Assassin’s Creed Shadows is getting the last patch of the year with Title Update 1.1.7. The highlight is the new finishers, which finally allow you to send your enemies to the ground in even more varied ways.
The gaming year 2025 is almost over, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows is also ringing in the Christmas season with an advent calendar promotion.
But before Ubisoft also closes its doors for the holidays, the developers have released a final patch for Shadows today, December 16, which should make the game fit for the holiday season and beyond. We’re talking about the new Title Update 1.1.7, which is expected to be released at 3:00 p.m.
In addition to various minor quality-of-life improvements, the patch also includes an action-packed highlight that fans repeatedly requested. The update also concludes the fall roadmap. In January, the winter roadmap will present the first content plan for the second post-launch year. Rumor has it that a pirate event is among the things we can expect in the coming year.
Highlight of the update: Cinematic finishers
The highlight of the new update is the new finisher animations for Naoe and Yasuke, which allow you to finally put a cinematic end to your battles against annoying samurai and bandits. In the release version of Shadows, there were only two different finisher animations per weapon on average, which many players have grown tired of by now.
The new finishers now bring significantly more bloody variety to the game. Instead of just
boringly slitting their throats, Naoe can now also knock her enemies’ legs out from under them and then send them to the happy hunting grounds on the ground. Yasuke also now really packs a punch with the Kanabo, among other things.
You can get a taste of the new finishers in the two tweets embedded below:
Here you can see all new finisher animations for Naoe.
Thanks to Ubisoft for the early access for the footage. pic.twitter.com/eck6Bhr778
— Assassin’s Creed News (@ac_daily_news) December 15, 2025
Here you can see all new finisher animations for Yasuke. pic.twitter.com/C7ASL5DlKi
— Assassin’s Creed News (@ac_daily_news) December 15, 2025
What else is in it?
In addition to the finishers, the update includes, among other things, a new Animus rift called Lost and Found
. The description reads: Discover secrets, solve puzzles, roam the digital planes, and help the Guide.
This is most likely a new type of entertaining quest.
There’s also a new free Battle Pass project in the Animus, where you can unlock a new bo staff, stylish white armor for Naoe, and a special talisman, among other things. To progress in the Battle Pass, you must complete Animus anomalies, such as the aforementioned rift.
In addition, the new title update offers a number of detail improvements for the various game versions, with a particular focus on the brand new – and problematic – Switch 2 version.
You can find the details in the patch notes on the next page.
How big is the patch?
Title Update 1.1.7 has different sizes on the various platform versions of Shadows. Owners of the Xbox version have the most to download:
- Xbox Series X/S: 16.5 GB
- PlayStation 5: 4.5 GB
- Nintendo Switch 2: 3.5 GB
- PC: 13 GB
- Steam: 6 GB
- MAC: 9 GB
However, it should be noted that the patch will be rolled out on the Switch 2 one day later than on the other platforms.
While PC, Xbox, and PlayStation players can already enjoy the update today, the version for Nintendo’s home console will not follow until December 17, at approximately 3:00 p.m. More current information about AC Shadows can be found in the link box above.
Access to the vault in the Animus menu
For faster access to this feature, a quick access option to the vault has been added to the Animus menu during gameplay.
New resources available for bartering
Gold, Mastery Points, and Knowledge Points are now available as part of the daily offers and can be purchased repeatedly with keys.
Bug fixes and improvements
Table of Contents
Nintendo Switch 2
- Various FPS issues have been improved.
- Crashes have been fixed to improve stability.
- Various visual issues have been fixed.
- The touchscreen experience has been improved.
- Fixed an issue where players were prompted to connect to a controller when the Switch 2 was docked or undocked, even if controllers were already connected.
- Fixed an issue where players would get stuck on an endless black screen when selecting an audio pack from the start menu after creating a Ubisoft Connect account or logging in with an existing account.
Gameplay
- Removed an exploit that allowed double engravings on the Fathoms sword.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Naginatas from being sold. Fine, I’ll just sell my best goods elsewhere!
- Fixed an issue where perks that checked spent mastery points were not updated when mastery points changed after equipping the item.
- Fixed an issue where upgrading skills to rank 3 sometimes caused rank 2 damage improvements to be missing.
- The Bo Staff now increases its Affliction build value when upgraded to Mythic and Artifact quality.
- Perks with Affliction effects now have dynamic wording that specifies which Affliction they apply based on the item they are engraved on.
- Fixed an issue where knowledge scrolls were being removed from players’ inventories. Junjiro, did you take my scrolls again?
- Naoe and Yasuke’s shared skills are now correctly learned by both.
- The wording of the “Affliction After Deflect” perk has been changed to clarify that it deals a 35% charge instead of a full affliction.
- Ensured that “Restore 6% health with stance attack” is present for all critical damage and health gain engravings for all weapons when equipped.
Claws of Awaji
- Fixed an issue where players with two copies of the game, one with the Claws of Awaji expansion and one without, would permanently lose the ability to fast travel to Awaji Island when switching between the two game versions.
World
- Players can now whistle while using the “Follow the Road” feature. Enjoy the open road, whistle a tune, and relax!
- Damaged castles will no longer be reset when loading a previous save file after a season change.
- Fixed an issue where enemies and loot would reappear when loading a save file before the season change.
Graphics & Visuals
- Adjusted some facial animations for Naoe or Yasuke that looked unnatural during all cutscenes when wearing a hood. Psst! Naoe, please stop making silly faces!
User Interface
- Discrepancies between the smuggling rewards displayed in the user interface at the end of a season and the rewards actually received have been corrected. All goods are here, boss!
- Discrepancies with the smuggled rewards user interface when upgrading stables have been fixed. Don’t forget to give your trusty steed an apple as a reward.
- The name of the location “Kawarajiri Lumber Camp” has been corrected in Japanese.
Online Store
- An issue with receiving Shop, Deluxe, and Premium items in the player’s inventory has been fixed.
PC SPECIFIC
- Fixed input issues when reassigning mouse and keyboard.
- Improved FPS stability on PC.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Quests
- “Swords and Sake”: Fixed an issue that prevented the mission from completing because Gennojo died.
- “Eliminate Outlaws”: Fixed issues that prevented the mission from being completed.
- “Temple Stories”: Ensured that Joken Hokkyo does not disappear, allowing the mission objective to be completed. Wait! Don’t go! I have to complete this mission!
- “Take Them Out One by One”: Roaming enemies are now marked with a marker.
