5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Dismantle Gear, Don’t Sell Them

One of the rookie mistakes I made when I first started playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was selling my outdated gear for money. This is a good way to earn some quick cash, but it’s hardly the most efficient. As you play through the game, you’ll be earning money pretty quickly anyway. You get it as a reward for quest completion, and you can always loot a bit of money of dead bodies. Because of that, there’s rarely ever a need for you to sell your gear for more.

Instead, dismantle your gear for resources. Weapons usually give you gems, iron, and olive wood. Armor will give you soft leather. Resources can also be found in the open world, but it’s much easier to get them through dismantling. These resources are used for upgrading your gear, engraving, and also upgrading your ship. You can’t ever have too many resources, and since they’re harder to come by than money, always dismantle your gear.

Once you stumble across an Epic or Legendary piece of equipment you really like in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you can upgrade it at the blacksmith to bring it up to your current character level.

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Don’t Neglect Your Ship

As tempting as it may be to just dump all your resources into equipment upgrades, don’t forget about your ship in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey either. For the most part, you’ll just be sailing from point A to point B in your ship. However, you will be forced into mandatory naval battles from time to time. If your ship isn’t properly upgraded, you’re not going to have a very good time.

For starters, focus on at least upgrading your ship hull to tier 4. This will unlock all four lieutenant slots on your ship in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, allowing you to make use of as many lieutenant perks as possible. Perks include increasing ship armor, rower stamina, and better weak point creation with your arrows and javelins. Upgrading the ship hull also increases your ship armor, allowing you to survive better in naval battles.

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Your Choices Actually Matter

With Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft is going all-in on the RPG elements, and that includes dialogue options and story branches. While these options might look a bit straightforward at first glance, a lot of them actually do matter, and will affect your story flow as you progress. With that in mind, if you want to get the best ending in the game, you really need to think about how you approach different situations in the main story. Consider the situation before making a decision, and think about how your actions will affect the characters around you.

Mind you, it’s really only the main story decisions that matter. While most side quests do have alternate outcomes as well, they don’t seem to have any impact on the main plot, so you’re free to handle those however you want.

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Higher Mercenary Tiers Give You Better Prices

One of the first things I definitely wish I knew before playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was the fact that hunting down mercenaries can save you a lot of money. At the start of the game, you’ll be in the lowest mercenary tier. As you defeat more mercenaries who are ranked higher than you, you’ll progress to the next tier. And once you reach the next tier, your blacksmith prices will be much better. This means that you’ll be able to upgrade your gear at a slightly cheaper cost, which is great, considering how much the prices can spike as the level gap increases.

However, you’ll also want to be careful with your bounty. When your bounty gets too high, it becomes pretty dangerous to get caught in open fights. Being spotted in a restricted area, for instance, will cause nearby mercenaries to flock to your location. This means that you’ll have even more enemies to juggle at once, which can mean a quick death. Either kill the bounty sponsors, pay it off yourself, or be patient and wait it out.

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Cultist Clues Are Well-Hidden

The main story in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will give you access to most members of the Cult of Kosmos, but not all of them. And if you want to unveil the true leader of the Cult, you need to actively hunt down every single member. This can be a little tricky, and I recommend saving this for the end of the game.

Once you’ve killed every main story cultist, look at the menu and try to figure out the clues for the cultists’ identities. For instance, one cultist clue might point you towards a silver mine in Attika. In which case, you should certainly look out for silver mines there and try to find your next cultist clue. Whenever you’re near a clue, the game will prompt you with an onscreen message. Clues are usually hidden in chests, or taken off dead bodies, so make sure you search the area thoroughly.