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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Treasure Hunt Scrapped After Player Randomly Discovers Top Secret Chest by Accident
Ubisoft has scrapped a planned "Community Treasure Hunt" clue for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced after a player stumbled upon the hidden chest by chance before any hint was released. The chest contained the Explorer Outfit for protagonist Edward Kenway, a design from the original Black Flag that fans feared had been cut from this remake, making the accidental find especially notable to the community.
The Reddit user, known as -Holliday, said they spotted bubbles on the ocean surface while dropping anchor during an unrelated naval contract, dived down out of curiosity, and discovered the chest purely by luck. Ubisoft responded good-humouredly via the official Assassin's Creed account, admitting it had planned to reveal a clue on Friday but conceding the community had found it first. The developer has since shared the chest's coordinates (28 x 292) along with those of another reward, a rapier and figurehead, at 500 x 168, so other players can now claim them directly.
In short
- Ubisoft cancelled a treasure hunt clue after a player found the chest first.
- The chest held Edward Kenway's rare Explorer Outfit from the original game.
- Ubisoft shared the coordinates so other players can now claim it.
Explained simply
Assassin's Creed Black Flag is a 2013 video game featuring a pirate protagonist exploring the Caribbean, recently remade and reissued as Resynced for modern platforms. The Explorer Outfit is a costume from the original game that fans were unsure whether Ubisoft would include in the remake.
The uncertainty about the outfit mattered because many players of the original game were hoping it would return in the remake. To reveal rewards to the community, Ubisoft had planned a treasure hunt where players would follow clues to discover hidden items in the game world.
Before those clues could be released, a player happened to find the chest containing the outfit whilst exploring underwater during normal gameplay. The accidental discovery proved the outfit was in the game, answering the question that had concerned fans.