Assassin's Creed Shadows offers several weapons for players to choose from when tackling different combat scenarios. These weapons can be further customized with engravings, encouraging players to create diverse builds that will change the approach to combat. To manage all these different builds, AC Shadows allows players to create loadouts and also switch between them with ease. This feature wasn't available from the get-go, so you'll have to work toward unlocking it.
Assassin's Creed Shadows: How To Find Quest Objectives Without Scouts
Players will need to use scouts if they want to quickly find the next objective in a quest, but here's how they can manage without them in AC Shadows.
How to Unlock Loadouts in Assassin's Creed Shadows
To unlock character loadouts in Assassin's Creed Shadows, players must build a Gallery in the Hideout. After progressing through the initial quests of the game, players will slowly unlock more structures to build in their Hideout. In case the Gallery is locked for you, it can be purchased via an Ornament Vendor in any of the major villages in the Izumi Settsu region.
Once you have the structure unlocked, simply head inside the Improve Hideout menu and switch to Build mode. Inside the list of structures, you'll need to scroll down into the Themed Room sections to find the Gallery structure. Building the Gallery costs 490 Crops, 370 Wood, 120 Minerals, and 1280 Mon. After building the structure, you can visit it in the Hideout and customize it to hang various exotic weapons that you've accumulated in Assassin's Creed Shadows.
How to Create and Switch Between Loadouts
Once you've built the Gallery in the Hideout, head into the inventory menu, and you'll spot loadouts for both Naoe and Yasuke on the left side of the screen.
In case you don't see the loadout menu, you'll need to unlock Yasuke first by completing the "Temple of the Horseman" main quest. Toward the end of the quest, Yasuke will be unlocked as a playable character.
To create a loadout, you simply need to set up the desired equipment in their slots, including weapons, armor, mount, headwear, and trinket. Once you're done setting up, select the "+" icon on the left to create your first loadout. You can repeat this process and create up to four loadouts each for both Naoe and Yasuke.
To change between loadouts, players will first need to be anonymous and out of enemy territory. Once in a safe location, simply click on the loadout number to switch to a desired build seamlessly. This will also change any equipment transmog look that you've saved with each loadout in AC Shadows.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 81 /100 Critics Rec: 82%
- Released
- March 20, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language
- Developer(s)
- Ubisoft Quebec
- Publisher(s)
- Ubisoft










- Engine
- AnvilNext
- Franchise
- Assassin's Creed
- Number of Players
- 1
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- March 20, 2025
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- March 20, 2025
- PS5 Release Date
- March 20, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
- X|S Optimized
- Yes