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people are so whiny these days. This game has some bugs. All games do when they're this crazily big. I've been waiting for Ubi to tackle Vikings in the creed series for over 10 years. I'm over the moon with what they've created.
Honestly dude? Apart from the bugs, glitches and errors I encounter (which are gonna be fixed so I don't worry about it) I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME. I enjoy it the most from the franchise. They improved a lot of things, deleted the things people didn't like, implemented things people like. Combat feels great, although sometimes my Eivor gets stuck but it's not a big deal. Story is amazing, the ost is fantastic. I play the małe Eivor and all I gotta say, he is such a charismatic and likeable character. He acts natural, he's smart etc. I love the Viking era and norse mythology so I was immediately interested in the game Everyone was bitchy and whiny because vikings? Assassins? Nah bad combo but ubisoft really did a great job doing the game. The side activities feel really engaging, no more "go to this marker and do this" and other boring shit. There's lots of riddle and mystery stuff where you actually need to think for a little or search/read through stuff to solve it. Great job really great job. The ability/skill system is phenomenal, a lot of variety and it's really balance. You can defeat really strong foes if you know how to play and know your equipment. I was around power lvl 120 when i defeated one of the Daughter of Lerion who was power lvl 240 on my second try. No more bullshit from origins and Odyssey. I love it from tip to toe. Can't wait for the dlc they announced. Already played like 53 hours and there's still more to go. I also especially like that they made the game long not by packing it with 5min side quests or a huge map but with different story arcs.
Nah I usually do that too but I get the guys point - I’ve often spent an hour clearing loot chests in area before doing the main quest there, only to find the main quest brought me to all those areas anyway so I could have saved at least 40 mins if I just followed the quest
@@pixelpiggy1027 I've had so many things like wealth and armour locked behind doors because I had to wait. It's not a great mention but king burgred and his mission I had a armour chest I couldn't get to
I'm sitting at 113 hours right meow. All I've been doing is exploring. I have all armor, expect Thor's. And pretty close to every weapon, there are some weapons locked behind main story missions. Which i get that. The main story is already set in stone. Every mission and where it's located, the events that play out. The main story leads you to certain treasure, which is nice. You can't always expect to fully explore and gather everything before beating the game. I've only secured Repton in my story. And started East Angelia. Ran around Asgard for an hour. Other than that, it's all exploring.
Heres an additional tip, Ive been playing for 34 hours and I would always get frustrated about the fact that my horse/wolf couldnt swim across rivers. Go to a stable and take the riding lessons. This is how to upgrade your steed and increase its stamina for sprinting further distances and giving it the ability to swim. I just found this out while playing and its a huge improvement
If your fighting an enemy that's a boss that roams the land (helmet icon) make your way to the water and call your long ship they will shoot arrows at the enemy and distract them just be make sure he follows you there I did this on a power level 160 enemy
Excellent tip!!! It worked out even better than expected for me. I lured the guy to the water, horned in my crew, and went up a tree and just watched till they arrowed him to death. So i basically killed a very high level enemy without pressing a button, while drinking some hot chocolate
@@mshk1989 Bro I wish I would've thought of that. I was a power level 41 fighting a Zealot Lvl 90 and took him hand to hand. Spent way too much time trying to kill this guy.
Another tip about raids: if your power level is too low for a raid, utilize stealth and assassinate all the enemies and once all hostiles have been eliminated then call in your crew to help force open doors and chest
I've had nothing but fun in Assassins Creed Valhalla! The one thing I wish would be different is the raiding aspect. I wish each stronghold had different weaknesses to exploit. For example maybe one fort you need to use the ram, another fort you may have to sneak in underwater, or maybe you could sneak in with a supply cart
@@BigblackDavis making gear appear as other gear. So say you put a chest piece on but you do not like the look of this one but you like the look of another one. Then you can transmog the chest piece to look like the other one while the other is still there.
FWIW when you press left on the D pad to whistle for your horse, keep holding it down until the horse appears and you will automatically jump on it when it arrives.
You don’t have to hold it down just call him and start running in whatever direction and the horse will catch up to you on your side and then just jump on with E. I suppose it might be different on console though
The loot being locked behind main mission content was something I learned the hard way. So many times I was out exploring and trying to get loot from regions I hadn’t gotten to in the story yet. And I gave up on so many of those pieces bc I couldn’t find a way to get to them. Only to find out later that the wall that was blocking me while I was exploring suddenly disappeared when I went to the same location in a story related mission!
As I was playing I found this out under my own thought process, glad I wasn’t dreaming. Im bummed that you have to play a certain way but it’s overall a win.
Had that same issue trying to get the Sepulcher Axe in Offchurch just like it shows in the video. Looked it up online and discovered I had to go there during the Tilting the Balance quest during the story for the Ledecestre alliance branch
A tip for the River Raids.. Major Tip: if the River Raid red bar (enemy reinforcements) doesn't pass the middle line, you can exit the raid go back to your village, empty the cargo from loot, and come back in on the same river, the Enemy Reinforcement red bar will restart as empty. This way you can finish the whole river quickly without needed to worry about large enemy reinforcements plus you get more cargo loot since you drop it off each time you go back to Ravensthorp... St George and River clues: - Each River has 2 pieces of the St.George's armor set located ALWAYS on the large military Fortifications (random each time). - River Raid clues are ALWAYS located in the monasteries. - River Dee (the 3rd river) has 2 pieces of the set as well PLUS the SWORD which is located in the Deva Victrix Fortification and it will be shown in the map as a quest marker, you have to fight a champion to get it - sail there first since the battle is huge and you'll need all of the viking's rations Choke Point forts: - If there is chain, you have to fight the stronghold to drop the chain. - If there is a wooden fence, just hit it with your ship, raise your sails, and keep on sailing, no need to fight it My Raid Order: 1) Raid a farming village in the beginning so everybody gets full on the rations - the Jomsvikings always start with 1 less ration. 2) Aim for the big fortifications first, the more fresh and alive your vikings are the better. 3) After fortifications, refill rations from a farming village. 4) Then raid Monasteries. 5) Finish it off with the smaller Military Camps.
Small tip I realized in my 96 hours of playing check every time in the areas you are the store because some could have really good runes like a +8.0 boost on weapons or +14.9 health or blocking recovering health runes so watch the store's
When i got to power 70 i reset all my points and focused on revealing the whole skill tree, then i reset again, this helped me make my way to skills i wanted. i'm equally invested in all side of the tree but i tend to favour the bear side more. i use a hammer and the Briton shield which restores health on parry, with a rune that also restores health on parry making boss fights easy, it allowed me to defeat all the zealots at power 150(with reasonable difficulty), making my rations a last case scenario. currently 55 hours in, power level 200, just rescued finished the Suthsexe arc. taking my time, i have also assassinated everyone on the order list that isn't killed during a main mission, so i get thor's cloak that much sooner.
If you 100% an area before doing main quests for that area the enemys will drop rarer stuff that otherwise be in the cests you get double the reward this way
@cloudykai the gear in off church in ledeshire or whatever it's called is locked behind storyline. Unless you can use the dual axe for the barred door which I didn't learn about til after.
@cloudykai you guys must not have done as much exploring. You'll come across quite a few areas that have rooms or buildings locked off for a story mission.
@@justRedDevil Yet there are usually ways into those rooms anyways, typically through a window...or by lighting the roof on fire and jumping through a burned out hole.
My boat has gotten stuck so many times i simply never travel by it. I also never call in help for any raid, only pansies do that. I can apparently wipe out an entire garrison by myself, but i can't open doors and big chests.
Should have mentioned the “Missile Reversal” skill. You can take out damn near any Zealot because almost all, if not all of them will throw something or shoot something at you when you gain some distance.
acv has got to be one of the best games brought out to date, yes there's bugs and glitches but every game this big has them there first month or so of being released and yes the game still technically doesn't feel like the older games but they have made a huge improvement since syndicate, hopefully the updates and the dlc content just makes it even better 👌
i used to be frustrated with the story bringing me back to areas with loot locked behind those missions, but I've come to appreciate the mystery, I found a locked door, with no key in the area (which there usually is) with a note next to it talking about a manipulative prisoner, which made that door and location more mysterious, I'm looking forward to the mission that takes me back there to discover what's behind the door, and of course to get the loot. I feel it's nice to have a reason to go back to locations, instead of just completing it and never going back there again
@@reis3542 that's a good point, but through trial and error I've found if you can't easily find the secret entrance or key in 5 minutes since they are usually marked with Synin, its probably in the main quest
The problem is you can't always tell if you can get the loot at that time or not; most loot will allow you to get to it outside of main story stuff but there are a few that are 'gated' behind the main story. The problem is it's impossible to know when that is the case, meaning you can spend upwards of 15 minutes looking for a key or a way in somewhere with no way of knowing if you're wasting your time with it. Like I found a massive underground roman ruin in East Anglia (think it's a Hidden Ones bureau) and inside was a statue with 'slots for 3 daggers' but couldn't find the daggers anywhere in the immediate area. Still spent a good 10 minutes back-tracking and angling the camera here and there and using Odin's sight every few steps.
Great tips! I'm around 300 hrs in, 96% completion. What I've found in addition to everything here is fire also comes in handy for battle. Those carts with the oil pots? Lead tougher enemies when lower lvl toward them, shoot the pots, and watch them eat fire till they're dead. Also, having some trouble early on with a berserker or likewise tough opponent? Climb up a wall, hill, building. Lead them up there. When they reach the top, hit them a couple times and they usually fall off to the ground to their deaths, or at least seriously injured or stunned. Spartan kick them off for a more fun and surefire way for a kill, or shoulder bash. Good luck out there, may the nornir weave strands of fortune for you to meet us all again at the great table.
Equip your lieutenant/jorms viking with 2, 2 Handers... your Jorms scales, so shields are useless and can be easily revived so are essentially immortal, you want them to knock things down and do as much damage as possibel for quicker raids.
@@oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614 one of the most common Viking weapons was a sword but I admit it looks more Viking when you have a Dane axe or dual axes
@@HA-208 thinking about it, of course it makes sense that they used swords, but still doesn’t feel right aesthetically to my media conditioned brain lol
@@oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614 actually I was wrong about the swords being a common weapon. Mainly kings, chieftains, jarls, earls and rulers had swords. Axes were usually more for common folk (farmers, villagers, low-life raiders and that kind of stuff)
Not really a game breaker, but took me about 30 hours into the game to realize that if you stay on a road when riding your horse to the destination you will not lose stamina on the horse.
Another good tip is that took me 30 odd hours is that there are 3 types of bows. a sniper bow is all good but the light bow is super handy. It has way more ammo that is important when breaking windows etc. I found the best benefit is during tough battles, the rapid fire helps you to hit those weak points with so much more ease than the hunter bow and its awkward auto targeting.
I did the exact same thing with exploring areas and then coming back to them in main story. Best one was in the Leicester Arc, right before the big battle to take Tamworth, I had killed pretty much every solider in the city, spent 15 minutes running around the walls killing everyone. Then went to do the main story and was laughing my way through the cutscenes like "Oh yeah, we need our army to take back the town, it's not like I just killed them all by myself just now...".
@@edwardvoelsing4709 I was bored of raids before I'd even finished the 1st tutorial one personally, I always try and stealth them as it's much more fun. Plus I'm one of those weirdos who still remembers the game has "Assassin" in the title. Wish they'd hire some similarly minded weirdos for the dev team tbh...
This is the first video game I’ve ever played console wise and I’m addicted to it, I work 3rd shift from home and only have to take about 10 calls max in a 9 hour shift so I play this my whole shift. Im not great at combat yet but I do really well ability wise and hidden things. Also in Asgard atm.
Way down the "way of the Raven" skill tree. Send projectiles back at enemies, is EPIC!!! Throwing a spear at me, Ha ha.. right back at you. Throwing traps, rocks, and arrows? Nope. And a great way to save arrows. One other tip: special abilities for bow doesn't use arrows just adrenaline.
Hello, I'm 81 hours in on Xbox and here's some tips I found. Enjoy your tattoos- all my gear is mythical but it a bit bulky. On the inventory screen, there's an option to hide your gear. Hiding your cloak and torso will make your character shirtless showing all those tattoos you equipped on them. Parry is my best friend- on the bottom of the raven skill tree is missile reversal. Any arrows, spears or rocks that get thrown your way can be sent right back at your attackers usually killing them or taking off a grip of heath on the elites. Lastly, reseting your skills- Each one of your armor has a wolf, bear, or raven emblem. Once I had enough skill points to fill up, I tried each set of armor with its corresponding web on the skill tree, to see which playing style was most efficient for me. On each constellation there's an " way of raven, bear, or wolf" that supes up the gear you're wearing. You can reset your skills as many times as you want without costing you anything and figure out the most enjoyable way of playing. Thanks for your video!
"For the first time ever, the game had given the opportunity to assassinate enemies beyond what was possible before." Every game before Origins: Am I a joke to you?
It would be cool when in a boss fight like once you damage the boss half way you get a combat cut scene and you need to hit certain button combination during the cut scene like resident evil 4
Yeah makes me think that guy never played the games before origins, you can one hit KO any target if you catch them by surprise or stealth in most AC games. That's my main gripe with oddyssey and origins, I'm glad Valhalla has some callbacks to the old days.
I absolutely love it, so much to explore. And can take your time with it if you want to. I’m taking my time with it. In 60hrs in and about 48% of the story completed. Real fun, especially on next gen
I base my life around Assassin's creed Valhalla! From my Viking tattoos, to my gym, to my training routine! When jogging in the countryside, I collect sheep and Ram skulls to decorate my gym with! It's transferred into my real world and I love it!
The "play the story in each area" tip is top notch. Thankfully I figured this out reasonably early on but only after raiding the same monastery three times!
Don't know if want to call it a tip but if/when you face the Drengr in Norway. Make sure you have adrenaline and Kick of Tyr equipped. Stand near the cliff edge and let him try to attack you, dodge him then use Kick of Tyr to hoof him off the cliff for an insta-kill.
Yeah I got into the habit of clearing out the entire area only after the main quest was "finished" with it because it was so frustrating solving all the puzzles and then thinking its just a puzzle you cant solve, then the quest brings you right thru the front door like nothing happened
When you get to asgard, collect the wealth on the Wolf's Island before completing the main story line. If you don't complete before, the entrance will have an invisible wall in the cliff. If this has already happened to you - use your mount and run towards the blockage, dismount at the invisible wall with your mount facing the entrance and then immediately mount again to get through the blockage, you'll be able to collect the wealth following this.
Yeah, I have 140 hours in, finally finished the game. I def tried to 100% each area before I started the story arcs in those areas. All in all, I enjoyed the grind. Valhalla is epic
Thanks for the heads up on the ability to call your longship from a far and call in a raid when not on a ship. When I got killed in battle and revived in the village I died in, but all my Vikings were back in the boat, thought I had to reboard and restart the raid. This definitely seems different then Origins and Odyssey, but I have been a fan of AC since I did my first leap of faith with Altair.
For the river raids, you really don't need an entire crew but just the lieutenant. You can go in and assassinate everyone, then call your 2nd to help you open doors or the chests.
First time viewer of the channel. I loved how (when this video was made) we were at the same amount of hours, around 30. All the cutscenes are fresh in memory and, while enough of the story to make a video about it and have a variety, was not too far in and advanced for people worried about spoilers. I also loved how the exact problems you pointed out, I was just thinking about while playing. "Cleared this nice encampment got some wealth, walk 5 min to a quest or World Event and it would just lead me right back with everyone dead lolz" Thank you for this video and for providing good content! Cheers mate.
Totally me ! I'm about to get it. Played cyberpunk for awhile, had no game breaking bugs(xbox one x) but it was kinda boring. Totally going to get this
Same happened to me. Got 30hrs on CP2077, started to play some AC:V instead and now I have 100hrs in AC and will probably have to start CP2077 from the start because I can't remember how to play it properly and have forgotten most of what I've already done. Maybe the game will work properly by the time I get back to playing it 🤷♂️
I just started playing this game and that "Stick to the main quest" hit me right in the feels. I spent so much time clearing out areas early on only to go back to them for the main quest. And i spent a good 30 minutes in Old Church trying to get that damn piece of gear only to be able to get it once the story took me there.. You even used a clip from there when talking about it. Yea that hit hard...
I've spent literal hours in multiple places in this game trying to figure out the puzzle for a Mystery, or just how to get underground to get a piece of armor... Definitely the best tip to follow is to not get hung up on collecting stuff before moving forward with the story. I didn't want to save any collecting for later because once I complete a game I tend to just put it down and be done with it, so I like to do my collecting as I go. There is also at least one (that's all I've encountered so far) mystery on the map that is tied to the things you've built in your settlement, so it's not JUST progressing the main story to have certain things unlocked, you may also just not have the right stuff built yet.
I particularly thank you for calling raid from inside the encampment and following the story and exploring on the go. I'm not really a completionist but I typically tend to go off exploring in free roamers very early.
The rations tip is great thanks for that! It took me a good 10 minutes to get through the pig smell mission. I was two boxes down, went to search for berries and came back to it all back inside.
1 tip I didn't see you mention was to make sure whichever School of Combat you want to specialize in: Bear (red)- Sheer Brute Wolf (blue) - Mixed type Raven (yellow) - Stealth Ninja Every piece of equipment belongs to either of the 3 families. Make sure to get the set bonus skill node asap in each Major Skill Tree as they boost every stat by good amounts and quickly stack up. This means unlocking the fog of war to the next skill priority so you can rapidly power up your arsenal. Get what you want skill wise but don't hang around unlocking every little skill, beeline for the next Skill Tree hidden by fog for that Set Bonus. Also each tree specializes in different weapons. I know for sure Bear Tree contains: 2 handed Axes Hammers Greatswords Flails Heavy Shields So I think the other two contain: 1 handed Axes 1 handed swords Spears Daggers Bows Shields So unlock the skill nodes with the weapon type you constantly use and choose your path and experiment. You can freely respec all skill points without fear of messing up.
As a player since Ac1 I’ve learned that you’re first play through is usually a trial and error process. The 2nd play through is where you actually enjoy the game. After that learning curve it’s much better.
Here's one most people might not know. For those that use icons on their compass, if you see an icon that's glowing that means it's within range of your Odin's Sight.
I learnt that last tip the hard way too. I honestly thought some loot in the game was bugged till i googled them only to find out it opens up later. Now, I just finish the territory story arc before going back for missed loot knowing the whole area has opened up
I've never felt so connected to a game before. Close in the past multiple times, but this takes the cake. I always seem to end up were I need to be when I need to be. Finding things or doing things just ahead of what comes next that comes in handy in the storyline, and random encounter as well. Just had a problem one time it just stopped and gave me the blue screen with error code. Had one of the main NPCS get stuck in the cellar of one of the castle/forts, the lady with her three "loyal" companions that you end up investigating and finding the traitor. She got stuck in the cellar, just went back 4 saves and it literally had me entering the cellar she got stuck in. It worked that time no error or blue screen.
There is a trap arrow which consumes 1 adrenaline with which you can blow open broken walls . You usely need those red flaming pots , that you need to search a few minutes for. Not anymore , just shoot that arrow and the wall is gone. Also a big help when trying to take out a group of soldiers .
Games like this make me think about my ancestry, and my ancestry is very interesting because on my dads side his ancestors along time ago are vikings that came to Scotland and helped the Scottish warriors defend off other viking clans. And as a gift for the assistance Scotland let the vikings stay, Now that was 1000 years ago so obviously I am full Scottish but my bloodline consists of Viking warriors and Scottish warriors now that is some serious hybrid that is the two deadliest Warrior bloodlines mixed into one ultimate bloodline 😂. Anyway this game looks right down my alley the gameplay, the story, the customs so I can’t wait to play it.😁
After watching several other Need To Know vids - Your Video is the one I'm most glad I checked out! Lots of Braggarts and Know-it-Alls out there that give you little to nothing of importance. But HERE it's Refreshing to truly get to learn from your mistakes and/ or mistakes we might repeat. Now THAT'S what a Real Heads Up approach and things worth noting! Thank You for all the tips and tricks with things like; Torches and Flaming Arrows, importance of Dodge-Rolls, Quest will take us there anyway, Dual Wielding and Hidden Blades, and Endless Fish for Silver and Upgrades!!! Your Real Substance vid vs Lots of talk about not much of anything vids elsewhere. ♥♥♥
Saveing is very important I ran into alot of bugs and my character getting stuck in game and my autosave saved me there so I had to load an old save 3 hours before also early spoiler when you go to save the kings son do not kill the soldier let him go and it will be a big benefit to your game and immediately do what he says do not wait it is time sensitive because if you want an easier time in game this is a must if you like the challenge then don't but honestly its worth it to spare the soldier
hey, think of it this way, if you were in the dark ages, where would you put your most precious valuables? In your shitty shack? Best put them in a tunnel or cave! Hence the treasures are still underground there after they became ruins
making games easier, either by cheating or settings such as the one you have stated, make the games boring. You lose all sense of challenge and accomplishment.
Okay guys lets be serious about this, in any of the classic AC games did you need the “mini-game” for assassinations? Hell no! It’s so satisfying to get that kill with 1 stab and that loud drum noise it makes when you do it is so worth it! On high level enemies or bosses i think it should be like the Oddysey system where the animation should show you attempting to assassinate the npc but instead they dodge and you slice them.
So some commenters saying this is cheating, you're stupid. Every single game in the past has been set this way other than odyssey. You had to stab a dude in the head 6 times to kill him. Stfu
@@otherworld_news906 That’s literally not true, there are several instances in the games prior where you couldn’t instantly kill somebody with the hidden blade.
You can Cancel fall dmg just by spamming heavy attack. When Sieging, u can go behind the gate and destroy the 2 locks instead of using the battering ram.
One thing I wish I knew before start playing is, that the raven doesn't mark the enemies or the person you are looking for (you need to use the Odins vision) and, that he doesn't tell you the enemy level. For me was frustrating at first, as I was use to ACV Odyssey, where you use your eagle for all that.
This is a great video, good editing, and no spoilers. I subscribed for those reasons alone but I’m so glad that I found this channel, it’s a gem. Thank you guys so much 🙏🏽
You can also turn on “assassinations” in the main options menu under gameplay. So you really don’t have to unlock that skill at all, and spend your points on mussel reversal, it will save you multiple headaches and rage moments.
Great tips! Specially the one about the content being locked lol yah I learned the hard way aswell. I wanna add some of the tips I have learned too: 1) Rations - not only heal u but they also extinguish negative effects such as poison and fire. 2) If u have trouble catching those flying papers trigger the paper and then go back to where it started and wait abit ahead of the paper now that u know which road it will fly. It should trigger soon when it has finished flying. 3) You can call the longship by clicking J. If u hold the J it will call ur army to raid. Or u can do as Legacy mentioned by holding G and choosing whatever u want. 4) Get the Hidden Bureau ASAP before anything else when u get to control ur little town.
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You used the don’t skip flyting title twice and didn’t use a dual weild one
I found another nickel farm location. Its on the road, just east of the Offering Shrine in East Anglia. Not sure if you knew about that one.
Did the fish for silver trick get fixed? I just spear a ton of fish and got zero silver.
@@AndrewLovato They did release a patch recently. I would imagine that it may be fixed at this point, huge L.
I love it and I only played like the first 2 ac games
Despite a lot of the criticism from the UA-cam community- is anyone else loving their time with ACV? I know I am.
people are so whiny these days. This game has some bugs. All games do when they're this crazily big. I've been waiting for Ubi to tackle Vikings in the creed series for over 10 years. I'm over the moon with what they've created.
Honestly dude? Apart from the bugs, glitches and errors I encounter (which are gonna be fixed so I don't worry about it) I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME. I enjoy it the most from the franchise. They improved a lot of things, deleted the things people didn't like, implemented things people like. Combat feels great, although sometimes my Eivor gets stuck but it's not a big deal. Story is amazing, the ost is fantastic. I play the małe Eivor and all I gotta say, he is such a charismatic and likeable character. He acts natural, he's smart etc. I love the Viking era and norse mythology so I was immediately interested in the game Everyone was bitchy and whiny because vikings? Assassins? Nah bad combo but ubisoft really did a great job doing the game. The side activities feel really engaging, no more "go to this marker and do this" and other boring shit. There's lots of riddle and mystery stuff where you actually need to think for a little or search/read through stuff to solve it. Great job really great job. The ability/skill system is phenomenal, a lot of variety and it's really balance. You can defeat really strong foes if you know how to play and know your equipment. I was around power lvl 120 when i defeated one of the Daughter of Lerion who was power lvl 240 on my second try. No more bullshit from origins and Odyssey. I love it from tip to toe. Can't wait for the dlc they announced. Already played like 53 hours and there's still more to go. I also especially like that they made the game long not by packing it with 5min side quests or a huge map but with different story arcs.
@@skyfryer1223 That's awesome and same!
@@crown_clown I agree with everything you said LOL I'm usually a big critic of Ubisoft but this game? It's damn good.
I’m enjoying this game more than Odyssey and Ghost of Tsushima, and LOVED Odyssey! Many of the folks criticizing the game have not even played it.
I can’t be the only one enjoying roaming around getting stuff before doing the main quest
Definitely not! Best part about open world games!
Nah I usually do that too but I get the guys point - I’ve often spent an hour clearing loot chests in area before doing the main quest there, only to find the main quest brought me to all those areas anyway so I could have saved at least 40 mins if I just followed the quest
@@pixelpiggy1027 I've had so many things like wealth and armour locked behind doors because I had to wait. It's not a great mention but king burgred and his mission I had a armour chest I couldn't get to
Samee
I'm sitting at 113 hours right meow. All I've been doing is exploring. I have all armor, expect Thor's. And pretty close to every weapon, there are some weapons locked behind main story missions. Which i get that. The main story is already set in stone. Every mission and where it's located, the events that play out. The main story leads you to certain treasure, which is nice. You can't always expect to fully explore and gather everything before beating the game. I've only secured Repton in my story. And started East Angelia. Ran around Asgard for an hour. Other than that, it's all exploring.
Heres an additional tip, Ive been playing for 34 hours and I would always get frustrated about the fact that my horse/wolf couldnt swim across rivers. Go to a stable and take the riding lessons. This is how to upgrade your steed and increase its stamina for sprinting further distances and giving it the ability to swim. I just found this out while playing and its a huge improvement
How do you get the wolf
@@evanornelas you either have to get the berserker pack or buy it with helix
WAIT WHAT
Wait did everyone not already now this as soon as I built the stable I realized and I built it straight away cause my game came with a free wolf
Yesssss so much better with that
If your fighting an enemy that's a boss that roams the land (helmet icon) make your way to the water and call your long ship they will shoot arrows at the enemy and distract them just be make sure he follows you there I did this on a power level 160 enemy
Excellent tip!!! It worked out even better than expected for me. I lured the guy to the water, horned in my crew, and went up a tree and just watched till they arrowed him to death. So i basically killed a very high level enemy without pressing a button, while drinking some hot chocolate
@@mshk1989 I have to try this those zealots are really hard to fight even when they are your level!
@@mshk1989 Bro I wish I would've thought of that. I was a power level 41 fighting a Zealot Lvl 90 and took him hand to hand. Spent way too much time trying to kill this guy.
That’s pretty smart, I just fought in close quarters abusing the slow down time dodge ability at low levels.
But that’s CHEATING !!!
Another tip he missed was don’t trust the auto save, save at every moment. Lost a cool 3 hours of gameplay because the game crashed
Great tip, thanks for sharing!
You can also quick save. Press down on the D-pad to pull up the menu wheel and press X or Square for playstation.
That’s just called gaming bro lol
hopefully they fix that because Odyssey autosaves like every 5 seconds
Had a few crashes. I had to play the London boss fight twice because of a crash and a failed auto-save.
The Incendiary powder trap (Ranged ability) can be used to blow up those stone doors, If you don't want to bother looking for the fire jars.
It's also the best ability for Nidhoggr in the new DLC 👌
Another tip about raids: if your power level is too low for a raid, utilize stealth and assassinate all the enemies and once all hostiles have been eliminated then call in your crew to help force open doors and chest
I've had nothing but fun in Assassins Creed Valhalla! The one thing I wish would be different is the raiding aspect. I wish each stronghold had different weaknesses to exploit. For example maybe one fort you need to use the ram, another fort you may have to sneak in underwater, or maybe you could sneak in with a supply cart
I just want transmog for gear like in Odyssey. Im a simple man
@@eluster25 what’s that?
@@BigblackDavis making gear appear as other gear. So say you put a chest piece on but you do not like the look of this one but you like the look of another one. Then you can transmog the chest piece to look like the other one while the other is still there.
@@eluster25 they have this now !
And a lot more opponents
FWIW when you press left on the D pad to whistle for your horse, keep holding it down until the horse appears and you will automatically jump on it when it arrives.
You don’t have to hold it down just call him and start running in whatever direction and the horse will catch up to you on your side and then just jump on with E. I suppose it might be different on console though
that was in previous games too
Or just keep moving forward and u will hop on automatically
@@woodsman4946 I guess you missed the whole point of his comment.
I have a wolf😄
Don't forget to take the time and hit all of the view points along the way. This saves tons of time for future endeavors
Shoot the windows of church's during raids to enter thru there instead of looking for keys or waiting on NPCs to open doors
Not all of them have those tho lol
Didn’t think they’d break so never tried! Thanks
Plus if it’s high enough, breaking a window with a arrow doesn’t set off the guards. U had to break a window to kill Wigmud without any alerts.
Your bow reticle will highlight red if its a destructible window
You're evil,
I don't plunder churches.
Low key once ur like 25 hours in and around level 50-60 shit starts getting really good
Totally agree
@@LegacyGamingUS im having a blast and im only 33
Looting and doing every side quest in sight gives you a ton of expirence and. you get unique. animals in. your. camp.
How is that low key?
Only a full day of my life and then its fun?
The loot being locked behind main mission content was something I learned the hard way. So many times I was out exploring and trying to get loot from regions I hadn’t gotten to in the story yet. And I gave up on so many of those pieces bc I couldn’t find a way to get to them. Only to find out later that the wall that was blocking me while I was exploring suddenly disappeared when I went to the same location in a story related mission!
Same I was trying to get the loot in the Governors Villa in Lunden for hours. It was by chance I realized that there was a story arc for it haha.
As I was playing I found this out under my own thought process, glad I wasn’t dreaming. Im bummed that you have to play a certain way but it’s overall a win.
Same here I got so frustrated.
Had that same issue trying to get the Sepulcher Axe in Offchurch just like it shows in the video. Looked it up online and discovered I had to go there during the Tilting the Balance quest during the story for the Ledecestre alliance branch
Same.
if you have a feast in ravensthorpe, with most of the houses built, you get extra health, damage and armor for a decent time.
At the moment my buff lasts 3 hrs
Damn imagine wanting to skip flyting, ur literally rapping with ur viking comrades
Needs more 'ur's
@@sgt.thundercok4704 Ur
@@sharksaver5579 Thank you!
Flyting isn't rapping, it's roasting eachother in a poetic manner.
@@charliegraham2789 ok buddy
With the Hidden blade offhand tip, you can increase the hidden blade damage by putting skills in assassination damage increasing its use in combat.
Him: 30 hours in - Power Level 150
Me: 36 hours in - Power Level 34
44 hours in power level 79😂😂
Mysteries are your best friend I promise they give so much exp
I'm just taking me time and enjoying, which is really what my comparison is about.
Wtf... I was 336 less than 50
i know, i couldnt believe it. im around 41hrs and only 119 XD
Call longship came in very handy when my boat got stuck in a mud bank lol.
Gibing is
This literally just happened to me lmfao
The game tells you about it
Happens all the time. So just "follow river" and longship turns and moves by itself.
@@greefhavoc3593 tf?
The slow motion when dodging at the right time is everything. You can take Zealots down so quick.
A tip for the River Raids..
Major Tip: if the River Raid red bar (enemy reinforcements) doesn't pass the middle line, you can exit the raid go back to your village, empty the cargo from loot, and come back in on the same river, the Enemy Reinforcement red bar will restart as empty. This way you can finish the whole river quickly without needed to worry about large enemy reinforcements plus you get more cargo loot since you drop it off each time you go back to Ravensthorp...
St George and River clues:
- Each River has 2 pieces of the St.George's armor set located ALWAYS on the large military Fortifications (random each time).
- River Raid clues are ALWAYS located in the monasteries.
- River Dee (the 3rd river) has 2 pieces of the set as well PLUS the SWORD which is located in the Deva Victrix Fortification and it will be shown in the map as a quest marker, you have to fight a champion to get it - sail there first since the battle is huge and you'll need all of the viking's rations
Choke Point forts:
- If there is chain, you have to fight the stronghold to drop the chain.
- If there is a wooden fence, just hit it with your ship, raise your sails, and keep on sailing, no need to fight it
My Raid Order:
1) Raid a farming village in the beginning so everybody gets full on the rations - the Jomsvikings always start with 1 less ration.
2) Aim for the big fortifications first, the more fresh and alive your vikings are the better.
3) After fortifications, refill rations from a farming village.
4) Then raid Monasteries.
5) Finish it off with the smaller Military Camps.
Small tip I realized in my 96 hours of playing check every time in the areas you are the store because some could have really good runes like a +8.0 boost on weapons or +14.9 health or blocking recovering health runes so watch the store's
The fishing trick work best by not wear armour at all, to not consume so much stamina when swing your weapons + 2 Spears.
It's the best thing I swear
This is true but just RPing as a drunk Viking and winning 200 silver every min or so in village of Walden.
Boost stamina by. boosting. evasion in the raven skill tree.
@@LegacyProduction2013 no longer
When i got to power 70 i reset all my points and focused on revealing the whole skill tree, then i reset again, this helped me make my way to skills i wanted. i'm equally invested in all side of the tree but i tend to favour the bear side more. i use a hammer and the Briton shield which restores health on parry, with a rune that also restores health on parry making boss fights easy, it allowed me to defeat all the zealots at power 150(with reasonable difficulty), making my rations a last case scenario. currently 55 hours in, power level 200, just rescued finished the Suthsexe arc. taking my time, i have also assassinated everyone on the order list that isn't killed during a main mission, so i get thor's cloak that much sooner.
I'm at 216(suppose), idk how, just clearing the map from dots ;D
@@SgtAntyperspirant I mean you inevitably end up with everything (lvl 400) and 90 mastery points (30 in each branch)
If you 100% an area before doing main quests for that area the enemys will drop rarer stuff that otherwise be in the cests you get double the reward this way
But some areas have missionlocked chests?!
@cloudykai the gear in off church in ledeshire or whatever it's called is locked behind storyline. Unless you can use the dual axe for the barred door which I didn't learn about til after.
Level up your wealth to max in a certain area and some enemies will start dropping ingots. Everything from carbon to tungsten. Depending on the area
@cloudykai you guys must not have done as much exploring. You'll come across quite a few areas that have rooms or buildings locked off for a story mission.
@@justRedDevil Yet there are usually ways into those rooms anyways, typically through a window...or by lighting the roof on fire and jumping through a burned out hole.
This man really was going all the way to the port to get his ship 😭, I bet my crew is so tired of the amount of time I call them
Bruh you don’t even want to know...
My boat has gotten stuck so many times i simply never travel by it. I also never call in help for any raid, only pansies do that. I can apparently wipe out an entire garrison by myself, but i can't open doors and big chests.
@Chunky Mario I was raiding before you was a lvl zero in your dad's pants miladio.
People just cant take jokes any more lol
@Chunky Mario We know you get offended on youtube by light humor. You should change your name to "Chunky Karen."
sprint attack + auto loot makes fish farming with the spear EVEN FASTER
Just play the drinking thingy
@@reis3542 200g every 40-50s? really fishing is faster than that?
How do you auto loot?
@@vectar it's a Skill in the yellow tree section
@@Maximo10101 TY!
Should have mentioned the “Missile Reversal” skill. You can take out damn near any Zealot because almost all, if not all of them will throw something or shoot something at you when you gain some distance.
Agreed, 'Missile Reversal' is an important skill, you can throw back almost every projectile back to the attacker.
Literally the easiest way to get Excalibur as soon as you’re high enough level to unlock the skill
You get Excalibur how? Defeating Zealots?
@@originalgunter6780
Only three have to be beaten. There are three who have a stone tablet each. You just have to find the other tablets in caves.
@@originalgunter6780 getting all the stone tablets
You can Also raid, raidable targets like abbey from land, just select the Horn and it will be repaced with 'Start Raid'.
While on boat?
acv has got to be one of the best games brought out to date, yes there's bugs and glitches but every game this big has them there first month or so of being released and yes the game still technically doesn't feel like the older games but they have made a huge improvement since syndicate, hopefully the updates and the dlc content just makes it even better 👌
I was born in Tamworth. It actually has a fine norman castle and was the capital of anglo saxon mercia
i used to be frustrated with the story bringing me back to areas with loot locked behind those missions, but I've come to appreciate the mystery, I found a locked door, with no key in the area (which there usually is) with a note next to it talking about a manipulative prisoner, which made that door and location more mysterious, I'm looking forward to the mission that takes me back there to discover what's behind the door, and of course to get the loot. I feel it's nice to have a reason to go back to locations, instead of just completing it and never going back there again
@@reis3542 Yea this ain't your first rpg. The frustration outweighs the benefit.
@@reis3542 that's a good point, but through trial and error I've found if you can't easily find the secret entrance or key in 5 minutes since they are usually marked with Synin, its probably in the main quest
It's a member of the order of ancients
The problem is you can't always tell if you can get the loot at that time or not; most loot will allow you to get to it outside of main story stuff but there are a few that are 'gated' behind the main story. The problem is it's impossible to know when that is the case, meaning you can spend upwards of 15 minutes looking for a key or a way in somewhere with no way of knowing if you're wasting your time with it. Like I found a massive underground roman ruin in East Anglia (think it's a Hidden Ones bureau) and inside was a statue with 'slots for 3 daggers' but couldn't find the daggers anywhere in the immediate area. Still spent a good 10 minutes back-tracking and angling the camera here and there and using Odin's sight every few steps.
Great tips! I'm around 300 hrs in, 96% completion. What I've found in addition to everything here is fire also comes in handy for battle. Those carts with the oil pots? Lead tougher enemies when lower lvl toward them, shoot the pots, and watch them eat fire till they're dead. Also, having some trouble early on with a berserker or likewise tough opponent? Climb up a wall, hill, building. Lead them up there. When they reach the top, hit them a couple times and they usually fall off to the ground to their deaths, or at least seriously injured or stunned. Spartan kick them off for a more fun and surefire way for a kill, or shoulder bash.
Good luck out there, may the nornir weave strands of fortune for you to meet us all again at the great table.
Feasts are very important. Free 3 hour buff.
I now have 2 different saves with well over 700 hours into them. I've 100% completed it twice now. Love it.
Equip your lieutenant/jorms viking with 2, 2 Handers... your Jorms scales, so shields are useless and can be easily revived so are essentially immortal, you want them to knock things down and do as much damage as possibel for quicker raids.
Love it it's just really missing one handed swords
A Viking with a sword wouldn’t look/feel right
@@oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614 one of the most common Viking weapons was a sword but I admit it looks more Viking when you have a Dane axe or dual axes
@@HA-208 thinking about it, of course it makes sense that they used swords, but still doesn’t feel right aesthetically to my media conditioned brain lol
@@oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614 actually I was wrong about the swords being a common weapon. Mainly kings, chieftains, jarls, earls and rulers had swords. Axes were usually more for common folk (farmers, villagers, low-life raiders and that kind of stuff)
@@HA-208 I'm sure the spear was the most common weapon used everywhere in the world, just because of how cheap and easy it was to make.
I was skeptical during the first few sessions, but I thoroughly enjoy it now and look forward to the end of my work day now because of it
That's the spirit
For AC purists: You can stealth your way through raids. Go into the area, take everyone out sneakily and then call a raid and loot everything.
Except for 1, you'll need to go underground multiple times and you'll get 1shotted by everyone
Not an Ac purist, but stealth kinda sucks in this game
@@flamingmonkey0281 It's the best stealth we've had since Syndicate by a country mile. Social stealth ALONE makes it so much better
@@CoulierCuts Why is it so much better? It feels similar to odyssey stealth
@@flamingmonkey0281 because of social stealth and the environments are actually built for good stealth
Not really a game breaker, but took me about 30 hours into the game to realize that if you stay on a road when riding your horse to the destination you will not lose stamina on the horse.
Another good tip is that took me 30 odd hours is that there are 3 types of bows. a sniper bow is all good but the light bow is super handy. It has way more ammo that is important when breaking windows etc. I found the best benefit is during tough battles, the rapid fire helps you to hit those weak points with so much more ease than the hunter bow and its awkward auto targeting.
I did the exact same thing with exploring areas and then coming back to them in main story. Best one was in the Leicester Arc, right before the big battle to take Tamworth, I had killed pretty much every solider in the city, spent 15 minutes running around the walls killing everyone. Then went to do the main story and was laughing my way through the cutscenes like "Oh yeah, we need our army to take back the town, it's not like I just killed them all by myself just now...".
Much harder to sneak around killing ppl in forts than AC Odyssey but like having my crew on a full-raid.
@@edwardvoelsing4709 I was bored of raids before I'd even finished the 1st tutorial one personally, I always try and stealth them as it's much more fun. Plus I'm one of those weirdos who still remembers the game has "Assassin" in the title. Wish they'd hire some similarly minded weirdos for the dev team tbh...
@@UltimaPowers Same.
Man, we like to kill people in games are we hidden murderers or something?
This is the first video game I’ve ever played console wise and I’m addicted to it, I work 3rd shift from home and only have to take about 10 calls max in a 9 hour shift so I play this my whole shift. Im not great at combat yet but I do really well ability wise and hidden things. Also in Asgard atm.
At least one pyro out there checking out this video. Yes indeed
Way down the "way of the Raven" skill tree. Send projectiles back at enemies, is EPIC!!! Throwing a spear at me, Ha ha.. right back at you. Throwing traps, rocks, and arrows? Nope. And a great way to save arrows. One other tip: special abilities for bow doesn't use arrows just adrenaline.
Hello, I'm 81 hours in on Xbox and here's some tips I found.
Enjoy your tattoos-
all my gear is mythical but it a bit bulky. On the inventory screen, there's an option to hide your gear. Hiding your cloak and torso will make your character shirtless showing all those tattoos you equipped on them.
Parry is my best friend-
on the bottom of the raven skill tree is missile reversal. Any arrows, spears or rocks that get thrown your way can be sent right back at your attackers usually killing them or taking off a grip of heath on the elites.
Lastly, reseting your skills-
Each one of your armor has a wolf, bear, or raven emblem. Once I had enough skill points to fill up, I tried each set of armor with its corresponding web on the skill tree, to see which playing style was most efficient for me. On each constellation there's an " way of raven, bear, or wolf" that supes up the gear you're wearing. You can reset your skills as many times as you want without costing you anything and figure out the most enjoyable way of playing.
Thanks for your video!
"For the first time ever, the game had given the opportunity to assassinate enemies beyond what was possible before."
Every game before Origins: Am I a joke to you?
🤣
It would be cool when in a boss fight like once you damage the boss half way you get a combat cut scene and you need to hit certain button combination during the cut scene like resident evil 4
Yeah makes me think that guy never played the games before origins, you can one hit KO any target if you catch them by surprise or stealth in most AC games. That's my main gripe with oddyssey and origins, I'm glad Valhalla has some callbacks to the old days.
Fun fact, valhalla adds the option for ttue assassination in the options where you skip the stupid QTE and just assassinate them fully all the time.
@@graodon True, it's in the options menu under gameplay I believe. No minigame skill unlock needed : )
I absolutely love it, so much to explore. And can take your time with it if you want to. I’m taking my time with it. In 60hrs in and about 48% of the story completed. Real fun, especially on next gen
I’m here to admit, I like a nice blazing fire 🔥 I can sit back and watch it for hours, super relaxing. Another great vid, Codiak, play on 😁
That's why I bought it. The flames and the environment. Super relaxing
I base my life around Assassin's creed Valhalla! From my Viking tattoos, to my gym, to my training routine! When jogging in the countryside, I collect sheep and Ram skulls to decorate my gym with! It's transferred into my real world and I love it!
The "play the story in each area" tip is top notch. Thankfully I figured this out reasonably early on but only after raiding the same monastery three times!
40 hours in on my ps5, beautiful game. Next AC should be Ninjas/Samurai😜Thank Ghost of Tshushima for the inspiration
100% agreed
This comment aged well 🙌
30 hours in the game and only last night i realised the last tip - it's better to not cover an entire area before getting to the region's arc.
This series just hits different in 60fps on the series x. So damn smooth
Lol, 60 fps.
Don't know if want to call it a tip but if/when you face the Drengr in Norway. Make sure you have adrenaline and Kick of Tyr equipped. Stand near the cliff edge and let him try to attack you, dodge him then use Kick of Tyr to hoof him off the cliff for an insta-kill.
Yeah I got into the habit of clearing out the entire area only after the main quest was "finished" with it because it was so frustrating solving all the puzzles and then thinking its just a puzzle you cant solve, then the quest brings you right thru the front door like nothing happened
When you get to asgard, collect the wealth on the Wolf's Island before completing the main story line. If you don't complete before, the entrance will have an invisible wall in the cliff. If this has already happened to you - use your mount and run towards the blockage, dismount at the invisible wall with your mount facing the entrance and then immediately mount again to get through the blockage, you'll be able to collect the wealth following this.
Is this wealth worth it?
@@TheRandomeez I believe it is if you want to claim the Completionist All the Way! Trophy - you can only get this by completing all territories.
Yeah, I have 140 hours in, finally finished the game.
I def tried to 100% each area before I started the story arcs in those areas.
All in all, I enjoyed the grind.
Valhalla is epic
Thanks for the heads up on the ability to call your longship from a far and call in a raid when not on a ship. When I got killed in battle and revived in the village I died in, but all my Vikings were back in the boat, thought I had to reboard and restart the raid. This definitely seems different then Origins and Odyssey, but I have been a fan of AC since I did my first leap of faith with Altair.
I’m about 3 hours in and I’m so glad you told me that last tip. I just spent a gold 2 hours on this random area looting.
Alot of people don’t like it because it’s too much of a Viking RPG with AC elements sprinkled in but i love it for that reason. Fast paced and FUN
That last tip just summ up my last 19 hrs lol
Pyro here. Thanks for the shout out.
Thank you for this! Just picked the game up on sale and at power level 15 so perfect timing to put your tips to use.
For the river raids, you really don't need an entire crew but just the lieutenant. You can go in and assassinate everyone, then call your 2nd to help you open doors or the chests.
First time viewer of the channel. I loved how (when this video was made) we were at the same amount of hours, around 30. All the cutscenes are fresh in memory and, while enough of the story to make a video about it and have a variety, was not too far in and advanced for people worried about spoilers.
I also loved how the exact problems you pointed out, I was just thinking about while playing. "Cleared this nice encampment got some wealth, walk 5 min to a quest or World Event and it would just lead me right back with everyone dead lolz"
Thank you for this video and for providing good content! Cheers mate.
Raids together would be fun with alot more baddies and a bigger area to take. Or even defence stuff. Rip to the old assassin's creed multiplayer
120 hours playing and I'm having so much fun
When you decided to get Cyberpunk 2077 first, but then decided to wait for some patches for that game and get AC Valhalla in the meantime!
Totally me ! I'm about to get it. Played cyberpunk for awhile, had no game breaking bugs(xbox one x) but it was kinda boring. Totally going to get this
And then start waiting for patches in ac valhalla
Same happened to me. Got 30hrs on CP2077, started to play some AC:V instead and now I have 100hrs in AC and will probably have to start CP2077 from the start because I can't remember how to play it properly and have forgotten most of what I've already done. Maybe the game will work properly by the time I get back to playing it 🤷♂️
I just started playing this game and that "Stick to the main quest" hit me right in the feels. I spent so much time clearing out areas early on only to go back to them for the main quest. And i spent a good 30 minutes in Old Church trying to get that damn piece of gear only to be able to get it once the story took me there.. You even used a clip from there when talking about it. Yea that hit hard...
I've spent literal hours in multiple places in this game trying to figure out the puzzle for a Mystery, or just how to get underground to get a piece of armor... Definitely the best tip to follow is to not get hung up on collecting stuff before moving forward with the story.
I didn't want to save any collecting for later because once I complete a game I tend to just put it down and be done with it, so I like to do my collecting as I go. There is also at least one (that's all I've encountered so far) mystery on the map that is tied to the things you've built in your settlement, so it's not JUST progressing the main story to have certain things unlocked, you may also just not have the right stuff built yet.
I particularly thank you for calling raid from inside the encampment and following the story and exploring on the go. I'm not really a completionist but I typically tend to go off exploring in free roamers very early.
I go to raid spots go in stealth and kill all enemy's then start a raid... Good to do when ur low level alot easier
Female Eivor is Canon. Keep the animus decides option on because this is how you'll understand the characters story
The rations tip is great thanks for that! It took me a good 10 minutes to get through the pig smell mission. I was two boxes down, went to search for berries and came back to it all back inside.
Also if you start bugging out and your character freezes then opening the wheel and selecting your torch can force you to move again.
1 tip I didn't see you mention was to make sure whichever School of Combat you want to specialize in:
Bear (red)- Sheer Brute
Wolf (blue) - Mixed type
Raven (yellow) - Stealth Ninja
Every piece of equipment belongs to either of the 3 families.
Make sure to get the set bonus skill node asap in each Major Skill Tree as they boost every stat by good amounts and quickly stack up.
This means unlocking the fog of war to the next skill priority so you can rapidly power up your arsenal. Get what you want skill wise but don't hang around unlocking every little skill, beeline for the next Skill Tree hidden by fog for that Set Bonus.
Also each tree specializes in different weapons. I know for sure Bear Tree contains:
2 handed Axes
Hammers
Greatswords
Flails
Heavy Shields
So I think the other two contain:
1 handed Axes
1 handed swords
Spears
Daggers
Bows
Shields
So unlock the skill nodes with the weapon type you constantly use and choose your path and experiment. You can freely respec all skill points without fear of messing up.
As a player since Ac1 I’ve learned that you’re first play through is usually a trial and error process. The 2nd play through is where you actually enjoy the game. After that learning curve it’s much better.
I miss altair
Here's one most people might not know.
For those that use icons on their compass, if you see an icon that's glowing that means it's within range of your Odin's Sight.
I learnt that last tip the hard way too. I honestly thought some loot in the game was bugged till i googled them only to find out it opens up later.
Now, I just finish the territory story arc before going back for missed loot knowing the whole area has opened up
"when pulling the hidden blade out it deals a moderate amount of damage" he says while almost killing a dude in 1 shot
Best Off-Hand attack is the Hammer Leap
man. that pronunciation of 'Norwich in East Anglia'.. I knew the youtube for this game was going to be endless entertainment for us brits!
Blimey!
I've never felt so connected to a game before. Close in the past multiple times, but this takes the cake. I always seem to end up were I need to be when I need to be. Finding things or doing things just ahead of what comes next that comes in handy in the storyline, and random encounter as well. Just had a problem one time it just stopped and gave me the blue screen with error code. Had one of the main NPCS get stuck in the cellar of one of the castle/forts, the lady with her three "loyal" companions that you end up investigating and finding the traitor. She got stuck in the cellar, just went back 4 saves and it literally had me entering the cellar she got stuck in. It worked that time no error or blue screen.
There is a trap arrow which consumes 1 adrenaline with which you can blow open broken walls . You usely need those red flaming pots , that you need to search a few minutes for. Not anymore , just shoot that arrow and the wall is gone. Also a big help when trying to take out a group of soldiers .
I wish I'd found this video sooner! Great tips mate, I'd missed a few of those.
Games like this make me think about my ancestry, and my ancestry is very interesting because on my dads side his ancestors along time ago are vikings that came to Scotland and helped the Scottish warriors defend off other viking clans. And as a gift for the assistance Scotland let the vikings stay, Now that was 1000 years ago so obviously I am full Scottish but my bloodline consists of Viking warriors and Scottish warriors now that is some serious hybrid that is the two deadliest Warrior bloodlines mixed into one ultimate bloodline 😂. Anyway this game looks right down my alley the gameplay, the story, the customs so I can’t wait to play it.😁
I wish I knew this before I was already 254 hours in the game lmao
After watching several other Need To Know vids - Your Video is the one I'm most glad I checked out! Lots of Braggarts and Know-it-Alls out there that give you little to nothing of importance. But HERE it's Refreshing to truly get to learn from your mistakes and/ or mistakes we might repeat. Now THAT'S what a Real Heads Up approach and things worth noting! Thank You for all the tips and tricks with things like; Torches and Flaming Arrows, importance of Dodge-Rolls, Quest will take us there anyway, Dual Wielding and Hidden Blades, and Endless Fish for Silver and Upgrades!!! Your Real Substance vid vs Lots of talk about not much of anything vids elsewhere. ♥♥♥
Saveing is very important I ran into alot of bugs and my character getting stuck in game and my autosave saved me there so I had to load an old save 3 hours before also early spoiler when you go to save the kings son do not kill the soldier let him go and it will be a big benefit to your game and immediately do what he says do not wait it is time sensitive because if you want an easier time in game this is a must if you like the challenge then don't but honestly its worth it to spare the soldier
The loot system in this game is so doodoo everything gotta be underground
The underground stuff sucks I completely agree
Git gud scrub
hey, think of it this way, if you were in the dark ages, where would you put your most precious valuables? In your shitty shack? Best put them in a tunnel or cave! Hence the treasures are still underground there after they became ruins
2:18 or you can turn on guarantee assassination in the settings and that skill becomes useless
making games easier, either by cheating or settings such as the one you have stated, make the games boring. You lose all sense of challenge and accomplishment.
@@DeanKnox7 assassination shouldn't be a fight, it's called assassination for a reason...
Okay guys lets be serious about this, in any of the classic AC games did you need the “mini-game” for assassinations? Hell no! It’s so satisfying to get that kill with 1 stab and that loud drum noise it makes when you do it is so worth it!
On high level enemies or bosses i think it should be like the Oddysey system where the animation should show you attempting to assassinate the npc but instead they dodge and you slice them.
So some commenters saying this is cheating, you're stupid. Every single game in the past has been set this way other than odyssey. You had to stab a dude in the head 6 times to kill him. Stfu
@@otherworld_news906 That’s literally not true, there are several instances in the games prior where you couldn’t instantly kill somebody with the hidden blade.
You can Cancel fall dmg just by spamming heavy attack.
When Sieging, u can go behind the gate and destroy the 2 locks instead of using the battering ram.
That would rune the fun of game, I will do the normal way.
@@bex8306 well his version is the assassin way.
@@flyingdutchman9053 lol jumping from any where and using heavy attack to don't get damage is so called Assassin way?
@@bex8306 I was referring to the second sentence?! Obviously
@@flyingdutchman9053 oh about that then yeah it makes sense.
This game having rap battles is the greatest mini game ever. As soon as i start flyting i start a beat box and do the OOH!
After every bar.
One thing I wish I knew before start playing is, that the raven doesn't mark the enemies or the person you are looking for (you need to use the Odins vision) and, that he doesn't tell you the enemy level. For me was frustrating at first, as I was use to ACV Odyssey, where you use your eagle for all that.
This is a great video, good editing, and no spoilers. I subscribed for those reasons alone but I’m so glad that I found this channel, it’s a gem. Thank you guys so much 🙏🏽
There's a setting that let's u kill anyone on assassination without the skill except for zealots
You can also turn on “assassinations” in the main options menu under gameplay. So you really don’t have to unlock that skill at all, and spend your points on mussel reversal, it will save you multiple headaches and rage moments.
That's a lame way to play the game. But if you're only going for the story it's whatever I guess
As someone who just got a ps5 and this game, thank you for the longship call tip🤛🏻
Great tips! Specially the one about the content being locked lol yah I learned the hard way aswell.
I wanna add some of the tips I have learned too:
1) Rations - not only heal u but they also extinguish negative effects such as poison and fire.
2) If u have trouble catching those flying papers trigger the paper and then go back to where it started and wait abit ahead of the paper now that u know which road it will fly. It should trigger soon when it has finished flying.
3) You can call the longship by clicking J. If u hold the J it will call ur army to raid. Or u can do as Legacy mentioned by holding G and choosing whatever u want.
4) Get the Hidden Bureau ASAP before anything else when u get to control ur little town.