Ubisoft has rolled out Title Update 1.1.1 for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, introducing a major new expansion, fresh quests, and significant gameplay improvements. The highlight is the Claws of Awaji expansion, which brings a new island region, over ten hours of additional content, new legendary gear, and a fresh weapon for Naoe. Alongside this, a free story quest, Go with the Bo, introduces the Bo staff for all players starting September 16.
The update also raises the level cap to 100, expands Hideout features, enhances gear quality with Mythic and Artifact tiers, and introduces a new Animus Project titled Sanctuary. Performance updates include uncapped cutscenes on PC and extensive bug fixes across gameplay, visuals, and quests, ensuring a smoother experience for players on all platforms.
Full Patch Notes
Patch Sizes
- PS5: 12.94 GB
- Xbox Series X|S: 33 GB
- Mac: 24 GB
- PC: 42 GB
- Steam: 17 GB
Patch Highlights
- New Expansion: Claws of Awaji featuring a new island region, enemy faction, legendary gear, Bo staff weapon mastery, and 10+ hours of content
- Free Story Quest: Go with the Bo introduces the Bo staff to all players on September 16
- Level Cap increased to 100
- Hideout upgrades: 20 new enhancements and 3 additional levels
- Advance Time of Day feature unlocked through Nando upgrades
- Improved Scouts reveal Safehouses and provinces
- Enhanced Gear Quality with new Mythic and Artifact tiers
- New Animus Project: Sanctuary featuring Ezio-themed rewards
- New Anomalies in Awaji region
- Uncapped cutscenes on PC
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- General: crash fixes, localization fixes, tutorial repetition resolved
- Gameplay: fixed enemy vulnerabilities, trinket functionality, aiming reticle options, waypoint synchronization, and quest giver placement
- Difficulty: corrected enemy behaviors on Nightmare mode and Canon Mode persistence
- Hideout: fixed building rotation, duel options, recruit behaviors, and planning features
- Skills and Abilities: resolved Shadow Piercer and posture attack perks
- Visuals: corrected lip sync, weapon aiming, armor visuals, and character model issues
- Quests: numerous progression and crash fixes across storylines
- PC-specific: fixed heavy attack input issues on keyboard and mouse
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. Set in 16th-century feudal Japan during the late Sengoku period, it follows shinobi assassin Fujibayashi Naoe and African samurai Yasuke.
The game was released on March 20, 2025, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, and macOS, with an iPadOS version planned for a later release.
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