If you’ve ever wanted to live the life of a shadowy assassin with a cozy little Japanese getaway, Assassin’s Creed Shadows has you covered. Ubisoft is handing you the keys to your very own secret base, hidden away in the scenic valley of Izumi Settsu. Sounds relaxing, right? Wrong.
This isn’t just a home renovation show where you slap some tatami mats down and call it a day, your hideout isn’t just for looking pretty, it’s your headquarters for all things sneaky and stabby. And as any self-respecting ninja knows, a good base of operations is as crucial as a well-sharpened blade.
Ubisoft isn’t making this easy. You’re going to need resources, time, and a bit of strategic thinking to build the ultimate assassin Airbnb. So, let’s dive in and see what it takes to craft the perfect ninja hangout. It’s going to involve a lot of smuggling, scouting, and maybe even bribing a few merchants along the way.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows welcomes you to the real estate market of Feudal Japan
Ah, the joys of home ownership… if by home ownership, you mean constructing a secret assassin hideout while evading warlords and stealing resources.
According to Ubisoft, The Hideout in Shadows isn’t just a place to hang up your robes, it’s a fully customizable one-acre plot where you can place buildings, gardens, shrines, and even cute little ponds because every deadly assassin deserves a nice koi pond.
Miss Tomiko, your friendly neighborhood caretaker, will be there to help you get started but don’t expect a free ride. Every building, pathway, and decorative mossy rock requires resources, wood, minerals, and crops.
How do you get these? The hard way. You’ll have to explore the open world, loot stockpiles, and send out scouts to do your dirty work. Or, as Ubisoft puts it, engage in smuggling operations over the course of a season.
You’re basically running an ancient, assassin-themed version of a black market supply chain. Fun! But hey, at least there’s an in-game economy to help, mons, the currency you’ll need for all your ambitious expansion projects. Don’t have enough money? Well, time to stab your way to financial stability.
Rooms, upgrades, and why you absolutely need a sake room
Your Hideout isn’t just about aesthetics, every building you add impacts gameplay. And yes, while you could just fill it with beautifully raked sand gardens and adorable shika deer, you might want to prioritize some practical additions, unless you enjoy getting repeatedly stabbed by samurai because you skimped on the essentials.
Here are some must-have buildings to make your Hideout as functional as it is fabulous:
- Forge: Upgrade your weapons, dismantle old gear, and even change the look of your equipment. Nothing says lethal assassins like matching katana and armor sets.
- Stables: This isn’t just for horses, it’s your main hub for smuggling operations. Upgrade it, and suddenly your scouts become way better at sneaking off with enemy stockpiles.
- Dojo: Train your recruits and level them up into actual threats instead of, well, highly enthusiastic but ultimately useless combatants.
- Kakurega: A fancy name for safehouses you can build across Japan, making fast travel easier and giving you backup locations when things get too hot.
- Tea Room & Sake Room: What’s the point of being a deadly assassin if you can’t unwind with a nice cup of tea or a flask of sake? Plus, these rooms boost your healing efficiency. Assassin self-care is important!
- Gallery: Display your hard-earned weapons and armor sets because flexing is an essential part of ninja life.
And then, of course, there are the themed rooms. Want an XP boost? Build a Tera. Want to make your scouts’ lives easier? Construct a Nando. Want to summon cute animals to your Hideout? Time to get artsy with some Sumi-e painting! Oh, and speaking of animals, yes, you can pet cats, dogs, deer, and tanukis. Because even a hardened assassin needs a fluffy emotional support fox.
It’s not just a Hideout, it’s a Community
As you progress, your Hideout won’t just be home to you and your questionable design choices, it’ll become a bustling hub filled with allies, blacksmiths, duelists, and other misfits who share your enthusiasm for sneaking and stabbing.
The more you build, the more life your Hideout gains, with characters training, drinking, or having deep philosophical debates, probably about the best way to assassinate someone in style.
Ubisoft’s writers even had fun creating interactions between these characters. Imagine two highly trained killers arguing over whose turn it is to clean the dojo or debating the merits of katana maintenance while sipping sake. It’s like a feudal Japan sitcom, but with more hidden blades.
And let’s not forget, every decision you make in customizing your Hideout impacts gameplay. Want to level up faster? Build the right rooms. Need more resources? Upgrade your smuggling network. Dreaming of a personal ninja zoo? Get those Sumi-e brushes ready.
So, go forth, future assassin-architects! Your Hideout awaits, filled with endless customization, strategic choices, and an alarming amount of resource-gathering. And remember, nothing says master assassin like a perfectly placed koi pond next to your dojo of doom.
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