"Quick XP and Leveling Guide for Assassin’s Creed Shadows"

Unlocking and mastering skills in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* is essential for leveling up both your Samurai and Shinobi characters. To accelerate your XP gains, here's how you can efficiently boost your experience points.

What Awards XP in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Answered

In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, you can earn XP through a variety of actions and activities. From eliminating enemies and assassinating targets to completing quests and engaging in side content, each action contributes to your XP total. However, the amount of XP awarded varies significantly across different quests and activities. To optimize your time, focus on the activities that offer the highest XP rewards. You can preview the XP rewards for each quest or activity by hovering over them in the map or objectives tab. The most lucrative XP sources in the game are castles and optional assassinations.

How to Get Fast XP from Castles in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Across Japan in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, numerous castles are fortified with both basic and elite enemies, alongside Samurai Daisho that you must defeat. Completing a castle challenge by killing the required number of Daisho allows you to access the area's chest, which contains high-tier loot. Castles are a prime XP farm, with each completion awarding thousands of XP. Additionally, you can earn XP by defeating every enemy within the castle, with elites and Samurai Daisho offering substantial XP bonuses, typically around 250 XP per elite. Synchronizing at high points within the castle not only awards additional XP (usually a few hundred) but also unlocks fast travel points, making it easier to switch between characters.

While castles are excellent XP sources, they can be challenging. Here are some tips to make your XP farming more efficient:

• Choose your protagonist wisely. Naoe’s Eagle’s Vision ability helps you locate Samurai Daisho quickly, allowing for stealthy assassinations. Enhance Naoe's assassination damage through mastery and engravings to ensure instant kills.
• At lower to medium levels, Yasuke is better suited for clearing castles. Deliberately get detected and engage enemies in open combat, letting an NPC trigger the alarm bell to draw more enemies to you for efficient XP farming.

Using these strategies, you can amass up to and potentially over 4,000 XP in just a few minutes, making castles a highly effective XP farm.

Assassinating Targets Nets Large XP Bonuses in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

In addition to the main quest's required assassinations, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* features numerous optional assassination targets. Discover these targets by engaging with specific NPCs and using scouts to track their locations. Utilizing fast travel points like Kakurega can position you close to your target, allowing you to quickly ride to them and execute the assassination.

Each successful assassination grants an XP bonus, typically around 2,000-3,000 XP, along with additional XP for the act of killing, similar to that for elite enemies. Completing an entire group of assassinations and returning to the quest giver will reward you with a significant XP bonus, often around 5,000 XP.