All Assassin’s Creed Shadows Quest Lines (Main Story, Side, and Optional Quests)
Assassin’s Creed Shadows lets you explore feudal Japan. You can play Naoe, the assassin, and Yasuke, the samurai. With the game having an open world, you can easily get lost. There are plenty of quests to take on, so having a list of all of them can be helpful.
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All Assassin’s Creed Shadows Quests
The main story alone has 85 quests to complete. For completionists and achievement hunters, it’s a worthy challenge. One thing to note: some quests are unlocked by the decisions you make in the game. Act 1’s last quest is either “Drive the Point Home” or “Defensive Position,” depending on the choice you picked in the previous quest. To help you complete the game, here are all the main story, side, and optional quests in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Main Story Quests
Prologue
Arrival at Honnoji
- The Lord’s Favor
Making a Name
- Spirit of a Warrior
- Flames of War
Life in Iga
- Fight of the Kabushiba Ikki
World at War
- The Onryo Samurai
Act 1
Pain and Promises
- Wake Up Call
- An Unpayable Debt
- From Spark to Flame
Rebuilding
- Way of the Blacksmith
- Searching Sakai
- Dress for Success
- The Perfect Gift
- The Tea Ceremony
- Drive the Point Home or Defensive Position
- The Fatherless Monk
- The Killing Field
- Stolen Faith
- Heads Will Roll
An Eye for an Eye
- Friend of My Enemy
- Belly of the Beast
- Temple of the Horseman
The World Goes Blind
- Lightning and Thunder
- Mibuno Showdown
Act 2
A New League
- An Education
- Nobutsuna Sensei
- Lady of Whispers
- Lords of Azuchi
- An Evening in Otsu
- Against the Koga-ryu
- Showdown in Sakamoto
- The Bad Brother
- Missing Missive
- The Rising Tide
- Inside Help
- Lost Honor
The Hunt Continues
- A Talk with a Lady
- Nagahama Black Powder
- A Prayer for Omi
- The Price of Rice
- The Wheel Unmasked
- The Rengakai
- Losing Hand
- The Scent of War
- A Peculiar Guest
- Spring and Fall
- A Voice in Anger
- Astray
- Brothers in Arms
- Of My Enemy
- Broken Horn
Fall of Shinbakufu
- A Chance Encounter
- Temple Stories
- Restless Spirits
- The Lost Envoys
- Darkness Falls
- Red Walls
- Chef Hong
- Smuggler’s Gambit
- Revenge
- The Music
- The Performer
- Before the Fall
- Wolves and Foxes
- The Peasant Who Would Be King
- Topple the Traitor
Behind the Masks
- The Man Behind the Mask
Act 3
Unfinished Business
- Raise a Cup
- Dark Waves, Black Ships
- My Name is Yasuke
- The Path He Walks
- Fighting for the Cause
- The Silver Queen
- A Promise
- End of the Line
- Worse Men
- Eyes on the Future
- A Different Kind of Samurai
- Secrets of the Blade
- The Meaning of the Blade
- Soup for Sorin
- The Pilgrimage
- Leaving a Mark
Epilogue
Wounds that Remain
- Out of the Shadows
Side Quests
Here are all the side quests in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Izumi Settsu
- Finding New Allies
- The Tournament
- The Iron Hand Guild
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Kabukimono
Yamashiro
- A Collection of Crests
- Art Collector
- Chaos or Order
- The Yokai
Omi
- The Betrayers
- Restoring Order
- The Godai Shinobi
- Cloud Gazing
Iga
- Elder Empathy
- The Art of Kintsugi
- From the Ashes
- Ambush Interrupted
Harima
- Guardian Spirit
- A Blade in the Dark
Yamato
- Stealing Samurai
- Mayu’s Offering
- Yamabushi Imposters
Wakasa
- High Seas Haymaker
- Sweet Lies
Kii
- The World Out There
- The Winter Raiders
- A Better Path
Tamba
- Accursed Arquebuses
- Silver Smugglers
Other
- Unknown Organization
Optional Quests
Here are all the optional quests unlocked per act in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Act 1
- Tea Bowls for Rikyu
- The Stray Dogs
Act 2
- The Corrupt Daikan
- Nobutsuna’s Students
- Requiem for Rokkaku
- Help Needed
- Guard Duty
- Dropped Intel
- Sake and Swords
- The Sword Hunter
- The Hoarder
- The Hedonist
- The Connoisseur
- The Concubine
- The Soiled Merchant
- Fallen Soldiers
- The Katsuragi Agent
- The Pirate Alliance
- Valuable Reflections
- Feast for Thought
Act 3 & Epilogue
- Iga Assassin Outpost
- Omi Assassin Outpost
- Yamato Assassin Outpost
- Kii Assassin Outpost
- Story of a Samurai
- Story of a Young Boy
- Story of a Shinobi
