Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Trophy & Achievement Guide

Sailing back into the golden age of piracy feels entirely different when the Caribbean is packed with hours of fresh additions.

The Resynced version completely overhauled the trophy list. The developers tossed out the old multiplayer grind and the annoying mission constraints. They replaced them with a heavy focus on the new content, manor upgrades, and a few ridiculously lucky random encounters. The Platinum run takes roughly 40 to 50 hours. You can do everything on the easiest difficulty, but you need to start tracking certain goals immediately if you want to avoid a miserable post-game grind.

RNG Headaches You Need to Start Immediately

Before you sail around aimlessly in the endgame, start working on these luck-based trophies right now. Waiting until Sequence 12 to start these will add hours of boring idle time to your playthrough.

The Infamous Burning Chair

The "Last To Leave" trophy is easily the most frustrating task in the game. You need to find a randomly spawning Burning Ship event out on the water, board it, and sit in a chair. The problem is that these events are incredibly rare. The chance of one spawning with a chair on the deck is even lower. Keep your eyes peeled for white ship icons on your map.

If you get stuck trying to find one, you can force the game to randomly generate events. Fast travel to The Black Trench shipwreck in the Castillo de Jagua region. Pull out your scope and look around. If you do not see a burning ship, reload your manual save at the Great Inagua manor and fast travel back to the trench. Keep doing this until you get lucky.

Farming Kenway's Fleet for Art

Fully upgrading the Great Inagua manor for the "Dilettante" trophy requires tracking down dozens of paintings, models, and weapons. The massive bottleneck here is the 19 Art Pieces tied to Kenway's Fleet. You can exclusively get these by sending Brigs on Piracy missions. The drop rate is entirely random and each mission takes up to an hour.

Capture at least five Brigs early on and constantly send them out on missions while you play the main story. Make a manual save before you accept your fleet reports. If the rewards do not include an art piece, reload your save and accept the report again to reroll the missions.

Combat and Open World Milestones

The combat in Resynced is very forgiving. A few achievements require some specific setups, but you can knock them out quickly if you know where to look.

Dodging Pigs and Hanging Guards

Before you get mauled trying to fight a wild pig head-on, head to Cape Bonavista for the "Matador" achievement. Aggro a pig and wait for the red attack indicator before dodging. You do not have to do it consecutively, so just take your time and slow down.

For "The Hangman" trophy, start farming your 10 hanging kills the second you unlock the rope dart in Sequence 3. Hide on tree branches above patrol routes, yank them up, and let gravity do the work. Plantations and warehouses are the best spots for this.

If you need the "Gun-kata" achievement, you have to kill four enemies in five seconds with your pistols. Upgrade your holsters to carry four guns first. The easiest way to pull this off is to put four guards to sleep with darts, walk up, and rapid-fire shoot them before they wake up. Alternatively, use smoke bombs during a ship boarding to group them up.

Naval Warfare and Upgrades

You aren’t getting 100 percent completion without turning the Jackdaw into a floating fortress. You need a massive chunk of change to buy all the ultimate plans, hull upgrades, and cosmetic slots for the "Ship This" trophy.

If you are broke, your first priority should be securing the map. Check out my AC Black Flag Resynced fort locations guide to track down every coastal stronghold. Blowing these up gives you tons of money and reveals the map. You will need a fully maxed-out ship to take down the five Legendary Ships for the "Devil Of The Caribbean" trophy anyway. Use my AC Black Flag Resynced advanced combat guide to brush up on your defensive maneuvers before taking them on.

The Complete Achievement Tracker

Here is the complete list of every achievement in the game and exactly what you need to do to unlock it. I omitted the automatic story progression milestones to keep this list focused on the tasks you actually have to hunt down.

Achievement	How to Unlock
All Hands On Deck	Hire every available Officer position for the Jackdaw by completing their side quests.
Among Thieves	Find and pop open a smuggler's cargo chest in hidden caves.
Articles Of Agreement	Win a random street brawl event without letting a single pirate ally die. Use smoke bombs.
Backs To The Wall	Defeat an enemy by countering their attack and slamming them into a structural wall.
Blow the Man Down	Shoot down the three hanging corpses located in Long Bay with your pistols.
Business And Pleasure	Accumulate and spend a total bankroll of 50,000 Reales.
Cartographer	Dock at and discover every single location hidden across the Caribbean map.
Caught 'Em All	Trap five or more guards inside a single cloud of smoke.
Collective Madness	Capture and recruit one of every different ship type into Kenway's Fleet.
Davy Jones's Locker	Dive down to the broken diving bell at the bottom of The Black Trench.
Devil Of The Caribbean	Hunt down and sink all five massive Legendary Ships.
Dilettante	Buy everything needed to max out your art collection and gear slots inside your mansion.
Double Tap	Successfully parry an Ocelot attack twice in a row.
Dressing Overall	Put a custom cosmetic into every single visual slot on the Jackdaw simultaneously.
Ed the Diver	Spend enough time diving to swim 1,000 meters underwater in open water.
Edward Catway	Smash 50 ceramic potted plants by sprinting into them.
Friend To All	Find and interact with all 7 distinct species of friendly animals.
Glutton for Nourishment	Eat a total of 20 food items found in the environment.
Governor	Fully upgrade and rebuild all structures in the Great Inagua hideout village.
Grandmaster	Win a match of every minigame offered across the taverns.
Graph It Out!	Defeat a cluster of three or more enemies with a single explosion.
Gun-kata	Shoot and kill 4 separate enemies within a 5-second window using your guns.
Help A Brother Out	Finish one complete chain of Templar Hunt side missions.
Hungover	Wake up inside a random haystack after passing out from drinking at a tavern.
Hunter Hunted	Max out your pirate notoriety and defeat the Pirate Hunter ship that comes after you.
King of the Castle	Wage war and take over every naval fort on the map.
Last To Leave	Take a seat on a burning ship event.
Let Me Explain	Execute 4 separate takedowns directly following one perfect counter-move.
Matador	Successfully dodge a Wild Pig's charge attack 3 times.
Old Ironsides	Time your defensive bracing perfectly 3 times during naval combat.
Overdesign IV	Kick a berserk-poisoned enemy off the edge of a boat deck.
Owned	Check off 100 percent of the side activities, chests, and fragments in one single location.
Perfect Predator	Throw a flawless harpoon strike directly at an aggressive Great White Shark.
Return The Favor	Execute a counter-ramming maneuver against an enemy Brig.
Seven Deadly Seas	Loot every single underwater treasure chest hidden in the ocean depths.
Ship This	Purchase every single hull, weapon, and storage upgrade for the Jackdaw.
Silence, Fool!	Execute a guard while they are actively ringing an alarm bell.
Strike The Colors	Successfully board and conquer the lead flagship of a Naval Convoy.
The Hangman	Eliminate 10 enemies using the rope dart's hanging mechanic.
The Memory of My Enemy	Put up all the collected character portraits inside your personal mansion.
Unsinkable	Take a direct hit from a rogue wave on the side of your ship and survive.
Yo Ho	Chase down and collect a floating paper page to learn a new sea shanty.
Zero Waste	Piece together a complete hidden treasure map from scattered map scraps.