All Missions And Completion Time For AC Black Flag Resynced

Tracking your progress across the massive Caribbean map requires knowing exactly how many targets are left on your manifest.

Navigating Edward Kenway through the crossfire of the Templar and Assassin war takes a serious time commitment. The ocean is vast, and it is dangerously easy to lose yourself hunting down random schooners instead of advancing the plot. I charted out the entire mission structure and playtime expectations so you know exactly where you stand.

How Long Is The Campaign?

Before you set sail, you should know exactly what kind of time investment you are looking at.

If you focus purely on Edward’s main journey, you can expect to finish the core story in roughly 20 to 22 hours. The campaign remains consistently engaging from start to finish. You get a tightly paced narrative that follows Edward from a standard pirate to a lethal Assassin.

Before you rush straight through the story, take time to upgrade the Jackdaw and your personal gear. The later sequences get incredibly punishing if you ignore the side activities. Exploring the islands for crafting materials and upgrading your equipment makes the late game naval combat considerably easier.

You can also tweak the difficulty settings. Normal mode closely mirrors the original game’s balance. Lowering the difficulty trims a few hours off your total playtime if you just want to experience the story without the friction of naval warfare. Before you start sinking hours into the campaign, make sure you know how to claim your deluxe and preorder items so you look good while doing it.

Pushing For Total Completion

Hitting the 100 percent completion mark easily pushes your playtime into the 50 to 60 hour range.

The Caribbean is absolutely packed with forts to capture, enemy ships to sink, and hidden locations to explore. You have Templar Hunts and Assassination Contracts that go by quickly, but other activities demand serious dedication. Tracking down every Mayan Stela or collecting artwork for Edward’s mansion takes a massive chunk of time.

If you want to clear the map entirely, you need a fully upgraded ship to take on the Legendary Ships. I highly recommend running down every buried treasure map location to grab those essential blueprints.

The Main Story Sequences

The core game is split into 12 main sequences that slowly open up new areas of the map. Here is the full golden path you need to push through to see the credits roll.

Sequence 1:

• Edward Kenway

Sequence 2:

• Lively Havana

• And My Sugar

• Mister Walpole I Presume?

• A Man They Call the Sage

• Claiming What’s Due

• The Treasure Fleet

Sequence 3:

• This Tyro Captain

• Now Hiring

• Prizes and Plunder

• Raise the Black Flag

• Sugarcane and Its Yields

• Proper Defense

• A Single Madman

Sequence 4:

• This Old Cove

• Nothing is True

• The Sage’s Buried Secret

• Overrun and Outnumbered

Sequence 5:

• The Forts

• Traveling Salesman

• Unmanned

Sequence 6:

• Diving For Medicines

• Devil’s Advocate

• The Siege of Charles-Towne

Sequence 7:

• We Demand a Parley

• The Gunpowder Plot

• Commodore Eighty-Sixed

• The Fireship

Sequence 8:

• Do Not Go Gently…

• Vainglorious Bastards

• Marooned

Sequence 9:

• Imagine My Surprise

• Trust is Earned

Sequence 10:

• Black Bart’s Gambit

• Murder and Mayhem

• The Observatory

Sequence 11:

• To Suffer Without Dying

• Delirium

• Everything is Permitted

Sequence 12:

• A Governor No Longer

• Royal Misfortune

• Tainted Blood

• Ever a Splinter

A World Without Gold

The Resynced version drops a brand new storyline into the mix.

This eight mission arc revolves around tracking down a target named Maynard. The game unlocks this chunk of content right after you wrap up Sequence 11. You have total freedom on when to tackle it. I chose to burn through it before hitting the final Sequence, but you can save it for the post game if you prefer.

• A World Without Gold

• That Bastard Maynard

• Not Even a Real Captain

• What The Devil

• It’s A Start

• Not Our Natural Allies

• I Just Want To Talk

• A Cockalorum

Side Quests And Distractions

The main plot is great, but the side content is where you get your hands dirty and make your actual money. I highly recommend running these as they pop up on your map to break up the pacing naturally and keep your wallet full.

General Side Quests

These pop up frequently as you explore the major hubs.

• Blackbeard’s Treasure

• Captain Stede Bonnet

• Art Lover

• Damn Fine Gear

• Former Glories

• Mayan Mysteries

The Officer Quests

You pick these up from key characters scattered across the islands to recruit your naval officers.

• Lucy Baldwin

• A Proper Shipwright

• The One With the Gun

• Plantain!

• Big Wig

• The Padre

• A Second Chance

• Loyalty, Discipline, and Courage

• If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee

• The Other Cheek

• Tobias ‘Deadman’ Smith

• No Box Dark Enough

• All Love Must End

• Very Little, But Something

Templar Hunts

These multi-part quests reward you with keys to unlock elite armor.

• Rhona Dinsmore: Bureau Under Attack, A Thief In the Market, Arms Race, Flint’s End

• Upton Travers: Oh Brother…, The Other Brother, Upton’s Sorrow, Queen of Pirates King of Fools

• Opia Apito: The Taino Assassin, Templar Ships, Right-Hand Man, The Trail of Lucia Marquez

• Anto: The Maroon Assassin, Recruiting Maroons, Under Attack, The Commander’s Ruse

Assassin Contracts

Standard hitman jobs. Track your target, get the kill, and secure the bag.

• Beach Bonfire

• Unlicensed Dealer

• The Spanish Captain

• A Shipment of Powder

• No More Taxes

• A Botched Escape

• The Informant

• Shady Business

• A Slaver’s Business

• The Poachers

• The Pirate Captain

• The Outlaws

• The Dreaded Pirate

• The Deserter

• The Twin Dilemma

• The Smuggler’s Squat

• A Last Drink For The Road

• Tomb Raiders

• The Unworthy Brother

• The Outlaw’s Cave

• Renegade

• The Treasure Hunter

• The Weapons Smugglers

• The British Captain

• The Plantation Master

• The Guard Post

• The Judge

• The Arms Deal

• The Slave Master

• The Expedition

Naval Contracts

Take the Jackdaw out and sink specific targets for massive payouts.

• A Spanish Plague

• Eye For An Eye

• Blind Justice

• Papers, Please

• The Final Contract

• A Personal Matter

• The Law Of The Ocean

• Silk On The Waves

• Driftwood

• Weathering The Storm

• The Realities Of War

• Contraband

• Private Escort

• Smuggler’s Den

• Hunter Gatherer