Assassin’s Creed Shadows legendary gear locations and how to upgrade

Where do you get legendary gear in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? You can gain access to powerful passive abilities with certain pieces of legendary gear, capable of drastically changing the way you approach combat. Legendary gear can be found inside legendary chests scattered throughout Japan, or earned through clearing content like quests and Projects in the Animus Hub.

If you want to find specific pieces of equipment, we’ve got you covered with our comprehensive Assassin’s Creed Shadows legendary gear location list. Here, we’ll show you where exactly you’ll find some of the best AC Shadows weapons, AC Shadows armor, AC Shadows Amulets, and Trinkets you can get your hands on, what each piece of equipment does, and how to upgrade your gear. Light spoiler warning.

Here are the Assassin’s Creed Shadows legendary gear locations:

Headgear (Naoe)

Armor (Naoe)

Trinkets (Naoe)

Headgear (Yasuke)

Armor (Yasuke)

Amulets (Yasuke)

Weapons

Katana

Kusarigama

Tanto

Long Katana

Naginata

Kanabo

Teppo

Bow

And those are all the Assassin’s Creed Shadows Legendary gear locations we’ve found so far. We’ll continue to update this guide as we gradually uncover all the hidden gems the game has to offer.

How to upgrade gear in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

There are two ways to upgrade your gear in Assassin’s Creed Shadows: leveling it up, or by having the blacksmith at your Hideout engrave it with a bonus perk.

In AC Shadows, gear is scaled to Naoe and Yasuke’s current level. This is handy at first, but as you continue to grow stronger, the power of your favored equipment quickly falls behind the curve. To remedy this, you can use the AC Shadows resources you gather to upgrade them to your current level, improving their stats.

Unfortunately, this is a costly process, requiring Mon and Ironsand to complete. We’d recommend only hunting the legendary gear you really need at first, as you’ll quickly accrue a chunk of equipment you can’t afford to level. If you’re not sure what to go after first, use our builds guide as a source of inspiration. Once you upgrade your Forge to level three, though, you’re free to collect to your heart’s content for the following reason…

Once you’ve leveled your Forge to level two at the Hideout, you’ll unlock the ability to engrave perks into your gear. These bonus modifiers range from extra crit chance, to bonus damage reduction from certain sources. Once you’ve found a legendary piece of gear, you’ll unlock the ability to apply its unique perk – even to other legendary gear – but only when your Forge has reached level three.

We’re still experimenting with combinations, but generally, we recommend engravings that accentuate the purpose of your gear. For example, affliction bonus engravings on weapons that apply poison. Legendary gear becomes even better with this system. In the example above, we’ve engraved Yasuke’s Samurai Daimyo Armor of Legend with the Protector’s Armor’s ability to parry unblockable attacks, effectively removing the threat of lethal melee blows. It should be noted that engravings can be overwritten at any time, so you’re free to switch it up as long as you have the cash to do so.

And that’s how to upgrade your gear in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Marry your new legendary gear with certain AC Shadows skills to create the best AC Shadows builds that’ll make the challenging RPG adventure much more enjoyable. For more top-tier Shadows content, consult our extensive AC Shadows guides hub.