The Black Flag mission list features 51 main missions in total, including 8 new ones made for Resynced specifically. There are also around 61 side missions across things like Assassin Contracts, Officer Quests, collectibles and so on, bringing that grand total up to roughly 145.
That breaks down roughly like this:
- 51 main missions
- 6 side missions
- Former Glories
- Mayan Mysteries (16 missions)
- Damn Fine Gear (16 missions)
- Blackbeard's Treasure
- Captain Stede Bonnet
- Art Lover
- 11 Officer Quests
- 30 Assassin Contracts
- 15 Naval Contracts
- 6 side missions
Of course there are some semantics involved here. Damn Fine Gear is a mission, to complete 16 other missions, so I've counted that as 17. There are also various other things to do in the world - like the 12 Black Flag Resynced Treasure Maps, 10 Forts you need to destroy, or the 26 Sea Shanties to chase and collect and so on. Those I haven't counted and instead have focused on the map marker objectives you can find and tick off. Obviously, what you do go after will affect how long it takes to beat Black Flag Resynced too.
Here's how that all breaks down below
Black Flag main missions
There are 51 main missions in Black Flag, an increase from the original game thanks to 8 new quests added to the original 43. These missions are spread across 12 sequences, with the new content unlocking at the end of Sequence 11.
Sequence | Mission Number | Mission name |
|---|---|---|
Sequence 1 | 1 | Edward Kenway |
Sequence 2 | 2 | Lively Havana |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | 3 | ...and My Sugar |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | 4 | Mister Walpole, I Presume? |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | 5 | A Man They Call the Sage |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | 6 | Claiming What's Due |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | 7 | The Treasure Fleet |
Sequence 3 | 8 | This Tyro Captain |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | 9 | Now Hiring |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | 10 | Prizes and Plunder |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | 11 | Raise the Black Flag |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | 12 | Sugarcane and Its Yields |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | 13 | Proper Defense |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | 14 | A Single Madman |
Sequence 4 | 15 | This Old Cove |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | 16 | Nothing is True |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | 17 | The Sage's Buried Secret |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | 18 | Overrun and Outnumbered |
Sequence 5 | 19 | The Forts |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | 20 | Traveling Salesman |
| Row 20 - Cell 0 | 21 | Unmanned |
Sequence 6 | 22 | Diving For Medicines |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | 23 | Devil's Advocate |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | 24 | The Siege of Charles-Towne |
Sequence 7 | 25 | We Demand a Parley |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | 26 | The Gunpowder Plot |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | 27 | Commodore Eighty-Sixed |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | 28 | The Fireship |
Sequence 8 | 29 | Do Not Go Gently... |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | 30 | Vainglorious Bastards |
| Row 30 - Cell 0 | 31 | Marooned |
Sequence 9 | 32 | Imagine My Surprise |
| Row 32 - Cell 0 | 33 | Trust is Earned |
Sequence 10 | 34 | Black Bart's Gambit |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | 35 | Murder and Mayhem |
| Row 35 - Cell 0 | 36 | The Observatory |
Sequence 11 | 37 | To Suffer Without Dying |
| Row 37 - Cell 0 | 38 | Delirium |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | 39 | Everything is Permitted |
Sequence 12 | 40 | A Governor No Longer |
| Row 40 - Cell 0 | 41 | Royal Misfortune |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | 42 | Tainted Blood |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | 43 | Ever a Splinter |
A World Without Gold (Accessible after Sequence 11) | 44 | That Bastard Maynard |
| Row 44 - Cell 0 | 45 | Not Even a Real Captain |
| Row 45 - Cell 0 | 46 | What The Devil |
| Row 46 - Cell 0 | 47 | It's A Start |
| Row 47 - Cell 0 | 48 | Not Our Natural Allies |
| Row 48 - Cell 0 | 49 | I Just Want To Talk |
| Row 49 - Cell 0 | 50 | A Cockalorum |
| Row 50 - Cell 0 | 51 | A World Without Gold |
Black Flag side missions
There are multiple side missions and objectives to find and complete in Black Flag, which are listed below. However there are six general side quests, some of which group together into longer mission chains:
- Former Glories - upgrade everything at your Great Inagua mansion.
- Mayan Mysteries - Complete all 16 Black Flag Resynced Mayan Stones and collect the armor.
- Damn Fine Gear - Get all four Black Flag Resynced Templar Keys and unlock the armor.
- Blackbeard's Treasure - Find the X on the Black Flag Resynced Blackbeard's Treasure map (new for Resynced).
- Captain Stede Bonnet - Find Stede Bonnet's ship and crew (new for Resynced).
- Art Lover - Find 30 pieces of art for the Butler at your Great Inagua mansion.
Former Glories and Art Lover are basically collectible missions, as are Mayan Mysteries and Damn Fine Gear, technically - albeit with more to them than just collecting things. Captain Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard's Treasure are new mission that expand elements of the original game's plot and the respective characters.
Let's take a look at everything in a little more detail:
Officer side missions
There are five Black Flag Resynced Officers you can unlock. Two are mandatory unlocks as you progress through the main campaign but three have their own mission chains with 11 missions in total:
Officer | Unlock conditions | Missions |
|---|---|---|
The Padre | Unlocked after completying the mission "This Old Cove" | A Second Chance |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Row 1 - Cell 1 | Loyalty, Discipline, and Courage |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Row 2 - Cell 1 | If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Row 3 - Cell 1 | The Other Cheek |
Lucy Baldwin | Unlocked after completying the mission "This Old Cove" | A Proper Shipwright |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Row 5 - Cell 1 | The One With the Gun |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Row 6 - Cell 1 | Plantain! |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Row 7 - Cell 1 | Big Wig |
Tobias 'Deadman' Smith | Unlocked after recruiting The Padre and Lucy Baldwin and completing the story mission I Just Want to Talk | No Box Dark Enough |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Row 9 - Cell 1 | All Love Must End |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Row 10 - Cell 1 | Very Little, But Something |
Templar Hunts
The mission Damn Fine Gear includes a series of Templar Hunts - a sequence of 16 assassin missions you can undertake to get the Black Flag Templar Keys needed for one of the Black Flag Resynced Outfits in the game. There are four hunts, all consisting of four missions each, that are accessible in the quest log on the map page:
Assassin | Mission |
|---|---|
Opia Apito | The Taino Assassin |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Templar Ships |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Right-Hand Man |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | The Trail of Lucia Marquez |
Rhona Dinsmore | Bureau Under Attack |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | A Thief In the Market |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Arms Race |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Flint's End |
Upton Travers | Oh Brother... |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | The Other Brother |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Upton's Sorrow |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Queen of Pirates, King of Fools |
Anto | The Maroon Assassin |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Recruiting Maroons |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Under Attack |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | The Commander's Ruse |
Assassin's Contracts
Once you've completed the mission Overrun and Outnumbered with James Kidd you'll unlock 30 Assassin Contracts. These are found scattered around the various towns and settlements, marked on the map with a skull icon, where you'll find a pigeon coop that you collect contracts from. These all involve killing a specific target, often with a bonus challenge like doing it from stealth, or using a specific weapon to get extra Reales.
Naval Contracts
There are 15 Naval Contracts you can take on, starting with one called the A Spanish Plague in Great Inagua which unlocks the rest. That in turn is unlocked by completing This Old Cove. These are a selection of boat based combat missions that see you battling and boarding various vessels and gathering certain cargos.
Mayan Stelae
There are 16 Mayan Stelae to find, each of which involves a small visual puzzles to reveal a stone. Collect them all and you'll get the Mayan outfit which includes a trinket that repels bullets. Technically these are introduced once you complete the mission Overrun and Outnumbered with James Kidd, who introduces you to them. But you can find them out in the world and start solving them before that.
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