Guide hub

Black Flag Resynced Guides

Use Black Flag Resynced Guides to pick the route help that matches the blocker in your save: missions, stealth, combat, parkour, naval fights, Jackdaw upgrades, collectibles, treasure maps, or map cleanup. Start with the page that names the problem, then open nearby map or upgrade checks before sailing away.

Mission route: use Walkthrough for sequences, memories, optional objectives, and replay prep.
Fight route: use Combat or Naval when guards, boarding, forts, or legendary ships block progress.
Upgrade route: use Jackdaw and Elite Plans before spending resources or chasing late-game power.
Cleanup route: use Map, Collectibles, and Treasure Maps before clearing a region.

CollectiblesFragments, chests, shanties, keys, and stelae by region.

Treasure MapsPickup clues, dig spots, and rewards.

JackdawHull, broadside, mortars, ram, and elite plans.

WalkthroughSequences, memories, and route checks.

Page-specific route

Pick an outcome before picking a guide

This hub routes a player toward story, sea combat, regional cleanup, or ship progression.

Guide route scene for Black Flag Resynced — Choose the outcomeMove the story, win at sea, clear a region, or upgrade the Jackdaw.

Story route scene for Black Flag Resynced walkthrough checks — Open the focused routeA guide should end in a next action, not another broad category list.

Underwater route scene for Black Flag Resynced collectibles — Carry the result forwardKeep the route handoff visible when the next step is a map or saved checklist.

Focused player guides

Start with a guide that owns the problem

Open the guide that matches your current blocker. Each route gives you a first move, a decision to make, and a way to recover if the plan changes in your save.

Naval pressure

Make the Jackdaw decision repeatable

Choose a safe sea route for boarding, harpooning, wanted pressure, fort capture, weather, or a legendary encounter.

Naval pressure · Decision route

Boarding vs Sinking: Choose the Prize Without Losing the Jackdaw

Board a disabled ship when the deck is safe and its cargo, crew, or contract reward matters. Sink when an escort is closing, the Jackdaw is already damaged, or the encounter goal is simply to break contact. Make the choice from the same three signals every time so a lucky payout does not hide a bad survival decision.

Route owner: Disable → decide → prove Open focused guide

Naval pressure · Decision route

Dynamic Weather: Read the Sea Before It Reads You

Dynamic weather changes the safe distance, visibility, and escape space around the Jackdaw. Treat a waterspout or lightning front as a route signal: slow the approach, move toward an identified port or open-water line, and only resume a fight when the same opening can be repeated without the weather becoming the first failure.

Route owner: Signal → reroute → retest Open focused guide

Naval pressure · Decision route

Legendary Ships: Build the Attempt Before You Start the Fight

A legendary ship attempt should answer four questions before the first shot: can the Jackdaw survive the opening, can its damage reach the target, which secondary fire creates the safe window, and where does the attempt recover if the pattern breaks? Prepare those questions separately, then run the same opening before spending on another upgrade.

Route owner: Target → kit → opening Open focused guide

Naval pressure · Decision route

Jackdaw Secondary Fire: Pick the Mode From the Position

Secondary fire is a position decision. Use Bow Chaser double shot when the target is leaving your bow, Heated Shot when a stable broadside can reward sustained pressure, Shrapnel Barrels when close pursuit needs an escape tool, and Deadman's Cohort when the fight is about controlling a dangerous area rather than one hull bar.

Route owner: Position → mode → exit Open focused guide

Naval pressure · Decision route

Fort Capture: Plan the Ship Fight and the Landing Together

A fort is not finished when its walls fall. Prepare the Jackdaw for the naval approach, expect nearby ships to join the fight, then land with enough crew and tools to reduce the defenders' morale and reach the commander. Reopen the region map after claiming the fort: the new points of interest and Fleet missions are part of the payoff.

Route owner: Approach → land → claim → reveal Open focused guide

Naval pressure · Decision route

Naval Wanted Level: End the Hunt Before the Next Voyage

Fighting repeatedly raises Edward's naval Wanted Level and brings Pirate Hunters, with stronger ships at higher pressure. Lower notoriety by boarding an enemy or merchant ship and choosing that post-boarding reward, or reach port and bribe an Officer. If the Jackdaw cannot survive another deck fight, a port route is the safer answer than trying to earn one more boarding reward.

Route owner: Pressure → exit → reduction → resume Open focused guide

Naval pressure · Decision route

Harpooning: Spend Harpoons Only When the Catch Has a Job

Harpoon a whale or shark when the resource named by your next crafting upgrade is worth a small-boat detour, or when you deliberately want saleable cargo. Check the upgrade requirement before the hunt, protect a finite harpoon supply during it, and separate materials to keep from surplus to sell at the next port.

Route owner: Requirement → hunt → keep or sell Open focused guide

Stealth and tools

Keep the ground route under control

Use a named signal and recovery point when a tail, rope dart, crouch, or rooftop route starts to drift.

Stealth and tools · Decision route

Tailing and Eavesdropping: Turn Detection Into a New Objective

When a tailing or eavesdropping route goes loud, first classify the new objective: controlled combat, a chase, or an investigation. Resynced's expanded response does not make every alert harmless, but it gives you a recoverable route when the objective, checkpoint, and escape direction are still readable.

Route owner: Alert → classify → recover Open focused guide

Stealth and tools · Decision route

Rope Dart: Unlock the Tool, Then Give It a Job

The Rope Dart becomes useful when it solves a specific distance problem: interrupt a guard, disrupt a stealth route, or create a controlled defense break. Confirm the Sequence 3 unlock in the current memory, then practise one use against one target before treating it as a universal answer.

Route owner: Target → distance → state Open focused guide

Stealth and tools · Decision route

Crouch Anywhere: Build a Visibility Route Before You Move

Crouch-anywhere movement is most useful when paired with a visibility plan. Before crossing a restricted space, identify what the guards can see, where darkness or cover begins, and where Edward can break the route if the tail or infiltration becomes noisy.

Route owner: Observe → choose cover → cross Open focused guide

Stealth and tools · Decision route

Manual Jump and Ejects: Choose Control Before the Rooftop

Use guided parkour when the route needs a predictable climb or a safe first pass. Enable Advanced Parkour when a side or back eject can deliberately reach a different surface; use manual jump only after identifying the landing. Practise on a short repeatable rooftop segment before using a non-targeted leap in a shanty chase or stealth memory.

Route owner: Setting → surface → input → proof Open focused guide

Platform and performance

Start with a test you can reproduce

Check offline access, console display modes, patches, and hardware with one repeatable test at a time.

Platform and performance · Decision route

PC Troubleshooting: Separate a Cutscene Cap From a Broken Target

Start PC troubleshooting by identifying the symptom: a cutscene-only 30 FPS lock, a global frame cap, a launch failure, or stutter during a repeatable scene. Check the current store requirements and update state first, then change one graphics or display variable and repeat the same city, sea, fort, and transition test.

Route owner: Version → symptom → one change Open focused guide

Platform and performance · Decision route

Steam Deck Setup: Confirm the Boundary Before the First Voyage

Steam Deck Verified is a compatibility signal, not a promise about offline launcher access, frame rate, or HDR. Ubisoft places offline-after-install play under PC Features; on Deck, finish the connected launch, then test the same Steam account and save from a closed game before a long trip. Tune performance and HDR as separate checks.

Route owner: Install → launch → disconnect Open focused guide

Platform and performance · Decision route

Difficulty Settings: Change the Lane That Actually Blocks You

Resynced lets you set Combat, Stealth, Naval, and Activities difficulty independently, each with Forgiving, Intended, or Hard options. Keep the other three lanes fixed when one system blocks progress. If Edward loses a guard fight, change Combat; if a Jackdaw encounter ends before you can read it, change Naval. A display or HUD problem is a separate adjustment, not proof that the difficulty is wrong.

Route owner: Failure → owner → one change → retest Open focused guide

Platform and performance · Decision route

Can You Play Offline? Test the PC Install Before You Travel

For PC, Ubisoft says Black Flag Resynced requires a one-time online connection for installation and is fully playable offline afterward. That is a PC feature statement, not proof that every console, disc, or storefront has identical setup rules. Finish installation while connected, then cold-launch the installed game without a connection before relying on it away from home.

Route owner: Install online → close → launch offline Open focused guide

Platform and performance · Decision route

Console Graphics Modes: Pick a PS5 Target, Verify Xbox Locally

Ubisoft lists three PS5 and PS5 Pro choices: Performance at 60 FPS, Fidelity at 30 FPS, and Balanced at 40 FPS for 120Hz displays. PS5 Pro also supports PSSR. Ubisoft's written launch feature list does not give the same mode-by-mode targets for Xbox Series X|S, so inspect the Xbox menu and display output before relying on a third-party number.

Route owner: Confirm display → choose mode → compare one scene Open focused guide

Progression and menus

Turn systems into a next action

Fund an upgrade or choose an officer, Fleet mission, cabin action, or Harbourmaster visit from the ship problem it solves.

Progression and menus · Decision route

Kenway's Fleet: Turn Captures Into a Managed Route

Kenway's Fleet is a management decision after the boarding. Keep a captured ship when its class, repair cost, cargo role, and mission fit your current goal; release or repair deliberately when it would consume the resources needed for the Jackdaw. Check the menu result after every dispatch instead of treating the fleet as passive background income.

Route owner: Capture → repair → dispatch Open focused guide

Progression and menus · Decision route

Captain's Cabin vs Harbourmaster: Choose the Menu by Task

Use the Captain's Cabin whenever Edward is not piloting the Jackdaw to change the ship's appearance, choose its pet, manage Kenway's Fleet, or change Edward's outfit. Outfit changes are also available outside the Cabin. At a port, use the local Harbourmaster to buy Jackdaw upgrades, restock weapons, and buy or sell cargo.

Route owner: Player task → exact menu → visible result Open focused guide

Progression and menus · Decision route

Jackdaw Officers: Recruit for the Pressure You Face

Choose an officer quest by the next fight's failure, not by collecting names. Lucy Baldwin's Perfect Brace helps a timing-based survival problem; the Padre supports boarding and unlocks Ram Dash; Tobias “Deadman” Smith adds an aimed broadside volley with little delay. Each joins after a world quest, and the perk remains unlocked once recruited.

Route owner: Pressure → officer quest → perk proof Open focused guide

Progression and menus · Decision route

Early Money: Fund the Next Jackdaw Upgrade, Not an Endless Grind

For early money, begin with the price of the next Jackdaw upgrade, not a claimed reales-per-hour farm. Use the Spyglass to find cargo you need, board an isolated target when the Jackdaw can survive the deck phase, keep materials required by that upgrade, and sell only surplus at a Harbourmaster. Add a captured ship to Kenway's Fleet when a suitable slot and mission are available for a slower background return.

Route owner: Price the upgrade → inspect cargo → bank the gain Open focused guide

Exploration routes

Choose the right way to go below the surface

A short dive decision can protect a long collectible or treasure-map route.

Exploration routes · Decision route

Dive Anywhere vs Diving Bell: Choose the Water Route First

Use Dive Anywhere for shallow water, quick access, and a short stealth or loot check. Use the Diving Bell when the route needs deeper, rarer, or longer underwater exploration. Check depth, oxygen, return path, and reward before jumping overboard so a collectible sweep does not become an avoidable lost voyage.

Route owner: Depth → equipment → return Open focused guide

Outcome → route owner

Pick the result you want before opening another guide

This hub is a dispatch board, not a page of unrelated links. Choose the outcome—story, naval, stealth, region, or setup—and hand the problem to the page that can finish it.

Search the problem or guide

Showing 12 route briefs; 12 guide records are searchable.

How to use this hub

Leave with one owner and one next action

Choose the outcome that matters this session.
Search the clue you remember, not every category.
Use the focused page as the checklist owner.

Search all route clues

Replay one memory without losing the optional goal guide route visual

Move the story · Player route

Replay one memory without losing the optional goal

The memory finishes, but its optional objective remains incomplete. Write the active objective before replaying; prepare the one stealth, combat, parkour, or naval action that can fail it. Check the memory's completion panel after the replay, then continue the story only when that condition is recorded.

Open focused guide Open story checklist

Separate a story memory from a side contract guide route visual

Move the story · Player route

Separate a story memory from a side contract

A numbered mission name does not match the sequence list. Compare the in-game mission category and area with the title. A contract number is not a sequence number. Open the route with the matching mission category before choosing a replay or sailing to a contract marker.

Open focused guide Open story checklist

Recover a tailing route after losing sight guide route visual

Stay unseen · Player route

Recover a tailing route after losing sight

Edward loses the target around a corner or during a rooftop transition. Identify the last safe sightline and the next cover position before moving. Check the current objective before turning the chase into combat. Retry the broken transition with one change; keep the target visible without entering the patrol's direct sightline.

Open focused guide Open stealth checklist

Choose a safer entry into a restricted area guide route visual

Stay unseen · Player route

Choose a safer entry into a restricted area

A street entrance exposes Edward before he reaches the objective. Compare a rooftop approach with nearby cover, crowds, and patrol turns. Use Observe and the current detection feedback to select an entry. Reach the first safe position without spending tools; save smoke or darts for the guard that actually blocks the objective.

Open focused guide Open stealth checklist

Survive a fort's opening exchange guide route visual

Win at sea · Player route

Survive a fort's opening exchange

The Jackdaw loses too much hull before the fort can be attacked safely. Repair and restock, then compare mortar range and hull before approaching. Keep one exit heading instead of circling inside concentrated fire. Repeat the same opening after one change and check whether enough hull remains to finish the encounter.

Open focused guide Check ship upgrades

Choose the next Jackdaw purchase by the failure guide route visual

Win at sea · Player route

Choose the next Jackdaw purchase by the failure

An expensive upgrade did not solve the ship fight. Classify the problem as survival, damage, range, or control. Compare that lane in the ship menu before buying another upgrade. The next purchase should address the named pressure; check ammunition, repairs, and crew before spending again.

Open focused guide Check naval route

Decide whether an elite plan detour is worthwhile guide route visual

Win at sea · Player route

Decide whether an elite plan detour is worthwhile

The upgrade menu points to a missing plan far from the current route. Match the exact plan name with the ship lane, clue or pickup location, and access method before plotting the sail. Combine the plan with nearby treasure or region checks only after the reward matches the upgrade you need.

Open focused guide Check naval route

Close a Havana, Nassau, or Kingston sweep guide route visual

Clear a region · Player route

Close a Havana, Nassau, or Kingston sweep

One pickup remains after a city route appears finished. Keep the city boundary fixed, sync the nearby viewpoint, and compare fragments, chests, shanties, and mission-linked pickups separately. Leave when the relevant family counter and your saved checklist agree; do not count a nearby island as part of the city.

Open focused guide Check map route

Keep a treasure pickup separate from its dig point guide route visual

Clear a region · Player route

Keep a treasure pickup separate from its dig point

The coordinate leads to the clue but the expected buried reward is missing. Record where the map entered the inventory, then compare its dig coordinate and landmark. Pickup and chest are two separate stops. Mark the route complete only after the chest opens and the reward matches the clue in this save.

Open focused guide Check nearby sweep

Plan a shanty chase before touching the sheet guide route visual

Clear a region · Player route

Plan a shanty chase before touching the sheet

A sea shanty escapes at the same rooftop turn. Inspect the next roof, rope, or ledge from a safe position. Start again with the failed turn in mind instead of improvising the whole chase. Confirm the song pickup, then clear nearby fragments and chests before dropping back to the street.

Open focused guide Check map route

Choose a PC target before changing graphics guide route visual

Set up safely · Player route

Choose a PC target before changing graphics

Frame rate is uneven and several settings have already changed. Match the monitor target to the listed requirement tier, confirm SSD space and RAM, and return to one preset for a repeatable test. Test the same city or sea route after each change; keep the setting that improves the actual frame-time problem.

Open focused guide Check session setup

Test PC campaign access before travelling offline guide route visual

Set up safely · Player route

Test PC campaign access before travelling offline

You want to know whether the installed PC campaign opens without a connection. Ubisoft scopes its one-time online installation and offline-campaign statement to PC. Finish setup and updates while connected, then test the same account and save; check console licences, cloud saves, and Animus Hub separately. The same PC copy cold-starts into the intended save; keep live-service tasks for a connected session.

Open focused guide Check PC setup

Guide answer

Which Black Flag Resynced guide should you read first?

Start with the guide that matches the problem in front of you: story mission, fight, stealth route, rooftop movement, naval wall, collectible sweep, treasure clue, Jackdaw upgrade, or platform setup.

Player goal	Best guide	What it answers
Need mission help	Walkthrough	Sequence order, memory objective, optional objective, and route context
Need a coordinate or region	Map	Location, coordinate, island, city, fort, or nearby checklist
Need a completion sweep	Collectibles	Fragments, shanties, keys, stelae, chests, and region counters
Need buried rewards	Treasure Maps	Clue pickup, dig coordinate, and buried reward
Need ship power	Jackdaw Upgrades	Upgrade lane, elite plan, and naval blocker
Need platform setup	Game Info or PC Specs	Release, platform, edition, offline, and hardware answers

Route depth

What a guide page should solve

Choose the route by the system blocking you now. Each focused guide below starts with a safe move, a finish signal, and a recovery if the first plan fails.

Combat Fights and boarding Answers what gear or Jackdaw strength matters before the fight. Stealth Tailing and infiltration Answers how to stay unseen and when to use crouch, crowds, or rooftops. Naval Forts and contracts Answers whether the Jackdaw needs armor, damage, range, or elite plans. World Region planning Answers what to clear before sailing away from a city, island, or fort.

Guide habit

Read one route, then act

Open the narrowest guide for the immediate blocker. Use Database only when the missing piece is a specific coordinate, reward, upgrade, or checklist item.

For a mission blocker, start with Walkthrough before opening every system page.
For a ship blocker, start with Naval or Jackdaw before checking collectibles.
For a region cleanup blocker, start with Map, then Collectibles and Treasure Maps.
For a buying or install blocker, stay in Game Info, Platforms, Editions, Release Date, or PC Specs.

September route desk

Turn official updates into a player-sized retest

The Ubisoft news feed currently lists Title Update 1.0.7 and its launch coverage announced New Game+. Use those signals to choose what deserves a retest, then hand the problem to the focused route instead of writing a broad patch summary.

Story Memory or full sync Open Walkthrough and isolate the objective that can fail. Ship Forts or legendary fights Open Naval and Jackdaw before buying or retrying. Cleanup A region counter Open Map and Collectibles, then save the smallest missing cluster. Official feed Read the patch notice Use Ubisoft's category page for changing update facts, not a copied summary.

Write down the symptom before opening a guide.
Use one focused page and one controlled change.
Return to the current save to decide whether the route actually improved.

Guide triage

Which guide should you open for a specific failure?

A broad guide hub becomes useful when it routes a symptom to one focused answer. Use the wording from the failed attempt so the next page can solve the same problem instead of repeating background information.

Better handoff Carry the symptom forward Write down what failed, what changed, and what the save now shows before opening the next guide.

Official changes Read the update, then test Use Ubisoft's news feed for announcements and the focused route for your player-sized retest.

Player wording	Focused route	First action
The shanty keeps escaping	Sea Shanties / Parkour	Plan the rooftop line and camera turn before chasing
Detection broke full sync	Walkthrough / Stealth	Read the optional condition and choose a recovery point
Boarding or fort damage is too low	Combat / Naval	Name the pressure, then test one weapon or ship lane
A coordinate leads to nothing	Map / Locations	Verify the landmark in the current save
The counter is incomplete	Collectibles	Filter one family and one region before sweeping again
The PC stutters	PC Specs	Record the target and change one graphics variable

Expert guide desk

Route the guide by mechanic, not by the word guide

The official deep dives reveal several mechanics that overlap old categories: Observe affects stealth and mission search, Pathfinder affects map and naval travel, Harbourmasters affect upgrades and economy, and boarding affects both combat and treasure resources. A good guide hub should hand a player to the mechanic that changes the outcome.

Official playbook Use deep dives as mechanic references Ubisoft's launch and deep-dive articles provide the system facts; this site turns them into save-specific routes and recovery steps. Update-aware Check 1.0.7 before blaming the guide Map icons, region reveal, quest states, naval spawns, and Steam Deck HDR all received fixes in the official notes.

Player goal	Mechanic to learn	Focused page
Reach a marker safely	Pathfinder, Follow Sea, and location grouping	Map / Locations
Clear a guarded objective	Observe, crouch, light/shadow, and social stealth	Walkthrough / Stealth
Win a hard deck fight	Takedowns, pistol guard breaks, and adaptive enemy response	Combat
Make the Jackdaw stronger	Harbourmaster purchases, officer perks, and one-lane tests	Jackdaw Upgrades / Elite Plans
Earn more from a sea route	Boarding, cargo inspection, fleet assignment, and wanted-level control	Naval / Treasure Maps
Finish a region	Movement families, quest shanties, dive access, and counter verification	Collectibles / Map

Route quality standard

A good guide ends with a measurable next attempt

Use this hub to choose a mechanic and define the test before opening another page. The result should be observable: a marker appears, a counter changes, the ship survives longer, the objective completes, or the platform profile updates.

Original value Explain the why, not only the where A route is stronger when it says why a Harbourmaster, officer, fort, or dive method belongs in the sequence.

Reader handoff Carry the test to the owner page Guides should point to the page that owns the next decision instead of repeating every detail in one hub.

Guide topic	Set up the test	Success signal
Map or treasure	Keep the coordinate, parent place, and access method fixed	The marker and reward agree in the save
Collectibles	Use one region and one family	The counter changes without a second full sweep
Stealth	Use the same entry and recovery point	Detection or tailing failure is avoided with one changed tool
Combat	Use the same enemy group and opening	The takedown or optional condition completes
Naval	Keep sea lane, target, and opening exchange comparable	The named pressure improves after one ship change
PC performance	Keep route, resolution, and capture conditions fixed	Frame-time or stability improves after one setting change

Guide handoff card

Carry six facts into the next guide so the retry starts in the right place

A guide becomes easier to use when the player arrives with the route context already separated. Write the goal, failure point, current state, safe first move, proof of success, and next handoff before switching pages.

Story Protect the objective Carry the exact memory wording into Walkthrough before replaying optional conditions. Ship Name the pressure Carry hull, range, damage, control, or access into Naval and Jackdaw decisions. Cleanup Keep the counter visible Carry the region and family into Map or Collectibles so a missing marker stays local.

Bring the exact clue you remember: a memory name, region, coordinate, ship pressure, or visible error.
Choose one owner page and keep the other links as handoffs; opening every guide at once hides the active decision.
After the retry, update the proof line even when it fails. A recorded failure is more useful than a second attempt with no changed condition.
Stop using the hub when the route has a clear owner and a measurable next action; return only when the problem changes systems.

Write down	Black Flag example	Why it prevents wasted time
Goal	Finish a memory, clear a fort, catch a shanty, or close a region counter	Keeps a route task separate from a broad topic
First failure	Detection, missed rooftop, hull loss, or unchanged pickup	Chooses the system owner instead of the final symptom
Current state	Objective text, ship lane, region, coordinate, or edition	Stops the guide from assuming a different save
Safe first move	Observe, restock, open the map, change one setting, or check the menu	Makes the next attempt reversible and measurable
Proof	Marker, counter, reward, completed objective, or stable route	Tells you when to stop repeating the same section
Next handoff	Walkthrough, Map, Naval, Collectibles, or PC Specs	Moves the session forward without rereading the whole hub

Choose the right fix

A failed fort approach can look like three different problems

Do not choose a guide from the final failure screen alone. A fort run can fail while approaching at sea, during boarding or the land phase, or after the encounter when a completion condition is missing. Identify the first point where the run diverged from your plan.

At sea Plan the approach Separate range, damage, and survival pressure. On land Read the objective Start from the words shown in the current memory. Afterward Finish the landing Group nearby work before returning to the Jackdaw.

Choose one outcome for the retry: survive the sea approach, finish the objective, or close the regional counter.
Open the page that owns that outcome and leave the other checks until the retry produces a result.
After success, follow the next route only if it uses the same landing or solves the next blocker. A guide list is not a required reading order.

First failure	Use this guide	Bring this detail
Jackdaw loses hull before you reach a useful firing position	Naval, then Jackdaw Upgrades if preparation is insufficient	Approach direction, range, ammunition, and hull state
Edward reaches land but a mission condition fails	Walkthrough	The active objective and the action immediately before failure
Fort is cleared but a regional pickup is missing	Locations, then Collectibles	The region name and missing icon family
The same scene hitches before each failure	PC Specs on PC	Display target, current settings, and whether it repeats on the same route

Player workbench

Choose a focused guide for combat, stealth, naval preparation, or Caribbean cleanup.

A guide hub should shorten the next decision, not make you browse another list of broad topics.

Why this page is useful

An outcome triage board that distinguishes sea approach, on-foot objective, regional counter, and PC performance before handing off to a focused guide.

Guide pages interpret route signals and official boundaries; they do not replace the live save, store account, or platform profile.

Safe first move

State the result you want—story progress, a won fight, a ship fix, or a closed region—then open only the owner page for that result.

Finish line

The handoff ends in a concrete checklist, marker, objective, comparison, or recovery step rather than another broad hub.

Route picker

What are you trying to do now?

Choose one decision and follow the three checks in order.

Plan it here, then confirm each marker or reward in your save.

0 checks in this route0 coordinate-led0 reward-linkedCurrent-build status checked

Safe first moveBefore you commit

Choose the outcome you want from this session—story progress, a won fight, a ship fix, or a cleared region.

Risk to avoidProtect the route

Opening every system guide at once can bury the one route that matches the blocker in the save.

Save proofKnow when it worked

The guide handoff is correct when its next page contains a concrete checklist, map point, upgrade comparison, or recovery step.

How to use it

Pick one route outcome

Choose the outcome you need now, then hand the route to the focused page that contains the checklist, map, upgrade comparison, or recovery step.

Recovery path

When the guide is too broad

Return to the named blocker—memory, region, ship, collectible, or install—and use the matching focused page instead of reading every system guide.

Common Questions

Which guide should I open first?

Start with combat, stealth, naval, map, collectibles, or Jackdaw pages depending on what blocks your route.

Should I use guide pages or database pages?

Use guide pages for decisions and route order; use database pages when you need a specific coordinate, reward, or checklist item.

Which guides are best before replaying missions?

Open Combat, Stealth, Parkour, Naval, and Walkthrough before replaying memories with optional objectives.

Which guides are best for completion?

Open Map, Collectibles, Treasure Maps, Jackdaw Upgrades, and Locations before a long Caribbean sweep.

What details should I bring into a guide?

Bring the goal, first failure, current objective or region, one safe first move, the proof you expect, and the next page that owns the handoff.

When should I stop using the Guides hub?

Stop when one focused page owns the next action and you can name its success signal, such as a completed objective, updated counter, confirmed marker, or improved ship result.

What should a useful guide result include?

It should name the player outcome, the route owner, the first action, and the condition that tells you when to hand off to another page.