Recording summary · March 2025
Top 5 Weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows for New Players： INSANE Damage!
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Overview
After defeating three Samurai Daishos at Osaka Castle, Daniel opens a roof loot box that yields peasant clothes legendary light armor instead of weapons, then reviews early-game gear, katana modifiers, and hideout upgrade mechanics.
Equipping the Katana of Wounding and the peasant clothes, Daniel tests sword damage against enemies, encounters combat lag, dies to desynchronization, and critiques quest designs centered on finding and talking to NPCs.
Blocked from fast travel to the hideout, Daniel travels on foot away from the castle moat while reviewing the Quick Throw tool ability gained through leveling up.
Themes
Loot box rewards and gear stats at Osaka Castle, including peasant clothes legendary light armor.
Katana stat comparisons and early-game attribute modifiers such as Brute, Truth, Malice, and Wounding.
Hideout upgrades, engraving perks at Hyatt's Forge, and ability progression via mastery points.
Combat mechanics, fast-travel restrictions, and criticism of NPC-focused quest structures.
Developments
Daniel opens the roof loot box at Osaka Castle.
Daniel equips the legendary light armor peasant clothes and the Katana of Wounding.
Daniel engages castle enemies in melee combat with the newly equipped sword.
Daniel suffers desynchronization after sustaining damage and experiencing lag.
Uncertainties & gaps
How to obtain knowledge rank 2 to unlock certain abilities remains unknown to Daniel.
The exact reason fast travel is blocked is unconfirmed, though Daniel suspects having just landed may be the cause.
Daniel is unsure how to enter a locked area with loot behind a barred door.
Daniel does not know whether sufficient materials are available to acquire the forge.