The Dilettante trophy in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced asks you to fill Edward’s Great Inagua manor with an enormous collection: 41 Art Pieces, 9 Paintings, 20 Ship Models, 11 Portraits, 18 Swords and 12 Pistols. This guide turns that long checklist into one efficient route, with special attention on the 19 random Fleet Art Pieces that control the grind.
Quick Overview
| Trophy | Dilettante |
|---|---|
| Grade | Silver |
| Requirement | Fill every required display category in the Great Inagua manor. |
| Missable? | No. Free roam and collection cleanup remain available after the story. |
| Best starting point | Sequence 4, Mission 1: This Old Cove, when Fleet Planning becomes available. |
| Main bottleneck | 19 random Art Pieces from Brig Piracy missions in Kenway’s Fleet. |
| Best strategy | Keep Fleet missions running while completing story progress, warehouses, portraits, models and world Art Pieces. |
What Dilettante Requires
You do not need every collectible in every category, but you do need every Art Piece, Ship Model and Portrait. Owning an item is not enough: return to the manor and place it in its display slot.
- 16 found in the world
- 6 bought from General Stores
- 19 earned from Brig Piracy missions
- There are 12 available
- Nine warehouse rewards give the cleanest route
- Story, standard ship types and legendary encounters
- One comes from the A World Without Gold questline
- Story rewards and fixed world pickups
- Several become easier after late-story access
- Use free rewards before buying the remainder
- DLC weapons can fill display slots
- Story and exploration rewards reduce the cost
- Buy only the missing display count
Fastest Dilettante Route
Start the time-gated work early, then let normal story and trophy cleanup supply most of the fixed items.
- Unlock Fleet Planning. Reach Sequence 4, Mission 1, renovate Great Inagua when possible, and begin opening ship berths.
- Capture five Brigs. Keep healthy Brigs for Piracy missions and use conquered forts to make regional sailing safer.
- Run five regional Piracy missions at once. Check Southwest, Northeast, Northwest, West and Southeast for missions showing the small Art Piece icon with a value of 1.
- Continue the story while Fleet timers run. Collect portraits, defeat each standard ship class, raid warehouses and pick up nearby world Art Pieces along the route.
- Finish the fixed collection after Sequence 11. Clear late-access locations, legendary encounters and the eight-part A World Without Gold questline.
- Buy only what remains. Purchase the six General Store Art Pieces, then fill the Sword and Pistol counts after your important Jackdaw upgrades are paid for.
- Place everything in Great Inagua. Walk through every manor room and interact with each shelf, wall, rack and display prompt until no required slot remains empty.
19 Fleet Art Pieces: The Main Grind
These Art Pieces come from Brig Piracy missions in Kenway’s Fleet. Mission rewards rotate, so the final few pieces can take much longer than the first batch.
Set Up an Efficient Fleet
- Capture five Brigs so you can send one into each regional Piracy pool at the same time.
- Take healthier Brigs from the tougher southern waters to reduce repair downtime.
- Conquer at least one fort per region and renovate Great Inagua to improve your Fleet setup and available berths.
- Use spare Schooners for money missions. Frigates help with warehouse cooldowns, while a Man o’ War can reduce regional risk.
- Fleet mission time advances in real time, but it does not advance while you sit in menus or on the map.
How to Reroll the Mission List
- Wait until a Fleet mission report is ready, but do not accept the completed report yet.
- Make a manual save before accepting it.
- Accept the report and inspect the newly generated Brig Piracy missions.
- If no new Art Piece reward appears, reload the manual save and accept the report again.
- Repeat until the desired reward appears, then save again after starting or completing it.
| Art Piece | Region | Brig Piracy Mission |
|---|---|---|
| British Silver Teapot | Southwest | Easy Prey |
| Trumpet | Northeast | A Pound of Gold |
| Scherer’s 1700 Globe | Northwest | Lively Havana |
| Drum | West | Sneaky Traders |
| Parade Helmet a l’Antique | Southwest | Good Deeds |
| Joined Armchair with Cushion | Northwest | Sail North |
| Kast Cupboard | Southeast | Helping Hand |
| Commode | Southwest | Treacherous Isles |
| Head of an Oba | Northeast | Trespassers |
| Wooden Term Statue of St. Adrian | West | Heavy Burden |
| Mirror Back | Southwest | Easy Profit |
| Jar with Four Faces | Southeast | Welcome Chaos |
| Wooden Term Statue of St. Livertin | Northwest | Easy Prey |
| Whydah Galley-style Bell | Southeast | Right in the Middle |
| Oboe | West | Sneaky Traders |
| Clock | West | Profitable War |
| Silver Two-handed Bowl | West | Fair Share |
| Violoncello | West | Fair Share |
| Goa Stone Container | Northeast | Big Mistake |
16 World Art Piece Locations
Track these under Codex > Database > Art Collection: Art Pieces. Collect nearby pieces during story travel, then finish the late-access locations after the campaign opens them.
| Art Piece | Location | How to Get It |
|---|---|---|
| Turkish Copper Field Flask | Nassau (593, 767) | Complete the local event A Moment of Freedom. |
| Deity Figurine | Nassau (599, 758) | Complete the local event Black Market Shopping. |
| Bust of a Water Deity | Corozal (2, 241) | Open the underwater chest. |
| Beaver Pelt | Santanillas (182, 217) | Complete Divine Secret Kept. Enter through the southwest water opening or drop from the Mayan temple. |
| Vulture Vessel | New Bone (399, 89) | Follow the western jungle path and climb the pillar at its end. |
| Bracelet | Long Bay (507, 223) | Open the southeast cave chest after Sequence 10, Mission 3: The Observatory. |
| Triptych | Kingston (618, 173) | Open the chest in the gazebo. |
| Pedestal Bowl | Cumberland Bay (644, 352) | Open the chest inside the central tent. |
| Tripod Vessel with Date Glyph | Cayman Sound (295, 308) | Open the western underwater chest. |
| Yoke Form Vessel | Grand Cayman (357, 298) | Buy five tavern drinks to pass out and respawn near the western hill chest. |
| Chalice | Great Inagua (830, 444) | Open the chest southeast of the manor. The Codex location label may incorrectly point to Havana. |
| Cabinet | Tulum (37, 392) | Open the northern chest after Sequence 4, Mission 4: Overrun and Outnumbered. |
| Baroque Guitar | Jiguey (534, 510) | Take the treasure map from Ile a Vache (812, 114), then dig in the pirate cave on the right beach. |
| Standard Bearer | Principe (113, 11) | Take the treasure map from Port Royal (605, 132), then dig beside the leaning palm on the beach. |
| Maize Deity | New Bone (407, 94) | Take the treasure map from Salt Lagoon (723, 608), then dig on the small northern island. |
| Earth Monster Relief | Abaco Island (586, 811) | Take the treasure map from Andreas Island (543, 693), then dig between the palms beside the large shipwreck. |
6 General Store Art Pieces
These six purchases cost 9,050 Reales in total. Buy them from the Art Collection menu once your essential Jackdaw upgrades are covered.
| Art Piece | Price |
|---|---|
| Bat-Nosed Figurine | 500 Reales |
| Eagle Figurine | 1,000 Reales |
| Taino Bust | 1,300 Reales |
| Jar with Ritual Scene | 1,750 Reales |
| Pectoral Disk | 2,100 Reales |
| Seated Zemi Figure | 2,400 Reales |
| Total | 9,050 Reales |
9 Paintings
Dilettante needs any 9 of the 12 available Paintings. The cleanest method is to raid the nine warehouses below; each awards its Painting on the first successful raid.
| Painting | Warehouse |
|---|---|
| Map of the World | Tortuga |
| Vanitas Still-life | Kingston North |
| An English Ship in Action with Barbary Vessels | New Bone |
| Harbor Scene at Sunset | Nassau |
| Merry Company | Matanzas |
| Nymphs By A Fountain | Kingston South |
| Saint Jerome as Cardinal | Havana |
| The Burning of the Royal James | Cat Island, automatic during Sequence 3, Mission 5: Sugarcane and Its Yields |
| The Flight into Egypt | Black Island |
If one warehouse is slowing you down, a merchant Painting can replace it. For example, Der Liederliche Student is sold by the unmarked merchant at (550, 638).
20 Ship Models
Use the Spyglass to identify standard ship classes before attacking. Defeat and board each regular type where possible, then finish the story, legendary encounters and special quest model.
- Story models: Jackdaw, Nosso Senhor da Compreensao, The Revenge, El Dorado and Queen Anne’s Revenge.
- Spanish ships: Cutter, Schooner, Brig, Frigate and Man o’ War.
- English ships: Cutter, Schooner, Brig, Frigate and Man o’ War.
- Legendary ships: El Impoluto, HMS Prince, La Dama Negra and Brothers in Arms. The paired battle shares one model.
- Special quest: HMS Ipswich, awarded for completing all eight A World Without Gold quests after Sequence 11, Mission 3.
Models are easy to overlook because several arrive automatically. Check the Great Inagua shelves before hunting a ship type you may already own.
11 Portrait Locations
All 11 Portraits are required. Several are tied to story or character quests, while the rest are fixed pickups in named locations.
| Portrait | Location or Requirement |
|---|---|
| Blackbeard | Complete the Blackbeard’s Treasure quest Do Not Go Gently. |
| Stede Bonnet | Complete Captain Stede Bonnet’s epilogue quest Marooned. |
| Commodore Chamberlaine | Nassau, upper floor of the guarded manor in the west. |
| Julien Du Casse | Great Inagua, on the table in the Sword and Pistol display room. |
| Ben Hornigold | Santanillas, inside the wrecked ship on the northeast beach. |
| Robert Maynard | Port Royal, in front of the wooden church. Return after Everything Is Permitted. |
| Laurens Prins | Kingston, inside the western mansion. |
| Bartholomew Roberts | Principe, in the tent northeast of the eastern viewpoint. |
| Woodes Rogers | Kingston, at the party estate north of the central viewpoint. |
| El Tiburon | Havana, secret chamber in the northernmost fort. |
| Laureano de Torres | Havana, secret room in the northeast fort tower. |
18 Swords and 12 Pistols
You only need enough weapons to fill the manor displays. None are missable, so collect free story and exploration rewards first and buy the cheapest missing entries at the end.
- Check the manor racks before spending money; only empty display slots matter.
- Prioritize required Jackdaw upgrades and the six Art Pieces before buying expensive weapons.
- Standard store Swords are the larger expense, while the required Pistol count is cheaper to finish.
- DLC Swords and Pistols can fill valid display slots, but no DLC is required for the trophy.
- If a new purchase does not seem to count, return to Great Inagua and interact with its display prompt.
Final Manor Placement Checklist
The trophy checks the decorated manor, not only your inventory. Make one careful room-by-room pass after all collection totals are complete.
- Place all 41 Art Pieces in their cabinet, shelf and table displays.
- Fill 9 Painting positions on the manor walls.
- Place all 20 Ship Models on the model shelves.
- Place all 11 Portraits in their frames.
- Fill 18 Sword positions on the weapon racks.
- Fill 12 Pistol positions on the weapon racks.
When a display menu opens, look for the placement state rather than assuming the item was added automatically. If Dilettante does not unlock, revisit every room and search for one remaining interaction prompt.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Starting the Fleet grind late: begin as soon as Fleet Planning unlocks and keep timers running during the story.
- Checking Trade missions for the 19 random pieces: the required random set is tied to named Brig Piracy missions.
- Buying every Painting: only 9 of 12 are required.
- Buying weapons too early: free rewards and DLC items may already cover many display slots.
- Owning without placing: every required object must appear in its Great Inagua display.
- Relying on one autosave: make a manual save before accepting a completed Fleet report when rerolling rewards.
Sources and Image Credits
Collection requirements, location checks and mission reward names were verified against the current Resynced guides from PowerPyx, including its Art Pieces, Paintings and Ship Models references. Fleet terminology was cross-checked with Ubisoft’s naval gameplay overview. Screenshots are Ubisoft assets sourced via PC Gamer.
Dilettante Trophy FAQ
Is Dilettante missable?
No. You can continue collecting and decorating the Great Inagua manor in free roam after completing the story.
Why did Dilettante not unlock after I collected everything?
The items must be placed in their manor displays. Revisit every room and interact with the shelves, frames, tables and weapon racks until all required positions are filled.
How many Art Pieces are required?
All 41: 16 world Art Pieces, 6 General Store purchases and 19 random rewards from named Brig Piracy missions.
Can Fleet Art Piece rewards be rerolled?
Yes. Make a manual save before accepting a completed Fleet report. Accept it, check the newly generated mission list and reload if no needed Art Piece reward appears.
Do DLC weapons count toward the manor displays?
Yes, compatible DLC Swords and Pistols can fill display slots, but the base game supplies enough weapons to earn the trophy without DLC.
Do I need all 12 Paintings?
No. Dilettante requires any 9 Paintings. The nine first-clear warehouse rewards provide a straightforward route.