Mastering the Assassin's Creed Shadows Trophy Hunt: A Comprehensive Guide
Prepare for a challenging trophy hunt when Assassin's Creed Shadows launches! This guide provides a complete list of trophies to aid your achievement hunting strategy. The trophy list remains consistent across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms.
Visible Trophies & Achievements:
Ubisoft confirms that no trophies are tied to story choices or difficulty settings, making a single playthrough sufficient for completion. Here's the full list of readily available trophies:
- Art of Ninjutsu: Master the art of the shinobi.
- Art of Kenjutsu: Master the way of the samurai.
- Make it Personal: Engrave your first weapon.
- Sometimes: Perform a landing roll.
- Reading is Fundamental: Escape conflict by using a breathing reed to hide in shallow water.
- Just Your Shadow: Distract the same enemy 3 times with shinobi bells.
- Hook, Line, and Swinger: Stay airborne by swinging from one grappling hook point to another.
- Acrobatics: Perform a Leap of Faith from a grappling hook swing.
- Adept Shinobi: Perform your first assassination.
- Master Shinobi: Assassinate an enemy through a shoji door.
- Unseen: Perform 5 assassinations in a row without being noticed or entering combat.
- Giant Slayer: Assassinate a powerful guardian in one go.
- Adept Samurai: Perform your first Finisher as Yasuke.
- Master Samurai: Parry an incoming projectile.
- Unstoppable: Use Samurai Stand before performing a Finisher on an enemy.
- This is Japan, Actually: Kick an enemy from a high place.
- Overdesign III: Perform a Finisher on an enemy that is both Poisoned and Dazed.
- Final Hearing: Sheath your weapon immediately after an enemy dies from Bleed.
- Adventurer: Shoot an enemy in the knee with an arrow.
- Test Your Might: Defeat the final enemy in the tournament.
- Kofun Raider: Complete your first kofun.
- Good Form: Complete your first kata.
- Zen Master: Complete all kuji-kiri.
- A Rare Occurrence: Complete all legendary sumi-e.
- Sole Sanctum: Unlock the Hideout.
- Chase the Morning: Add a sumi-e to the Hideout.
- Against Wood and Stone: Fully upgrade a building in the Hideout.
- Everybody Benefits!: Adopt a pet.
- Happy Place: Reach the highest point on the map.
- Pathfinder: Visit every province on the map.
- Scouting Mission: Gather information using a scout.
- Would You Kindly?: Complete a contract in each province.
Hidden Achievements:
Assassin's Creed Shadows also includes approximately two dozen hidden achievements, mostly linked to story progression or undisclosed Easter eggs. While descriptions are unavailable pre-launch, the complete list of hidden trophies is:
- Prologue
- A New League Rises
- An Oath Fulfilled
- Fall of the Shinbakufu
- Epilogue
- Death Blossom
- The Thief
- The Toxin Master
- The Eager Assassin
- The Ronin
- The Warrior Monk
- The Sharpshooter
- Build Your League
- Front of the Pack
- Better than a Bucket
- Limitless
- In Case of Trouble
- Suture Self
- Leap of Fail
- Mortal Reminder
- Collector
- Made You Look

Assassin's Creed Shadows launches March 20th on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Good luck, and happy hunting!