Ubisoft has introduced a real-life Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced treasure hunt with a $500,000 prize, buried someplace within the Caribbean.
The hoard is made up of specially-minted stable gold cash (collectively value $350,000) and a rock crystal cranium adorned with a purple opal jewel (valued at a additional $150,000) — a nod to Black Flag’s mysterious macguffin.
This prize has been dubbed “The Misplaced Treasure of Edward Kenway”, referring to Black Flag’s pirate-turned-Murderer hero, and shall be out there to assert to anybody who solves an elaborate treasure hunt with 15 elaborate riddles. Whereas the puzzles shall be Black Flag themed, nevertheless, no prior data of the sport will truly be essential.
The entire scheme is a collaboration with Unsolved Hunts, a real-world treasure hunt firm that already gives a related set of puzzles that result in a €250,000 reproduction of King Arthur’s sword Excalibur. You do need to pay to entry the clues, with copies of the game available in packs from £31 (round $41) and up. Paying extra will get you a bodily model of the clues and different trinkets, all the best way as much as a £177 (roughly $240) Pirate Lord Pack version.
If you happen to’re apprehensive about lacking out on Black Flag Remastered itself whilst you storm off to the Caribbean, shovel in hand, don’t concern — whilst you can pre-order the treasure hunt now, full entry will not start till November 9. And in the event you’re apprehensive about this interfering along with your GTA 6 time in November, you possibly can nonetheless relaxation straightforward — that is designed to be a advanced expertise, with puzzles anticipated to take gamers between “two and 5 years” to completely resolve.
Working in groups is inspired, in accordance with a Q&A bit on the treasure hunt’s web site, although you will have to appoint a person to in the end obtain the prize (who can then select to share it accordingly… or not). All of the puzzles are designed to be solved remotely (so maintain off on these Bermuda airplane tickets), although the precise treasure will actually be positioned someplace within the Caribbean — that means you will have to examine your passport remains to be in date.
After years of leaks, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is now simply a few months from launch. The long-awaited remake is at present set to reach on July 9 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S, with a $200 Collector’s Version additionally out there — together with the identical Edward Kenway statue that popped up on Vinted earlier this 12 months.
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