How to get Wood in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Gathering wood is one of the first steps you need to take for your crafting journey. Unlike most games, you can’t simply chop down trees to get this resource, but there are a few alternative ways to find them. Here’s how to get Wood in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

AC: Shadows Wood farming guide

You can acquire Wood in AC: Shadows through the following methods:

• Loot enemy strongholds
• Smuggle resources with Scouts
• Purchase from vendors
• Complete Settsu Board Contracts

If you’re just starting your Shadows journey, your main targets should be enemy strongholds. Although it’ll be challenging to eliminate all enemies within this area, you’ll earn plenty of rewards once you’ve cleared the place. You may earn money from these endeavors, giving you enough currency to buy them from vendors. Let’s go over each method to help you farm wood.

Enemy strongholds

While at enemy castles or camps, you’ll often find wood in bundles. You can initially start with strongholds like Katano Castle, Osaka Castle, and Amagasaki Castle. Look for gold circle icons using your aim, which may turn out to be wood. You may even discover rare resources like Gold when trying to take down the Samurai Daisho in these areas.

Smuggling resources

In addition to finding bundles, castles typically include a locked area filled with resources. Defeat the enemies in any of these locations, and you’ll eventually find a key. Use it on any locked building, and instruct your Scouts to smuggle materials inside. Sometimes, you don’t need to eliminate any enemies, as the smuggled resources will be out in the open. No matter what, smuggling typically costs two allies, so ensure to refill your Scout meter.

You should receive your smuggled materials by the following seasonal change. To alter the seasons, progress through the story, or manually do it via the menu screen.

Purchasing from vendors

If you don’t mind spending money, you can talk to vendors about purchasing wood with Mon. You can find one of the Port Traders at Sakai early on in your journey, where you can typically buy Wood for six Mon each. However, a vendor’s inventory and prices seem to fluctuate, possibly depending on the season.

Settsu Board Contracts

You’ll have access to Contracts on the Settsu Board when unlocking additional Hideouts. Browse through these objectives to pinpoint ones with Wood rewards. For example, the mission ‘Plunder resources’ provides you with this material after you’ve looted all the targets northeast of Amagasaki.