Alright you guys — Ubisoft just dropped Title Update 1.1.11 for Assassin's Creed Shadows, and this is easily one of the most packed patch notes I've seen in ages! We finally get "Black Tides," an all-new free story quest where two elite Templars known as Black Cross come to Japan specifically to hunt Naoe and Yasuke after everything they caused. They have their own secret goals too, so it's up to you to stop them from getting whatever they want while staying alive — a tense finale for the main narrative. Then there are "Riptides" and "Undertow," two cross-over projects at the Animus HUB where you can unlock themed outfits and weapons from both Shadows and Black Flag Resynced (the latter arrives on other platforms next month). These take up about 9GB of extra space on Switch 2, but here's the catch: they won't be available on the Nintendo version because that crossover content is exclusive to non-Nintendo platforms. If you still want something exclusive to your console, check out "Domains" — a new end-game feature created by an in-game hacker named MOD with five gameplay simulations across ten challenge levels designed to test your combat and survival skills. The higher the difficulty means more modifiers are applied, and if you climb far enough you can earn dozens of prestige outfits and weapons that are exclusively for bragging rights because they will never be sold in a store or exchange — this is pure end-game glory! And on Switch 2 specifically, the update adds GPU improvements in handheld mode to make those portable sessions even smoother.
The fix list is massive too, so if you've been dealing with any of these, your life just got better. Combat fixes include shuriken damage increases from Bank Shot and Triple Threat mastery upgrades, boss armor destruction now halved (so bosses aren't trivialized), fall damage applied at shorter heights, reduced poison/explosive grenade damage from enemies, Yasuke's range reduction bug is gone, and Naoe's Katana Sheath isn't stuck to her anymore. The UI got a makeover with Forge perk lists reordered into "Critical" categories, the stat sheet error showing Yasuke's Combo Enders at ten times their value is fixed, pins/markers now save across Japan and Awaji travels, and Naoe's Peasant Hat has clearer text about its low-adrenaline condition. The perk balance pass was huge — numerous adrenaline perks were reworked as percentages of an adrenaline chunk and several halved to lower values. You can finally find Blade of Yumminess again in your inventory, Teppo and Bow gained armor damage/piercing perk slots (no longer on amulets), Yasuke's Sakura Bloom Armour now converts 20% of its dying adrenaline into health instead of just 10%, and the "Damaged from Backstab" perk is correctly locked to Tanto weapons. If your world was bugged or your builds felt off, this patch should round everything out beautifully — one more reason why I'm excited about where this has landed!
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/assassins-creed-shadows-title-update-1-1-11-out-this-week-here-are-the-full-patch-notes
The fix list is massive too, so if you've been dealing with any of these, your life just got better. Combat fixes include shuriken damage increases from Bank Shot and Triple Threat mastery upgrades, boss armor destruction now halved (so bosses aren't trivialized), fall damage applied at shorter heights, reduced poison/explosive grenade damage from enemies, Yasuke's range reduction bug is gone, and Naoe's Katana Sheath isn't stuck to her anymore. The UI got a makeover with Forge perk lists reordered into "Critical" categories, the stat sheet error showing Yasuke's Combo Enders at ten times their value is fixed, pins/markers now save across Japan and Awaji travels, and Naoe's Peasant Hat has clearer text about its low-adrenaline condition. The perk balance pass was huge — numerous adrenaline perks were reworked as percentages of an adrenaline chunk and several halved to lower values. You can finally find Blade of Yumminess again in your inventory, Teppo and Bow gained armor damage/piercing perk slots (no longer on amulets), Yasuke's Sakura Bloom Armour now converts 20% of its dying adrenaline into health instead of just 10%, and the "Damaged from Backstab" perk is correctly locked to Tanto weapons. If your world was bugged or your builds felt off, this patch should round everything out beautifully — one more reason why I'm excited about where this has landed!
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/assassins-creed-shadows-title-update-1-1-11-out-this-week-here-are-the-full-patch-notes