Assassin’s Creed Shadows Update 1.1.6 Changes Overview

This Assassin’s Creed Shadows update brings a new quest, quality of life changes, and a surprising collaboration with Attack on Titan.

Update Size and Availability

Update 1.1.6 for Assassin’s Creed Shadows released on Tuesday, November 2025. Its size varies on each platform where the game is available:

• Xbox Series X|S: 14.7 GB
• PlayStation®5: 4.5 GB
• PC: 11.17 GB
• Steam: 4.4 GB
• MAC: 9 GB

New Story Quest: A Puzzlement

“A Puzzlement” is a new and humorous quest that allows Naoe to learn how to perform her own version of Yasuke’s war kick ability, while Yasuke learns how to dispatch enemies stealthily in a non-brutal (and lethal) way.

A Puzzlement introduces a new and complex environmental puzzle for players to discover and solve. You can also put to the test who would win in a friendly duel, Naoe or Yasuke.

In order to unlock A Puzzlement, you must unlock Yasuke as a playable character and defeat two of the Shinbakufu.

Corrupted Castles Improvements

This change only mentions that the chances of encountering the same castles from the previous have been reduced, and the available castles each season will now provide a better distribution of Daisho per castle.

To test this out, I completed seven castles of different sizes spread over two seasons. The Corrupted Daisho were indeed well distributed all over the area, though I couldn’t feel any difference between these and the regular Samurai Daisho.

I also got two repeated castles from the previous season, which confirms that it can still happen. However, this is something that you won’t notice unless you do them very consistently.

As far as “improvements”, that’s it for corrupted castles. Sadly, the Corrupted Daisho are still as strong (or weak) as the Samurai Daisho. Neither the difficulty nor the attacks have changed at all, and the rewards remain the same.

Attack on Titan Collaboration

This unexpected collaboration brings a quest worthy of the Survey Corps to Yasuke and Naoe. Someone is attempting to use a Titan-Shifter to destroy feudal Japan. Your job is to prevent this from happening.

The Attack on Titan Collaboration quest let you find customization items for your hideout. Also, after completing the quest, you will receive a crystal katana for Naoe.

Please note that this is a time-limited quest which will be live until December 22nd. All you have to do to access it is unlock Yasuke as a playable character.

There is also a new Attack on Titan Dual Pack, which comes with outfits, weapons, trinkets, and a new mount. This pack costs $20 and can be purchased directly from the in-game store.

Spoiler Warning

The quest is fun and has some iconic elements that any fan of AOT will appreciate. However, the fact that you can’t fight the titan in any way is very disappointing.

I was really hoping for something that came close to what happens in the anime. This is not an awful collaboration, but it definitely could have been a lot better.

New “Invisible” bug

I encountered a new bug that turns Yasuke “invisible” to the enemies. I could walk right in front of them and even assassinate other NPCs in front of them, as they would not react at all. After killing around 8 enemies without getting detected, I went to a different area and repeated the process.

What’s strange is that this didn’t apply to all NPCs, as the servants who are usually wandering the castles were able to spot me and immediately reported me to the guards. However, these guards reacted the same way as my previous victims.

It’s important to point out that this only worked while I used assassination as my killing choice. The moment I hit a regular strike with Yasuke’s Katana, all enemies immediately went after me.

I tried to replicate this bug, but so far I have (thankfully) not been able to do so. This isn’t the first bug of this type, as I already encountered an invincible bug on both myself and an enemy.