New Summer Roadmap for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Claws of Awaji DLC Release Date, and More

Ubisoft finally launched a new summer roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows on July 24, 2025! Here’s everything you need to know about what’s coming to the game in the next few months.

NEW GAME+

New Game+ is now available as soon as you complete the final story mission and credits have rolled. It will reset your Story and objective board progression as well as discovered locations but your character level, your acquired gear, skill points, Knowledge rank and your precious Hideout progression will remain untouched.

When launching New Game+, you can choose to start again from the very beginning, reliving the important events of the Tensho War in Iga or you can fast-forward after the prologue to the moment Naoe inherits ownership of the Hideout.

PROGRESSION UPDATE

In the progression update the character level cap is now increased from 60 to 80 for all players whether you’re playing in NG+ or not. There are brand new Knowledge Ranks, new Mastery and Knowledge Skill ranks, and new upgrades for all Hideout buildings including new upgrades for Heiji’s Forge. One upgrade is coming with New Game+ and one coming with the next Summer update in September.

NEW ANIMUS HUB PROJECT

The 3rd Animus Hub project was launched on July 29. There will be new resources, data files, and exclusive Animus-themed rewards for you to collect. Remember, if you're still working on the first two projects, you can either finish them up or swap to the new Project. There's no time pressure.

QUALITY-OF-LIFE IMPROVEMENT UPDATE

The Quality-of-Life Improvement Update will be released in early September and packed with some of the most requested features from Assassin’s Creed community requests since launch. This update will come before the Claws of Awaji expansion and it will be free for all players.

This update will include: 

- The world map unfogging after completing viewpoint synchronization (per region). 

- The ability to skip time-of-day, jumping ahead to dusk or dawn. 

- A new Forge upgrade level to reach Mythic (from Epic) and Artifact (from 

Legendary) equipment rarities. 

- Hideout Updates and Upgrades.

- Uncapped framerate for cutscenes (PC only). 

- Additional goodies that may be familiar to long-time series fans. 

- Further bug fixes and stability improvements.

CLAWS OF AWAJI DLC

Ubisoft officially revealed that the Claws of Awaji DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows will be released on September 16, 2025. If you pre-ordered Assassin’s Creed Shadows, you’ll be able to play it for free. Keep in mind, Claws of Awaji unlocks only after completing the main story of the game, so make sure you are ready!

Ubisoft will share more details on the DLC soon.

AMA (ASK ME ANYTHING) WITH DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Ubisoft hosted a new AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit on August 12 with members of the Assassin's Creed Shadows development team.

Here you will find the full breakdown of the new AC Shadows Reddit AMA.

How do you like the new Summer Roadmap for Assassin's Creed Shadows? Which features are you most looking forward to? And how excited are you for the Claws of Awaji DLC? Share your thoughts down below!