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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced gets its latest and final title update today, with Ubisoft ceasing support of the breakout title going forward.
The latest title update includes a mass of bug fixes and gameplay additions, but the two biggest would be the inclusion of both New Game +, allowing you to restart Edward’s journey with all tools, upgrades, unlocked weapons and more carrying over; and a new Nightmare Difficulty, which will make the enemies hit harder, more often, and have less time to parry, among other changes. The full rundown of the patch is below.
In our review of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, we said, “It’s one of the best remakes of any game, perhaps ever. It changes what needed to be changed. Adds small bits here and there, including some side missions, gameplay changes and improvements, quality of life changes and even mission structure and design, and then wraps it all up in a beautiful graphical bow that is optimised for maximum enjoyment.“, with the game resonating with critics and players across the board, with a huge commercial success in a packed 2026.
Why Ubisoft is ceasing support of the game is unknown, considering the relative success of the title compared to that of other recent releases, with it selling two million copies on day one, but they leave Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced in a great position with plenty of replay value thanks to its latest and last update.
Full Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Title Update 1.0.8 Patch Notes
New Game +
Explore the Caribbean again, again, and again. New Game+ is finally here, leap back into Edward Kenway’s legendary journey, explore the open seas, and rebuild your crew while keeping what you’ve earned!
What Carries Over:
- All of Edward’s tools, upgrades, unlocked weapons, and trinkets.
- All the Jackdaw’s upgrades, unlocked officer abilities and pets.
- Officers will not physically be on ship and need to be recruited again
- All money, materials and trade goods from inventory.
- There is a new currency used for NG+
- Quest-related items will be removed
- All unlocked customizable outfits and their options.
- Hideout progression, perks, and art collection.
- All Kenway fleet ships.
- However, forts will need to be taken over again as the map’s fog will be reset.
- Codex items including each treasure map, acquired and completed.
- Items purchased from the store.
- With each New Game+ playthrough, the seas become more dangerous. Elite Soldiers will appear more often, and max rank ships will start patrolling the waters. The difficulty ramps up each time you dive back in. You’ll be able to go up to New Game+++++ (that’s five times).
Nightmare Mode
Ground Combat
- Enemies do 1.8x damage
- The timing for parrying is reduced
- No more white glint on enemy attacks
- Ranged enemies shoot more often
- The one-shot kill safety is disabled.
- This is the most impactful since the game does not prevent an instant death, even if the player has a lot of health left. Players should be extremely mindful of bullets and explosives.
Stealth
- Detection time greatly reduced
- Investigation time extended
- Enemies can hear the player when they’re moving faster than a walk
- Edward needs to be at least 6m above an enemy to stay hidden in a high spot, instead of just 4m
Naval
- All ship damages are increased
Activities
- Underwater sharks deal more damage
- Urchins and jellyfish damage is doubled
- Oxygen meter depletes faster
- All harpooning wildlife deals more damage
List of Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed an issue where Players were unable to launch the game in Offline Mode if connection to servers was lost whilst playing.
- Increased number of Rogue Waves happening during storms.
- Fixed an issue where Players owning the Deluxe edition did not have the Blackbeard items displayed as ‘Owned’ in the Exchange.
- Fixed an issue where Players were able to Fast Travel to unsynchronized viewpoints in Havana and Long Bay.
- Fixed an issue where the Game would freeze while playing ‘Nine-Man Morris, Checkers or Fanorona’ at a Tavern.
- Fixed an issue where Camera Field of View was permanently altered indoors after experiencing ‘Delirium’.
- Fixed an issue where Pistol ‘Customize’ did not affect the pistols on Edward’s hips.
- Fixed an issue where the Rope Dart was still attached to Edward’s hand in the following cutscenes after assassinating a ‘Boss’ with it.
- Fixed an issue where the Guardian Beast trinket’s healing effect was still active even after quitting to memories.
- Fixed multiple world map location icons that were not updated when all activities were completed.
- General spelling and punctuation fixes.
- Fixed some Accessibility Narration issues.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where Edward could get stuck in an aiming position if he got hit while taking corner cover and aiming with a smoke bomb.
- Fixed an issue where Edward was unable to assassinate sleeping casualties if they collapsed onto a bush hiding spot.
- Fixed minor issues experienced while fighting and assassinating.
- Fixed quality of life issues while handling tools.
- Fixed and issue where Players were unable to raise travel sails after certain quests.
World
- Fixed an issue where the chest icon might remain visible after clearing the San Ignacio wreck.
Progression & Economy
- Fixed wrong location for Capuchin Monkey’s Codex entry.
UI/Menu
- Fixed an issue where the World map could be grayed out and locked controls for a while.
- Fixed and issue where hidden gear would still appear in the pause menu.
Visuals & Graphics
- Fixed an issue where the Jackdaw might remain looking damaged despite repairing the ship.
- Fixed general issues where Enemies would snap to their feet if Edward assassinated them while they slept.
Stability & Optimizations
- Improved stability.
Audio
- Fixed an issue where the Gunshots were muffled after exiting inventory and activating the ‘Blades of the Damned’ sword perk.
- Fixed some gunshot sounds that were silent.
Controls
- Fixed an issue for Mouse and Keyboard where the Player was unable to dive underwater if they changed the ‘Walk’ input from ‘Hold’ to ‘Toggle’.
Quests
- “This Tyro Captain”:- Fixed an issue where some Players could be soft locked after skinning the Ocelots.
- “The Traveling Salesman”:- Fixed an issue where the quest might disappear after retrieving documents from Prin’s courtyard.
- “We Demand a Parley”:- Fixed an issue where Rogers might die of mysterious circumstances, preventing you from fully tailing him.
- “Commodore Eighty-Sixed”:- Fixed an issue where the Player was unable to proceed if they managed to berserk dart the Commodore before the fight begins.
- “Captain Stede Bonnet”:- Fixed an issue where the Loyalists would not move if Edward took an alternative route.
- “A World Without Gold: Not Even a Real Captain”:- Fixed an issue where Players were unable to loot dead enemies and get stuck at 2/3 Intel.
- “Officer Quest: The One with the Gun”:- Fixed an issue where the plantain was missing if the players started “A World Without Gold at the same time.
- “Templar Hunt: Anto – Under Attack”:- Fixed and issue where Players were unable to continue the mission if the final enemy wave did not spawn.
- “Templar Hunt: Rhona – A Thief in the Market”:- Fixed an issue where the Player was unable to move if they stood at a specific spot in a crowd during “Locate a hiding spot in the market”.
- “Naval Contract: Realities of War”:- Fixed multiple issues where the Contract giver was missing, or the contract could not be completed.
- “Naval Contract: Hunter Gatherer”:- Fixed an issue where the quest icon and objectives were missing after entering the mission area.
- “Rift: Edward’s Memories”:- Fixed parkouring issues in the spiked tunnel if You chose not to obey EGO and wait.
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Luke Addison is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Thumb Wars. Having previously been a part of multiple outlets over the years, including building an entire gaming team from nothing to something, he thought it best to forge his own path and answer only to himself. As likely to be found playing the latest game as he is in the kitchen relaxing (by cooking), he always brings the same bold and brash attitude to everything he does, with a heavy leaning on sarcasm and dry wit!
