will encounter in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. They spawn when you put a region on alert and become Wanted. You will encounter many of them in Castles.

To assassinate a powerful guardian in one go, you can activate the “Guaranteed Assassination” setting from the Difficulty Tuning tab in the menu. You can only tweak this out of combat.

A better and more natural way to achieve a single-hit assassination is to max out the Assassin Mastery and use Engravings to increase Health Chunks removed on Assassination.

Here are two builds for Naoe to help you with that:

  • Mid Game: Assassination Damage I and II from the Assassin Tree, Apprentice Assassin Hood with Legendary Engraving: +2 Health Segments removed on Assassinations in shadows (gained from Yurei-Walker Hood)
  • Late Game: Assassination Damage I, II, and III. Master Assassin Gear. Assassination Damage III can be substituted with the previous ingraving for +2 in Shadows.
Assassin Mastery Upgrades

Yasuke’s situation is similar in terms of equipment. He too can perform Assassinations, but his version is Brutal and he can only do it once before everyone around is alerted.

Yasuke’s Brutal Assassination passive from the Samurai Mastery Path allows him to remove 3 Health Chunks. You can upgrade it to remove 4 additional Health Chunks, which is more than enough for the task.

Yaqsuke Brutal Assassination Samurai Mastery

Unstoppable Unstoppable

To unlock the Samurai Stand ability from the Samurai Mastery Path you need to complete the “Nobotsuna’s Students” quest. Th ability is on the third row, so you will also need enough Knowledge Points to unlock Mastery Tier 3.

Samurai Stand ability from Samurai Mastery Path

This is Japan, Actually This is Japan, Actually

One of the funniest achievements in the game requires you to use the Tier 1 ability War Kick from the Samurai Mastery Path. You have to kick an opponent from a cliff.

You can do this at any Viewpoint with hostile NPCs at the bottom of the tree, like the Sewara Inari Shrine Viewpoint over in northeastern Kii.

Sewara Inari Shrine Map

Overdesign III Overdesign III

For this one, you have to kill with a Finisher an enemy that is both Poisoned and Dazed at the same time. You can achieve it easily with Naoe. Use any weapons that has Poison Buildup and Daze Buildup.

You don’t need a special build for that. Doing it on a large enemy would be easier as you will have more time to land more hits to build up the afflictions.

You need to perform the Finisher while both afflictions are ticking, not while any of them is building up. The Daze meter is an orange circle and the Poison is purple.

Final Hearing Final Hearing

Similar top Overdesign III, for this achievement you will need a weapon with Bleed Buildup bonus. You have to build up the Bleed and wait for its ticks to take out the opponent. Then immediately hold the button to sheath your weapon. Yasuke has many Long Katanas that add Bleed and can do the job.

Adventurer Adventurer

To shoot an enemy in the knee with an arrow, you will need Yasuke and a bow. Any bow and any arrow would do.

Mortal Reminder Mortal Reminder

You are first introduced to the Objective Board shortly after the linear tutorial in the beginning of the game. The Objectives Board contains many circles with NPCs, some friendly quest givers, others – targets for assassination. Complete any of them to earn this achievement.

Objectives Board

Test Your Might Test Your Might

To get the achievement, you have to unlock and complete The Tournament quest. TO start the quest, talk to Gyoji, who will appear right outside the Hideout.

For him to appear and give you the quest for The Tournament, you need to progress enough into The Shinbakufu order.

We need to test it more, but so far it seems that The Tournament quest becomes available after you assassinate seven of the order’s members.

Chase the Morning Chase the Morning

To add a sumi-e to the Hideout, you will need the Study building or any of the additional Small, Medium and Large Rooms you can purchase from merchants. You also need at least one sumi-e drawing.

Go to the Hideout, activate the “Improve the Hideout mode” and select the Study building (or any of the other buildings that allow Wall Station customizations) to customize it. In the Customize menu, navigate to Stations and select Wall Station. Then choose a sumi-e from the list of available drawings.

Everybody Benefits Everybody Benefits

To adopt a pet, find and interact with one. There are plenty of dogs and cats (and other creatures!) available in the world.

Happy Place Happy Place

The highest point on the map is Mount Hakkyo. This is a Viewpoint located in the southeastern corner of Yamato, on the border with Kii. The Viewpoint is east of Nyoirinji Temple, in the Yoshino sub-region.

Pathfinder Pathfinder

There are nine provinces, or as we call them, regions, in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. They all open up for free exploration after you complete the linear heavy story-driven tutorial.

Each region has a minimum recommended level. If you engage in combat with an enemy who is a higher level than you by 3 or more, the game will soft cap your attacks.

You will be barely scratching the opponent, while they will one-shot you. This is a level-related mechanic, not a matter of gear.

Here is the list of all nine regions with their recommended levels:

RegionLevel
Izumi Settsu1
Yamashiro10
Omi18
Harima23
Iga23
Wakasa29
Yamato29
Tamba35
Kii35

Would You Kindly Would You Kindly?

Completing Contracts is one of the best methods of obtaining crafting and Hideout resources. After you unlock a Kakurega in a region, you can pick up to three contracts per season when you visit the safehouse.

Browsing Contracts in a Kakurega

These contracts are local, within the region where the kakurega is located. You can pick up contracts from different kakuregas all around the map. You need to complete at least one contract in each one of the nine regions to unlock the Would You Kindly? achievement.

Made You look! Made You Look!

Another funny achievement is Made You Look! To earn it, you have to go inside the small cave behind the waterfall in the Hideout. The waterfall is in the northeast corner of the area, where the Kuji-kiri spot is.

Secret cave behind the waterfall in the Hideout

While there is no treasure in this cave, in a few other occasions there would be treasures behind waterfalls, so keep checking.

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Alex "Vulkk" is the founder and editor-in-chief of VULKK.com. His deep passion for video games and love for all things Star Wars shine through the news and comprehensive guides featured on the site.
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