Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's final major content update is live now for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. While the game will continue to be supported by smaller quality-of-life updates, Title Update 1.0.8 is the last major content milestone for Edward's revamped adventure, bringing New Game+, a new Nightmare Difficulty option, new animations and rewards, and more.
New Game+ in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
New Game+ is officially available in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, allowing you to start your adventure from the beginning while maintaining your previous runthrough's progression, including:
- Gear and tools
- Weapons
- Trinkets
- Jackdaw and ship upgrades
- Pets
- Currency
- Inventory Resources
- Visual customization
- Hideout Progression
- Kenway Fleet progression
When you activate New Game+, your story progress, active quests, quest items, map discover, location progress, and forts will reset. While your upgrades to the Jackdaw and Hideout remain in place, you'll need to regain access to each through story progression. You can continue your adventure up through New Game+ 5, and each iteration of New Game+ will introduce an additional difficulty modifier so your adventure scales with your abilities and loadout.
Nightmare Difficulty
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced 1.0.8 update also added a Nightmare Difficulty level, inviting you to test your mastery across ground combat, stealth, and naval combat. With Nightmare Difficulty enabled, you'll find:
- Increased enemy damage
- Increased attack frequency
- Tighter parry and dodge windows
- Faster ranged attacks
- Heightened enemy detection
- More threatening naval encounters
Anyone can toggle on Nightmare Difficulty, regardless of your progression in the story, and you can activate if for combat, stealth, naval, and activity difficulty independently, letting you customize your adventure to your playstyle even further.
Expanded Takedown Animations
The new update also introduces new takedown, microkill, and double-takedown variations across weapon types, adding more visual variety to Edward's combat encounters. These animations will appear randomly during gameplay, and cannot be directly assigned by players.
New Rewards and Secrets
You'll also find new rewards scattered throughout the Caribbean including:
- New outfits
- Trinkets
- Sails
- Crew customization options
- Pet appearances
You can get these new rewards through exploration, New Game+ progression, activities, and hidden challenges. There are also six new hidden community chests and rewards spread throughout the map for you to discover.
Play Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Ubisoft Store, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. You can also play with a Ubisoft+ subscription.