Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Has a Real-Life $500,000 Treasure Hunt You Can Pay $41 to Try and Solve

Ubisoft has announced a real-life Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced treasure hunt with a $500,000 prize, buried determination successful the Caribbean.

The hoard is made up of specially-minted coagulated golden coins (collectively worthy $350,000) and a stone crystal skull adorned with a reddish opal jewel (valued astatine a further $150,000) — a motion to Black Flag's mysterious macguffin.

This prize has been dubbed "The Lost Treasure of Edward Kenway", referring to Black Flag's pirate-turned-Assassin hero, and volition beryllium disposable to assertion to anyone who solves an elaborate treasure hunt with 15 elaborate riddles. While the puzzles volition beryllium Black Flag themed, however, nary anterior cognition of the crippled volition really beryllium necessary.

The Lost Treasure of Edward Kenway. Image credit: Ubisoft.

The full strategy is simply a collaboration with Unsolved Hunts, a real-world treasure hunt institution that already offers a akin acceptable of puzzles that pb to a €250,000 replica of King Arthur's sword Excalibur. You bash person to wage to entree the clues, with copies of the crippled disposable successful packs from £31 (around $41) and up. Paying much volition get you a carnal mentation of the clues and different trinkets, each the mode up to a £177 (roughly $240) Pirate Lord Pack edition.

If you're disquieted astir missing retired connected Black Flag Remastered itself portion you tempest disconnected to the Caribbean, shovel successful hand, bash not fearfulness — portion you tin pre-order the treasure hunt now, afloat entree won't statesman until November 9. And if you're disquieted astir this interfering with your GTA 6 clip successful November, you tin inactive remainder casual — this is designed to beryllium a analyzable experience, with puzzles expected to instrumentality players betwixt "two and 5 years" to afloat solve.

Working successful teams is encouraged, according to a Q&A conception connected the treasure hunt's website, though you volition request to nominate an idiosyncratic to yet person the prize (who tin past take to stock it accordingly... oregon not). All the puzzles are designed to beryllium solved remotely (so clasp disconnected connected those Bermuda level tickets), though the existent treasure volition truly beryllium located determination successful the Caribbean — meaning you volition request to cheque your passport is inactive successful date.

After years of leaks, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is present conscionable a fewer months from launch. The long-awaited remake is presently acceptable to get connected July 9 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, with a $200 Collector's Edition besides disposable — including the aforesaid Edward Kenway statue that popped up connected Vinted earlier this year.

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