Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a big game with a lot of side characters and you can traverse its world relatively freely – so freely that, 40 hours since you last saw someone, it can often be difficult to remember who they were, and why they wanted you to go kill that dude.
Well, today’s 1.0.4 update for Assassin’s Creed Shadows addresses this by adding in Codex entries for the game’s main cast of characters, sidekicks, antagonists and supporting antagonists, which will unlock as you meet them.
It’s something that previous Assassin’s Creed games had previously but which Shadows eschewed, keeping its Codex more for historical and cultural details. Now it’s back, following feedback from fans.
Today’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows update is set to go live at 2pm UK time (10am Eastern, 7am Pacific) and weigh in at around 4.6GB on PS5, 8.5GB on Steam or 20GB on Xbox Series X/S.
As previously announced, today also brings the first of Shadows’ free post-launch story missions that add more moments with some of the game’s secondary characters.
The Works of Luis Frois centres on Yasuke’s Jesuit friend who you meet a couple of times during Shadows’ existing runtime. Today’s new quest can be played by either Yasuke or Naoe, and also features Lady Satoko. Who is she? Well, you can now go remind yourself in the Codex.