Summary
- Sell excess Regular Mats past 3000, except Hideout Resources and Gold.
- Sell Valuables regularly to accumulate Mon for late-game purchases.
- Do not hoard white/green weapons or armor; sell or scrap for Mats instead.
Assassin's Creed Shadows players might be scratching their heads mid-game trying to figure out what to do with all the items they can loot from enemy Castles. At some point, it starts to accumulate and it's annoying to browse through all the things that Naoe or Yasuke carry in their inventories, so the questions are: What to sell, and what not?
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This list spotlights the 4 kinds of items players should always sell to vendors. Not only to gain some extra Mon, but because prolonged hoarding can have a negative impact on the late-game experience.
4 Excess Regular Mats
Having Tons Of Mats Is Good, But Beyond 3K Is A Waste
- Avoid accumulating past 3000 on each Resource
- Excess Materials can get players Mon (Money) on a pinch
There are times when Mats are necessary and should not be sold, but that ceases to be the case once a player hits level 30+ and is in the later mid-game zone. They will need tons of Mon to procure some of the best upgrades for their Hideouts and to level up their weapons and armor.
So, any material past the 3000k value, except for Hideout Resources and Gold (which should never be sold), can be safely sold to vendors in exchange for lots of Mon (money). Remember that past level 30 will start to snowball the amount of mats players need to upgrade their items (100-120-140+), so it would be a good idea to preserve a certain amount of them and not sell everything.
3 Valuables
Sell These ASAP
- They are looted almost everywhere, and it's easy to hoard them.
- Selling them is the only thing players can do with them.
Valuables are items that have absolutely no utility except being sold to merchants for Mon. These can come in many shapes and qualities (from white to purple/yellow) which also determines its total value.
These items tend to accumulate naturally as players loot chests, resource caches, and enemies like Ronin and Samurai Daisho. Since players need Mon (money) to purchase expensive items in the late game, like, for example, Gold, Valuables must be sold regularly. The ideal is to run to a vendor every 2-3 Side Objectives or, after completing one major mission, to avoid hoarding them.
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2 White And Green Weapons
No Need To Hoard Them, Sell Or Scrap For Mats
- Hoarding will end with endless scrolling lists of useless equipment.
- Selling them or scrapping them is the best approach with these.
Don't fall in love with Naoe's old Katana or Yasuke's basic gear since there are tons of different types of weapons from Epic to Legendary waiting to be discovered while playing Assassin's Creed Shadows. Some Blue Quality weapons also hold special attributes, particularly those dropped from certain enemies like the Kabukimono.
So, there's no point in hoarding white and green quality weapons, which most of the time cannot even hold a candle to some of the better quality gear players can get right around the corner. Instead, sell every excess white/green weapon for Mon, or if players are short on mats: scrap them at the Forge to upgrade other items.
1 White, Green, And Blue Armor
A Waste Of Space, Epic Or Legendary Could Still Be Useful Though
- Most of the stats of these items are too low.
- They can barely be considered useful, sell them asap.
Spare Armor pieces can accumulate at an absurdly high rate until the mid/late game; even Blue Quality Gear and Hoods (or Armor/Helmets) shouldn't be kept around for too long. If players need to raise their stats in the middle of a mission and don't want to return to base, and these pieces of gear offer a small stat boost, they go ahead and use them.
But later, they become obsolete since Legendary gear is the meta for Naoe and Yasuke, and these can be found by exploring or completing Kofuns or Castles. The best thing to do with spare gear is to sell it for Mon since players need 10 k Mon to purchase a single Gold piece from Itinerant Merchants, and they will need lots of it in the Late Game to maximize their Legendary Gear. So, don't hoard old armor; sell it instead.
Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Released
- March 20, 2025
