# Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Treasure Hunt Scrapped After Player Randomly Discovers Top Secret Chest by Accident

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-treasure-hunt-scrapped-after-player-randomly-discovers-top-secret-chest-by-accident/
- Published: 2026-07-16T15:17:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-26T09:15:10+00:00
- Original publisher: IGN
- Original article: https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-treasure-hunt-scrapped-after-player-randomly-discovers-top-secret-chest-by-accident
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- 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.

## Summary

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.

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