Assassin’s Creed Shadows: All Difficulty Settings Detailed

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* can be a thrilling yet challenging experience, but fear not—tweaking the game's difficulty settings can make your journey through the shadows as smooth or as challenging as you prefer. Here’s a comprehensive guide to understanding and adjusting the difficulty levels in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Difficulty Levels Explained

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* offers four distinct difficulty settings, each tailored to different player preferences:

• Story: Ideal for players who want to focus on the narrative without the stress of combat. Enemies in this mode react slowly and do not attack simultaneously, making it easy to overpower them.
• Forgiving: A slight step up from Story mode, where enemies still won't gang up on you, and Naoe excels more in open combat scenarios.
• Normal: The default setting, requiring a careful approach to combat. Naoe must rely on stealth, while Yasuke should engage enemies of similar strength.
• Expert: For seasoned players, this mode features tougher, more aggressive enemies. Stealth and strategic planning are essential, along with regular gear upgrades.

Difficulty Tuning

While the four preset difficulty levels cater to a broad range of players, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* also allows for fine-tuning. Navigate to the Gameplay tab in the settings menu and select Difficulty Tuning. Here, you can adjust the difficulty for combat and stealth separately, allowing you to customize your experience. For instance, if you enjoy challenging combat but prefer less demanding stealth, you can adjust these settings accordingly.

Additionally, the Guaranteed Assassination option can be enabled, allowing Naoe to perform one-hit assassinations on all enemies without needing to upgrade her Assassin Mastery tree. This feature provides an easier approach to stealth kills.

How to Change Difficulty

Adjusting the difficulty in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* is straightforward and can be done at any time. Simply access the menu, head to the settings, and navigate to the Gameplay section. Here, you can tweak the difficulty to your liking and then resume your adventure.

That covers all you need to know about managing difficulty settings in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*. For more in-depth guides and insights on the game, including discussions on its portrayal of relationships and how to claim preorder bonuses, be sure to visit The Escapist.