Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Unlockables, Achievements for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, WiiU and PC
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was one of everybody’s favorite entries in the Assassin’s Creed series. It finally added in a great new ship-combat concept that had people really engaged and allowed players to immerse themselves in another incredible and new time in history. Assassin’s Creed IV is a game full of unlockables and achievements that will have you searching for hours and trying to complete them all to feel like a true assassin.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Blag Flag takes you back in time and has to assassinating and ship-battling your way through many different types of enemies whilst uncovering some incredibly fun secrets about history and about secret societies that may have existed. The game has come quite a long way since it’s initial entry with the first game and includes some great new gameplay and mechanics.
We thought it would be great to show you all the unlockable cheats and achievements you can unlock within the game to give you some goals to work towards as you traverse this enormous game. The list below features some Unlockables that you can get in the game and also the Achievements including the secret achievements on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions of the game.
UNLOCKABLES
Unlockable Cheats
If you finish enough Abstergo challenges – as below – you will unlock the named cheats. They can be found in the Cheats option in the Abstergo Challenges menu. (Note: You cannot save the game while these are in use.)
| Unlockable | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| Armed to the Teeth | Finish 90 Abstergo Challenges |
| Arrr Matey! | Finish 20 Abstergo Challenges |
| Celestial Navigation | Finish 10 Abstergo Challenges |
| Dead Men Tell No Tales | Finish 70 Abstergo Challenges |
| Deceased Crew | Finish all 100 Abstergo Challenges |
| Loaded to the Gunwhale | Finish 50 Abstergo Challenges |
| No Quarter | Finish 30 Abstergo Challenges |
| Poseidon’s Will | Finish 60 Abstergo Challenges |
| Scourge of the Seven Seas | Finish 40 Abstergo Challenges |
| Shiver Me Timbers | Finish 80 Abstergo Challenges |
SECRETS
Easy 100,000 Reales (Money)
The first requirement is to complete the mission “Mister Walpole, I presume?” which is Sequence 2 Memory 3 of the main story. Once completed and outside of a mission, open your pause menu (Esc key for PC users), choose Progress Tracker, select Sequence 2, Memory 3, and start a replay of that same mission. Play the mission normally until you reach the point (after an obvious cut-scene) that displays an optional objective to pickpocket the three Templars. Once at that point, pickpocket the three Templars for an average of 750 – 850 Reales. Once pick-pocketed, immediately pause the game and choose Reload. Reload from last checkpoint. The game will allow you to keep the Reales you earned and pickpocket the Templars again. Repeat the above steps until you have 100,000 or more Reales. This can be done in a few minutes time, and 100,000 can easily cover about 20% of the total game’s purchases. Note: The game developers prevent you from farming any more than 100,000 Reales on your person using this tactic, so to maximize profit, don’t begin farming until you’ve spent all your previous money to get as much as you can out of it.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The achievements are accessible across all platforms. The achievements with (secret) are initially unlisted on Xbox One and must be found.
| Video | Achievement | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| A New Hope | Complete memory sequence 9. | 20 | |
| A Pirate’s Life For Me | Complete memory sequence 3. | 20 | |
| Adrift | Complete memory sequence 8. | 20 | |
| All Aboard! | Board a ship without losing any crew members. | 30 | |
| All rounder | Play on every game mode, and use every ability and ranged weapon once in Multiplayer. | 20 | |
| Barfly | Unlock all taverns. | 30 | |
| Been Down So Long… | Complete memory sequence 11. | 20 | |
| Bunker Buddies (secret) | Complete present day mission 4. | 20 | |
| Business And Pleasure | Earn 50,000 reales. | 20 | |
| By The Book | Complete 100% of all main mission constraints. | 50 | |
| Cannon Fodder | Recruit 500 crew members. | 5 | |
| Cartographer | Visit every location of the game. | 20 | |
| Committed to the Cause | Reach level 55 in Multiplayer. | 30 | |
| Death Of A Salesman | Complete memory sequence 5. | 20 | |
| Destroyer | Fully upgrade the Jackdaw. | 40 | |
| Devil Of The Caribbean | Defeat all 4 legendary ships. | 40 | |
| Employee Of The Month | Complete 25 Abstergo challenges. | 30 | |
| Excavator | Find a buried treasure. | 10 | |
| FTFY | Fully upgrade your hideout. | 10 | |
| Getting Weird Around Here (secret) | Complete present day mission 3. | 20 | |
| Ghost In The Machine | Hack 15 computers in Abstergo Entertainment. | 10 | |
| Good While It Lasted | Complete memory sequence 2. | 20 | |
| Help A Brother Out | Complete a Templar Hunt sequence. | 20 | |
| Heroes Aren’t Born | Complete memory sequence 1. | 10 | |
| Hungover (secret) | Wake up in a haystack. | 10 | |
| It’s All Good (secret) | Complete present day mission 5. | 20 | |
| Just Like Starting Over | Complete memory sequence 12. | 20 | |
| Killer Killer | Harpoon a killer whale. | 10 | |
| King Of The Castle | Capture all forts. | 30 | |
| Lab Technician | Play and complete a game session of Game Lab in the Multiplayer Public playlist. | 10 | |
| Master of the Caribbean | Complete the Discovery Mode of Wolfpack in Multiplayer. | 10 | |
| Mer-man | Swim a total of 1 nmi. | 10 | |
| Mixing Up The Medicines | Complete memory sequence 6. | 20 | |
| My Elusive Fortune | Complete memory sequence 10. | 20 | |
| No Apologies | Complete memory sequence 4. | 20 | |
| Owned | Complete every activity in a single location. | 10 | |
| Personal bag of tricks | Finish a game session with an ability set that you customized in Multiplayer. | 10 | |
| Redingote Up! | Craft the Hunter outfit. | 10 | |
| Roped In | Perform 5 air assassinations from a swinging rope. | 10 | |
| Routine Hacking (secret) | Complete present day mission 2. | 20 | |
| Saw That One Coming… | Complete memory sequence 13. | 50 | |
| Sea Legs | Complete all naval contracts. | 30 | |
| Seven Deadly Seas | Explore all underwater shipwrecks. | 10 | |
| Sharing Is Caring | Share each type of discovery with friends once. | 10 | |
| Silence, Fool! | Kill a guard ringing a bell. | 5 | |
| Siren Song | Rescue pirate hostages by distracting enemies with “dancers.” | 20 | |
| The Hammer Falls | Complete memory sequence 7. | 20 | |
| Thug Life | Plunder 30 ships. | 30 | |
| Vault Raider | Unlock the secret door in Tulum. | 30 | |
| Wild West Indies | Kill 4 enemies in a row using multi-pistols. | 20 |
We hope you found some great new Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag achievements or unlockables above and have now got some new goals to work towards and things to complete. Let us know in the comments below which achievement you’re striving for or which unlockable you’re excited to get next.