Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Sequence 1 & 2
WARNING: This guide could contain spoilers! Please keep that in mind as you read.
Note: I played the Xbox 360 version.
Sequence 1
While most games will bore you when you first start a game, this one jumps right into action. Your character, Edward, is just a lowly crew member on an unknown ship that was fighting an assassin's ship. Now, I like to call this tutorial island because you learn almost all of the basics to the game.
Edward makes his way to the wheel of his ship to pilot. This is where you learn the basics of naval warfare. Sounds difficult, but once you get used to it, it's fine. Control where the ship goes with the left analog stick, while controlling the camera with the right analog stick. Controlling the camera is key to fighting. Face the camera to where you want to shoot something, hold the L trigger button and aim with the right analog stick to get it where you want, then fire hitting the R trigger button. Control the ship's speed with A and B. A is to speed up, and B is to slow down.
Both the ships catch fire and sink. This is where you learn the basics of swimming to get to shore. Pushing forward does a basic swim while adding A makes you swim faster. To swim stealthily, hold down B. Make it to the checkpoint.
Edward has reached shore where you discover that you are not the only survivor. It's the assassin from the other ship. This is the basics of the free running in the game. Free running is going to be one of the main ways of getting around in this game. Control where you go with the left analog stick, the camera with the right analog stick, running with the R trigger,
On your mini map, you will see this odd symbol of a bird and a power symbol. Climb up the tower to reach it using the free running skills you have learned. When at the top, you should go straight to the ledge and hit the B button when it says synchronize. This makes things like chests and animus fragments show up in your mini map. When you reach either deep water or a haystack, run forward and hit A off the edge to jump safely down.
Once you have caught up to him, the combat tutorial will begin. Press O to counter, you will know to do this when you see an ! above an enemy's head. A breaks their defense. X attacks. Kill him to discover your next objective: traveling to Havana.
Continue forward to find a schooner and some people arguing. Kill all of the men in red to free the merchant: Stede Bonnet. Both of you need to get to Havana, what a coincidence. Pilot his ship through the waters, just like the pirate battle except without shooting cannons. Using the mini map makes it easier to avoid land.
First Day
After piloting the ship, you will be sent back to real life where you meet Melanie. So you're not actually a pirate, just an employee at Abstergo on his/her first day. She leads you throughout the building and gives you a device which controls elevators, computers, and is your map. Your basic controls in real life is walking and controlling the camera the same as Edward. The main difference is that you can interact with items with a wifi sort of symbol on them pressing the B button.
Go the elevator to meet Olivier, the CCO. You get led to your animus station where you will begin playing in the pirate world again.
Sequence 2
Lively Havana
100% objectives:
- Tackle the pickpocket
- Use smoke bombs to escape combat
When you arrive in Havana, Edward decides he wants to visit the tavern. Follow Stede throughout the town. The two of you visit the general merchant to introduce buying weapons. The only one you can buy is the British Cutlass for 800R. Stede then says that he is lost. Climb up the building to continue. When you get to the top and synchronize, some guy pickpockets Stede. Leap of Faith down to the ground and run after the thief. While running, hit the B button behind him to tackle him or X to kill him. Loot his body holding the B button over him. Then run back to Stede where you arrive to the tavern.
This part introduces the way to open up taverns: fist fights. Press B to counter just like when fighting the assassin. After you press B, you can press B again to fling someone, press A to wound someone, press X to knock someone out. Knock them all, then use your smoke bombs to get away. Select them with the right button on your directional pad then use them with Y. Hide in a haystack, doors, a well, or the water to get away.
...And My Sugar?
100% objectives:
- Hire dancers to distract guards
- Stay out of combat
Edward meets back up with Stede to find out that the Spanish officers had stolen some things from them. Use Eagle Vision to find the guards; press the left analog stick to activate it. Red figures are guards, areas that are light green are hiding places, and gold figures are the people to interact with. Here, the guards will light up gold. Follow them, hiding behind objects and buildings while not drawing attention to yourself. If they see you, quickly hide and wait until the yellow indicator goes away. Keep close to them so that you do not desynchronize.
At some points you will come across a part where you need to eavesdrop. Stay in the circle that's indicated by wavelengths; stay there undetected, or they will stop talking. The easiest way, by far, is to hire dancers to hide you. There are some restricted areas that you will either have to go through or around. The mini map indicates these areas by making them completely red. If a guard sees you here, they will start attacking you.
After a while, the guards will lead you to the executioner's stage where you will follow someone else. After following him, pickpocket his key then sneak into the fort to steal back your things, and meet back up with Stede.
Mister Walpole, I Presume
100% objectives:
- Complete Rogers's shooting challenege
- Pickpocket all Templars (3)
Go into the enclosed mansion and meet up with the Templars who are shooting guns. Meet Rogers and Du Casse, Rogers being the one with the scars. Then begins your tutorial for shooting (mainly guns). Aim with the L trigger and shoot with the R trigger. You can also shoot by pressing Y on a highlighted target.
Talk to either Rogers or Du Casse depending on what you want to do. Rogers's shooting challenge is shooting all of the targets in 20 seconds. The best way to do this is to manually aim and shoot. Talk to Du Casse afterwards to be given your hidden blades.
They lead you to an area with other dummies where they ask you to perform "assassinating" them. This tutorial teaches you the various methods. Press X to assassinate them.
When you complete that, follow the men to Torres, another Templar. Cut scenes continue and congrats, you are now a Templar.
A Man They Call the Sage
100% objectives:
- Tackle the Sage from above
- Use the pistol in combat
Meet up with the Templars and follow them throughout the town. After a while, you will be ambushed by assassins. Just make sure that Torres is not killed along with yourself. Fight in the streets until you have killed some of the assassins, still following Torres along the way.
Now, you have to chase down the Sage. Be sure to tackle him and not kill him. To do it from above, just climb above him and hit B over the ledge
Claiming What's Due
100% objectives:
- Stay out of combat
- Kill guards from stalking zones (3)
Edward decides to find out why the Sage is so important. He decides to infiltrate the estate. Go to the restricted area and hide in the stalking zones, while using Eagle Vision to locate guards. If a guard is just out of reach of being assassinated, you can whistle using the B button while in the stalking zone, and the guard will come to investigate.
There's a guard with the prison key, be sure to find and loot it from him in the cornfields. Be sure to watch out for the guards in the sniper towers. Eliminate guards around the tower stealthily, then climb the tower to assassinate him.
Reach the prison to find out that the Templars are onto you and that the Sage has escaped.
The Treasure Fleet
100% objectives:
- Free 23 pirates
- Kill guards from around corners (3)
Edward is a prisoner on a fleet of ships. He and another prisoner breaks out of chains to take down guards. Hide behind corners until you are ready to kill guards. Make your way to the back of the ship to get your weapons.
Climb to the top and clear out the ship of guards. Be sure to look at your mini map to see where the pirates are held. In order to free them, you must be out of combat and press B by them. There are 9 on this ship. Then swing over to the next ship.
Do the same on every one. The one to the left of the first one has 3 pirates. Moving forward, there are 2. Then get to the Man o' War on the right where there are 9 pirates below deck. After freeing them all, you will need to get to the brig on your mini map. Kill the captain and take over the ship with your new crew.
Since there's a hurricane coming, you should probably get out of there. Get to the wheel and start sailing towards the marker on the map. Be careful of rogue waves; to get over rogue waves, face them head on. If you do not face rogue waves, hit the X button to brace. There are also water spouts that will sprout up in front of you, avoid them as well as you can.
If you have any questions or comments, or even if I missed something, please leave a comment below. There will be more to this series released every Saturday until finished. Thanks for reading!
More Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag!
Sequence 9 & 10
Sequence 11 & 12
Collectables & Buried Treasure
Templar Keys & Legendary Ships
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