Assassin's Creed Shadows: Difficulty Levels Explained

Assassin’s Creed Shadows offers a customizable challenge, allowing players to adjust settings for their preferred experience. Here’s a complete guide to the game’s difficulty options in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

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• Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained
• Difficulty Tuning
• How to Change Difficulty

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained

Players can choose from four distinct difficulty settings in Assassin’s Creed Shadows:

• Story
• Forgiving
• Normal
• Expert

The Story mode prioritizes narrative enjoyment with minimal combat pressure – enemies react slowly and never coordinate attacks. Forgiving mode offers slightly more challenge while maintaining accessibility, improving Naoe's combat effectiveness.

Normal difficulty presents balanced gameplay requiring tactical approaches – Naoe excels at stealth while Yasuke thrives in fair fights. Expert mode demands mastery with aggressive enemies, forcing players to maintain upgraded equipment and perfect their stealth strategy.

Difficulty Tuning

Beyond preset difficulty levels, players can fine-tune their experience through the Gameplay settings. The Difficulty Tuning option allows separate adjustments for combat and stealth mechanics. This flexibility lets players challenge themselves in preferred gameplay aspects while reducing pressure elsewhere.

The Guaranteed Assassination toggle provides additional customization – enabling one-hit kills for Naoe without requiring Assassin Mastery tree upgrades. This helps players focus on other gameplay elements while maintaining stealth effectiveness.

How to Change Difficulty

Adjusting difficulty settings is simple – open the menu, navigate to Settings > Gameplay, then modify preferences. Changes take effect immediately, letting players adapt to their evolving skill level or current mood.

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