Assassin's Creed: Shadows achievements

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For the achievements of other Assassin's Creed games, see Achievements.

The following are achievements that can be earned in Assassin's Creed: Shadows.

Achievements

Icon	Name	How to obtain	Points	Trophy
	Assassin's Creed Shadows	Earn every trophy	N/A
	Art of Ninjutsu	Master the way of the shinobi	20
	Art of Kenjutsu	Master the way of the samurai	20
	Make it Personal	Engrave your first weapon	10
	Sometimes	Perform a landing roll	10
	Reeding is Fundamental	Escape conflict by using a breathing reed to hide in shallow water	10
	Just Your Shadow	Distract the same enemy 3 times with shinobi bells	10
	Hook, Line, and Swinger	Stay airborne by swinging from one grappling hook point to another	10
	Acrobatics	Perform a Leap of Faith from a grappling hook swing	10
	Adept Shinobi	Perform your first assassination	10
	Master Shinobi	Assassinate an enemy through a shoji door	20
	Unseen	Perform 5 assassinations in a row without being noticed or entering combat	30
	Giant Slayer	Assassinate a powerful guardian in one go	10
	Adept Samurai	Perform your first Finisher as Yasuke	10
	Master Samurai	Parry an incoming projectile	20
	Unstoppable	Use Samurai Stand before performing a Finisher on an enemy	30
	This is Japan, Actually	Kick an enemy from a high place	10
	Overdesign III	Perform a Finisher on an enemy that is both Poisoned and Dazed	10
	Final Hearing	Sheath your weapon immediately after an enemy dies from Bleed	10
	Adventurer	Shoot an enemy in the knee with an arrow	10
	Test Your Might	Defeat the final enemy in the tournament	30
	Kofun Raider	Complete your first kofun	10
	Good Form	Complete your first kata	20
	Zen Master	Complete all kuji-kiri	30
	A Rare Occurrence	Complete all legendary sumi-e	30
	Sole Sanctum	Unlock the Hideout	10
	Chase the Morning	Add a sumi-e to the Hideout	10
	Against Wood and Stone	Fully upgrade a building in the Hideout	20
	Everybody Benefits!	Adopt a pet	10
	Happy Place	Reach the highest point on the map	10
	Pathfinder	Visit every province on the map	10
	Scouting Mission	Gather information using a scout	10
	Would You Kindly?	Complete a contract in each province	20
	Prologue	Complete the Prologue	10
	A New League Rises	Complete Act 1 of the main story	10
	An Oath Fulfilled	Complete Act 2 of the main story	10
	Fall of the Shinbakufu	Complete Act 3 of the main story	10
	Epilogue	Complete the Epilogue	90
	Death Blossom	Defeat all Shinbakufu	30
	The Thief	Meet Gennojo	20
	The Toxin Master	Meet Oni-yuri	20
	The Eager Assassin	Meet Yagoro	20
	The Ronin	Meet Ibuki	20
	The Warrior Monk	Meet Yaya	20
	The Sharpshooter	Meet Katsuhime	20
	Build Your League	Recruit your first ally	10
	Front of the Pack	Fully train an ally	20
	Better than a Bucket	Equip legendary gear in all slots	20
	Limitless	Find a legendary piece of gear of each type	30
	In Case of Trouble	Fully upgrade your tools and ammunition	30
	Suture Self	Fully upgrade your rations	20
	Leap of Fail	Perform a leap of faith as Yasuke	10
	Mortal Reminder	Complete an Objective Board	30
	Collector	Complete a collection	30
	Made You Look	Look for treasure behind the waterfall in the Hideout	30

Behind the scenes

The achievement Sometimes pokes fun at the common misconception that ninjas always land on their feet when jumping from any height.

The achievement Hook, Line and Swinger is a spoof on the English idiom "hook, line and sinker", an angling metaphor used to denote a subject's unquestioning belief in a claim.

The achievement This is Japan, Actually alludes to the line "This is Sparta!" said by King Leonidas I in the 2006 movie 300 before kicking a Persian messenger down a well. It eventually became popular online up to the point where it became an internet meme.

The achievement Adventurer, its icon, and its flavor text are allusions to the "arrow in the knee" meme from Bethesda Game Studios' 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It also became an online meme following the game's release due to the fact that the full phrase, "I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...", is regularly repeated by NPC soldiers who are stationed outside one of the world's labyrinthine dungeons.

The achievement Kofun Raider is a spoof on the Tomb Raider franchise.

The achievement Everybody Benefits! and its description may allude to the trouble-prone Kephallonian merchant Markos from the 2018 video game Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. This is his catchphrase, and upon his meeting the game's protagonist, the Eagle-Bearer, when they washed ashore as an unconscious child, he gives them a piece of bread as if he were feeding a wild animal. In later years, he regularly took to seeing them as a body to perform errands and fetch-quests, much like how some pet owners view their animal.

The achievement Would You Kindly? alludes to 2K Boston's 2007 video game BioShock, where it is a hypnotic trigger phrase for the player character named Jack that compels him to follow any orders issued after hearing the statement.

The achievement Made You Look is a meta-reference to the nature of video games to have treasures hidden behind waterfalls.