"Boost XP and Level Up Quickly in Assassin’s Creed Shadows"

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* offers a rich array of skills for players to unlock and master. To level up your Samurai and Shinobi characters effectively, you'll want to maximize your XP gains as quickly as possible. Here’s a detailed guide on how to do that efficiently.

What Awards XP in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Answered

In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, XP can be earned through a variety of actions and activities. These include killing enemies, assassinating targets, completing quests, and engaging with side content. However, the XP rewards vary significantly depending on the activity. To maximize your XP gains, you'll need to focus on specific high-yield activities.

You can view the potential XP reward for each quest or activity by hovering over it in the map or the objectives tab. The two most efficient methods for earning XP quickly in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* are by tackling castles and undertaking optional assassinations.

How to Get Fast XP from Castles in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Across Japan in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, you'll find numerous castles, each heavily guarded by basic and elite enemies, including Samurai Daisho. Completing a castle's objectives, such as killing a required number of Daisho, grants you access to a chest with high-tier loot.

Castles are a prime source of XP. Clearing a castle can net you a few thousand XP, and additional XP is gained by defeating each enemy within the area. Elite enemies and Samurai Daisho provide substantial XP bonuses, often around 250 XP. Additionally, synchronizing at the castle's high point not only awards a few hundred XP but also serves as a fast travel point, facilitating character swaps.

While castles are excellent for XP farming, they can be challenging. Here are some tips to streamline the process:

• Choose your protagonist wisely. Naoe’s Eagle’s Vision can help you quickly locate and tag Samurai Daisho, allowing for stealthy assassinations. Enhance Naoe’s assassination damage through mastery and engravings to ensure instant kills.
• At lower to medium levels, Yasuke is better suited for clearing castles. Enter the castle and intentionally get detected to draw enemies to you. Let an enemy sound the alarm to attract more foes, enabling you to cut them down in open combat.

By employing these tactics effectively, skilled players can amass up to and even beyond 4,000 XP in just a few minutes.

Assassinating Targets Nets Large XP Bonuses in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

In addition to the main quest assassinations, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* features numerous optional assassination targets. These can be discovered by conversing with specific NPCs and using scouts to track the targets’ locations. Utilizing fast travel points like Kakurega, you can quickly reach a target's vicinity, ride to their location, and execute the assassination.

Each assassination not only completes a quest but also awards a significant XP bonus, typically ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 XP. The act of killing the target itself yields additional XP similar to that of defeating elite enemies. Completing a full set of assassinations and returning to the quest giver can result in a large XP bonus of around 5,000 XP.