Assassin’s Creed: Shadows offers a wealth of resources to discover. You’ll need materials like silk, wood, and various stones to enhance your hideout and improve your equipment. However, you’ll often find yourself short on these essential items.
Each resource has its own method of acquisition. You can’t simply expect to find everything lying around in castles and other bases; you must be prepared to purchase items, use your current gear to gather more, and even resort to smuggling. Knowing how to collect each resource is crucial for upgrading your Hideout and ensuring your gear meets the level demands of the story missions.
How to Gather Minerals, Crops, and Wood
To upgrade the buildings in your Hideout and to construct new ones you have unlocked, you’ll need to gather significant amounts of minerals, crops, and wood. Stockpiling these resources is vital since they are among the most frequently needed items in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.
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Resource |
Purpose |
Acquisition Method |
|---|---|---|
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Minerals |
Used to upgrade or construct rooms and buildings in your Hideout. |
Available in bundles at enemy locations, can be smuggled by Scouts, or purchased from most shops. The Port Trader near the coast in Sakai is a reliable source. |
|
Crops |
Used to upgrade or construct rooms and buildings in your Hideout. |
Found in bundles at enemy bases, can be smuggled by Scouts, or purchased from various shops. The Port Trader in Sakai is also a dependable supplier, and you may find crops in some chests worldwide, as they are quite common. |
|
Wood |
Used to upgrade or construct rooms and buildings in your Hideout. |
Available in bundles at enemy locations, can be smuggled by Scouts, or bought from most shops. Look for the Port Trader in Sakai for reliable supplies, and occasionally, wood can be found in chests. |
How to Obtain Upgrade Materials
You’ll need various materials to enhance the gear and weapons of Naoe and Yasuke, and you’ll frequently run low on these items. Different materials are required for each character’s gear and weapons, so it’s essential to know where to find each type.
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Resource |
Purpose |
Acquisition Method |
|---|---|---|
|
Hemp Cloth |
Naoe Gear Upgrades |
Available from most traders, including the Port Trader in Sakai. You can also acquire it by dismantling Naoe’s clothing gear at the Forge and it may drop from some enemies or chests. |
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Leather |
Yasuke Gear Upgrades |
Found with most traders, including the Port Trader in Sakai. Dismantling Naoe and Yasuke’s clothing gear at the Forge will yield this material, along with occasional loot from enemies and chests. |
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Silk |
Clothing Upgrades |
Can be purchased from many traders, including the Port Trader in Sakai. It’s also obtained by dismantling Naoe’s clothing gear at the Forge and can sometimes be found in enemy drops. |
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Gold |
Full upgrades for any weapon or gear item, raising it to your current character level. |
Earned as a reward for specific quests in the second half of the game; the first can be found around level 28 near the end of Act 2. |
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Tamahagane |
Yasuke Gear Upgrades |
Can be obtained by dismantling weapons and gear at the Forge in your Hideout, or found in chests and from looting high-level enemies. |
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Oakwood |
Yasuke Gear Upgrades |
Found by dismantling weapons and Yasuke’s gear at the Forge in your Hideout. It can also appear in chests or from looting high-level enemies. |
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Ironsand |
Yasuke Weapon Upgrades |
Can be purchased from most traders and obtained by dismantling weapons at the Forge in your Hideout. |
Understanding Resource Smuggling
Smuggling resources is the best way to amass a significant amount for gear upgrades and improvements to your Hideout. While you can find plenty of resources in the world of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, you won’t be able to simply collect them all.
To access larger supplies, look for them in enemy forts and castles, sometimes located behind locked doors. If you have Scouts available, you can tag these stockpiles and direct them to retrieve the resources and bring them back to your Hideout. This way, you can utilize these materials for enhancing your operations.
If you need more Scouts quickly, visit a Kakurega in towns to purchase an additional Scout for 200 Mon.
