Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Huge Final Update Adds Main Story Conclusion, Endgame Adventures, Out Now on PS5

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A large update for Assassin’s Creed Shadows is now available for PlayStation 5. The update is about 10GB and was released on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026, at 3:30 PM.

This update finishes the main story with a new final chapter and introduces a challenging endgame activity for dedicated players to optimize their characters. It also includes plenty of exclusive rewards to earn.

You can find the full patch notes in the original article below.

Ubisoft just revealed the last major update for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and it includes quite a few surprises – even I was impressed!

This update adds a new chapter to the main story, finishing the journeys of Naoe and Yasuke. They’ll confront two highly skilled Templars who have arrived in Japan to track them down.

Fans have spotted clues suggesting Kassandra from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey might make an appearance. It seems she has a habit of showing up in unexpected places!

But it’s the inclusion of ‘Domains’ that’ll probably be of more interest to hardcore players.

These challenging activities, similar to dungeons, will really test how well you play and how strong your character is. You’ll face battles in five different arenas, each with ten levels of difficulty, and each level has its own unique twists and challenges.

Domains provide special rewards such as equipment collections, recognizable weapons, and powerful enhancements – all of which sound exciting.

The latest update releases tomorrow, June 16th, and Ubisoft has provided a list of all the changes it includes. Here’s what you can expect…

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Final Update 1.1.11 Patch Notes

New Free Story Quest: Black Tides

A new threat washes ashore!

Two highly skilled Templars, called the “Black Cross,” are sent to Japan with a mission to track down Naoe and Yasuke for the problems they’ve created. However, like many within the Templar Order, these Black Cross knights have hidden agendas. Now, Naoe and Yasuke must not only survive but also stop them from obtaining their mysterious goal.

Conditions for Black Tides

  • Complete Naoe & Yasuke’s main story
  • Complete “A Critical Encounter” post-launch quest
  • Complete “A Puzzlement” post-launch quest

New Crossover Projects: Riptides & Undertow

We’ve added two new crossover events – Riptides and Undertow – to the Animus HUB! Completing these events will let you unlock cool, themed rewards like outfits, weapons, and trinkets.

You can unlock the new Projects by completing Anomalies and earning rewards, just like with previous releases. Rewards are available for both the Shadows and Black Flag Resynced games, and you can earn them by finishing Anomalies in either game.

New End-game Feature: Domains

Test your RPG build skills with a new Animus activity! You’ll face 5 different gameplay scenarios, each with 10 levels of challenge.

Unlock conditions: Reach level 30

New Animus Rift: Horizon

Another Rift has opened to reveal trouble stirring in its depths.

The Eagle has more information to share about the Guide.

Quality of Life HUB Improvements

Change to the access to Animus HUB features in the main menu.

To make things more consistent, we’ve updated how you find HUB features in the main menu. They now work the same way as when you access them during gameplay. You can now only reach the System menu from within the Shadows’ Memory section.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

Gameplay

  • Damage increase for “Shurikens” fired from the “Bank Shot” and “Triple Threat” tools mastery upgrade.
  • All abilities that destroy enemy armor are now half as effective when used against bosses.
  • Fixed an issue preventing the “weak point attacks from making enemies vulnerable a second time” engraving from unlocking correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where Yasuke’s knowledge bonus that granted damage reduction against melee or ranged attacks had no effect.
  • Enemies now take fall damage from shorter heights, resulting in more overall fall damage.
  • Damage from “Poison Kunai” thrown by enemies is reduced.
  • Damage from “Explosive Grenades” thrown by enemies is reduced.
  • Up to 6 “Corrupted Castles” are now available each season.
  • Fixed an issue with Naoe’s “Katana Sheath” being stuck to her.

UI

  • Forge engraving lists have been reordered, and a new “Critical Category” has been added.
  • Fixed an issue where some perks are shown in the wrong forge category engraving list.
  • Fixed an issue where some perks and knowledge skills displayed the wrong icons.
  • Fixed an issue where the “Damage when Hitting Vulnerable Enemies” perk was missing from the stat sheet.
  • Naoe’s “Peasant Hat Headgear” perk now has extra text in the stat sheet clarifying it only triggers when below 1 adrenaline.
  • Fixed an issue where Yasuke’s knowledge bonus “Damage with Combo Enders” showed a value 10 times higher than intended in the stat sheet.
  • Pins and world markers are now saved through travels in Japan and Awaji.

Gears and Perks

  • Perks listed below have been reworked to a % of an adrenaline chunk and have been rebalanced to a lower value:
  • Adrenaline Tools Adrenaline on Headshot Adrenaline on Critical Hit Adrenaline over half health Adrenaline under half health Adrenaline on afflicted enemies Adrenaline on posture attack Adrenaline on vulnerable enemies
  • Perk present on “Whisper of Gold Long Katana” now increases ability damage by 100% (up from 50%).
  • Fixed an issue where Naoe’s “Kusarigama” perk “Affliction on Entangled Enemy” dealt lower damage than intended when triggering bleed with entanglement.
  • Fixed an issue with “Blade of Yumminess” missing from inventory in some cases.
  • “Teppo” and “Bow” weapons can now be engraved with armour damage and armour piercing perks.
  • Fixed an issue where the “Arrownomics Bow” perk could be engraved on amulets.
  • Fixed an issue where the “Golden Chamber Teppo” perk could be engraved on amulets.
  • Perk present on Naoe’s “Ethereal Cloth Headgear” now triggers when health is below 15% (up from 10%).
  • Perk present on Naoe’s “Pink Petal Kosode Light Armour” and Yasuke’s “Sakura Bloom Armour” now converts adrenaline to 20% health on death (up from 10%).
  • Fixed an issue to prevent Yasuke’s “Riddle Scroll Beacon Trinket Perk” from reverting to default perk.
  • Fixed an issue where “Consecutive Enemy Kills” perk would not reset when combat ended.
  • Fixed an issue where “Consecutive Enemy Kills” perk would reset upon being damaged.
  • Perks with the condition “with backstab” can now correctly only be engraved on “Tanto” weapons.
  • Perks with conditions such as “with ranged weapons”, “with headshots”, and “while stationary” can no longer be engraved on melee weapons, where they would have no effect.
  • Perks with conditions such as “with melee weapons”, “with posture”, “with combo ender”, “when hitting multiple enemies” can no longer be engraved on ranged weapons, where they would have no effect.
  • Fixed an issue where some perks affecting affliction duration or granting adrenaline didn’t have their effect increased when engraved on enhanced items.
  • Fixed an issue where the “Critical Change with Melee Weapons” perk could be engraved on armours instead of helmets.

Quests

“Gather Mon”
Fixed the “Anomaly Quest” progression issue.
“Way of the Blacksmith”
Fixed an issue where “Heji and the forge” have been removed from the hideout and his quest is not available.
“Lost and Found”
Fixed an issue where Sentinel B-Ser.0197 is teleported out of bounds.

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2026-06-16 18:11