A Complete Guide To Weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches on March 20, 2025, for Xbox Collection X|S and permits you play as two utterly distinct characters: Naoe, an agile ninja, and Yasuke, a hulking samurai. Almost all the things about them is completely different, together with what weapons they’ll use. Naoe and Yasuke can every equip as much as two completely different weapon sorts to modify between, with every providing distinctive strengths and techniques to make use of in a struggle. Here’s a breakdown of all of the weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows so you’ll find the proper mixture for any state of affairs.

Yasuke’s Weapons

Lengthy Katana

A samurai is nothing with out his katana, and Yasuke’s lengthy katana is his quickest weapon kind, permitting him to rapidly slice via foes with lethal precision. Whereas it doesn’t have the longest vary, its assault velocity makes it best for coping with small teams of enemies – or for while you simply wish to really feel  like a samurai and slash via a wandering ronin who thought himself robust sufficient to problem you.

Naginata

A polearm able to sweeping assaults, the Naginata is ideal for coping with giant teams of enemies directly. Whereas slower than the lengthy katana, it has the longest attain of any of Yasuke’s melee weapons, permitting you to maintain threats at a distance. It’s additionally significantly helpful when dealing with enemies with naginatas of their very own.

Kanabo

A large membership, what the Kanabo sacrifices in velocity, it greater than makes up for in sheer brute drive. Even mild assaults with the Kanabo can break an enemy’s guard and subsequent hits will dismantle any opponent’s armor – and sure their whole well being bar – in seconds. The Kanabo is a sluggish weapon, so Yasuke could be weak whereas utilizing it in giant teams when many alternative attackers can interrupt his swings.

Bow

One in every of Yasuke’s two ranged weapons, the bow is a silent killer. The last word device in a stealthy Yasuke’s arsenal, it’s nice at silently selecting off guards from a distance. Sure talents will let you sluggish time whereas taking pictures or hearth a number of arrows in fast succession, making the bow a viable choice in a full-on struggle as effectively.

Teppo

When silence isn’t excessive on Yasuke’s checklist of priorities, the teppo rifle packs a critical punch however be ready for it to draw a variety of consideration as effectively. You’ll must reload after every shot, that means you may must sizzling swap to a melee weapon as enemies swarm. It’s not only a one-trick-pony, although – there are talents that will let you detonate a sack of gunpowder to create area-of-effect injury, and you’ll even use the rifle as a membership to knock opponents down earlier than taking pictures them, if you wish to make an entrance.

Naoe’s Weapons

Katana

Don’t let the title idiot you. The way in which Naoe wields her katana, it would as effectively be a very completely different weapon to Yasuke’s. A full combo of assaults with Naoe’s shorter katana is more likely to function as many kicks and flips as swings and slashes. A medium velocity weapon in Naoe’s palms (to be honest, no weapons are sluggish in Naoe’s palms), the katana is a strong all-around alternative, good for one-on-one fights and small teams.

Tanto/Hidden Blade

The tanto is a dagger that Naoe wields with excessive velocity, and {couples} together with her Hidden Blade to unleash a flurry of fast strikes on her enemies. Its vary is minimal, so Naoe should stand up shut and private to make use of it successfully, nevertheless it’s nice for combating singular enemies. As a bonus, a passive improve to Naoe’s Murderer mastery tab permits her to make use of the tanto to carry out twin assassinations, however provided that the tanto is certainly one of her two geared up weapons.

Kusarigama

A scythe and a spikey steel ball related by an extended chain; the Kusarigama is arguably Naoe’s most versatile weapon. Mild assaults imply fast strikes with the scythe finish, whereas heavy assaults are sweeping swings with the steel ball finish, excellent for coping with giant teams. Its enormous vary permits Naoe to maintain her distance if she chooses.

There’s by no means actually a nasty time to make use of Naoe’s Kusarigama, until you’re nervous about collateral injury as these heavy swings will tear via all the things from crates and shoji doorways to bamboo timber and fruit baskets. Just like the tanto, a passive capability in the Murderer mastery tab permits Naoe to make use of an geared up Kusarigama to hurry assassinate targets, utilizing the chain to hook enemies and launch herself in for the kill.

Instruments

Naoe doesn’t have conventional ranged weapons like Yasuke, however she does have throwable instruments that may assist her kill, deal injury, and distract at a distance. Her kunai can take out many unarmored enemies in a single headshot, whereas her shuriken solely deal minimal injury and are finest used to stun enemies mid struggle so you may regroup to go in for the kill.

Upgrading Weapons

There are a number of methods to improve your weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Every weapon kind has a devoted mastery tab you can make investments your mastery factors in to extend injury and unlock new talents. Weapons even have ranges; you can’t equip a weapon that has a stage larger than yours, however in case you’ve constructed a Forge in your Hideout, you may improve lower-level weapons to satisfy your present participant stage, thereby growing their base stats.

Weapons come in 5 tiers of rarity: Widespread, Unusual, Uncommon, Epic, and Legendary. Unusual weapons every include a single engraved perk that gives a novel bonus, comparable to a rise to vital hit probability when placing a number of enemies. Uncommon and above weapons have two engraving slots, one with a predetermined perk, and one other slot that lets you choose a person perk out of your Hideout’s blacksmith. Like to make use of talents whereas combating? You possibly can engrave a perk that will increase your adrenaline acquire (adrenaline lets you use talents) when placing enemies. Couple that with a weapon that causes bleeding or poison affliction, and your adrenaline will keep topped up.

There’s no improper weapon loadout or mixture in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and a grasp Murderer will study to skillfully wield all of them. So long as you might have extra well being than your targets then you definitely’re doing simply tremendous.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches March 20, 2025, for Xbox Collection X|S. Which means you continue to have time to pre-order Assassins’ Creed Shadows on the Microsoft Retailer for Xbox to get the Claws of Awaji growth (coming later in 2025) and the Thrown to the Canines bonus quest totally free. You can too choose up Assassin’s Creed Shadows Digital Deluxe Edition which incorporates the above objects, plus the Sekiryu Twin Pack together with gear and weapon units for each Naoe and Yasuke, the Sekiryu Beast, and Dragon Tooth trinket in addition to the Sekiryu Hideout Pack that features 4 distinctive ornaments to customise the hideout, in addition to 5 mastery factors.