Overview

• New Game+ arrives on July 29, resetting story progression while preserving character level, gear, skills and hideout upgrades.
• The July 29 update raises the level cap from 60 to 80 and introduces new Knowledge, Mastery and Knowledge Skill ranks alongside Heiji’s Forge upgrades and Project 3 rewards.
• A free quality-of-life patch due early September will add regional map unfogging, time-of-day skipping, new Mythic and Artifact Forge rarities, hideout improvements and uncapped PC cutscene framerates.
• Claws of Awaji, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ first major story expansion, launches on September 16 with over 10 hours of new content including a new region, weapons, abilities and the adversarial Sanzoku Ippa faction.
• Players who pre-ordered the game will receive Claws of Awaji for free after completing the main story while others can purchase it separately.