Legendary Ships in Black Flag Resynced are the ultimate naval boss fights, with these powerful vessels like the HMS Prince serving as powerful enemies with high level rewards behind them. These are fights where you'll need to have your ship upgraded to the utmost, as anything less leaves you with very little chance of survival or success against these powerful boat bosses. Having sunk all the legendary ships myself, I'll explain how to find and beat them in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, with guides on each individual ship.
All Legendary Ship locations in Black Flag Resynced
There are four legendary ship boss fights in Black Flag Resynced, each one found in a different corner of the map. They are as follows:
- El Impoluto (161,804) - Top left corner of the map.
- An incredibly aggressive ship that rams the player and keeps up constant firepower attacks.
- HMS Fearless and Royal Sovereign (811, 858) - Top right corner of the map.
- A pair of powerful ships that coordinate attacks and get more powerful when one is sunk.
- La Dama Negra (241, 73) - Bottom left corner of the map.
- A slow but heavily-armored ship that negates damage that hits its plating.
- HMS Prince (854, 55) - Bottom right corner of the map.
- A fast-moving "ghost ship" that uses fog to disappear and fire mortars from a distance.
These fights can be triggered basically at any time in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced by sailing in their direction, but that doesn't mean that you'll be ready for them. These are very tough endgame encounters that will test your craft to its utmost - make sure you know how to repair the Jackdaw in Black Flag Resynced!
All Legendary ships ranked easiest to hardest
if you're having trouble sinking the Legendary Ships, I don't blame you. None of them are easy and you'll need to be at least in the mid-game to even have the slightest chance, but some are so tough that you'll need to have the Jackdaw fully upgraded simply not to be wiped off the map, which means if you haven't unlocked all the different Black Flag Resynced Ultimate Plans, now's the time. You also should have all the different Black Flag Resynced Officers added to the team - Deadman's Mortar and Baldwin's Perfect Brace abilities are basically mandatory for some of these.
If you want some help, here's my learned experience of the best order to fight them, from easiest to hardest.
- La Dama Negra. If you can get those precision shots on the unarmored section and have a powerful mortar, this becomes far more manageable.
- HMS Prince. It's close between the Prince and Impoluto, but if you can nail the sailing patterns required to dodge mortar fire, the Prince is slightly easier.
- El Impoluto. Highly aggressive behaviour combined with a variety of attacks can be overwhelming, necessitating the highest level of armor and cunning.
- HMS Fearless and Royal Sovereign. Both of these ships are powerful, but fighting both at once is incredibly tough, especially when they move in such a way as to make it hard to see them both.
Of course, it's not essential that you fight them in any order, or even that you fight them at all. These are optional fights, and the reward is simply money and cosmetics for the Jackdaw. Still, if that's reason enough for you, let's get into the details.
El Impoluto
El Impoluto is an incredibly aggressive ship that starts off by ramming the player and only gets nastier from there. Here's some good advice on handling this beast.
- Avoid or brace against the initial ram rather than ramming them back and meeting them head on - if you do ram them, it'll hurt you more than it hurts them.
- The best place you can be is behind El Impoluto, as it has limited options to attack to the rear and will often use up time trying to reposition itself.
- Ramming attacks make it predictable, so use mortars and mines to make that straight line more dangerous for it. You should also use the chain attacks to slow it down and make it easier to evade.
- From Phase 2 onwards, it'll pull away to a distance and start a massive barrage of fiery cannons. Don't get close - instead, circle around it from afar and out of range while shooting your mortar at it.
The rewards for destroying El Impoluto are as follows:
- New "El Impoluto" cosmetic options for Figurehead, Sails, Wheel and Hull
- 12,000 Reales
- "El Impoluto" Ship Model for manor shelves
HMS Fearless and Royal Sovereign
Arguably the toughest Legendary Ship boss fight in the game, this is a battle against two British ships that coordinate and try to surround you.
- Don't get between them! They'll try to sail on either side of you and attack from both angles, which is a devastating amount of damage. Stay outside of that "lane" if you can, using your Ram-Dash to get ahead of them, and chain shots to slow them down.
- Play with the sound up. It's incredibly hard to see both ships at once, so you'll need audio cues to know when to brace against attacks from whichever ship you're not looking at.
- Don't focus on one ship, damage them both equally. It might be tempting to destroy one quickly, but the other gets a massive power-up when the first is destroyed, becoming hugely aggressive and ramming the player while firing near-continuously. It's better to hurt them both so that when one sinks, the other is merely a couple of shots away from going down.
- Their movements are predictable. They have clear patterns, moving in parallel and then moving past each other to circle back. This makes them incredibly easy targets for mortars, especially when they're repositioning, and you can leave mines in their path.
- Speaking of, at phase 2 they both begin to leave regular mines behind them, choking up the sea with explosives. This can be dangerous and gives you yet another thing to pay attention to, but shooting them as they drop them is good way to inflict damage and keep the waters clean.
Once you blow up both ships, you'll be rewarded with the following:
- New "HMS Fearless" cosmetic options for Figurehead, Sails, Wheel and Hull
- 12,000 Reales
- "Brothers in Arms" Ship Model for manor shelves
La Dama Negra
La Dama Negra is the sturdiest of the legendary ships in Black Flag Resynced, coated in armor plating that negates all damage if you hit it. This means the goal of the fight is to land precision shots at the weak points where the armor isn't - easier said than done.
- The weak spot of La Dama Negra is the back of the boat where the lit windows are, as shown in the image above, as well as the top/deck area if you can land arching shots with mortars or broadside cannons. You can also damage it by ramming it from any angle.
- However, shooting the plated sides and front will do no damage at all. As in, don't even bother.
- La Dama Negra's broadside cannons are incredibly strong. It's important you brace against these no matter what, and try not to be alongside it if you can help it.
- Stay at a respectable distance, ideally close to the front, and land careful, arching shots at the rear of the ship.
- La Dama Negra fires sprays of mortars that land quickly, if you see what looks like a fiery fountain, get ready to brace immediately.
- In phase two these attacks become far more regular, as well as it dropping barrels. This is all the more reason to stay at a distance, especially if you can circle in front of it as mentioned above.
After La Dama Negra is sunk, you'll unlock the following rewards:
- New "La Dama Negra" cosmetic options for Figurehead, Sails, Wheel and Hull
- 12,000 Reales
- "La Dama Negra" Ship Model for manor shelves
HMS Prince
This strange ghost ship uses a mixture of range, speed and stealth in the fog to whittle down players, making it hard to keep up constant damage.
- The first phase of the battle is a pretty simple ship battle without any gimmicks, though this is still a powerful Man-O-War that you're up against. Play carefully to preserve your health for the harder phases to come.
- At phase 2, when a third of its health is whittled down, it'll move rapidly into the fog and disappear while firing mortar shots at you and dropping barrels to try and prevent you following.
- The goal here is to get close to it while avoiding mortar strikes. Serpentine unpredictably while changing your speed, and use the lightning strikes to spot the HMS Prince in the gloom. Once you get close, it'll turn back into a regular battle.
- From this point on the HMS Prince will have stronger broadside attacks, and disappear yet again for a third time, though the process is the same.
After the HMS Prince is on the bottom of the sea, you'll unlock the following rewards:
- New "HMS Prince" cosmetic options for Figurehead, Sails, Wheel and Hull
- 12,000 Reales
- "HMS Prince" Ship Model for manor shelves
Can you board and capture Legendary Ships in Black Flag Resynced?
No, legendary ships cannot be boarded and captured in Black Flag Resynced, as they instantly sink when reduced to zero health. They can't be added to your fleet and you can't even set foot on them - the rewards and process of defeating them are fixed.
For more help with perfected piracy, here's how to get all the Black Flag Resynced Mayan Stones, or check out how to solve every one of the Black Flag Resynced Treasure Maps!
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