Happy Place Trophy - Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Guide

Guide by Warren Woodhouse

• Character Level recommended for the difficulty of the provinces: 35+
• In-Game Location: Mount Hakkyo Viewpoint

In this guide, I show you how to reach the highest viewpoint on the map. This location is in the southern eastern section of the game map, literally in between the provinces of Yamato and Kii.

I show you in the video exactly where the location is so you can easily find it.

The Art Collector - Side Quests - Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Guide

 Guide by Warren Woodhouse

Complete the main quest “The Wheel Unmasked”, then collect the Kano Paintings to bring back to the Kano Painting School in Kyoto.

1. Nijo Palace
2. Azuchi Castle
3. Nagahama Castle
4. Himeji Castle
5. Shoryuji Castle
6. Takatsuki Castle
7. Osaka Castle
8. Nochiseyama Castle
9. Koriyama Castle
10. Fukuchiyama Castle

Allies - Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Guide

 Guide by Warren Woodhouse

Yaya

Quest	Correct Choices
Heads Will Roll	Killing them isn't justice
The Stray Dogs	You need to forgive each other

Gennojo

Quest	Correct Choices
Inside Help	During the Scene where you drink at the fountain select I choose love
Missing Missive	Obtain the letter from Gennojo by selecting Let's not fight
Lost Honor	You might be right
Sake and Swords	Show me, thief
Honor Among Thieves	I'm keeping it, then
Stolen Hearts	I'm here for you
The Godless Harvest	Soothe Genojo

Koshiro

Talk to Koshiro near Add in Harisma to unlock their questline.

Quest	Correct Choices
Add	Choose the dialogue option, add, when you first meet Koshiro
Add	After finding Koshiro in add, defeat add, then during the dialogue choose the dialogue option, add

Ibuki

Talk to Ibuki near the Kashiwara Village in Iga to unlock their questline.

Quest	Correct Choices
Ambush Interrupted	Choose the dialogue option, I have changed, when you first meet Ibuki Make sure at least 5 civilians survive during the ambush by Nakatomi's soldiers after talking to Ibuki
Homecoming	After finding Kyobei in Hijiyama Fort, choose the dialogue option, Fight with us, Kyobei Make sure Kyobei survives the fight against Nakatomi

Oni-yuri

You may want to be appropriately leveled before starting Oni-yuri's questline as it takes place in the Wakasa region. Once you are ready, head to Sotomo Gate at the northwesternmost part of the map. Oni-yuri can be found north of Tsuruga Castle, near the Tsuruga Sea Port.

Talking to her will start the Sweet Lies quest. Complete that to start her next quest, Sweet Revenge. At the end of Sweet Revenge, you can ask Oni-yuri to join your team.

Katsuhime

Players meet Katsuhime during the quest to assassinate the Naginata, joining her father. While there are no dialogue options that will prevent Katsuhime from becoming your ally, players will need to make sure she stays alive during The Diary of Lady Rokkaku.

After reading her note outside Omizo Castle in this quest, you will have about 3 minutes to reach her and Isono Kazumasa, her would-be executioner. However, once you cross the moat, the timer shortens to give you only a couple of seconds before Isono Kazumasa pulls the trigger.

You can engage him in battle if you're not confident that you can quickly assassinate him. This gets his attention off of Katsuhime, keeping her alive.

Quest	Correct Choices
Sakamoto Showdown	I like your teppo
Letter from Katsuhime	It offers time with me
The Tale of Genin	I do enjoy your company

Yagoro

Yagoro's recruitment quest is called A Blade in the Dark, which can be done in Engyoji in the Harima region. You start this quest by examining an assassinated body at Maniden Hall.

At the end of this quest, you can ask Yagoro to join your team. You do not need to make any specific choices in order to recruit him, so you can guarantee that he will become an ally as long as you ask him to join you.

Objectives - Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Guide

 Guide by Warren Woodhouse

Animus

Anomalies

• Fractured Lineage in Yamashiro
• System Harvest
• Rogue Memory Trace
• Castle Recalibration

Rifts

• Chained

Featured Events (DLC: A Puzzlement; Black Tides)

A Coming Threat

• A Critical Encounter
• Story of a Samurai
• A Puzzlement

People of Settsu

Imai Sokun

• The Iron Hand Guild

Stray Dog (Pre-Order DLC: Thrown to the Dogs)

• Thrown to the Dogs

Hideout

• Stables
• Study
• Dojo
• Forge
• Kakurega

People of Yamashiro

Sen no Rikyu

• Tea Bowls for Rikyu

The League

• Tomiko
• Junjiro
• Yaya

Yasuke

Yasuke’s Journey

• An Education
• Lady of Whispers

Naoe

Naoe’s Journey

• Before the Fall

The Onryo/The Shinbakufu

• Ido Yoshihiro (The Onryo Samurai): assassinate
• The Naginata: assassinate
• Ise Sadaoki (The Fool): assassinate
• The Mourner: assassinate
• Wada Koretake (The Wounded): assassinate
• Lord Akechi Mitsuhide (The Two-Faced): assassinate
• Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki (The Horseman): spare
• The Noble: assassinate
• Yaita Wasaka of Tanegashima (The Golden Teppo): assassinate
• Lord Bessho Harumasa (The Ox): assassinate
• The Wise: assassinate
• The Fox: assassinate

The Iron Hand Guild

• Iron Hand: assassinate
• Merchant Tamao: spare
• Merchant Kin-no-suke: spare
• Merchant Ginroku: spare
• Merchant Kanta: spare

The Twisted Tree

• Takahashi Ichi-Hime: spare
• Takahashi Goro: spare
• Takahashi Taro: assassinate
• Takahashi Jiro: assassinate
• Takahashi Saburo: assassinate
• Takahashi Shiro: assassinate
• Takahashi Inoshichi: assassinate

Missions & Activities - Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Guide

Guide by Warren Woodhouse

Main Missions

Prologue

1. The Calling: EGO_WELCOME_ONBOOT
2. The Lord’s Favor (dialogue choices: I understand you well)
3. Spirit of a Warrior (trophy: Adept Samurai)
4. Flames of War
5. Fight of the Kakushiba Ikki (trophy: Adept Shinobi)
6. The Onryo Samurai (trophy: Unseen; Prologue)

Act 1

1. Wake Up Call
2. An Unpayable Debt
3. From Spark to Flame
4. Way of the Blacksmith
5. The Fatherless Monk (trophy: The Warrior Monk)
6. Stolen Faith
7. Add
8. The Calling: Rift 1 - Bleeding Effect
9. Heads Will Roll (dialogue choices: Killing them isn’t justice)
10. The Stray Dogs (dialogue choices: forgive Shrine Raider; forgive Tetsuo)
11. Searching Sakai (dialogue choices: Sanuki; I’m with the Imai)
12. Dress for Success (dialogue choices: Red Chinese Silk)
13. The Perfect Gift (dialogue choices: bow halfway; discuss art-poetry-architecture; common bowl must be turned slightly to the right so that the front of the bowl faces the host; it’s customary to give a gift to the host; Bamboo Ladle)
14. The Tea Ceremony (guests: Otama (?); Lady Satoko; Wakasa (?); dialogue choices: confront Wakasa)
15. Drive the Point Home (Wasaka is The Golden Teppo) -OR- Defensive Position (you picked Otama, who actually isn’t The Golden Teppo)
16. Friend of My Enemy
17. Belly of the Beast
18. Temple of the Horseman
19. Lightning and Thunder
20. Mibuno Showdown

Act 2

1. Raise a Cup
2. Death of Merchants in Settsu
3. Add
4. Add
5. Inside Help Part 1
6. Help Needed
7. Guard Assignments
8. Family Drama
9. Guard Duty
10. Dropped Intel
11. Spare Takahashi Goro
12. Spare Takahashi Ichi-Hime
13. Assassinate Takahashi Jiro
14. Assassinate Takahashi Saburo
15. Assassinate Takahashi Taro
16. Assassinate Takahashi Shiro
17. Assassinate Takahashi Inoshichi
18. Inside Help Part 2
19. Add
20. Add
21. Add
22. A Voice in Anger
23. Astray
24. Brother in Arms (dialogue choices: spare Add)
25. Add
26. Broken Horn (dialogue choices: fight Tsuno as Yasuke; fight the Ox as Naoe; your people are free)

• The Wheel Unmasked (dialogue choices: spare Lady Oichi)

Act 3

• Add
• Add
• The Meaning of the Blade (dialogue choices: forgive Hanzo)

Act 4

• Add (final story quest)

Cut Main Missions

These were cut from the game

1. Corruption Reigns

Side Missions

People of Settsu

1. Out to Pasture (kill 100 Bandits in Izumi Settsu)
2. Add
3. The Butterfly Collector (Naoe Quest)

People of Yamashiro

1. Tea Bowls for Rikyu (Naoe Quest)
2. The Art Collector (Naoe Quest)
3. Chaos or Order (kill 100 Bandits in Yamashiro)
4. The Yokai (starts: The Yokai Questline)
5. Collection of Crests (Yasuke Quest)

Naoe’s Journey

1. Before the Fall

Yasuke’s Journey

1. Lady of Whispers
2. An Education

The League

1. Add
2. Raise a Cup
3. A Different Kind of Samurai
4. Soup for Sorin
5. Add

Contracts

1. Steal supplies
2. Destroy cache
3. Eliminate troops

Minigames

Animus Anomalies

1. Add
2. Add
3. Add
4. Entity Recalibration
5. Arena Oscillation
6. Rogue Memory Trace
7. System Harvest
8. Zone Instability
9. System Search

Kuji-kiri

1. Add
2. Add
3. Add
4. Traditions (dialogue choices: Fight for Iga)
5. Windy Shores

Viewpoints

Izumi Settsu

1. Makinoodera Lookout
2. Nanbansen
3. Tennoji Pagoda
4. Add
5. Add
6. Add
7. Add
8. Add
9. Add
10. Add

Opportunities

Wealth Areas

1. Money Changer District
2. Mount Kongo Retreat
3. Fishermen’s District
4. Bamboo Cutter’s Camp
5. The Lumber Aisle
6. Nanbansen Castle Ship
7. Teratsutsuki Den

Music

1. Silent Voices

Kata

1. A Different Kind of Samurai
2. Add
3. Add

Horse Archery

1. Add

Hidden Trails

1. Path of Valor
2. Add
3. Add

Castles

1. Add
2. Add
3. Add
4. Add

Character-Exclusive Missions & Activities

1. Add them here

DLCs

Thrown to the Dogs DLC

Pre-Order DLC

1. Thrown to the Dogs

Claws of Awaji DLC

add missions here

Crossover DLC

Update DLC

1. Seta River Killers (trophy: Critical Hit!)

New Game+ DLC

Update DLC

1. Reach Level 80 (trophy: Enjoy the Ride)
2. Reach Knowledge Rank 10 (trophy: Stars Unseen)
3. Obtain two golden katana (trophy: Worth Its Wait)

A Puzzlement DLC

Update DLC

1. Reach “Hideout Level 13” (trophy: Master Builder)
2. Train Kinu and Kane (trophy: Skill Swap)
3. Complete 5 Corrupted Castles (trophy: All Clear)

Black Tides DLC

Update DLC

1. A Critical Encounter
2. Story of a Samurai
3. A Puzzlement
4. Defeat the Templars (trophy: End of Order)
5. Activate an Exploit (trophy: Infinite Introduction)
6. Complete a Challenge Level 10 Domain (trophy: MOD Runner)